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Tuition fee increase worries Rector

Rector rejects Green

Shield stamp idea

Student

numbers up

A t a Board o f S tud ies meet ing

on Wednesday it was revea led

that undergraduate a d m i s s i o n s

to IC are up by over ten per

cent on las t yea r ' s f i gu res ,

br ing ing the (p rov is iona l )

to ta l numbers i n the c o l l e g e

from 4100 to approx imate ly

4250. A cons i s ten t boom in

adm iss i on s over the pas t two

years has reduced the per

centage by wh ich in take f a l l s

short of target l e v e l s from

14% to a mere 1%.

T h e inc rease re f lec ts a

nat ionwide r i se of 4 .6%

est imated by U C C A — i n other

words 3,500 more un ive rs i t y

s tudents throughout B r i t a i n .

A n d even th is i nc rease i s

s m a l l compared to the 8 . 7 %

inc rease in app l i ca t i ons from

s c h o o l - l e a v e r s , undetered by

fears of graduate unemployment .

yIn general the a d m i s s i o n s

inc rease is not thought to

represent a lower ing of

s tandards , and it i s l i k e l y to

be fe l t most ly in s c i e n t i f i c

and eng ineer ing depar tments,

acco rd ing to a T H E S report

las t F r i d a y . A n even greater

i nc rease in adm iss i on s has

occur red at p o l y t e c h n i c s w i th

a 20% r i se at Sunder land , and

th is i s in sp i te of government

cu t -backs on teacher - t ra in ing .

U n i v e r s i t i e s ch ie f l y a f fec ted

are Brad fo rd , B i rm ingham,

S t i r l i n g , C i t y , H u l l , Manchester

and Southampton.

Andrew Evan s

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by

D a v i d H o p k i n s &

C l i v e Dewey

THE RECTOR, Sir Brian F l o w e r s , last Thursday warned

of the dangers of Government impr-adtuition fee increases,.

In his Commemoration day adcir. tie foresaw this producing

a dramatic drop in university applications, such that

Registrars might offer 10-fold Green Shield stamps on

completion of a registration form. He hoped that IC would

avoid this era of promotion gimmicks. 'A panic scramble

for students' was, thought, a real possibility said the

Rector.

A l r e a d y the Government has

fo rced u n i v e r s i t i e s to inc rease

their tu i t i on f e e s , w h i l s t a t

the same time d e c r e a s i n g the

money a v a i l a b l e to them from

the U n i v e r s i t y Gran ts Commi t tee .

The R e c t o r b e l i e v e s that an

i nc reas ing proport ion of

co l l ege f i nance w i l l therefore

have to come from tu i t ion f e e s .

However he d id not make

c l e a r i n h i s speech how a drop

in student numbers wou ld be

spread between home and

ove rseas s tudents .

sT h e U G C grant to un i ve rs i t i es

for 1977—8 has a l ready been cu t

by 4% compared to this y e a r ' s

amount. However , some

observers b e l i e v e that the

U G C cu ts i n rea l terms w i l l

be around 10% and that a

cu tback of th i s magnitude

wou ld i nev i tab l y lead to

redundanc ies . Some campus

unions even v o i c e the v iew

that a rea l cu t of 4% would

put some jobs in jeapordy at

I C .

eN e v e r t h e l e s s the Rec to r

thought that Imper ia l C o l l e g e ,

as a s c i e n c e and technology

cen t re , wou ld be l e s s a f fec ted

than most by the i nc reased

tu i t ion f e e s . If not in a p o s i t i o n

to expand , there were p lans to

broaden the scope of c o u r s e s .

S i r D a v i d H u d d i e ' s report , on

the non - techno log i ca l academic

development of I C , recommends

that seve ra l new sub jec ts and

new comb ina t ions of e x i s t i n g

c o u r s e s be o f fe red. T h e

C o l l e g e in tends to e s t a b l i s h

a new cha i r in E c o n o m i c s and

deve lop a c t i v i t i e s in Indus t r ia l

P s y c h o l o g y . T h e s e p l a n s ,

though, may w e l l be tempered

by present economic fac tors

s a i d the R e c t o r .

A l t hough post graduate cou rses are l o s i n g popu la r i t y , there , was an inc rease i n undergraduate a p p l i c a t i o n s (see

'Student numbers up', this

page). . O ve r '6,000 were received.^ over a thousand be ing admi t ted; th is i s the h ighes t number for ten y e a r s . The Rec to r went on to we lcome the recent White Pape r on P G educa t ion (see page 2).

H i s s p e e c h was i n the

'spirit of optimism', and Sir

B r i a n hoped that in the future

I C wou ld produce s tudents

w i th a much broader ou t look .

O v e r a l l he fel t that academic

s tandards at IC were as h i g h

as eve r .

lT a l k i n g about a notable

non-academic ach ievement he

s a i f i , 'With generous financial

support, a broad combination

of Imperial College talent came

together to produce a revol

utionary design aimed at

stiffness and lightness'. He

w a s o f cou rse referr ing to the

new boat d e s i g n e d by the

L u b r i c a t i o n Labora to ry that

was to have been used i n the

Mont rea l O l y m p i c s .

R A G G O E S

L E G A L C o l l e c t i n g moeny for char i ty

dur ing t h i s y e a r ' s R a g P r o c e s s i o n w i l l have an a i r of l ega l i t y that it has l acked i n p rev ious y e a r s . T h i s f o l l o w s the grant ing of a street c o l l e c t i n g l i c e n c e , In pas t y e a r s , R a g have on ly he ld a house- to-house l i c e n c e w h i c h does not cover street c o l l e c t i n g . H o w e v e r , th i s has not prevented the e n t h u s i a s t i c hordes on the P r o c e s s i o n from do ing s o . T h e R a g P r o c e s s i o n th is year w i l l be on November 2 0 t h .

Late Felix Trust us to mention our two rat

her vital printing and typeset

ting machines in last week's

editorial. Thursday lunch-time,

with only half of F E L I X prod^

uced, the litho printing press

broke down.It wasn't fixed until

Friday lunch-time. I hope -that

explains the wrong page numb

ering and the late issue of your

.paper.

s-tnside-What you get with NUS

discount cards - Pages 6 &9

A cheaper way to travel

- Page 3

The LSO debate - Page 10

Sport- Page 13

Bremsralung returns

- Page 14

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2 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 21st 1976

P G Affa i rs Off icer R i ck Parker c a s t s h is v iews on the Government's recent White Paper on P G educat ion

After all the hoo-ha 'disturbing' Govt, report advocates the status quo

In Augus t we saw the add i t i on of yet

another report on Pos tg radua te E d u c a t i o n /

T ra in ing added to the mount ing f lood

in i t ia ted by the Par l iamenta ry Expend i tu re

Commit tee report of 1973—74. T h i s

par t icu lar report w a s the Government ' s

long awa i ted formal r esponse to the '

or ig ina l report , tak ing the form Of a

White Pape r . On the outset it seems very

p romiss ing ; gone are the demands for

loan f i nanced postgraduate funding (for

the time be ing) ; gone are the demands

of p rev ious reports for cen t ra l funding

and contro l of postgraduate t ra in ing ; gone

are the a s s e r t i o n s that manpower p lann ing

shou ld be the s o l e govern ing factor (now

re legated to be ing merely the over r id ing

fac tor ) .

However , on removing a l l t h i s , one

is merely left w i th a tac i t advoca t i on of

the s ta tus quo wi th a few unsavoury

over tones .

pn

The paper does recogn i se that persona l

s a t i s f a c t i o n and the cont r ibu t ion made

by research s tudents to the advancement

ICWA We are now over our f i rst major hurdle

of the term — the A n n u a l F r e s h e r s D 'nner . D e s p i t e the long de lay — the port had gone as t ray — the meal went down very w e l l (pun!!) . A l l in a l l people seemed to enjoy the who le e v e n i n g . Many thanks to a l l who he lped in any way to make the whole even ing s o s u c c e s s f u l .

s On Sat 30th Oct there shou id be the

f i rs t in the s e r i e s of ICWA D i s c o s . The d i s c o w i l l be he ld in the Un ion from 8pm — midnight and ent rance is F R E E . Thereaf ter every s e c o n d Saturday there w i l l be a d i s c o but. the charge w i l l be a mere 10p.

l

Now for a few p rac t i ca l d e t a i l s about ICWA. We are the proud owner of three sew ing m a c h i n e s . T h e s e can be borrowed by any young lady for a nominal sum for any th ing up to two w e e k s . If the machine takes longer to return home then there is a f ine imposed . So if you want to mend your jeans or start your d ress for the ICWA B a l l then you can borrow one of the mach ines from Rm 98 B e i t H a l l . A l s o if you l i ve in B e i t then you can borrow a ha i rdryer . The on ly c o n d i t i o n on borrowing th is is that it is returned the same day — hence it rea l l y on ly app l i es to peop le in res idence .

1

sNow that you know what ICWA c a n do

for you , why don ' t you do someth ing for ICWA. In the near future nominat ion papers w i l l be going up for the pos ts of Hon S e c , Treasure r , E n t s O f f i ce r , B i o l o g y R e p and M i n e s R e p . If you are Interested in he lp ing or c r i t i c i z i n g in any way then p l e a s e s tand for one of these pos t s . The on ly way we know what you want done is if you te l l us and th is is your c h a n c e .

Isobel Donnelly

President

of know ledge , are important fac to rs .

Fur ther more it r e c o g n i s e s , that • an

exac t f i t to the s o c i a l and economic

demands of the s o c i e t y are i m p o s s i b l e

and that we must se t t l e for a very ' l o o s e

f i t ' . However it goes on to say that a

sys tem des igned for i nd i v i dua l demands

would be a very haphazard way of

s a t i s f y i n g manpower n e e d s . A t l as t ,

thank fu l l y , the Government r ecogn i ses

that a P h D i s not a p iece of abst rac t

r esea rch , but i s , ' an app ren t i cesh ip to a

future career in s c h o l a r s h i p ' , and notes

the a p p l i c a t i o n of th is to a wide var ie ty

of future v o c a t i o n s .

The Government apparant ly b e l i e v e s

that the content and ba lance of P G

tra in ing are too complex for cent ra l

c o n t r o l , and is content to e x e r c i s e

s u c h cont ro l only over the overa l l s c a l e

and deve lopment .

:On the f inance s i de a g a i n , cent ra l

contro l is out, but the awardmaking

bod ies shou ld cont ro l both the numbers

and d i s t r i bu t i on of P G s throughout the

sub jec t range. It i s apparant that the

Government i s s e e k i n g to inc rease i ts

con t ro l , through these bod ies , by ensur ing

that more P G s are dependant on them for

fund ing . The recent and proposed fee

inc reases are shown to be just one s m a l l

part of th is p lan and are shown c l ea r l y

from the report to be an at tack on the

T h i s w e e k ' s a r t i c l e is supposed to be

a short summary of the p o l i t i c a l groups

w i th in student p o l i t i c s , but | must s t r e s s

that it is only a personal v i e w and may

appear to some of you to be b iased and

inaccura te - if you do feel t h i s way let

the edi tor know, h e ' s despera te for

con t rove rsy .

Star t ing from the left we have the

revo lu t ionary s o c i a l i s t par t ies such as

the International Marxist Group (IMG) and

the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP).

T h e s e groups are e s s e n t i a l l y revo lu t ion

ary but each preach thei r own par t i cu la r

brand of revo lu t i on . The W R P i s a very

in teres t ing party, the i r o b s e s s i o n i s to

overthrow the Labour Government (no

a l te rna t ive s ta ted) ; th is theme occu rs so

often in the i r s p e e c h e s that it has been

sugges ted f r i v o l o u s l y that they are

f inanced by the Tory par ty . . A l l t hese

groups are sma l l but c o n s i s t of very

ac t i ve members, so that they of ten

at t ract a d ispropor t ionate amount of

a t ten t ion .

