F O U N D E D IN 1949 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

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No . 401 F r i d a y 14th November, 1975 F R E E !

Girl raped Police seek witnesses

L A S T MONDAY night, between 10.30pm and 11.00pm,

a student was forcibly raped at knife point in the

ladies toilet in the Union Bui lding opposite the ICWA

Lounge. Po l i ce are anxious to interview two young

ladies who vis ited the toilets during this period.

They also wish to interview a man of the following

description: Age 20 - 23; height 6ft; of West Indian or

African origin; medium build; medium brown complexion,

hair - B lack Afro style; deep set eyes; small nose

and soft spoken. T h e man was wearing a light tan

raincoat, a light brown V - neck jumper with a green

stripe around the neck, a light coloured shirt and a

pair of dark coloured corduroy trousers.

Will any person (including the two ladies mentioned

above) who was in the vicinity of the toilets at the

material time, or who has any information at a l l ,

please contact the Security Officer immediately on

Internal Telephone 2741 or ca l l at the Security Office.

M s C o w e l l to v is i t I C

The S e n i o r Ca t e r ing A d v i s e r to the Department of E d u c a t i o n and Sc i ence and the Un i v e r s i t y Grants Commit tee , Ms C o w e l l , is to v i s i t Souths ide refectory next Tuesday , 18th November.

It appears she w i l l be conduc t ing a one day enquiry into the running of the re f ec to r i es . She w i l l a l s o attend a s p e c i a l Refectory

Commit tee meet ing be ing

he ld over a snack lunch in

the Pen thouse d i n i n g room

in Souths ide .

When Ms C o w e l l undertook

a s i m i l a r enquiry for K i n g s

C o l l e g e she tw i s t ed her

ank l e s l i p p i n g down a set

of s t a i r s . She subsequent l y

wrote a report based on her

two hour stay there unt i l

her m ishap .

Cuts Action In the next few weeks

students w i l l be s tepping-up

a c t i o n aga ins t educa t i on

cu ts in their own areas .

A c t i o n w i l l i nvo l ve p i c k e t i n g

l o ca l author i ty o f f i ces , r a l l i e s ,

marches and ho ld ing c o n ­

ferences and the c u t s .

London students are

d e m o n s t r a t i n g on 20th

November aga inst the I L E A ' S

proposa ls to cut down the

number of overseas s tudents

in L o n d o n ' s c o l l e g e s . The

effect of t h i s , would in some

c a s e s , lead to c l o sure of

that par t i cu la r c o l l e g e and

in o thers , the s l a s h i n g of

courses .

The NUS i s c a l l i n g on

a l l s t u d e n t s to lobby parl iament on 26th November in support of the North West Reg i on of the T U C aga ins t unemployment. A s econd lobby on 28th November, i s be ing held to protest aga ins t the cu t s in the number of teacher t ra in ing p l a c e s .

C o l l e g e s fac ing c l o su r e w i l l b e t ak ing wreaths w i th them to the lobby and a funeral s e r v i c e is p l anned . In add i t i on , a pe t i t i on w i l l be presented to the D E S protest ing at the cu t s and a deputat ion w i l l go to the I L E A to protest aga ins t r a t i ona l i s a t i on measures for the infer London a rea .

Heroine foils City raid Last Friday five 'heavies'

from the City University made an unsuccessful bid to relieve the Royal School of Mines of their mascot Davy. How­ever, the unlucky raiders were not only thwarted in their attempt, but were in fact trying to make-off with the defnnct mascot which had been left in the window of the Mines Union office. It was this exhibitionism which the City raiders thought to tame. t

Tbe saga began at about 5.00pm in the evening when a non descript student arrived in the RSMU office to enquire if there were any Rag Mags for sale.

Martyn 'Norma' Levy who was holding the fort, the Mines brain cell and a Flash Gordon comic at the time, then sold a Rag Mag to the student. Having the transaction, the student asked if the Davy on display was heavy and was

rewarded with a positve reply (after all , it is full of concrete!)

The student left only to return five minutes later, this time accompanied by four others and asked for more Rag Mags. As Norma turned to find the Rag Mags, he was pounced on by two of the group whilst the other three made off with Davy.

Norma being an experienced voyeur reacted quickly to the situation. He smacked one of the raiders in the teeth and broke free from his boundage. He then rushed out of the office and immediately came face to face with another one of the five raiders. Without batting an eyelid, he sank the raider with a 17% degree Arkwright — the raider didn't bat an eyelid either.

In two bounds he had caught up with the self-appointed Davy bearers, deftly throttled one and checked the others' bags with his mining boot. Thus the attempt to steal the Mines ex-mascot was foiled.

Friday 14th

C i t y and G u i l d s C a r n i v a l : 'Viv Stanshall & Greysers', 'Roger Ruskin Spear' p lus 'Andy Thunderclap Newman'. J a z z B a n d , D i s c o

and F i l m show. 8.00pm in the Un ion B u i l d i n g . A d m : £1.50. T i c k e t s from C & G U o f f i ce .

Q E C : Rag B a l l w i t h ' G O A / Z A L E S ' . F a n c y d r e s s . 8.00pm in the Cour tau ld H a l l . A d m : 80p adv, £1.00 at the door .

Saturday 15th

Rag P r o c e s s i o n : Meet in Imperial Inst i tute Road at 10 .00am. Rag Concer t : 'GONG'. 8.00pm in the Great H a l l .

Sunday 16th

C h e l s e a : F i l m s : - 'Day at the R a c e s ' and "Marx Bro thers G o West ' . 7.00pm in the L ight foot H a l l . A d m . 15p.

Monday 17th

IC Un i on C o u n c i l meet ing at 6.00pm in the Un i on S C R .

Tuesday 18th

Careers Oppor tun i t i es T a l k s : ' T h e Graduate and A c c o u n t a n c y ' by M i s s S Dunn , Inst i tute of Char tered A c c o u n t a n t s . E l e c E n g 408 at 1.30pm. A s s o c i a t e d S tud i e s : The Industr ia l A r c h a e o l o g i s t at Work: 3 . The Sound of Industr ia l A rchaeo logy by Den i s Smi th , C h a i r m a n , Greater London Industr ia l Archaeo logy Soc i e t y . Theatre B , Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm.

What is Baroque? Mrs He l en Langdon of the Cen t ra l S choo l of Ar t and D e s i g n t a l k s about Baroque P a i n t i n g . Theatre A , Sher f i e ld Bu i l d ing . a t 1.30pm.

H a l l D inner in the Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g . 7.00 for 7.30pm D r e s s : Lounge s u i t s .

Wednesday 19th

IC F o l k C l u b presents ' M a g i c Lan t e rn ' in the U n i o n Lower Refectory at 8 .00pm. A d m : members 25p, non-members 45p . Membership 60p .

Thursday 20th

ICWA Genera l Mee t ing . in the ICWA lounge at 12.30pm. ICWA S o c i a l e v en ing for o ve r seas and Pos tgraduate s tudents at 6.30pm in the ICWA lounge.

A s s o c i a t e d S t u d i e s : Lunch-hour Conce r t . The L i b r a r y , 53 P r i n c e ' s G a t e .

F i l m s : One M a n ' s C h i n a ; 3 . ' T h e P e o p l e ' s A r m y ' , 4. " E i g h t or N i n e in the Morn ing ' in Theatre A , Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm. F i r s t Steps in S c i e n c e : J e s u s or A r chaeo l o gy? Prof Don Wiseman Pro f essor of A s s y r i o l o g y , U L . Theatre B , Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm. (IC C h r i s t i a n Un ion ) .

Friday 21st

IC F i l m Sec presents ' I van The T e r r i b l e ' in Mech E n g 220 at 7.15pm. A d m i s s i o n by membership card on l y . Membersh ip £1.50. IC E n t s ' A l m o s t ' F r e e D i s c o in the Un i on Lower Refectory s tar t ing 8 .00pm. Great sounds — A d m : 10p .

Saturady 22nd

IC E n t s present 'George M e l l y ' p lus Bur l e sque In a super enter ta in ing concer t d e s i gned to b low your mind? ! Great H a l l . 8 .00pm. Adm: IC adv 70p, adv 80p, at the door £1.00. C h e l s e a : "Magna C a r t a ' in concer t in the L ight foot H a l l , Manressa Road SW3. Start 8 .00pm. A d m : 60p .

Essay C o m p e t i t i o n o n F r u i t Ju ices

The Eighth International Fruit Juice Congress will take place in Merano, Northern Italy, from May 17 to 22, 1976. In order to stimulate interest in the Congress and in the field of fruit juices, the organising committee of the International Fruit Congress invites students of departments of food science or similar departments of universities, technical colleges and polytechnics to participate in an essay competition. Papers submitted must deal with one or more aspects of fruit juices (eg chemistry, technology, economics, nutrition, legal aspects etc), may not be longer than 6,000 words and must be typed in one of the Congress languages (English, French, Italian or German) on one side

of the page only, using double spacing and having a wide margin at the sides. The jury is composed of members of the Scientific-Technical Commission of th e International international Federation of Fruit Juice Producers and Its decisions are final. The six best papers will be published in the Congress Proceedings. The authors of the three best papers will be invited to attend the Congress.

Participants resident in Great Britain, who must be younger than 25 on May 1, 1976. are invited to send their papers to Dr I- Vi Heech, Research Station, Long Ashton, Bristol, BS18 9AF , before January 15, 1976. Successful candidates will be notified individually before March 1, 1976.

