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FELIX QUESTIONNAIRE

POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK

T H E NEWSPAPER O F IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION Friday, January 25th, 1980 Issue No. 541

U G M GRANTS MOTION DEFEATED ' S T U D E N T S C A N D O W I T H O U T LUXURIES'

Jo Armitage, President of the City and Guilds Union,

spoke against a motion on student grants at last

Tuesdays U G M . She said students should accept a

decrease in grants. "A student on a full grant must be

prepared to do without luxuries. We are fighting against

the education cuts. It is impossible to ask for extra

money for students."

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

proposed by B e r n a r d S m i t h

cal led for an immediate re­

a p p r a i s a l of the grants sys tem,

particularly with reference to

L o n d o n . T h e speech against by

J o Armi tage was enough to

defeat the mot ion by seven

votes. In a n interview with

F E L I X , B e r n a r d S m i t h said, "/

am very surprised that the UGM

decided not to support

discussion on Student Grants,

as we are now in a position

where ICU is in favour of

freezing the present grant levels.

There was no mention of

abolishment of the means test as

this is already Union policy, and

has the support of most (if not

all) students at IC. This motion

was designed to help promote

discussion on student grants and

as such had the support of the

External Affairs Committee. The

present grant level is only

acceptable if students do not

accept the following principles."

M r S m i t h out l ined his six

principles:

1) Students should have two

square meals a day.

2) S tudents should be able to

c lothe themselves.

3) Students should live in heated

a n d l ighted rooms .

4) Students shou ld have the

funds to study using books a n d

stationery.

5) Students should not c la im

unemployment benefit dur ing

the short vacations.

6) T h e grant shou ld allow

students to participate in e x t r a

mura l activities.

M r S m i t h said that it is c lear

that J o a n d the majority of the

U G M do not accept one (or

more) of these principles .

N U S P r e s i d e n t , T r e v o r

Phi l l ips , said many bright s choo l

leavers were seeing study as

' second best ' to getting a job

straight away because of the

inadequate grants system. N U S

is c la iming for a rise in the full

annual grant, for a n average

U n i v e r s i t y s t u d e n t o u t s i d e

L o n d o n , of 36 per cent. T h e

Daily Express descr ibed the

N U S d e m a n d as the act ion of

ignorant louts .National Student

describes the Daily Express

c o m m e n t s as vulgar abuse.

Editorial comment - see back

page

Imperial students raising money

for Rag by cleaning lamposts

last weekend

Steve Groves

Rally

T h e C i t y and G u i l d s motor

c lub held a successful rally over

the weekend . T h e rally was

eventially w o n by the C a p t a i n

and C o m p e t i t i o n Secre tary , in a

V o l k s w a g e n . S e c o n d place went

to Dave F o r d a n d M i k e N e w t o n

in a n M . G . midget, a n d th ird

place went to E d Q u i n t e n a n d

B o b Bradley . N o t all entrants

f inished the rally. O n e was

unable to start as a mini r a n into

it only a few minutes after the

d r i v e r l e f t c o l l e g e . O t h e r

casualt ies inc luded one car

w h i c h was wi thdrawn after its

exhaust was k n o c k e d off a n d

one vehicle rol led over o n the 50

mile course . T h e car was later

s topped by police as it was being

dr iven home from S u s s e x .

* If y o u are interested in being

the Ed i to r of the I C U handbook

then c o m e to the P u b B o a r d

meet ing , next T u e s d a y . T h e

meet ing starts at 6:30 p . m . at it is

to be held in the U n i o n L o w e r

Refectory .

T h e handbook is pub l i shed

once a year for freshers. It

conta ins articles about the

U n i o n , its c lubs a n d societies a n d

other useful information.

P . G .

D u e t o t h e u n f o r t u n a t e

resignation of R i c h a r d E a r l as

P . G . Af fa irs Off icer , a vacancy

now ex is ts for this important

post . P a p e r s wil l go up in the near

future (further details next

week) . If y o u are a P . G . a n d

w o u l d l ike to help y o u r fellow

P . G . s then get in t o u c h with

F r a n k J a m e s to find out more

about the job.

R A G A R T I C L E

T h i s is just a qu ick w o r d to r emind you

that R a g is s t i l l a l ive . In fact , if y o u

thought it all s t o p p e d dead after Rag

W e e k , then y o u ' d better think again as

we've got plenty of goodies l ined up for

y o u this t e r m .

Firs t ly (as always) there are the C C U

col lect ions , w h i c h I'm sure you' l l hear

about f rom t h e m , inc luding the I n t e r - C C U

M o n o p o l y s tunt in early February . A l s o

we' l l be having m o r e R a g M a g trips, so

keep your ears a n d eyes o p e n for news of

those.

T h e m a i n event though , is to be held

jointly with the N a t i o n a l Deaf Chi ldren ' s

Soc i e ty , a n d as they have just elected a

new Sco t t i sh c h a i r m a n , we're having a

S p o n s o r e d C a b e r T o s s i n g i n P r i n c e s

G a r d e n s o n S a t u r d a y 8th M a r c h . Deaf

ch i ldren f rom local schools will be cominq

to toss their ( foam rubber) cabers , a n d

we' l l be present ing two of these schools

w i t h a radio-hearing aid bouqht f rom the

proceeds of the R a g Process i on . S o , if y o u

want to play silly games, wear a k i l t , or

just j o in the k ids for their jelly a n d ice

c r e a m , keep watch ing this space , or come

t o t h e n e x t R a g C o m m i t t e e M e e t i n g ,

w h i c h is o n Wednesday 30th January at

7:00pm in the I C W A L o u n g e . B y the way,

the S u m m e r Fete is to be o n 3rd M a y this

year , so get th ink ing about those stalls

a n d s ideshows.

T h e only other event this t e r m is to be

another R a g D i s c o in the last week of

t e r m . T a l k i n g of d iscos , the T o g a Party

w a s q u i t e s u c c e s s f u l , a n d a l t h o u g h

d isappointed at the turnout , I was pleased

to see that those w h o d i d c o m e joined in

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

actually wore togas (of all shapes , s izes,

styles a n d co lours) .

A n y w a y , t h a n k s t o a l l t h o s e w h o

helped , especially B r i a n , J a m i e a n d J o for

the decorat ions , G a r y a n d D a v i d for the

door a n d bar-t icket sell ing, A n d y , N i c k

W a t m o u g h , N i c k C h i l d e - H a r m e r a n d

fr iend for do ing the bar , a n d Barney and

P h i l for helping o n S u n d a y as well . A l s o

t h a n k s to the c r o w d w h o d id door -work

o r c leaned up , namely K i r s t e n a n d J a n ,

T a n s y a n d M o , K a t y , M a r c o , R i c h , S e a n ,

Pat , R u t h a n d G a r e t h a n d anyone else

I've either forgotten o r don't k n o w the

name of.

R e m e m b e r , e v e r y o n e ' s w e l c o m e at

commit tee meetings , a n d we need your.

ideas. r> ,

Bye for now,

R a e .

U G M R E P O R T

W e l l f o l k s , yet a n o t h e r U G M has

passed, attended once again by the F F

(faithful few) or should that be S C F F

(slightly confused faithful few)?

The reports were accepted with hardly

a complaint , so H a l l residents may find

themselves mak ing their o w n beds and

c leaning their rooms in the near future

a n d hence produce a 26% reduct ion in

staff labour costs . T e d H e a t h is likely to

receive a petit ion against increases in

o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s fees a f t e r M r F o x

noted the r u m o u r s that M r H e a t h might

be leading a back bench revolt. S o o n

available will be A Guide On How To

Lobby Your MP by M r F o x .

J o h n M u r p h y was elected as ord inary

m e m b e r of the Permanent W o r k i n g Party

after Phil ip Co le ' s speech was judged as a

try for a sympathy vote, ("I k n o w J o h n ,

he's a nice chap , he lives next door to

me , but . . . ").

T h e bylaw changes proposed by M r

Sto tesbury , were passed before some had

w o r k e d out the slightly c o m p l e x order ing

of E x e c N e w s and extras a n d hence

found out what the changes were. T h e

ever alert M r B r a i n , however , drew to our

a t t e n t i o n the fac t t h a t the p r o p o s e d

Standing O r d e r s changes wou ld put a set

t ime limit o n speeches a n d extensions ,

thus preventing the full explanat ion of

compl i cated motions . Needless to say the

changes were defeated.

O n to the m o t i o n s . M r S t o t e s b u r y

seemed to have had a field day trying to

out law unequal /unfair media coverage for

elect ion candidates. T h e fact that the

redraft was presented in s u c h a manner

that w h e n coup led with the mot ion in E x e c

N e w s it became rather contusing, to say

the least, plus no oppos i t ion speech a n d

the usual t o u c h of apathy, enabled the

mot ion to be passed a n d pass by us.

I C U seems to have been a bit behind

the t imes, but at last it has adopted the

U N Universa l Dec larat ion O n H u m a n

R i g h t s (1948) t o g e t h e r w i t h n o t e s o n

Russ ian intervention in Afghanistan and

A p a r t h e i d as proposed by T i m Hi l lyer .

M o v e d f rom s ixth place to th i rd , M s

Pratt ' s mot ion noted that nuclear waste is

being t ransported through L o n d o n o n

three nights per week in containers which

have only been tested in 30mph crash

condit ions (when they share t racks with

lOOmph trains) a n d three containers have

already been derai led a n d some wi thdrawn

as u n s a f e . It a l s o n o t e d t h a t it w a s

rerouted at one time but due to ex t ra

cost is now once again passing through

L o n d o n .

T h e mot ion was passed and so the I C U

banner will be attending the demonstrat ion

(1:00pm on Saturday 26th J a n u a r y at

Pr imrose Hi l l — C h a l k F a r m underground)

against the use of the L o n d o n route.

T h e mot ion o n student grants (proposed

by B e r n a r d Smith) seemed straightforward

enough, but what is this in I C U believes

(2) " T h a t students in metropol i tan cities

a r e i n considerable f i n a n c i a l hardship

c o m p a r e d to students in campus univer­

sit ies" (my stressing), you-must-be- joking

time: as M s Armi tage pointed out in her

oppos ing speech the only hardship is due

to non-payment of parental contr ibut ions

(ie the means test granted). O n vot ing , a

second count had to be taken , the mot ion

being defeated by just seven votes.

T h e mot ion on A p a r t h e i d will now be

read at the next U G M (Tuesday 5th

February ) , w h i c h just happens to c lash

with M i n e s U G M . . .

C h a p t e r 7: M a r y ' s C y c l i n g T o u r O f

Y o r k s h i r e

Today you have the rare and dubious pleasure of experiencing one of rny shorter but more exhilarating contributions to this mag. It gives me great pleasure and a deep sense of satisfaction to give to you plucky few who are still with me the knowledge that this isn't really a continuation of the Sexploits Of Mary Millington as featured in one of the glossy mags that are always to high on the shelves, but a dreary discourse on another of those bori ng topics that seem to permeate the very being of us ardent article alliterators.

C h a p t e r 8: E x h a u s t e d

You crawl into the Union Bui ld ing , call the lift, spend many agonized minutes in almost total darkness, stared at by the phospho­rescent feel of the graffiti of the Socialist W s, you arrive at the top exhausted by the sheer length of this sentence, turn left t h r o u g h the d o u b l e d o o r s , s t a g g e r pas t the W e l f a r e C e n t r e , at the e n d summing up enough breath, you manage one final scream "HELP".

" O h goody, we need all the help we can get." You are dragged into a little room and given your free cup of coffee. "Congratulat ions, you are a fully fledged member of the Community Act ion Group . " W J Stanley Chem PG (This offer only applies Monday lunchtimes.)

