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INSIDE FELIX THIS WEEK Page 2: Letters on ICWA, student grants and others. Page 3: FELIX editor in hospital.

Page 5: Finniston report outline.

Page 7: Chris Fox talks to Edward Heath, Prowler seen again, and election details. Page 8: RSMU's success at Camborne — a full report. Pages 9 and 10: Reviews.

Pages 14 and 15: Sport — Trackside report from Bristol, hockey success, ICFC fourths get to finals and IC win Southern Universities Regatta

Friday, 22nd February, 1980 Issue uo. 545 THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

Last Monday afternoon, M a r k Smith was in the

IC honoured Professor Abdus Great Hall to see the lecture

Salam, winner of the 1979 he gave to over a thousand

Nobel Prize for Physics. students and staff.

" C A N I UNIFY GRAVITY?" T h e P r o f e s s o r , w h o has he ld the c h a i r

of T h e o r e t i c a l P h y s i c s at t h e C o l l e g e

s ince its f o r m a t i o n in 1957, was a w a r d e d

the p r i z e jo int ly w i t h P r o f e s s o r s S h e l d o n

G l a s h o w a n d S t e v e W e i n b e r g of H a r v a r d

U n i v e r s i t y for their w o r k o n the t h e o r y of

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

inerac t i on b e t w e e n e l e m e n t a r y part i c l es .

T h e R e c t o r t o o k t h e c h a i r a n d at

4 : 3 0 ' p m s t a r t e d t o a d d r e s s a p a c k e d

G r e a t H a l l . H e a d m i t t e d t h a t h e h a d

never s e e n the hal l as full , w i t h peop le

s q u e e z i n g into all the avai lable s p a c e . T h e

a u d i e n c e , w h i c h i n c l u d e d m a n y o f t h e

P r o f e s s o r ' s past a n d present co l leagues ,

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

a c h i e v e m e n t s , i n c l u d i n g little k n o w n facts

c o n c e r n i n g his career . F o r i n s t a n c e , the

R e c t o r a d m i t t e d that he was of fered the

cha i r of T h e o r e t i c a l P h y s i c s before S a l a m

a n d h a d t u r n e d it d o w n !

F o l l o w i n g h is i n t r o d u c t i o n , P r o f e s s o r

S a l a m s t a r t e d his lec ture w i t h a s u m m a r y

of the state of uni f i cat ion t h e o r y in 1956,

w h e n he began his w o r k . H e p r o c e e d e d

to e x p l a i n , in h i s t o r i ca l o r d e r , h o w he a n d

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

b e t w e e n t w o of the f u n d a m e n t a l f orces of

n a t u r e , t h e w e a k n u c l e a r a n d e l e c t r i c

forces . U s i n g su i tab ly s imp le t e r m s he

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

a u d i e n c e for wel l o v e r a n h o u r , in what

p r o v e d to be a bri l l iant a n d in fo rmat ive

l ec ture .

O f spec ia l note w a s his w a r m , h u m o r o u s

p r e s e n t a t i o n ; at one po int near ing the e n d of

the l e c ture he t u r n e d to the R e c t o r a n d

q u i p p e d , " C a n I unify gravi ty? It'll t a k e m e

t e n m i n u t e s . " T h i s w a s g r e e t e d w i t h

t r e m e n d o u s app lau se .

T h r o u g h o u t the w h o l e l ec ture S a l a m was

not sat is f ied w i t h just p r e s e n t i n g present

k n o w l e d g e . H e e x t e n d e d the ideas w h e r e

poss ib le to i l lustrate po ints for the future

invest igat ion . Indeed , the final t e n m i n u t e s

i n c l u d e d m u c h s p e c u l a t i o n o n the poss ib le

resu l ts f r o m the bigger part i c le a c c e l e r a t o r s

n o w u n d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n a r o u n d the w o r l d .

H e i n t r o d u c e d c o n c e p t s w h i c h s e e m v e r y

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

ant igrav i ty , w i t h e x p l a n a t i o n s w h i c h w e r e

s cant e n o u g h to p r o m o t e interest in those

y o u n g p h y s i c i s t s i n t h e a u d i e n c e . H e

c o n c l u d e d w i t h a n opt imis t i c l ook at the

f u t u r e a n d r e c e i v e d a w e l l - e a r n e d a n d

s u s t a i n e d burst of app lause f r o m the c r o w d .

A v o t e o f t h a n k s w a s p r o p o s e d b y

P r o f e s s o r M a t t h e w s f r o m B a t h U n i v e r s i t y ,

w h o was f o rmer ly S a l a m ' s s u p e r v i s o r d u r i n g

his P h D at C a m b r i d g e . H e a d d e d t o the

R e c t o r ' s c o m m e n t s a n d c lear ly p o i n t e d out

S a l a m ' s d e d i c a t i o n to phys i c s .

T h e t h a n k s of the s tudents present c a n

best be e x p r e s s e d by the ir s u b s e q u e n t

c o m m e n t s . M a n y f o u n d it ' i n s p i r i n g ' as we l l

as in format ive . T h e P r o f e s s o r m u s t be

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

a c h i e v e m e n t s , but a lso for p r o v i d i n g a n

interes t ing a n d enter ta in ing a f t e r n o o n .

PER CAPITA S Y S T E M

D e s p i t e the G o v e r n m e n t ' s i n t e n t i o n to

m a k e all s t u d e n t s u n i o n s f u n d e d d i re c t l y

f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y G r a n t s C o m m i s s i o n

( w h i c h is h o w I C U is c u r r e n t l y funded)

t h e f i n a n c e a n d e x e c u t i v e c o m m i t t e e s

v o t e d l a » t F r i d a y a n d a c c e p t e d t h e

p r i n c i p a l that I C U s h o u l d be f inanced o n

t h e p e r c a p i t a s y s t e m ( w h a t a l l o t h e i

s tudent u n i o n s do ) , for the one year the

G o v e r n m e n t a l l ows it.

T h i s entai ls a n add i t i ona l figure be ing

a d d e d o n t o t h e C o l l e g e t u i t i o n f e e s ,

w h i c h wil l t h e n be p a s s e d o n t o the U n i o n .

P r o v i s i o n w i l l b e m a d e f o r s t u d e n t s

suffer ing h a r d s h i o .

Picture of the annua! Pedal Car Race held in Bristol last weekend. Three teams

from IC entered: one Mines and two from Guilds. Report on page 14.

L E T T E R S Dear Colin

A s two of the "infestations"

of the Maths Common Room

(who have as much right to be

there as any other mathe­

maticians) we would like to reply

to the letters concerning I C W A

in last week's FELIX.

W e feel that I C W A does

represent the views of women on

Council since it holds general

meetings regularly (the next

being on Tuesday 4th March at

1:00pm in the I C W A Lounge)

w h e r e r e l e v a n t t o p i c s are

discussed and women's opinions

noted. Katy Tatchell and Kirsten

Pratt are on Council to represent

Life Scientists' and Mathemat­

i c i a n s ' i n t e r e s t s , w h e r e a s

Merche Clark is there specifi­

cally to present women's issues.

There is also the possibility, in

future years, of there being no

women at all on Council, except

the I C W A President.

The point was raised that

women do not have the right to

choose whether to be a member

of I C W A or not. The same could

be said of the C C U s or even

I C U . The choice is over whether

or not to take an active part v and

unlike Opsoc and Ladies Rugby,

no particular skills are required

to enjoy the company of women.

We feel that our integration into

College life has been helped by

the existence of ICWA, and

although many women are able

to get o n in the C o l l e g e

atmosphere, I C W A is present to

benefit the minority who cannot.

Yours sincerely

Celia Martin

Lorraine Elston

Maths 3

Dear Colin

T h e r e a p p e a r s to be a

misunderstanding around the

arguments for the retention of

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e W o m e n ' s

A s s o c i a t i o n . F i o n a S i n c l a i r

(FELIX 544) has said that women

" c a n get on in a minority". I

a g r e e , c l e a r l y w o m e n c a n

Dear Colin

Re Bernard Smith's letter on

student grants and education

cuts. The grants motion wa%

inferring that London students

should get an increased grant

in relation to provincial students.

This, I believe, is a selfish attitude

since we know the government is

c u t t i n g b a c k o n e d u c a t i o n

expenditure and the only way we

could get an increase is at the

expense of provincial students.

Since attempts have been made

to single out London University,

and in particular Imperial College

as a 'special case' it would have

further isolated us from the rest

of the student population, if

manage. They can get top Union

posts and many take full part in

social activities organised by

many other groups other than

ICWA.

The question is not, can we

survive without I C W A (as we

can probably survive without lots

of things, eg ICU!) but does

I C W A help or hinder the .status,

welfare and social life of women

(and men). In discussing this

question beware of being side­

tracked into merely discussing

what I C W A does or says at any

particular point in time and

whether it could have been done

better. I C W A is always open to

constructive criticism.

Many of the statements going

around are gross misrepre­

sentations of the truth. T o take •

only one example1: the I C W A

newsletter at the start of the year

advertised the German Measles

c a m p a i g n o r g a n i s e d by the

Health Centre, yet Fiona claims

I C W A wanted nothing to do with

it . T h i s s t a r t l i n g p i e c e of

deduction is based (I discovered)

on somebody somewhere for­

getting to take away some

leaflets given to them on this

subject.

I C W A is an umbrella organ­

isation for any activities that

women want to organise. I C W A

is presently going through a

difficult transition period in that

many of the traditional functions

it organised, such as the Ball,

h a v e c e a s e d to be w i d e l y

appreciated but not enough

people have yet injected new

ideas for social activities. Despite

this there have, this year, been a

very successful Freshers Tea,

Christmas Debate and a Bar

Night, to say nothing of various

smaller events (trips to the

theatre and to self defence

classes).

Returning to the question,

does I C W A help or hinder?

Firstly, it is not just because

women are a minority that they

have some common interests

and problems. The problem is

passed. It would have been

further evidence, to them, that

IC students are self-centred and

u n i n t e r e s t e d in s t u d e n t s in

general.

We should be concentrating

more on the effects of the real

cuts in education. Bernard has

stated that we are opposing cuts

in the 'increases of educational

expenditure'. This is a fallacy. M r

John Smith, the College secre­

tary, has said that over the next

four years the College grant may

drop from £30m to £27m. In no

way can this be called a cut in

proposed 'increases'.

A s far as the means test is

concerned, I would be interested

one of society at large. Women

are still discriminated against in

job opportunities and society still

portrays the image of the 'quiet

woman at home' or the 'sexy

woman about town' or various

other stereotypes. It is difficult to

find many television series with

say the hero a women engineer.

It does help to have an

organisation where women can

get together on a social level to

convince themselves that to be a

woman engineer or scientist

does not make you any more of a

freak than the next engineer or

scientist. You can often get the

feeling that IC is still only just

tolerating women (I need only

m e n t i o n M i n e s male o n l y

freshers' dinners as one exam­

ple). For women to organise our

o w n s o c i a l a c t i v i t i e s d o e s

something to tip the balance

back in our favour. (By the way,

none of ICWA's social events

have ever been women only — it

is in the I C W A constitution to

encourage social intercourse

between men and women.)

O n the welfare side, the case

for I C W A is indisputable." O n the

issues of ensuring adequate

contraceptive advice, abortion

facilities, in discussing security

against attack at College, I C W A

has a clear role which it has

a l w a y s p l a y e d . O f c o u r s e

individual women can raise these

issues, but a particular organ­

isation or individual (eg, I C W A

President) is needed whose job it

is to look into these issues.

T o those who argue that the

existence of I C W A hinders the

progress of women because we

admit to not being able to

manage as individuals, I will just

ask two questions. Margaret

T h a t c h e r is Prime Minister ,

simultaneously nursery educa­

tion and facilities are being cut.

Has, therefore, an individual

woman's success helped or

hindered the progress of women

as a whole? Secondly, if it is true

that the way to solve the problem

of stereotyping women's roles

to hear what Bernard is trying to

say, his first sentence in the

second paragraph makes little

sense. I agree that the means test

should be abolished and that all

students should get increased

grants to take a c c o u n t of

inf lat ion, but surely at the

moment the most important

issue must be cuts in education.

We must oppose them fully and

e f f e c t i v e l y , o t h e r w i s e t h e

education system in this country

will degenerate rapidly.

Yours sincerely

Andy Nicoiaou

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and discrimination in opportu­

nities in this college and society is

by ignoring the whole problem,

and if women's special needs and

problems can be solved without

any joint discussion amongst

those affected, shouldn't we

close down all. special interest

groups given any particular

status by the Union, including

the postgraduate group and the

overseas students committee?

There clearly is a case for the

retention of I C W A with its

present status — not because

without it women are weak but

because with it we are stronger. I

hope that all women who want to

continue the battle to further

enhance the status of women at

IC will attend the next I C W A

general meeting to plan the next

stage of the campaign.

Love

Mary Attenborough

Maths P G

Photo by Mickie.

The FELIX Editor taking it easy in

St Stephen's Hospital last Tuesday

night. (See News In Brief story on

facing page.)

Dear Sir

It is my deepest regret to

inform you that my opinion of

the weekly Imperial College

student newspaper FE LI X has

been rapidly deteriorating. I

discovered very little from the

issues of the past six months

apart f r o m a few pictures

which are designed to provoke

s e x u a l e x c i t e m e n t . Is this

suggesting the existence of a

probable room for improvement,

or is this a direct reflection of the

quality of thinking among the

students of a so-called highly

recognised academic establish­

ment.

A postgraduate

Physics Dept

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N E W S IN BRIEF FELIX F E L L A H F A L L S

F R A C T U R I N G F O O T FIASCO

Thursday 19th February, London:

Today at 12:30pm, F E L I X Editor,

C o l i n P a l m e r , while h e r o i c a l l y

chasing a police car in search of

news, fell and severely fractured

(and dislocated) his foot.