Telix Refectories

"Speciality of the house: vast piles of grey, mushy ch ips " . That is the opinion of the Sennet reporter, John Ryan, when he visited the refectories at IC." In fact, in the survey which covered four other colleges and U L U , we come out bottom of the list.

It is for this very reason that the refectories are suffering from a decrease in turnover thus making it almost certain that there will be a further increase in refectory prices at Christmas. Or will the College take the drastic step of closing one of the refectories? If so which one? The Union Lower Refectory?

There has been a lot of talk, most of it sensible, if somewhat impracticable, on the ways we might try to solve the refectories problem. One snch idea, was put forward by Mr Williams (see F E L I X no. 399). I agree that if there existed an air of mutual co-operation between the opposing factions then we would have a basis for progress.

I. further agree that the Union, in the person of Mr Teague

appears to be defeatist in its attitude to the problem. However, I would contend that Mr Teague and other leaders of this Union enjoy grass-roots support. Where were the grass-roots at the first UGM of this session when the

refectories problem was being discussed? I feel that a solution to this problem would be for the

Union to take over the running of the Union refectory. It could then employ an outside catering concern to run it

and charge prices that would compete with Mr Mooney's prices. This would thus break the monopoly that Mr Mooney

has on the catering in this College. I look forward to seeing some reaction to this idea.

Hal ls of Residence

Mr Te.ague in his 'Peter Patter' last week asked for some reaction to bis comments on refectories and halls of residence cleaning. I am glad to see that there has been some response (see latters to the editor, page 6), albeit only a meagre one. Although I would lend my support to the suggestions put forward by our two correspondants this week, the matter is not so easily resolved. The suggestion that we cut down on cleaning would mean' a reduction in cleaning staff and as far as I am aware the other Union involved, NUPE , has not been consulted as yet regarding this. But this does not detract from the fact that students in halls of residence get it too damn good.

FILIX 3

The Girl Next Door

P R O F I L E : Cynthia Rogers,

C y n t h i a Rogers

C Y N T H I A R O G E R S is the k ind of g i r l we a l l w i s h l i ved next door dur ing our c h i l d ­hood: v i v a c i o u s , fun to be w i th , a l w a y s wi th a w i l l i n g ear and an almost t i t i l l a t i n g spark l e in her eyes . She is th is y ea r ' s Coord inator of N i gh t l i n e , the con f iden t i a l o rgan isa t ion wh i ch i s run by students from a l l over London for s tudents who are in trouble , l one ly , board, fed up or just f ind ing it d i f f i cu l t to cope wi th th ings . Runn ing N i gh t l i ne ;s a fu l l - t ime job and the post therefore ca r r i e s

r a s abba t i c a l year . The work i s not easy , but she enjoys the immense s a t i s f a c t i o n wh i ch the job g i ves her because she gets to meet " . . . l o t s of in teres t ing people : not only the c a l l e r s , but the N i gh t l i n e r s whom I work wi th and the Student U n i o n s in the London area wh i ch I have to approach to get them invo lved in N i g h t l i n e " . •

C y n t h i a i s twenty-two, unat tached, c o m e s from Boreham Wood in Her t fordsh i re , got her BSc in Nut r i t i on from Queen E l i z a b e t h C o l l e g e , London , in June 1974 and i n s t i n c t i v e l y jumps at the sound of a te lephone. Before becoming the N i gh t l i n e C o ­ordinator she spent a year at Garnett Teacher T ra in ing C o l l e g e .

She speaks genuine ly and s ince r e l y and avo ids us ing tones more su i t ed to e i ther

a c on f e s s i ona l or a pass ionate c rusade . There i s no f ee l ing of exaggerated f r i end l iness run amok to the point of g u l l i b i l i t y or dogmat ic fervour rant ing up i ts own o r i f i c e . But so much e a s i l y r ecogn i sab l e than de f inab le and de f in i t e l y warrants more • than, a q u i c k thumb t h r o u g h Roge t ' s

P i c t u r e a hot a i r ba l loon c oas t i ng high above the earth wi th four people in i t . The ba l l oon beg ins to tear Itself away from • the basket , the latter be ing too heavy . If the ba l loon i s ever to reach the ground sa fe ly three of the people in it w i l l have to be

e jec ted , t h e person remaining being the one whose cont inued ex i s t ence can be deemed most e s s e n t i a l to the community in w h i c h he or she l i v e s .

T h i s was the s i tua t i on in wh i ch N i c k Brayshaw (RSMU Pres ident ) , R i z Shak i r ( ICU Deputy P res iden t ) , Ian Jowet t ( I C C A G Chairman) and myse l f

Thesaurus in an attempt to c r y s t a l l i s e the blend of honesty , d ed i ca t i on , pat i ence , unders tand ing and m i s c h i e v o u s gorgeousness .

The o r i g ins of N i g h t l l n e g o back to 1971 when it was felt that the C o l l e g e ' s student s u i c i d e rate was becoming a major c ause for conce rn . Stor ies of s tudents jumping out of Souths ide , l eap ing off Queen ' s Tower and tak ing po i son were fast becoming a a moribund f o lk l o r e . A s i m i l a r scheme w a s * being run by students at E s s e x U n i v e r s i t y , so Imperial C o l l e g e was qu i ck to r e a l i s e the potent ia l behind the idea of prov id ing premises in P r i n c e ' s Gardens w i th an externa l te lephone. Whi ls t I C ' s was only the second N ight l ine to be set up, today s i m i l a r

. schemes are run by students at near ly a l l the c o l l e g e s , u n i v e r s i t i e s and po l y t e chn i c s throughout the country ; but it is on ly in the London area that a s a b b a t i c a l is provided by a l l the c o l l e g e s a c tua l l y sub­s c r i b i n g to the scheme. T h i s was cons ide red necessary because so many prev ious

Coord ina to rs had f a i l ed the i r exams due to the i r N i g h t l i n e committment.

How many N i g h t l i n e

volunteers do you have helping

you? " A b o u t s i x t y - f i v e s tudents drawn from a l l over L o n d o n . "

How many calls do you get per

night? " O n average, about three a n i g h t . "

Do you ever get any abusive

callers? " R a r e l y . "

Do you ever have any hoaz

callers? " N e v e r . " How much money do you

receive to cover the costs of

running Nightline? " I t is run

on a shoe -s t r ing b u d g e t . "

found ourse l v es last Tuesday evening dur ing ICWA ' s second debate , a B a l l o o n debate .

The f i r s t round of the debate Involved s l ande r ing everyone e l s e on the plat form and pro ject ing one ' s own ro le as v i t a l to IC .

R i z saw h imse l f a s be ing most e s s e n t i a l to Un ion members because — w e l l l e t ' s face It — he ' s got the keys to the Un i on B u i l d i n g . Very few people were impressed by that l ine of argument, hence R i z was f i rs t to be e j ec ted from the

ba l l o on . Ian saw h i s job as one of

he lp ing people whether in

How does one become a Night-

line volunteer? " F i r s t off they have to contac t u s . We then have a chat to them to try and determine whether the pe rson ' s motive for becoming a N lgh t -l lner seems reasonab l e . The person then has to be tra ined to cope w i th the mul t i tude of di f ferent s i tua t i ons wh i ch can a r i s e dur ing an even ing at N i g h t l i n e . "

What qualities do you look tor

in a potential Nlghtliner? "They

have to be easy to t a l k to . Gene ra l l y they are people who are not preoccup ied w i th

t ak ing soup to the vagrants of Char ing C r o s s or supe r v i s i ng adventure p laygrounds . Y e s , we thought, very n i c e too -but what about he lp ing IC s tudents? T h u s Ian q u i c k l y fo l lowed R i z to an unt imely ' d e a t h ' .

That left N i c k and myse l f , both of us hav ing c onv inc ed those present dur ing the f i r s t two rounds of our wor thwhi l e cont r ibut ion to the qua l i t y of l i f e . In the f ina l round I was c a l l e d on to speak f i r s t and warmeo to my task by numerous g l a s s e s of sherry , I portrayed my job of be ing one w h i c h had m a s s i v e Impl i ca t i on for the whole of humani ty . It was a pity nobody e l s e thought so as I too went tumbl ing out of the ba l l oon l eav ing N i c k Brayshaw as the b a l l o o n ' s af fable and deserv ing c a p t a i n .

The debate was l i v e l y , good humoured and w i t t y (even If, thanks to John Downs , most of the w i t d id come from the

t h e m s e l v e s . " J u s t then the te lephone

r ings . She dashes from where we are s i t t i n g into another room where the 'phone i s , c a l l i n g out as she goes , " I f I'm more than two minutes , it cou ld take some t ime" . It do e s . I unders tand .

"Anyone wishing to contact

Nightline, for whatever reason,

should go along to 8 Prince's

Gardens, or phone Int. 2468 or

GPO 581 2468 between 6pm

and 9am.''

f loor!) and our thanks goes to those who attended a s w e l l a s those who took part.

Wednesday even ing saw the s tag ing of one of the zan l e s t par t ies i n C o l l e g e — the ICWA 2 0 ' s R e v i v a l P a r t y . It was amaz ing to see s o many people f l oa t ing around in cos tumes wh i ch were pure Scott F i t z g e r a l d .