MONTY F. OR A SONG FOR THE ENGINEERS Remember this?

"Your Honorary Craduands are

of an age where their contribution to

the,.material progress of society

through technology is mainly of the

past. "\ a contentious statement from

Sir Monty Finniston when he made

his address to IC for Commemo­

ration Day last term. At that time

the eponymous Finniston committee

was completing its report on the

state of the engineering profession

of today, a weighty project of some

two-and-a-half years in its execution.

The result is a somewhat pessimistic

view of the plight of the engineer. The

report also investigates the lack of

appreciation of engineering skills and

the lack of technical comprehension

in the higher strata of management,

but although it accurately identifies

the problems, the answers are not so

forthcoming.

The underlying idea (which is a

sound one) is the integration of

business and engineering, as well as

the supplementing of education in

engineering as a step in the formation

of a new public image for the

engineer. In line with this the

Finniston committee also sings the

praises of setting up an Engineering

Authority as a bulwark against the

collages of Britain in manufacturing

industry and includes the suggestion

that material incentive should be

offered to prospective engineers; at

university level, a bursary, in addition

to scholarships or the usual grants.

Emphasis is laid on more practical

work and the introduction of more

women to engineering. A proposed

cure for one cause of anxiety, the

standard of Brit ish engineering

degrees relative to European ones, is

the adoption of a new three-tier

degree system, in contrast with the

present system.

All of this invites comparision with

the s y s t e m at I C . T h e T o t a l

Technology course has produced its

first graduates, sharing the same

aims as the Finniston committee.

A m o n g the three - c o n s t i t u e n t

colleges, City and Guilds is unique in

having their Engineering B o a r d ,

interposed between departmental

committees and the Central Board of

Studies. The object of the Engineer­

ing Board is to unify the departments

and lead to faster, more convenient

dealings with the Board of Studies.

F a m i l y r e s e m b l a n c e b e t w e e n

departments plays a large part in its

successful operation; at this level it

appears practicable, but can it work

on a larger scale? Regrettably, the

Engineering Authority may turn out

to be yet a n o t h e r i n s t i t u t i o n ,

unadventurous and of little deter­

mination.

Making notes and asking ques­

tions is simple; providing answers,

the right answers, is not. It seems

ironic that Sir Monty Finniston

should have ended his address by

offering his c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to

graduates whose degrees, by virtue

of his proposals, might soon be out of

date.

L a r s W e r n b e r g - M e l l e r

(Quotation from FELIX Issue no.

531)

2

K E I T H T I F F A N Y (1958—1980)

It is with great regret that we have to

announce the death of K e i t h Tiffany. K e i t h ,

w h o was twenty-one years o ld , d r o w n e d last

week off the Wi lderness C o a s t , S o u t h

A f r i c a , while sw imming with some friends.

K e i t h had been educated at A l l e r t o n

G r a n g e Hi l l S c h o o l where he was H o u s e

C a p t a i n a n d Headboy . H e came to the

Royal S c h o o l of M i n e s in 1977 to study

M i n e r a l Techno logy , a n d h a d been an

excellent academic student, complet ing two

years in that course . It was for this reason

that he was selected for the award of one

y e a r i n d u s t r i a l w o r k w i t h the A n g l o -

A m e r i c a n C o m p a n y in S o u t h Af r i ca . H e

was due to complete his course at the R S M

in O c t o b e r .

K e i t h was also a keen spor t sman , playing

squash a n d football for the Roya l S c h o o l of

M i n e s for two years.

A memor ia l service will be held in Leeds

later this m o n t h .

O u r deepest sympathy goes to his mother

and sister.

Requ iem In P a c e .

B e r n a r d P r y o r

M I N E S

T e r m trundles on a n d the more idle

a m o n g us still haven't c omple ted last

term's reports . F u t u r e events for your

enjoyment are:

Y e a r Rag Col lections : T h e s e s tarted

last W e d n e s d a y (23rd) a n d ARE STILL

GOING ON. G e t your R a g cans f rom the

U n i o n Office.

Sunday 27th January: M i n e s Rugby

Sevens . E v e n if y o u aren't in a t eam,

supporters /hangers on will be welcome.

M e e t about n o o n (12:00 to you) by the

Beit A r c h w a y .

Tuesday 29th January: L o n d o n M e t a l

E x c h a n g e T r i p . F o r those w h o missed out

o n the trip last t e rm a n d anyone w h o

didn't hear about it. S ign up o n the list

outside G 2 0 .

Tuesday 5th February : U n i o n G e n e r a l

M e e t i n g , G 2 0 , 12:30ish.

F r i d a y 8 t h F e b r u a r y : C h a p s C l u b

I n d o o r F e t e . Remember Ragarama?

A n o t h e r ex t ravaganza with var ied games.

F r i d a y 1 5 t h — 1 6 t h F e b r u a r y : C a m -

bourne W e e k e n d . G e t your t ickets (which

include transport a n d accommodat ion )

f rom the S p o r t s Off icer.

See y o u o n S u n d a y at the Sevens (yes,

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

r o u n d the rugby pitch) .

B o b the Slob

K e i t h T i f f a n y

C I T Y A N D G U I L D S

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

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

s o m e i n s p i r a t i o n . ( T h i n k s . . .) L a s t

S a t u r d a y d e s p i t e t h e n e a r a r c t i c

c o n d i t i o n s t w e n t y - f i v e i n t r e p i d G u i l d s -

p e o p l e s e t of f f o r H a r r o d s d r e s s e d

suitably in pyjamas due to the early hour :

9:30 in the morn ing . W e co l lected £350 —

quite a lot due to N i c k Pyne 's legs a n d a

well k n o w n Publ ic i ty Officer managed to

get bo th a ten p o u n d and a five p o u n d

note.

T h e events c oming up are:

Saturday 26th January Recover ing

f r o m the e x c e s s e s of the D & D t h e

previous night.

T u e s d a y 2 9 t h J a n u a r y : G e n e r a l

C o m m i t t e e M e e t i n g at 5 : 3 0 p m i n t h e

U n i o n D i n i ng H a l l . See S a r a if y o u want

to observe at this meeting a n d c o m e

along and see how G u i l d s runs . T h e

Ass is tant H o n o r a r y Secretary will also be

elected at this meeting.

T h u r s d a y 31st J a n u a r y : G u i l d s vs

M i n e s Peda l C a r Race . W e still need

people to pedal for us, so c o m e a n d see

H e n r y C u r w e n , either in the U n i o n Office

o r in P r i n c e s G a r d e n s where we wil l be

having a pract ice every luncht ime. T h i s is

all in preparat ion for the Br i s to l 24 H o u r

Race .

Saturday 2nd February: Inter C C U

M o n o p o l y . F o r this we all go out into

L o n d o n a r m e d with bus passes w h i c h R a g

will pay for a n d col lect ing cans to go

r o u n d the places on M o n o p o l y B o a r d ,

answer some clues and collect lots of

money . T h e r e will be prizes for answer ing

.a l l the c lues correct ly a n d for the best

mascot taken r o u n d by the teams. T e a m s

s h o u l d c o n s i s t of a b o u t f o u r o r f ive

people.

C h e e r s , Bryan .

F E N C I N G

C L U B

The Fencing Club is active on Thursdays from

12:30 to 2:30. The Friday night sessions have been

cancelled but in their place there are twice weekly

forays to Salle Paul in Pimlico {there is transport). So

if you think you need extra lessons come along to the

Gym at 5:30pm on Mondays and Wednesdays,

bringing the usual gear, ie tracksuit and training

shoes. Beginners still most welcome.

Things are looking quite healthy now with regards

to equipment, ever since our generous major claims

award and team morale is very high since our

victories against Q E C and Ealing College at the end

of last term. This term should see sabre and epee

more in evidence at matches.

Greg Kaye

Captain

R C S

T h e G e n e r a l C o m m i t t e e met for the

first t ime this t e rm on Tuesday , despite

being a long d r a w n out affair, it d id fulfil

its task of l o ok ing after the management

of R C S . T h e r e were , however , noticeably

few social representat ives present as was

the case at the first C a r n i v a l C o m m i t t e e

this t e r m . O b v i o u s l y this is not a good

, state of affairs. S o c i a l representatives are

elected by their peers to sit on both these

committees a n d if they don't turn up they

are not fulfilling their responsibil it ies to

the people w h o elected th em.

E l e c t i o n s a r e t o p i c a l ! W h y ? I s s u e s

forths a plaintive c r y f rom the depths of

the B o t / Z o o C o m m o n r o o m . T h e simple

answer is that on Saturday 16th F e b r u a r y

papers will be put up for next year 's

P r e s i d e n t , V i c e P r e s i d e n t , H o n o r a r y

S e c r e t a r y , H o n o r a r y J u n i o r T r e a s u r e r

a n d A c a d e m i c Affairs Officer. T h i s is on ly

f o u r w e e k s a w a y a n d n e e d s s e r i o u s

considerat ion s o o n bo th by w o u l d be

candidates a n d voters .

These elections are perhaps of least

importance to the th ird years, so here 's

something just for th em. E a c h year R C S A

organises sherry parties for th i rd year

members of R C S a n d the dates this year

are: Tuesday 19th February for M a t h s

a n d Phys ics ; a n d T h u r s d a y 6th M a r c h for

C h e m i s t r y a n d Life Sc iences . B o t h will

take place at 6:00pm in Souths ide S C R .

A s ment ioned in last week 's F E L I X the

R C S soccer s ixes take place o n S u n d a y .

T h e c o a c h leaves for Har i ington f rom Beit

A r c h at 12:30pm. A l s o ment ioned was the

Ents night out , a l though the dest ination is

a surprise , the meet ing place will be the

' C o c k n e y P r i d e ' at 5:30pm. T h e tickets

will be got o n the student standby system

so please r e m e m b e r to bring your u n i o n

card .

N i c k Watmough

3

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

c u c u m b e r a n d a dog.

W h a t defines a folk c lub is

not necessari ly the mus ic but

t h e c l u b a t m o s p h e r e . In a

concer t is is difficult for the

artist to establ ish a rapport

with the audience , but in a club

s i tuat ion, where the numbers

are less and the environment

more in formal , it is easier for

the audience to communicate

with the performer .

If h o w e v e r , M r B e r r y

c o n s i d e r s t h e c l u b t o be

" spec ia l i s ed " because of the

low membersh ip a n d audience

figures, as I have said , this is

largely due to widely held

preconce ived ideas w h i c h his

ietter does little to improve .

Regard ing the theme of M r

B e r r y ' s letter, I have my o w n

personal opinions , but I neither

feel qualified o r well enough

in formed to c o m m i t them to

paper.

D a v i d B r i t t o n

I C F o l k C l u b

D e a r C o l i n

I a m writ ing to y o u because

the majority of posters advert is ­

ing o u r films have been t o rn

d o w n over the last few weeks . I

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

societies have h a d the same

p r o b l e m . I w o u l d l ike to br ing

to the attent ion of the people

responsib le for this the t ime

a n d expense invo lved in pro­

d u c i n g t h e m , a n d to ask them

to refrain f rom vandal is ing in

the future.

L M o n e y

F i l m S o c i e t y

D e a r C o l i n

W h a t o n earth made you

a l l o w I s l a m S o c a f u l l - p a g e

artic le (issue 539)? T h e poster

w a s O K , it t o l d y o u a b o u t

Islam W e e k , but the artic le was

too large for what it said. I a m

sure that few people found it

interest ing but most of it either

a)biased a n d useless or b)boring.