After a cursory inspection at the

health centre, Colin was rushed by

ambulance to St Stephens's hospital.

A doctor there rapidly diagnosed

the trouble and sent him up to the

X-ray unit. (Mild concussion was

also suspected, but later discounted

when the hospital staff discovered

that he always acts that way.)

This first set of X-rays however,

puzzled the radiographer and a

second set had to be taken. Even

then the problem was not solved and

a specialist had to be called in. It was

at this point that Colin realised to

quote: "It's not just a sprained ankle!"

Doctors then decided that the

fracture would have to be mani­

pulated and an operating theatre was

swiftly made ready. In preparation a

local anaesthetic was administered in

conjunction with a tourniquet above

the knee. All the while, Colin was

taking d o z e n s of p i c t u r e s . . .

selflessly thinking of news for F E L I X .

After major surgery had been

completed, a few more X-rays were

t a k e n for the h o s p i t a l a r c h i v e s

because of the 'unusual' nature of the

injury. It turned out that Colin's

fracture a p p r o x i m a t e d to a L e s

Franc fracture, a common discom­

fiture during the Napoleonic wars,

when soldiers frequently had gun

carriages ride over their feet.

Colin will have to stay in hospital

for 48-72 hours until the swelling has

subsided. Then he will be in Dlaster

for between six to eight weeks and

will also be on crutches.

(see picture left)

JEZEBEL G O E S T O T H E P A R K

The finish of the Pancake Race

did not see the end of the wetness.

A heavy overloaded 1916 Dennis

fire engine (Jez to her chums) sped

to the site of an a l l e g e d f i r e .

Bravely ignoring the 'No Unauthor­

ised E n t r a n c e " s igns , she was

brought to rest on the far side of

the Serpentine. After a brief hiatus,

the fire fighting equipment was run

out, the suction hose placed in the

' S e r p ' a n d d u c k s , d r a k e s a n d

rowing boats were soon scattered

by salvoes from the newly restored

p u m p . A c r o w d g a t h e r e d a n d

the po l ice kept their d i s t a n c e

seemingly in silent admiration.

It was only as things were being

packed up that a representative of

'the establ ishment ' s topped by,

saying it was O K by him but please

ask next time.

There was also a false alarm in

I he vicinity of The Queens. Later

that day a fire engine called by to

investigate.

This photo by Steve Groves was

taken last Saturday, outside

Harrods, on the RCSU rag

event. A report appears on page

4 but, we can add that about

£140 was raised.

O V E R S E A S S T U D E N T S WEEK

A voluntary service overseas on

Monday night followed by a discus­

sion heralded the start of Overseas

Student W e e k at Imperial . T h e

d e b a t e o n T u e s d a y a b o u t the

motion "This House believes that

Western nations hinder the progress

of the developing n a t i o n s " was

attended by N U S President, Trevor

Phillips, who spoke for the motion,

and was opposed by Martin Stevens,

Conservative M P for Fulham. The

motion was carried, but without

speeches from the floor due to lack

of time.

B o t h of these events and the

International Fair on Wednesday in

the J C R were organised by the

Overseas Students Committee, as|

is the International Evening which

is to be held in the J C R tonight.

INTERNATIONAL FAIR T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l F a i r was

organised as part of International

Week by the Overseas Students

Committee. There were many stalls

a r o u n d the J C R on W e d n e s d a y

a f t e r n o o n , most of w h i c h h a d

colourful displays, and books and

leaflets available. The majority of the

overseas societies present supplied

regional food and drinks.

There were two films on Greece

and one on Dakar, Senegal. A n d

there was also folk-dancing.

Several other societies, mostly

religious, also supported this event.

There was also a V S O (Voluntary

S e r v i c e O v e r s e a s ) s ta l l , a n d a

collection for W U S scholarship.

This event ws not as well attended

as it should have been considering

the effort these societies had put in.

F A L S E A L A R M A false a l a r m at the C o l l e g e

branch of the National Westminster

bank on Tuesday brought police

rushing to College thinking there

A/as a hold-up. According to the

police, the alarm, which is triggered

f there is an attempted hold-up;

vas set off by a short-circuit in the

3 P O line connecting the alarm at

he bank to the police station.

F A R E INCREASES T h e fares on the c o a c h e s to

a n d f r o m H a r l i n g t o n are be ing

raised to £1.00 (an increase of 40p)

from the start of the next session.

This was decided by the Athletic

Clubs Committee, with agreement

from the clubs, in the preparation

for next year's estimates.

Andy Smith, Secretary of the RCS Motor Club, holds the nozzle

during the first public showing of the capabilities of Jez, now

restored to 100% working order and ready for action.

N U R S E R Y EDUCATION?

Various parts of universities are

being given the evil eye as part of

the cuts, and university nurseries

and creches have not escaped.

P r e v i o u s U n i v e r s i t y G r a n t s

Committee ( U G C ) policy recom­

mended that universities should not

subsidise creches or nurseries for

s t u d e n t s a n d staff with y o u n g

children with money from public

funds. A directive from the U G C

to all universities now alters this

recommendation to an instruction,

with 1st August 1980 as a cut-off

date at the latest . Y e t on ly in

J a n u a r y , U G C C h a i r m a n , D r

Edward Parkes, defended university

autonomy and told M P s that the

U G C "bends over backwards" not to

instruct universities how to spend

their money . O f c o u r s e , not all

the money a university receives is

from public funds. A n d some of a

nursery 's costs are c o v e r e d by

fees. But many universities will be

affected by this direct ive , whilst

probably not saving much money

from it. Birmingham, for one, is

expecting to close down its nursery,

making a saving of about £5,000

out of a total annual income of

over £66 million.

In most universities this directive

will affect both students and staff

a l ike a n d w o m e n in p a r t i c u l a r ,

meaning that they are left with two

options : not to c o m e (back) to

university or to find some other,

almost certainly m u c h less c o n ­

venient, nursery facility. Some fear

in many cases the decision will be

the former.

B O L L A R D S A N D PAVING S T O N E S

The repairing and construction

works beside Southside are nearing

completion. The work, which started

just over a month ago, involves

putting a dozen concrete bollards

and three wooden benches along the

edge of the pavement by Prince's

Gardens. One of the reasons for

putting in the bollards is to prevent

cars from parking on the pavement,

which not only cause inconvenience

but also cracks the paving stones — a

n u m b e r of w h i c h the C o l l e g e

workman have had to replace in the

past due to cars parking on them.

THEFT F R O M LADIES' C H A N G I N G R O O M S

O n T h u r s d a y last w e e k , two

youths were seen in the ladies'

c h a n g i n g r o o m s in the U n i o n

B u i l d i n g . W h e n d i s t u r b e d by a

m>. nber of the Ladies' Boat Club,

the two escaped across the Quad

without being caught. It was later

f o u n d that a s m a l l a m o u n t of

money had been taken from some­

one's pockets, but it is thought that

they had not been given sufficient

time to take more than this.

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Lots of people have already announced

their intention of taking part in the Great

imperial Rag Mag Selling Competition

next weekend from Friday 29th February

to Sunday 2nd March and hopefully there

will be lots more. The basic idea is to go

somewhere for the weekend, either on

your own or in teams of up to four

people, and sell as many Rag Mags as

possible. There are izes for travelling

the furthest, selling ine most Rag Mags,

travelling in the most original manner and

seUing the most Rag Mags per hour

Remember you have to sell at least a

hundred to qualify, and the time limits are

from Friday lunchtime to Sunday evening

when the bell rings in the Union Bar

Entries must be in to Rae Snee, via your

V P o r S o c R e p , by M o n d a y 25th

February. More detailed rules are in last

week's FELIX or available from your soc

reps. _ T v .

O K everyone, you can stop worrying

about how bored you'll be on 8th March,

because you're alj invited to . . . yes, a

jelly and ice cream party! About fifty deaf

children and various T V celebrities are

c o m i n g along for a T o s s - t h e - C a b e r

competition in Prince's Gardens, which

will be followed by tea in Southside, so if

you like children and silly games this is an

event specially for you. It is a good

chance to meet some of the children who

will be receiving the phonic hearing aids

which we've been collecting for this year,

and the more people there the better so

come along if you want a good Saturday

afternoon.

R C S A s y o u all n o t i c e d in last week 's

Broadsheet, it's now R C S election time

(the papers come down tomorrow if you

want to s tand) . N e x t T h u r s d a y 28th

February candidates for the President,

Vice President, Honorary Secretary, H J T

and Academic Affairs Officer are required

to speak on why they want to be elected

and how they intend to run your Union.

This Hustings Union General Meeting is

e x t r e m e l y i m p o r t a n t a n d s ince these

people will directly influence your life in

the Royal Col lege of Science I would

advise you strongly to come to Physics

Lecture Theatre 1 at 12:45pm. The voting

takes place on Monday 3rd March by

paper ballot using the single transferable

vote system.

O n t o the s u b j e c t of R a g a n d the

Valentines Rag Stunt managed to attract

fifteen people, two of whom were too

tired to collect anything at all, but still

staggered down to Harrods clutching a

virgin rag can to lend moral support to

the rest of us. Y o u may laugh, but at

least t h e y m a d e s o m e effort whi ls t

e v e r y o n e w a l l o w e d i n the r o m a n t i c

alcoholic warmth left from the Valentines

Party which had been organised for you

by some of the' people on the Rag Stunt.

Let's see a bit more involvement, even if

it 's only a m o r n i n g s tanding outside

Harrods with a rag can.

A n y w a y , Imperial C o l l e g e R a g has

adopted an R C S idea to sell Rag Mags.

There is doubtless an article on the Great

Imperial Rag Race somewhere else in the

paper, but I'd just like to reiterate that it

is open to every one of you.

If you're going away next weekend see

Rachel Snee, or ring int 4255 and put

your name down for the race. Take a pile

of Rag Mags away and sell them. There

are prizes for the most Rag Mags sold,

the most sold per hour , the farthest

distance travelled from IC and the most

unusual method of travel. Let's bring all

these prizes to R C S and make sure the

Rag Mag makes a profit for the deaf

children.

M I N E S We fed Camborne and we fed Camborne

. . . What a fantastic weekend. That will go

down in the annals of history as one of the

most successful and enjoyable weekends

the R S M has ever had. Many many thanks

must go to Pete 'Do you want to play on my

piano?' N e w m a n who organised with

supreme efficiency the best of a hundred not

so sober miners, without losing any. (A

w r i t e - u p of t h e w e e k e n d a p p e a r s

' somewhere else in this issue of FELIX.)

By the time of printing some definite

course will be taken over the future of

, freshers' dinners. Depending on the results

from the G e n C o m m last Tuesday I will

propose some sort of change.

This Sunday sees the R S M Soccer Sixes.

Anybody who wishes to enter a team must

see Steve Hinde or Dave Everett (Min Geol

3 or Min 2 respectively). TODAY should

prove to be another excellent day out at

Hariington.

We are coming to the time of year

when we have to dig out our webbed feet

and hands for the Swimming Gala on 3rd

M a r c h . T h e prize for this is a large

beautiful shield which can be seen in the

*ICU Office. This year, with the help of

you budding swimmers, it will hopefully

return to its rightful owners — the R S M .

Now as your representative on the

Bookshop Committee, I ought to tell you

what R S M paraphenalia there is for you

to buy: hand painted wall shields £5; R S M

cufflinks £1 .34 ; stickpins 25p; blazer

buttons , large 5p, small 4p; blazer

embroidered badges £8 .12 ; R S M full

colours ties (silk) £3.22; R S M half colours

ties (silk) £3.22; R S M squares £1.91; K S M

full colours squares £1.91; R S M sports

ribbon (for wrapping around boaters!) 19p

a yard.

Now if anyone wants to buy any of the

above — you must produce your union

card.

Well boys, many thanks for the support

last weekend.

Cheers Bernie

PS: IMMINENT. Nottingham 6s and 7s

on March 1st. Coaches leave 9:30am.

Supporters most welcome.

Question: What's the difference between

an African elephant and Cuthbert?!

CITY A N D GUILDS Publicity Officers Log Guildsdate 80.02.

A quick review of what has happened

during the last week. Last Friday the

Valentines Party was a great success with

the J C R being packed to capacity with

everybody celebrating the day in the

appropriate manner. The Pedal car Race

on the same day was also quite fun. Many

congratulations to the ladies' team for

winning the ladies competition and also to

everybody who turned up to help. This

week saw the Field Cup with many pints

being d r u n k , I still want to know if

anybody got a plastic inflatable person.

The results are as follows:

- 1st: T e a m W — A R B S 1st team wtih

213.2 points/head.

2nd: Team C — Barry's Boot Boys with

204.7 points/head.

3rd: T e a m R — Harry ' s Hermits with

194.8 points/head.

The cup will be presented at the Guilds

Election U G M on 11th March.

, The events coming up are:

Sunday 24th February T H E G U I L D S

S O C C E R SIXES. There is still time to get

teams in to Giles Brereton in the Union

Office or ME3. The coaches for the teams

and supporters will leave Beit Arch at

10:30am.

Monday 25th February the election

papers go up on the Guilds noticeboard.

the job descriptions have been published

in Guildsheet. But you can still come and

see lis in the Office if you are considering

standing. The papers will come down at

5:30pm on Friday 29th.

If you are considering standing for

Publicity Officer remember that you will

have to write an article like this for FELIX

every week.

Cheers

Bryan

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OUTLINE O F T H E REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE O F INQUIRY

INTO THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION

Purpose: T o review the requirements of

British Industry for engineers (profession and

technical) and the satisfaction of those needs;

utilization of engineers; the role of engineering

institutions — and the usefulness of registration

for engineers.