Mov ing to the right we come to a very

large, in terms of N U S con fe rence

de lega tes the second largest group, and

w e l l o rgan ised group — the International

Socialists o rgan ised into the National

Organisation ot International Socialist

Societies, abbrev ia ted to NOISS (pro

nounced n o i s e ) . They are a b a s i c a l l y

T ro t sky i t e party, that i s ner>cpmmunist

and have very s t rong support in many

P o l y t e c h n i c s (except Strand).

S l i gh t l y to the right aga in are I C U ' s

'bete no i r ' the Broad Left — a mixture of

Communis t , le f twing Labour and non-

13.5% of P G s at present s e l f - f i n a n c e d .

There are a l s o vague re ferences to a

change in s t ructure of P G awards as a

further s tep in inc reas ing th is con t ro l .

The present R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l funding

scheme i s upheld for the time being on

the grounds of m i n i m i s i n g bureaucracy .

On the who le the report is d i sappo in t i ng and p o s s i b l y dangerous in i ts support for the inc reased fees and the status quo in P G E d u c a t i o n . The recommendat ions are inane and innocuous but the undertones in the body of the report are d i s tu rb ing . It is hoped that the N U S ' s own report on P G educa t ion w i l l cont r ibu te to what the Whitepaper c a l l s , ' f a r - reach ing pub l i c debate ' ,both by counter ing these undertones and by making some pos i t i ve and c o n s t ruc t i ve sugges t i ons for the P G of tomorrow rather than l eav ing him to s i n k further into the present bog of beurocracy .

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R C S E L E C T I O N for Honorary

Junior Treasurer on Monday 25th

October . Ba l lo t boxes in a l l depart

ments (just produce union card to

vote).

a l i gned s o c i a l i s t s who have for the last

eight years or s o , dominated nat iona l

student p o l i t i c s to the a lmost total

e x c l u s i o n of any other p o l i t i c a l g roup ing.

The backbone of the Broad Lef t both in

ideology and in f inance is the Communis t

Pa r t y .

T o the right of the Broad Left one

encounters a v i r tua l vacuum of p o l i t i c a l

par t ies un t i l you reach the C o n s e r v a t i v e s ,

wh ich i s a strange s i tua t ion s i n c e a very

large percentage of- s tudents have

p o l i t i c a l b e l i e f s wh i ch cor respond to

middle of the road Labour to L i b e r a l .

The i r are three sma l l par t ies in th i s .

space , f i r s t l y the Union of Liberal

Students a group wh ich i s very much to

the left of the Par l iamentary party and

consequen t l y i s in a s ta te of p o l i t i c a l

bankruptcy. There are a l s o the Students

for Representative Policies, a sma l l party

ded ica ted to chang ing the st ructure of the

N U S and br ing ing in more representa t ive

p o l i c i e s . D e s p i t e i t ' s sma l l s i z e it i s

w e l l f i nanced and w e l l p u b l i c i s e d .

S im i la r in a ims but even sma l l e r i s the

Social Democratic Party.

F i n a l f y we come to the Federation Of

Conservative Students (FCS) - p o l i t i c a l l y

s l i gh t l y more moderate than the Tory

party but s i n c e they are f inanced by i t ,

s t i l l in agreement wi th most of the i r

p o l i c i e s . The F C S i s the third largest

group at N U S conference after the Broad

Lef t and NO I SS . It has grown from very

smal l beg inn ings to i ts present s i z e in

the last coup le of yea rs — i ts main a reas

of support are the b ig U n i v e r s i t i e s .

Hugh Barrett

External Affairs Officer

External Affairs-its all

a matter of definition

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sA few words of exp lana t i on over las t

w e e k ' s non-appearance of Pres Cuttings;

N i c k d id submit an a r t i c l e , but la te . 'If

you don' t have s p a c e ' he s a i d , 'don ' t

print i t ' . We d idn ' t have s p a c e . However

my apo log ies to N i c k for not s a y i n g such

in the e d i t o r i a l ; I was knackered —I'd

had l e s s than twe lve hours s leep in f i f ty

hours when I came to wr i te the ed i to r ia l

. . .Most of the F E L I X staf f were l i k e w i s e ,

which accoun ts a l s o for any other

m is takes in l as t w e e k ' s F E L I X .

nSi r B r i a n ' s speech yes te rday was a good

(Jeal mi lder than h i s las t three. Commemor

at ion day a d d r e s s e s ; indeed he even pat

ted the Government on the back at some

po in t s . Y e t he , C o l l e g e and student leaders

a l i ke are only too aware of the economic

problems that t h i s C o l l e g e w i l l f ace in the

coming y e a r s .

There i s a genera l f ee l i ng ' t ha t in rea l

terms IC w i l l be somewhere in the region

of 10% worse off than it i s now in 1977-8.

The C o l l e g e has a l ready cut i t s budget &

at las t y e a r ' s Commemorat ion day the R e c

tor i nd i ca ted that I C , l i ke other un ivers i t -

es was " c l o s e to break ing p o i n t " . O ld

B o y s day i s hard ly the t ime to paint a

gloomy p i c tu re , so we s h a l l have to wai t

to see whether un ion p red i c t i ons of ac ross

the board redundanc ies are accura te .

dL a s t week a Souths ide warden compared

the new L i n s t e a d H a l l ex tens i on to a

' rabb i t war ren ' w i th no ext ra communual

area and no ext ra ent rance. T h e same

warden later admit ted that he had not

seen the de ta i l ed p lans and that h i s

remarks were somewhat pa r t i san l y a imed

at h i s own res i den t s .

N e v e r t h e l e s s h is remarks , a l l be they

f l i ppan t ; do h igh l igh t the genera l ignorance

and lack of c o l l e g e d i s c u s s i o n on the

new e x t e n s i o n . C o l l e g e and Student Un ion

leaders have thrashed out the p lans for

the bu i l d i ng and are in the p r o c e s s of

app ly ing for p lann ing p e r m i s s i o n . Tha t

cou ld be granted next Thu rsday ; yet how

much do ha l l res iden ts and c o l l e g e

emp loyees know about the scheme — I

be l i ev e very l i t t l e .

A l though la te in the day F E L I X in tends

look ing at the C o l l e g e proposa ls and at

those put forward by the l o c a l res iden ts

a s s o c i a t i o n . We s h a l l be a s k i n g what

ha l l s tudents wardens and others th ink

of both p r o p o s a l s , and are there any

better i deas? Cor respondence about the

new ex tens i on wou ld thus be we lcomed.

yT w o reminders here ; f i r s t l y copy date

i s Monday at 2pm for p u b l i c a t i o n on the

f o l l ow in g F r i d a y . In future th is .deadl ine

w i l l be s t r i c t l y adhered to except for

s m a l l adve r t i semen ts , wh ich w i l l be a c c

epted at a la te r date on ly at the d i s c r e t i o n

of the E d i t o r . Second point i s that there

are s t i l l some c o p i e s of the co lour i s s u e

left in the F E L I X o f f i ce ; anybody who

wants a copy i s we lcome to p i c k one up.

F E L I X Of f i ce , Imperial C o l l e g e Un ion ,

P r ince Consort Road, London SW7 2 B B

T e l 0 1 - 5 8 9 5111 ext 1043/1042/1043

Internal 2881 ^

( C ) -1976

Editor - C l i v e Dewey

P u b l i s h e d by the E d i t o r t>n behalf of the

Imperia 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 . P r in ted o f f se t - l i t ho on the Un ion

p remises .

Many thanks to G i l l M c C o n w a y , Ian

Morse, J e n Hardy -Smi th , E x - e d P i n g p o n g ,

Dave H o p k i n s , Mark K u s e , C h r i s Pa lmer ,

Duncam S u s s , Andrew E v a n s , Terry West-

oby, Dave F o x a l l , Howard Cheetham and

anyone e l s e I've forgot ten.

A F E L I X NEWS F E A T U R E

Open a credit account with London Transport F A R E D E A L : Not a way of

get t ing out of pay ing tube

fares, but a s imp le and lega l

w a y of mak ing L o n d o n T r a n s

por t ' s bureaucracy work to

c o l l e c t your fare.

The F a r e F i g h t group is

made up of both passengers

and transport s taf f who use

d i rec t ac t i on in the form o f a

deffered payment s l i p . T h i s

d e v i c e a l l o w s you to buy a lOp

t i cke t (You must have a t i c k e t ,

it i s illegal w i thout one) and

f i l l out the s l i p for the ba lance

of the ' o f f i c a l f a re ' .

T h e onus is then on L o n d o n

Transpor t to c o l l e c t th is

ba lance off y o u . The group

hope these tac t i cs w i l l p ressure

the au thor i t ies into p rov id ing

a bet ter s e r v i c e and lower

f a r e s , w i th the s e r v i c e be ing

or ienta ted towards the user

mak ing e x c e s srather than

p ro f i t s .

T h e present p o l i c y of

L o n d o n Transpor t of higher

fa res and reduced s e r v i c e s i s ,

a c c o r d i n g to a F a r e F i gh t

spokesman do ing more damage

to the transport s y s t e m than

F a r e F i g h t s t a c t i c s . (There

have jus t been cuts On the

C e n t r a l l ine and ones are

planned for the Bake r l oo ) .

To: LONDON TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE

I have today travelled from_

Date.

to

and tendered a ticket for p. Should you wish to recover the

outstanding sum, my name and address is:

Name Address.

Signed.

It is quite simple to use Deferred Payment Slips like the one printed here. Simply buy a ticket for less than the "off icial" fare - - whatever you think is reasonable. Present i t at the other end, together with a completed sl ip (you may need to show some identification). Then i t ' s up to LT to chase you for the extra money. It is illegal to get on a train with no ticket, so get at least a lOp one. Full details are on the FARE FIGHT leaflet "Dragging It Out" which is available free with books of 24 slips (2p per book, plus p&p) from FARE FIGHT, Flat 3, 76 Sidney Street, London E . l . (790 9965).

F a r e F i g h t ' s a ims have

obv ious " appea l to s tudents

who have c a s h - f l o w problems

because they are on ly able to

c l a i m back expenses at the

end of term. L e t s face i t

the" student grant i s f ine, i f

you don' t eat . .

Fa re F i g h t meet at ' R i s i n g

F ree B o o k s h o p ' , 138 Drummond

St (near E u s t o n s ta t ion) .

Anyone in teres ted i n par t i c ipa t

ing i n more i nvo l ved d i rec t

a c t i o n i s w e l c o m e . T h e y

campa ign on a w ide front and a

great va r ie t y of peop le are

members.

Dave F o x a l l

FELIX

STAFF Want to help • shape

your newspaper? Then come

round to the F E L I X off ice

and give us a hand. What

ever your forte and no matter

how litt le time you have

there 's a lways a place for

you on the F E L I X .

' Par t icu lar ly useful at

present are addit ional

photographers, car toonists ,

writ ing -staff and news

reporters. Drop in anytime

during the day or evening

and have a chat to the

editor, C l i v e Dewey.

4 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 21st 1976

A f te r an a b s e n c e of two w e e k s , t h i s magni f icent tome i s ready and a s it lands wi th a dus ty thud on C l i v e ' s desk a l l that i s required i s an exp lana t i on about the m i s s i n g two a r t i c l e s . W e l l , C t ive put about the story that there were techn ica l prob lems in the f i rs t week but rea l l y he spent a l l week f l oa t i ng back to earth af ter the compl iments he r ec e i v e d for the F r e s h e r s F E L I X . H a v i n g managed to squeeze h is head back into the o f f i c e , he duly managed to ed i t my a r t i c l e last week . Not on ly d i d he edi t it, he a l s o d idn ' t print i t !

. . .So th is week we get a bumper e d i t i o n . . .

