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9th Oc tobe r , 1973

N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N

F R E E ! I S S U E No. 341

I C U G M : N O P O L I C Y T O F I G H T

R E F E C T O R Y P R I C E I N C R E A S E S The quorum at last Thursday's U G M was suc

cessfully challenged before discussion could take

place on the refectories motion.

T h e motion, proposed by

Pau l Watkins , suggested

courses of act ion to be taken

against the 5 per cent in

crease that has been operat

ing in all refectories s ince

the beginning of term.

T o p of his list of propos

a ls was one to not pay the

increase but on ly pay for

meals acco rd ing to last

year 's list. A petition would

have been organised and pre

sented to the Govern ing

B o d y by a mass demonst ra

t ion.

It was announced by the

Secretary Paul Wadswor th

that M i k e S i m m o n d s , who

was elected to the newly

created post of cha i rman of

S C A B , wil l not now be re

s igning.

Elect ions were he ld for

delegates to the forthcoming

N U S conference in N o v e m

ber. Each candidate spoke

for one minute and a secret

ballot was he ld . After eight

real locations the success fu l

candidates with votes achiev

ed (accord ing to the S T V

system) were

N. Say les 88

T . PhilMps 4 6

D. S inc la i r 41

J . Lane 3 6

J . Porter 3 4 . 4 5

M i s s P. Mou l t 31 .17

A . Campbe l l 2 5 . 5 5

J . East 23 .24

A motion on grants was

proposed by John Lane ca l l

ing for support for the N U S

grants campaign . A n a m e n d

ment was proposed by Steve

Mi l t on ca l l ing for immediate

cash supplementary grants to

be paid to cover inflation.

T h i s was defeated over

whelmingly and the mot ion

passed as it s tood apart

f rom a minor semant ic a m

endment.

Purp le Patch

A t t h e U n i o n m e e t i n g l a s t w e e k , t h i s U n i o n

v o t e d i n f a v o u r o f a r e n t s t r i k e n e x t t e r m .

I h a v e h e a r d i t s a i d t h a t t h e m o t i o n c o v e r e d

u p t h e f a o t t h a t a r e n t s t r i k e w a s t h e m o s t

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

o n e n o w , a n d i t i s o u r j o b t o m a k e t h e

s t r i k e t h e m o s t c o m p r e h e n s i v e a c t i o n t h a t

t h e U n i o n h a s t a k e n o n t h e b e h a l f o f t h e

G r a n t ' s c a m p a i g n .

M a n y o f y o u w i l l l a u g h a t t h e i d e a o f a

r e n t s t r i k e b o t h f r o m t h e p o i n t o f v i e w

t h a t t h e r e n t s i n o u r e o l l e e g a r e t h e c h e a p

es t i n L o n d o n a n d a l s o f r o m t h e p o i n t o f

v i e w t h a t t h i s t y p e o f a c t i o n h a s a b s o l u t e l y

n o e f f ec t ' o t h e r t h a n g e t t i n g t h e c o l l e g e ' s

b a c k u p a g a i n s t t h e s t u d e n t s . T h e r e a l

r e a s o n f o r t h e r e n t s t r i k e i s as a m e a n s o f

u s i n g t h e c o l l e g e to s h o w t h e g o v e r n m e n t

t h a t w e a r e n o t i n f a v o u r o f ' the g r a n t s

s i t u a t i o n as i t s t a n d s a t t h e p r e s e n t . W e

m u s t m a k e i t c l e a r t h a t a l t h o u g h a p e r s o n

i n h a l l i s c a p a b l e o f s u r v i v i n g t h r o u g h o u t

t h e y e a r o n t h e g r a n t W h i c h h e o r s h e ge t s ,

t h e p e r s o n lout o f h a l l w h o i s h a v i n g to

p a y a n y t h i n g i n t h e r e g i o n o f £5 to £10 f o r

h i s d i g s , i s n o t g e t t i n g a n y t h i n g l i k e a f a i r

d e a l . W e m u s t a l s o S h o w t h a t t h e a n o m a l i e s

o f t h e P o s t g r a d u a t e g r a n t (£15 p e r w e e k ) ,

a n d t h e d i s c r i m i n a t i o n s h o w n a g a i n s t m a r

ried w o m e n i n H i g h e r e d u c a t i o n i s t o t a l l y

u n j u s t , a n d d r a s t i c i m p r o v e m e n t s to t h e

m e t h o d s o f a s s e s s m e n t s h o u l d b e m a d e .

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

s t r i k e t h i s lis n o r e a s o n f o r u s n o t t o d o

s o n o w . I n f a c t t h i s i s t h e toest t i m e o f

a l l f o r u s to a c t u p o n o u r v i e w s . O u r c o l

l e g e i s r e g a r d e d ( a n d q u i t e c o r r e c t l y ) a s

a n i n s t i t u t i o n o f " A c a d e m i c S t u d e n t s " ( t h i n k

a b o u t i t ! ! ! ) a n d a r e r e s p e c t e d a s s u c h i n

t h e c i r c l e s o f p o w e r t h a t toe. A s s u c h a n

i n s t i t u t i o n , a n y a c t i o n w h i c h w e a r e l i k e l y

t o t a k e w i l l h a v e t h e g r e a t e s t e f f ec t u p o n

t h o s e p e o p l e w h o m i t c o n c e r n s .

S i r B r i a n F l o w e r s , i n h i s a d d r e s s e s t o t h e

f r e s h m e n l a s t w e e k s a i d :

" I m u s t a g r e e t h a t y o u r o p p o r t u n i t i e s a r e

b e i n g l i m i t e d , I h o p e t e m p o r a r i l y , b y i the

g r a n t s w h i c h y o u r e c e i v e . N o d o u b t , a l l o f

y o u b e l i e v e t h a t g r a n t s a r e t o o l o w , t h a t

t h e y do n o t r e c o g n i s e t h e g e n u i n e financial

d i f f i c u l t i e s w h i c h S t u d e n t s h a v e t o m e e t ,

t h a t t h e y u n d e r v a l u e t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s w h i c h

s t u d e n t s a l r e a d y m a k e Ito s o c i e t y , a n d e v e n

m o r e t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s w h i c h t h e y a r e p r e

p a r i n g t o m a k e i n t h e f u t u r e .

" W i t h o u t w i s h i n g to m a k e a t t h i s t i m e a

q u a n t i t a t i v e s t a t e m e n t , I w o u l d l i k e y o u a l l

t o k n o w t h a t J s h a r e t h e s e b e l i e f s a n d s h a l l

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

S u r e l y m a s s a c t i o n f r o m t h e s t u d e n t s i n

C o l l e g e a c c o m m o d a t i o n w i l l g i v e t h e R e c t o r

j u s t t h e p u s h w h i c h h e i s l o o k i n g f o r , so

t h a t h e c a n b e g i n to g e t s o m e t h i n g d o n e .

T h i s y e a r w i l l s e e t h e G o v e r n m e n t ' s t r i

e n n i a l r e v i e w o f S t u d e n t s g r a n t s , a n d i t i s

right t h a t I .C . h a v e s a v e d t h e i r c a m p a i g n

u n t i l n o w , tout i t i s e s s e n t i a l t h a t t h i s c a m

p a i g n i s t h e c a m p a i g n o f t h e w h o l e o f t h e

s t u d e n t b o d y , o r a t l e a s t h a s t h e s u p p o r t o f

t h e w h o l e o f t h e s t u d e n t b o d y , f o r i t t o b e

e f f e c t i v e .

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

o n a m o d e r a t e p l a t f o r m , a n d a m o d e r a t e

s t u d e n t I s t i l l a m , b u t w e m u s t r e a l i s e t h a t

u n l e s s w e b a c k u p t h e p e o p l e w h o a r e

w o r k i n g i n o u r f a v o u r t h e n w e c a n n o t ex

p e c t a n y o n e to t a k e n o t i c e iof t h e m .

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i t a n a t r o c i t y t h a t r e f e c t o r y p r i c e s h a v e b e e n

i n c r e a s e d b y 5 p e r c e n t t h i s y e a r o v e r w h a t

t h e y w e r e l a s t y e a r , b u t do t h e y r e a l i s e

t h a t t h e s e p r i c e i n c r e a s e s a r e s m a l l c o m

p a r e d w i t h t h o s e w h i c h h a v e b e e n i m p o s e d

o n o t h e r c o l l e g e s i n t h e L o n d o n a r e a , s o m e

o f w h i c h a r e i n ithe region o f 15 o r 16 p e r

c e n t . ( T h e i n c r e a s e s i n c l u d e s u c h p l a c e s a s

L . S . E . , p r o b a b l y o n e o f t h e m o s t p o l i t i c a l l y

a c t i v e c o l l e g e s i n t h e L o n d o n a r ea . ) I a m

n o t a d v o c a t i n g f o r a f u r t h e r i n c r e a s e i n t h e

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a m s a y i n g i s I that t h e c o l l e g e a u t h o r i t i e s

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

to g o i n k e e p i n g t h e p r i c e i n c r e a s e s d o w n

to a m i n i m u m . I w o u l d s a y , t h a t r a t h e r t h a n

r e f u s i n g t o p a y t h e i n c r e a s e i n t h e p r i c e s

o r w h a t e v e r , w e s h o u l d A C C E P T t h e i n

c r e a s e s , a n d u s e t h e f a c t t h a t t h e y h a v e

b e e n m a d e to s t r e n g t h e n o u r f i g h t f o r a

h i g h e r g r a n t f o r a l l s t u d e n t s . ( D o y o u r e a l

i s e t h a t H a l l r e n t s h a v e n o w toeen s t a t i o n a r y

f o r t h e past t w o y e a r s a t a n o u n d £4 p e r

w e e k ! ! )

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t h a t t h e c o l l e g e a u t h o r i t i e s a r e w o r k i n g a s

f a r as t h e y a r e a l l o w e d , o n o u r S ide , a n d

w h a t w e n e e d to d o as n o t to p r o t e s t T O

t h e m , b u t V I A t h e m t o t h e g o v e r n m e n t .

W e n e e d to w o r k t o g e t (the c o l l e g e as o u r

A L L I E S , a n d n o t to m a k e t h e m o u r E N E M

I E S .

S U P P O R T t h e r e n t s t r i k e n e x t t e r m , b u t

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

o n t h e g o v e r n m e n t , i .e . o n t h e G r a n t s s y s

t e m , a n d i s N O T a n a t t a c k o n t h e c o l l e g e .

T h o s e o f y o u i n h a l l t h i s y e a r s h o u l d r e

m e m b e r t h a t y o u h a v e i t e a s y n o w , h u t n e x t

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

t w i c e as m u c h f o r f a r w o r s e a c c o m m o d a t i o n

o u t s i d e c o l l e g e t h a t y o u h a v e alt t h e m o m e n t .

L e t u s b e g i n to w o r k t o g e t h e r W I T H t h e

c o l l e g e ( N O T a g a i n s t t h e m ) f o r a b e t t e r

S t a n d a r d o f l i v i n g f o r a l l s t u d e n t s .

N o r m

PARKING PLACES Below is pr inted a list of successful appl icants for park

ing places. T h e first half have been al located residents

places. These are situated at the rear of L instead Ha l l . T h e

remainder are commuters ' places.

A s usual , there were far more appl ications than places

available. A H the forms were considered by the U n i o n

Executive over the weekend and I wou ld l ike to express

my gratitude for their assistance and especially the time

that they have donated to this.

It was general ly felt that a m a i n cr iter ia for choosing

the places should be to use the places available to the

fullest advantage i.e. to get as many people into college

as it is possible us ing the places we have got. Y o u wil l

notice that a number of applications have been specified

as jo int even if they were not or ig inal ly submitted as

such. It is a condi t ion of a l locat ion of the p lace that the

successful appl icants agree to share their place such that

only one car is used i n the place o n any g iven day. O N L Y

O N E S T I C K E R W I L L B E A L L O C A T E D . T h i s wil l have on

it the registration numbe r of the cars al lowed to use the

space. Cars will not be able to park without a sticker.