Investigation of British Industry, Engineer­ing, and National Economic Needs. T h e report notes the following problems

(among others): many disappearing industries,

increasing import /export ratio, decreasing

share in world trade, low corporate profits, and

a corporate tendency to neglect exploring

markets before p r o d u c t i o n . Conclusion:

engineers and engineering (the "engineering

dimension") must be better developed and

utilized by industry in order to become more

competitive with high-quality, high value-added

goods.

Engineering Dimension Analysis 1. Engineers lack the status and recognition

afforded them in other countries; low salaries

and poor career prospects accompany the

problem.

2. Corporations are reluctant or unable to

devote m u c h money to d e v e l o p i n g new

technologies necessary for competition (ie a

starved engineering dimension).

3. Firms do not utilise engineers talents fully:

most aren't advanced into upper management,

lack of recognition for successes and failures,

innovation not encouraged.

4. T h e engineers dimension must include

market analysis and interaction; it is not

detached from sales.

5. Supply of engineers is probably less than

demand; shortage of technicians (engineers

deployed as technicians); severe shortage of

the well-qualified.

The main recommendations are: 1. There should be an Engineering Authority,

set up by statute and funded by Government.

It would have about twenty members, most of

them being engineers, and would promote and

strengthen engineering within the British

industry and economy. The present Engineers'

Registration Board would be abolished and

engineers would be registered through the

Authority.

2. Registrat ion w o u l d be voluntary but,

hopefully, industry will take the lead by making

it, " in effect, a licence to practice". A new code

of practice would be drawn up, a a breach of

which may led to deregistration.

3. There should be a three route course (to

combat status problems and the previously

mentioned problems; introduces training with a

"synthesis of technical, human, and financial

consideration" and the development of wider

skills).

The totally new three-tier structure would be

introduced based on academic courses but

but r e q u i r i n g a p r o g r a m me of s tructure

postgraduate training and experience. The three

tiers of registration are:

1. Registered Engineer (Diploma) R Eng (Dip)

A four year undergraduate course leading to M

Eng followed by two years in industry gaining

experience. For top 25% of engineers, (those

showing "early potential for leadership in the

development of advanced technology or in the

management of engineering operations").

2. Registered Engineers R Eng

A three to three and a half year undergraduate

course based on B Eng degree with appropriate

postgraduate training and experience lasting

two years. This course is slightly more basic

and geared more towards preparation for

mainstream engineering work.

3. Registered Engineer (Associate) R Eng

(Assoc)

This would be mainly part-time and sandwich,

with H E D sandwich and structured working

experience leading to registration in five years.

This would be for supportive roles in industry.

The whole system would have many opportu­

nities for transfer and present engineers

would be registered in relation to the structure.

There is a proposal for an extra £250 incentive

grant per year for B E n g / M Eng students.

4. Regional centres funded by the Engineering

Authority should be set up to promote training.

Engineers should have a statutory right to paid

leave for study.

5. The Authority should initiate a programme

to promote the importance of engineers in

i n d u s t r y e s p c i a l l y a i m e d at e m p l o y e r s .

Employers should review career and salary

structures to improve incentives and should

support the training of young graduates. There

should be more exchanges between enginners

in industry and engineering teachers in order

that engineers can impart more knowledge to

the students and that teachers can keep up to

date with developments in industry.

6. Schools should keep options open as long as

possible so that more students may be

encouraged to enter engineering; mathematics

and physics should be taught to the age of

sixteen or later. More careers information

should be provided to encourage students to

go into engineering.

Overall, the Report emphasises that British

Industry is declining and in order to regain a

position in the international market, better

quality goods , part icular ly manufactur ing

goods, must be produced. This can only occur

if more engineers are produced. The future

engineer s h o u l d have a commitment to

innovation and production and should have a

g r e a t e r s o c i a l s t a n d i n g . T h e qual i ty of

engineers and engineering teachers should be

improved in industry, and there should be

greater access to research and a greater

implementation of ideas and new develop­

ments.

Rick Woldenberg, John Passmore, Roger Stotesbury.

A E W Nimrod Come and hear

the inside story M a r c o n i Avionics , in S o u t h Hertfordshire, c a n o p e n your eyes

to technologies you 've p r o b a b l y only theorised about . B y

joining us y o u ' d b e c o m e personal ly responsible for a k e y

task o n the A i r b o r n e Early Warning N i m r o d or o n e of our

other high t e c h n o l o g y projects.

We e n c o u r a g e all our graduates , m a l e or female, to use

their flair a n d initiative a n d we see to it that they have the

opportunit ies to d e v e l o p their careers to the full within our

st imulating a n d highly professional e n v i r o n m e n t .

y o u have a degree in electronics , c o m p u t e r sc ience ,

maths , physics , m e c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g , control e n g i n e e r i n g

or a related subject, you c o u l d be all set for a high level ot

invo lvement in s o m e of the world's most sophist icated

electronics projects.

T h e s e projects, a n d the chal lenges a n d rewards that are

a part of them, will be the subjects of the informal m e e t i n g

we'll be holding at y o u r C o l l e g e o n the 2 6 t h a n d 2 7 t h

F e b r u a r y (details at y o u r c a r e e r s office).

We'll present y o u with the full facts a n d there will be

plenty of opportunity for y o u to put forward any guest ions

you care to ask. In fact, you'll hear everything y o u n e e d to

know about |Oining us.

We ho pe to see y o u . but if y o u can't m a k e it. please

contact Shei la Mi lbank . M a r c o n i A v i o n i c s L imited , Elstree

Way. B o r e h a m w o o d . Herts. W D 6 IRX. T e l e p h o n e 0 1 - 9 5 3 2 0 3 0

extn 3 2 3 0 dur ing office hours or 01-207 3 4 5 5 at w e e k e n d s .

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W H A T ' S O N

FRIDAY 22nd FEBRUARY IC CHRISTIAN UNION meet at 6:30pm in

the Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate.

ENTS CONCERT: BERLIN and support at

7:30pm in the Concert Hall. Tickets only

£1 .

ENTS DISCO Union Lower Lounge 8:00pm.

Only 20p.

MONDAY 25th FEBRUARY E X P L O R A T I O N S O C I E T Y INFORMAL

MEETING at 12:30pm in Southside Upper

Lounge.

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OPEN MEETING to

discuss the future of ICU with/without NUS

at 12:45pm in Union. (Committee please

note: There will be a quick meeting at

12:30pm prompt prior to the open meeting.)

COMMUNIST SOCIETY DISCUSSION on

the Labour Party at 6.30pm in the ICWA

Lounge.

FOLK C L U B PRESENT: LES BARKER AND

MRS ACKROYD at 8:00pm in the Lower

Refectory.

TUESDAY 26th FEBRUARY P H O T S O C S H O P in the Old Darkroom

between 12:30 and 1:30.

M E C H ENG S O C TALK on Manufacture Of

High Speed Trains by Barry Cook of BR

Engineering at 1:00pm in Mech Eng 542.

STOIC TRANSMISSION WITH MAGNUS

PUKE at 1:00pm.

RIDING CLUB meet between 1:00pm and

2:00pm in Room 1110 (level 11) Elec Eng.

RAILWAY SOCIETY MEETING in Maths

340 at 5:40pm. Mr M Hanscomb will be

speaking on Western Region Signalling.

ASSOCIATED STUDIES PRESENT:

Christianity and the New Africa with Dr

John Newton, Superintendent of the West

London Mission in the Read Theatre at

1:30pm. (Arranged by IC Methodist Soc.)

MET AND MAT SCI S O C L E C T U R E at

6:00pm in Mines G20. The Rev R Lancaster

talking about fireworks.

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

TORY TALK at 6:00pm in Elec Eng 403a.

PHOTSOC LECTURE at 7:30pm in Sherfield

SCR on Using Electronic Flash by W H

Chadwick with a practical demonstration

with two models. Bring your camera.

MICROCOMPUTER CLUB presents a talk

about FORTH by the owner in Maths 140 at

7:00pm.

WEDNESDAY 27th FEBRUARY EXPLORATION SOCIETY FILM LIVE ON FOREVER -OZE PARK at 6:00pm in Biochem 302.

PUB HUNT at 7:00pm. Meet Stan's Bar.

M I C R O C O M P U T E R C L U B O P E N D\Y

from 12:45pm to 3:00pm.

THURSDAY 28th FEBRUARY STOIC TRANSMISSION at 1:00pm and

6:00pm. Includes News-Break.

MOPSOC LECTURE with DR A L Hodson

(Univ of L e e d s ) on Cosmic Ray Air

Showers - the key to free quarks?

GLIDING CLUB MEETING at 5:30pm in

Aero 254.

GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY present a lecture

by Dr J W Norman, Photogeology Dep IC

on Straight And Impact Tectonics In Our

Solar System at 5:45pm (tea at 5:30pm).

ENTS FILM: American Graffiti in Maths 312

at 6:30pm. Entrance 30p.

FRIDAY 29th FEBRUARY IC CHRISTIAN UNION at 6:30pm in the

Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate.

SUNDAY 2nd MARCH MARCH OF THE SLOBS featuring Charlie Parka and starring Albetos Y Los Paranoias and the Smirks at 7:30pm in the Great Hall. Tickets £1.75 (£1.25 in advance) and SU cards are required. Tickets available now from Ents Room, and RCS and Guilds Offices.

TUESDAY 4th MARCH AUDIO S O C M E E T I N G with a talk on

digital recording techniques by Angus

MacKenzie.

F O R T H C O M I N G E V E N T S

M o n d a y 3 r d M a r c h

F I N N I S T O N A N D

T H E F U T U R E

2 p m a n d 6 p m

M e c h . E n g . 220

See next week for

. fu l l details a n d Page 5

for synops is of report .

F R I D A Y 14th M A R C H

I C C H O I R C O N C E R T

K E N S I N G T O N N E W T O W N H A L L

8:00pm

T i c k e t s f rom U n i o n Office

RESULTS O F ICWA QUESTIONNAIRE

As a result of the last ICWA general meeting a questionnaire was given to all women in college and 201 replies were received. 118 of these women felt they got enough entertainment at college' although only 60 took part in any C C U activities. The only reason given for not participating was that C C U activities were childish and aimed at males. Over half of the replies were received from women not in college accomodation and 18 of these said they felt the need of extra contact with other women.

60 women had previously attended ICWA functions and of those who had not the majority cited lack of publicity, money or time as their reason for not attending.

Bad publicity for ICWA functions and amenities does appear to be a considerable problem; 28 women did not know where the ICWA lounge is situated and 130 women were unaware of all the amenities available to them e.g.coffee, newspapers, typewriter.

83 women said they would be willing to participate in new ICWA events like theatre trips, courses, squash ladders if they were organised and 43 women said they would be willing to help organise.

There was a great deal of confusion over the difference between WIST (a feminist group) and ICWA with 103 women not aware of the difference. In a space left for additional comments replies included 'uses ICWA to express feminist views', 'ICWA is a form of sexual discrimination and does little to further the cause of women at IC , 'Now that women are allowed in bars there is no need for a women's lounge.'

Also 'Disband ICWA and incorporate WIST with G A Y S O C . Stop wasting paper and my time', 'Some of the women presently involved in ICWA are obsessed with men being dominant', 'men-hating sexist organisation'.

The most obvious results from the anti-ICWA comments showed women were unaware of the meaning of feminism and a desire to prevent any feminists taking an active position in ICWA

Amongst the comments in favour of ICWA there were 'women at IC are oppressed', 'I do think ICWA is a valuable institution','! feel it serves a purpose', 'There is a need for such a non-feminist women's group in such a male dominated college',Td like to see ICWA propitiated in college. I wasn't aware of the amenities available in the

ICWA lounge but shall henceforth endeavour to take advantage of them', 'It maybe another superfluous society but why not have such a nice superfluous society'.

Taking the comments as a whole 60 women were generally in favour of the continuation of ICWA, 50 were against and the remainder did not express any opinion. Can the needs of these 60 women be ignored?

Debbie James FELIX acting Editor writes;

The interpretation of the replies to the

questionnaire was hotly disputed at the

last Union General Meeting.

VJ

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R O G E R C H A P P E L L , v i c e - c a p t a i n o

the I C R u g b y c l u b , was e l e c t e d M r .

I C W A for 66 /67 at the Icwa p a r t y last

w e e k .

T h e c o m p e t i t i o n for the post h a d b e e n

intense . In his c a n v a s s i n g R i c h a r d

J a c k s o n e v e n went to the extent of

s e n d i n g V a l e n t i n e c a r d s to all the

m e m b e r s of the I C W A c o r r i d o r in Beit

H a l l .

T h e p a r t y was , h o w e v e r , m a r r e d by

the i r r e s p o n s i b l e b e h a v i o u r of a

n u m b e r of ' g e n t l e m e n ' a t t r a c t e d by

the free b e e r o n tap. M a n y s e e m e d l o

be c e l e b r a t i n g the IC R u g b y team's

v i c t o r y to get to the final of the

G u t t e r i d g e C u p .

I C W A P r e s i d e n t h a d s o m e difficult y in

c o n t r o l l i n g the m o b , w i t h little

a s s i s t a n c e f r o m the s tudent of f icers

p r e s e n t .

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ICU / WAS THERE

C H R I S F O X — 1980 S o there I was a n d in he wa lked . I was

surpr i sed to find that T e d H e a t h l o o k e d

just l ike he does in his photographs , only

he was shorter than expected .

Af ter the usual prel iminaries , I handed

over the 1,750+ student signatures a n d

the 273 staff o n e s ( w h ' c h p a r t i c u l a r l y

i m p r e s s e d h i m ) . I t h e n t o l d h o w the

present G o v e r n m e n t ' s pol icy on overseas

students wou ld :

(a) Affect Imperial Co l lege — T h e

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

students , the massive reduct ion in the

Col lege grant, a n d the potential loss in

expert ise , eg, A b d u s S a l a m (a s ignatory

o f t h e p e t i t i o n ) w a s a n o v e r s e a s

student.