L i m b s w e r e q u l c k l y loosened by the (almost! ) c op i ous punch and It was not long before the f l o o r was fu l l of e n t h u s i a s t i c char l e s t one rs . MargetSMmmlng( IF P res iden t ) Margaret S l i m m i n g ( IF Pres ident ) and John Kearns (Ca rn i va l Co-ordinater ) judged the . C h a r l e s t o n compet i t i on w h i c h proved a hard t a sk , the champagne f i n a l l y be ing awarded to a ga i l y bedecked g i r l c a l l e d O l i v i a who d i s ­appeared back into the crowd before we cou ld d i s c o v e r

Continued m page 4

Km T h e B a l l o o n Deba te

4 FELIX

NUS Women's Conference Political diatribe and lesbianism

At s i x o ' c l o c k on Saturday morning, before the rest of IC had recovered from F r i day night , two brave de l ega tes se t off for B r i s t o l to attend the N U S Women's Con fe rence . T h i s was part of the N U S women's campaign wh i ch was set up In 1972 to promote both the awareness of women 's i s s u e s amongst the student body, and hopeful ly provide some so lu t i ons to problems ra i sed by these I ssues .

The conference , wh i ch was packed , was opened by Mar i a Lo f tus , the guest speaker from Is l ington T rades ' C o u n c i l , speak ing on how the Trades U n i o n s and the N U S cou ld further the women 's campa ign . T h i s speech was largely i rre levant s i n c e it cons ide r ed only the case of the T U C and women workers . It seemed far removed from any aspec t s of student l i f e , and the speaker d id l i t t l e to t ie In the exper i ence of the T U C wi th that of the N U S . In common w i th many p o l i t i c i a n s she a l s o spoke for longer than was necessa r y . These ideas d id not rea l l y come into the conference aga in . In fact the rest of the time revo lved around two themes: the problems that ' women had se t t ing up c l o s e d groups, because under the N U S , a f inanced group is not a l l owed to be c l o s e d , and the foundation of the Network. T h i s was started in order to combine a l l the women's groups in c o l l e g e s t h r o u g h o u t the country so that they work towards a common i d ea l .

The f i rs t of these ideas was

brought out very strongly in one of the workshops we attended on 'Se t t ing up a women's campaign in a s m a l l c o l l e g e ' . Many women felt that they c o u l d not run . an e f fect ive women 's group w i th men present . T h i s was a rat iona le that we d id not rea l l y understand s i n c e Ideas cannot be changed u n l e s s everybody is educa ted . B e s i d e s which very few men I know would enjoy s i t t i n g l i s t en ing to 20 women d i s c u s s their problems for 2 hours . A common e x p e r i e n c e was that women 's groups were most e f fect ive when t i ed to s o c i a l a c t i v i t i e s , w h i c h made me think that perhaps ICWA is the perfect s o l u t i o n ; an e s t ab l i shed body br ing ing wornens i s s u e s to the fore!

Af ter lunch, the s e s s i o n began wi th a ta lk on N A C , which ra i sed the same points as the conference held in co l l e ge a few weeks ago. These have a l ready been fu l ly reported In F E L I X . There was then an attempt by the l e sb ians present, to throw the men out, wh i ch resul ted in uproar (a common state dur ing the conference) and 90% of the people there vot ing aga ins t them. The reso lu t i ons were then debated . These brought out v i v i d l y the two themes of the conference and In fact v e iws were sp l i t a lmost in ha l f . The motions covered the network, the i s s u e s women face and the d i v i s i v e nature of autonomous women 's groups.

W E L L S O C Crime, and how to get away with it

Continued from page 3

The Balloon Debate

anyth ing of her o r i g i n s . The New C h e l s e a Ragt ime Band cont inued to p lay w h i l s t everyone adjourned to the Quad wi th spa rk l e r s , returning later to f i n i sh off what was left of the food.

The response to the Idea was very encourag ing and we would l i k e to thank everyone who he lped make the even ing a s u c c e s s .

ICWA Diary

Tuesday, 18th Nov: ICWA Lounge 7.00pm, ICWA debate ; ' T h i s house be l i e v e s that women who are raped a s k for i f . Upho ld ing the mot ion; J a c k Gra tus (author of ' T h e V i c t i m ' oppos ing the mot ion; Margaret A l l e n (features ed i tor for ' The T imes ' )

Thursday 20th Nov: ICWA

Lounge 12.30pm. ICWA Genera l Meet ing ICWA Lounge 6.30pm. Overseas and P G S o c i a l e v en ing .

M e d i t a t i o n

a n d Sc ience :

East

meets Wes t

T R A N S C E N D E N T A L M E D I T A T I O N (TM) was brought to the West 16 years ago by Mahar i sh i Mehesh Y o g i . It is a s imp le technique of deep medi ta t ion wh i ch i s prac t i ced for 15/20 minutes tw i ce a day s i t t i ng comfortably wi th the eyes c l o s e d .

A s opposed to other methods of medi tat ion or se l f development, it does not require any concent ra t i on or contempla t i on , be l i e f , f a i th , changes of d i e t , s tand ing on the head or any change in one ' s l i fe s t y l e .

• Over the last 5 years , there has been a great deal of interest in the technique among research s c i e n t i s t s . Over 300 exper iments have been pub l i shed to date , wh i ch ind ica te that dur ing TM a deep state of integrated rest i s a c h i e v e d . A t the same t ime, bra inwave a c t i v i t y , as measured by E E G (e lectro­encephalograph) , become more order ly . Resea rch f ind ings after mediat ion show a greater coord inat ion between body and mind, improved hea l th , improved s o c i a l r e la t ions and an increase in learning a b i l i t y and academic performance.

The t r a n s c e n d e n t a l Med i ta t ion technique can be learnt in seven easy s t eps , the f i rs t of wh i ch is coming to an Introductory T a l k held by Soc every Thursday at 1.15pm in Room 407A in the E l e c E n g department.

There are a l s o regular meetings for members o f TM Soc every Tuesday at 5.45pm. Any enqu i r i es shou ld be addressed to C h a r l e s Osborn ( E l e c E n g 3).

A l a n L o d g e

Here beginneth another a d v i c e - l a d e n m i s s i v e from W E L L S O C , t h i s t ime report ing on our meeting on Monday 10th November. We would have l i ked to have printed a fu l l t ranscr ip t i on of Dr Shaw 's informative lecture , but they wouldn ' t let u s . (And the editor of th i s learned journal wou ldn ' t approve either. ) But to he lp you, I w i l l t e l l you a s much as I think I can get away w i th .

If you want to go into c r ime , you have a r eason . (If you don ' t , you 're a psychopath. ) These reasons are e i ther fame or fortune. If you want fame, not get t ing found out i s a bit awkward , as AI Capone cou ld t e l i y o u . But In truth, most of us want the fortune s i d e of c r ime , and wi th th i s Dr

Shaw, pro f ess iona l s c i e n t i s t and amateur c r i m i n a l , w i l l be ab le to he lp u s . Dr Shaw gave us some de f in i t i ons . A pro f ess iona l is a person who pro fesses to do ing a job ( in the l i t e ra l sense ) , wh i l e an amateur is someone who loves do ing someth ing , if you def ine the word from the L a t i n root. Thus , a l l c r i m i n a l s in the fortune group are amateurs . Q . E . D .

Now what branch of cr ime do you want to go into? A c c o r d i n g to the Home Off ice l i s t ( they're very ob l i g ing , are the Home Off ice) there are 107 to chose from, but there are only rea l l y three main popular t ypes , namely Loo t , Sex and drugs , and Sudden death . E v e n these three are sub jec t s to occupy a l i fet ime of s tudy , so only the f i rs t sub jec t , Loot , was covered in any

Dani Salvadori

Moira Robinson

with many sma l l c o l l e g e s we felt that areas shou ld have de legate s t a t u s . T h i s was narrowly defeated (after 3 recounts! ) when It came to a vote. We a l s o voted aga ins t autonomous women 's groups f ee l ing that it was an imprac t i ca l and pat ron is ing

v i ew , e s p e c i a l l y in th i s C o l l e g e !

The b u s i n e s s got through in the afternoon was con­

t inua l l y be ing Interupted by the mi l i tant l e s b i a n s who cha l l enged everyth ing that was s a i d and sung loudly through many peoples s p e e c h e s . F e e l i n g s at the conference were very > s t rong ly aga ins t them, and for u s , at l east , the ir a c t i v i t i e s proved so boring we were on the point of wa lk ing out. Our ove ra l l impress ions on leav ing the

conference were ones of d l s a t l s f a c t i o n at the rudeness of many people present and the Irre levance of much that was s a i d .

The main argument c once rn ing the network was whether people sent from area groups shou ld have de legate or observer s t a tus . T h i s may seem a petty point , _but In fact Invo lves the ques t i on of s m a l l c o l l e g e s who cannot afford to send de lega tes to a conference , and therefore must be represented by the i r a r eas . The points aga ins t th is were that areas are not work ing e f f ec t i ve ly at present and that areas shou ld pay for

s m a l l c o l leges to s end de l ega t es . Coming from a part of London

depth . We are very lucky at IC if we are interested in th i s s e c t i on , as not a hundred yards from here is a rather superb nat iona l art c o l l e c t i o n , the V & A . Acco rd ing to Dr Shaw, the thing to go for are the C h i n e s e brass i tems, of wh i ch he c o n s i d e r a t e l y showed us photographs. He dec l i n ed to be more s p e c i f i c about th ings l i ke s e cur i t y guard rounds, wh i ch was a p i t y . Now If any of you have shares in Nat West, s e l l them. A l though I d idn ' t qu i te understand the d e t a i l s , but our speaker has a very good method for ex t rac t ing money from the bank ' s computer.