Y o u r s

T a n y a K e n i t a

Imperial College

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A V A I L A B L E F R O M U N I O N

B B C R A DI O/ I CU present

THE NEWS QUIZ

in the U N I O N C O N C E R T

H A L L on T H U R S D A Y 31st

J A N U A R Y at 7:15pm. Panel

members include Allan Coren

( E d i t o r of P u n c h ) , J e a n

Rook (Daily Express) and

Jonathan King. Barry Took

will be the chairman.

F R E E T I C K E T S from ICU

Office.

S i r ,

In a letter to F E L I X regarding

enterta inment in this Co l l ege ,

M i c k B e r r y referred to Imperial

Co l l ege F o l k C l u b as catering

for "spec ia l ised groups" . A s I

spend a large p r o p o r t i o n of my

time attempting to convince

people of the opposite I feel

t h a t t h i s d a m a g i n g r e m a r k

cannot go unchal lenged.

It is precisely this mis in formed

op in ion of folk entertainment

that is the cause of the death

blow to so m a n y c lubs , part i cu

larly in the L o n d o n area and

even more so in colleges. M a n y

p e o p l e , s o m e of w h o m are

m e m b e r s of folk c lubs , have a

p r e c o n c e i v e d i d e a o f w h a t

constitutes a folk song.

If by special ised, M r B e r r y

means the type of mus ic and

art ists , I w o u l d like to give h im

a few compar i sons . C o m p a r e if

y o u wil l : G a y a n d T e r r y W o o d s

with S a m Stephens and A n n e

L e n n o x - M a r t i n ; J o h n F o r e m a n

wi th D a v e B u r l a n d ; N i c Jones

wi th L e s B a r k e r ; or Roar ing

Je l ly w i th Water fa l l . A s most of

the F E L I X readership will most

l ikely be unfamil iar with those

names , I w o u l d like to point

out that last t e r m one of our

g u e s t b a n d s , t h e c e l e b r a t e d

Ratliffe S tout B a n d , f inished off

with a medley of r o c k ' n ' r o l l

n u m b e r s , also several of our

f l o o r s i n g e r s p l a y f a r f r o m

tradit ional songs. In shor t , M r

B e r r y , there is no specific 'folk

music ' .

I w o u l d also l ike to d raw

your at tent ion to two tradt ional

s o n g s o n r e c o r d . T h e f i r s t ,

w h i c h I personal ly th ink is the

definitive vers ion , is Whiskey In

The Jar by T h i n L i z z y a n d

secondly a ' p u n k ' vers ion of

Wild Rover by J e e p .

Imperial Co l l ege F o l k C l u b is

also ahead of s imilar c lubs in

present ing different forms of

enter ta inment , o u r next event

is a m o r r i s danc ing w o r k s h o p .

T h i s m a y fall into s ome peoples

p r e c o n c e p t i o n of folk, but it is

the first t ime that we have ever

a t tempted s u c h a venture . A l s o

a favourite per former at this

c lub is L e s B a r k e r , a poet w h o

N O T A U G M R E P O R T

G O T O A U G M T O F O R G E T

IT A L L ?

" I ' l l have to admit it just s l ipped my

m i n d , " he sa id nonchalant ly . Desp i te the

fact that the Pres ident was referring to

the instruct ions ar is ing f rom the great

C o r r i e A n t i - A b o r t i o n Bi l l debate (passed

last U G M ) the c r o w d d i d not arise as one

mass a n d d e v o u r h i m in a fit of anger.

P e r h a p s those w h o a t tend U G M s have

b e c o m e h a r d e n e d to the idea that they

are just t a lk ing shops?

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

M O V I N G C L O A K R O O M S

W e t h e n l e a r n t f r o m t h e D e p u t y

Pres ident that people w h o go to parties in

the J C R have little regard for their coats and

fol lowing this enl ightenment f rom guru

B r a i n we threw out a standing order change

thus ensur ing that he cou ld speak at U G M s

for at least thirty minutes shou ld we decide

to give ourselves a thri l l .

M O T I O N S

T h e elect ion rules were changed with no

oppos i t i on but considerable confusion.

H u m a n rights were agreed by all U be a

g o o d i d e a a n d c o u l d be l e g i t i m a t e l y

enforced with the aid of telegrams. This

m o t i o n o n the state of the wor ld now

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

Afghanis tan .

G r a n t s didn't do so well . B y a small

majority we dec ided not to campaign for

l iberty f rom the poverty of the inner c ity by

increas ing metropo l i tan student grants. It

was even suggested that not campaigning

for higher grants c o u l d help save the

educat ion system.

N O M O R E H E R O E S ?

Just as we thought everything was over ,

J o A r m i t a g e arose a n d read out a new

a m e n d e d mot ion on A p a r t h e i d . It a imed to

delete mot ions on job recrui tment a n d

sport ing l inks passed at previous meetings

p a c k e d out by m e m b e r s of the R o y a l S c h o o l

of M i n e s U n i o n .

Y o u c o u l d only admire s u c h courage

a t b e i n g p r e p a r e d to s t a n d u p t o the

col lective wrath of R S M U at being taken

unawares . A t this meet ing they were not

present in force a n d some were already

beginning to seeth w h e n the riot was

arrested by a procedura l mot ion to adjourn

to the next meet ing.

4

A career in chartered

raccountancy is indeed open

ended, but only to those who

start it with clarity and

determination. It can make

you a local or international

professional. It can make you

a specialist or a generalist. It

can make you an adviser, a

problem-solver, a trouble-

shooter or a local community

leader. But successful

accountants are realists as

^rell as imaginative. They

pa? over shrev

It'Sc

charte

recenl

InstitJ

Requires. It's a tall order

training a chartered

accountant.

irri8

This means that our boring

training philosophy is bound more; ifl

to be tough. We need students many pec!

who are capable of active as spadewor]

well as passive learning, for us to bl

people who will not only Financial

assimilate what we teach days topj

them but take the initiative, jobs: fuj

think for themselves, think leveig

R e m e m b e r o u r b r o c h u r e ? W e s h a l l be v i s i t i n g y o u r u n i v e r s i t y o n 4 M a r c h to h o l d

in terv i ews , a n d o n the prev i ous e v e n i n g a p r e s e n t a t i o n / r e c e p t i o n w i l l be h e l d for a l l candidates .

F o r further detai ls 'please w r i t e to M . C . C l a r k e , , Touche Ross & Co. , 3 L o n d o n W a l l Bu i ld ings , L o n d o n E C 2 .

Tbudve Ross & C o . Chartered Accountants

I t s t h e c a r e e r t h a t m a t t e r s

Flat for four available South

K e n s i n g t o n . £ 1 7 . 5 0 e a c h a

week. Also double bedsits at

£16.50 each a week. Details

from the Welfare Office.

MARCH AGAINST

N U C L E A R WASTE BEING

TRA NSP ORTED T H R U L O N D O N

O N S A T 26 J A N . LEAVE BEIT ARCH

AT 11:30.

WIST Why are there so few women studying science subjects?

In girls schools the numbers studying science

and arts subjects are often equal , but the

numbers of girls doing science in a mixed school

is often much smaller than those doing arts. Also,

in further education the proportion of girls doing

science to those doing arts is very low. Why is

this so?

Are girls actually less capable of studying

sc ience than boys or have they just been

conditioned to believe that they are? Is science

taught in a 'masculine' way?

Where does this sexist bias begin? At home:

where boys are often encouraged to do such

things as play with meccano and help with

baking etc. How much do parents influence their

children's choice of subjects at school by telling

girls they would never be able Jp get a job if they

did science at school etc. Do teachers ever

discriminate against girls? Is enough careers

advice available and is it sexist?

We are attempting to write a paper for a

conference on 'Science Education For Women'

and would appreciate any help.

If you feel you can help us answer these

questions or have any ideas on the subject please

come along to an informal discussion in the

ICWA Lounge on Wednesday 30th January at

12:45pm.

Other WIST meetings this term include: 6th

February, a speaker from the National Campaign

for Nursery Education. Discussions include:

Women and Religion; Suffragete Movement;

Women In Health.

W E S T L O N D O N

C H A P L A I N C Y

MEETINGS IN H A L L S / H O U S E S M O N D A Y

Southwe l l : 7 :30pm, 6011.

T U E S D A Y

M i n i n g : 8 :15am

F a l m o u t h : 8 :30am

B e r n a r d Sun ley : 9 :00pm, Basement 43.

W E D N E S D A Y

S e l k i r k : 8 :15am, T V L o u n g e .

K e o g h : 8 :15am, T V L o u n g e .

Beit : 8 :30am

W e e k s : 8:30am

H o l b e i n : 8 :00pm

T H U R S D A Y

G a r d e n : 8:30am, C h a p l a i n ' s Office.

F R I D A Y

L i n s t e a d : 8:30am, L i n s t e a d B a r .

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

hal ls /houses where the r o o m is not g iven,

may vary ; so if y o u wish to join your group

then just check your houses not i ceboard .

T h e W e s t L o n d o n C h a p l a i n c y also holds

a c o m m u n i o n service every S u n d a y at

10:00am in the C o n s o r t G a l l e r y , Sher f ie ld

Bui ld ing .

B r y a n Steele

Publicity Officer.

MORRIS MINERS A N D S C I E N T I S T S A N D G U I L D S M E N ,

Take my word for it. Not many moons must pass before once again, verdant hues abound throughout this otherwise already pleasant land (and in certain corners of Princes Gardens) and birds and bees go at it like good 'uns. The gentlefolk of the esteemed division of Lift Sciences, when pressed upon the subject, no doubt t o* tbn official line and come forth with m u c h concerning biological cycles and tempera­ture ranges, but the wise man-in-the-bar is not fooled. He knows that the countryside 's changing aspect is brought about largely by a c o n c e r t e d c a m p a i g n to w a k e up Mother Earth and frighten away Evi l Spirits by those august and invaluable pillars of the agricultural economy, the Morr i s men of the p a r t i c u l a r l o c a l i t y . A n d it is to improve the South Kens ington Farmer 's lot that Folk C l u b shall be holding a Beginners' Morris Dance Workshop on the evening of Monday 28th January .

Until the changing soc ia l condit ions of the 19th Century, most rural communit ies had a men's ritual dance team, membership of w h i c h w a s a m u c h p r i z e d h o n o u r . Perhaps the most highly refined styles were to be found in the villages of the Cotswo lds and it is dances from this area which are by far the most frequently performed by today's 'revival ' s ides. Bledington, on the b o r d e r b e t w e e n G l o u c e s t e r s h i r e a n d O x f o r d s h i r e w i l l p r o v i d e the d a n c e s to make up Monday ' s workshop.

It is impossible that anyone attending ill receive more than a cursory introduction to the a r t : t h e r e a r e m a n y h u n d r e d s of traditional dances known. Perhaps it may spur someone on to join a side: at least I think it wil l increase your appreciat ion of the tradition.

B y the way, does anyone know a reliable source of stout st icks? Andy Cheyne

D O N T L E T T H I S H A P P E N S o m e electronics companies have an

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

graduates . T h e y seem to t h i n k that

s tudents t a k i n g the i r f irst steps i n the

i n d u s t r y s h o u l d be c o n t r o l l e d l i k e obed ient puppets a n d he ld

back f r o m a n y f o r m of w o r t h w h i l e responsi bi li ty. So i 1 s

h a r d l y s u r p r i s i n g that w h e n these cha l l enge -seek ing y o u n g

m e n a n d w o m e n are eventua l ly on a n impor tant project, they

o f ten end u p i n s o m e t h i n a o t a m e s s - r a t h e r l ike ti

p u p p e t a b o v e

I hat doesn ' t h a p p e n at M a r c o n i A v i o n i c s .