(b) Affect T h e C o u n t r y — T h e general

e f f ec ts a n d t h e fact t h a t o v e r s e a s

students don't cost as m u c h as the

G o v e r n m e n t says.

(c) Affect T h e O v e r s e a s Students —

T h e W U S report w h i c h shows how

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

c h a n g e d , t h e T h i r d W o r l d b e i n g

reduced greatly.

In reply the Right H o n E H e a t h O B E

M P said that he agreed with me, that the

G o v e r n m e n t was 'short s ighted ' o n this

issue, that other b a c k b e n c h Conserva t ive

M P s agreed with h im a n d he thought that

they might be able to make some changes

in the p r o p o s e d legislation. H e c o n c l u d e d

by saying that the petit ion (the first he

had received) was a good way of getting

things started.

W h a t h a p p e n e d m a y o r m a y n o t

significantly change the course of history,

but of all the protests , etc , we have

organised I feel it must rank as one of the

most successful .

Ph i l C o l e a n d the other members of the

C u t s C o m m i t t e e a l o n g w i t h E x t e r n a l

Affairs will be organis ing a conference of

v a r i o u s b o d i e s i n v o l v e d in e d u c a t i o n ,

w h i c h will be d iscuss ing the more b road

aspects of the cuts . T h e provis ional date

for this is 15th M a r c h .

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

Y o u l u c k y 10% will have rece ived your

q u e s t i o n n a i r e f r o m M i c h a e l A r t h u r , if

you 've not filled it in please do so as the

info f rom this is needed vitally. Fill it in

and hand it in!

A s you may be aware there is a mot ion

being proposed at a U G M next Tuesday

c a l l i n g f o r a r e f e r e n d u m o n N U S

Affi l iation. Please do m a k e every effort to

c o m e to the meeting a n d hear me speak

against it.

S o there I was , couldn ' t see the match ,

but the s c o r e b o a r d . . . a n d I was there.

C h r i s

E X E C ARTICLI N O T J U S T A SEC?

Next week is packed with dates for your diary:

C O U N C I L

O n Monday night the Rector, L o r d Flowers, is

our guest at the Council Meeting. This is a

customary arrangement which gives members

a chance to put their views to him. A s always

anyone may observe. It begins at 6:00pm in the

S C R .

E G M

There are five motions tabled for the E G M on

Tuesday. These will be printed on a couple of

sheets of A4 and circulated around College on

Friday and Monday. The motions are:

Police and Dossers; Olympic Games; Lecturing

S t a n d a r d s ; N U S R e f e r e n d u m ; U n i v e r s i t y

Nurseries.

R E F E C T O R I E S

FoNowing the open letter to Dr R C Schroter

(publ ished in F E L I X last week) the U n i o n

refectory reps have been invited to speak to

him on Tuesday at 3:30pm.

FINNISTON

Sir Monty Finniston will speak at College on

Monday 3rd March at 2:00pm in M e c h Eng

220. Later the same day, at 6:00pm, there will

be an o p e n discuss ion on the educat ional

aspects of the report.

E L E C T I O N S

1. SABBATICALS

Papers for the posts of President, Secretary,

Deputy President and F E L I X Editor will remain

up in the Lower Lounge for one more week.

2. DEPARTMENTAL REPS

It is now time to elect s u c c e s s o r s to your

departmental representatives. Papers will be

going up on Monday morning in your department

for fourteen College days. If you wish to stand,

and let me say it is a most worthwhile job,

please see the present holder of the post and

read the following job description.

D E P A R T M E N T A L R E P R E S E N T A T I V E

1. A departmental representative primarily exists to

represent the views of the student members of the

department.

2. T o ensure democratic elections of Academic and

S o c i a l R e p s , fo l lowing A A C r e c o m m e n d a t i o n , for

each year in the department and to liaise with the

P o s t g r a d u a t e A f f a i r s O f f i c e r o v e r e l e c t i o n o f

postgraduate departmental rep.

3. T o take an interest in all areas of concern to

students in the department, most particularly those

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

arrangements for that department and to coordinate

the writing of the department's Alternative Prospectus

entry.

4. T o c o o r d i n a t e the a c a d e m i c a n d soc ia l r e p r e ­

sentatives holding regular open meetings, publicised

whenever possible, with both groups in order to better

understand the academic problems and social needs

of the department.

5. T o organise the student side of the staff student

committee. T o ensure that all problems relevant to

that c o m m i t t e e are d i s c u s s e d t h e r e o n . T o take

m a t e r s not n e c e s s a r i l y the c o n c e r n of the staff

student committee up directly with whatever other

person or body may be concerned. T o make certain

minutes are posted within the department and one

S S C is held a term.

6. T o attempt to ensure proper study facilities and

socil facilities in the department.

7. T o attempt to stimulate interest in the department

in all academic and social matters and questions of a

wider educational matter.

8. T o sit o n I C U C o u n c i l , taking an interest in all

areas of c o n c e r n to the U n i o n a n d s t u d e n t s at

P R O W L E R S E E N A G A I N

T h e rape a l a r m in the U n i o n ladies ' toilets

was set off at 5:30 last W e d n e s d a y by a

w o m a n w h o h a d been d i s turbed by a m a n

with a s imilar descr ip t i on to the prowler

seen here in prev ious years . T h e police were

ca l led i n , but arr ived too late to c a t c h h i m .

His description is negro, about six foot

five, very broad, short hair, aged between

twenty-five and thirty.

A n y o n e seeing anyone of this appearance

shou ld contact me or someone else in the

U n i o n Office (or in the evenings s o me o n e

w o r k i n g in the Bar ) I M M E D I A T E L Y .

M a l c o l m Brain

Imperia l a n d m a y , as a C o u n c i l m e m b e r , sit o n

various committees to represent I C U .

9. T o communicate campaign policies and elections of

I C U a n d t h e r e s p e c t i v e C C U to d e p a r t m e n t a l

members.

10. T o sit on the Academic Affairs Committees of

I C U and their C C U . T o sit on general committees of

their respective C C U . T o sit o n Engineering B o a r d , if

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

U n i o n General Meetings.

11. T o take an active part in the introduction of

students to IC and their departments.

12. T o take an active part in the interviewing system

of prospective students.

3. OFFICERS

The officers of the Union for next year are

elected at the Results U G M , on Thursday 13th

M a r c h . If y o u w i s h to s t a n d for U G M

Chairman, Academic Affairs Officer, External

Affairs Officer, Welfare Officer, Community

A c t i o n G r o u p C h a i r m a n , Rag C h a i r m a n or

U L U Representative do come and see me for a

job d e s c r i p t i o n . A n d also see the present

holder of the post. Papers go up on Thursday

28th February, and remain up for eight days.

4. T w o resignations mean we have two posts

vacant. If you wish to be Welfare Officer or

Community Action G r o u p Chairman put your

name up on the noticeboard. Papers come

down on Monday 3rd March .

B A L L O T B O X E S

We need people to man the ballot boxes on

Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th March (the

dates of the College-wide sabbatical elections).

Y o u will be paid £1.00 an hour. See J e n , the

Union Administrator, to put your name down.

R E C I P R O C A L A R R A N G E M E N T S

We have two new arrangements. O n e with the

New University of Ulster and the other with

Tufts in London (41-42 Stanhope Gardens).

Tufts U n i v e r s i t y is an institution based in

Boston which runs a programme in London for

its third year undergraduates. They have about

forty male and female students here at any one

time. They will now be able to join in our

College life, if they wish.

FINALLY

Thanks go to the Chinese Society for a lovely

evening to celebrate their new year and Abdus

Salam for giving us the best lecture I have ever

seen.

Roger Stotesbury

E G M THIS TUESDAY 1PM GREAT HALL

T O DISCUSS BUSINESS L E F T O V E R F R O M T H E L A S T

M E E T I N G A N D A M O T I O N PROPOSING A R E F E R E N D U M

O N N U S AFFILIATION.

C A M B O R N E FEBRUARY 1980 O n the morning of Friday 15th February, ninety-seven Miners

congregated in the front entrance of Mines for the biannual trip

down to Camborne. Amidst the expressions, were the solemn

worried look of the players to the exuberant cheeful look of the

supporters . T h e coaches departed at 10:00am, one to the

familiar sound of Swan cans opening, the other to the quietness

of Steve Gatley's Poker Ring. Three stops were endured on the

eight hour journey and at one in particular, Messrs Pryor and

Flectcher 'commandeered* two female hitchhikers to accompany

the supporters coach, much to the chagrin of the players, and

Mr Hofmeyr in particular.

Arrival in Camborne at 6:00pm, realised the ineptitude of the

Camborne School of Mines organisational capabilities. After

checking in at the many hotels dotted around Camborne, a few

of us trooped off to the well-endowed leisure centre to watch

the badminton, squash and table tennis tournaments. Following

an eight hour coach journey, none of our players felt fighting fit,

but nevertheless put up a great performance. Their badminton

team ran ours to a close second (5-0), while the table tennis,

under the leadership of General Julian 'Broken Finger' Norley,

crushed their opponents 8-2. The squash was a close run affair

with Camborne pipping us at the post 3-2, even though we won

first and second places with love games through Dirk 'Bogart'

Remijse and Ian Stevenson. We all then retired to the Tyacks

Hotel where there was a disco with an accompanying sign 'No

Dancing Allowed'! Many hours later we all retired, looking

forward to beating Camborne on the morrow; little did we

know!

Saturday dawned, bright and sunny, a vast difference from the

corresponding time two years previously. C a m b o r n e then

informed us that the football would be at 10:30am instead of

hockey and the hockey would then be on an all weather pitch.

Thus there was a mad scramble to find braining shoes.

Camborne being one of the most important football matches

of the season, meant that the Mines first team had to stay in

their hotel on the Friday night previous to the match, this was

just as well since the bar didn't close until 1:00pm, and most

people drank too much.

Morning came with us finding that Camborne played on what

resembled a pile of manure. Both sides found it very difficult to

play on six inches of mud, especially since the ball didn't bounce

or roll. The wings had quite firm ground with grass on, and

consequently most attacks came from this direction.

Mines went ahead through T o m Hanke straight after the kick-

off, with Camborne equalising a few minutes later. From then

until the second half the Camborne goal came under constant

pressure. Ian .Stevenson put us 2-1 up with a tremendous left

foot drive from twenty yards out to the bottom left-hand post.

Later Si'.kri Yahya made it 3-1 with some neat footwork in the

penalty area. Camborne then had another attack, where in a

puddle; the Camborne player and Stewart Briggs fell over each

other, with a penalty the decision. That made it 3-2. Until half-

time the Camborne keeper made some good saves to keep the

score down.

The second half started with Mines under pressure for five

minutes, which then broke with a good move down the left wing

with T o m Hanke slotting in our fourth goal. Sukri made it 5-2

with an 'Archies' opportunists goal from outside the box. Later

our keeper Mick Redwood brilliantly saved a penalty at the foot

of the post. T o m ' s hat-tr ick goal came from a n impossible angle

o n the by-line after a good chas ing r u n .

In the last few minutes a rare C a m b o r n e attack , due to our

full -back being in jured, gave t h e m a conso lat ion goal to m a k e

the final s core 6-3.

M o s t of the play was in midfield where the ball was being dug

out of the p i t ch . T h i s brought d o w n the s tandard of bo th teams,

though o n g o o d g r o u n d it w o u l d have been too easy for us.

T h e k e e n s e c ond t eam players that filled the gaps, Iain H o u s e

a n d Stewart Br iqqs . a n d also Ian S t e v e n s o n f rom I C fitted in

very wel l w i th Ian a n d T o m compet ing for man-of - the-match

T h e g a m e w a s rea l ly m a d e by the m a n y s u p p o r t e r s w h o

raised the s tandard of b o t h teams o n a difficult surface.

T h e h o c k e y s tarted immediately afterwards, a n d with plenty of

support f rom the touchl ines , R S M s o o n took the lead. W i t h

G e n e r a l s S teve G a t l e y a n d Ian C r o w e in midfield, R S M never

lost c o n t r o l of the game. M y s e l f not be ing a n expert at h oc k ey , I

c o u l d not detai l amongst the swinging s t i cks , w h o in fact were

the scorers . W e w o n comfortably 4-1 a n d congratulat ions go to

M i k e Lang ley w h o surv ived the m a t c h without a cigarette.

We n o w h a d one h o u r unti l the start of the Bott le M a t c h . T h i s

was plenty of t ime to s tock up o n the food a n d alcohol ic stakes .

The Bo t t l e , w h i c h stands beh ind the U n i o n B a r , has been played

for between R S M a n d C S M since 1945, a l though this contest

originally s tarted in the 1920s.

T h e r ivalry between the only two S c h o o l of M i n e s in the

c o u n t r y is intense a n d most of the prestige of the w e e k e n d and

of the success ive year lies in the winning of the Bott le .

K i c k - o f f was d u e at 3 :00pm. W e s t w a r d Te lev is ion were there

a n d so was o u r resident reporter in C o r n w a l l ; C o l i n ' C h e e r s '

P a l m e r . T h e two teams c a m e onto the field to a n e n o r m o u s roar

from the 300+ c r o w d . R S M immediately t ook contro l a n d after

fifteen minutes , B r y a n M e c k l e n b e r g h charged d o w n a k i c k , fell

o n the ball a n d s c o r e d . F ive minutes later, R S M w o n a s c r u m on

t h e i r t e n y a r d l i n e , D a v e R h o d e s r e c e i v e d t h e b a l l , a n d

p r o c e e d e d to m a k e one of the most incredible breaks I've ever

seen in a rugby m a t c h . A f te r s idestepping six m e n , he passed to

A n d y L e w i s w h o t r ipped a n d d ived a full ten yards over the line

in the c o rner . T h e game remained in the C a m b o r n e half with

constant pressure f rom the R S M forwards a n d with beautiful

p rob ing k i c k s f rom D a v e R h o d e s . T h e next try came from a

s c r u m o n the twenty-five. B y m a k i n g use of a wel l -rehearsed

m o v e in the centres , P a u l A t h e r l e y o n the left wing h a d an

over lap a n d s cored ; K e i t h M a y n a r d conver ted . A t half-time R S M

w e r e 14-0 i n t h e l e a d . I m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r t h e t u r n a r o u n d .