I w i s h I c ou ld t e l l you more, but I have to go now. Don ' t forget the f i lm next week: P h a s e 4 is coming ! A l l r ight , o f f icer , I ' l l come qu i e t l y .

FF.LIX 5

POOH'S CO*1M£ft

Refectory prices : The

Cynics are Defeatists In my article on refectories two weeks ago ("The

Refectory Price Syndrome: Trust is needed"), I suggested tentative proposals which, if endorsed by the College and the Students Union in a spirit of unprecedented cooperation, might ease the refectory price escalation (not "solve the refectory economic crisis at a stroke" as one 'silly billy' (if you'll forgive the pun) put it) and improve the quality ot the meals and the service available in the refectories, especially Southside. I sketched out a rough embryo of an idea declaring that it would still need to be developed by both the College and the Union officials if it were to emerge as a mutually viable proposition.

I am pleased to record the groundswelI of support for the idea amongst not only IC students (-some of those who approached me were total strangers) but also the College refectory staff, the Bar staff and the highest echelons of the College administration.

I further stated "Doubtless smug little cynics . . . will point out the difficulties." Mr Peter Teague and Mr Bill Gerrard (see FEL IX last week) have clearly identified themselves as such. Frankly, I am sickened by their defeatism'.

Mr Gerrard s ambitious "repudiation" is a mochery of fact when he says "Mr Teague put the basic idea Mr Williams was suggesting to these people last summer! V This is just not true'. Did Mr Teague at that time offer to campaign to fill the refectories if the College kept the prices down? No. Therein lies the vital difference. Mr Teague and the other leaders of this Union have the power to do this because they enjoy the grass-roots support of this Union. It is therefore almost the ultimate carrot to dangle in front of the College. It's an excellent bargaining standpoint and I wonder if Peter realised this when he discussed the matter with the College last summer; I wonder if he realises this now. After all, in order to negotiate successfully one has to have something of value, to offer. It is up to the Union's leadership to recognise that it does have something to bargain with.

As for Mr Gerrard's idealogical objections, I am unable to endorse his philosphical pretensions. When the whole of the education sector is under financial attack from the government, I believe that it is inappropriate to look at Imperial College as an Us v.

Them (ie Union v. College) kind of confrontation. "College provides the refectory service, so it's up to them to solve its problems" - this is an attitude I cannot support. The NUS is telling Student Unions to stand together with local Trade Unions so that they (the Student Unions) will be able to apply greater pressure to the Colleges and Universities. Has anyone ever thought of standing together with the Colleges and Universities themselves. For that is exactly what I believe this Union should be doing. Often in the past (take Norm Sayles" year as President, for example) the Union has approached the College practically cap in hand asking for this, that and the other. More often than not, College has coughed up the goods. So isn't it about time that this Union began to show its appreciation just a little, instead of spiking it with nails and recklessly perpetuating the refectory account loss?

Sorry, Mr Gerrard. I'm unconvinced. I must however applaud the fact that you are prepared to air your views explicitly and foster discussion on this controversial issue.

Mr Teague on the other hand appears to have adopted a disappointingly low profile on the subject. I am glad to see that he does not want the refectories to be closed. Pity he cannot recognise that he is accelerating things to that situation. We appear to agree that the first obstacle is the quality of food. Fair enough. But just because Mr Mooney refuses to admit that there is room for improvement in Southside meals does not surely mean the end of the matter. I I believe that this Union is entitled to expect from its elected leadership some determination and a measure of negotiating ability. This Union should not have to tolerate .such morbidity as "Well I'm sorry, but Mr Mooney refuses to admit that the food served in South-side is below par, so there's little we can really do." That is just shying away at the first fence because if looks a little high. If Mr Teague could convince the Rector that Southside food is substandard, do you believe that Mr Mooney would stick to his story? Try it and see.

When one of the refectories does close, it will be principally IC students who will suffer as well as the associated refectory staff who will lose their jobs. Today's defeatists will turn to the College, say "It is your fault for making excessive price increases" and waggle their fingers at Mr Mooney. tie in turn will face this Union and say "It's your own fault for pinching my customers. You have succeeded in making staff redundant and seriously inconveniencing your own Union members." Give it some thought. Write and tell FELIX what you think.

And as for J J Stuart of Maths 1, write on!

MIKE WILLIAMS

Mutters Arising

The Haldane Library and

the Union

D i d you know that the Union s u p p l i e s the c a s h for the buy ing of " f i l e under p o p u l a r " records and f i c t i ona l recrea t iona l books? You d id not — oh dear! Well we do and so the moral of the story i s — if you want a par t i cu la r p i ece of p l a s t i c , f i l l in the request form wh i ch is a v a i l a b l e in the L i b ra r y . That i s the only way that our book and record buyers can f ind out what you want .

Xmas Hall Dinner

T h i s mad ex t ravaganza w i l l take p lace on Tuesday 9th December . It is a D J affair and for a mere £2.55, a f i ve course s p e c i a l can be yours . Forms are a v a i l a b l e form J e n or Pat in the Un ion of f ice and it i s f i rs t come f i rst serve ! Oh y e s ! You w i l l be l imi ted to nine gues ts , so try not to br ing the whole family a l ong ; jus t your father 's s i d e .

Floor reps

There i s a ce r ta in motley crew who are supposed to represent the v i ews of the F l oo r at C o u n c i l , U G M ' s e t c . T h i s ooes not mean that they represent the maintenance department, but that if any o j " o r d i n a r y " (horr ible word) members feel that something should be d i s c u s s e d , the F l o o r rep, hav ing no spec i f i ed f i e ld o l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , shou ld be the person to r a i s e that top ic w i t h . They can then take it further if necessa ry . T h i s y ea r ' s e l i t e are : -

UGM

T h i s takes p l ace next Thursday and our de legates to NUS conference must be e lec ted at th i s meet ing . Mot ions going to conference , e s p e c i a l l y those wi th amend­ments tab led by IC a l s o have to be d i s c u s s e d .

A s s u m i n g that- I can stagger through the rest of Rag Week, I hope that I w i l l see you at the U G M — ei ther that, or send me a wrea th .

John

T O U C H S T O N E

Can we afford our

Architectural Heritage?

Guest speaker :

R.W. M c D o w a l l

on the

29th and 30th November

at

S i lwood P a r k .

Those interested In go ing

p l ease forward your name

to M i s s H i l a r y B u r g e s s in

Sher f i e ld 5 4 6 B . Int. 4180 .

6 F E L I X

IC amendments to N U S Motions Doe <o lack of time and space, it has only been possible

to print three key motions which ICUdeem of high importance.

However, all amendments tabled by ICU are listed below.

L a s t Wednesday, an open meet ing of the Un ion Ex t e rna l A f f a i r s Commit tee was he ld to d i s c u s s amendments for the N U S Autumn con fe rence . A t t endence was rather d i s appo i n t i n g , but s i x amendments were produced and most of the mot ions d i s c u s s e d . Thes e amendments have now gone to the N U S .

Nominat ion papers for conference de legates (and for Un i on posts ) are on the no t i c e board in the Un i on Lower Lounge . I urge you to s tand ; and if you are interested in at tending con fe rences , of wh i ch there are many, or in l ook ing after r e l a t i ons between IC and other c o l l e g e s , I suggest you s tand for the Ex t e rna l A f f a i r s Commit tee . A t present , we are e s p e c i a l l y in need of a secre tary , a p u b l i c i t y o f f i cer and pub l i c r e l a t i ons (press) o f f i cer .

Fo r those of you who do not a l ready know, there are two genera l conferences organ ised by N U S every year , w h i c h determine the p o l i c i e s o f the Un i on for that year . Another conference of interest i s the U n i v e r s i t i e s sec to ra l conference , w h i c h w i l l be he ld in January .

The f o l l ow ing mot ions w i l l be d i s c u s s e d , t ime permit t ing , at the U G M next week: -

Amendments (1) Mot ion 110 to be put as an amendment wi th 111 (NUS Cons t i tu t i on ) ; De l e t e conference a f f i rms: " w h i c h i s b e s t . . . " to e n d . A d d under conference r e so l v e s that

(i) C O ' s shou ld e l ec t de l ega tes to Na t i ona l Con fe rence from a general meet ing of the Un i on in order to ensure representat ive de l ega tes ; (ii) d i s c u s s i o n at some leve l on the content of N U S Na t i ona l Conference agenda shou ld inc lude the w ides t p o s s i b l d numbers w i t h i n the C O . A l l s tudents shou ld be inv i t ed to present mot ions and amendments preferably at a U G M .

(2) Mot ion 119 (Overseas Students) to add our support . (3) Mot ion 125 part 1 (Consp i racy Laws ) de le te i n s t ruc t i ons (3) from " t o d i s t r i b u t e " to " a n d " change " a n y b o d y " to " a n y s t u d e n t s "

(4) Mot ion 131 (Grants and E d u c a t i o n Cu ts ) add under s e c t i o n A .

18. The paper from I L E A ind i ca t ing m a s s i v e cu ts in the

number of Ove r seas s tudents a l l owed into London C o l l e g e s .

add under Ins t ruct ions

17 A n d to oppose c u t b a c k s in the numbers of ove rseas

s tudents .

(5) Mot ion 136 De l e t e a l l and insert Conference notes

(i) That in the referendum of 1973 a large majority of the

people of Northern Ire land voted to remain in the U K .