SFor those o l d lags who remember that

there once used to be a t rave l o f f i ce , and for those F r e s h e r s who wonder why it i sn ' t open , here is the unabr idged ve rs ion of what the f . . . k ' s go ing o n . F i r s t l y , the N U S T r a v e l O f f i c e i s s i tua ted in the Un ion Lower Lounge next to the p inba l l mach ines , but you may have no t i ced the total lack of s a l e s a s s i s t a n t s in the O f f i c e . Now N U S T S are on a 7-year contract (unt i l 1980) to use that room as a T rave l C e n t r e and up to now, ie s i n c e J u l y , they haven ' t opened i t . A cons tan t stream of phone c a l l s to the N U S T S headquarters has f a i l e d to get them to to provide us w i th the necessa ry staf f a l though a c o u p l e of sw i f t reminders about the room h i re (£200 p.a.) f e l l on more fe r t i l e s o i l . So the present pos i t i on

i s that the Un ion i s rak ing in £200 p .a . for a room w h i c h i s never used and you have to go to V i c t o r i a to get your r a i l c a r d s , e t c . F i n a l l y , to quote a lettpr from C h r i s Morgan, (NUS Nat iona l Treasurer ) . . . ' the Board (NUSTS) and the E x e c ,NUS) have been concerned . . . to de f ine a means for p reserv ing N U S T S L t d . s o that it c a n con t inue to offer i t s s e r v i c e s to our membersh ip . ' Seems qu i te s imp le to me, C h r i s -r. O P E N T H E O F F I C E ! ! !

PRES CUTTINGS by IC Union President

Nick Brayshaw

PI have r ec e i v e d 3 c o p i e s of the

Report by the Commi t tee of V i c e -C h a n c e l lors and P r i n c i p a l s of the U n i v e r s i t i e s of the U . K . on the period 1 9 7 2 - 6 . A n y o n e want to read them?

bOne o f the t o p i c s for d i s c u s s i o n at

the Un ion C o u n c i l on the 25th October i s

whether l i fe-members of the Un ion are en t i t l ed to c a p t a i n c l u b s w i th in the U n i o n . A n y c l u b s who have l i fe members' a s C a p t a i n , P r e s i d e n t or commit tee members shou ld inform me in the Un ion (int 3915) s o that we have a compreh e n s i v e l i s t before we start d i s c u s s i o n s .

pDue to a very generous of fer from a

teach ing member of the P h y s i c s s taf f , the Un ion may w e l l f ind i t se l f in p o s s e s s i o n of a t ruck . T h e t ruck hasn ' t been M . O . T ' d for four y e a r s but i t i s in good n ick (honest ) . If anyone has a need for a large truck and i s w i l l i n g to look after it then get in touch w i t h me. The truck w i l l be f ree t o the most worthy c a u s e (after s l i p p i n g me a coup le of qu id ) .

.T h i s i s an o rgan i sa t i on wh i ch ho lds

d i s c u s s i o n weekends at thei r lodge in the Great P a r k , Windsor . They are ho ld ing a con fe rence on the " M e a n i n g s of E q u a l i t y " on November 26th - 28 th . The c o s t (for F r i d a y tea to Sunday tea) w i l l be £9.40 and th i s is s u b s i d i s e d pound-for-pound by the foundat ion. A p p l i c a t i o n forms from me in the U n i o n .

A l s o , a weekend on " M u s i c " is

p lanned for the 17th December and

a p p l i c a t i o n forms are a l s o a v a i l a b l e

for t h i s .

Here endeth is w e e k ' s sermon.

ORANGE T H E UNION BUILDING Link with Bot an

MOLE by Derrick Everett

I C Union D P

CKAFFDTTI

I t 's T u e s d a y morning and

I've an a p a l l i n g hangover —

a g a i n . What w i th a recep t ion at

Senate House last night and

F r e s h e r s ' d inners and C o m -

memmorat ion B a l l , I'm in a

permanent a l c o h o l i c s tupor ,

w h i c h . d o e s n ' t r ea l l y he lp to

get my work out of the w a y .

Apar t from w h i c h , i t s t i l l

t akes me ten minutes to f ight

my way into my o f f i ce due to

the bes ieg ing hordes in s e a r c h

of d i scoun t ca rds and s i m i l a r

g o o d i e s .

The Un ion i s be ing used

pretty e f f i c i e n t l y at p resent ly

—we're hav ing to turn peop le

a wa y ; s o if you want to use a

ROOMS AT THE TOP" BROWN ROOM,GREEN ROOM, ORANGE ROOM. OPERATIC SOCIETY . WELFARE CENTRE. CLUBS ROOM.

CHANCING ROOMS & SHOWERS

REFECTORY OFFICE

SERVERY

GYMNASIUM

UPPER

DINING

HALL

LOWER

" REFECTORY

STOIC AND

CARNIVAL

LIFT AND

STAIRCASE

TV LOUNGE

BILLIARDS AND

SNOOKER

TABLE TENNIS

FLY fcALLERY

CONCERT HALL

COMMON

ROOM

STAGE

CHAIR STORE

UNION 'ICWA I

OFFICE LOUNCE

LOWER LOUNGE

NUS TRAVEL

BAR 5

Un ion room, get in ea r l y , ie

about three week s in a d v a n c e ,

ea r l i e r s t i l l for the J C R . F o r

those of you who don ' t know

the Un ion B u i l d i n g , I 've

produced the map above

show ing a s e c t i o n through the

b u i l d i n g . I hope you f ind it u s e f u l .

F i n a l l y , please remember to carry your Un ion card at a l l t imes , e s p e c i a l l y in the U n i o n bar — I might a s k you to show it!

BATTERY ROOM

DRAMATIC

SOCIETY

DRESSINC

ROOMS

JAZZ ROOM

U P I E S

TOILETS

ENTS.

C0>M!TTEE

BASEMENT

STORES

RA team of b l o o d s u c k e r s (!)

i s v i s i t i n g c o l l e g e next T u e s d a y , Wednesday and T h u r s d a y , the 26 th , 27th and 28th Oc tober . Y o u c a n g ive your b lood to a wor thy c a u s e i n the U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l be tween 9.30am — N o o n and 2pm — 4pm on each of these d a y s . Tu rn up on the day or reserve your p l a c e on the wa l l cha r t i n the J C R . N o

exper ience n e c e s s a r y . ( E d ' s no te : th i s i s a s e r i o u s request , p l e a s e come a long and g i ve some b l o o d , h e l p s a v e l i v e s ) .

CAnybody interested in forming

a Labour C l u b or group at I C ,

please contact Steve Kimmins,

E lec Eng P G (Room 708 E E ) .

Yon don't have to be a Labour

Party member.

S o c i a l i s t soc i e t y are h a v i n g a

s o c i a l o n T u e s d a y O c t 26th

in the lower un ion R e f e c t ,

where y o u c a n d a n c e , d r ink or

ta lk f rom 8pm t i l l l a t e . A l l

are we lcome e s p e c i a l l y year

one and o v e r s e a s s tuden t s . It

i s hoped some peop le from

the s c h o o l of art w i l l be there,

and we w i s h to prov ide

someth ing d i f ferent from the

bar s w i l l i n g genre , a l l t o c o m

mon at th is c o l l e g e .

RIC S c i e n c e F i c t i o n C l u b present

' T h e Star T r e k F i l m Show ' at

6.30pm i n M e c h E n g 220 on

T u e s d a y 26th Oc tobe r . Inc ludes

' E m p a s s e ' , a Star T r e k ep isode

never shown on T V , and 'Star

T r e k B l o o p e r s ' , a medley o f the

T immer Stud io c o c k - u p s .

Members f ree, non-members

15p. Membersh ip 40p.

F E L I X , O C T O B E R 21s t 1976 - 5

Felix would like to congratulate the

Rector and Lady

Flowers, who

celebrate their silver

wedding anniversary

next Tuesday. May

we wish them every

continued happiness

together. • s e & s s s s s s s s s s s e s e s .

cIC Union Meeting

1300hours

Thursday 28th Oct.

in MECH.ENG.220 agenda includes

ELECTIONS s

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CARUNG BLACK LABEL-THE BIGGEST THANKS JO YOU

V

THE BENEFITS OF THE NATIONAL STUDENT

F o r the last umpteen years the National Union of

Students has been fighting for higher student grants. The i r

indifferent s u c c e s s here has led them to invest igate.other

ways of extending your grant.

Hence the National Discount Scheme which , amid the

usual mass of publ ic i ty , made i ts entrance l e s s than two

months ago. Once you have purchased the discount card

you are entit led to the ful l range of d iscounts l is ted in the

accompanying handbook (which comes with the £ 2 you pay

for the card) . T h e s e usual ly amount to 10% and do not

normally apply to items which have already been reduced

by the retailer.

Be ing the first year of operation N U S Marketing has

not secured too many d iscounts . T h e scheme i s heav i ly

reliant on the Countdown discount ca rd , printed on the

student discount card , and its d i s c o u n t s . Consider ing the

Countdown card usua l ly c o s t s £ 7 . 5 0 , i ts addit ion to N S D S

is a great boom.

F E L I X has tried to l ist the range of d iscounts ava i lab le

in and around IC. D iscounts ava i lab le in C h e l s e a , E a r l s

Court and Knightsbridge are a l s o l i s t e d . T h i s guide is

certainly not exc l u s i ve and retai lers or restaurants outs ide

the student budget have been del iberate ly exc luded .

F u l l deta i ls of a l l d iscounts are ava i lab le in the NSDS

Handbook. F E L I X is indebted to N U S , N U S Marketing and

Countdown for permiss ion to publ ish th is gu ide .

Discount is 10% on all

products at the retailers

listed unless otherwise

stated.

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NUS discounts National discounts negotiated exclusively tar the NSDS W.H. Smith A l l items except those not already on special offer. Ryman Jackson the Tailor A l l items except Wrangler gear. The Westerner (Clothes, jeans etc.) Virgin Records and Tapes Guarantee a minimum of 10% off recommended price of your next purchase, and a minimum of 20% off if it is a record or tape' on their own label. Moss Bros. 40% discount on dress hire. Benson Shoe Co. 5% R A C Membership £1.50 off the normal annual membership rate (ie £7.50 instead of £9) . British School of Motoring 5% off normal prices for driving courses

. (excludes intorductory trial hour). Waring & Gillow (Furniture, bedding and home decorations) 7 ' 2%„ Centre Hotels 10% discount on published accommodation prices only.

The following also give unspecified (except in local and Countdown sections) discount to NSDS members; Ravel , Yardley, Lord John, Take 6 , jean Junction, Andre Bernard (Hair), Alkit , Harry Fenton (Mens fashion), Angus Steak Houses, Joan Barrie Fashion, Young's Dress Hire, Godfrey Davis, Harlequin, Olivers Shoes, Laskys, Good Year T y r e Services, Petropolis, Alpine Sports, Peter Brown, Ronnie Scott's Club, Snob.

Publications

The Times Half newstand'price.

The Listener Half Bookstall price

The* Economist £5.50 off the regular annual subscription price

of £20 and a unique 6 month subscription for £7 .50 .

Punch Regular subscription at £10.70 per year instead of £12.50

New Statesman Regular subscription for £7.50 a year instead of

£12.50 {n#wsta»4 price £18 per year).

Newsweek Annua l s u b s c r i p t i o n rate at £5.50 i ns tead of £ 1 1 . New Scientist £2 off normal annua l s u b s c r i p t i o n rate. New Society £2 off normal annua l s u b s c r i p t i o n ra te . Cars and Car Conversions A n n u a l s u b s c r i p t i o n rate £4.60 ins tead

o f £5 .60 . Spare Rib 2 1 % d i s c o u n t . £3.50 for annua l s u b s c r i p t i o n . Private Eye A n n u a l s u b s c r i p t i o n £4.50 (normal ly £5). The Ecologist A n n u a l s u b s c r i p t i o n £4.50 (usua l l y £5.50) The Spectator 52 week s u b s c r i p t i o n for £5 . Dur ing term-time on ly

lOp a copy (normal ly 20p on news tands ) . Zigzag (the rock magaz ine) A n n u a l s u b s c r i p t i o n ra te .£3.50 i ns tead o f £4 .20 . Gay News £7.50 for year l y s u b s c r i p t i o n (usua l pr ice £8.50). The Geographical Magazine £6.60 for one' year i n s t e a d of £7 .60 . Time Out 20% off . Custom Car £4.60 year l y s u b s c r i p t i o n ins tead of £5.60. Time Magazine Student s u b s c r i p t i o n at 40% d i s c o u n t , 52 weeks at

£7 .20 .