M a y n a r d a d d e d a penalty a n d a short while later added a s e c ond

(20-0). B u t in the true style of the Bott le m a t c h , C a m b o r n e did

not give up a n d they d id apply short bursts of pressure in the

middle of the half. W i t h t ime virtually gone, R S M launched an

assault o n the C a m b o r n e line. Af ter one d isal lowed try , D a v e

H o f m e y r s t a r t e d t o f i n d a lot of r o o m at t h e b a s e of the

s c r u m a n d e v e n tu a l l y f in i shed off a love ly m o v e w h i c h was

hand led by many of the team. T h e final s core s tood at 24-0, the

highest ever margin ; the previous highest being 20-8 in 1938!

F o l o w i n g a rather disorganised supper in the evening we duly

ce lebrated in the bar , to pour onto the coaches at 12:30 a n d

arrive bleary-eyed at S o u t h K e n s i n g t o n at 7:30am.

I w o u l d l ike to thank all the players for their wonderful team

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

encouragement they gave to all teams.

T h a n k s

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

With football report by Steve Hinde.

R E V I E W S

Adapted from Euripides and other classical authors by John Barton and Kenneth Cauander. Directed by John

Barton. RSC, Aldwych.

T h i s is a n i m m e n s e theatr ical ex trava ­

ganza in three evenings, a c o m p r e s s i o n ,

or disti l lation of the Iliad t h r o w n in for

good measure . Y o u c o u l d try just the first

part before dec id ing to see the remainder ,

but buy ing t i ckets for all three saved me

twenty percent . J u d g i n g by the queue at

the b o x office, it 's unl ikey that you ' l l get a

student s tandby t icket .

W h i l e h a v i n g n o p r e t e n s i o n s t o a

c lassical educat i on , y o u r reviewer did not

enter the A l d w y c h theatre without some

previous ideas about the T r o j a n W a r a n d

t h e O r e s f e i a . Y o u c a n n o t l o o k i n a n y

d irect ion of m o d e r n l iterature a n d d r a m a

(not to m e n t i o n C h a u c e r a n d Shakespeare )

wi thout encounter ing a reflection of these

ancient stor ies : T S E l i o t , J P S a r t r e a n d

E O ' N e i l l , t o n a m e b u t t h r e e , h a v e

r e w o r k e d the G r e e k tragedies, a n d they

are also the basis of the fair p ropor t i on of

opera texts ( " L a Bel le H e l e n e " , " E l e k r a " ) .

H o w e v e r , be not affrighted that this is a

lot of h igh-brow cul ture ; there's plenty of

s e x , v i o l e n c e , i n c e s t a n d b u c k e t s o f

b lood . In fact, first-class family entertain­

ment.

A l t h o u g h the text is not st i l ted, neither

is it as absurd ly co l lo iquial as the recent

T V dramat isat ion of the Orestia. In order

to c o m p r e s s the plays, J o h n B a r t o n has

cut most of the longer speeches a n d since

w e a r e s e e i n g a c o m p l e t e c y c l e , t h e

synopses are unnecessary at the start of

each play. T h e r e is therefore only one

P r o l o g u e , a c o m p i l a t i o n of m y t h s w i t h

w h i c h the C h o r u s (female throughout) set

the scene .

B y seeing the full cyc le , we see all the

l oose e n d s of the i n d i v i d u a l p lays t ied

together, a n d therefore the stories y o u

already k n o w are more understandable .

F o r e x a m p l e , it is e a s i e r to see w h y

O r e s t e s carves up his mother wi th a n axe

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

( A g a m e m n o n ) , in t u r n because he had

( r e l u c t a n t l y ) s a c r i f i c e d h i s d a u g h t e r

(Iphigenia) to the gods.

M o s t of the plays follow the s tandard

p a t t e r n o f G r e e k d r a m a , v i z , g r o w i n g

c o n f l i c t l e a d i n g t o a v i o l e n t c l i m a x , i n

w h i c h actors charge offstage with vic ious

l ook ing weapons a n d their vict ims stagger

o n bleeding. O n l y in the th i rd evening,

" T h e G o d s " do we encounter the d e u x

e x machina; i n e a c h of t h e last t h r e e

plays, a deity appears at the end of to

sort it all out . M y heart went out to J o h n

S h r a p n e l , as A p o l l o , w h o h a s a v e r y

t o n g u e - i n - c h e e k s p e e c h at t h e e n d of

" O r e s t e s " a n d , s ince this follows the only

c o m e d y ("Helen") the audience are still

rather giggly. In fact, the gods are treated

a s a j o k e t h r o u g h o u t , e s p e c i a l l y t h e

d u m b e blonde Thet i s , mother of A p o l l o ,

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

f i n g e r ; A r t e m i s a n d A p h r o d i t e n e v e r

actually appear but get c u r s e d a lot and

only A t h e n a (Billie White law) wants to

give the mortals a fair deal .

B i l l i e W h i t e l a w a l s o g a v e a f i n e

per formance in the title role of " A n d r o ­

m a c h e " , the most substantial play in " T h e

G o d s " . T h e difficult title role of " E l e k t r a "

w a s p l a y e d v e r y f o r c e f u l l y b y L y n n

D e a r t h .

A c h i l l e s , t h e " b e s t w a r r i o r o f t h e

G r e e k s " , was p layed (by M i k e G w i l y m ,

w h o a l s o t a k e s t h e p a r t o f O r e s t e s )

somewhere between the pansy depicted

by S h a k e s p e a r e a n d the warr ior of the

Iliad. A f te r seeng his mother , one cou ld

only expec t h i m to be pretty mixed-up .

Ach i l l e s ' slave Br ise is (Jenny L i p m a n ) , the

cause of his r ow with A g a m e m n o n ( J o h n

Shrapnel ) was one of the strongest minor

c h a r a c t e r s . In o u r o p i n i o n , the m o s t

outstanding actor was E d w i n Richf ie ld as

Ta l thyb ius , the m a n w h o gets all the dirty

jobs like murder ing u n w a n t e d children._

T h e d irect ion is t h o r o u g h a n d imagin­

ative, a n d more realistic than any ancient

p r odu c t i o n w o u l d have been. T h e C h o r u s

MIKE RUTHERFORD

SMALL CREEP'S DAY

(Charisma)

H e r a l d e d by a s t i c k e r o n the c o v e r

w h i c h says: " A G e n e s i s solo a l b u m ; M i k e

R u t h e r f o r d — G u i t a r s " . T h i s is a superb

offering, possibly the best of the ' spl inter '

a lbums recently p r o d u c e d by m e m b e r s

of G e n e s i s (although T o n y B a n k s ' offering

was as part of B r a n d X ) .

T h e first side is a cont inuous theme

about , oddly enough , S m a l l C r e e p ' s D a y

( inspired by the book of the same name

by P e t e r C u r r e l l B r o w n ) . O n e of t h e

seven sect ions , " W o r k i n g In L i n e " is the

new single, w h i c h has been getting a fair

amount of airplay on I C Rad io . T h e whole

piece of mus ic hangs together very wel l ,

but e a c h s e c t i o n is def in i te ly d i f ferent ;

more so than the separate parts of the

F loyd ' s " S h i n e O n Y o u C r a z y D i a m o n d " .

It is, in fact, a lmost half an hour long , a n d

always have some business to attencj. to ,

rather than the static C h o r u s w h i c h the

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

2,000 years ago. Pur is ts might say that a

d i r e c t o r s h o u l d k e e p to the a u t h o r ' s

intent ions a n d attempt to r eproduce the

ancient style of presentat ion; I suspect

that this w o u l d be extremely bor ing for a

m o d e r n a u d i e n c e . P e r h a p s d r a m a h a s

" p r o g r e s s e d " s ince 3 0 0 B C , so that even

wi th in c lass ical f o rms a n d ancient texts ,

" l i v e " theatre c a n be created . In the usual

style of the R S C , a dance was interjected

at each of many points in the cyc le , a n d

the grand finale is a sequence of dances .

T h e amplified mus i c i rr i tated me a little at

first, but by the e n d the re curr ing tunes

were growing o n me.

O t h e r reviews of this p r odu c t i on have

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

message, some a n a c h r o n i s m s are intro ­

d u c e d in order to relate the act ion tp the

m o d e r n w o r l d ; the so ld iers ' uni forms are

a lmost m o d e r n , a n d O r e s t e s a n d friends

use machine guns. B u t there is no single

polit ical message. T h e use of a n entirely

female c h o r u s , a n d the large propor t i on

of speeches f rom female characters , s eem

to give the p r o d u c t i o n a " f emin is t " slant;

but the message seems to be m o r e about

h o w the G r e e k s t r e a t e d w o m e n t h a n

about w o m e n in m o d e r n society. T h e r e is

n o t s o m u c h o n e m e s s a g e a s o n e

viewpoint of the subjects , as f ramed by

the se lect ion of texts . T h e p o w e r of the

gods is p layed d o w n , a n d the mot ivat ion

of h u m a n greed, jealousy a n d revenge is

s h o w n clearly. E v e n the characters come

to realise that the gods they w o r s h i p are

really aspects of their o w n personalit ies ;

a n d that A t h e n a (Wisdom) is the god to

follow, rather than any other .

Stong ly r e c o m m e n d e d .

D e r r i c k Everett

is most ly instrumental with s ome vocals in

each sect ion, s u n g by N o e l M c C a l l a .

T h e s e c o n d side is c o m p o s e d of five,

separate t racks a n d opens w i t h " M o o n ­

sh ine" ; a t rack w h i c h leaves the l istener in

no doubt that this is by a m e m b e r of

G e n e s i s . It's possibly the strongest t rack

o n the a lbum a n d reminds me o L a couple

of t r a c k s o n the last G e n e s i s a l b u m ". . .

a n d then there were three . . .".

T h e other t r a c k s s tand up well in this

context , especial ly " R o m a n i " , w h i c h has a

good melod ic r h y t h m , yet r o c k s along,

again very m u c h in the G e n e s i s style. T h e

similarity c o u l d be because the a l b u m is

p r o d u c e d by D a v i d H e n t c h e l l , the same

p r o d u c e r as G e n e s i s use.

I th ink that this is certainly a n excel lent

a l b u m , e v e n t h e s l e e v e d e s i g n , b y

Hipgnos i s , is very eye-catching. I have no

hesitat ion in r e c o m m e n d i n g this a lbum to

a n y o n e ; i t ' s a l m o s t a s g o o d a s a n e w

G e n e s i s a l b u m .

Jeremy N u n n s

9

5

R E V I E W S I

THE SORCERER C h e a p ! B u t that was only the pr ice ;

that one s h o u l d also have seen a perfor­

m a n c e o f C o x And Box i n t h e s a m e

evening , m a d e it all even better. U n d o u b t ­

e d l y , t h e r e w e r e r o u g h e d g e s a n d

mis takes in bo th product ions , but all in all

it was a n enjoyable evening a n d represen­

tative of the s tandard of the A r t s at I C .

B y way of exp lanat ion , Cox And Box was

p r e s e n t e d b y I m p e r i a l O p e r a , a n e w

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

C o l l e g e , but have l inks with O p s o c (IC

O p e r a t i c Soc ie ty ) , w h i c h is confusing, but

they l ike to maintain the d ist inct ion . T h e

o p e r a c o n c e r n s t w o l o d g e r s w h o b o t h

o c c u p y the same r o o m , but are unaware

of the fact, as one w o r k s in the dayt ime

a n d the other at night. T h e landlord (the

th i rd a n d final character ) cashes in unti l

the two m e n confront each other a n d

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

t h e m s e l v e s as l o n g l o s t b r o t h e r s . T h e

cast ing here was questionable ; might not

the stronger voice of Sgt B o u n c e r , the

land lord , have been paired with one of

the brothers , to prevent the rather one­

sided duets that the brothers sang?

O n the other h a n d The Sorcerer, the

main event, invo lved a cast of some forty-

t h r e e p e o p l e a n d w a s p r e s e n t e d b y

O p s o c . with the wel l - constructed set, the

stage in the U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l was a

little too small for the c h o r u s of villagers,

w h o h a d to c r a m themselves into the side

of the stage to leave r o o m for the main

charac ters , but for all that, the singing

w a s c l e a r a n d u n i f i e d a n d the a c t i n g

above reproach . It was to the orchestra 's

credit that dur ing the per formance they

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

PHOENIX HAS RISEN

If l i terature is the reflection of life as we

live it , then this new, a n d excellently

p r o d u c e d , edit ion of Phoenix articulates

the lives of many of us at this Co l lege ,

a n d , I w o u l d suspect the lives of m a n y in

this country . It is unfortunate but true,

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

el l iptical to the point of obscur i ty , mainly ,

I w o u l d suspect , to hide a fundamental

lack of imaginat ion. T h i s is definitely n o t

t h e c a s e w i t h The Phoenix. S t e v e

M a r s h a l l a n d h i s d e d i c a t e d b a n d ot

helpers have p r o d u c e d a j ournal (for want

of a better word ) , the articles of w h i c h

a r e i n t h e m a i n v e r y r e a d a b l e a n d

u n d e r s t a n d a b l e . T h e r e w e r e t w o o r

three w h i c h I c o u l d not follow — the fault

probab ly being m y o w n .