Conference be l i e v e s (1) That a s long as the majority of people in Northern Ireland want to remain part of the U K , then Northern Ireland shou ld remain s o . (2) That as long as Northern Ireland remains a part of the U K , the B r i t i s h Government is under an ob l i ga t i on to defend i t .

(3) That no support shou ld be extended by the N U S to to terror ism in the U K whether committed by l o ya l i s t or R e p u b l i c a n organ isa t ions or i n d i v i d u a l s .

(6) Mot ion (NUSS) add after " t h a t s choo l s t u d e n t s " , " o v e r the

age of s i x t e en y e a r s " de le te conference b e l i e v e s 1 and 5 under conference b e l i e v s 6, de l te " n o n - a c a d e m i c .. c o m m u n i t y " .

D o n ' t M i s s The

T i z a r d

Fa i r g r ound Par ty

D i s c o , F i l m s , Bar , E t c * » * *

On F r i d a y 21st Nov . at 8.00pm

T i c k e t s (40p) at the door.

WANTED

E d i t o r s are urgent ly required for the IO Un i on Handbook and D iary for 1375/76. P l e a s e contac t John Downs in the U n i o n .

E R R O R

The C r o s s Country report was m i s t aken l y t i t l ed the Rugby report.

P o l i c y H e a d i n g NUS D e m o c r a c y a n d A u t o n o m y

1 0 . T a b l e d b y S t r a t h c l y d e a n d E d i n b u r g h U n i v e r s i t i e s

C o n f e r e n c e n o t e s :

i ) ' t h a t NUS i s a f e d e r a l b o d y w i t h i n w h i c h e a c h CO i s a n a u t o n o m o u s u n i t .

i i ) t h a t t h e b o d y e l e c t e d t o i m p l e m e n t n a t i o n a l p o l i c y d e c i d e d b y COs i s t h e E x e c u t i v e a n d t h a t t h i s

i s a c c o u n t a b l e t o N a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e f o r a l l i t d o e s .

i i i ) t h e b e g i n n i n g o f a n o r c h e s t r a t e d a t t a c k o n SU f u n d i n g b y g o v e r n m e n t b o t h a s p a r t o f e d u c a t i o n

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

i v ) t h a t t h i s a t t a c k i s b e i n g c o m p l e m e n t e d a n d made c r e d i b l e b y a c c u s a t i o n s f r o m some q u a r t e r s t h a t

u n i o n s " m i s — s p e n d " m o n e y , b e c a u s e t h e y a r e u n d e m c o r a t i c .

C o n f e r e n c e b e l i e v e s :

i ) t h a t d i r e c t d e m o c r a c y i s t h e s t r e n g t h o f NUS i n t h a t i t i s p a r t i c i p a t o r y a n d e n c o u r a g e s t h e

maximum i n v o l v e m e n t o f m e m b e r s h i p i n m o s t c a s e s .

i i ) t h e s i g n i f i c a n t g a i n s that h a v e b e e n made o v e r t h e p a s t f i v e y e a r s a r e a r e s u l t o f NUS a c t i v e l y

c a m p a i g n i n g o n t h i s b a s i s .

i i i ) t h a t a t n a t i o n a l l e v e l , i n m o s t c a s e s u n i o n GMs a r e t h e s o v e r e i g n b o d y o f t h e u n i o n , a n d t h a t

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

n e s s a n d a r e t h e m a r k o f a d e m o c r a t i c u n i o n .

i v ) t h a t a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a t i o n and i n v o l v e m e n t a r e e s s e n t i a l i f s t u d e n t s a r e t o be s u c c e s s f u l i n t h e

c a m p a i g n s w h i c h h a v e j u s t b e e n l a u n c h e d .

v ) t h e NUS i s o n e o f t h e m o s t d e m o c r a t i c e o r g a n i s a t i o n s o f i t s k i n d .

C o n f e r e n c e a f f i r m s :

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

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

i i ) i t s o p p o s i t i o n t o m e t h o d s w h i c h s e e k t o b y — p a s s mass i n v o l v e m e n t a n d w h i c h r e s u l t i n b u r e a u c r a c y

a n d c a r e e r i s m i n u n i o n a f f a i r s .

i i i ) i t s c o m m i t m e n t to two n a t i o n a l d e l e g a t e c o n f e r e n c e s a y e a r i n o r d e r t o i n s t r u c t a n d c o n t r o l

t h e E x e c u t i v e .

C o n f e r e n c e c a t e g o r i c a l l y d e c l a r e s : t h a t i n t h e f i g h t t o o p p o s e c u t b a c k s i n t h e a t t a c k s o n u n i o n

f i n a n c e , t h e t r a d i t i o n s o f d i r e c t i n v o l v e m e n t i n d e c i s i o n m a k i n g a n d a c t i o n w i l l be t h e c r i t i c a l

f a c t o r .

M U X 6a

D e l e t e p a r a g r a p h ( b ) o f C l a u s e 21B (4) a n d i n e r t :

" I f t h e v a c a n c y s h o u l d o c c u r a f t e r t h e b e g i n n i n g o f O r d i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e , b u t b e f o r e t h e E x e c u t i v e

c h a n g e o v e r a t t h e end o f t h e O r d i n a r y ( I n f e r e n c e , i t s h a l l be f i l l e d b y t h e p e r s o n who a t t h e

e l e c t i o n was e l e c t e d t o t h a t p o s i t i o n b u t who h a s n o t y e t t a k e n o f f i c e . A p e r s o n so c o - o p t e d s h a l l

become a f u l l member o f t h e E x e c u t i v e " .

I n C l a u s e 2 3 ( 2 ) i n s e r t a f t e r ' e l e c t i o n s ' i n t h e t h i r d l i n e ' T h e r e g u l a t i o n s g o v e r n i n g N a t i o n a l B a l l o t i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h C l a u s e 2 1 A ( i ) a l t h o u g h c o n t a i n e d i n t h e e l e c t i o n r e g u l a t i o n s , s h a l l be s u b j e c t t o c h a n g e o n l y i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h C l a u s e j6 n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f C l a u s e 34".

3 . T h a t t h e E x e c u t i v e e l e c t i o n s s h a l l f i r s t t a k e p l a c e i n M a r c h 1977.

C o n f e r e n c e i n s t r u c t s :

1 . E l e c t i o n s C o m m i t t e e : to d r a f t a p p r o p r i a t e r e g u l a t i o n s a n d s t a n d i n g o r d e r s t o p r o v i d e f o r t h e f o l l o w i n g :

a ) A s e c r e t b a l l o t o f O r d i n a r y members o f t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n , i n t h e same manne r as t h e N . U . M .

p i t h e a d b a l l o t .

b ) The d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d c i r c u l a t i o n o f e l e c t o r a l i n f o r m a t i o n a n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n .

c ) A s y s t e m o f r e t u r n i n g o f f i c e r s a n d a n a t i o n a l c o u n t t o be a r r a n g e d a n d a p p r o v e d b y t h e E l e c t o r a l R e f o r m S o c i e t y .

d ) A f o r m a l D e c l a r a t i o n i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h C l a u s e 21A o f t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n .

Amendment 1

T a b l e d b y S t J o h n ' s C o l l e g e O c f o r d

D e l e t e a l l a n d i n s e r t :

" C o n f e r e n c e r e s o l v e s t o a d d a t t h e end o f C l a u s e 21A (1) o f t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n t h e f o l l o w i n g : ' T h e E l e c t i o n s f o r t h e E x e c u t i v e O f f i c e r s s p e c i f i e d i n P a r a g r a p h s ( a ) , ( b ) a n d ( c ) s h a l l n o t t a k e p l a c e u n t i l a l l r e p o r t s t o t h e C o n f e r e n c e h a v e b e e n f o r m a l l y a d o p t e d o r d e a l t w i t h u n d e r S t a n d i n g O r d e r 4 0 ( i ) ( a ) , ( b ) , ( c ) o r ( d ) . "

Amendment 2

T a b l e d b y B r u n e i U n i v e r s i t y

A d d :

C o n f e r e n c e r oves j

1. NUS i s ft>r t h e b e n e f i t o f M e m b e r s .

2 . The b a s i c b r e a k d o w n o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n NUS a n d i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t s .

3 . T h e M i n o r i t y R e p o r t o n t h e S t r u c t u r e o f t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n w h i c h was s u b m i t t e d t o M a r g a t e C o n f e r e n c e 1974 a n d i n p a r t i c u l a r t h e w o r d s :

"No p o l i t i c a l g r o u p i n g s h e u l d b e s c a r e d o f m a k i n g t h e s t r u c t u r e more r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , i f t h e y a r e i t r e f l e c t s a f e a r t h a t t h e c u r r e n t p o s i t i o n i s u n r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f e x i s t i n g s t u d e n t . o p i n i o n a n d f e a r o f

a n i n a b i l i t y t o w i n s t u d e n t s t o a p o l i t i c a l p o s i t i o n " .

4 . T h a t e l e c t i o n s t o t h e E x e c u t i v e a r e c a r r i e d o u t o n a d e l e g a t e b a s i s r a t h e r t h a n on a c a r d v o t e b a s i s .

5 . T h a t many d e l e g a t e s f r o m COs t o C o n f e r e n c e a r e n o t e l e c t e d i n a s e c r e t b a l l o t o p e n t o a l l members o f t h e C O s .