W e l i k e o u r peop le to s tand o n the i r o w n t w o feet a n d

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y is s o m e t h i n g w e of fer p lentv of - r ight f r o m

the outset .

I n shor t , w e encourage o u r graduates to use the ir f l a i r

a n d i n i t i a t i v e o n the widest range o f a v i o n i c s projects a n d

techno log ies - a n d w e see to i t that they have t he

o p p o r t u n i t i e s to deve l op the ir careers to the l u l l w i t h i n

T O Y O U . o u r s t i m u l a t i n g a n d h igh ly pro fess ional

e n v i r o n m e n t .

If you have a n electronics, computer

sc ience, maths , physics, m e c h a n i c a l

engineering, c o n t r o l eng ineer ing o r re lated degree, y o u c o u l d

be al 1 set f or h i g h levels of i n v o l v e m e n t o n some of the

world 's largest a n d most sophis t i cated projects at one of o u r

three m a i n sites - B a s i l d o n , B o r e h a m w o o d , o r the

H e a d Of f i c e , Rochester .

N e e d w e say m o r e ?

W e th i n k so, a n d that's w h y w e ' l l be c o m i n g to y o u r

un ivers i ty i n the near future - there's a great dea l m o r e to te l l .

Y o u r Careers O f f i c e c a n let y o u k n o w the date. However ,

if y o u can ' t m a k e it, y o u c a n s t i l l l earn a lot m o r e by w r i t i n g to:

&A AD^/"^MI S u s a n G a l l , M a r c o n i A v i o n i c s L t d . ,

I V I M n V ^ V ^ I N I I F R E E P O S T , C h r i s t o p h e r M a r t i n R o a d ,

.wiQNJCS *?iidh°n' E r x , ' H s l i r S

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6

Interview with Dave Derby - by the Editor

Dave Derby, the Mirror Dinghy World

Champion, flew back to Imperial earlier

this month. We managed to obtain a

quick interview with Dave after one of his

Civil Engineering exams. The talk was

recorded in the Ennismore and after

filtering out the pub noises and editing the

conversation we ended up with only a few

lines

Dave started sailing five years ago. His

father bought the Mirror Dinghy kit for

himself and he started helming while Dave

was crew. After six months they swapped

over and by the end of the year Dave

decided that his father was "too big, too

slow and too heavy to be crew so I

chucked him out."

However, Dave's father went over to

Perth to help with the attempt to win the

W o r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p . H e was team

manager.

With them was fourteen year old Chris

Bishop who was Dave 's crew. C h r i s

started sailing with Dave last summer

w h e n they w o n the s o u t h e r n a r e a

championships.

While they were in Australia the team

took part in two championships. The

Australian championship week was first

and Dave sailed two races a day for three

days. The overseas competitors competed

in the event but they couldn't actually win

the Australian title but competed instead for

the Australian International trophy which

Dave won.

/ did my bit

for Britain

In the second week there was racing

alternately in the morning and in the

afternoon. We had three races in the

mornings when we had light winds and

three races in the afternoon with strong

winds. We were lucky enough to win the

practice race and the first five points races

and by the time we came to the last points

race we had already won the champion­

ship. Due to over indulgence on the

Thursday night we only managed to

come third in the last one.

While he was winning the M i r r o r

D i n g h y W o r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p , D a v e

explained that he had to ration his time in

Australia. He carefully balanced the

pleasures of meeting the local girls —

Sheilas that were magnetically attracted

towards him. Dave explained that he tried

not to over exert himself as he didn't

want to detrimentally affect his chances in

the world championship. "I just kept the '

British flag flying - I did my bit for

Britain.".

The conversation moved on to discussing

the more interesting side of Dave's visit to

Perth but sadly the background noises in

the Ennismore were too loud for us to

transcribe the tape recording at this

point. The conversation turned to the

Olympics.

Dave Derby

The Moscow Olympics clashed with

Dave's finals and so he hadn't considered

preparing for the 1980 Olympics. Four

years from now the games should be held

in Los Angeles and Dave said that there

was an 80% chance that he would try to

be in the Olympics in 1984. "When you

reach Olympic standard you have to

compete in many more foreign regattas

and it's the expense of taking weeks of

time off work and being able to transport

yourself, your crew, boat and gear

overseas, costs of accommodation when

you're there and getting back again.

"You always need to get new gear,

new boats and sails. The most important

part of a saiing boat is its sails - like the

motor of a racing car - no matter how

good the driver of the car is, unless

you've got the best motor . . . the best

sails there's no way that you'll ever do

anything."

There are

63,000 Mirror dinghies

being sailed in the world

Dave was sponsored by the Rector for

£500 and he had help transporting his

boat from Ocean Containers Ltd. Even

with local sponsorship from his home

town of Broadstairs, Dave had to put a

lot of money into the venture. "All the

money that I earned during the summer

working was put towards going to

Australia. My relatives chipped in a bit as

well."

There are over 63,000 Mirror dinghies

being sailed in the world, so there are a

fair number of people who can compete

for places in the championships. " Y o u

have to be selected in order to take part.

In 1979 we won the UK and European

titles and we were chosen along with four

other British competitors including the

defending world champion Roy Partridge.

There were about twenty boats in the

World Championship and over eighty in the

Australian event."

Good luck

in future events!

Dave came sixth in the last World

Championships which were held in Europe

three years ago. After winning this year

Dave has found considerable success at the

age of twenty-one.

If his work allows him to compete in the

Olympic trials and Dave is going to try to

arrange that it does, then we may see Dave

winning even more titles. FE LI X wishes

Dave Derby the best of luck.

FOX HUNTING INFORMATION

T h i s t e r m is going to be the t e r m of the

Q u e s t i o n n a i r e . I C W A is a rming itself wi th

relevant in format ion wi th w h i c h to debate

its future.

F E L I X is a s k i n g lots of quest ions , s ome

of w h i c h wil l be about a c c o m m o d a t i o n

(see o ther part of F E L I X ) , a n d later o n in

t h e t e r m t h e r e w i l l be a p e r s o n a l l y

del ivered quest ionnaire o n hous ing (but

you will f ind out about that if y o u are one

of the l u c k y 10%).

I n f o r m a t i o n , b o t h g a t h e r i n g a n d

d isseminat ing it , is a major a n d vital job.

H o w c a n I a t tend a seminar o n a c c o m ­

m o d a t i o n if I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t t h e

m a j o r i t y of s t u d e s w i l l a c c e p t ? I c a n

guess! B u t there must be m o r e a c c u r a c y

than that.

D i s seminat ing info c a n be done t h r o u g h

t h i s c o l u m n ( u s u a l l y b a d ) o r j u s t by

meet ing people (except not m a n y of y o u

stop a n d ask or tell!).

MEDIA and THINGS T h e r e is to be a r e c o r d i ng made of the

News Quiz for R a d i o 4 next T h u r s d a y ,

(31st), in the U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l . If this is

s u c c e s s f u l t h e r e w i l l b e a f u r t h e r

record ing on 21st F e b r u a r y , so please

suppor t it. J o n a t h a n K i n g wil l be there to

boo at. A l a n C o r e n (of Punch) a n d J e a n

R o o k (of the Daily Express) will be there

too .

T h e L a d i e s R u g b y t e a m h a s b e e n

rece iv ing cons iderable coverage in the

media recent ly . A l m o s t without e x c e p t i o n

the reports have tr ivial ised the who le

th ing a n d by repor t ing it as a novel ty

have defeated the object . Never the l ess ,

they have done very wel l a n d I w i sh t h e m

all the best.

E D U C A T I O N C U T S C O M M T h i s met last T h u r s d a y a n d dec ided to

cont inue wi th the pet i t ion to E d w a r d H e a t h .

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

b a c k b e n c h revolt on the overseas s tudents

issue. If y o u haven't a lready s igned it, please

do so. T h e r e wil l be a n M P l obby ing sess ion

at W e s t m i n s t e r on 13th F e b r u a r y . I a m in

the process of c o mpi l i n g a sheet telling y o u

how to lobby so if y o u feel strongly y o u c a n

afford a few hours to l obby (if y o u can ' t

make the 13th, then d o an o th er date!).

SPIELKRIEG T h i s is the t e r m w h e n people get d o w n

a n d w o r k (so I 'm told) a n d sabbat i ca ls

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

e lect ions, a n d " D r e a m s of L e a v i n g " , but it

really is impor tant that c o m m u n i c a t i o n

doesn 't b reak d o w n as o n things l ike this

seminar of a c c o m m o d a t i o n it is v ital that the

correct v iewpoint is put f o rward .

T A L L Y HO!

THE FOX 7

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Representatives of the Company will be available for informal discussions

between 11:00am and 5:00pm on Monday 28th January 1980 at Vanderbilt Hotel,

78-86 Cromwell road, London.

Literature is also available from the University Careers Office or by

request from:

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Personnel Officer

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Stafford ST17 4LX

Telephone Stafford 3251, Extension 272

Y O U R C H A N C E T O I N F L U E N C E WHERE Y O U LIVE N E X T YEAR

O n the 24th of March the College

is staging a seminar which could have

far reaching consequences for the

student population at IC.

The subject of the seminar is

accommodation and it will be

attended by representatives of

interested groups, both from those

who provide accommodation and

those who live in it.

It is in the nature of things that the

providers, being a small group with a

strong interest in accommodation

will be well represented, but what

about the other side? What about

you?

There is some danger that the

endemic IC disease of apathy will

mean that students will fail to make

their opinions known with the result

that decisions will be made in

ignorance of what your feelings on

the subject are and which will

a d v e r s e l y affect y o u r future

accommodation prospects.

For example, supposing the

College was able to acquire new

properties or adapt existing ones,

what pattern of requirements should

be aimed at? Should the College

provide flats, single rooms, doubles,

triples, dormitories or what? Should

the rents charged in any new

schemes be bumped up to include

cleaning and other services or would

you prefer to be able to chose how

you spend your money?

Is it worth the College taking on

comparatively expensive places

close by or would you rather pay less

and live in scruffy accommodation

miles away from College? O r should

the College wash its hands of the

whole business and leave you to the

tender mercies of the flat-agencies

and the Rachmans?

Well, no-one really knows the

answers to these questions —

although the answers to some may

seem fairly obvious — but without

precise information it is difficult for

the College to do a lot to help on

account of the risk of providing

accommodation that no one wants

and ending up having to foot an

enormous bill.

T o give a real example of the

dilemma that this lack of information

causes, take the case of some flats in

Queensgate that have recently been

under consideration. The flats have

very big rooms, all newly decorated

with high quality furniture — one flat

even has a piano.

Some of the rooms are the size of

3/4 ordinary single rooms. In a

shared room ie double, the rent

would be something over £20 per

week and all within crawling distance

of College.

If the College were to take these

places on and nobody wanted them,

it would all be a rather pointless and,

of course, very expensive exercise.

O n the other hand, if they are not

taken on it means that fifty people

who could have lived in them will

probably end up paying something

similar — or more — in a less

convenient locality, like Streatham.

This kind of dilemma can only be

resolved with the help of certain bits

of information, eg: What rent would

you pay for somewhere close to

College? If, say, you wanted to share

a flat with six friends, what would you

say to a place with two double

bedrooms and one triple? How

important is it to you to find

somewhere close to College? What

sort of place do you want to live in ?

With all this sort of thing in mind

and with the aforementioned seminar

only about eight weeks away, it

would seem to be of the greatest

importance for information on what

y o u want out of the accommodation

system and what you are getting out

of it already to be collected and made

available so that informed decisions

can be made which will help to ensure

that IC students are adequately

housed.