Stickers wi l l be al located only at the fol lowing times.

Tuesday, 9th October, 2.30—3.30 (if stickers available) .

Wednesday tOth, 12.30—1.30, Thu r sday 11th, 11.30—12.30.

I wil l definitely be i n the U n i o n Office at these times. A l l

a l location wi l l be in the outer U n i o n Office. Successful

al locations will be in the outer U n i o n Office. Successful

cerned. Stickers wi l l not be issued unless I see the log

book.

Motor cycles must be registered with the security office

in Col lege Block. T h i s is for cases of emergency and the

l ike .

A final word—I wil l not fail to c lamp down heavi ly on

those people b reak ing the p a r k i n g regulations. It wi l l be

regarded as a discipl ine case i f students are p a rk ing i l leg

ally. F o r your own benefit, obey the rules.

P. A . Wadsworth ,

C h a i r m a n ,

I.C.U. Pa rk ing Committee .

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K. H . L e m b e r g e r

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M . J . F i r t h

A . A u t h i n a r a y a n a n

N . H i c k i n g

S. Y e h i a u

M r . D a n

S. T h u r l o w

O. N . W o k a h

M . D . D o w n s

P . A m e y

N . G . C . B l a c k h a m

J . H i l l s

G . W l o c h

R . G . J o n e s

G . U u n n i n l h a m

H . K . P a r k

H Y R 1 1 0 K 1 H . J . G o r d o n

N M G 712 J R- A . C l a r k

B . R . F o r ' h e a d

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M r . G . E . K o u t z o u k o i

M r . B a l j i t S i n g h

M r . I . J . J a g o d a

/VI appeals must be sent f®

m e before Fr iday , 12th O c t o

ber. A l l appeals shou ld fee

m a d e on a new form. Lette**

wil l not be accepted .

Residents Places

(rear of L instead Hal l )

S G K 1 0 0 L

H Y R 8 9 0 K

W L U 159G

F M T 4 5 3 J

6054 B H

1335 N D

M P P 1 0 1 D

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T r a n s p o r t

P . G e e

D . I v e l l

A . A t t w o o d

P . M . M o r g a n

D . W . B a r r e t t

E . J . M o r g a n

J . A n d r e w s

R . S i m i t o v i c

D . D a w S o n

J . B a r r e t t

J . B . S . S a u n d e r s

A . E d a l a t

N . S a y l e s

G . M . C l a r k

N o . n o t g i v e n C . J . L e w i s

S T N 5 8 7 G D . R . S a n d h a c h

1560 R J . C . M a r s h a l l

V Y C 676G C . S t e e l

T H X 7 3 3 M F . L o u c a s

8797 R U S . R . M o n k c o m

B Y Y 4 3 8 H S. S t e f a n o u

588 U P A M . H . R u s s e l l

335 P T A H . M . H o g g

U R V 381 A . D u n f o r d

W U D 79 J . D . S w i f t

691 M C Y T . J . C . We fo toorn

0-139607 A . P e r e z - E s t a u n

997 B X X S. B . M o r r i s o n

E H P 7 4 C W . J . G . R e a d m a n

51 S P H P . H u g h e s

X H V 358 A . D . B a m b r i d g e

P P C 2 8 0 E K . D a v i e s

W X V 768 D . R u m s e y

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Page F E L I X October 9th, 1973

P . A . W . N . O Union Directory

T h i s is a final, U R G E N T

cal l for information for the

directory. The re are sti l l a

number of c lubs and soc ie

t ies that have not g iven m e

any information. A l l in forma

tion is required by W E D N E S

D A Y , 10th October .

Hall Dinners There are weekly, subs id

ised d inners he ld normal ly

in the M a i n D in ing Ha l l ,

Un ion . T h e y cost 9 5 p for

students, sherry being a fur

ther 5p and wines extra.

T h e y a lways cons i s t o f at

least three courses and are

wel l above the standard of

the average M o o n e y meaj. T o

book for these you need to

see Jen (the U n i o n Clerk)

after Thursday dur ing the

week before the dinner .

B lock bookings wi l l be accep

ted but, in the event o f

over -subscr ipt ion part-t imer*

wi l l get priority.

O n the subject of d inners ,

there are still a few t ickets

avai lable for the C o m m e m

oration Bal l on October 25th .

Aga in , see J e n .

Letraset T h e Un ion has acquired a

stock o f Letraset (not only

letters but figures, textures,

e t c . ) . T h e s e are avai lable for

u s e by c lubs , soc iet ies ,

C . C . U . ' s or sheets c an be

bough t—pr i c e 15p-25p de

pending on what the sheet

consists of. T h i s is genuine

Letraset not one of their i m

itations. Fo r further detai ls

contact m e c / o I . C U n i o n

Office.

Policy Statement Copies of the 1 9 7 2 - 7 3

appendix to the pol icy state

ment wi l l be avai lab le dur ing

the next Un ion meet ing to

be he ld on Tuesday , 16th

October .

Elections There are sti l l numerous

unfilled posts on Un ion c o m

mittees. Nominat ion papers

are on the U n i o n not ice

board .

Commuters W h e n the parking a l loca

t ions have been m a d e I

wou ld be wi l l ing to put

people in touch with succes s

ful appl icants with a v iew to

the possibi l i ty of lifts being

arranged.

End Note A s I sat here late on

Thursday night I have just

witnessed the end o f a pub-

crawl . A n ambulance had

been ca l led and the po l ice

a lso arr ived. Lucki ly it was

poss ib le to persuade the

po l ice not to cart off the i n

ebriated person involved.

These people, especia l ly the

ambulance , c ou l d have prob

ably been better emp loyed

elsewhere. If you intend

showing off and finally caus

ing such a nuisance cou ld

you please ensure that you

have somewhere nearby to

retire to when you have

reached your final drunken

stupor. P lease try and c o n

s ider the trouble people have

to go to when you are in

capable . T h i s sort of thing

does not bring a good name

to either the co l lege in par

ticular or students as a

whole.

P. A . Wadsworth,

Hon. Sec . I.C.U-

Stalinists meaning of free discusswn

SOCIALIST FORUM

Tuesday 9th October

1 p.m. EE408

R O B I N

B L A C K B U R N -

will be speaking on the

current situation in

Chile.

Biackham is of LSE fame

and a member of the inter

national Marxist Group

ALSO a Speaker from the

"Morning Star".

In J u l y ithe S t a l i n i s t s T e n t h W o r l d Y o u t h F e s t i v a l w a s

h e l d i n B e r l i n . D e l e g a t e s f r o m 1 4 0 c o u n t r i e s a t t e n d e d w h a t

w a s p r o m i s e d to b e " e v e n t f u l d a y s o f f r i e n d l y , c a n d i d d i s

c u s s i o n " , a c c o r d i n g t o E r i c h H o n e c k e r i n h i s o p e n i n g s p e e c h .

T h e M o r n i n g S t a r o n A u g u s t 1 s t s a i d : " O n e o f t h e m o s t

p o p u l a r a s p e c t s o f t h e f e s t i v a l p r o g r a m m e i s i the ' ' F ree

P l a t f o r m ' W h e r e d e l e g a t e s o p e n u p a n y q u e s t i o n s a f f e c t i n g

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

s p e a k e r s . In t h e b a c k g r o u n d a r e t h e b o x e s h a n d l i n g s i m u l

t a n e o u s t r a n s l a t i o n s " , i n la c a p t i o n t o a p i c t u r e o f a d i s c u s

s i o n s e m i n a r .

It a l l s o u n d e d v e r y ' f r e e ' a n d ' d e m o c r a t i c ' i n t h e o r y , b u t

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

f r o m t h e i r l e f t p h r a s e s a s P e t e r T a t c h e l l , ia m e m b e r o f t h e

B r i t i s h d e l e g a t i o n a n d r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e G a y L i b e r a t i o n F r o n t ,

s o o n f o u n d o u t t o b i s c o s t .

T h e G I F b a d s p e c i a l l y p r e p a r e d a l ea f l e t p u t t i n g t h e i r

a i m s t o t h e F e s t i v a l : " ' R a d i c a l h o m o s e x u a l s a r e c o m m i t t e d

t o a s o c i a l i s t r e v o l u t i o n b e c a u s e i t a l o n e g i v e s t h e p o t e n t i a l

t o r e v o l u t i o n i s e i n t e r p e r s o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s : t o l i b e r a t e t h e m

f r o m e c o n o m i c r e s t r a i n t s a n d e x p l o i t a t i o n b y c a p i t a l i s m " .

It w e n t o n t o e m p h a s i s e G L F ' s s o l i d a r i t y w i t h b l a c k p e o p l e ,

t r a d e u n i o n i s t s , t h e u n e m p l o y e d a n d a n t i - i m p e r i a l i s t

s t r u g g l e s .

A c e r t a i n a m o u n t o f c r i t i c i s m w a s l e v e l l e d a t " c o m m u n i s t

c o m r a d e s f o r l e a v i n g c a p i t a l i s t s e x u a l m o r a l s i n t a c t a f t e r

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

T h e C u b a n s , i n t h e i r ' F i f t h N a t i o n a l C o n g r e s s o n E d u c a t i o n

a n d C u l t u r e h a d s t a t e d : " I t w a s r e s o l v e d t h a t a l l m a n i f e s t a

t i o n s o!f h o m o s e x u a l d e v i a n c y a r e t o b e f i r m l y r e j e c t e d a n d

p r e v e n t e d f r o m s p r e a d i n g . . . iit w a s a g r e e d t o d e m a n d

t h a t s e v e r e p e n a l t i e s a r e a p p l i e d t o t h o s e W h o c o r r u p t t h e

m o r a l s o f m i n o r s , d e p r a v e d a n d r e p e a t e d o f f e n d e r s a r e i r

r e d e e m a b l e a n t i s o c i a l e l e m e n t s " .

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

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

" B u t a s s o o n as 1 m e n t i o n e d G a y L i b e r a t i o n " , h e s a l i d , " a l l

t h e l a n g u a g e t r a n s l a t i o n s a b r u p t l y s t o p p e d a n d a ' t e c h n i c a l

f a u l t ' d e v e l o p e d . T h e r e w e r e s u b t l e a t t e m p t s t o d i s s u a d e

m e f r o m c o n t i n u i n g . T h e e q u i p m e n t w a s m y s t e r i o u s l y ' ire-

p a i r e d ' b u t if o r s o m e e q u a l l y m y s t e r i o u s r e a s o n ! n o n e o f t h e

r e m a i n d e r o f m y s p e e c h c o u l d b e t r a n s l a t e d i n t o ' G e r m a n —

a l t h o u g h t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e a u d i e n c e w e r e m e m b e r s o f

t h e B a s t G e r m a n C P y o u t h m o v e m e n t , t h e F D J " .

F u r t h e r t r o u b l e o c c u r r e d w h e n i n c o m m o n w i t h o t h e r

' l i b e r a t i o n g r o u p s ' h e w a s h a n d i n g o u t l e a f l e t s o n t h e f i f th

d a y , a n d s o m e m e m b e r s o f t h e F D J t r i e d t o p h y s i c a l l y r u n

h i m o u t o f t h e f e s t i v a l p r e c i n c t s a f t e r a s e n i o r E a s t G e r m a n

o f f i c i a l h a d b u r n t o n e o f t h e l e a f l e t s . A g r o u p o f s y m p a t h i s e r s

i n t e r v e n e d a n d d e m a n d e d h i s r e l e a s e .

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

H o n e c k e r w a s to b e s t i l l f u r t h e r p r o v e n , d u r i n g t h e m a r c h t »

t h e f i n a l r a l l y .

T a t c h e l l h a d p r e p a r e d a p l a c a r d w h i c h r e a d ( i n G e r m a n !