6 . T h a t i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t members o f NUS c a n n o t p a r t i c i p a t e d i r e c t l y i n t h e e l e c t i o n o f t h e NUS E x e c u t i v e .

C o n f e r e n c e b e l i e v e s :

1. T h a t w h i l e C o n s t i t u e n t O r g a n i a t i o n s h a v e b e e n t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l m e m b e r s h i p o f N U S , i t i a t i m e t o r e c o g n i s e t h e r e a l i t y o f t h e f a c t t h a t i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t s a r e t h e p r o p e r m e m b e r s h i p o f N U S .

2 . T h a t a n y t a l k o f d e m o c r a c y i n C o l l e g e s t h r o u g h S t u d e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i o n on A c a d e m i c B o a r d s a n d G o v e r n o r s ' B o a r d s i s made n o n s e n s i c a l a s i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t s h a v e no d i r e c t way o f e l e c t i n g t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t s t u d e n t C o m m i t t e e o f a l l - t h e NUS E x e c u t i v e .

3 . T h a t t h e m a j o r i t y o f i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t s h a v e no c o n f i d e n c e i n t h e p r e s e n t s t r u c t u r e o f t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n .

4. T h a t t h e E x e c u t i v e a s p r e s e n t l y c o n s t i t u t e d d o e s n o t r e p r e s e n t t h e r e a l o p i n i o n s o f i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t s .

5 . T h a t d i r e c t d e m o c r a c y w o u l d s t r e n g t h e n NUS a n d d i r e c t e l e c t i o n s o f t h e E x e c u t i v e w o u l d e n ­c o u r a g e more i n v o l v e m e n t o f t h e M e m b e r s h i p i n t h e p r o c e s s o f d e c i s i o n m a k i n g i n t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n .

6 . T h a t a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a t i o n a n d i n v o l v e m e n t a r e e s s e n t i a l i f s t u d e n t s a r e t o be s u c c e s s f u l i n p r e ­s e r v i n g t h e i r r i g h t s and t h a t t h i s i s b e a * s e r v e d b y a l l d e l e g a t e s b i i n g d i r e c t l y e l e c t e d b y a l l members o f C o n s t i t u e n t O r g a n i s a t i o n .

7. T h a t NTS i s o n e o f t h e m o s t b u r e a u c r a t i c o r g a n i s a t i o n o f i t s k i n d a n d t h a t t a k i n g o f f i c e i n

NUS i s r e g a r d e d b y many a s a s tep t o w a r d s a p o l i t i c a l c a r e e r .

8 . T h a t t h e o n l y way f o r w a r d f o r t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n i s t o h a v e a l l t h e E x e c u t i v e e l e c t e d i n a s e c r e t b a l l o t cpen t o a l l i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t members o f t h e N U S .

FELIX 1

P o l i c y H e a d i n g : O v e r s e a s S t u d e n t s

119 T a b l e d by NUS E x e c u t i v e S o u t h Dank P o l y t c h n i c , B r a d f o r d and P a t h U n i v e r s i t i e s

C o n f e r e n c e n o t e s :

1. The a l a r m i n g i n c r e a s e i n d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s a s e x e m p l i f i e d b y

a ) t h e r e c e n t i n c r e a s e i n t u i t i o n f e e s .

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

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

c ) t h e w i d e n i n g d i f f e r e n t i a l b e t w e e n h o s t e l f e e s f o r 'home s t u d e n t s ' a n d

o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s .

2 . The R e p o r t o f t h e CVCP S t u d y G r o u p on P o s t g r a d u a t e E d u c a t i o n .

3. The I L E A d o c u m e n t w h i c h p r o p o s e s t h a t t h e n u m b e r o f o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s i n I L E A c o l l e g e s be

d r a s t i c a l l y r e d u c e d , a n d t h a t t h i s w o u l d mean t h e c l o s u r e o f a t l e a s t one c o l l e g e , o r s e v e r a l

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

k. The r e c e n t p a p e r o f 135/75 S t a n d i n g A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e f o r F u r t h e r E d u c a t i o n C o n f e r e n c e r e a f f i r m s

i t s o p p o s i t i o n t o <i I s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s .

C o n f e r e n c e b e l i e v e s t h a t :

1. The p r e s e n t a t t a c k s c o n s t i t u t e a d e l i b e r a t e a n d s y s t e m a t i c a t t e m p t t o e x c l u d e f r o m p o s t - s c h o o l

e d u c a t i o n , o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s who a r e n o t p r i v a t e l y w e a l t h y o r b a c k e d by G o v e r n m e n t o r b u s i n e s s -

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

e l i t e i n t h o s e c o u n t r i e s .

2 . T h a t t h e s e a t t a c k s a r e a r e f l e c t i o n o f t h e way i n w h i c h t h e g r a n t s s y s t e m a n d t h e c u t s i n

e d u c a t i o n a l e x p e n d i t u r e a r e r e s t r i c t i n g e d u c a t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t y i n B r i t a i n .

3. T h a t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s a r e b e i n g a t t a c k e d b e c a u s e t h e i r i s o l a t i o n a n d t h e r e s t r i c t i o n s on t h e i r

a c t i v i t i e s make i t d i f f i c u l t f o r them t o wage a c a m p a i g n ; a n d t h a t t h e s e a t t a c k s a r e o n l y p r e c u r s o r s

t o a t t a c k s on the r e s t o f t h e s t u d e n t b o d y .

k. T h a t t h e I L E A p r o p o s a l s d e m o n s t r a t e t h e n e e d f o r u n i t y b e t w e e n s t u d e n t s , b e c a u s e d i s c r i m i n a t i o n

a g a i n s t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s d i r e c t l y a f f e c t s home s t u d e n t s .

C o n f e r e n c e f u r t h e r b e l i e v e s t h a t :

1. The p r e s e n c e o f o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s i n B r i t a i n i s a p a r t i c u l a r l y v a l u a b l e f o r m o f o v e r s e a s a i d ;

and t h a t t h a t n i d s h o u l d be a v a i l a b l e t o a l l s e c t i o n s o f s o c i e t y i n t h o s e c o u n t r i e s , n o t j u s t t h o s e

w i t h w e a l t h and i n f l u e n c e ; t h a t f u r t h e r d i s c r i m i n a t i o n o n l y r e s t r i c t s o p p o r t u n i t y more a n d more t o

t h e w e a l t h y .

2 . T h a t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s c o n t r i b u t e s i g n i f i c a n t l y t o t h e b r o a d e n i n g o f t h e e x p e r i e n c e s o f B r i t i s h

s t u d e n t s and t o t h e b u i l d i n g o f a m u l t i - c u l t u r a l s o c i e t y i n B r i t a i n .

3. T h a t t h e G o v e r n m e n t ' s p r o m i s e i n t h e 1 9 7 5 W h i t e P a g e on R a c i a l D i s c r i m i n a t i o n t h a t t h e r e s h o u l d

be no d i s c r i m i n a t i o n i n e d u c a t i o n s h o u l d be a d h e r e d t o c o m p l e t e l y , i e t h a t d i s c r i m i n a t i o n i n t u i t i o n

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

C o n f e r e n c e c a l l s o n t h e G o v e r n m e n t t o a d h e r e t o t h e s p i r i t a n d p r o v i s i o n s o f t h e W h i t e P a p e r

a n d t o end d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s .

C o n f e r e n c e condemns t h e v i e w t h a t t h e s h o r t a g e o f f i n a n c e i n e d u c a t i o n c a n be i n a n y way s o l v e d b y

m a k i n g s t u d e n t s p a y f o r t h a t s h o r t a g e , w h e t h e r t h r o u g h d i s c r i m i n a t o r y f e e s o r a n y o t h e r m a n n e r ; n o r

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

I n s t r u e t i o n s :

E x e c u t i v e t o c o - o p e r a t e w i t h CCOSO, NCCL a n d JCWI t o f o r c e t h e g o v e r n m e n t t6 i m p l e m e n t the

p r o p o s a l s o f t h e W h i t e P a p e r .

C O s , A r e a s t o o p p o s e f u r t h e r f e e i n c r e a s e s i n t u i t i o n o r h o s t e l c h a r g e s ;

AMENDMENT 1 T a b l e d b y B r a d f o r d a n d B a t h U n i o n

I n s t r u c t i o n s t o NUS

1 . to c a l l a d a y o f a c t i o n o n o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s .

2 . to c o - o r d i n a t e a n a t i o n a l c a m p a i g n t o a c t i v e l y o p p o s e t h e d i s c r i m i n a t o r y p o l i c y on d i f f e r e n t i a l

fees.

I n s t r u c t i o n s t o C P s

1 . oppose d i s c r i m i n a t o r y f e e s i n t h e i r i n s t i t u t i o n .

__2_^__BU2pojrt_the_NVS_day o f a c t i o n .

Wardenship of the

Hamlet and Cambridge Gardens Flats. The present Warden of the Hamlet and Cambr idge

Gardens Head Tenancy Scheme i s r e s i gn ing w i t h ef fect from 31s t December 1975.

A p p l i c a t i o n s are Invited from students of the C o l l e g e to f i l l the pos i t i on w i th ef fect .from 1st January 1976.

The s u c c e s s f u l app l i c an t w i l l be a married postgraduate , who has been a student at the C o l l e g e for about a year . He shou ld have some exper i ence of hand l ing s tudent a f f a i r s , and be l i k e l y to be at IC for another two y ea r s .

Rent- free accommodat ion, and a n enterta inments a l l o w ­ance .