In order to collect this information

there is a section of the survey in this

edition of F E L I X which deals With

accommodation.

There will be a photo competition

for pictures of your accommodation.

Full details are printed elsewhere in

FELIX.

If no-one shows any interest in this

exercise, the College would be quite

justified in saying to the Union that

since no-one seems to be in the least

bit concerned about accommoda­

tion, it can't be a problem and thus

the College can't be expected to

waste its hard pressed resources

on providing it.

The action that the College takes

will reflect the degree to which you

participate in the seminar.

If you have any bright ideas

about the accommodation problem

and the attempts made by the

various agencies to solve il perhaps

you would like to come up to the

Welfare Centre for a cup of coffee

and a chat about it.

C h r i s F o x

M i c h a e l A r t h u r

8

ROGER STOTESBURY - JUST A SECRETARY?

BIG CONFERENCES AND ELECTION RULES O.K.

J U S T A SEC(RETARY) If this article was a forum for my personal

views it would have a resoundingly depressive

air to it this week. For as a sabbatical I have a

good idea of what the potential of this Union

could be. I am convinced we have the potential

to achieve alot more for the wellbeing of us all.

College life, including the course content and

presentation, is by no means perfect and it

could just be that if you cared and took the

initiative things might be changed.

YOUR VIEW O K so many of you read the last Exec News

and thought "what a bore!" or "how does that

affect me". If that's the case you have only

yourself to blame. If you want to see a motion

on refectories, accommodation, the social life,

your course, etc, why not put it in yourself.

The deadline for motions for the next

UGM is Tuesday 29th January. They

should be handed or myself in the ICU

Office.

BIG C O N F E R E N C E This Union is proud that it will be staging the

most important annual conference of students

of science and technology in Europe. For a

week during Easter 1981, we will be hosts to

one h u n d r e d students. It is not only an

occasion to discuss common matters relevant

to our education or careers, visit industry,

sightsee, but also the chance to get to know

many new friends.

At a meeting this Thursday 31st January

I would like to see thirty first or second years

who would like to be involved in the week. The

meeting is in the S C R and starts at 1:00pm.

DUREX MACHINE A N D RECIP­R O C A L ARRANGEMENTS

Following my piece two weeks ago two

points: Girls, there is a machine, of course, in

the ladies toilet in the Union Building, but not

one in Southside (hopefully there will be soon).

Also, thanks to those who have been giving me

info concerning our reciprocal arrangements. I

will reply to you on the outcome of my

investigations.

N U C L E A R WASTE I was pleased to see at the U G M a motion

presented on an environmental issue (the

transport of nuclear waste through London). It

was decided that the I C U banner should go on

a protest march rfiis Saturday. I must

applaud the individual who whilst saying he

was in favour of nukes also said that we must

eradicate the unnecessary safety risks involved.

If you feel the same way join me at Beit Arch

on Saturday at 11:00.

A D V E N T U R E P L A Y G R O U N D O n e event of last term's E n v i r o n m e n t a l

Week was of a practical nature. We visited an

adventure playground in Hackney to begin the

job of rebuilding it.

Since then I C U has adopted it and a return

vis i t was o r g a n i s e d last w e e k by the

Community Action Group. It really was fun.

We rigged up a fence to stop the hall getting

flooded again and began construction of a rope

swing. We shall be returning on 2nd February.

O n the same note, Art club will be joining us

on the project by painting murals on the wall

with the kids.

FINNISTON O n 9th January a report was published

which might have a fundamental effect on your

c a r e e r . A s s t u d e n t s of e n g i n e e r i n g it is

important we c o n c e r n ourselves with the

Finnis ton Report . A s a student union we

should concern ourselves with the educational

aspects. That is why in March there will be a

major event Education Engineering Following

Finniston.

E LE C TI ON RULES O n Tuesday's U G M , I presented a motion

on election rules. This altered three areas:

candidates publicity, media and the appeals

procedure. The new election rules are:

1. Enforcement

The enforcement of these rules shall be in the

hands of the Elections Committee, which will

consist of the I C U H o n Secretary and Council

members chosen at random. Subject to the

constraint that all candidates are satisfied with

the impartiality of the latter.

The Committee shall have the power to:

1. Ratify an election.

2. Order that the election procedure be re-run.

3. Disqualify one or more candidates, without

reference to a U G M .

2 or 3 above may be order if:

a. One or more candidate goes beyond the

limits given below.

b. T h e r e is e v i d e n c e that one or m o r e

candidate was prohibited or discouraged from

using FELIX , S T O I C , or IC Radio or that

submitted material was detrimentally altered by

the editorial staff of such media. All Union

m e d i a m u s t be e q u a l l y a v a i l a b l e to a l l

candidates.

c. A candidate does permanent damage to any

Union or College area.

d. A candidate directly attempts to influence

the impartiality of any member of the Section

Committee or Union staff.

e. A candidate employs campaign tactics

designed to give him/her an unfair advantage

over the other candidates.

f. The election is unconstitutionally run by the

Returning Officer.

g. All media or newsletter reports or comments

on the election do not mention the names of all

the candidates standing for a post.

Any decision taken shall require a simple

majority of the committee, the chairperson

having the casting vote.

2. Limits

a. The maximum amount which may be spent

on a campaign in one session will be decided

by th Elections Committee and displayed when

papers so up.

b. The total area of publicity produced must

not exceed that of 300 posters and 6 reams of

A4 handouts and must not appear prior to

papers down.

c. Material produced must be covered by an

invoice and/or bill.

d. T h e use of Sherfield facilities must be

reported immediately to the Hon Sec and or

F E U X Editor.

e. G u m backed material is not permitted

f. C C U newspapers may not be used as media

for campaigns in I C U elections.

g. The insignia of any current union publicity

may not appear on a candidates election

material.

3. Objections

Objections, except those directly relating to

the counting procedure (these may be lodged

at any time up to the next U G M ) may be

lodged at anytime up to the commencement of

the count.

4. Appeal

A n appeal against a decision of the Election

Committee can be made only to the I C U

Executive of which only the Returning Officer,

may sit on the Elections Committee.They shall

have the power to uphold or overrule the

appeal. In any case the matter may be referred

to a U G M according to the wishes of one or

more of the candidates.

5. Alteration

The alteration of these rules shall be subject

to the approval of a two thirds majority of a

U G M .

6. Interpretation

The interpretation of these rules is at the

discretion of the Elections Committee.

PG G R O U P CHAIRPERSON I recently learnt that Richard Earl, who held

the above post , would be leaving Col lege

today. He is hence ineligible to continue as a

Union Officer. I am told by the secretary of the

P G Group that papers will be going up next

week. A description of the job is as follows:

The PG Affairs Officer shall sit on the

following Union committees: ICU Council,

Welfare Committee, and Academic Affairs

Committee. He/She shall advise members of

the Executive and other officers of the Union

on matters regarding PG students or PG

education. The PG Affairs Officer shall sit on

the Graduate Students Committee. The PG

Chairman shall chair the postgraduate group

committee which comprises representatives of

departments and large research groups, and

which acts as the postgraduate affairs

committee of the Union.

As PG Chairman he/she must be responsible

for ensuring that the group encourages the

growth and development of departmental

postgraduate groups. He/she should ensure

that PGs have regular social gatherings, in

order to maintain interdepartmental commu­

nications.

The PG Affairs Officer shall be a rep to the

ULU PG Group and should stand for ULU

SRC and go regularly if elected. He should

represent the Union on PG issues and effect

liason with ULU and other external bodies on

such issues.

Roger

PS: Dear Gwen Griffiths, when are you going

to challenge us to a pancake race? O r are you

convinced that

SIR MONTY FINNISTON

T O S P E A K A T IMPERIAL

2:30 p.m. March 3rd

BIG D E B A T E with four

speakers on the same evening

9

Graduating O u r p o l i c y p l a n k f o r t h e

8 0 s . . . y o u r s p r i n g b o a r d

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

As a major element of the nation's communications network, the Postal Business is

itself moving into a new era a decade of change. It is committed to fulfilling an

extensive and intensive programme of modernisation - one that promises you as a

graduate, whatever your discipline, wide scope for your talents, real work

satisfaction, and appropriate and worthwhile rewards.

OUR M J L K ROUND VISIT DATE 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th February

Talking GRADUATE CAREERS in

Management Engineering Opportunities in the management The Postal Business has a large and field covers a wide range of tunc- varied number of openings, where all tions, where practically any discipline kinds of technical challenges would be suitable. demand engineering skills of a high

order

Ask at your Careers Office for details of time and place of our visit. If you can't make it

on the day we're visiting, you may get our brochure and application form from your

Careers Office or by writing to Postal Management Recruitment Centre, Room 339,

Postal Headquarters, St. Martins-le-Grand, LONDON EC1A 1HQ.

This Year?

172,000 staff... considerably more

than 30 million letters and parcels

delivered dailv through a national

system or sorting and delivery

offices . . . 23.000 counters and

25.000 vehicles run throughout tt

country, not oniv providing a com

Dlex range ot postal services, but

also acting as aaents to the govern

ment in the handling of social

oenefits and licences of many

kinds.. . this is the Postal Business

serving the nation.

PERIAL COLLEGE

301m I 999kHz Medium Wave

"Imperial College Radio News at Six,

Good Evening"; a familiar sound on 301 metres,

but what exactly is I.C.Radio News? Contrary to

common belief things do happen at Imperial, quite

often important, and I.C.R.N. exists to report

on these occurences. What generally happens

behind the scenes is: after our reporter obtains

the story, for instance from one of the Union

offices, it is brought back to the station and

written up for that day's bulletins. In addition to

our daily news coverage we have a weekly in-

depth look at what has been happening around

College. This programme is called'301 Newsline',

and is broadcast between 6.40 and 7pm on

Wendesday evenings. In '301 Newsline' we

generally find and interview the people

responsible for the news, thus bringing out

certain aspects of a story that cannot be put over

in a news story.

Possibly the key to being able to report on as

much as we do and find sufficient news to

produce daily bulletins relies on organisation,

possibly efficiency, but mainly on something

happening. If you know of something that you

think we might like to know about, then phone us

on Internal 3440 or contact the station. The same

applies if you want to know more about Imperial

College Radio News, or want to join us, as we're

always ready to welcome new people.

Itob Shepherd (News Editor)

I. C. Radio Top Twenty 21/1/80

1 (5) Madness - M y Girl

2 (1) New Music - IJving by Numbers

3 (2) Barclay James Harvest - Love on the Line

4 (3) Booker T . & the M . G . ' s - Green Onions

5 (-) Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall pt.2

6 (14) Joe Jackson - It's Different for Girls

7 (7) The Clash - London Calling

8 (8) After T h e Fire - Life In the City

9 (6) Lene Lovich - Angels

10 (19) J o n & Vangellis - I Hear Y o u Now

11 (10) Rupert Holmes - Escape

12 (9) Inmates - T h e Walk

13 (13) Fleetwood M a c - Sara

14 (-) The Buggies - Plastic Age

15 (-) The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket

16 (-) Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage

17 (16) Earth Wind and Fire - Can't Let G o

18 (4) Sheila B. Devotion - Spacer

19 (i) The Cure - Jumping on Someone Else's Train

20 (-) Styx - Babe

The most played records on I.C. Radio during the

last two weeks; compiled by Sarah Talbot.

Compiler and editor of I.C. Radio Times page: Jeremy Nunns.

12

I . C . R A D I O

T I M E S

Congratulations to the new Station

Manager, Simon Milner, and new

Assistant Station Manager, Sarah Talbot

Friday 25th January

5.00 Tune In - Sahara Blott. Wake Up

With Sahara, more or less...