" H o m o s e x u a l L i b e r a t i o n — ' R e v o l u t i o n a r y h o m o s e x u a l s SU0"

p o r t s o c i a l i s m " , a n d o n t h e o t h e r s i d e , " G a y L i b e r a t i o n

F r o n t , L o n d o n . C i v i l W i g h t s f o r H o m o s e x u a l s " .

H e w a s t o l d h o w e v e r t h a t t h e p l a c a r d w a s " o f f e n s i v e t e

t h e G D I R " , b u t a f t e r e x p l a i n i n g t h a t ithe t e x t w a s i n accent

w i t h t h e G D R c o n s t i t u t i o n w h i c h g u a r a n t e e s c i v i l r i g h t s t » .

h o m o s e x u a l s , h e w a s g r a b b e d by m e m b e r s of t h e F D J ant

S t a l i n i s t s o f t h e B r i t i s h c o n t i n g e n t a s h e t r i e d t o l e a v e «

r e s t a u r a n t .

" T h e y t r i e d to d r a g m e i n t o a s i d e r o o m " , he s a i d . "Tbm

r e s t a u r a n t d o o r s w e r e l o c k e d a n d a l i n e o f F D J h e a v i e s

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

m e f r o m l e a v i n g " . H e w a s r e s c u e d b y s o m e o f b i s s u p

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

O n c e o u t s i d e h e w a s b e s e i g e d b y a n a n g r y m o b o f B r i t i s h

d e l e g a t e s w h o s a i d t h a t h e c o u l d n ' t m a r c h w i t h t h e m c a r r y

i n g t h a t p l a c a r d . I t a p p e a r e d l a t e r t h a t h a d h e g o n e w i t h ith»

d e l e g a t i o n c a r r y i n g t h e p l a c a r d t h e P D J w o u l d h a v e p h y s i c

a l l y t r i e d t o p r e v e n t t h e W h o l e d e l e g a t i o n l e a v i n g .

S c u f f l e s o c c u r r e d w h e n T a t c h e l l r e f u s e d t o l e a v e b e h i n t f

h i s p l a c a r d . T o s e t t l e t h i s d i s p u t e a v o t e w a s c a l l e d for

a n d d u r i n g t h e d i s c u s s i o n a r u m o u r w a s c i r c u l a t e d a m o n g s t

t h e d e l e g a t e s t h a t T a t c h e l l ' s p l a c a r d s a i d , " G ' D R p e r s e c u t e s

h o m o s e x u a l ' s " . T h e v o t e i n d i c a t e d toy a s l i g h t m a j o r i t y t h a t

T a t c ' h e l l S h o u l d mot b e a l l o w e d t o c a r r y h i s p l a c a r d . T a t c h e H

s a i d h e w o u l d ' i g n o r e t h e v o t e , d e n o u n c i n g it w a s u n c o n

s t i t u t i o n a l a n d u n d e m o c r a t i c t h a t a G a y L i b p l a c a r d b e not

c a r r i e d , as a l l o t h e r g r o u p s w i t h i n t h e d e l e g a t i o n h a d t h a

r i g h t t o c a r r y o n e .

A t t h i s , v i o l e n c e f l a r e d a n d T a t c h e l l c o n t i n u e d : " P e o p l e

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

m a d e u p o n m y l i f e . T h o s e i n v o l v e d i n s p e a k i n g a n d v o t i n g

a g a i n s t m e C a r r y i n g t h e p l a c a r d , a n d i n t h e e n s u i n g v i o l e n c e

i n c l u d e d m e m b e r s o f t h e C o m m u n i s t P a r t y , Y C L a n d t h *

N U S — t h e l a t t e r t w o o r g a n i s a t i o n s h a v i n g o f f i c i a l p o l i c y

s t a t e m e n t s i n s u p p o r t o f g a y l i b e r a t i o n ! " .

E v e n t u a l l y , T a t c h e l l w a s e s c o r t e d t o t h e f l a t o f s o m e g a i f

f r i e n d s i n B e r l i n a s " t h e V i o l e n c e w a s s o f r i g h t e n i n g that

s o m e p e o p l e ' f e a r e d i for m y s a f e t y " .

A c c o r d i n g t o t h e ' S t a l i n i s t s t h a t i s " f r i e n d l y c a n d i d d i s

c u s s i o n " a s H o n e c k e r s a i d . F o l l o w i n g t h e i r m e a n i n g s o n *

e x p e c t s t h e m t o d e s c r i b e t h e e v e n t s lin H u n g a r y 1 9 5 6 a n d

C z e c h o s l o v a k i a 1968 p e r h a p s a s " h e a t e d d e b a t e " .

T h i s a r t i c l e i s t a k e n f r o m a press r e l ease o f t h e G a y ^L ibe ra *

l i o n F r o n t .

WELLSOC

TUESDAY OCTOBER 9th PRESENTS

'ASYLUM' and 'UN CHIEN ANDALOU

PLACE: MECH. ENG. 220, TIME 7.30 pm

Asy lum stars Peter Cushing and Britt Ek land in a horror-suspense story about a young

doctor trying to find out who are the patients and who are the doctors in a creepy nut house

U n Chieri Anda lou is Salvador Dali 's mind-blowing, surrealist excursion into the film

world. It created riots when it came out and is not for the squeamish.

October 9th, 1973 F E L I X Page 3

BRISTOL STUDENTS SURVEY THEIR

LIVING STANDARDS

THE

BENEVOLENT

ARM OF

THE LAW

A Survey on student l i v ing

costs, prepared by students o f

the Univers i ty of Bristol

U n i o n , may become an i m

portant document i n the nego

tiations about student grants

now going on between the

Department of Educa t i on and

Science and the Nat iona l

U n i o n of Students.

T h e Survey, wh ich has

been called " a careful piece

of w o r k " by M r . N o r m a n St.

John-Stcvas, claims that stud

ent grants are £57 a year be

low basic l iv ing expenses. T h e

situation for medical students

is even worse; the Survey

estimates that they are £2.40

a week below the level they

should be.

T h e Survey was presented

to I he Univers ity of Bristol

C o u n c i l in July . A s a result

the Counc i l , wh ich has a

majority of laymen, inc lud ing

top businessmen and local

authority representatives, ask

ed Bristol 's V ice -Chance l lo r ,

D r . A . W . M c r r i s i o n , to write

to the Department of E d u c a

tion and Science expressing

the Counc i l ' s concern about

the student grant situation

highlighted by the Survey's

findings. T h e Bristo l letter

asked the D E S to consider i n

particular t h e fo l lowing

points:

t. that the main grant

should be settled at a

realistic level

2. that there should be pro

per arrangements for

combat ing inflation

3. that the parental con

tr ibut ion system should

be abolished

4. that the pr inc ip le o f

smaller grants for mar

r ied women students

was wrong, and

5. that special cases, such

as medica l and dental

students, who work a 48

week year, deserved

special treatment.

M r . N o r m a n St. John -

Stcvas, for the D E S , has re

plied that he agrees with the

C o u n c i l that grants should be

adequate to meet the essen

tial costs o f attendance at

academic courses. H e refuses

to make any promises about

arrangements to combat i n

flation. H e estimated that the

abo l i t ion of the parental con

tr ibut ion would cost £4m per

annum. H e has undertaken to

IC NUPE OUT

ON STRIKE

Over the last few months

w e have seen mounting at

tacks by po l ice o n work ing -

c lass communi t ies . T h e

'pol ice , under the pretext of

the bomb hysteria and anti -

Irish demagogy , last week

ra ided houses in Pr ince of

W a l e s Crescent , Charr ington

Street, Ha rwood Street, Bas

set Street, G i l den Road and

Piatt Street. Two -hundred

and fifty pol ice were involved

in the raids, several were

a rmed , s ome carr ied sledge

hammers , which they used

to smash down doors and

break windows.

S E A R C H FOR B O M B S

Each of the streets was

"first co rdoned off by pol ice

coaches so no one cou ld get

! ih or out. T h e pol ice entered

: the houses whether locked

or otherwise, smashing down

floors, c l imb ing through

windows and over rooftops.

M e n and women were forced

f rom their beds, interrogated

whi le dress ing and watched

while their possess ions were

thrown around the room as

pol ice searched for explo

s ives . However no arms or

b o m b factories were un

earthed. Nevertheless 30

people were arrested on Fr i

day morning on various petty

charges. None were charged

in connect ion with the bomb

ings.

LAW OFF SIDE'

Over the last week or two

there has been a series of

indescr iminate raids on vari

ous squatting communit ies

by the pol ice . T h e House of

Lords ruling making c o n

spiracy to trespass a cr iminal

offence makes it very clear

that neither the law nor the

pol ice are on the side of

squatters.

FAIR RENT A C T

Th i s spel ls out grave dan

ger for tenants — today

squatters are in the front

line of attack in the broad

housing movement; tomorrow

the law and the pol ice will

be used against the private

and counc i l tenant. A l ready

the 'fair rent act ' is seen

clearly to be opposed to ten

ants interests.

POLICE RAIDS

T h e s e pol ice raids have

been carried out in various

communi t i e s and on one or

two polit ical organisations

(i.e. Workers Fight head

quarters — a radical left-

wing group) over the last

coup le of weeks, represent

an increasing use of the

po l ice to harass and terror

ise the community .

P O L I C E A T T A C K S

T h e s e attacks and harrass-

ment of left-wing oragnisa-

tions by the po l ice s ignify

the 'br inging h o m e ' of the

strugg le in Ireland. No longer

wi l l the struggle be c o n

tained on the territory o f the

oppressed but it is now being

carr ied back to the country

of the oppressor. Under the

smokescreen of the bombings

the po l ice and the state

machine are having their

powers strengthened; already

having chosen various " h i p p y

c o m m u n i t i e s " as the mass

media put it to practise

manoeuvres before the full

force of the state machine is

turned against the organised

working c lass . T o send in

2 5 0 po l ice a rmed , carrying

hatchets, walkie talkie, dogs,

setting up road b locks , cor

don ing off streets, isolating

whole areas under the pre

text of looking for the bomb

ers c an only be seen in the

light of a military dress re

hearsal by the state.

POLICE E S C O R T S

In the last year the po l ice

have been used more and

more direct ly against work

ers interests. In particular

they have common ly escorted

strike breakers across picket

l ines in industrial disputes.

T h e law being used against

the Shrewsbury bui lding

workers is being interpreted

so that the tactic of the mass

picket can be outlawed. T h e

use of the immigration laws

to increase d iv is ions between

black and white workers, the

pay laws, the Industrial Re

lations Act all represent a

strengthening of the state's

legal armoury against work

ing people.

DEFEND LIBERTIES

It is becoming increasing

ly clear for the need to or

ganise to defend what basic

liberties we have.

DIARY R E M O V E D

Jock Veal l (one of your

hippies (I) who had the

'p leasure ' of a bomb squad

ca l l ing last week and remov

ing a diary of names and

addresses ' for the records ' ( l )

after fai l ing to find explo

sives) .

T w o w e e k s a g o m e s s e n

g e r s , c l e a n e r s , m a i n t e n a n c e ,

r e f e c t o r y , s e c u r i t y a n d b a r

m e n a l l t o o k i n d u s t r i a l

a c t i o n . T h e y c a m e o u t o n

s t r i k e to s u p p o r t t w o f i t t e rs

f r o m m a i n t e n a n c e w h o w e r e

s u s p e n d e d . T h e d i s p u t e a r o s e

b e c a u s e o f t h e g r o w i n g f r u s

t r a t i o n o f u n i o n m e m b e r s

o v e r t h e c o n t i n u a l b r e a k i n g

o f p r o c e d u r a l a g r e e m e n t s by

c o l l e g e a u t h o r i t i e s .

T h e p r o c e d u r e f o r t h e a p

p o i n t m e n t of s u p e r v i s o r s ,

o n c e a v a c a n c y a p p e a r e d ,

w a s to a d v e r t i s e i t b o t h i n

a n d o u t s i d e t h e c o l l e g e s o

t h a t c o l l e g e e m p l o y e e s a s

w e l l a s o u t s i d e r s g o t a

c h a n c e t o a p p l y f o r t h e j o b .