A p p l i c a t i o n forms are a v a i l a b l e from the Un ion O f f i c e , and the Res i d ence O f f i c e . A p p l i c a t i o n s w i l l c l o s e on 20th November 1975.

From 25 years ago... From FELIX issue no. 12, 3rd Nov. 1950

22nd October 1950

S i r , — In acco rdance w i th your inv i t a t i on for mod i f i ca t i on of the form for the letter home, may I suggest that the phrase ' your er r ing s o n ' be changed to 'your err ing son/daughter ' .

A f ter a l l , there are at l east 42 daughters in the C o l l e g e at the moment a n d the i r in terests shou ld not be neg l e c t ed . Your s f a i th fu l l y , N Raged . ( ICWA) (Hear, hear! A n d if M i s s Raged w i l l let me have her 'phone number, I w i l l s ee that her in teres ts are not neg l ec ted - Ed )

m i x

Utfan to tfai EMfoi T h e F u t u r e

S i r , — F r i d a y even ing shou ld have been res t fu l , but then I read L o r d R o t h s c h i l d ' s speech in F E L I X 400 !

The k indes t d e s c r i p t i ons of it wou ld be " s i l l y " , or " c h i l d i s h " , or perhaps " n a i v e " . But can one app ly such terms, wi thout c ensure , to the pub l i c pronouncements of s o important a f igure in our es tab l i shment? I think not. F o r it Is t roubl ing to suspec t such l im i t ed awareness in a man Of in f luence . Le t me summar ise my reac t i ons .

" T h e F u t u r e " ( t i t le of the speech) i s a matter not just of in teres t , a s it has a lways been, but of profound and fundamental concern on the part of a great many people . The prospects for humanity , or indeed the b iosphere , seem bleak indeed, and a speech w h i c h fa i l ed to in ject humour or compass i on into the subjec t might at least have afforded it a more s e r i o u s a n d m a t u r e c ons i d e r a t i on . A s it was we were presented wi th var ious t echnocra t i c oddments, real imag ined, such as " e x t a s i n " , a p l easure drug, or (another travesty of a se r i ous matter) a dabb le J n the imp l i ca t i ons of genet ic eng ineer ing .

The major " f o c u s " seemed to be populat ion growth. Whi le I am no great expert on th i s sub jec t , I d id par t i c ipa te In the World Popu l a t i on Conference in Buchares t last year, and i n s e v e r a l p r e c e d i n g conferences on popula t ion , and I would at least c l a i m to be f ami l i a r w i th the works of experts in th i s f i e l d , as w e l l as w i th the fee l ings of a c t i v i s t s in o rgan i sa t i ons concerned wi th populat ion phenomena in B r i t a i n and abroad. From th i s v i ewpo int , Lord R o t h s c h i l d ' s words

seem nothing short of c r a s s . P roduc ing and car ing for

ch i l d r en i s a most int imate and prec i ous part of human l i f e , and the problems of growth and d i s t r i bu t i on of the tota l popula t ion i s not helped or c l a r i f i e d by dehumanis ing it through absurd and emot ive ex t rapo la t i ons of growth rates .

T H E C H i e r ErvfG-lMEEft. 6 E A M S

C « P T N . C O R K t D O C • D C A A / N

T O A M E W "j ,'| ••

j p L f t N r r . . . . j^$/7J; T H f t T DKuKJUEK)',

In fact I wou ld asser t that the " n u m b e r s " approach i s bankrupt, both moral ly and as a . he lp in de f in ing what Is meant by a popu la t i on problem, or even " t h e " popula t ion problem.

The rest of my reac t i ons form a rag-bag of a set that seems f in i te but unbounded: the s p e c i o u s beg inning — "The most important members

of this audience have only

recently started their adult

lives"; the pompous vacu i t y — eg "...the H-bomb, which,

incidentally, I predict will

not intentionally be used in

your lifetime" - w h e w ! ,

thanks Lo rd R, and to th ink S'd been worry ing about it a l l th i s t ime! ; and so it goes on — these ex t rac t s are just from the f i r s t two paragraphs.

May I f i n i s h on the good L o r d ' s l e v e l , by s p e c u l a t i n g that he 'd taken a drug wh i ch he forgot to ment ion: " N o n s i n " , the e f fects of wh i ch are revea led by the s p e e c h . The ques t i on Is, shou ld it be banned?

Yours s i n c e r e l y ,

J O H N S H A D E ,

P h y s i c s P G

Si r , — A number of people seem to enter ta in the idea that a s o lu t i on to the w o - i d ' s populat ion problem l i e s in the export of people to somewhere off th i s p lanet .

I was very g lad t o see that Lord R o t h s c h i l d in h i s Commemorat ion day speech , The Fu ture , pr inted in F E L I X i s s u e . no. 400'., s t rong ly ind ica ted the absurd i ty of t h i s not ion , at least for a long t ime to come. I would l i ke to dr ive the point home w i th some s imp le c a l c u l a t i o n s .

Le t us be very op t im i s t i c and suppose that the. growth of the present wo r l d ' s popula t ion of around 4000 m i l l i o n i s reduced to 1% per year . That means 40 m i l l i o n , yes forty mi i I i on , new peop le . In one year . That means 110 thousand a day or about 4600 chaps and chapet tes born every hour.

Try get t ing r id of that lot; i t ' s some l o g i s t i c a l

prob lem! !

Yours f a i th fu l l y ,

DORI S C H M E T T E R L I N G . Dept of C h e m i s t r y .

C l e a n i n g Sir , — S ince Peter Teague is awa i t ing a reac t i on to h i s co lumn of the 7th of November: here it i s . r

Hav ing c o l l e c t e d a s many op in i ons as p o s s i b l e on the ha l l of r es idence matter, I feel that most s tudents would be qu i t e happy hav ing their rooms c l eaned only once a week and making their own beds , pr<«.'iding th i s would cut the cos t of r es idence . The p r i c es pa id in our h a l l s are not h igh by London s tandards ; but it seems a pity to waste money on a funct ion w h i c h i s la rge ly unnecessary , ins tead of leav ing it in the s tuden ts ' pocket .

Yours f a i th fu l l y ,

1st year,

D i v i s i o n of L i f e S c i e n c e

S i r , — I am wr i t ing in response to Pe t e r T eague ' s a r t i c l e in F E L I X No . 400 regarding the effect the c l e a n i n g s ta f f ' s wages have on ha l l b i l l s .

It . seems to me that one c l eaner per landing i s a luxury most s tudents cannot af ford. I wou ld suggest one c l eaner per s t a i r c a s e per h a l l , thus cu t t ing the c l eane rs and the i r wage b i l l to a th ird at a s t r oke . The c l eane r s dut i es shou ld be reduced to p o l i s h i n g or^hoover ing the f loor of each of the three landings once a week. The three se ts of t o i l e t s , shower and bath wou ld s t i l l be c l eaned d a i l y as at present . The c l eane rs cou ld a l s o c o l l e c t up d ir ty l inen and d i s t r i bu te the c l ean ones .

Students wou ld then dust the i r rooms, c l e a n their s i n k s , and make the i r own beds . Once a week, d i r ty l inen shou ld be left fo lded on the corners of the bed ready for c o l l e c t i o n by the c l e a n e r s . The s tudents wou ld then remake the i r beds wi th the c l ean l i n en .

I do not think tha ' anv of

the above sugges t i ons would

e i ther take mu6h effort or take

up much of the s tuden ts ' t ime,

nor wou ld the work load of the

s t a i r c a s e c l eaner by any

greater than that of e i ther of

the present land ing c l e a n e r s .

Your s s i n c e r e l y ,

R S L W I L K S .

316 Fa lmouth H a l l ,

B a r pr ices S i r , — It i s w i th some concern that I note that the bar pr i ces are about to be Increased once aga in .

Over the past two years we have s een a steady e ros i on in the pr ice d i f f e rent ia l between the C o l l e g e B a r s and l o c a l P u b l i c H o u s e s . T h i s la tes t p r i ce r i s e has produced the s i t u a t i o n whereby th i s d i f f e rent ia l has become neg l i g i b l e or even in some c a s e s , non-ex is tent . In an effort to max imise prof i ts and thus offset any refectory de f i c i t , the B a r Commit tee have opted for the I ay mans way out, m i s s i n g the point that p r i c es and turnover are in ter - re la ted . It i s by no means c e r t a in that higher p r i c es w i l l produce a higher prof i t . Indeed s a l e s are a I r e a d y d o w n o n t h e corresponding per iod last s e s s i o n . Students w i l l no longer t rave l Into C o l l e g e for a dr ink on the bas i s of pr i ce a l one .

It i s a l s o t ime to point out that the large -number of ou t s ide book ings go ing through the C o l l e g e enjoy the pr i v i l ege of d r i n k i n g at 'the normal IC ra tes . Sure ly if the prof i ts are to be Increased then the non-C o l l e g e persons u t i l i s i n g the bars shou ld be c a l l e d upon to pay a r e a l i s t i c pr ice after d inner s e r v i c e s .

I wou ld urge the Bar Commit tee , and e s p e c i a l l y the student representa t i ves to recons jder the p r i c ing p o l i c i e s By l ook ing for Increased prof i ts from the s tudents they are In danger of k i l l i n g the bars and turning last y ea r ' s

sma l l profit Into a l o s s .

I remain S i r , your obedient servant ,

K E I T H N A H L E R S Pres iden t C & G U .