6.00 American Rock - Dave Hodes, with all

that's good from Stateside

7.00, Viewpoint Chris Dalton; featuring

Captain Kremmen, Roger Sprocket's films,

and a glimpse at the weekend's T V .

9.001 Live From Stan's - Request and

' Competition programme live from Stan's

Bar; prizes include the new album by the

Pretenders.

11.00 Through Midnight - Jon Marsden; music to

snooze and booze to.

1.00 Closedown

Saturday 26th January

8.00 Wake Up With Jon - Jon Firth; including

part 3 of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the

Galaxy and the local cinema guide.

11.00 The Untitled Programme - Mark Jones

4.00 Sheep Dip • Shep. T o improve the clarity of

this week's programme, Shep will have his

brain removed, and for medium wave

l isteners he's been p r a c t i c i n g the

heavy breathing.

6.00 The Heavy Metal Show - Julian Pitt

WW i M i M H a V flwoagb M M p i j M • Jasper, wtrti fovefy

laid-back music and a review of the

Barclay James Harvest gig by Sarah Talbot

in the Concert Spot at 11.15.

1.00 Closedown

Sunday 27th January

8.00 Wake Up With Sarah - Sarah Talbot. A

gauranteed three hour show full of unfunky

sounds to wake you up before. . .

11.00 S & M - Simon Milner; strange Sunday

s o u n d s , s t y l i s h c y n i c i s m , s o r d i d

surrealism. Tune in.

1.00 Sunday Isn't Sunday Without... Tony

Ferguson. Listen in to great album music

with T & F (if you survived S & M).

4.00 Roundtable - Jon Fewtrell. Guests Nick

Waters and Jon Marsden Review the new

releases.

5.00 Focus on Joe Walsh - Nick Bleech. From

the James Gang to the Eagles, Nick Bleech

traces the career of this world-famous

guitarist.

6.00 The Wibbly Wobbly Wireless Show - Dave

Fuller, including the adventures of Doctor

Where, and the location competition.

9.00 The G r a m a p h o n e R e c o r d Request

Programme - Simon Woods. Tantalize

your earlobes with your favorite music

requested on 3440.

11.00 Through Midnight

1.00 Closedown

Simon Milner, the new Station Manager,

enjoying a record in his Saturday morning

S & M Show. Photo by Jeremy Nunns

M o n d a y 28th January

5.00 Tune In

6.00 Ragged Heroes - Eric Jarvis

7.00 Viewpoint Sarah Talbot, including

Captain Kremmen at 7.30, Tuesday Gig

Guide, new I.C. Radio chart and lot's more

9.00 Roundabout - Aiden Sutcliffe

11.00 Through Midnight

1.00 Closedown

Tuesday 29th January

12.00 Midday Spin - Jon Firth, with great music,

lots of information about College events

and a competition with an L.P. prize.

2.15 Closedown

5.00 Tune In - Alan Higginson; with the

fourth bit . . .

6.00 That's Jazz - Harry Magnay. Producer

Simon Milner.

7.00 Viewpoint - Karen with this week's

featured group Led Zeppelin, Captain

Kremmen and Wednesday Gig Guide at

8.45pm.

9.00 Roundabout - Nick Melling, with a

scintillating collection of wit, music and

11.00 Through Midnight

1.00 Closedown

Simon Littlejohn

Wednesday 30th January

5.00 Sid Spins - Neil Bayliss

6.40 301 Newsline - The stories behind the news

7.00 Viewpoint - Jon Firth, including chart of

Yesteryear, 301 Sportsdesk at 8.30, a

chat with Sto ic about tomorrow's

programme and Thursday Gig Guide.

9.00 Roundabout

11.00 Through Midnight

1.00 Closedown

T h u r s d a y 31st January

12.00 Midday Spin

2.15 Closedown

5.00 Tune In

6.00 Disco / Boogie Time - Alan Burton

7.00 Viewpoint - With weekend Gig Guide at

8.45 and Captain Kremmen.

9.00 Roundabout - Simon Woods. If you think

you're listening to Sahara Blott, then think

again Super Si with your requests and

dedications.

11.00 Through Midnight

1.00 Closedown

U N I T E D N A T I O N S

U N I V E R S A L

D E C L A R A T I O N O F

H U M A N R I G H T S

T H E G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y

proclaims

T H I S U N I V E R S A L D E C L A R A T I O N O F

H U M A N R I C H T S as a common standard of

achievement for all peoples and all nations, to

the end that every individual and every organ

of society, keeping this Declaration constantly

in mind, shall strive hy teaching and education

to promote respect for these rights and freedoms

and hy progressive measures, national and inter­

national, to secure their universal and effective

recognition and observance, both among the

peoples of Member States themselves and among

the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

Article 1. All human beings are born free and

equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed

with reason and conscience and should act

towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights

and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, with­

out distinction of any kind, such as race, colour,

sex, language, religion, political or other opinion,

national or social origin, property, birth or other

status.

Furthermore, no distinction shall he made on

the basis of the political, jurisdictional or inter­

national status of the country or territory to

which a person belongs, whether it be independ­

ent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other

limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty

and security of person.

Article 4. N o one shall he held in slavery or

servitudej slavery and the slave trade shall be

prohibited in all their forms.

Article 5. N o one shall he subjected to torture

or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or

punishment.

Article 6. Everyone has the right to recognition

everywhere as a person before the law.

Article 7. All are equal before the law and are

entitled without any discrimination to equal pro­

tection of the law. Al l are entitled to equal pro­

tection against any discrimination in violation of

this Declaration and against any incitement to

such discrimination.

Article 8. Everyone has the right to an effective

remedy by the competent national tribunals for

acts violating the fundamental rights granted

him by the constitution or by law.

Article 9. N o one shall be subjected to arbitrary

arrest, detention or exile.

Article 10. Everyone is entitled in full equality

to a fair and public hearing by an independent

and impartial tribunal, in the determination of

his rights and obligations and of any criminal

charge against him.

Article 11. (I) Everyone charged with a penal

offence has the right to be presumed innocent

until proved guilty according to law in a public

trial at which he has had all the guarantees

necessary for his defence.

(2) N o one shall be held guilty of any penal

offence on account of any act or omission which

did not constitute a penal offence, under national

or international law, at the time when it was

committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be im

posed than the one that was applicable at the

time the penal offence was committed.

Article 12. N o one shall be subjected to arbi­

trary interference with his privacy, family, home

or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his hon­

our and reputation. Everyone has the right to

the protection of the law against such interfer­

ence or attacks.

Article 13. (I) Everyone has the right to freedom

of movement and residence within the borders

of each state.

(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country,

including his own, and to return to his country.

Article 14. (I) Everyone has the right to seek

and to enjoy in other countries asylum from per­

secution.

(2) This right may not he invoked in the case

of prosecutions genuinely arising froin non-polit­

ical crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes

and principles of the United Nations.

Article 15. (1) Everyone has the right to a

nationality.

(2) N o one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his

nationality nor denied the right to change his

nationality.

Article 16. (1) M e n and women of full age,

without any limitation due to race, nationality

or religion, have the right to marry and to found

a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to

marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.

(2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the

free and full consent of the intending spouses.

(3) The family is the natural and fundamental

group unit of society and is entitled to protection

by society and the State.

Article 17. (1) Everyone has the right to own

property alone as well as in association with

others.

(2) N o one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his

property.

Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom

of thought, conscience and religion; this right

includes freedom to change his religion or belief,

and freedom, either alone or in community with

others and in public or private, to manifest his

religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship

and ohscnance

Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom

of opinion and expression,- this right includes

freedom to hold opinions without interference

and to se -k receive and impart information and

ideas through any media and regardless of

frontiers.

Article 20. Everyone has the right to free­

dom ot peaceful assembly and association

(.21 \ o one may he compelled to belong to an

association

Article 21. v 11 Everyone has the right to take-

part in the government ot his country, directly

or through treelv chosen representatives.

1.21 Evervone has the right of equal access to

puhlk service in his country.

13) The will ot the people shall he the basis of

the authoritv ot government; this will shall be

expressed in periodic and genuine elections

whiv.li shall he In universal and equal suffrage

and shall he held hy secret vote or hy equivalent

tree voting procedures

Article 22. Evervone. as a member of society,

has the right to social security and is entitled to

realization, through national effort and inter­

national co-operation and in accordance with

the organization and resources of each State, of

the economiv. sovial and cultural rights indis­

pensable tor his dignitv and the free develop­

ment .ot his personality

Article 23. (1) Everyone has the right to work, to

tree choice of employment, to just and favourable

conditions of work and to protection against

unemployment.

(2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has

the right to equal pay for equal work.

(3) Everyone who works has the right to just

and favourable remuneration ensuring for him­

self and his family an existence worthy of human

dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other

means of social protection.

(4) Evervone has the right to form and to join

trade unions for the protection of his interests

Article 24. Everyone has the right to rest and

leisure, including reasonable limitation of work­

ing hours and periodic holidays with pay.

Article 25. (1) Everyone has the right to a

standard of living adequate for the health and

well-being of himself and of his family, includ

ing food, clothing, housing and medical care

and necessary social services, and the right to

security in the event of unemployment, sick­

ness, disability, widowhood, old age or other

lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his

control.

(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to

special care and assistance. All children, whether

horn in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same

social protection.

Article 26. (1) Everyone has the right to edu­

cation. Education shall be free, at least in the

elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary

education shall be compulsory. Technical and

professional education shall be made generally

available and higher education shall be equally

accessible to all on the basis of merit.

(2) Education shall be directed to the full de­

velopment of the human personality and to the

strengthening of respect for human rights and

fundamental freedoms. It shall promote under­

standing, tolerance and friendship among all

nations, racial or religious groups, and shall

further the activities of the United Nations for

the maintenance of peace.

(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind

of education that shall be given to their children.

Article 27. (|) Everyone has the right freelv to

participate in the cultural life of the community,

to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific ad

vancement and its benefits.

(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of

the moral and material interests resulting from

any scientific, literary or artistic production of

which he is the author.

Article 28. Everyone is entitled to a social and

international order in which the rights and free

doms set forth in this Declaration can be fully

realized.

Article 29. (1) Everyone has duties to the com­

munity in which alone the free and full develop­

ment of his personality is possible.

(2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms,

everyone shall be subject only to such limitations

as are determined by law solely for the purpose

of securing due recognition and respect for the

rights and freedoms of others and ot meeting

the just requirements of morality, public order

and the general welfare in a democratic society,

(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case

he exercised contrary to the purposes and princi­

ples of the United Nations.

Article 30. Nothing in this Declaration may he

interpreted as implying for any State, group or

person any right to engage in any activity or to

perform any act aimed at the destruction ot any

of the rights and freedoms set forth herein

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R E V I E W S I

ALBUMS

END O F T H E C E N T U R Y — T H E RAMONES

Phil Spector meets the cretin hoppers from

New York . Yes, the new Ramones L P is

produced by the 'Wall of Sound' man. The

production is a wall of sound, which suits the

Ramones style very well.