Before I c o m e to the m a i n subject of

this review, the w a y s o m e articles reflect

life in this C o l l e g e , I wil l give a n all too

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

contents , in o r d e r to give a f lavour of the

whole . B o t h S t e v e M a r s h a l l a n d M a r k

S m i t h have spent cons iderable t ime in the

a f t h i v e s research ing the past issues of

Phoenix, a n d h a v e r e p r i n t e d , q u i t e

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

mater ia l . T h e r e is a select ion of wri t ing

f rom past editor ials , report ing o n s u c h

events as the c los ing of the o ld U n i o n

B u i l d i n g to h o w to write for The Phoenix.

B u t , m y favourite ex t rac t must , natural ly ,

be the account of S C C some quarter

c entury ago, w h e n it f orbad the format ion

of the M e t h o d i s t Soc i e ty because it was

' sectar ian ' ! T h e real reason was that S C C

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

format ion of new societ ies , a n d h a d , for

the sake of administrat ive efficiency, to be

split up into the major subcommit tees .

A l s o repr inted , apparent ly for the first

t ime is H G W e l l s ' The Chronic Argonauts.

H G W e l l s , w h e n he was a student at this

C o l l e g e f o u n d e d The Phoenix a n d

pub l i shed his early stories in it; he later

c o n s i d e r e d t h e m so bad that he a t tempted

to destroy all back copies of The Phoenix,

but as wil l be apprec iated wi thout total

success . A s is po inted out this early story

conta ins the e m b r y o for bo th the T i m e

Machine a n d Invisible Man. In The Chronic

Argonauts we see the genesis of Wel l s ' s

prose style a n d also w h y he a t tempted to

destroy the story since it does not really

bear c o m p a r i s o n w i t h his la ter w o r k .

H o w e v e r , the story does s tand up by itself

a n d is most definitely w o r t h reading to see

how Wel l s later deve loped the ideas w h i c h

he h a d as a student in this Co l lege .

T h e story is i l lustrated by m o d e r n black

a n d white drawings a n d are of a high quality,

especial ly that facing the opening page of

the s tory by Ian W i e c z o r e k . T h e general

s tandard of i l lustration in The Phoenix is

high; there are two ' s tr ip ' car toons , one in

m o d e r n style, w h i c h I d id not care for

part icular ly . T h e other is in ' V i c t o r i a n ' style

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

drawings of the secret thoughts of people in

a V i c t o r i a n village, presumably inspired by

Under Milk Wood.

T h e theme w h i c h is prominent through­

out the whole journal appears to be a

descr ipt ion of the lack of basic h u m a n

contact in life today, w h i c h , ironically

includes being part of a c r o w d . T h i s theme is

especially ep i tomised by Ian Hol l iday ' s

c a r t o o n ' S o u t h s i d e F i r s t W e e k ' , I a n

W i e c z o r e k ' s p o e m 'So Different ' a n d K C

M a n n ' s brilliant short evocat ion 'There H a s

N e v e r B e e n A n y o n e F a m o u s C a l l e d

T r e v o r ' . If there is any one in this Col lege

w h o says he cannot feel any sympathy for

' T r e v o r ' , then he is either a liar, very lucky ,

or T r e v o r himself! I cannot do full justice to

the s tory , but will s imply say that it is a

descr ipt ion of a m a n w h o fulfils all that is

expec ted of h im, sacri f ic ing, in the process ,

all hope of any deep personal relationship;

but at the same time he does not perceive

that this is what he is doing. K C M a n n has

not only c on s t r u c ted a tightly knit essay, but

it is minutely observed , without becoming

tedious, a n d is tautly wr i t ten .

In relation to this theme — essentially of

the non-real isation of any purpose of life —

Ian Hol l iday ' s ca r toon 'Souths ide First

W e e k ' shows two students o n opposite

sides of a wal l , wonder ing if there is anybody

there to be contacted . In the event of such

contact exist ing then Ian W i e c z o r e k ' s poem

" S o Di f ferent" carr ies this to extremes a n d

suggests that people become "one of the

c r o w d " , in other words people are not

different. H e illustrates this by suggesting

that the " c r o w d " enforces its will o n each

individual "different you 're not, sameness

exudes " . T h i s , it will be apprec iated , returns

us to the charac ter of ' T r e v o r ' , w h o is

shining through in their o w n right.

T o give a synopsis of the plot, d r a w n

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

notes, the opera centres o n the betrothal

a n d m a r r i a g e of a y o u n g c o u p l e w h o

subsequently take it u p o n themselves to

m a k e the i n h a b i t a n t s of the i r vi l lage a

party to their o w n good fortune. T o this

end they acquire the services of J Wel l s

a n d C o , F a m i l y S o r c e r e r s , with unfortun­

ate consequences , but (sigh of relief) a

happy ending.

Lars Wernberq-Moller

forced by convent ions , unperce ived by

himself to follow a part icular path .

If the picture I have painted appears

g loomy, it is not meant to be, but I see no

point in writ ing romant ic nonsense w h i c h

c a n n o t r e l a t e t o p e o p l e ' s l i v e s . I n

produc ing this edit ion of The Phoenix,

S t e v e M a r s h a l l h a s a t t e m p t e d to say

someth ing about the way we live, in this

college in part icular and in this country

(and Amer i ca? ) in general. H e is to be

congratulated in unearthing a-col lect ion of

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

express , s imply a n d with a considerable

amount of imaginat ion, ideas about the

way we live. I disagree profoundly with

M a c b e t h ' s view that "life is full of s o u n d

a n d fury, signifying noth ing" , but we do

need to k n o w where we are going and

these w o r k s in The Phoenix express quite

clearly that we do not k n o w , it is up to us

to try a n d find out.

F r a n k J a m e s

T H E PHOENIX

The magazine of

Imperial College Union

From Bookshop, ICU &

FELIX Offices

Price 20p

10

CROSSWORD

C O M P E T I T I O N W I N N E R S

Guess The Editor's Weight

(12st 101b) Ian Shacklock — Maths — 12st 81b.

Crossword The first completely correct cross­

word, drawn at random from all the

entries, was by Nick Harbud in C h e m

Eng 3.

•••runs anaaaa nDasia ananna n r, •ranarj n a nana • • • aaaii jnaa>i a jnann

b l Q J n H 3 . 1 Q J 3 3

anaa Had •ana n a .laarn • a annans naaoa^ a a aaaiia a .inunna jaaaaa

BEST CAPTION T h i s was the h a r d e s t c o m p e t ­

ition to judge and in the end it came

down to two captions, and in spite

of obtaining several other opinions,

we canot reduce it down to one!

Therefore a joint prize goes to

Tim 'Chopper ' Dines with "Swan

reaches the parts Heineken Daren't

even m e n t i o n " and to H a r i b a n s

S h a r m a of P h y s i c s 1 with " O h

N o ! It's that drunk driver I booked" .

Will those wishing to collect their

prizes visit the F E L I X Office on

Monday when, perhaps, Colin may

be about.

Wordsearch There was a total of thirty-eight

Colleges, etc, that we managed to

find (so far . . . ), since we could not

find Colin's original. The prize for the

largest number goes to David James

of C C D 2 who found thirty-three.

DRAKE SEVEN

C A R T O O N B O O K S

now on sale in the

FELIX O F F I C E

only 30p.

B C G (Tuberculosis Vaccination) Tuesday 26th February

and

Tuesday 4th March Sessions will commence at 12:30

in Sherfield Committee Room.

Lost And Found O n e green file lost in U n i o n Lower Lounge

at lunchtime on Friday 8th February. Is of

immense sentimental value (ie contains

lecture notes). M a r k e d 'S E O l d k n o w n ,

Biochem 2'. I am actually in Botany 3.

P L E A S E return it if you happen to see it.

O n e plastic watch (Casio F-100) lost on

Thursday night in gents toilet on level

I hres.of Mec h E n g Building. If found please

return it to H C u r w e n , M e c h E n g 3.

Reward.

C o u l d anybody who saw a G Reg green

Morris Traveller outside the Union on

Friday night 15th February, please contact

G r e g Kaye , Elec E n g 2.

Room T o Let Lodger required for quiet house in Kew.

£18pw (inclusive all bills). Contact Pete

S p e n c e r - P h i l l i p s , B o t a n y P G . Int

Te l 2463.

Urgently required tutors in Chemistry ,

P h y s i c s , B i o l o g y , M a t h s , E c o n o m i c s ,

Statistics, Geography , History, F r e n c h ,

G e r m a n , Spanish, Italian, E F L , English

and other subjects for part-time work in

L o n d o n . Ring 904-3833.

A n y o n e wishing to play tennis on IC tennis

courts (tarmac behind Linstead and grass

at Harlington) must be a member of IC

Tennis Club. Please send £1.00 to D

' Cornwell, Tennis Treasurer, Mech Eng 2,

with your name, department and year.

Completed crosswords must be handed into the FELIX office by 1pm Wednesday. The first drawn correct answer will be awarded with a £1.

A C R O S S 1. Motley hotch-potch 9. Satisfied contentment 13. Frigid

15. Epoch 16. Stretch of fast water

17. Jewelled twins •

20. Comic God 21. Sparkling conversation 24. Olympic event in discussion

25. Deserter

26. 10th month before Julius 27. Well-known religion 32. Everyman's dream

34. Short unit 35. Scaled female animal with musical tone

36. Singular opposite of noes 38. Spotted in haste

40. Contract

41. Who's friend (1, 3)

42. Record company 43. Anatomical lubricant (5, 6)

45. Vigorous warm feeling 46. Rendevous with female informer

48. Dead fire tree 49. Point of annoyance

51. Brain surgeon's necessity

53. Alright

54. Almighty

55. Used to 56. Instrumental in exclusion of Guilds President

57. Prototype nibble 59. Using acid on plate to reproduce

61. Liquid form of 43(a)?

62. Training boy 66. Prayer ending

68. Strong cheese

69. Plagued 70. Wax is this, but not necessarily palatable!

D O W N 1. Charybdis 2. Inactive, but not for writing

3. Head of wheat

4. Mad pub

5. Negative 6. Pertaining to

7. Vase of tea? 8. The case being such

9. Burden

10. Sacred Chinese Queen's Tower

11. Perculation of fluids

12. Comedy, solstice (1, 9, 6, 5) 14. Zone improvement plan

18. Egyptian God

19. You should look here every day! 22. Commercial radio is a member of this, abbr.

23. Field rest?

27. Appeal to

28. Boy in gala day

30. Earth pig (in Afrikaans)

31. Highest N C O in regiment

33. Delightful sauce

34. Tergiversation 37. Epoch

39. Winter fur

42. Estimated arrival time, abbr. 44. Salute

47. For us the reverse of pedagogy 50j Alluvium in bank

51. Vestal record

52. Surplus trap

53. Sloping (2, 1, 4), as placed on tape!

58. Quick

60. Rolling stone under wandering star

61. Guilt

63. Satyr in kitchen cupboard!

64. For example

65. Mineral

66. Sounds as if you are ill, perhaps you have

three sheets in the wind because of it!

67. Member of Guilds Exec caught in wrong

doing! 11

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W H E N YO GRADUATE, GET

T H E CREDIT YOU DESERVE.

The credit you'll get from family and friends for passing your exams may be very nice for the ego.

But it won't pay the bills. The credit you'll get from us, how­

ever; is designed to help you do just that We'll lend you up to £300 at a

preferential interest rate of 2Vi% over Barclays Base Rate.

And we won't ask for a penny back until three months have passed.

(After that,you'll have to make repay­ments over the following 12 months when you should have a regular income.)

It'll help see you through that diffi­cult period between degree and first salary cheque. When a lot of money seems to be going out and not much corning in.

You might need it for a deposit on a flat To pay for a season ticket Even, maybe, to finance the replacement

B A R C L A Y S

of your ageing Levis with something more suitable for your first day at work.

Of course, to qualify for a graduate loan you'll have to meet a couple of conditions.

You'll need to have passed your degree and have a firm job offer.

Second, we're unlikely to be quite this generous if throughout your student career youVe proved an incorrigible spendthrift

All you have to do is to have a word with the Student Business Officer at your local branch.

He'll discuss the details of the loan with you and, when you move, arrange the transfer of your account to the nearest Barclays branch to your new job or home. He can't help

you pass your finals. But he can help make

life easier once you do. Barclays Bank Limited.Reg. No. 48839. Reg. Office: 54 Lombard Street, Ixmdon EC3P 3 AH.

Abortion and V . D . is the title of the third in our series

made in conjunction with the Family Planning

Association, which is especially aimed at students; you

can hear it on M o n d a y night at 11pm.

F o c u s on A l S t e w a r t - S u n d a y 5 .00pm In Britain

he's a "One-hit wonder " folk singer. In A m e r i c a he's the

successful singer - songwriter who has become a point of

musical attention with critically and commercially

acclaimed albums that deftly combine the best elements

of folk, rock, and lyrical poetry to very good effect.

This Sunday's Focus brings into view both the man

and the music. It seeks the source of his inspiration and

looks at the numerous people that he has worked with,

from the early years of the late 60's folk scene, where he

made quite a reputable name for himself, to more recent

times, where he has enjoyed the success of albums such

as " Y e a r of the C a t " and " T i m e Passages" .

The programme follows A l Stewart's musical career

and will include tracks from all eight of his albums,

offering a rare opportunity to hear the progression in

music and refinement of songwriting, that took him

fifteen years.