F o r the s e c o n d t i m e in a

f e w m o n t h s c o l l e g e a u t h o r i

t i e s b r o k e t h i s p r o c e d u r e a n d

a p p o i n t e d ' t h e i r m a n ' w i t h

o u t a d v e r t i s i n g the j o b . A f t e r

s e v e r a l m e e t i n g s the c o l l e g e

m a n a g e m e n t r e f u s e d to

b u d g e ; f a c e d w i t h a c h o i c e

o f b a c k i n g d o w n o r t a k i n g a

s t a n d , N . U . P . E . d e c i d e d to

" b l o c k " the s u p e r v i s o r , t h a t

i s r e f u s e d t o t a k e o r d e r s f r o m

h i m . C o l l e g e r e t a l i a t e d b y

s u s p e n d i n g t w o o f t h e f i t t e r s

u n d e r t h e s u p e r v i s o r . T h i s i n

t u r n l e d t o s t r i k e a c t i o n b y

N . U . P . E . m e m b e r s t o d e f e n d

t h e i r s u s p e n d e d c o l l e a g u e s .

J u s t o v e r a d a y l a t e r

m o r e t h a n 9 0 % o f N . U . P . E .

m e m b e r s w e r e o u t a n d t h e

c o l l e g e w a s h e a v i l y b l o c k e d

b y o t h e r t r a d e u n i o n i s t s . T h e

p o s t m e n , d u s t m e n a n d d e l i

v e r y m e n w e r e a l l t u r n e d

b a c k a t t h e c o l l e g e e n t r a n c e s

b y w e l l m a n n e d p i c k e t l i n e s .

T h e e f f e c t o f t h e p i c k e t w a s

to m a k e t h e s t r i k e b i t e r i g h t

f r o m t h e s t a r t . C o l l e g e h a d

n o p o s t , d e l i v e r y , c l e a n i n g ,

o r s e c u r i t y , a n d b u i l d i n g s

w e r e l e f t u n m a n n e d . It w a s

d o u b t f u l w h e t h e r t h e c o l l e g e

c o u l d r e m a i n o p e n f o r l o n g .

T h e r e w e r e u n d o u b t e d l y

s o m e r e d f a c e s a m o n g s t t h e

c o l l e g e m a n a g e m e n t , f o r o n

o n l y t h e s e c o n d d a y o f t h e

s t r i k e t h e a u t h o r i t i e s d i d a n

a b o u t f a c e a n d b a c k e d d o w n .

T h e y i s s u e d a p u b l i c a p o l o g y

f o r b r e a k i n g p r o c e d u r e a n d

c o n c e d e d t o g u a r a n t e e t h a t

f r o m t h e n o n a l l v a c a n t p o s t s

f o r s u p e r v i s o r s w o u l d b e a d

v e r t i s e d b o t h i n a n d o u t s i d e

c o l l e g e . T h e t w o f i t t e r s w e r e

r e i n s t a t e d , t h e c o l l e g e c l a i m

i n g t o h a v e m a d e a m i s t a k e

( f o r t h e s e c o n d t i m e ) o v e r

t h e a g r e e d p r o c e d u r e .

N o w t h a t t h e i r c o l l e c t i v e

s t r e n g t h h a s b e e n d e m o n

s t r a t e d , N . U . P . E . o f f i c i a l s

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

b e t a k e n m o r e s e r i o u s l y b y

c o l l e g e a u t h o r i t i e s .

g i v e special consideration t o

t h e problem o f married

women students l iv ing w i t h

n o n - s t u d e n t husbands.

T r e v o r Locke , D i rector o f

the Survey, and now President

of the Bristol Students' U n i o n

said: " W e think our findings

are important. T h e D E S is in

the dark about the t r u e situ

ation. T h e i r statistics tend to

bo two years out of date. T h i s

Survey is the most up-to-date

and it covers an area which

has not been looked at before.

W e wish to emphasise, for

those look ing for a national

significance, that Br isto l U n i

versity has a higher percent

age o f students coming f rom

well-to-do backgrounds than

most. T h e situation at other

universities is l ikely to be

much worse than at Bristol .

Therefore, the most signifi

cant results to come f rom our

work w i l l be those w h e r e

financial disadvantage c a n

be proved ; i f h a r d s h i p ex i s t s

here one c a n be reasonably

s u r e t h a t i t is far worse i n

m a n y o t h e r u n i v e r s i t i e s . "

B A C K G R O U N D —

I N F O R M A T I O N

T h e ma in conclusions and

results o f the Survey arc :

a) Tha t the level o f grants

is just adequate for

term-time expenditure,

bat does not allow for

necessary costs dur ing

vacations.

b ) T h a t , as a result o f this,

u s i n g conservative esti

m a t e s o f vacation ex

penditure (on food and

r e t a i n e r s f o r term-time

a c c o m m o d a t i o n ) , t h e

s t u d e n t i s on a v e r a g e

2 0 % s h o r t , or £57 p . a .

OB h o a r d a n d l o d g i n g

a l o n e .

c) T h a t s t u d e n t s o n c o u r s e s

r e q u i r i n g m o r e t h a n 30

w e e k s a t t e n d a n c e a t u n i

v e r s i t y a r e i n a n e v e n

m o r e a c u t e s i t u a t i o n :

e s p e c i a l l y m e d i c a l s t u d

ents u n d e r t a k i n g c l i n i c a l

s t u d i e s w h o a r e £2.40

p e r w e e k s h o r t , c o m

p a r e d w i t h s t u d e n t s o n

3 0 w e e k c o u r s e s .

d) T h a t s t u d e n t s appear t o

b e financing their short

f a l l for board and l o d g

i n g f rom the money that

o u g h t to be spent o n

b o o k s and equipment:

a n average expenditure

em books o f £26 per

y e a r , compared with a '

D E S a l locat ion o f £51

w a s reported.

e) T h a t t h e means test

a n d parental contr ibu

t i o n system is not work

i n g properly, since 2 0 %

o f students covered b y

the survey are not r e

ceiv ing the parental con

tr ibut ion that t h e y

should be, and are thus

i i n d i n g it even harder to

manage tinaucially.

C l i n i c a l medical students

work a 48 week academic

year, and receive a grant o f

£596.20: this compares w i th

£712 that would be received

if the usual 30 week grant o f

£445 were extrapolated at the

same level. T h i s means that

these s t u d e n t s receive £2.40

p e r w e e k less than students

i n other f a c u l t i e s throughout

t h e i r work ing year. In add i

t i o n t o this, they have little

o p p o r t u n i t y to earn other

i n c o m e , s i n c e t h e y have on ly

f o u r weeks vacation per year.

T h e y also have to mainta in

s t a n d a r d s o f appearance:

a n o t h e r expense f r om a r e «

d u c e d grant.

Comments

received

"Sure ly y o u should include

q u e s t i o n s about the standard

of l i v i n g : it m a y seem tha i

the cost of l i v ing is low for

a lot o f students because they

have to make do with what

they ' v e got, than about ques

t i o n s on whether we have a

r oom to ourselves or not ;

state o f property, i.e. leaky

r o o f s , e t c . "

" A s a c l i n i c a l m e d i c a l

s t u d e n t I h a v e to be u p fo r

48 w e e k s per y e a r . M y t o t a l

m a i n t e n a n c e a l l o w a n c e is

£596.20 p e r y e a r , o f w h i c h

m y p a r e n t s c o n t r i b u t e £528

a n d m y L E A £68.20. I h a v e

n o o p p o r t u n i t y , o b v i o u s l y , t o

s u p p l e m e n t t h i s b y a v a c a t i o n

j o b . "

" B e i n g f e m a l e , i t e m s s u c h

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

p o w d e r , c o s m e t i c s , a n d " p e r

s o n a l h y g i e n e " e a s i l y c o s t s

£1 p e r w e e k . T h e a m o u n t :

s p e n t o n f o o d w o u l d be h i g h e r

b u t I b u y i n b u l k a b o u t £15

n i n g o f e a c h t e r m , e.g. m a s h -

w o r t h o f g o o d s a t t h e b e a m

ed p o t a t o , co f fee , s u g a r ,

s o u p s , t i n s o f s t ew , e t c . "

" I t h i n k t h a t t h e s t u d e n t

g r a n t i s b e c o m i n g m o r e a n d

m o r e i m p o s s i b l e to m a n a g e

o n . B U T I t h i n k th e r e a r e

m o r e p e o p l e w h o a r c less f o r

t u n a t e a n d less a b l e t o c o p e

w i t h m o n e y p r o b l e m s — e s p e «

d a l l y the e l d e r l y . T h e r e f o r e *

I t h i n k s t u d e n t s s h o u l d c a m

p a i g n for p e o p l e w h o h a v e

n o t t h e s t r e n g t h t o f i ght f o r

t h e m s e l v e s . "

Page 4 F E L I X

I C s M O T I O N

These are the motions proposed

by ICU for the first national confer

ence this year of the NUS to be held

in Margate in late November.

They have been forwarded by the

External Affairs Committee whose

Vice-President this years is Trevor

Phillips.

GRANTS Con f e r ence notes

(1) The tota l i nadequacy of grants

s ince the i n t e r im a w a r d .

(2) The acce l e ra t ing rate o f inf la

t ion w h i c h is s t ead i l y w o r s e n

ing the e c o n o m i c c o n d i t i o n s o f

the major i ty of s tudents .

(3) That the T r i enn i a l R e v i e w Pro

cedure w i l l shor t l y be in s e s s i o n .

(4) The M e e t i n g for T rade U n i o n

ists o n the Grants C a m p a i g n

jo in t ly s p o n s o r e d b y N U S a n d

The L o n d o n Fede ra t i on of

T rades C o u n c i l s o n Sep t embe r

2 7 t h .

Con f e r ence reaff irms

(1) That a centra l a i m of the Gran t s

C a m p a i g n mus t c o n t i n u e to be

to m o b i l i s e the w i d e s t numbe r s

of s tudents in a c t i on .

(2) There fore par t i cu lar tac t i cs of

the c a m p a i g n — d e m o n s t r a t i o n s ,

mee t ings , rent s t r ikes , o c c u p a

t ions , e tc . . mus t b e c o n s i d e r e d

in r e l a t i onsh ip to that a i m .

(3) That the Whole strategy of sus

t a ined a n d e s ca l a t i ng m o b i l i s a

t ion agreed to at the Emergency

Con f e r ence n o w requires the

largest p o s s i b l e f o c u s i ng of

anger a n d a c t i o n a r ound the

ac tua l r ev i ew p rocedure i tsel f .

(4) That the d e c i s i o n of the T r a d e

U n i o n C o n g r e s s to oppose the

W h i t e Pape r s t rengthen the i m

por tance of N U S lay ing empha

s i s on the c l a ss i ssue of a c c e s s

to pos t s choo l educa t i on that

unde r l i e s the Grants c l a i m . T h e

suppor t of the o r gan i s ed t rade

un i on a n d labour movemen t

mus t a c c o m p a n y the m a x i m u m

m o b i l i s a t i o n in ac t i on of the

s tudent movement , if w e are to

fo rce a n ou t come of the T r i e n

n ia l R e v i e w in a c co rdanc e w i t h

our d e m a n d s .

Instructions

(1) Exec . & G C C C .

T o o rgan ise na t i ona l ac t i ons in

E n g l a n d , S c o t l a n d , Nor thern

Ire land and W a l e s to c o i n c i d e

w i t h p rominen t mee t ings of the

R e v i e w i n g B o d y ; these ac t i ons

to i n c l u d e na t i ona l d e m o n s t r a

t i ons .

EDUCATION Con fe r ence notes :

1. That in 1 9 7 0 there were 6 7 7 , 0 0 0

s tudents in pos t - schoo l educa t i on

as aga inst a prewar m a x i m u m o f

7 0 . 0 0 0 .

2 That the rap id pos twar expans i on

in H E has been a c c o m p a n i e d by

state res t ruc tur ings of H E , i n

c l u d i n g the W h i t e Paper on E d u

ca t i on .