S i d e o n e c o m m e n c e s with Rock'n'Roll

Radio, a s o n g that s ings the p r a i s e of

predicably enough, rock'n'roll radio as well as

T Rex, E d Sullivan, Alan Freed etc. Quite

good. f"m Affected is more like it, chainsaw

rhythm guitar and really ratty vocals from

Joey, it's a love song actually, but only the

Ramones write love songs that sound like a

sawmill at full production! The Life On The

Road song is next called Danny Says it's a

heartfelt moan about not being able to surf in

Idaho and the rigours of touring, it's slow but

builds up to loud finish. Chinese Rocks next,

which is the definitive drug addicts song, good,

fast and tacky. The Return Of Jackie And

Judy which features Jackie (the punk) and

Judy (the runt) who were first observed on the

Ramones first L P , this song is an attempt to

gain further mileage out of the original song

(Judy Is A Punk) but it doesn't really work in

my view and is a bit redundant. The last track

on side one is Let's G o which is the Ramones

m o a n i n g a b o u t not b e i n g able to go to

Vietnam, a long running theme in the Ramones

history. Subject matter aside, it's quite a spiffy

little song. Baby / Love You kicks off side two

and it is godawful, to say it's the worst track

I've ever h e a r d by the R a m o n e s is an

understatement. / Can't Make It On Time

salvages things somewhat, sounding like the

days of 1976/77, quite nostalgic really. This

Ain't Havana is in the same vein and is really

good, in fact I half expected a few Gabba

Gabba Heys in the chorus but had to settle for

"Ba-Ba-Bannana/This Ain't Havana" but the

song is a real pogoer which please me. The

title song from Rock'n'Roll Highschool is next

and starts off with a powerchord and feedback,

in the best punk tradition i , and just leaps out

of the speakers at about the speed of light, a

trully great track. All They Way, even better as

it has Dee Dee shouting 1-2-3-4 (or wun-too-

free-fore to give it it s ethnic pronunciation),

another classic Ramones track that leaves

smoke coming out of the speakers, as does the

last t r a c k High Risk Insurance a n o t h e r

buzzsaw sound song that really zooms along.

This is a fairly good Ramones L P , most of

the songs are truly dumb with only two and a

half really bad songs on it. It seems nothing

can stop the Ramones which is fine and I hope

they keep the cretins hopping (myself included)

until the end of the century.

SINGLES

T H E SPECIAL A K A LIVE EP Three out of three for the Specials! The live

E P that is the Specials latest release captures

some of the excitement of seeing (and hearing)

the band live. Side one was recorded at the

Lyceum and features Too Much, Too Young, a

song from their L P about avoiding marriage,

kids and the like until you're older. This ends

and an o ld favourite G u n s Of Navarone

completes side one, by the Skatalites (I think)

originally it still sounds as fresh as ever. O n

side two we have the Skinhead Symphony

comprising of L o n g Shot Kick The Bucket,

Liquidator and Skinhead Moonstomp. Being

o l d e n o u g h to r e m e m b e r that o - o - o l d

moonstomping at the turn of the last decade

these three songs brought a tear to my eye to

hear these old favourites again, performed by

the Specials in immaculate style.

Simon Jerome

LADIES RUGBY This was a return meeting of the two

teams and t u r n e d out to be even

closer than the previous one.

Played at Harlington in front of a

good number of IC supporters and the

Nationwide television cameras , this

was a t h o r o u g h l y e n t e r t a i n i n g and

absorbing match to watch. The game

was played in a hard but fair spirit and

all the ladies put in 110%, which made

all their training worthwhile.

The glory of the day went to the IC

pack. They were superb, winning set

scrums, through Barbara and lineouts,

through Claire, they were able to give,

scrum half Fay a good deal of clean

possession. Only a little inexperience

in the 3s and some good tackling by

U C prevented IC from winning this

match.

O n c e again, the outstanding aspect

of play was the tackling. Although

lacking a little in strength and speed

compared to men, the ladies produced

textbook tackles with the best coming

from Silvana, Fay and Jane. (These

three could teach the 1st X V a lot.)

A l t h o u g h all the l a d i e s p l a y e d

extremely well a special mention must

go to Fay, Julia (what a pair of hands!)

and Shirley, who as captain led her

side to a very capable performance of

rugby football.

Team: Lynn, Lesley, Claire, Mary

E r s k i n , M a r y H a r r i n g t o n , J e n n y ,

Barbara, Shirley, Faye, Cathy, Caroline,

Julia, Sue, Jane and Silvana.

EGB

RUGBY IC 1st XV vs Kings College:

6—3 As the score indicates this was a

very close match and one that IC did

Well to win.

Right from the start, we knew it was

going to be a hard match, with the

forwards having to do a lot of the

work. All credit must go to the IC pack

for a spirited performance throughout

the whole game. They supplied the

backs, through Phil Ratcliffe, with a lot

of good clean ball and we spent a lot

of the first half attacking the Kings

tryline.

Due to some quick cover work by

their back row, we were limited to a

single try. This came about from a

scrum on the Kings 25yd line. The ball

was won cleanly and fed to me at

number ten. I gave a scissors pass to

John Chandler, at inside centre, and

he used a sharp piece of acceleration

to beat four players and score a well

worked try.

In the second half with the wind

favouring Kings, we spent a good part

of the time defending in our own half.

D u e to s o m e s o l i d t a c k l i n g a n d

coverwork the only score that Kings

managed was a single penalty kick.

This was a hard earned and well

deserved victory and continues our

unbeaten record this term.

EGB

TABLE TENNIS O K , you've had all Christmas and

two weeks extra to recover from last

term's reports . . . so this one is a

doozy (a doozy is a dangerous animal

— or did I dream it?). Anyway, back to

t h e s t a r t / o n to t h e e n d : R e s u l t s

(arranged partly chronologically and

partly in the order they . . . no, that's

too corny).

IC 2nd vs EXILES 5th (AWAY): 5-4 S t e a n (late r e p l a c e m e n t ) lost his

first matches of the season (all of

'em). Tye won two and member of

staff and new superstar J o h n Blount

won all three . . . and then tnere was

Christmas.

IC 3rd vs TEXACO 2nd: 8-1 Next term, year, decade, same old

sodding wins — just 'cos they're top of

their division!

IC 4th vs TEXACO 1 (AWAY): 5-4 Now this was magic, defeating the.

second team in the division from 2-4

down. Ho, Josefsson and epecially

P h i l (I'm o n a P h D now) W i l s o n

showed how little I'm needed by the

team (except to cause cock-ups!) .

IC 2 vs GAINSFORD 4 (7-2) Continued revival by the seconds

(Tye 2, Blount 2, and Etheridge 3 this

time) puts them in a much happier

p o s i t i o n than had s e e m e d likely a

couple of months back (middle of the

table-ish).

IC 4 vs EXILES v (3-6) This was a cup match (2nd round)

but with me playing, of course we lost.

Pee Aitch Dee won 2 (not bad), lost

o n e a n d wel l , y o u ' v e all got C S E

Maths haven't you?

IC 1 vs GAINSFORD 4: (9-0)

With Kumar back in place of Petey

(Tee, hee), this was an all Asian team,

a n d look at the result : H o n g and

Kartick were around somewhere.

IC 2 vs HONG KONG S C (3-6) Success does not mean losing every

set by 2 games to one, that means you

Gary and Phil; Blount showed the way

w i t h t h r e e w i n s . G o d , if R o l a n d

Marslin could see Gary Etheridge he'd

think he was l o o k i n g in a mirror ,

smash, oh, I've missed it, smash . . .

oh, done it again, smash, smash . . .

it's bound to work sooner or later . . .

IC 4 vs LAW COURT First attempt, Hewkin gets wrong

day, n ice trip to S t a n d a n d b a c k .

S e c o n d a t t e m p t , r i g h t d a y ( 5 0 %

success is fair ain't it?). We won by

the same margin as our first encounter

with them, but this time I won two

sets. Max also won two and Wi lson .

only won one.

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S P O R T

FOOTBALL IC 1st XI vs R F H 1st XI: 3-2

S t e v e V e a t s m a d e a t r i u m p h a n t

return as goalkeeper in the 1st XI on

Saturday. My regular reader (!) will

recal l that last t ime ' H a n d s ' Veats

played, the team won 5-4 with Veats

getting a hat trick . . . for Q M C ! In this

g a m e , h o w e v e r , S t e v e c a u g h t

everything, and the rest of the team were

so surprised that, against their better

instinct they won the game!

IC's confidence grew in the opening

stages as Veats saved a few useful shots.

So much so that a 'Mis Hit' Rickard

corner was controlled by Dave Dean,

whose amazing (for a man of his stature)

turn so astounded the opposition that he

was able to volley IC into a well deserved

lead without them hardly realizing it!

The match was keenly, and cleanly

contested throughout. However, the

referee was forced to book a R F H player

who expressed strong opinions when he

didn't get a free kick after Hendy's late

tackle! Hendy, who had been left out of

his cage minutes before kick off, was

soon in the book after another late

tackle. Unfortunately, R F H were allowed

to e q u a l i s e just b e f o r e h a l f - t i m e ,

following mass brain seizure in the IC

defence.

At half-time, we fed Hendy some raw

meat and decided on new tactics. We

w o u l d start p a s s i n g to e a c h other

instead of to R F H who refused to give

the ball back! These tactics brought

instant success as Stevenson blasted

the ball h o m e after a goal m o u t h

scramble. Encouraged by being ahead

again, IC took control and only Rowley's

insistance on missing the goal and

Rickard's insistance on passing to their

keeper kept the score at 2-1. Then ten

minutes from the e n d , R F H got a

crippling equaliser.

However, the 1st Xl's new found spirit

refused to be denied. The result was

sealed in the closing minutes when

Rickard's pass to RFH' s keeper went

astray and finished up in the goal! The

1st XI were relieved and delighted to win

and credit must go to all for the spirit

shown throughout the game.

Finally, it is sadly noted that the Steve

Veats Appreciation Society is in danger

of being disbanded unless its herd

throws some more shots into the net!

Team: S Veats, J Gamble, M Curran, K

Reeve, C Beer, C Hendy, I Stevenson, A

Donaldson, D Dean, J Rowley and G

Rickard.

Chris Hendy's Keeper and C a g e Cleaner

A 2nd XI IMPERIAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPORT

On a clear cold Wednesday afternoon,

the 2nd team took to the football field to

handsomely defeat an L S E 2nd XI team

by four goals to one.

The initial well organised L S E side was

overrun gradually by the IC midfield of

Kev Buckley, Phil Niccolls and Brian

Scannell . Clinical finishing by the IC

forwards of whom Dave McPhail, driving

the ball low on each occasion, scored two

goals and Dick Veenman, a low drive and

a volley off a one-two from Phil's mouth,

also scoring two goals consolidated our

position at half-time to 4-0.

In the s e c o n d half L S E a p p l i e d

pressure which was relieved chronically

by sturdy left wing play from Aled

Phillips. However, solid IC defence by

Dec McGukin and Giles Brereton and

Kenny Sansom-l ike defensive thrusts

from the flanks by Chris Hendy and Jim

Beer foiled all the L S E attacks. The game

finished at 4-1 win for IC 2nds after L S E

scored scored a consolation goal towards

the end of the game.

Before IC returned to College they

dutifully rearranged British Rail Southern

region scheduled service by posing as

management staff and holding up the

train while Ken Buckley relieved himself,

the operation was controlled by the

authoritative voice of Giles Brereton

b a c k e d by subtle shouts from Phil

Niccolls of "hurry up Kev, you s . . .

heap."

Team: A Betts, C Hendy, D McGukin,

G * B r e r e t o n , J Beer , K B u c k l e y , P

Niccolls , B Scannell , D McPhai l , D

Veenman and A Phillips.

Brian Scannell

2nds vs Kings: 3—1 2nds Survive Psychological Attack

Kings 2 decided that the only way to

beat IC was to make us over confident

and when only nine Kings players

arrived at Beit Arch on Saturday, the talk

turned to s c o r e s of 10—0, but at

Hariington the Kings plan became clear

as there were the two 'mining' players

and a substitute. IC morale was at a low

ebb especially as the side included the

n e w c o m e r s , the h a m s t r i n g - t r o u b l e

Merrit, some chap called Price and the

totally incompatible Knowles, whose

pre-match talk of the application of

Deep heat to the male organs was

classic.