Special Student Rates to theatres, clubs and exhibitions

in London as arranged by NSDS.

Aldwych, A l d w y c h , WC2 : U n s o l d t i c ke t s for £1 1 hour before performance (usua l l y £1 — £3) . Arts Theatre Clnb, 6 Grea t Newpor t Street , W C 2 : U n s o l d t i cke ts 75p p lus 15p temp membersh ip ha l f hour before performance (usua l membersh ip £3.50, usua l t i cke t £1 — £2.50) Hampstead Theatre, S w i s s Cot tage C e n t r e , NW 3: 50p membersh ip (usua l l y £1 .50) . T i c k e t s for 75p at the door on af ternoon of the performance (usua l l y £1 — £1.75) .

Lyttleton Theatre, South B a n k : T i c k e t s for £1 1 hour before per fo rmance . 75p for m a t i n e e s .

Open Space, 32 To t tenham Cour t R o a d : en t rance £1.00 p lus 25p temp membersh ip (usua l l y £1.25) .

Roval Court, S loane Square , SW1: T i c k e t s for ma in theatre at a h p r i ce i n a d v a n c e , at any t ime. Yonng V i c , T h e C u t , Water loo , S E 1 : T i c k e t s for 75p Vi hour before per formance (usua l l y £1.25)o National Fi lm Theatre, South B a n k , S E 1 : Membersh ip £2 (usua l l y £4 ) ,

A B C Bloomsbnry, R u s s e l l Squa re , W C 1 : 70p t i c ke t s (usua l l y

£1 .20) . Paris Pnllman, D ray ton G a r d e n s , SW10: Monday and T u e s d a y 90p (usua l l y £1.20) Sadler's Wells, Rosebe ry A v e n u e , E C 1 : Of ten a v a i l a b l e - phone to find ou t . Ronnie Scott's, 47 F r i t h Street , W l : En t rance £1.00 before 9.30 (usua l l y £3.00) May be more a c c o r d i n g to a r t i s t . One Hundred Clnb, 100 Oxford St reet , W l : En t r ance at member 's ra tes (approx. 20p — 50p of f)

Maiqnee, 90 Wardour Street , W l : R e d u c e d ent rance at door (approx. l O p - 15p off)

Hayward Gallery, B e l v e d e r e R o a d , SE1 ¥i p r i ce en t rance to exh ib i t i ons ' Victoria & Albert, E x h i b i t i o n R o a d , SW7: Vi p r i ce ent rance to e x h i b i t i o n s .

Royal Academy of Arts, P i c a d i l l y , W l : Vi p r i ce en t rance to e x h i b i t i o n s London Zoo, Regents P a r k , NW1: 70p en t rance .

Local discounts arranged by NSDS B i c y c l e hire and s a l e s .

Kensington Students Centre , C h u r c h St reet , W8: 2Vi% on b i c y c l e

s a l e s , 10% on b i c y c l e hire

H i - F i Equipment

A u d i o F a c t o r s , E d g w a r e R o a d , W2: 5%

Discount cards are

available from the IC

Union office

Current price £1.75

COUNT SCHEME

Countdown discounts Accommodat ion - Hote ls ( F i r s t C l a s s )

R o y a l K e n s i n g t o n H o t e l , W14

T h e C h e l s e a H o t e l , SW1

Medium and Economy Hote ls

A d e l p h i H o t e l , C r o m w e l l R o a d , SW7 B a i l e y ' s H o t e l , G l o u c e s t e r R o a d , SW7 Campden Cour t , B a s i l St reet , SW3 Ho te l E d e n , Harr ington G a r d e n s , SW7 M a j e s t i c H o t e l , C r o m w e l l R o a d , SW5 A l e x a n d e r H o t e l , Sumner P l a c e , SW7 H o t e l C h r i s t i n a , C r o m w e l l R o a d , SW5 Nor fo lk H o t e l , Har r ington R o a d , SW7

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Dry C l e a n i n g

C o l l i n s branches at : 47 K e n s i n g t o n Church St reet , W8 248 K e n s i n g t o n H i g h St reet , W8 204 S loane St reet , SW1 13 Bu te St reet , SW7

Hai rdress ing

S i s s o r s 46 & 69 K i n g s R o a d SW3 Rober t F i e l d i n g of Regent Street B r a n c h e s at :

40 K e n s i n g t o n H i g h St reet , W8 135 S loane Street , SW1 63 K i n g ' s R o a d , SW3 116 Brompton R o a d , SW3 23 Bu te St reet , SW7 103 G l o u c e s t e r R o a d , SW7 316 E a r l s Cour t R o a d , SW5

John and Ha r l ey M u s e , 197 Brompton R o a d , SW3

H i - F i Equipment

L a s k y s A l l b ranches . 5% D i s c o u n t O N A L L G O O D S , I N C L U D I N G

S P E C I A L O F F E R S A N D S A L E I T E M S .

Footwear

George D e l i s s 41 Beauchamp P l a c e SW3 Derbers 80 K e n s i n g t o n H i g h Street R a v e l 40 & 163 K e n s i n g t o n H i g h St reet , W8

General Stores

Incred ib le Department Store , 94 Brompton R o a d , SW3 M a r b l e s , 5 2 7 - 5 2 9 Oxford Street W l P r e s e n t s P r e s e n t s of S loane St reet , 129 S loane St reet , SW1

i d i e s ' and Men's Wear

6 9 Kn igh t sb r i dge SW1 ( L ) Susan Sma l l 10 S loane St reet , SW1 ( L ) C o n s p i r a c y , 170 K e n s i n g t o n H i g h St reet , W8 ( L ) Downs town , 159 K e n s i n g t o n H i g h Street W8 ( L ) Spect rum, 70 G l o u c e s t e r R o a d , SW7, ( L ) J e a n Junc t i on A l l b ranches J o h n s o n & J o h n s o n , K e n s i n g t o n Marke t , K e n H i g h S t ree t , W8 Mates by Irvine S e l l a r s 13 K e n C h u r c h St reet , W8 Mr C o l l i n s of L o n d o n 18 Beauchamp P l a c e , SW3 K e r m i s , (Lea the r Goods ) 91 K n i g h t s b r i d g e , SW1 The Shimco C o l l e c t i o n , (Leather Goods) 29 K e n Church Street Harry F e n t o n , 136a G l o u c e s t e r R o a d SW7 (M)

63 Shaf tesbury Avenu e W l L a w r e n c e , 225 K e n H i g h S t ree t , W8 L o r d J o h n , branches in Oxford Street M i s t e r B y r i t e , 127 /227 Ox fo rd Street Wl

T a k e 6. b ranches in Oxford St reet , K e n Church St and K i n g ' s rd„

Photographic Equipment

( ampkins ( amrra ( ent re, 45 New B o n d St reet , Wl

Records and T a p e s

Harlet u in R e c o r d s b ranches around L o n d o n

Sports Goods

A l p i n e Sports 309 Brompton R o a d SW3

RESTAURANTS In the restaurant s e c t i o n a rough gu ide to the pr ice per person

you c a n expec t to pay for a mea l g i ven at the end of each l i s t i n g . If th i s i nc l udes w i n e a c a p i t a l W fo l l ows th is p r i c e .

American

P i z z a Hut 149 E a r l s Cour t R o a d SW5 £1.50 T e n n e s s e e P a n c a k e House a l l branches F r o m

Arab ic

A l a d d i n ,

60p

4 K y n a n c e P l a c e , G l o u c e s t e r R o a d , SW7 £2.50 W

Armenian

The Armenian Res tau ran t , 20 K e n C h u r c h St , W8 F r o m £3.50 W

Bis t ros

B a i l e y ' s 239 O l d Brompton R o a d , SW5 £1.50 W K i n g ' s R o a d J a m , 289 K i n g ' s R o a d , SW3 £3.00 W L l o y d s , 1 0 - 1 2 E x h i b i t i o n R o a d SW7 £3,00 W

Chinese C h e l s e a R e n d e z v o u s , 4 S idney St reet , SW3 £6.00 W

E a s t European

B o r s h t c h ' n ' C h e e r s , 273 K i n g ' s R o a d , SW3, £4 .00 Dubrovn ik . 233 E a r l s Cour t R o a d , SW5, £4.00 W

E n g l i s h and International

B u n P e n n y , 225 Brompton R o a d , SW3 £3.00 The Con ten ted S o l e , 19 E x h i b i t i o n R o a d , SW7 £3.00 F l a m i n g O x , R o y a l K e n s i n g t o n H o t e l , W14 £7.00 W F l a n a g a n s , 9 K e n H i g h S t ree t , W8 £3.50 Magg ie J o n e s , 6 O l d Cour t P l a c e , C h u r c h S t . , W8 £4.50 W T a t l e r s C a f e 9 3 - 9 5 O l d Brompton R o a d SW3 £3.00

French

M e l i t a , 153 K i n g ' s R o a d SW3 £3.00 L a P o p o t e , 1 - 3 Wal ton St SW3 £4.00 W The S tab le , 123 C r o m w e l l R o a d , SW7 £6.00 L e s T r o i s C a n a r d s , 1 3 - 1 4 K n i g h t s b r i d g e , SW3 £4.50

Greek

The Salamis, 204 F u l h a m R o a d , SW10 £3.00

Indian

L i g h t of Ind ia , 276 F u l h a m R o a d , SW10 £2.50 Tandoor i A s h o k a , 181 F u l h a m R o a d , SW3 £2.50

Italian

A l v a r o ' s 124 K i n g ' s R o a d , SW3 from £4.00 II B a r b i n o , 32 K e n Church St , W8 £3.50 M e d u s a , 38c K e n C h u r c h S t , W8 £3.50 II G i r a s o l e , 126 F u l h a m R o a d SW3 £4.00 W C u l de S a c , 43 Brompton R o a d SW3 V 3 . 5 0 W A l G i a r d i n o , 37 K e n H i g h Street , W8 £4.00 W II G io rno e l a No t te , 60 O l d Brompton R o a d , SW7 £3.00

L a P e r g o l a , 138 C r o m w e l l r oad , SW7 £3.50 A l R i s t o r o , 205 K e n C h u r c h St , W8 from £2.50

Steak Houses *

Angus Steak H o u s e s , 42 K e n H igh Street , W8 Nor fo l k H o t e l , Har r ing ton R o a d , SW7 £4.00

Wine B a r s ,

T h e Coun tdown reduc t ion a p p l i e s to your b i l l , i n c l u d i n g w i n e , but only i f y o u have ordered someth ing to eat as w e l l . C o r k s Wine B a r , 3 Harr ington R o a d SW7 (B i s t ro i n Basemen t £2.25 W) J e k y l l s Wine B a r , 30 O l d Brompton R o a d , SW7 £2.50 W L o o s e R e i n Wine B a r , 221 K i n g ' s R o a d SW3 £1.25 W

Night C l u b s

Ha tche t t s , 67a P i c a d i l l y . En t r ance i s normal ly £1.30 (Monday to Wednesday) £1.50 T h u r s d a y s , £180 F r i d a y and £2.00 Saturday; Countdown ca rd ho lders pay 90p, £1 .00, £1.30 and £1.50 r e s p e c t i v e ^

compiled by Christine Palmer & Clive Dewey

F E L I X , O C T O B E R 21st 1976 - 7

Punk Rock exposed With the news las t week that the Sex Pistols have j us t

s igned a cont ract w i th E M I , that i n c l u d e s the la rges t advance ever p a i d to a r e l a t i v e l y unknown group (rumoured to be around £40,000 — tha t ' s a lmost tw ice as much as Oueen were g i v e n , and look where they are now) I th ink i t ' s worth tak ing a q u i c k look at th is phenomenon that has built up over the las t twe lve months w h i c h has come to be c a l l e d 'punk rock.'. F o r a start , ' the new w a v e ' , as it has come to be c a l l e d , is so far s o l e l y con f i ned to the L o n d o n a rea , d i s rega rd ing groups l i ke the Feelgood and Hot Rods who , no matter what peop le t e l l y o u , are a di f ferent bag o f b a l l s a l together , than ?ay the Strang lers,

Clash or e v e n the Pistols. Whereas bands l i ke my favour i te punksters the Stranglers for i n s t a n c e , have no trouble f i l l i n g reasonab le s i z e d h a l l s i n L o n d o n — in the p rov inces they are a ln i i is i l o i a l l y unknown and to a greater extent m isunde rs tood .

sTake las t week for i ns t ance , 1 was present on Sunday night

when the Stranglers together wi th the Vibrators, comp le te l y

so ld out the N a s h v i l l e , L o n d o n ' s bes t pub g i g . P e o p l e were

queu ing for a. good hour to get in the jo in t , and w i t h i n forty

minutes of open ing , the ' H o u s e F u l l ' s i gns were up, A l s o

just about every l igger around was out to ca tch the band, from

Johnny Rot ten of the P i s t o l s , most of the Hot R o d s and even

Ray D a v i e s to name but a few.