These h a v e —

(a) P r omo t ed a voca t i ona l e m

phas i s in H E as ind i ca t ed b y

the p roposed D i p H E and the

expans i on of the po l y t echn i c

sector .

(b) Increased the power of c en

t ra l gove rnment on H E .

(c) Increased B i g B u s i n e s s i n

ves tment , inte est and influ

ence throughout H E .

(d) Led to a cen t ra l i sa t i on of

power upon the govern ing

boards of ins t i tu t ions of H E .

(e) G i v e n the s tudent l i t t le or no

say in de t e rmin ing any as

pect of their e duca t i on .

Con f e r ence r e cogn i ses :

1. That the content of H E e m b o d i e s the va lues of the ru l ing c l a s s .

2. That the i n d i v i d u a l i t y of s tudy

e p i t o m i s ed in the compe t i t i v eness

of the e x a m sys t em further re in

fo rces the d i v i s i o n s be tween

c l a s s e s .

3 . The s t rugg les w h i c h have taken p lace a round the issues of e d u c a t ional po l i c y , e.g.

(a) the d i s m i s s a l of a left w i n g

lecturer at Lancaster .

(b) the s i t ins at C a m b r i d g e .

(c) the a l ternat ive s eminars at

S u s s e x .

(d) the a l te rant i ve p rospec tus

at T h a m e s Po l y t e chn i c .

RACIALISM 1 Con f e r ence notes the inc reas ing

d i s c r i m i n a t i o n aga ins t B l ack

peop l e in 'Br i ta in th rough d i rec t

e c o n o m i c and soc i a l depr i va t i on

e.g. hous ing , educa t i ona l oppor

tuni ty ; constant po l i c e harass

ment; l eg i s l a t i on a i m e d at keep

ing out b lack a n d b r o w n i m m i

grants ; the recent Cour t of A p p e a l

d e c i s i o n to app ly the immig ra t i on

act re t rospec t i ve ly .

2. Con fe rence be l i eves that rac i a l

i s m is a produc t of the imper ia l i s t

s y s t e m and serves its interests .

The imper ia l i s t p o w e r s seek to

use wo rke r s f r om the newly inde

pendent states of A f r i c a and A s i a ,

e m p l o y e d often in the hardest

and w o r s t pa i d jobs. Further ,

r a c i a l i s m is a tac t i c to d i v i de the

w o r k i n g c l a s s b y p rov id ing a

scapegoat for d i ve r t ing the frus

trat ion and anger of people f rom

the cap i ta l i s t s y s t em , on to an

under -pr i v i l e ged and eas i l y iden

ti f iable s ec t i on of the c o m m u n i t y .

S u c h a tac t ic f lour ishes in an at

mosphere of unemployment .

3 . Con fe rence rejects the concept

That the p rob l em of r a c i a l i s m can

be s o l v e d by cu l tura l a s s im i l a t i on

of the b lack c o m m u n i t y . T h i s

" m e l t i n g pot p h i l o s o p h y " tac i t l y

p laces b lack cul ture in an inferior

pos i t i on .

Con f e r ence c o n d e m n s Conse r va

t ive and Labour Governments for

propagat ing such rac is t a t t i tudes

to appease rac is t g roups .

4. Con fe rence , however , notes the

d i s tu rb ing increases in rac is t at

t i tudes , f rom w h i c h no group in

soc i e ty is ent i re ly free. Confer

ence notes that the act iv i ty of

fasc i s t o rgan isa t i ons notably the

Nat i ona l Front , has increased re

cent l y appea l ing w i t h rac ist pro

paganda and inc i t ing v i o l ence

aga inst b l a c k people .

5. Con fe rence be l i eves that s tudents

w i th other p rog ress i v e forces , in

par t i cu lar the trade un ion move

ment, have a major r espons ib i l i t y

in s tepp ing up the fight against

r a c i a l i s m and rac ia l d i s c r i m i n a

t ion , a n d the deve lopment o f

f asc i s t o rgan isa t i ons .

6. Con fe rence notes the firm s tand

taken in the past by N U S and

Student U n i o n s aga inst r a c i a l i s m ,

e spec i a l l y the ac t i v i ty against the

increase in s tuden ts ' fees in

1 9 6 7 , and the reso lut ion on i m

migra t i on passed at Easter c on

ference 1 9 7 1 .

7 Con fe rence c ondemns the rac i a l

ist b i a s of the educa t i on sys t em

in this country , and the lack of

spec ia l f ac i l i t i es for immig ran ts

w h i c h increas ing ly is a p rob l em

for b lack s choo l ch i l d r en , w h o ,

re jected by a h ighly se lec t i ve

s ys t em of educa t i on are unjust ly

often re legated to E S N es tab l i sh

ments . Con fe rence be l i eves that

this is a p rob l em w h i c h par t i cu

lar ly deserves the attent ion of

student teachers .

8. Con ference w e l c o m e s the deve l

opment of o rgan isa t i ons among

b lack and b r o w n people to coun

ter inc reased d i s c r i m i n a t i o n and

harassment . Con fe rence be l i eves

that the N U S students s h o u l d

wo rk w i t h such groups , for the

urgent need is to b u i l d the unity

of a l l ant i - rac ia l i s t forces , b lack

and wh i t e .

9 . Con fe rence be l i eves that m u c h

more w o r k must be done to

cha l l enge the ideas of r a c i a l i s m

and that c r i t i c i s m of the mass

med i a for its representat ion of

rac ia l ques t i ons s h o u l d be under

taken. C r i t i c i s m of the educa t i on

sys t em for a fa i lure to reflect the

history cu l tu r e and ach i evements

of people f rom the th i rd w o r l d ,

and to prov ide the fac i l i t i e s nec

essary and the t ra in ing to eq iup

teachers a n d s o c i a l wo rke r s to

dea l w i th the spec i a l p rob l ems of

immig ran t c h i l d r e n , is essent ia l .

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

N U S Exec .

To organise the fu l l es t co-opera

t ion w i th o rgan i sa t i ons c o m m i t t e d

to f ighting r a c i a l i s m , e.g. J . C . W . I .

L ibera t ion , Institute of Race Re la

t ions , An t i - Ap a r t he i d , I .W.A. Or

gan isa t i ons .

C .O . ' s

To affiliate to the above o rgan i sa

t i ons where poss ib l e .

C .O . ' s and A r eas

To par t i c ipate in the es tab l i shment

of loca l ant i - f asc i s t c ommi t t e es

wherever poss ib l e . Whe r e these do

not ex ist to approach T rades C o u n

c i l s , trade un ion branches and

other o rgan isa t i ons to cons ide r the

poss ib i l i t y of e s tab l i sh ing such a

commi t t e e invo l v ing the o rgan ised

movement and immigran t organ isa

t ions .

N U S Exec .

To con t inue oppos i t i on to higher

fees for overseas s tudents .

N U S Exec . & ' C . O . ' s

To fight a l l a c a d e m i c l inks w i th

South A f r i c a and R h o d e s i a and to

pub l i c i s e those l inks w h i c h do

exist .

N U S Exec .

To c ampa i gn for t ra in ing for

teachers and soc i a l wo rke r s to

equip them to dea l w i t h prob l ems

of immig ran ts .

N U S Exec . & C . O . ' s

To c ampa i gn for the in t roduc t i on

of courses to teach the history ,

cu l ture and ach i evements of th i rd

w o r l d peop les .

N U S & C . O . ' s

To c ampa i gn for f ac i l i t i e s to help

immig ran t g raduates become

qual i f i ed to enter the B r i t i s h edu

ca t i on s y s t e m ; par t i cu la r l y , in the

t each ing p ro f e s s i on , w i t h j p e c i a l

f ac i l i t i e s for late entrants .

N U S & C O . ' s

To c ampa i gn for the repeal of the

retrospect ive c lause of the Immi

grat ion A c t a n d eventua l ly its re

pea l as a w h o l e .

N U S E x e c .

T o c o n s i d e r set t ing up spec i a l

mach inery to dea l w i th the prob

lems of immig ran t s tudents .

N U S Exec . & C . O . ' s

To support s cho l a r sh ips for v ic

t ims of r a c i a l i s m overseas .

COMMUNITY

AND EN

VIRONMENT Confe rence notes that as long as to

day 's p rob l ems are cont inua l l y s tated

in t e rms of mass po l i t i c s and mass

organisat ion it is c lear that on ly i n

ternat ional and nat iona l ins t i tu t ions

can dea l w i t h them. Yet , these very

inst i tut ions are often t end ing to ex

aggerate the cap i ta l i s t and indust r ia l

dr ive t o w a r d s —

1. cent ra l i sa t i on of power and con

sequent l im i t i ng of s cope for

loca l in i t ia t i ves

2. sub jugat ion of the interests of

m a n k i n d as a w h o l e to the inter

ests of a power fu l few

Confe rence thus asser ts that, if an

eco log i ca l l y s ound re la t i onsh ip of

respect between people and their en

v i ronment is to be rea l i s ed , then

those w i thout power must be able to

chal lenge those se lec t i ve inst i tut ions

(such as the educa t i on sys tem)

w h i c h perpetuate the right of the

power ful few to ma in ta in the present

cyc l e of exp lo i t a t i on .

A l t h o u g h nat iona l and loca l s tudent

unions T A L K about so l i da r i t y w i th

the power l e ss to ach ieve these ends .

S C A and eco-ac t ion groups A C T to

gether w i th rang and file trade un ion

ists, res idents , c l a iman ts and c h i l d

ren in loca l s i tua t ions ac tua l l y cha l

lenging these power re la t i onsh ips .

Such work i n c l u d e s —

(i) urban renewal as a p r i o r i t y —

v ia a c t i on on transport , hous

ing , urban t ra i l s , tenants ac

t ion , etc.

(ii) the c onso l i da t i on of the shi f t

w i t h i n s choo l s t owards en

v i ronmenta l and c o m m u n i t y

ac t i on .

(i i i ) c ampa i gn ing for more decent ra l i sa t ion of power and more au tonomy .

(iv) cha l l eng ing the ver t i ca l hier

arch ies of the pro fess iona l

often based on str ic t c u r r i c u

lum spec i a l i sa t i on .

(v) boyco t t s and educa t i on c a m

pa igns by ac t i on groups in

support of the interests of the

T h i r d W o r l d .

Two pro jects were es tab l i shed u n

der the ausp i c es of N U S in 1971 for a

tr ial p e r i od of three years to wo tk

w i th l oca l c o m m u n i t y ( S C A N U S )

and eco-act ion ( C O N C E R N U S )

g roups . Bo th projects p r oduce regu

lar newsle t ters f i l led w i th con t r i bu

t ions f rom act i v i s ts round the country ,

act as an in format ion exchange , or

ganise con fe rences and wo rkshops ,

p roduce var ious pub l i ca t i ons , and

S C A N U S is invo l ved in research ing

the deve l opments of a l ternat ives in

higher educa t i on .

Each project has two worke rs w h o

operate as a team; they are in d i rec t

contact w i t h loca l groups w h i c h en

ables them to be respons ive to the

needs of loca l ac t i v i s t s . S C A N U S has

w o r k e d c l ose l y w i t h an adv i so ry

group of s tudent ac t i v i s ts w h o play

a major part in the running of the

project w i t h i n the b r o a d p o l i c y l ines

l a i d d o w n by N U S nat ional confer

ence .

Con fe rence r escogn i ses t h a t —

(i) to fac i l i ta te loca l a c t i v i t y it is

essent ia l that this s ys t em o f

c o m m u n i c a t i o n cont inues to

exist in order to spread infor

mat ion arid a id g roups ' inter

ac t i on .

(ii) the three year S C A N U S a n d

C O N C E R N U S projects are due

to c lose in the s u m m e r of 1 9 7 4 .

(iii ) exper ience via newsle t ters , f ield

v i s i t ing , wo rkshops and research

have demonst ra ted the need and

ef fect iveness of f lexible grass

roots cont ro l l ed projects.