The 2nds soon settled and soon

noticed the poor offside trap employed

by Kings. Many time lone centre forward

M c P h a i l s h o w e d the f i n i s h i n g that

makes him a natural winger. He did

however shoot one past a heeper left

unprotected by a trap that failed 1-0.

IC dominated a superb ball from

'Cyrille' Knowles over an advancing

defence allowed Niccolls to put the ball

in with his usual style. 2-0. Kings

obtained a penalty and Betts saved to

heep the score at 2-0 until half-time.

In the second half, IC swarmed over

Kings and from a poor clearance to the

edge of the box, Kevin Buckley, the

Laughing Cavalier of the team drove

home to make the score 3-0.

But it was now the constant nagging

of M c G u c k i n unsettled the team and

Kings bounded the ball in after a low

hard cross eluded the bickering Celt.

3-1. Buckley's humour calmed the team

down and for the last five minutes they

swamped the opposition, but with no

further addition to the score, the game

ended with a score of 3-1 taking the 2nds

XI goal tally to 49 for the season.

The Beau Brummie

IC BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER CLUB

The C team travelled all the way to

R H C a n d w h e n we got there , we

fought our way through the hordes of

admiring amazons and Dave Nuttall

won yet another match to brilliant

s t o r m b r i n g i n g a p p l a u s e . A l e x a n d e r

Cameron played next and fought off

waves of sheer misery to actually win

his first game.

I p l a y e d next a m i d s t s c e n e s of

hysterical admiration at my new hair

cut and came out on top (not my

hair). Next came the Kelly contribution. •

Having had all my previous comments

about this chap censored and edited, I

shall just say that if this is the best

Ireland can bring up on potatoes, it's

about time they had a famine — he

lost.

Finally, the great (all hail) G r a h a m

C u r t i s p l a y e d last against a c h a p

looking like an Afghan terrior (or is it

terrorist?) who, like a scene straight

from Life Of Brian should have been

happy to get away with crucifixion.

So, we won 4-1 altogether (so the C

team are miles above the B team).

The B team played L S E at home and

won 3-2 after being 2-0 down.

O n W e d n e s d a y last, the A t e a m

entertained L S E B team at home. T h e y

cemented their opponents 4-1. This

was not good enough thanks to a

sickening defeat of Shaun Armstrong

who was preoccupied with matters of

getting Edward Kennedy into IRA S o c .

All the others won and the role of

s t a r s is as f o l l o w s (in o r d e r o f

i m p o r t a n c e to the w o r l d ) : M a r t i n

Proudlove, feeling a bit white, h a m ­

mered his opponent (I bet he wishes

he could 'reproduce' his form else­

where); Geoffrey Keymer, who has in

the past sold his body to win snooker

matches (especially doubles, eh Alex!)

had no trouble beating his talentless

partner (I mean all g o o d s n o o k e r

players do physics not economics) ; Sir

San Teelock an understanding and

whimpering mercenary from the lost

country of Malicious, took on a huge

change of form to actually, if feebly,

win a match (cor you'll deserve them

blues) ; last was the lone T r i p p , a

snooker player of little importance and

large expendability — he has his days

occasionally, but as a snooker player,

I don't see much hope for him. He

w o n h o w e v e r , with the t r a u m a t i c

commitment of a cleanshaven A y a -

tollah.

H O C K E Y

IC L A D I E S vs U C : 2—1

O n W e d n e s d a y 16th J a n u a r y , IC

Ladies played a match, rearranged from

last term. It was supposed to be at U C ' s

ground, but due to frozen pitches, it was

played out at Hariington.

Owing to a slight error by Fay Hood

(ie forgetting the shirts) IC Ladies took

the field in spare Guilds Rugby shirts. It

was in fact a calculated error, because

these shirts turned out to be much

warmer than ours (well, that's my story

and I'm sticking to it!).

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E D I T O R I A L

N U S push for large grant increases - I C U votes

against discussion .... implying that we are happy

with their present level. N o wonder we don't

belong to the N U S . Next v;eek Kings College

London is to hold a referendum on the question of

disaffiliation from the N U S . Those in favour say

that the move is the only way to impress on the

N U S how unhappy many Colleges are with its

performance.

The Express described the N U S demand for a

36 per cent Grant increase as the action of

ignorant louts. After our U G M Imperial students

seem to be at the less ignorant end of the Daily

Express student spectrum. It seems that the good

old Express is getting desperate to try to increase

its student circulation. After the way the Express

trivialised the Ladies Rugby feature I don't expect

it to increase its sales to Imperial students.

Tonight on Sportswide (towards the end of

Nationwide B B C 1) the B B C have a chance to

give their impression of the Ladies Rugby team.

When they filmed the ladies, last Sunday, the

camera team hinted that the film should be shown

tonight • I hope that we won't be disappointed.

The questionnaire has had to be

postponed until next week because, once

again, there have been problems with the

production of FELIX. I would like to

apologise to residents in Beit for depriving

them of 'Top of the Pops'. A fault with the

FELIX equipment blew one of the main fuses

in Beit.

Various sheets from Halls and Houses

were left behind after the Toga party. Also a

pair of ladies gloves and something

indescribable were left in the JCR. Please

collect from Beit Room 79.

I would like to thank Mathew Smith for his

help with the production and artwork that

we used in last weeks FELIX. Margaret and

Jill Dawson also deserve a credit. Jill has

been helping devise questions for next

weeks survey

Colin Palmer (FELIX Editor)

W H A T ' S

O N F R I D A Y 25th J A N U A R Y

D I S C O at 8:30pm in H u g h e s P a r r y H a l l ,

C a r t w r i g h t G a r d e n s (nearest tubes : Russe l l

S q a n d K i n g s C r o s s ) . A d m i s s i o n 50p to non-

m e m b e r s a n d S U cards are required .

M O N D A Y 28th J A N U A R Y E X P L O R A T I O N S O C I E T Y I N F O R M A L

M E E T I N G at 12:30pm in Souths ide U p p e r

L o u n g e .

V E G S O C M E E T I N G at 12:45pm in the

G r e e n C o m m i t t e e R o o m (top floor of U n i o n

Bui ld ing — follow the signs).

F O L K C L U B - B E G I N N E R S ' M O R R I S

W O R K S H O P at 8 : 0 0 p m i n L o w e r

Refectory. M e m b e r s free, but 50p to non-

members .

F I L M : BELLE DE JOUR with Cather ine

Deneuve . D i r e c t e d by L B u n u e l . 6:30pm in

M e c h E n g 220. 40p non-members , 25p

members .

T U E S D A Y 29th J A N U A R Y P H O T O S O C S H O P between 12:30-1:30 in

the o ld d a r k r o o m .

S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N 1:00pm.

M E T A N D M A T S C I S O C L E C T U R E ,

Lasers by D r W Steen in M i n e s G 2 0 at

6:00pm.

P H O T O S O C L E C T U R E , A Day In The Life

Of A Medical Photographer by R W T o y at

7:00pm in R S M 303.

W E D N E S D A Y 304h J A N U A R Y W I S T M E E T I N G at 12:45pm in I C W A

Lounge .

E X P L O R A T I O N S O C T A L K o n The

Aldabra Atoll by D r J o h n T a y l o r of the

N a t u r a l H i s to ry M u s e u m at 5:30pm in the

G r e e n C o m m i t t e e R o o m .

T H U R S D A Y 31st J A N U A R Y C H R I S T I A N S C I E N C E O R G A N I S A T I O N

O P E N M E E T I N G at 1:00pm in B o t Dept

2 n d Y r Seminar R m .

S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N at 1:00pm and

6:00pm.

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S P R E S E N T S :

1. F i l m : T h e W o r l d A t W a r (Thames T V )

Episode 4 D e s e r t in the G r e a t H a l l , Sherf ield

Bui ld ing at 1:15pm.

2. A lunch-hour concert featuring the A u s t i n

M u s e B a r o q u e Quintet in the M u s i c R o o m ,

53 Pr ince 's G a t e .

G L I D I N G C L U B M E E T I N G F I L M :

Nat iona l C h a m p i o n s h i p s A t L a s h a m in

A e r o 254 at 5:30pm. A l l we lcome.

E N T S P R E S E N T S : Midnight Express in

M e c h E n g 220 at 6:30pm. 30p Entrance .

B B C R a d i o / I C U presents The News Quiz in

the U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l .

F R I D A Y 1st F E B R U A R Y IC C H R I S T I A N U N I O N meet in the M u s i c

R o o m , 53 Pr ince ' s G a t e at 6:30pm.

S U N D A Y 17th F E B R U A R Y G A L L A G H E R A N D L Y L E at 7:00pm in the

G r e a t H a l l . T i c k e t s in advance £2, on the

door £2.50 and S U cards are required .

E N T S D I S C O S E V E R Y F R I D A Y

U N I O N L O W E R L O U N G E A T 8:00pm.

O N L Y 20p.

FOR S A L E R E C O R D S : box set of Beethoven's symphonies

1—9. Herbert V o n Karajan, Berlin Phil. Very

nearly mint condition. Only played few times on

top quality equipment. Current R R P £29. Will

take £12 ono. Contact J Tidy, Physics 3,

Falmouth 312.

D B E 19" R A C I N G BIKE, 26" wheels, reasonable

condition. 5 speed, 2 brakes. Contact Nick

Moran, Physics 2 or Dramsoc.

F R G - 7 G E N E R A L C O V E R A G E R E C E I V E R , 05-

30 M H Z , S S B / C W . £150 ono. Contact Dave

Burden via Elec Eng letter-racks or Keogh 281.

M O N 28 J A N

C O M S O C MEETING

with speaker

MARTIN J A C Q U E S ,

Editor of Marxism Today

on 'The New Right In Britain'

at 6:30pm in ICWA Lounge

Badges are an integral part of contempo­

rary expression and it is important that

ICU reflects this, come to the

B A D G E S O C I E T Y INAUGURAL MEETING

TONIGHT at 5:30 in Chem 883

WANTED People to 'adopt-a-granny' for T a s k F o r c e

in the K e n s i n g t o n area by doing o d d jobs,

shopping , c leaning a n d providing c o m p a n y

o n c e a w e e k for p e n s i o n e r s . P l e a s e

contact Sun i la N i ramalasur iya , M a t h s 2 or

any I C C A G member as soon as possible.

If y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n m i c r o ­

processors or would just like to see

what the little beasties look like come

along to a C l u b Meeting o n 7:00pm on

Tuesdays in the U n i o n Building (top

floor usually).

S Q U A S H — E Y E I N J U R I E S

Recently there were two accidents to people wearing

glasses when they were playing squash. In both cases the

accidents were serious enough to require eye

operations.

The accidents were caused by direct impact of, in the

one case the ball and in the other case, the racquet, with

the spectacles. If people wish to play squash and have to

wear specatacles to do so, they are advised that .

SAFETY SPECTACLES can be bought which will stand'

a high degree of impact.

The Safety Director, Dr G Hargreaves can supply any

information (Room 305, Sherfield, int tele. 2889).

L O B B Y Y O U R M P o n Overseas Students Issue

Wednesday 13th February

or any other day.

See C h r i s F o x for details.

B e e r v o u c h e r for e v e r y

entrant in

PHOTO COMPETITION Photos of IC student accom­

modation (Halls of Residence

excluded). Bottle of scotch to

the winner! Entry form from

Union Office. Closing date:

25th February.