I i I i I

The Brighton Connection . . . or

How to make a Radio Programme

from a Shoebox It is a (little known) fact that, next to a towel, a

shoebox is the most massively useful article that the

Galactic Hitch-hiker a n d radio presenter can carry with

him. W h e n not being converted for use as a shelter from

atomic fallout, o r reconfigured as an easy-play piano to

while away the hours, it can be hastily re-arranged as a

drinks machine. Not surprisingly, the art of shoebox

conversion (or ' A d v a n c e d Footwear Receptable

Utilisation* as it is known in the trendier parts of the

Galaxy) is one which is m u c h sought after by the acolytes

of true box-husbandry.

N o w , for the first time, the age-old secrets of the trade

are presented for one a n d all, as told by Marjac the lO^th,

the reptilian master of shoebox manipulation from the

planet Box IL T u n e in to the S & M show at 11 on

Sunday mornings, and, armed with your trusty shoebox,

experience the thrill of creation as the shoebox is

transformed beneath your hands into a telephone box, a

scale model of Margaret Thatcher , a combine harvester -

let your imagination run riot . . .

All this in the salubrious aural surroundings of the

S & M Show, with the 'Magic Roundabout ' , the Radio

Vet , a n d so m u c h more. Miss it at your peril.

Simon Milner (the one and only)

P.S . Imperial College Radio can fake no responsibility for

death, wounding or other misfortune sustained whilst

wielding shoeboxes.

I Live in Stan's This Sunday between

8.30 and 11pm Sarah Talbot and Harvey Nadin

will be broadcasting live from Stan's Bar.

Come and join in the fun.

Photo by Jeremy Nunns

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Peter Gabriel - G a m e s Without Frontiers

T h e Ramones Baby I Love Y o u .

Dave E d m u n d s - Singing the Blues

Cristina - Is that all there is?

T h e Flying Lizards - T V .

Boomtown Rats - Someone's L o o k i n g at Y o u

J o a n Armatrading - Rosie

T h e Buggies - T h e Plastic Age

Squeeze - Another Nail in M y Heart

Rickie L e e J o n e s Easy M o n e y

Q u e e n - Save M e

Blondie - A t o m i c

Lene Lovich - Angels

T h e Jags - W o m a n ' s W o r l d

Holly & the Italians - Tell that girl to shut up

Barclay James Harvest - L o v e on the Line

N e w Musik - Living by N u m b e r s

The Silicon Teens - J u d y in Disguise

T h e Specials - T o o M u c h T o o Y o u n g

Emerson L a k e and Palmer Peter G u n n

H A M S O C : TREASURE H U N T

T h i s is also a n excel lent way for the

c h a i r m a n to get paralyt ic . Intrepid Rad io

Soc iety d r u n k a r d s will meet in Stan ' s B a r

at 7:00pm on F e b r u a r y 27th complete

with two-metre transeivers if they 've got

them (or not, if they haven't) . T h e n the

fun starts . Russe l l , the B i g B o s s , will

c oncea l himself in a p u b within reasonable

walk ing distance and we have to find h im

by ask ing (over the air) s imple yes or no

questions. If you think y o u might be

interested in H a m s o c , why not c o m e

along? T h e ' compet i t i on ' is for groups of

people, w i th one transmitt ing amateur per

group.

A n o t h e r e v e n t f or t h i s t e r m is the

H a m s o c D i n n e r . T h i s will be held in the

' G o o d E a r t h Restaurant ' on Fr iday 7th

M a r c h , a n d will cost a mere £4.35 dr ink

exc luded . A n y o n e w h o wants to go (and

it will be w o r t h going to) give their names ,

and a one p o u n d , nonreturnable deposit

to Russe l l W h i t w o r t h , Elec E n g P G . H e

will be up in the S h a c k on W e d n e s d a y .

O n the night we will meet in the ' C h e l s e a

Pot ter ' , a pub o n the K i n g s R o a d at about

seven o ' c lock .

W e hope to see y o u at both events,

73's

G 8 R R D

IC TENPIN BOWLING CLUB

O n Sunday Bowling C l u b sent two

teams to Portsmouth to compete in

the P o r t s m o u t h Q u a d s t o u r n a m e n t

(four man teams).

After a brush with the Law, involving

invisible no-entry signs, the A learn

got to Portsmouth to find the B team

already there and the lanes in good

condition.

Six games later the A team had

f i n s i h e d with a d i s a p p o i n t i n g total

(only two players, Ray Cook and Brian

M a c G o w a n bowled above average).

H o w e v e r t h e B t e a m , l ed by t h e

brilliant bowling of T u b b y Woo and

Joe Ng, had already won the tourn­

ament. The high point of their play

was an exceptional 821 four-man team

game with T u b b y scoring 256 (the

best bowled in the day) and 242 from

Joe. T u b b y took most of the personal

prizes and the most important, the

t o u r n a m e n t t r o p h y , will go in the

Union Office with the one E d m o n d

and T u b b y won for the C l u b at the

Brunei University Doubles Tournament

last month at the Heathrow Airport

Bowl.

We s t i l l h a v e r o o m for a n y o n e

interested in bowling in our Wednesday

afternoon sessions at Tolworth, Surrey,

l ea v i n g the e n t r a n c e to A e r o E n g

(opposite Beit Archway) at 2:30pm.

A T e a m : J o h n Knight, Ray C o o k , T i m

Hillyer, and Brian M a c G o w a n .

B T e a m : T u b b y Woo, E d m o n d Ng,

Albert Wong and J o e Ng .

Thanks to everyone for bowling and to

T i m for getting us there (despite 'non-

endorsable' delays).

Brian

DEBATING SOCIETY This house believes that ICWA

serves a useful purpose A captive, though due to the large size of

the r o o m , not an o v e r f l o w i n g a u d i e n c e ,

attended the s e c o n d in a series of weekly

d e b a t e s b e i n g h e l d by the s o c i e t y . T h e

speakers on this occasion were G w e n Griffiths

and Mike Brown.

G w e n , w h o was p r o p o s i n g the m o t i o n ,

c laimed that to abolish I C W A would be a

negative a p p r o a c h to the p r o b l e m s of the

association, and although very little is presently

being achieved, a change in the constitution

would enable members to enjoy more benefits

that the a s s o c i a t i o n c o u l d p r o v i d e . In

opposition to this, Mike put forward his view

that I C W A had once served a useful function

(when women first came to IC) but now this

purpose had d isappered and I C W A is no

longer able to communicate with its members.

T h e motion was eventually defeated by a

convincing majority.

Hopeful ly , future debates will be on the

legal isat ion of c a n n a b i s , a n d e u t h a n a s i a ,

publicity will be given at a later date. Everyone

is welcome, and if you would like to speak

please contact me, via my departmental letter

rack.

Dave Londale

IC SAILING CLUB

Saturday saw IC sailing team's third

successive victory over Oxford Univer­

sity. Two races were sailed in the

extremely light winds. IC won the first

race by a narrow margin of V 4 points

taking first, third and fourth places

and several penalty points.

T h e s e c o n d r a c e w a s w o n in

convincing style with first, second and

third places at the finish.

Team: J Williams, D Coleshaw, J

Baxter, C Patterson, N Ajderian and

Jill .

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S P O R T

24hr PEDAL C A R R A C E

In k e e p i n g with t r a d i t i o n , G u i l d s

entered two teams in the Nat ional

Twenty-four hour Pedal Car Race, held

annually at Whitchurch Airfield, Bristol.

Two minibuses containing the teams,

back-up crew and others, left College at

10:30am on Friday and arrived in Bristol

at 2:00pm, one hour before the race was

due to start. After a couple of practice

laps it was discovered that one of the

pedals o n the men's car had almost

sheared off and so emergency repairs

were made to it. This problem caused a

great deal of trouble throughout the race

and was undoubtedly the reason why the

men's team did not win their race, thus

proving to Rolls Royce (the eventual

winners) that it should not need a £3,000

car nor a research and development

budget of £90,000 to win the race.

Unfortunately, the problem meant that

the men's team started the race forty-five

minutes late. The ladies' team also had

mechanical problems at the start and they

started the race twenty minutes late. Until

about 10:00pm, the men had to make

regular pit stops in order to tighten their

pedal up, but then, someone thought of

swopping the pedals round, solving the

problem for the next four hours. It was

about this time that some supporters

arrived in the form of Jamie, Bryan and

Mark, giving a boast in morale by their

presence and a boast in speed by their

pushing.

HOCKEY ULU CUP — SEMI-FINAL

QMC vs IC: 0 — 4 lf£ fielding one of their strongest

sides ever, progressed to the final of

the University of L o n d o n C u p at the

expense of a strengthened Q M C side.

This will be the first time in seven

years that an IC side has reached the

final and on this performance they

stand a good c h a n c e of lifting the Cup

as the climax of an otherwise average

season.

Despite various delays — late arrival

of one player and the captain's kit not

being available — the IC side reached

Dytchleys in g o o d time for the start.

T h e y were met by a Q M C side full of

confidence — the Q M C team having

'imported' three star players from the

U L team who had in turn brought

along a coachload of supporters.

T h e q u i e t , c o n f ' d e n t , c a r e f r e e

approach of the IC side should have

warned the Q M C side of impending

disaster — the Q M C side however

w e r e t o o i n v o l v e d in a n a m a z i n g

series of warm-up exercises in front of

their admiring supporters to notice

the w a r m i n g - u p r o u t i n e of the IC

centre-half.

T h e w a r m i n g - u p r o u t i n e of this

s m a l l , q u i e t M a l a y s i a n p l a y e r d i d

nothing to indicate the ensuing havoc

At about 2:00am, the pedal broke again

on the men's car and so the car was

brought in for a lengthy pit stop whilst the

pedal was virtually remade. This also gave

the team a welcome break and a chance

to get some sleep.

Meanwhile, the ladies had overtaken

the Marrey Ferguson team who were the

e a r l y l e a d e r s , a n d were g r a d u a l l y

increasing their lead.

At about 3:00am, the heavens opened

and the track b e c a m e a m u d b a t h .

Anyone who went out in the car became

instantly covered in a thin layer of mud.

The rain continued until about 9:00am

and the intervening hours were very

miserable. By this time, the members of

both teams were almost c o m a t o s e ,

responding only to the cry of, " O i , it's

your turn next" at intervals ot approx­

imately six minutes. Luckily, there were

no major mishaps dur ing this rainy

season, but almost as the last drops of

r a i n fe l l , m i s f o r t u n e (and M a r r e y

Ferguson) overtook the ladies' team when

the steering failed on their car. This

needed a lengthy pit stop to repair it,

causing the ladies to take the lead.

However, this piece of bad luck only

spurred them on to greater things and a

tremendous push by the ladies enabled

them to regain the lead which they

maintined right to the end of the race.

During this period, they. overtook even

the leading men's teams on some of their

laps.

The men's team, on the other hand,

were not so fortunate. The pedal finally

broke beyond all repair thirty minutes

before the end of the race, but they

he was to cause to the result of the

m a t c h a n d the Q M C p l a y e r s ego .

Poon Fook Loke, studying in C C D 3,

is a first choice player for his country

a n d p l a y s w e e k l y for o n e of the

premier clubs in Europe, Southgate.

Playing against the C o w b o y s of Q M C ,

he p r o c e e d e d in the., f irst t w e n t y

minutes to antagonise each and every

one of the opponents by sheer skill.

T h e first goal was scored at the far

post by J o h n s o n Afilaka following a

left s i d e d m o v e a n d s h o t by the

veteran of the team Bob Middleton.

The second goal was set up by Poon -

beating five players and releasing a

perfectly weighted pass to Graeme

Forbes, to hit first time into the roof of

the net. Acting Captain, Tony Debarr

scored the third with an accidental

cross which went into the net and the

fourth goal was scored from a penalty

stroke by Chris Rielly after two IC

players had claimed that the ball had

gone into the net following a shot.

IC thus netted four goals in a match

they could have scored ten, but in cup

competitions it's the result that counts.

IC now go on to the final in three

w e e k s t i m e q u i e t l y c o n f i d e n t of

success, which as in this performance

should come their way.

Phil Webb

managed to finish it at 3:00pm on

Saturday, twenty-four hours after it had

begun, by a piece of surreptitious pushing

and the judicious use of the remaining

(functional) pedal.

So, all in all, a mixed twenty-four hours

for G u i l d s . T h e ladies managed to

become the National Ladies Pedal Car

Champions in the car which won the

men's race exactly ten years ago, whilst

the men were prevented from achieving

the double bv a faulty pedal.

Caroline Bird does her lap for the winning

Guilds's ladies team.

M e n s : Alun Griffiths, Tony Heals, Ian

Hodgson, Paul Makinson, Jon Stanley,

Dave Woollard, and Frank Rowse l l and

Mike Richardson (reserves).

Ladies: J o Armitage, Caroline T Bird,

Polly Dunbreck, Ruth Hildebrand, Sara

McGuiness, Mary Morrison, Sue N e w s o n

and S U P Ridd.

J U D O

O n the weekend of the 16th an^

17th of February the British Students

Championships were held at Crystal

P a l a c e ; c o m p r i s i n g of the m e n ' s

with the womens individual champion-

with the women's individual champion­

s h i p s a n d team events b e i n g h e l d

simultaneously on the Sunday.

O n the Saturday in the under 60kg

c a t e g o r y O w e n T u l t y of I m p e r i a l

C o l l e g e t o o k t h e b r o n z e in t h e

University Individual Championships

and a bronze in the British Students

Individual Championships in the under

72kg category.

The Sunday started with the fireman

t e a m c h a m p i o n s h i p s a n d L o n d o n

Universities entered a team comprising

of O Tulty (IC), R Spencer (Chelsea

College), T O'Brien (IC), P Newman

( U C ) a n d M G a n n o n ( M i d d l e s e x

Hospital) who fought splendidly to win

the event, being awarded gold medals

and the Yukio Tani Vase.