Conference notes the large n u m bers of s tudents invo l ved in these act iv i t ies and recogn ises the need to cont inue to encourage and support their deve lopment .

Conference , a cknow l edg ing the inter-related e lements of the ' c y c l e of e xp l o i t a t i on ' ou t l ined above, therefore advoca tes the sett ing up of a nat ional Jo in t Env i ronment a n d C o m munity Project to help coord ina te work in these areas.

The f o l l ow ing po ints are necessary e l ements in the Jo in t Env i ronment and C o m m u n i t y Project :

(i) in es tab l i sh ing this joint project the N U S shou ld be aware that they are not o rgan is ing a nat ional c ampa i gn ing unit or in i t ia t ing speci f ic projects but that each Un i on s i tuat ion is

unique; in terms of ac t ion w i th in the c ommun i t y and on env i ronmenta l i ssues on ly s tudents w i th in that U n i o n can dec ide what form is su i tab le .

(ii) N U S Con fe rence shou ld retain

overa l l cont ro l w i t h a n A d v i

sory Group (see i i i ) be ing res

pons ib l e for day to d a y affairs.

( i i i ) the A d v i s o r y Group be e lec ted

by an A n n u a l Con fe rence o f

ac t i v i s t s . N U S Execut i ve m e m

bers w i t h r espons ib i l i t i e s for

the Jo in t Project w i l l be fu l l

members of the A d v i s o r y

Group .

(iv) the Jo in t P ro j ec t w i l l not have

depar tmenta l status w i th in

N U S s ince th is imp l i es mana

ger ia l con t ro l , w h i c h w o u l d re

duce r espons i veness , f lex ib i l i

ty and c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w i th

the grass-roots and w o u l d in

hibit the capac i t y o f staff to re

act to loca l needs v ia f ield

v i s i t s , etc.

(v) at least four fu l l - t ime staff are

required w o r k i n g o n an equal

bas is w i th equal pay and their

appo in tment and d i s m i s s a l

sha l l be the respons ib i l i t y of

the A d v i s o r y Group .

(vi) the nature of the work w i l l be

the ma in tenance of a c o m m u n i

ca t ions sys t em be tween groups

as ou t l ined ear l ier based on

v is i ts , w o r k s h o p s , newslet ter

and shou ld remain respons ive

to the chang ing needs of

groups .

(vii ) s ome di f ferences w i l l ex is t i n

the emphas i s of future w o r k —

such as the in format ion base

and sca le of i s s u e s — a n d this

w i l l require that the staff of

the Jo in t Project retain s ome

separate funct ions .

EUROPEAN

PEACE AND

SECURITY N U S Con fe rence notes that the

major t rend in European affairs is

that of detente. C o n f e r e n c e speci f i

ca l l y notes the treaties s i gned be

tween the Sov ie t U n i o n and the

Federa l Repub l i c of Germany , Po l and ,

and the F R G and the Ge rman Demo

crat i c Repub l i c and the F R G ; The

1971 four power agreement on Ber

l i n ; the 1 9 7 3 bi latera l agreement be

tween the U S A and the U S S R ; the

g row ing internat ional recogn i t i on o f

the G D R ; the part ia l success of the

H e l s i n k i S A L T talks and the recent ly

he ld ta lks mark ing the open ing s tages

of the European Secur i ty Conference .

Conference further notes the in

creased poss ib i l i t i e s of internat ional

contac ts a r i s ing f rom the success fu l

par t i c ipa t i on of over 4 0 0 de legates

in the 10th W o r l d Fes t i va l of You th ,

and the un i t ed oppos i t i on of import

ant S c o t t i sh l oca l author i t i es , labour

movement a n d students to the pre

sence of nuc lear bases in the W e s t of

S c o t l a n d , expressed in the 1 9 7 3 CNf>

Easter m a r c h .

Con fe rence w e l c o m e s the g row ing

d e m a n d that Br i t a in shou ld leave the

E E C and that a future Labour Gove rn

ment s h o u l d imp lement t h i s .

In the meant ime , in the interests o f

its membe r sh ip the N U S Con fe rence

instructs the Execut ive to co l labora te

ful ly w i t h other student unions of

W e s t Europe , the International U n i o n

of S tudents and relevant o rgan isa

t ions of the labour movement in order

jo int ly to protec t s tudent interests in

respect of educa t i ona l re forms a n d

the t rans ferab i l i ty of pro f ess iona l

qua l i f i ca t ions ; and to report to

Easter Conference 1 9 7 4 on the same .

A s a first year s tudent in the M a t h e m a t i c s Depa r tmen t last y ea r I t ook a n ac t i v e part i n the o r g a n i s a t i o n of s o c i a l events for my yea r a n d w a s e l e c t e d S o c i a l R e p . C o n s e quent ly I st i l l h o l d a s t rong belief that the s o c i a l life of the depar tment is s ad l y l a c k i n g a n d a m a l w a y s l o o k i n g to those in pos t s of r e spons ib i l i t y to improve it.

Y o u may imag ine how outr a g ed I w a s to hea r that by S u n d a y , 7th O c t o b e r 1973 there are on ly s ix s tudents , i n c l u d i n g F r e she r s , a t t end ing the F r e s h e r s ' D inne r . Unfortunate ly the n u m b e r s have to be in to Mr . M o o n e y by Tues day . It is the j ob of the Depar tment Rep . to p e r s u a d e s tuden t s to c o m e a l o n g to the D inne r a n d as we have r each ed this sorry state of affairs, one must a sk whe the r the present Depar tment R e p . is real ly in te res ted in the s o c i a l life of ou r depar tment or d i d he just s t and for a seat on C o u n c i l for S o c . S o c . I awai t h i s rep ly wi th an t i c i pa t i on .

H a v i n g a t t a c k e d my Depart ment Rep . in th is f ash ion I a m b o u n d to be a s k e d why I d i d not s tand for e l ec t ion . The a n s w e r to th is is qui te s imp l e , I feel that I c a n he lp s tuden ts enjoy c o l l e g e life more a s Ents . C h a i r m a n of R C S U than I c o u l d have a s Ma ths . Depart ment R e p .

T h e r eade r s of Fe l i x w h o feel c o n c e r n e d on r ead ing th is letter that a vast major i ty of F r e s h e r s wi l l m i s s out on the b igges t s o c i a l event of the i r year c a n rest a s s u r e d that s o m e t h i n g wi l l be done . A l though there is on ly o n e day left to p e r s u a d e F r e s h e r s to c o m e a l o n g , a g r o u p of us w h o feel ou t r a g ed by the resu l ts of our Depar tment Reps , work wi l l d o a l l in our p o w e r to pers u a d e peop l e to c o m e a l ong .

Y o u r s s ince re l y ,

Pe te r R. Teague ,

M a t h s . II.

F E L I X October 9th 1973

( R E V O L U T I O N I N S O U T H A M E R I C A - .

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Letter to the Editor S i r ,

O n behalf of the

Roya l School of

Mines Un i on , may I

compliment you on

having the first 'Fe l ix '

of the term (Issue N o .

340), delivered on

time to the Imperial

College U n i o n Office,

and no further. This

alone represents a tre

mendous amount of

work on your part.

f i l m R e v i e w

T h i s f irm w a s d i r ec t

e d by Cos t a -Gav ra s , one

of t h e few d i r e c t o r s w h o

m a k e s t r ong l y p o l i t i c a l

f i lms . T h e s c e n e w a s

set in a S o u t h A m e r i c a n

coun t r y , w h i c h r e m a i n

e d a n o n y m o u s t h r o u g h

out a n d c l a i m e d to re

late a true s tory . It w a s

a b o u t a n e p i s o d e in the

fife of the T u p a m a r o s

g u e r r i l l a s o r " u n m e n

t i o n a b l e s " a s they a re

c a l l e d a s the i r n a m e is

b a n n e d .

In a very smoo th

o p e r a t i o n they k i d n a p

the B r a z i l i a n C o n s u l , a n

A m e r i c a n E m b a s s y

a t t a che a n d a n o t h e r

A m e r i c a n c a l l e d P h i l i p

M i c h a e l S a n t e r e . In b u l

l e t ins , w h i c h they r egu

lar ly b r o a d c a s t , they

d e m a n d that p o l i t i c a l

p r i s o n e r s , h e l d by the

g o v e r n m e n t , s h o u l d b e

r e l e a s e d in e x c h a n g e

f o r the k i d n a p v i c t i ms .

T h e gove rnment , of

c o u r s e , d e n i e s that it

h a s any po l i t i c a l p r i s o n

e r s , on ly c o m m o n c r i

m ina l s , a n d re fuses to

nego t i a t e . Ins tead , it

o r d e r s a t h o r o u g h

s e a r c h for the m i s s i n g

m e n a n d at o n e t ime

they c o m e very c l o s e to

b e i n g f o u n d but for the

i n c o m p e t e n c e of the

p o l i c e .

In the mean t ime the

g u e r r i l l a s in t e r roga te

the i r c a p t i v e s . T h e rea

s o n for the k i d n a p p i n g

of S a n t e r e is a myste ry

to the p r e s s a s of f ic ia l ly

he is a m e m b e r of

A . I .D . ( Agency for Inter

na t i ona l i j e v e i o p m e n t )

a d v i s i n g o n traff ic a n d

c o m m u n i c a t i o n s . It s o o n

b e c o m e s a p p a r e n t that

he is n o t h i n g of the sort

but i s rea l ly the re to

work c l o s e l y w i th the

a r m y a n d sec r e t p o l i c e .

The g u e r r i l l a s c l a i m that

the g o v e r n m e n t is co r

rupt a n d in e s t a b l i s h i n g

i ts e n d s u s e s tor ture de

v i c e s ( s o m e rather

horr i f i c s c e n e s a re

s h o w n ) a n d c o m p l e t e l y

d i s r e g a r d s the l aw a n d

c o n s t i t u t i o n . T h e y say

that S a n t e r e a i d e d t h e m

a n d o the r La t in A m e r i

c a n c o u n t r i e s to es tab

l i sh r ight w i n g v i ews .

H e tu rns out to b e a

c o m p l e t e o p p r e s s o r of

any f o rm of l i b e r a l i s m a n d c o m m u n i s m .

T h e t e n s i o n in the f i lm i n c r e a s e s a s the g o v e r n m e n t re fuses to y i e l d to the t e r r o r i s t s ' d e m a n d s a n d it e v en c o n s i d e r s r e s i g n i n g . O n the w h o l e the f i lm exp r e s s e s the s i tua t i on in S o u t h A m e r i c a very we l l . It w a s shot , w i th m u c h o p p o s i t i o n , in C h i l e but the m a k e r s s t r ong l y d eny that the ev en t s in it have anyt h i n g to d o wi th C h i l e . E v e n so it is wor th noti n g that in 1970 a former A m e r i c a n p o l i c e chie f , Mr . D a n M i t r i o n i , w a s k i d n a p p e d , w i th two o thers , a n d , later k i l l ed in C h i l e . T h e f i lm po r t r ay s the s i tua t i on f rom the gue r r i l l a s ' po int of v i ew and does so very w e l l . They say that they are f i ght ing for l i b e ra l i sm and democ r a c y a n d a r e s h o w n to be c o m p a s s i o n a t e , we l l -o r g a n i s e d p e o p l e w h o g e n u i n e l y regret to have to g o to s u c h e x t r e m e s to m a k e t h e m s e l v e s h e a r d . E x c e l l e n t d i r e c t ion m a k e s th is very c l e a r a n d it is a f i lm we l l wo r th s e e i n g .

M a r k G i l l .

Yves Montand arrives at Police headquarters in 'State o f S i e g e '

A l l eight pages

have been filled, We

find the two page

article on 'Fe l ix goes

to press' most in

teresting, and the two-

page Diary, with its

large daily squares,

most useful. Spo i l is

mentioned; but the

standard articles by

the Un i on Officers

still leave s o m e

column-inches to be

filled.