Now i ts two days la ter . T h e stage has changed from the

r io tous triumph of West K e n s i n g t o n to the Top R a n k Sui te i n

C a r d i l L A n abysma l c rowd who don't r ea l l y know qui te what

to make of the band i n front o f them, who must seem (to the

crowd) to have jus t c r a w l e d out of a sewer . A s the St rang lers go

further into their se t , w i t h i ts b r i l l i an t D o o r / V . Underground

observa t ions , the i nev i t ab le ca t c a l l s get louder . T h i s is not

he lped .by the equipment problems that beset the band on a lmos t

every g ig (unbe l i evab ly , a l though the P A is qu i te modern,

some of the amps date back to pre Vox 67 ' s ) . The Stranglers

l imp off to l i c k thei r wounds , no doubt th ink ing about next

w e e k ' s two s e l l out g igs at Hammersmith Odean w i th Patti

Smith

Or take the Sex Pistols, they ' re b igger than any of the new

wave in L o n d o n . ' I t ' s no good go ing to a P i s t o l s to queue for a

coup le of hours before the doors are opened . Three week s ago

they p l a y e d the un l i ke l y Stow A w a y C l u b in Newpor t , Gwen t , a

sort of over 21s n igh tc lub , where ' gen t l emen ' must wear a j acke t

at a l l t imes and jeans are a no-go.

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eNot many of the punks have recorded ye t , those who have

are to be found o n obscure l a b e l s l i k e S t i f f R e c o r d s and C h i s w i c k

T h e s e are a v a i l a b l e from B i z z a r e R e c o r d s , 33 P r e a d St , London W2:

sT o come to the present , ton ight 's best g igs are at C i t y

U n i v e r s i t y , where Meal Ticket are p l a y i n g ; String Driven Thing

shou ld prov ide f i reworks at the Marquee , On Saturday Welsh rock ' n ' ro l l e r s Crazy Cavern supported by llellraisers shou ld be good at the N a s h v i l l e , If you f e e l l i ke d igg ing deep into your pocke ts then Cado Belle are at the R o c k G a r d e n , Covent Garden on Monday; at the N a s h v i l l e on the same night are F r e n c h rockers Little Bob Story — w i t h thei r dwarf l ead v o c a l i s t —. sure to pack them i n ,

T u e s d a y sees S B & Q at Hammersmi th (check the t i c ke t s i tua t ion) and Graham P a r k e r at the New V i c t o r i a . T h e other ma in a t t rac t ions are the Groundhogs at the Marquee ( their f i rs t of two d a t e s ) . A t the C o l l e g i a t e Thea t re , Gordon Street,, Bert Jansch w i l l be o n .

B e s t g ig on Sunday w i l l be Frankie Miller's appearance at the Roundhouse , C h a l k F a r m ; the suppor t ing act Shanghai i s a l s o qu i te hot . They feature Cliff Bennett and ex—John Kidd

gui tar is t Mike Green ; Mea l T i c k e t open the b i l l .

sT h a t ' s a l l for now; if you 've any sugges t ions as to what I

shou ld feature i n these co lumns p l e a s e send themto me c / o F E L I X o f f i c e .

It wou ld a l s o be apprec ia ted if a few more c o l l e g e c l u b s sent i n d e t a i l s of their a c t i v i t i e s to F E L L X . ,

WW h

Among the army of bouncers the c lub employ , the Stow A w a y boas ts two of the infamous 'Pon t ypoo l f ront-row' , who form part of the Welsh rugby team. C a n you imagine the response the P i s t o l s got when they p l aye d numbers l i ke Anarchy in the

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eSo wh i l e the three bin n iusu w e e k l i e s laud thei r p ra ise on

these bands , and record compan ies make the inev i tab le rush to

s ign any group of degenerates who happen to know two chords

and sn i f f g lue , i t ' s worth remembering that the so c a l l e d 'new

w a v e ' is only but a s m a l l r i pp le con f ined to L o n d o n , w i th no

rea l s i gns that it w i l l spread to any great degree, and it is not

the most revo lu t ionary thing to happen s i nce the other revo lu t i on ,

as those mis in formed s c r i b e s of 'Sounds ' wou ld have us b e l i e v e .

Apar t from the P a t t i Sm i th /S t rang le rs g ig th is weekend , if

you 'd l i ke to sample some of the new bainds p l ay i n g th is week

then I suggest the I C A off the M a l l on Saturday night where

the Clash, Subway Sect and Snatch Sound can be heard . On

Thursday the Dammned p lay at the Red Co w in Hammersmith

R o a d , and a l s o support Graham Parker and the Rumour at New

V i c t o r i a on T u e s d a y ,

YF i l m

F i l m s o c : Sugar land E x p r e s s . Mech Eng 220 at 7.30pm.

D i s c o s

E m s d i s c o . IC Un ion Lower Re fec to ry . 8pm 15p.

Dinner

R C S L i f e S c i e n c e s F reshe rs d inner . Main D in ing H a l l , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . 7pm for 7.30pm.

G i g s

Meal T i c k e t . C i t y U n i v e r s i t y , St John St (253 7191)

Pa t t i Smith B a n d / S t r a n g l e r s . Hammersmith Odean (748 4081)

P a c i f i c Eardrum. 'Man in the Moon' pub, K i n g s R o a d .

Str ing Dr i ven T h i n g . Marquee, Wardour St (437 6603) .

F o l k

Saffron S u m m e r f i e l d / F r a n k i e A rms t rong /S imon P radge r /S teve R y e / J Ca ro l Rumans . A l l at The Old Theat re ,

7.30pm. 80p a d v . , £1 on the door. Houghton St . W C 2 .

Misce l laneous

Orienteer ing C l u b . Meet ing and cheap lunch .

IC Un ion S C R . 12.40pm. Continued

.•> - F E L I X . O C T O B E R 21 st 1976

T-SHIRTS

now available from the

Felix office

Y

Worth seeing again F i r s t th ings f i rs t — the support band.

They were c a l l e d B l u e A n g e l . Wi th in

the con f i nes of their setup — b lack

gu i ta r i s t w i th lef t-handed s t ra tocas te r ,

p l ay i n g in a Hendr ix E x p e r i e n c e type

power t r io — they were reasonab le .

They were very loud, of c o u r s e . The

aud ience app lauded.

By hal f past nine the H a l l began to

look pretty f u l l , and I began to wonder

why . Graham Parker and h is band have

been get t ing c o n s i d e r a b l e coverage in

the mus ic press recen t l y , but do people

rea l l y take any not ice of that? However ,

as soon as the band embarked upon thei r

f i rs t number, a l l s u c h doubts were swept

away on a t ide of superb good-t ime rock.

dT h e sound was c l e a r , power fu l , and

very p leasan t — a l i t t le loud perhaps,

but I wou ldn ' t have had it any other way .

T h e band were conf iden t , exhuberant ,

and en joyed every minute of the g i g , as

d id the a u d i e n c e . The Rumour have a

great a s s e t in gu i ta r i s t B r i n s l e y S c h w a r z ,

whose own band, of that name, had a

s i m i l a r sor t of good time rock and ro l l

f e e l to that of the Rumour, but the

latter w i n hands down on v i t a l i t y ,

f r eshness , and energy .

Graham P a r k e r ' s e x c e l l e n t v o c a l s

presented a f i t t ing cont ras t to the

band, g i v i ng a rough edge to the sound .

They p layed about th i r teen songs in a l l ,

i nc lud ing their new s i n g l e 'Hotel Chamber

maid'. The most notable of these songs

was 'Pouring it all out', from their

for thcoming a lbum, a magni f icent s o n g ,

wi th a superb hook - l i ne .

yT h i s was fo l lowed by 'Back to

Schooldays', a powerful rocker w h i c h

had the whole crowd on their feet by the

time it was over — only ha l fway through

the se t ! A l s o of note was the lament - l i ke

'Don't Ask Me Questions', and then 'Heat

Treatment', the t i t le t rack of their

for thcoming a lbum. T h e se t c l o s e d wi th

another neat rocker , 'Soul Shoes', from

the 'Howlin' Wind' a l bum.

eA s wi th many bands of th is type, one

must a lways wonder if they can match the l i ve performance on record . I reckon the new album w i l l be worth a l i s ten to f ind out!

T h e even ing f i n i shed w i t h two w e l l -deserved encores from the band, who by then had the aud ience begging for more. Y e s , it was cer ta in ly an en joyab le g i g . Y o u can s t i l l ca tch them at the New V i c t o r i a th i s month - do yourse l f a favour and s e e them.

Mathew Palner

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R j g C o l l e c t i o n s

Gui las Si i ly Sports outs ide Har rods . Meet at the C & G Un ion

o f f i ce 9 .30am. R C S U c o l l e c t i o n at the Motor Show, E a r l s Cour t . Meet at the R C S

Un ion o f f ice 10am.

G i g s

S p i t e n / F a b u l o u s Bond in i B ro the rs . D i n g w a l l s , Camden L o c k

(267 4967)

E d w i n C h a r l e s B a n d . ' D u k e of C l a r e n c e ' pub, H o l l a n d Park

A v e n u e .

Pat t i Smith B a n d / S t r a n g l e r s . Hammersmith Odean (748 4081)

C l a s h / S u n w a y S e c t / S n a t c h Sound. I C A . The M a l l , SW1.

C r a z y C a v a n ' n ' the Rythem R o c k e r s / H e l I r a i s e r s . N a s h v i l l e ,

North End Road (West Ken tube) 603 6 0 7 1 . .

YD i s c o s

U L U d i s c o , Q E C Un ion Bar , Campden H

N H S cards needed (937 9714)

Gigs

Sh i r ley C o l l i n s ' T h e En te rp r i se ' pub, Have rs tock H i l l

H i n k l e y s Heroes . Greyhound , Fu lham P a l a c e Road 385 0526

Woody Woodmansey 's U - B o a t . Marquee, Wardour St ,437 6603)

B o w l e s Brothers B a n d . N a s h v i l l e , North End Road (West Ken tube)

F r a n k i e M i l l e r s F u l l H o u s e / S h a n g h a i / M e a l T i c k e t . Roundh6use ,

C h a l k Farm Road (267 2364)

11 R o a d , W8. 8pm. 20p.

YR C S E l e c t i o n day . Ba l l o t boxes in al

unt i l 5.30pm. Br ing IC Un ion c a r d .