Meanwhile in the British Students

Women's Individual Championships ,

Hazel M c C u l l o c k of IC fought her way

through to the final to take the silver

award in the under 72kg category.

T O'Brien

Physics 2

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S P O R T

Moysey faced seemingly insuperable

odds. O n e of the four entrants was a

T h a m e s T r a d e s m a n E l i t e s c u l l e r

(representing the Royal Agricultural

College) . In the first race Pete led

from the start but was pushed all the

way beating his Reading opponent by

1 V 2 lengths. He now had the Elite

sculler in the final. Despite being a

length down for most of the course his

perserverance was rewarded when his

opponent faded in the home straight

and Pete sprinted through to win by

six or seven lengths.

O u r extremely capable ladies crew

were unfortunate enough to draw the

Cambridge University Womens first

eight (the female equivalent of the

C a m b r i d g e B l u e Boat) in the first

round. Despite IC's aggressive rowing,

Cambridge won easily and we had

only the consolation that Cambridge

destroyed all the other crews that they

raced in the competition. It seems

unfair that C U W B C was allowed to

enter when neither of the Blue boats

were allowed to, it would have been a

better competition without them.

Our freshers novice eight lacked the

fitness and experience of the Oxbridge

c r e w s w h o row s ix d a y s a w e e k .

C o n s e q u e n t l y t h e y lost by a few

. lengths to St Peters Col lege, Oxford.

A i l in a l l w e c a m e a w a y w i t h

nineteen pint pots and two trophies,

most of which were suitably wetted

that night . E v e r y o n e w h o e n t e r e d

thoroughly enjoyed themselves except

perhaps for the fact that the boat-

house ran out of beer by the time the

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

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

earlier?

T E A M S

First Eight: T i m Joslin, Steve Webb,

Miles Fellows, T o n y Reynolds, Chris

Geary, Richard Fearnhead, J o h n Urry,

Bill Bradbury and Steve Crampton.

S e c o n d Eight: B o b Maddocks , Steve

Collier, Alastair Rowe, Pete Allen, Paul

Gerrard, Chris Adams, E d Hobhouse ,

Matt Pritchard and Ian Simpson.

Ladies Eight: Liz Lindsay, Sara Gray,

A n g e l a B u r g e s s , J o P e a r s o n , A n n

T o n e y , G w e n Gri f f i ths , N o n i e R a y ,

Cathy Weir, and Bill Partridge.

N o v i c e E i g h t : Pete T e b b u t t , J o h n

Vedy, J o h n Marsden, Stuart Al l inson,

R i c h a r d R e d h e a d , J o h n M a r s d e n ,

J o h n H a r g r a v e s , Mark A g n e w a n d

Mark Canvin.

S Crampton

IC WIN SOUTHERN UNIVERSITIES REGATTA FOR

SEVENTH YEAR RUNNING

T h e men's senior squad had a clean

s w e e p at R e a d i n g l a s t S a t u r d a y

winning the Championship Eights, the

second eights and the Championship

Sculling.

T h e first e ight d i s p o s e d of two

Cambridge colleges, Emmanuel and

Churchi l l , at little more than a firm

paddle and then drew Reading, the

host crew, in the final. This was a

most exciting race in which the eight

came back from 3 / 4 length down and

coolly ' rowed through to win by a V 4

length. This is the seventh consecutive

year that we have won this competition.

T h e second eight after a tough race

with Oslar (Oxford medical students)

comfortably beat Emmanuel second

e i g h t . In t h e f i n a l t h e y m e t t h e

defenders, Southampton first eight.

After a disastrous start in this epic

race in which Southampton gained

clear water, our valiant second eight

r o w e d t h r o u g h t h e m to win by a

length.

In the Championship Sculls Pete

ICFC It took IC fourths 195 minutes to

qualify for the final of the cup against

K C H seconds . T h e first match was a

tense, hard-fought game which could

so easily have gone either way. In the

first half , IC real ly d o m i n a t e d the

game, pushing forward all the time,

c r e a t i n g s e v e r a l c h a n c e s . A n d y

Hartland scored from one of these and

Damian Nnochiri hit the post with a

powerful shot from the edge of the

area. T h e second half started badly for

IC with K C H pushing forward strongly

through some good work from their

midfield. Their pressure paid off after

about ten minutes with them equalising

with a somewhat clumsy headed goal.

U r g e d o n by this , they s tarted to

dominate, forcing Steve Veats to make

some fine saves and Neil Morris to clear

off the line. However, the defence stood

f i r m a n d I C , o n c e m o r e , s t a r t e d

controlling the game, hitting the post

and narrowly missing several times.

Extra time had to be played and the

game ended in stalemate.

T h e replay started much the same as

the first match with a fiercely contested

battle in the midfield, but right from the

onset IC's determination and conf id­

ence controlled the play. After five

minutes Paul Galvin nipped in to score

from Andy 's flick on and then started

the rout. IC threw themselves into

attack virtually pulverising K C H . Their

keeper made several spectacular saves

before Neil Redmayne got up to a

corner to head in. From the very next

corner a K C H defender had to scoop

the bal l off the l ine f r o m R i c h a r d

Dolan's effort giving a penalty which

was somehow saved by their keeper.

IC started the second half

as furiously as they ended the first.

Paul scored with a neatly taken half.

v o l l e y after two m i n u t e s , q u i c k l y

followed by Andy's first. Andy scored

again soon after having run through

most of their d e f e n c e , a n d a few

minutes later Quentin was bundled

over in their area for another penalty.

This time Neil Redmayne took a short

run-up (over 25 yards) and slammed it

into the bottom right-hand corner. T h e

p e r f o r m a n c e w a s r o u n d e d off by

Damian smashing one in from the

edge of the box and A n d y getting his

hat trick. T h e whole team was superb.

Thanks to super linesman Melvin

and hope to see all of IC. At Motspur

Park on Saturday 15th March for the

final against L S E seconds.

The squad: S Veats, N Morris, S

Kaye, M Flynn, D Griffiths, S Sims, D

N n o c h i r i , R D o l a n , A H a r t l a n d , P

G a l v i n , R H a w a , Q M e r r i t a n d D

Brannan.

WATER POLO O n Tuesday 12th February, IC had a

couple of games for the U L U League.

IC firsts, playing in the first division,

were the first to play against G u y s

Hospital. G u y s opened the score in

the first quarter, but we equalised at

the beginning of the second quarter,

when Phil Thwaites passed the ball to

Barry Ashwin and his shot hit the base

of the post and went in. G u y s returned

to the attack and scored another goal,

but B a r r y e q u a l i s e d a g a i n with a

p o w e r f u l shot from far away out .

However, G u y s scored one more by

the end of the third quarter. At the

final quarter, Barry awarded a penalty,

but his shot hit the post and came

out! We kept the pressure on and two

more shots by Nick Last and Adrian

Butler hit the posts! Another shot by

Phil Mills just crossed the goal line,

but the referee thought it didn't and

he didn't count it! Finally, G u y s scored

one more goal to make the final score

4-2 to them. The score is rather heavy

for IC, who had a super game and

would have certainly achieved a better

result it they hadn't been so unlucky.

T e a m : D Roberts, N Buckland, A

Butler, P Mills, N Last, P Thwaites, B

Ashwin.

It was IC 2nds next, playing in the

s e c o n d d i v i s i o n a g a i n s t L o n d o n

H o s p i t a l s e c o n d s . T h e o p p o s i t i o n

started the game very aggressively

and they were 2-0 up by the end of

t h e s e c o n d q u a r t e r . In the t h i r d

quarter we pulled ourselves together

and we started playing much better.

N i g e l C h a p m a n a n d P h i l S i n c l a i r

stopped LH2 scoring and Bob Bradley

and Col in Butchelor organised our

efforts midpool . Nick Ajderian passed

the ball to Pat Porter and he scored

our first goal. At the beginning of the

final quarter, LH2 had a shot and the

ball stopped on the goal line, but the

referee counted it as a goal, being

under pressure from the L H supporters!

Dimitri Papaconstantinou scored our

second goal, after receiving the ball

from J o h n Heffernon, to make the final

score 3-2 to them.

T e a m : B B r a d l e y , P S i n c l a i r , N

Ajderian, P Porter, J Hefferman, N

C h a p m a n , D Papaconstantinou and C

Butchelor.

W e w o u l d have p r o d u c e d better

results, if the referees hadn't been

markedly against us in both games.

Actually, one of them admitted later at

the bar that LH2's shot didn't cross the

goal line!

Dimitri

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B A C K P A G E NEWS PANCAKE RACE

Last Tuesday saw the annual

I C W A Pancake Race in the Beit

Archway, which just happened

to clash, yet again, with the

testing of the fire hoses.

Again six women challenged

our heroic I C U Executive to six

laps of the Quad. With frying

pans in hand, watched on by

three hundred, the race started

just after 1:00pm. It was a close

race, which the Exec won by one

short I C W A member's head.

Aferwards the teams dried off

and enjoyed pancakes.

T h e pictures show the team

members under attack. N o effect

was spared to inflict maximum

havoc. A t intervals around the

course fire hose testers squirted

the runners at close distance

with dustbinloads a d d e d for

extra effect.

Lastly the match was refereed

by the Union Adminstrator, Jen

Hardy-Smith, who replaced, at

short, notice, the hospital-bound

Col in Palmer.

EGM The Great Hall on Tuesday

lunchtime will be the scene of the

U G M . Again IC's relationship to the

N U S will be discussed A motion

proposed calls for a referendum, the

only way ICU can reaffiHate. If the

motion is passed this would be at the

same time as the sabbatical elections,

ie Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th

March.

THE DEBATE LIVES O N After an action-packed forty

minutes of intense intellectual

combat, the house finally voted on

the motion "This house believes

the Americans landing on the

moon was an afront to lunar

rights". After numerous references

to 'Lunarians', T h e United Planets

Universal Declaration on the Rights

of AD Beings' (UPUDRAB) and the

'Hen Gets O n e (Stone Henge)

Gravity Transmit Beam' the motion

was finally passed convincingly.

PLEASE NOTE Candidates for Union posts are asked to have their manifestos (300 words and photograph) in the FELIX Office by 5:30 on Thursday 28th Feb­ruary or they will not be

published in FELIX.

Photo by Steve Groves Photo by Steve .Groves

Above left: Roger Stotesbury charges around the Quad.

Above tight: Sean OWoyle about to hand over.

Below: Bob Holding, with the hose, Steve Masterman with the

dustbin, and John Afilka with the bucket, get Gwen Griffiths.

Photo by Mickie Marsh

ENTS CONCERTS IC Ents are presenting the heavy

metal group Berlin, in the Concert

Hall, tonight at 7:30pm. Tickets on

sale at the door. O n Sunday week

(2nd March) another gig features

The CharSe Parkas (the Afbertos).

This is in the Great Hall at 7:30pm.

Tickets are £1.25 in advance and

are available from the Ents, Guilds,

or R C S Union Offices.

NEW U L U PRESIDENT Nominations for next year's

University of London Union Presi­

dent closed on Wednesday with

only one candidate standing.

As a result of this, it now looks

certain that A n n a C l a r k , the

current President of Westfield

College, will be the sabbatical

President of U L U for the 1980/81

session.

TWENTY-FOUR HOUR IRONING

To raise money for their tour to

Amsterdam members of Rag and

IC Rugby Club organised a twenty-

four hour ironing session. Visitors

to the Union Concert Hall were

suprised to see hefty blokes leaning

iron in hands, dealing with the

problems of 36B bras, shirts and

curtains.

On Wednesday night, nearly half

way through the ordeal FELIX

asked Steve Gunn if anything

remarkable had happened. He

replied that there had been a pink

jump suit which changed shades of

pink on ironing. Also he told how

Adam Warby had spilt Swan all

over an unfortunate person's

trousers.

A delivery service was organised

to collect clothes from the halls

and houses. FELIX was told by

Steve Townsend, team captain,

that £300 was expected to be

raised.

STOIC This week STOIC celebrated its

tenth birthday, with two special

programmes.

SOUTHSIDE SHOP The turnover in the Southside

Shop has gone up by 40%. This

follows the introduction of more

lines, at more competitive prices

and in more economic quantities.

Pies and pasties are now on sale as

well as frozen lines. Next week

wine will also be on sale.

WEEKEND REFECTORY ; ARRANGEMENTS

Mr Mooney, refectory manager,

told FELIX that the numbers using

the refectory services at the

weekend have continually decreased

until it has now reached a point

where it is no longer an economic

outlet. To counteract this drain and

to reduce our losses it is proposed to

take the following steps:

1. Reduce the prices of the food

served for the weekend only.

2. Cut the number of staff to a

minimum which, while it may mean

the customers wait a little longer, will

save in the region of £25 per day.

3. Readjust the menu in the light of

current demand.

From the menus it will be noted

that the prices have been reduced

between ten and fifteen percent.

R C S U Piano missing

Any information on its whereabouts

will be gratefully received by the

R C S U president, Sean O'Boyle.

Colin Palmer is in hospital, so I have coordinated the production of this week's FELIX. I've enjoyed it immensely, but must thank all those who rallied round: Mark Smith, Ian, Maz, Tim Hiflyer, Mary Freeman, Lars Wernberg-Medler, Jeremy Nunns and IC Radio for some of the news.

I hope you enjoy reading this week's FELIX and will want to contribute to future editions.

Now I must return to my job as Secretaryrthe challenge over. Roger Stotesbury Acting FELIX Editor

FELIX is published by the Editor, on behalf of the Imperial College Union Publications Board. FELIX is printed on the Union premises in Prince Consort Road, London. SW7.

Editor: C R Palmer FELIX ISSN 0140-0711. Registered at the Post Office, Copyright FELIX 1980. FELIX, the Editor of FELIX and Union Officers cannot accept liability in respect of errors of omissions contained in articles herein.