What superhuman

efforts you must have

expended i n collect

ing articles on such

far-flung topics, and

with s u c h wide

appeal.

Unfortunately your

heavy workload has

obviously been re

sponsible for the

gross libel that you

have printed on Page

2 of this issue. I refer,

of course, to the

a r t i c l e n e a t l y

crammed into the top

of columns 3-6; and

more specifically to

the 3rd paragraph of

'Imperial C o l l e g e

Publications'.

The Royal School

of Mines Un ion ob

jects most strongly to

the fol lowing lies, as

printed and circu

lated in Fel ix under

your auspices as

editor.

1. T h a t Mines-

letter is 'defunct'.

2. That the mem

bers of our Un ion

doing research are

both 'geriatric', and

few in number.

3. That some mem

bers of our Linion

are doing deferred

honours.

4. That ' rumour '

has it that Minesletter

is more blue in con

tent and politics than

Guildsheet.

To substantiate our

objections we would

like to bring to your

notice the fol lowing

points.

1. Minesletter has

been published fre

quently. The most re

cent dates being,

24.5.73, 1.10.73. Last

year a total of eight

editions were pub

lished.

2. Applications for

research posts are

most carefully con

sidered, and in com

mon with any institu

tion that is proud of

its name and reputa

tion, o n l y post

graduates of t h e

highest calibre are ad

mitted. By no means

can 223 postgradu

ates be considered

few in number.

3. There are no

members of our

Un i on taking de

ferred honours in this

academic year.

• 4. The publication

of any rumour is bad

ethics, and concealing

the source of a

rumour is a most de

spicable practice.

O n behalf of the

Royal School of

Mines Un ion , I would

ask you to publish

this letter ' in toto' in

the next edition of

Fel ix. This action on

your behalf would be

considered a formal

apology and the mat

ter dropped.

P A U L G E E

Editor's

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I w e l c o m e y o u r letter a n d pr int it not a s a f o rma l a p o l o g y but in o r d e r to reply to the p o i n t s r a i s e d .

I s h a l l not at tempt to a n s w e r y o u po int b y po in t but I s h o u l d l ike to po in t out that the major i ty of my 'workl o a d ' a s y o u put it is un fo r tuna te l y not at present spen t c o l l e c t i n g a r t i c l e s but ra ther hunting , b e g g i n g a n d ca jo l i n g a d v e r t s w i thout w h i c h Fe l i x w o u l d n ' t e v en ex is t .

Fa i r e n o u g h , y o u might say , but wha t is the po int of p r o d u c i n g a p a p e r w h i c h is f inanc i a l l y v i ab l e but irre levant to s tuden t s . R ight , a n d s o d o i n g the g r o u n d w o r k that I a m at p r e s e n t o n adver t i s i n g s h o u l d e n a b l e me to s p e n d l e s s t ime o n the t e l e p h o n e a n d more t ime r e s e a r c h i n g art i c l e s . None the l e ss I a p p e a l to a l l s tuden t s to wr i te for F e l i x a s I a m sure that the last t h i n g that is w a n t e d is an i ssue wr i t t en by me.

T o move on to t h e ' g r o s s l i be l s ' . I apo l o g i s e for s ta t ing that M i n e s l e t t e r is de func t in the s e n s e of no l onge r b e i n g p u b l i s h e d - The r e f e r ences i m p l y i n g that on l y l o n g - s t a n d i n g m e m b e r s of the C o l l e g e c o u l d r e m e m b e r the last i s s u e of M ines l e t ter is , a s y ou have p o i n t e d out fac tua l l y inco r r e c t . It w a s by no m e a n s meant to refer so l e l y to p e o p l e in the R . S . M . U . but to s tuden t s in g e n e r a l .

T h e s o u r c e s of the ' r u m o u r ' w e r e m a n y c o n v e r s a t i o n s wi th stud e n t s a n d as s u c h app e a r e d to be the feeling of a s e c t i o n of the s tuden t body . Ra the r than state it a s s u c h I c a l l e d it, p e r h a p s wi th a d e g r e e of s e m a n t i c l a s s i tude , a ' rumour ' .

I no te that y o u take no e x c e p t i o n to the con t en t of the s ta tement abou t the sub j ec t of M ines l e t t e r but i n s t ead f o cus your c r i t i c i s m onto the f o rm of that s ta tement .

I c o n c l u d e that y ou rega rd the s ta t ement is c o r r e c t a n d I h o p e that y ou wi l l r emedy the s i tua t i on .

F E L I X , N e w s p a p e r of Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n .

Issue No . 341 .

T u e s d a y , 9th O c t o b e r 1973.

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

Con t r i bu t i ons : Mark G i l l , S i m i n e K a s s a l ,

G r a h a m K i n g , Pe te Lambe r t , T r ev P h i l l i p s ,

N o r m S a y l e s , P a u l W a d s w o r t h .

P u b l i s h e d by the Ed i t o r for a n d on beha l f of

t h e Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d ,

Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n , P r i n c e C o n s o r t R o a d ,

L o n d o n S W 7 2 B B .

Fe l i x t e l e p h o n e n u m b e r s are : Of f ice 01-589

5111 ext. 2229, Int. 2881 .

A d v e r t i s i n g c o n t r a c t e d by Un i v e r s i t y P r e s s

R e p r e s e n t a t i o n , G r a n d B u i l d i n g s , T ra f a l ga r

S q u a r e , L o n d o n W C 2 .

P r i n t e d by F. B a i l e y a n d S o n L td . , D u r s l e y ,

G l o s . , G L 1 1 4 B L .

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E D I T O R I A L

What an earth-shattering introduction for

freshers the last U G M was. Here we are

back at IC after one of the most momentous

summer vacat ions for ages : where a fascist

dictatorship has been installed in Chi le after

a b loody mil itary coup , black South Af r icans

m o w n d o w n at Western Deeps , a go ld mine

with sub mach ine guns, pr ice rises in this

country o f a sca le reminiscent o f W e i m a r

type inflation, bombs exploded by myster ious

bombers a l l round the country and industrial

act ion on the cards this winter, of the sort

that c o d d topple governments .

But what d o we find at the U G M ? Jus t

ICU p ledg ing itself aga in to follow the line

of the N U S with regard to the grants c a m

paign.

What have we won out of last year 's mass

mobi l i sat ion of 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 students at its peak

a round the 4 bas ic N U S d e m a n d s ? — A

10% grant C U T due to ris ing pr ices and no

advance o n the demands .

N o surpr ise is it that the Stalinists here

at IC feel that students wi l l be difficult to

mobi l i se this term, after a'l that resulted in

nothing.

They ' r e talking of course of mobi l isat ion

around their leadership — that pol i t ica l ly

bankrupt farce o f Steve Parry, J u d y Cotter ,

Stuart Paul and their fe l low travellers l ike

N U S Pres ident J o h n Randal l .

T h e same kind of leadership as shown by

Oigby J a c k s , last year 's N U S President, who

was r educed to s i l ence at K ing ' s , last Thur s

day, when cha l lenged over the questions of

Chi le and the role of the Popular Front .

T h e prob lems that students face today are

not isolated f rom the rest o f society . T h e y

pay the same r is ing pr ices , l ive in the same

(if not worse) a c commoda t i on at exhorbi -

tant rents and have the same future o f 111

per cent mortgages, c losure o f industry and

We imar inflation as everyone else.

S ingle - issue protest pol it ics is dead in this

situation. T o try to force the Tor ies to

accede to our really min imal demands by a

campa ign leading up to a sess ion at the

bargaining table is nothing short of blatant

treachery. O n al l other fronts the Tor ies

have burnt the bargaining tables and where

they s tood , p laced an armed po l i ceman f rom

the Spec ia l Patrol Group.

T h e working c lass isn 't go ing to sit back

and have its Democra t i c rights and l iving

standards smashed by the Tor ies , in an

effort to save their vanishing profits in this

per iod of rapidly deepening wor ldwide eco

nomic cr is is .

That is only if the fight is taken up within

the trade unions to remove their leadership

of labour lefts, right wingers and Stalinists.

T h e y preach that the way to fight against

these attacks by the Tor i e s is a Popular

Front p ledged to soc ia l i sm by reform.

" T h e peaceful road to s o c i a l i s m " , they

ca l l it. But what we learnt from Ch i l e is

that the so ca l led peaceful road to soc i a l i sm

is the b loody road to f a sc i sm.

T h e s e Eng l i sh A l l endes are not misgu ided

individuals, they are consc ious ly working

against the interests of the working c l a s s in

order to retain their pr ivi leged posit ions in

their respective beaurocrac ies .

Not that A l l ende had a su ic ide w ish , it 's

just that his whole role and posit ion c a m e

f rom his pol i t ica l standpoint , wh i ch wa s

the peaceful road of the Stalinists.

T h e present leaders of the grants c a m

paign at N U S are of the same pol it ical k ind

and are leading us up the same garden

path to betrayal.

S o what do we d o ? Leave our future in

the hands of these charlatans and class

col laborators or bui ld a pr incip led trader-

ship within N U S that wi l l fight for our rights

and l iving standards.

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HOPS/CONCERTS

TIME 8p.m. (Prices later)

Fr iday 12 O c t . — B E E S M A K E H O N E Y . Concert Ha l l 30p.

Fr iday 19 O c t . — G O O D H A B I T . Concert H a l l , 30p.

Tuesday 23 O c t . — O S I B I S A & H E A V Y M E T A L K I D S .

Great H a l l , IC Students 50p in advance

Fr iday 26 O c t . — Q U E E N , Concert H a l l .

Saturday 17 N o v . — R A L P H M c T E L L . Great H a l l .

^ E X T R A — F r i d a y 16 Nov . C & G Carnival — A l l night!

C O L L E G E B L O C K . Fairport Convention +

Bees Make Honey + M i k e Abso lom

+ Disco, etc.

FILMS (for times see posters)

Sat. 13 Oct. — Those Magnificent M e n in Their F ly ing

Machines.

Sat. 20 Oct. — Butch Cassidy and the Sundance K i d .

Sat. 27 Oct. — Soldier Blue and Bob, Caro l , Ted and Al ice.

Sat. 3 Nov. — Shaft.

Sat. 10 Nov. — Le Mans .

Thurs. 22 Nov. — Wi l lard .

Sat. 1 Dec. — A M a n Cal led Horse.

Thurs. 6 Dec. — Mus ic Lovers.

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T h i s c a l e n d a r h a s

b e e n b r o u g h t out by

the c o m p a n y to c a s h in

o n the c u r r e n t T o l k i e n

c r a z e . S o m e of the

A u t h o r ' s o r i g i n a l i l lus

t r a t i ons a re i n c l u d e d

w i th the c a l e n d a r a n d

th i s may at t ract many

fans, a s the d r a w i n g s

t h e m s e l v e s a re p l e a s a n t

e n o u g h p i e c e s , a n d y o u

c a n a l w a y s s t i ck t h e m

on y o u r w a l l . T h e d raw

i n g s re f lect the b o o k s ,

a n d vary f r om trite

w o o d l a n d s c e n e s

t h r o u g h h e r o i c f an tasy

to bed- t ime s tory b o o k

i l l us t ra t i ons . T h e y a r e

a l l c h a r m i n g but have

a b s o l u t e l y n o t h i n g to

say. Pret ty pret ty art for

ar ts s a k e . If y o u a r e a

t rue T o l k i e n fan th i s is

p r o b a b l y just wha t y ou

w a n t e d , but y ou may be

d i s a p p o i n t e d in the

c o m p a r i s o n b e t w e e n

what the a u t h o r d r e w

a n d y o u r men ta l i m

p r e s s i o n of the s c e n e r y .

T h i s may not b e the

p l a c e to a t tempt to re

view the b o o k s t h e m

s e l v e s o ther than to.

say that they a r e e s c a p

ist f an tas i e s wr i t ten dur-

i ng W o r l d W a r T w o a n d

rea l l y r ep r e s en t the

h o p e l e s s n e s s of all

l i b e r a l i n t e l l e c t u a l s

p o s e d wi th the h u g e

s t r u g g l e s of s o c i e t y out

s i d e the i r c o m p r e h e n

s i o n or in f luence .