I R C S depar tments , open

G i g s

Rob in T rower . Hammersmith Odeon . 748 4081 . (Check t icket

s i tuat ion)

I. i t t le Bob Story. N a s h v i l l e , North End Road (West Ken tube).

S p i t e r i . ' R e d C o w ' pub, Hammersmith Road

C a d o B e l l e . R o c k Garden , Coven t Garden . (249 3961)

S t reaml ine rs . 'Windsor C a s t l e ' pub, Harrow R o a d .

Dinner

C & G A e r o n a u t i c s F reshe rs D inner . Ma in D i n i n g H a l l , Sher f ie ld • B u i l d i n g . 7pm for 7.30pm. T i c k e t s from s o c i a l reps and C & G

Un ion o f f ice (got it r ight th is week! ) at £3.40.

YDinner

R C S Maths F reshe rs D inner . Main D in ing H a l l , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g .

7pm for 7 .30pm. T i c k e t s from R C S o f f i ce and s o c i a l reps , £2.95.

G i g s

Suther land Bro thers & Q u i v e r / M o o n . Hammersmith Odeon, 748 4081

(Check t i cke t s i tua t ion)

L i t t l e Bob Story . N a s h v i l l e , North E n d Road (West Ken tube)

D e f l i c k s . ' R e d C o w ' pub, Hammersmi th R o a d .

Ber t J a n s c h . Un i ve r s i t y C o l l e g e , Gorden St , WC1

Graham Parker and the R u m o ur

/ S e a n T y l a B a n d / T h e Damned.

V i c t o r i a P a l a c e (834 1317)

Misce l laneous

IC SC I - f i C l u b present ' T h e Star Trek F i l m Show' inc lud ing

' E m p a s s e ' , a Star Trek ep isode never shown on T V . and 'Star

Trek B l o o p e r s ' , a medley of the Trimmer Studio c o c k - u p s . Mech

E n g 220, 6.30pm. Members f ree, non-members 1 5p. Membership 40p.

IC R a i l w a y Society . Ta l k by R . F . Rober ts '35 years of the London M i d l a n d ' . 5.40pm. Mech E n g Room 340 .

YFo lk

IC F o l k C l u b : Barry Sk inner . Un ion Lower Re fec to ry . 8pm. F loo r s i nge rs very we lcome?

YF i l m

En ts F i l m : The Dir ty D o z e n . Mech Eng 220. 6.30pm. A d m i s s i o n 15p.

Dinner

C & G C h e m i c a l Eng inee r ing F reshe rs D inner . Main D in ing H a l l ,

Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . 7pm for 7.30pm. T i c k e t s from s o c i a l reps and

C & G Un ion o f f ice at £3.40.

10 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 21st 1976

Hypocrisy or

blind faith? 12 October 1976

Dear S i r , — Just as the ques t i on of abor t ion s h o u l d , I b e l i e v e , be lef t as a matter be tween the woman and her p h y s i c i a n , s o the ques t ions re la t ing to fore ign a f fa i rs such as the s i t ua t i ons in R h o d e s i a , South A f r i c a etc shou ld be left as a matter be tween the i n d i v i d u a l and h i s / h e r M P . A f te r a l l , p o l i t i c i a n s in th is country are e l e c t e d democ ra t i ca l l y (desp i te the need for e l ec t o r a l reform) and they span the whole p o l i t i c a l spectrum from L e f t to R i g h t . The p o l i t i c i a n s are in a far better p o s i t i o n than any IC student to adopt a g loba l perspec t ive on fo re ign a f fa i rs — so let us leave it up to them for a change . F o r an IC U n i o n Meet ing to adopt a p o s i t i v e s tance on a par t i cu la r fo re ign i s s u e may appear very g rand iose . But I c o n s i d e r it to be i r re levan t .

So the ques t ions of R h o d e s i a and South A f r i c a are important, I ag ree . A n d I c a n read a l l about them in the na t iona l p r e s s thank you very much , in te rna t iona l i s s u e s are important , but d i s c u s s i o n of them at an IC Un ion Meet ing is not ! !

Another th ing is t h i s : when Soc Soc scur ry about c a l l i n g a recent U G M amendment ' v i c i o u s ' , the intemperance of

the i r language cu ts them off from a large major i ty of I C s tuden ts . Tha t is a p i t y , because Soc Soc o c c a s i o n a l l y has th ings to s a y w h i c h ought to have a wider hea r i ng .

A n d when at tend ing U G M ' s I wou ld prefer not to see Soc Soc p lay ing p o l i t i c a l c h a r a d e s . I be l i e v e they are d a b b l i n g i n someth ing about w h i c h they do not know enough. Tha t is a dangerous p rac t i ce wh i ch s ta rk l y s i l houe t tes Soc Soc as a group of we l l - i n ten t i oned but naive d i l e t t an tes .

One of Soc S o c ' s wa rho rses i s the a l t i tude that r a c i s t s and f a s c i s t s must be 's tamped ou t ' . Such mani fest in to lerance and imp l i c i t v i o l e n c e p r a c t i c a l l y puts them in the same category as r a c i s t s and f a s c i s t s and a g a i n i t cu ts them off f rom the large major i ty of IC s tuden ts . T r y i n g to 's tamp out ' any minor i ty group, however loa thsome and r e p u l s i v e they a re , c a n on ly l ead to en t renched r e s i s t a n c e , or a l t e r n a t i v e l y , d r i v i ng the f a s c i t s underground, I prefer to iden t i f y my opponents , not have them c reep up beh ind me .

T h u s the p r i n c i p l e s are on the whole sound , the t a c t i c s a b s u r d .

Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y

M . J . L . W i l l i a m s

Dept of C h e m i s t r y

Opsoc break genuine new ground

Dear S i r , — A mis take crept into the a r t i c l e about N igh t l i ne in your l as t e d i t i o n of F E L I X . The word a d v i c e was ment ioned in the head l i ne of th is a r t i c l e and a d v i c e is one of the th ings that N i g h t l i n e vo lun teers are unable to g i v e ,

N i g h t l i n e vo lunteers are ordinary s tudents who g ive some of thei r t ime to N i g h t l i n e . Y o u c o u l d not expec t of any of them that they are exper ts e s p e c i a l l y not on the wide range of problems we come a c r o s s i n N i g h t l i n e . If you need a d v i c e there are many p r o f e s s i o n a l peop le who co.uld do that a lo t better than any vo lun teer worker , and i f you want to N igh t l i ne can g ive y o u thei r address or even put you i n con tac t w i th them. What a N i g h t l i n e vo lun teer c a n do i s l i s t e n to y o u and try to unders tand that w h i c h i s bother ing y o u wi th an open mind.

I hope that c l e a r e d up the p i c tu re .

i y o u r s s i n c e r e l y

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" T h e IC Opera t i c S o c i e t y ' s next c o l l e g e product ion w i l l be J O f f e n b a c h ' s 'Orpheus in the U n d e r w o r l d ' . The soc ie t y d i s p l a y s a sense of adventure in th i s c h o i c e , for two r e a s o n s ; f i r s t l y , 'O rpheus ' marks a departure from a st rong Gi lber t and S u l l i v a n t rad i t i on . ( T h i s product ion w i l l mark the f i f teenth years s i n c e the last non-G&S production). S e c o n d l y , as there i s no su i t ab le eng l i sh t rans la t ion a v a i l a b l e the soc ie t y is t rans la t ing i ts own ve rs i on from the o r ig ina l

i f rench l ib re t to .

]J ' U t o p i a L i m i t e d ' was our

last product ion and there was

i much s p e c u l a t i o n as to i ts j lack of popular i ty among

opera t ic s o c i e t i e s today . (Since then the D ' O y l y Car te recording has come onto the market) . !

i 'O rpheus ' seems to lack popular i ty to a s i m i l a r degree, for the e n g l i s h ve r s i on

' a v a i l a b l e is not a t r ans l a t i on , i but a rather inadequate re-

' wr i te , I Anyone hav ing seen an i amateur product ion of 'O rpheus ' i w i l l probably have seen th is ! ve rs ion and w i l l a lmost i ce r ta in l y that O f f enbach ' s ;

music dese rves a better I compan ion . A l s o there is no i record ing of a fu l l e n g l i s h i ve r s i on on the market . The I E n g l i s h Na t i ona l Opera and j more recent ly the Welsh : Na t iona l Opera have produced

their own t r a n s l a t i o n s , but these are not a v a i l a b l e to u s .

iT h i s comic opera is se t in

i anc ien t G r e e c e , where Orpheus , the legendary mas te r -mus ic ian

: i s s e e n as the incompetent ; d i rec to r of the Thebes C o n -| se rva to i re of m u s i c . He is a

p ro fess iona l f i dd le r who bores h i s w i f e , E u r y d i c e , to the extent that she f l i n g s herse l f into an a f fa i r w i th P l u t o , wh i l e in the Underwor ld Jup i t e r dances a minuet that dev e lop s into a c a n - c a n of the g o d s .

TP h D student w i t h two s m a l l

c h i l d r e n requ i res a l i f t to and

from C o l l e g e from E d g w a r e ,

M i d d l e s e x . W i l l cont r ibute to

pet ro l e x p e n s e s . C o n t a c t

Ba rba ra Moont , B i o m e c h a n i c s

U n i t , L e v e l 6 M e c h E n g (Int.

3580 (3624).

KD

Anybody w i l l i n g to edi t

next y e a r ' s I C U Handbook

shou ld get in touch w i th J o h n

White, IC U n i o n Honorary

Secre ta ry , as soon as p o s s i b l e

at the U n i o n o f f i ce ( in te rna l

2488, 2232).

C

Meet ing i n P h y s i c s L e c t

Thea t re 3 on T u e s d a y 26th

October at 1.00pm F i l m and

d i s c u s s i o n . A l l w e l c o m e .

RP r i n z s o u n d 1 7 0 0 s te r io tuner.

£18 o i u o Con tac t J Joseph

(Zoo logy 3)

Z

T h e C l u b are o r g a n i s i n g a

tr ip to see the ' L o n d o n

V i n t a g e J a z z O r c h e s t r a ' th is

Sunday , A n y o n e in te res ted

meet ou ts ide the U n i o n th is

Sunday at 7 .30 . A l l w e l c o m e .

T h i s product ion is w e l l worth look ing forward to . The sco re is fu l l of e x c e l l e n t tunes and humorous invent ions and shou ld p lease anyone interested in the best sort of ' L i g h t ' m u s i c . F o r further d e t a i l s about the soc ie t y or the product ion do not hes i ta te to c o n t a c t m e .

TIM F R A I N ,

P h y s i c s 3

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F E L I X , O C T O B E R 21st 1976 - 11

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12 - FELIX, O C T O B E R 21 M I .

THE LSO DEBATE

At ae

There are s e v e r a l good reasons for not re -a f f i l i a t i ng to the London Students Organ isa t ion and I w i l l b r ie f ly run through a few of the more important ones :

e The main reason i s purely

f i nanc ia l — Imperial C o l l e g e Un ion i s in a very t ight f i nanc ia l pos i t i on after hav ing i ts grant from the Governers inc reased by only 10% last year — w h i c h represen ts a d e c f e a s e in rea l money terms. ICU has thus been forced to reduce s u b s i d i e s and , in some c a s e s , cu r ta i l a c t i v i t i e s

• comp le te l y . ICU is due to pay £500

•3 to L S O this year in a f f i l i a t i o n f e e s ; that might not seem an e x c e s s i v e amount when set aga ins t £80,000 - I C U ' s income from the Governors — but a large percentage the U n i o n ' s grant goes on f i xed expend i tu re such as main ta inance of union a reas , s a b b a t i c a l and o f f i ce staff s a l a r i e s e t c , s o the £500 is reduc ing the a c t i v i t y of the union by a subs tan t i a l amount — it would for example keep F E L I X go ing for half a year or take 100 spor ts people out to Har l ing ton and back every Saturday for a te rm.

it doesn ' t cos t us any th ing as a u n i o n . U L U Students Represen ta t i ve C o u n c i l is the P o l i t i c a l s i de of U L U and per fect ly ab le to run campa igns on i s s u e s that e f fect a l l the c o l l e g e s w i th in the U n i v e r s i t y .