W h o s e responsibility?

As a graduate who has been trained for probation work, they could

be yours. You have learned to think straight, to distinguish cause

from effect. That ability and a practical approach to problems, are

now more important in our work than ever. For the Probation and

After-Care Service is a principal agent in the Government's aim to

extend the range of workable alternatives to prison. Some form of

community service, day training centres and intensive

supervision—such are the kinds of alternative treatment that

the Home Office is sponsoring. And Probation Officers are

going to carry them out. That is why anyone coming into the

service at this t ime must be flexible in approach; eager to

apply new techniques; and wil l ing to experiment.

The way you enter is normally through a-course of professional training

recognised by the Central Counci l for Education and Training in Social W o r k

and leading to the Council 's Certif icate of Qualifications in Social W o r k .

Courses last between one and two years, depending on your degree.

During training a salary of at least £1,416 is paid. After training, a Probation

Officer's salary starts at £1,803 and rises in all cases to not less than £2,232.

Officers have the opportunity to reach a higher maximum of £2,661.

Promotion to Senior Probation Officer would bring it up to £3,216; further

promotion could bring up to £6,000 according to the probation area. (Increases

in these scales are currently being negotiated). A l l Officers working in the

London area receive additional remuneration.

For more information about this demanding and fulfilling career, please send

your name and address on a postcard to The Home Office, Probation and

After-Care Department ( ), Room 446, Marsham Street, London,

S W I P 3DY, or get in touch with your local Principal Probation Officer whose

address and telephone number are in the telephone book.

P r o b a t i o n & A f t e r - C a r e S e r v i c e

» * a g e H F E L I X October 9th, 1973

T h e Cr icket C lub will be

ho ld ing its first indoor nets

o n Sundays , October 14th

and 21st between 4 and 5

p .m. at A l f Gover ' s Cr icket

Schoo l , East Hi l l , Wands

worth. A list of those cr ick

eters we wou ld like to attend

will be posted on our notice

t»oard outside the U n i o n ibar.

Please meet in the Lower

Union Lounge at 2.45 p.m.

funless you prefer to make

your own way there). If you

d id not see our stand at the

Freshers ' Fair, please add

your name to the lists or get

in touch with the Captain.

Ian Menr ies , or the Secret

ary, Peter Totterdel l (both

Chemistry P.G. 's ) , Via the

internal mai l .

-Nets Will continue at the

same time on all remaining

Sundays during the first and

second terms. Membe r s from

previous years are most we l

come, but please not during

the first few weeks, for the

benefit of the freshers.

P . T .

NORTH LONDON POLY Union left penniless

North London Poly has had its funds frozen once

again by the Director.

A d e c i s i o n w h e t h e r t o u n f r e e z e t h e m o r t o k e e p t h e

S t u d e n t s ' U n i o n t h e r e w i t h o u t a c e n t t o i t s n a m e w i l l b e

m a d e i n (he t h i r d w e e k o f N o v e m b e r a t a m e e t i n g o f t h e

- C o u r t o f G o v e r n o r s .

R.C.S.IL

presents for your edification

9th Oct Bot/Zoo Freshers

Dinner

.11th Oct Maths Freshers Dinner

Both held i n College Block

U p with People

How to sing and dance your way around the world

and gain 24 units towards a degree in the States.

A n alternative to education on a campus is offered by the educational corporat ion 'up w i th people'. The idea was started in 1966 by IBlanton Belle, who got fed up with the misery and depression prevalent among students and composed of first and second year students and sixth formers decided to get them up. His group has gone on from performing around M i ch i gan to travel l ing a l l over the wor ld . There are now three per forming groups. T h e audience are to ld about the scheme dur ing the performance and people who are interested are interviewed later on. N o basic sk i l l is necessary to jo in , but interviewers look for maturity, flexibility, concern for h u m a n k i n d , interest in people and abi l i ty to endure the tough life ahead. Af ter one year the students are completely transformed. They manage to pack more adventure into one week than many wou ld in a year. They also learn t o overcome difficulties and communicate with other people. A b o u t two hundred out of the three hundred involved in the scheme are 'Amer ican.

T w o professors travel w i th the group g iv ing them three to ten hours tui t ion a week in places ranging f rom hotel lobbies, ice skating r inks and squares to cathedrals and palaces. Great use is made of the changing environment and history is taught l i teral ly on the spot. Un i t s offered are history, Eng l i sh and speech wi th dance, music and physical education avai lable for the keen. 24 units can be p icked up, as opposed to 32 on a university campus. T u i t i on fee is $3,000 and pays for a third of the cost, the rest comes f rom ticket sales.

T h e B r i t i s h C o u n c i l i s a

g o o d s t a r t i n g po l in t f o r a l l

i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g o v e r

s e a s s t u d e n t s h i p s .

P u b l i s h e d by t h e E d i t o r f o r a n d o n b e h a l f o f I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d , I m p e r i a l C o l l l ege

O n Wednesday Ithe show is i n a id of chari ty but the Thursday and F r iday performances are open to a l l . A l ternat ive ly the group can be seen on Tuesdays Nat ionwide.

250,000 G O O D R E A S O N S

F O R F A M I L Y P L A N N I N G

The following is a useful companion to the various night activ

ities of students. Hope its handy!

The case for effec

tive family planning is

irrefutable on hum

anitarian, economic

and medical grounds.

The Family Planning

A s s o c i a t i o n has

worked for almost 50

years for these prin

ciples and its 1,000

clinics (ijhrougjhout

Great Britain dealt

with a record 805,642

individual patients in

1972 as a g a i n s t

464,356 five years ago.

A major step in the

FPA 's progress this year

was the Government's long

awaited decision to take

over responsibility for its

clinic and domiciliary ser-

SCHOLAR

SHIPS

ABROAD

Deta i l s of s c h o l a r s h i p s

of fered to B r i t i s h s t u d

ents by fo re ign govern

ments a n d ins t i tu t i ons

are a va i l ab l e f r o m :

M i s s N . Nutt ,

B r i t i s h C o u n c i l ,

S tate H ouse ,

H i g h H o l b o r n ,

London W C 1 R 4 S Z

T e l . 0 1 - 2 4 2 - 9 0 2 0 .

These opportunities are

offered mainly to present and

prospective graduates and

are available in countries

ranging alphabetical ly f rom

Afghanistan to Yugos lav ia ,

inc luding the U S S R , U S A

and Ge rmany .

App l icat ions imust be in

between November and

March , depending on the

country.

vices by their gradual ab

sorption into the National

Health Service from April

1974. But the fact that

there are some 250,000

unwanted pregnancies an

nually shows that the need

for advice and education

remains enormous, which

is why the F P A must con

tinue in its endeavours to

get the message across by

every possible means avail

able.

T h e F P A i s r e s p o n s i b l e a t

t h e m o m e n t f o r a t l e a s t 90

p e r c e n t o f t h e f a l m i l y p l a n

n i n g c l i n i c s e r v i c e s i n t h i s

c o u n t r y . I t b e l i e v e s t h a t o n e

o f t h e m a i n r e a s o n s f o r t h e

c o n t i n u e d r i s e i n ithe n u m b e r

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

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

a b o u t t h e c o s t s i n v o l v e d t o

t h e i n d i v i d u a l . H o w m u c h

g r e a t e r t h e c o s t i s t o h a v e a

c h i l d w h i c h p l a c e s a n i m p o s

s i b l e b u r d e n o n a l r e a d y o v e r

s t r e t c h e d p u r s e - s t r i n g s , o r t h e

m e n t a l a n d / o r p h y s i c a l

h e a l t h o f a w o m a n c a n be

g a u g h e d f r o m t h e f o l l o w i n g

c o s t c h a r t :

S o m e 284,207 n e w p a t i e n t s

c a m e to F P A c l i n i c s i n 1972,

as a g a i n s t 175,287 f i v e y e a r s

ago . T e n y e a r s a g o t h e t o t a l

n u m b e r o f a l l p a t i e n t s d e a l t

w i t h b y t h e F P A w a s 299,926

w h i c h i n c l u d e d o n l y 94,037

n e w c o m e r s . A v e r y e n c o u r a g

i n g i n c r e a s e b u t s t i l l n o t

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

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

n a n c i e s a n d k n o w n a b o r t i o n s ,

t h e l a t t e r b e i n g 156,714 f o r

1972.

A w i d e r a n g e o f F P A l ea f

l e t s i s a v a i l a b l e c o m p l e t e l y

f r e e o f c h a r g e t o a n y o n e

s e e k i n g h e l p . Just u n d e r f o u r

m i l l i o n w e r e d i s t r i b u t e d last

y e a r , w h i c h w a s 20 p e r c e n t

a b o v e t h e 1971 f i g u r e . A l l t h a t

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

c a l l o r a l e t t e r t o F P A h e a d

q u a r t e r s a t 27-35 M o r t i m e r

S t r e e t , L o n d o n W 1 A 4 Q W

(01-636 7866 ) . P e r s o n a l c a l l e r s

a r e v e r y w e l c o m e a n d t h e

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

m a i n e n t r a n c e a n d m a y be

s e l e c t e d a t r a n d o m .

A l t e r n a t i v e l y , t h e y c a n b e

o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e l o c a l b r a n

c h e s o f t h e F P A a n d a t e l e

p h o n e c a l l t o h e a d q u a r t e r s o r

a l o o k a t t h e G P O ' s y e l l o w

p a g e s w i l l s o o n p r o v i d e t h i s

i n f o r m a t i o n .

T h e F P A f e r v e n t l y b e l i e v e s

t h a t e v e r y r e s p o n s i b l e i n h a b

i t a n t i n t h e w o r l d s h o u l d be

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

n i n g . I t h a s a m e m b e r h s i p

s c h e m e so t h a t r e s p o n s i b l e

p e o p l e c a n k e e p a b r e a s t o f

t h e l a t e s t d e v e l o p m e n t s a n d

t r e n d s t h r o u g h t h e m e d i u m

o f i t s q u a r t e r l y j o u r n a l . M e m

b e r s h i p c o s t s o n l y £1.25 a

y e a r . V e r y l i t t l e w h e n i t i s

r e m e m b e r e d t h a t ' the A s s o c i a

t i o n i s a c h a r i t y a n d h a s

w o r k e d f o r n e a r l y 50 y e a r s

t o I m p r o v e t h e q u a l i t y o f l i f e

o f e a c h f a m i l y u n i t i n G r e a t

B r i t a i n .

FEES C O V E R I N G A L L PATIENTS' FIRST 12 M O N T H S

U N D E R T H E C A R E O F T H E FPA IRRESPECTIVE O F

T H E N U M B E R O F VISITS

A L L M E T H O D S Year

£ p

3 80

3 15

Examination, advice, prescription and supervision

fee:

I N T R A U T E R I N E DEVICES

Insertion fee which also covers re-insertion or re

moval during 12 months' period and supply of

device:

NFPAS

Where a local authority has responsibility for FPA

patients' fees and the patient pays for supply of

device only: from

1 45*

to

2 80*

Cap with cream: (approx.) 3 00

Oral contraceptives: (approx.) 4 50

C O N S U L T A T I O N O N L Y

A talk with an FPA doctor without examination

and prescription:

If following a consultation a patient then returns

for examination, prescription and supervision the

advice fee is deducted from the normal 12 months'

fee and is:

Sheath: (approx.)

Vasectomy:

*Intra-Uterine Devices, one of the latest of which needs to

be replaced every two years. The earlier devices, which are

still commonly used, do not have to be routinely replaced.

1 90

1 90

8 00

21 00

U n i o n , P r i n c e C o n s o r t R o a d , L o n d o n S .W. I , a n d p r i n t e d b y F . B a i l e y & S o n L t d . , D u r s l e y , G l o s .