How about at Na t iona l leve l - i sn ' t that what NUS is for? We a l l ready pay £400 to NUS every year and one of the th ings we expec t (and get) in return are na t iona l campaigns on na t iona l i s s u e s such as student g ran ts , hous ing , overseas students e tc .

lF f h a l l y one of the main

c r i t i c i s m s leve led at L S O over the past two yea rs is that it prov ides a comfor table s a b b a t i c a l year for an up and coming NUS p o l i t i c o . L a s t year it was John Webster (ex -NUS v i ce -p res iden t ) and th is year i t ' s our very own Trevor P h i l l i p s (ex - ICU s a b b a t i c a l P r e s i d e n t , ex-U L U s a b b a t i c a l P r e s i d e n t , present L S O sabba t i ca l sec re ta ry , next year NUS

s a b b a t i c a l ? F i l l in your answer and send it on a post card to: Broad Lef t c / o N U S , E n d s l e i g h S t ) . The one argument in favour of L S O that

We're already in the cheaper alternatives,

so why bother

with LSO So we pay £500 of our

inc reas ing l y s c a r c e c a s h to L S O every year and what do we get in return?

U

e

We are supposed to get campaigns run on a loca l b a s i s but, as far a s I can s e e , . L S O is f a i l i n g in th is job and I'm not the only one who fee l s th is way . T o quote P e t e P h i l l i p s (no re la t ion) who was las t years L S O Western A rea Convener '...the sheer size of LSO itself prevents any real local action...' So even a L S O of f icer agrees that L S O is not prov id ing any s i g n i f i c a n t campa igns at a loca l leve l — campaigns wh ich cou ld be run just as e a s i l y and mudh more e f f i c ien t l y by a large c o l l e g e such as I C . With L S O fa i l i ng to provide rea l l oca l a c t i o n ' what about an a l l - L o n d o n • l e v e l ? A s far a s IC is concerned a we l l e s t a b l i s h e d and fa i r l y we l l run o rgan isa t i on a l ready e x i s t s - the U n i v e r s i t y of London Un ion ( U L U ) . T h i s has the added advantage that

I have any time for is that it enab les sma l l c o l l e g e s to share in the resources of larger c o l l e g e s . T h i s is a good point but I feel that it is better o rgan ised on a far more loca l — for us S Kens ing ton area — and informal b a s i s . .

Hugh Barrett,

External Af fa i rs Of f icer

T H E L S O

D E B A T E

IC UNION GENERAL

MEETING

GREAT HALL

Thurs. 2nd Dec. 1pm

The Editor welcomes

correspondence on

this topic

LSO-the reasons why I C U needs

to stay in There are two ques t i ons

to be answered in th is brief

a r t i c l e . F i r s t l y , what is the

London Students ' O rgan i sa t i on?

S e c o n d l y , what can it do for

s tuden ts?

Take the f i rs t ques t i on f i r s t .

Over the past few years , it has

been w ide ly - recogn ised that

N U S , as a nat iona l body of

700,000 s tuden ts cou ld not

hope to handle a l l the i s s u e s

that a f fec ted s tudents l o c a l l y ,

or of o rgan i s ing campaigns or

s e r v i c e s l o c a l l y , thus the

54 N U S a reas , based on towns

and coun t ies d e v e l o p e d ,

shou ld provide a s m a l l e r ,

l oca l focus for s tuden ts .

tL S O i s the area o rgan isa t ion

recogn ized by (but independant

of) N U S N a t i o n a l Con fe rence .

There are over 160 c o l l e g e s in

London , and last year , in i ts

f i rs t year of e x i s t e n c e , about

105 jo ined L S O . The ones who

did .not were main ly s m a l l

c o l l e g e s w i th no func t ion in

U n i o n s , to w h i c h L S O is

ex tend ing s e r v i c e s anyway .

A few others wanted to wai t and

s e e what .happened to L S O . T h i s

year some have a l ready jo ined

(K ings ton P o l y t e c h n i c for

ins tance) and others are on the

verge of do ing so."

dF o r some y e a r s , it has

been w ide l y recogn ised that

London s tudents c o l l e c t i v e l y

c a n have a m a s s i v e in f l uence

on N U S , and on l o c a l e d u c a t i o n a l

.bodies. There are 120,000

fu l l - t ime s tudents in London ,

and a quarter of a m i l l i on

par t - t imes. However , beyond

U L U , U L I E S A (the student

teachers o rgan isa t ion ) , there

was no a l l - L o n d o n body.

P rev ious attempts had fa i l ed

e i ther because they were

unco-ord ina ted , or e l s e bui l t

up bureaucra t ic s t ructures

wi th no re la t ion to student

needs , and provided havens

for ag ing Student Un ion h a c k s .

U L U ' and U L I E S A were

l imi ted in their r o l e s . So 2

years ago . the p rocess of

bu i l d ing the L S O was s ta r ted ,

and the L S O i tse l f carfte into

being in May 1975.

S i n c e then L S O has begun

to deve lop the kind of

o rgan isa t ion that can defend,

in a d v a n c e , s tuden ts ' i n te res ts .

With the we igh t of L o n d o n ' s

m a s s i v e concent ra t ion of

s tuden ts , the largest in

Europe , we c a n hope to have

an in f luence on ques t i ons of grants , hous ing , we l fa re and s e r v i c e s for s tudents .

t

L S O i tse l f has provided

information and research

mater ia l on many of the i s s u e s

a f fec t ing s tuden ts : c u t s , over

seas s tuden ts , and the r iousing

manua l , for i ns tance . Pos te rs

and broadsheets have been

produced. Las t year , p lans

to cut the number of ove rseas

s tudents in London were

defeated by campaign c o

ord inat ing by the L S O . Not

leas t , L S O has been respons ib le

for producing the new London

Student Handbook .

In s e r v i c e s , L S O , is hoping

to convene meet ings for

we l fa re , enter ta inments and

spor ts o f f i ce rs to exchange

in format ion, ideas and to

deve lop the e f f e c t i v e n e s s of

loca l Student Un ion O f f i ce r s ,

ro les and s e r v i c e s .

n

In terrps of campa ign ing ,

we are .now s e e k i n g to ga in

representa t ion on educa t iona l

bod ies in London , and are on

the verge of a breakthrough

wi th the la rges t , the Inner

London Educa t ion Au thor i t y .

y

The L S O operates largely

through i ts sub a reas . Imper ia l

f a l l s in the west area in wh ich

context it c a n play a ro le in

re la t ing L S O ' s a c t i v i t i e s even

more d i rec t l y to the needs of

I C ' s s tuden ts . It can a l s o

he lp in the v i ta l task of

bui. lding sma l l e r and weaker

Student Un ions in the l o c a l i t y .

Most Students Un ions in

London have recogn ized the

importance of un i t ing and

work ing together for the good

of s tuden ts . No Student Un ion

in London can afford to s tand

ou ts ide this p r o c e s s . The way

that L S O wo rks , campaigns and

prov ides s e r v i c e s is for those

Un ions to dec ide through the

L S O conference — but they

must take part in d e c i s i o n

mak ing if they are to do their

j o b s . A s an ex-member of

ICU I hope that I C ' s s tudents

accept trie r espons ib i l i t y and

take the d e c i s i o n to play an

ac t i ve part in the London

Students Organ i sa t i on .

Trevor P h i l l i p s

Secretary L S O

1976 F E L I X , O C T O B E R 21 st 1976 - 13

FELIX SPORT Polo team waddle their way to success

The IC Water-polo ' team has

made a further s tep towards

the M i d d l e s e x league water -po lo

f i r s t d i v i s i o n c h a m p i o n s h i p ,

wi th a s e n s a t i o n a l 11—5

v ic to ry over P e n g u i n . D e s p i t e

the weaken ing of the team, due

to the absence of the ' A n i m a l '

and Andy Smi th , th is was

indeed one o f the f ines t ever

per formances by the I C team.

In fact it was only l as t year

that we were promoted after

w inn ing the s e c o n d d i v i s i o n ,

and we now require only one

further point to c l i n c h the

t i t l e .

K o s t a R i b a r had f lown in

from A b u Dhab i e s p e c i a l l y for

this c r i t i c a l match and star ted

off p l ay ing in g o a l . We were

g lad of h i s p r e s e n c e , as the

exper ienced P e n g u i n a t tack

peppered the IC goa l w i t h sho ts

T h e IC defense however s tuck

together, and the P e n g u i n

p layers began shoot ing w i l d l y

from too far out . K o s t a , us ing

h i s vas t expe r i ence p l u c k e d

these long sho ts out of the

ai r e a s i l y , and fed the b a l l out

to the IC p l a y e r s .

The f i rs t goa l came from a

long p a s s to C l i f f Spooner

who was p l a y i n g in the ' s i t t i n g

forward ' p o s i t i o n . The referee

w a s n ' t g i v i n g ' very much

away , and after a b i t of a

w r e s t l i n g match, the y e l l o w

water -po lo b a l l even tua l l y

found i ts way into the corner

of the net. T h i s was a remark

ab le feat for C l i f f , whose hand

f l i c k e d the b a l l i n ; as h is

head was three feet be low

the water , and the degree of

contor t ion i nvo l ved for th is

manouvre wou ld h a v e done

j us t i ce to any Y o g a s tudent .

H i s ' bad l e g ' seems to have

mended.

G o o d de fens i ve work by

D a v e Lowthe r usual game

gave P e n g u i n no breath ing

space at a l l , and gave I C a

2 - 0 lead at the start of the

second quarter.

y P e n g u i n , however , were

no pushover and they came

back s t rong ly at the start .of

the second quar ter to l e v e l the

s c o r e . IC q u i c k l y rep l i ed w i th

three q u i c k g o a l s , one each

from the two M c C a r t n e y s and

one from P a u l H i n d l e . Soon

after one of the P e n g u i n

p l aye rs was ordered out for

bru ta l i t y ; Ro ry L e w i s then

proceded to score from a

'man-up ' p o s i t i o n . T h i s put IC

four c l e a r at h a l f t ime.

F o r the rest of ̂ the match

Ia in B a l e s came into p lay in

goal and K o s t a p l aye d ou t .

A l t hough very e x p e r i e n c e d ,

the P e n g u i n team were not

quite as f i t as us , and re lent

l e s s I C pressure proved too

much for some of them, who

began to t i re .

k M i c h a e l McCar tney f i n i s h e d

off h i s hat - t r ick and P e t e r

McCar tney got one o f h i s

t y p i c a l f l ukey g o a l s , from a

long-shot . P e n g u i n , however ,

penetrated the IC de fense

q u i c k l y w i th two long shots i n

rep ly ; the score was thus

9 - 4 at the end of the thi rd

quarter.

T h e match w a s rounded off

w i th a goal e a c h from C l i f f

and P a u l , and a c o n s o l a t i o n

goal near the end to P e n g u i n .

B y that time the IC team were

se t t i ng their s i gh ts on the

next match in the champ ionsh ip ,

at w h i c h they hope to c l i n c h

the t i t l e .

The c l u b meets Mondays

and F r i d a y s 7—0pm, i n the

spor ts cen t re , jus t b r ing your

togs and turn up.

y

Training: vital for a good season There are two short words

w h i c h s t r i ke terror in to the legs o f the members of IC X -country c l u b — ' P a r l y H i l l ' . T h e s e refer to Pa r l i amen t H i l l F i e l d s on the southern part of Hamstead H e a t h . The f i rs t Saturday of the term saw the f i rs t of seven races to be he ld there, U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n ( U L ) vs B l a c k h e a t h . T h i s incorporated the U L t r i a l . I C turned out in force w i t h both re f reshed s ta lwar ts and exuberant freshers.

The f i e l d of forty s e v e n inc luded two young l a d i e s , who w h i l s t s u r v i v i n g on l y ha l f of the 5V2 m i l e s , led over hal f the IC team. C o n d i t i o n s for the race were perfect and t i m e s ' were fas t c o n s i d e r i n g th is was the f i r s t race of the s e a s o n . Dave R o s e n ran w e l l to f i n i sh 5th in the c red i t ab le t ime o f 29mins 2 0 s e c s , P a u l C l a r k e was next i n , com ing 9th w i th the new A n d y D a v e y f o l l ow ing in a d i sappo in t ing 19th.

T h e f o l l o w i n g Wednesday, IC enter ta ined a number of

L A D I E S R O W I N G F o r the f i rs t two Wednesdays

of term an e n t h u s i a s t i c group

of l a d i e s gathered down at

at Pu tney to start the rowing

yea r . With both Morphy Day

and a U L regatta th i s term, the

c l u b a ims to get as many

l ad ies as p o s s i b l e row ing

soon .

New members r ece i ve d

b a s i c c o a c h i n g from e x p e r i e n c e d

oarsmen both o n a row ing

tank and on the r iver ; and

everybody seemed to en joy

t h i s . Once a g a i n p rospec t i ve

members seem to be predomin

an t l y S c i e n t i s t s , M i n e s be ing

comp le te l y unrepresented

MWhere are you R S M ? Come to

Putney and learn to row, if

on ly for Morphy D a y . We're

sure y o u ' l l l ove rowing!

T h e c l u b meets at the

boathouse on Saturday at

10.00am or on Wednesday

under the Quuens Tower at

1.00pm,

Fur ther d e t a i l s from Sue

Smi th (capt) Maths III or Sue

James (v ice capt ) P h y s I IL

c o l l e g e s on our home course at P e t e r s h a m . A g a i n , cons i de r ing the ear l y s tage of the s e a s o n , t imes were fast — as were the o p p o s i t i o n ' s . P a u l C l a r k e (a l though on t h i s o c c a s i o n bea t ing D a v e R o s e n ) cou ld on ly f i n i s h 6th in a persona l best of 29mins 21 s e e s . Dave was not far beh ind i n 8th o v e r a l l . I C f i n i s h e d in 3rd p l a c e out of s ix*

S

Good friendly

despite result I C L a d i e s H o c k e y s tar ted

the s e a s o n fa i r l y s u c c e s s f u l l y w i t h a f r iend ly match a g a i n s t M i d d l e s e x H o s p i t a l .

A l t hough we narrowly los t the game, the team performance was encou rag ing , as it was the f i rs t time that many of them had p l a y e d together.

P l a y in the f i rs t ha l f was even l y matched and the score at ha l f time w a s 2—2. A t the start of the second ha l f IC suf fered a bad pa t ch a n d Midd lesex scored 3 fa i r l y quc ik g o a l s . Bu t we recovered a g a i n to add two more goa ls to our score and f i n i s h 5—4 down. T h e IC goa ls were scored by K a t h y Snook (2) D i a n a Mounsey and Janet C o x a g e , w i t h s e v e r a l other peop le put t ing up good pe r fo rmances . Team:- Lucy Vella, Rosalind

Baker, Lorraine Couchman,

Christine Forsyth, Debra Bean,

Karen Pollack, Carol Fraser,

Janet Coxage (capt) Diana

Mounsey, Kathy Snook, Elaine

Hammersely.

C F O R S Y T H

D

PASSING CHANGE

REVIVES IC

CONFIDENCE d

Imper ia l C o l l e g e M i x e d Hockey Team got the s e a s o n off to a f i n e . s t a r t wi th a 2—1 v ic to ry over Wes t f i e l d C o l l e g e . Howeve r it w a s Wes t f i e l d who took the i n i t i a t i v e ea r l y o n , when the IC de fense was caught in* a mess and a l l o w e d the Wes t f i e l d forwards through to s c o r e .

A f te r th i s i n i t i a l l apse I C began to get on top, as p a s s i n g became more a c c u r a t e . T h i s brought both i n c r e a s e d c o n f i d ence and the e q u a l i z e r , a f ine i n d i v i d u a l ef for t by T i m M a r s h a l l . He a l s o had a hand i n the second g o a l , d raw ing the goa l -keeper out before p a s s i n g the b a l l to T a r i q Se t h i n , who had no d i f f i cu l t y put t ing i t away .

T h e second ha l f was end- to-e n d s tu f f , w i t h some f ine goa l - keep ing by Roger H u t s o n that kept the o p p o s i t i o n out i n the f rant ic las t ten m inu t es . T e a m : - Roger Hutson; John

Huckle; Kim Houlden; Chris

Forsyth; Debra Bean; John

Spear; Janet Coxage; Tariq

Seth in;C has Hardy; Jim Mars hall

Jane Masters.

Fresher gains On Wednesday 13th Oc tobe r ,

the Or ien tee r ing C l u b t r ave l l ed to R ichmond P a r k for a s m a l l beg inne rs ' even t . T h e long course o f 7 Vi K i l o m e t r e s a t t rac ted on ly a f ew entrants as most peop le preferred the shorter v e r s i o n .

rAndy Q u t c k f a l l and Mark E v a n s , both f reshe rs , d i d w e l l to comple te the long cou rse i n 53mins 2 0 s e c s and 66mins l O s e c s r e s p e c t i v e l y . A n d y i s a very we lcome add i t i on to the IC Or ien teer ing s c e n e , as he has been o r ien teer ing for seve ra l years now.

gOn the short cou rse , K e i t h

Sugden was the e a s y w inner , f i ve minutes c l e a r of F r a n c e s L u m b from R o y a l H o l l o w a y . T h e rest of the IC cont ingen t formed a loose bunch by about ha l f way round the course and were rare ly out of s i gh t of one another. T h i s s l i gh t l y de feated the ob jec t of the cou rse — for once one person found a contr61 po in t , the rest a l l p i l e d in after h i m . N e v e r t h e l e s s , i t was very p l e a s i n g to see everyone f i n i s h i n g the course in under an hour, and it looks as though U E c l u b has ga ined qui te a number of ta len ted f reshers th i s year .

D . L . Rosen

14 - F E L I X , O C T O B E R 21s t 1976

STUDENT WORLD D

nWhi ls t Havard and the l o c a l mayor

argue about the dangers of recombinant D N A r e s e a r c h , P r o f e s s o r George Wa ld , a lead ing s c i e n t i s t at Ha rva rd , warns that pub l i c a t ten t ion i s m isd i r ec ted and that it i s from indust ry that the greates t danger c o m e s . Un i ve r s i t y research w a s , he s t r e s s e d , dependent on government s u b s i d y , whereas indust ry d id not have th is r e i n .

Dr Henry R o s o v s k y , D e a n of the Department o f A r t s , e m p h a s i s e d the d i f f i c u l t i e s of government con t ro l of b i o l o g i c a l r e s e a r c h , owing to the d i v i s i b i l i t y of. the sub jec t in to s m a l l un i t s .

The i ndus t r i a l i s t and the back -s t ree t gene t i c i s t are not l i k e l y to be so sc rupu lous as D r Har G o b i n d Khorana who recent ly s y n t h e s i s e d an a r t i f i c i a l gene at M a s s a c h u s e t t s af ter n ine y e a r s ' work .

tA l e g a l d i spu te i s l i k e l y to o c c u r be tween

M i d d l e s e x P o l y t e c h n i c ' s Jo in t E d u c

a t i on Commi t tee and the Nursery

A c t i o n Group , f o l l o w i n g the J E C ' s d e c i s i o n to wi thdraw i ts funds from the p o l y t e c h n i c ' s nursery. T h e d e c i s i o n was made on the b a s i s of a D E S r u l i n g .

T h e nursery , wh ich s tudents regard as an ' e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e ' , was born of a s i t - i n 1974 and another s i t - i n occur red when fees were ra i sed l a s t year .

A meet ing i s to be h e l d between the N A G and the J E C th is week and i f no agreement i s reached , l ega l a c t i o n w i l l be taken by N A G .

l Troub le i s brewing at L i v e r p o o l

U n i v e r s i t y between students and dons about the fact that more than 200 f i rs t years are l i v i n g out i n l o d g i n g s , some many m i l es away , w h i l s t H a l l i s by no means f i l l . Meanwh i le the £1!4 m i l l i o n ar ts l i b ra ry , con ta in ing about ha l f a m i l l i o n b o o k s , was opened on September 6 th . T h e l ibrary i s named after Sydney J o n e s , L o r d Mayor o f L i v e r p o o l from 1938 to 1941 and benefac tor of the un i ve rs i t y .

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The C o n s e r v a t i v e P a r t y devo ted ten l i nes to higher educa t ion p o l i c y in their new pamphlet ' the R i g h t A p p r o a c h ' th is week . In i t they recommend a rev iew o f how p o l y t e c h n i c s are f i nanced and better pub l i c i t y at s c h o o l s conce rn ing h igher educa t ion oppor tun i t ies .

nT h e threat of Government cu t -backs

i n educa t ion expendi ture has fo rced the A s s o c i a t i o n of U n i v e r s i t y T e a c h e r s to come to terms and dec la re a ' G e n e v a C o n v e n t i o n ' for s i t - i n s , acco rd ing to a T H E S report l as t week . T h e conven t ion recommends regular con tac t between student unions and l o c a l a s s o c i a t i o n s , advance warn ing to staf f of d i r ec t a c t i o n , and " r e a s o n a b l e conduc t dur ing any d i s r u p t i o n " .

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Union Of f ice until Noon the

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the R o y a l Shakespeare Company perform T v a n o v ' at the A l d w i c h T h e a t r e . T i c k e t s £1 from Dramsoc S t o r e r o o m . A l l we l come .

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round

rugby The game began w i t h IC

h a v i n g s l i g h t l y more of the p lay than Q M C ; However af ter about !4 hour a set p iece resu l ted in a Q M C over lap w h i c h sent" their w i n g over for a try w h i c h was conve r ted .

I C responded s t rongly and w i th i n ten minutes the pressure w a s rewarded when R o b i n s p i c k e d up from the base of the scrum and went over for a f ine try. Co t te r conver ted to l e v e l the s c o r e s . The remainder of the f i r s t ha l f was p layed out w i t h some e x c i t i n g rugby by both teams but w i t h no a d d i t i o n to the s c o r e l i n e .

In the second ha l f IC a t tacked from the wh i s t l e and were un lucky not to take the lead when Cot te r at tempted a 40yd d ropk ick w h i c h d ipped under the bar at the l a s t moment. F i v e minutes later W i l l i a m s was too un lucky not to sco re . H i s pa t ience w a s rewarded soon after when he ran in a try from 30 yards . The try was unconver ted (score 10—6).

Q M C rep l i e d s t rongly but I C countered w i th a f ine try f o l l o w i n g a se rg ing burst of speed by A s p d e n , who l a i d the b a l l off to the eager support of scrum-ha l f P r i c e - S t e p hens. Co t te r aga in conver ted .

In the las t !4 hour IC defended some f ine t a c k l i n g from both b a c k s and forwards the most "outs tand ing, be ing due to West. F i n a l score 16—6. Other result:-

Wednesday 13th October

Royal Hollaway 3

Imperial College 32

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M Cotter, M Sionuac.

Conversions by M Cotter (3),

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Throughout the winter there w i l l be c r i c k e t nets . on T u e s d a y nights at Gove r Schoo l Wandsworth. A l l in teres ted meet in Un ion L o w e r Lounge at 6.30pm,

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