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Reviews Concerts

Stackridge and Sparrow in the Great

Hall

After the Lo rd Mayor ' s Show comes

. . .S tackr idge .

B i d ad i eu to the S tackr idge of o ld . L a s t Sa turday ' s g ig in the Great H a l l saw a mish-mash of the o ld and the new. The s a y i n g " Y o u can teach an o ld dog new t r i c k s " sprang to my mind hal fway through their set — it seemed appropriate

t the t ime . A l l th i s was a p i ty , as the support band, a ch i rpy l i t t l e outf it c a l l e d " S p a r r o w " , had done enough to set the scene for a r ea l l y as t ra l (one up on cosmic ) concer t .

Sparrow are a use ful f ive man band who are obv i ous l y never go ing to make it b i g , but w i l l a iways go down w e l l in c l u b s or as support a c t s . The i r act i s a l i t t l e too po l i shed , and they had an annoy ing habit of a l l go ing " d o o - w a h " at the end of a number-ugh! M u s i c a l l y they showed tremendous v e r s a t i l i t y — the lead gu i ta r i s t can " r e a l l y lay down some mean t r a c k s , m a n " (from the row behind me).

They sound l ike an up-dated Barron

Kn igh ts - what do you mean, who ' s

Barron K n i g h t s ? They d id s i ng some of

their own compos i t i ons a n d one c a l l e d

" O D o c t o r " , wh i ch i s out now and

" b u d d l i n g in the 2 0 0 ' s " , was very

en joyab le . One of the h i gh l i gh t s of the even ing

was the i r rendi t ion of some Beach B o y s me lod ies wh i ch they d id w i th marve lous harmonisa t i on . They ended the set wi th a medley of " o l d i e s but g o o d i e s " wh ich had a stomping f i n i s h . T n i s had the aud ience c lamour ing for more and so we had an encore ! " G r e a t " , I thought. O b v i o u s l y the band were e i ther under orders to get off qu i ck and stop hogging the l ime l i gh t , or they only new one other song , e i ther way it was unfortunate that we were subjected to a t ruly nausea t ing p iece dat ing from those sugary days of the a l l - A m e r i c a n k id c a l l e d " G r a d u a t i o n D a y " . T h i s i s de f in i t e l y not one for l i s t en i ng to - to quote the lady(? ) on my right, " I t ' s the M ike Summers S i n g e r s " . None the l e s s , a good set from Sparrow.

A n d so the S t a c k r i d g e " . H a v i n g done my best to get high on Swan lager ( Aus t r a l i an goats p iddle ) , I sat back, g i rd led my l o i n s , and wa i t ed to be zonked out.

The Band , o v e r a l l , were too loud, and seemed to f a l l into the t rap w h i c h so many " b i g " bands do . The assumpt ion that everyone in the aud ience knows the words to the songs and that, therefore, we do not have to hear them at the

concer t . T h i s i s i n v a l i d , e s p e c i a l l y in a t ime of h igh in f la t ion — that Is, when records are bloody e xpens i v e . We cou ld hear everyword of Sparrow 's se t . Not so w i th S tack r idge .

Beyond th is general comment, their o ld songs , l ight-hearted " s o f t " rock, were great. " F i s h in a G l a s s " featured some love ly sax p l ay ing w h i l e " G o o d L o o k i n g " had most people tapping

their feet l i ght ly on the f loor. The i r mus i ca l p i eces were in teres t ing — not be ing v o c a l , one d id not have to try and p i ck up the words .

" S l a t e r ' s W a l t z " began with a quiet p iano so l o , then gradual ly in came sax , guitar and me l lo t ron . A l l in a l l , qui te b rea th tak ing . On the other hand, " C o n i s t o n W a t e r " , in w h i c h we were asked to v i s u a l i s e " t h e waves lapping on the s h o r e " , the trees in the w i n d " , and a tramp hav ing * * • * , was a f a i l u r e .

P i n k F l o y d play th is sort of stuff some what better, and borrowing some of t h e - r i f t s from C r i m s o n ' s " " L i z a r d " did not ' e xac t l y endear itself- to yours t ru ly . The encore was- a rous i i f g v e r s i on of " Y o u r Mother Should K n o w " . More l i k e it wou ld have been apprec ia t ed .

On the who le then, Sparrow p layed w e l l — Stackr idge were a l s o present .

Records Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run" (C

Before putt ing record to turntable , B ruce Spr ingsteen was just an Amer i can songsmi th to me who, by a l l a c coun ts , had the prospect of a big future as the re­v i t a l i s e d s u c c e s s o r to D y l a n . He was s i gned to C B S by John Hammond who introduced such a r t i s t s as B i l l i e Ho l i day Bob D y l a n , and A re tha F r a n k l i n to the mus i c p u b l i c , so if past exper i ence and present expendi ture on the promotion of Spr ingsteen is anyth ing to go by, great th ings are expected in the next few yea r s .

Once, in the grooves , the i n i t i a l impact are the raspy voca l s - a mixture of Roger Chapman, Joe C o c k e r and at t imes L e e Marv in ; if a su f f i c i en t l y - e f f i c i en t gro in-squeezer c o u l d be produced . The opening track, " Thunder road" resembles the ear ly ' L i t t l e F e a t ' product — s imple t ruck ing mus i c w i th p r im i t i v e beat and . l ight, Tonky p iano - No f r i l l s . I t 's q u i c k l y apparent that whatever strength the songs have l i e s in the l y r i c s rather

than the mus i c , wh i ch remains r e la t i ve l y pedestr ian throughout the a lbum apart from the o c c a s i o n a l sax or p iano f i l l e r . The l y r i c s on the other hand, much in the D y l a n mould, are strong and we l l - ba l anced to carry ac ross the intended punk/street l i fe ambience w i th maximum c l a r i t y and force.

At f i rst there seems strong ev idence to suggest that Roy B i t t a n is the f i rst fu l ly programmable keyboards p layer , s o monotonous is h i s contr ibut ion for the bu lk of the record , but l i fe seems ev ident when he very o c c a s s i o n a l ly s teps outs ide the beat . Indeed the best moments are c o n s i s t e n t l y the f i rst few bars of each t rack, where some scope i s provided for invent ion before the a l l - c onsuming beat moves in to render inac t i ve any pos s i b l e f inesse that might germinate .

"Blackstreets" a l ready V» into s i d e 1, prov ides the f i rs t punch of the a lbum, w i th l i n es spat rather than sung , and a

p i an i s t who f i na l l y s tar ts to p lay . T h i s i s f o l l owed , on s i d e 2, by the t i t l e - t rack and current s i n g l e but remains the same o ld story - good l y r i c s , mediocre m u s i c . The f i rs t taste to appear does s o pa in fu l ly late on "Meeting across the river", where a

softer, more complete song , f i l l e d w i th imag inat ive m u s i c i a n s h i p emerges, car r i ed a l ong on a wave of p iano and gui tar . F o r super ior qua l i t y than the rant ings of prev ious numbers ."Jungle-land", the c l o s e r , i s a l s o impress i ve — f ine l y r i c s wejdad to a subs tan t i a l rocker prov id ing the best sax so l o of the se t .

"Born to run" is an a lbum of e voca t i v e , pungent l y r i c s set to unexcept iona l mus ic by an ar t i s t t ipped to be one of C B S ' s major moneysp inners . F o r those who want to crown a new D y l a n , be it on the i r own heads , because e s s e n t i a l l y B ruce Spr ingsteen is a product of the ir mak ing .

Climax Blues Band: Stamp Album (BTM)

There is a lways a d i f ference between groups who play and s i n g the i r own songs and those who are just v o ca l groups l i ke F a i t h Hope and C h a r i t y . The C l i m a x B l u e s Band have b lended together a good and e x c i t i n g new sound wh ich can only be desc r i b ed as sou l - rock .

The guitar work on the f i rs t t rack, 'Using the power', on s i d e one of t h i s a lbum is a s good as some I've heard on what is u s u a l l y desc r ibed as hard-rock records .

The a lbum i s fu l l of good s o l i d rythms and th i s i s more than re f lected in the second t rack, 'Mr Goodtime'.

T h i s t rack shows the group at the i r most innovat i ve — a comp le t e l y new sound In sou l w h i c h ex tends and

amp l i f i e s the use of instrumentat ion and the bas i c voca l s/ry thm combinat ion of t h i s genre . The i r mus ic seems to be drawn from a l l the best s c h o o l s of j a z z , rock, b lues , s ou ld and r o c k ' n ' r o l l The jazzy type rock i s expressed In '/ am Constant' wh i ch t a i l s off beaut i fu l l y in a kind of ragtime b lues sound .

F o r sheer de l i gh t fu l funk, however , one has to l i s t en to 'Running out of

time'.

The second track on s i d e two 'Rusty Nail/The Devil Knows' i s apt ly named -

be ing toned down w i th an int roduct ion of sou l rythms. The next t rack , ' L o o s e n -u p ' , bears abso lu t e l y no resemblance to the other songs on the a lbum. It sounds more l i k e a rag-time b lues number

tha t ' s been s t r ipped of i ts b a s i c s ou l

o r i g i n s .

'Spirit Returning' i s more r emin i scen t of the recent soft s o u l era that seems to have faded for the moment. T h i s t rack has somewhat more depth and shou ld ca t ch on In d i s c o s If anyone ever

cares to play It.

On the whole the second s i d e i s a d isappointment after the f i r s t s i d e In wh i ch the group r ea l l y e x c e l l e d . The not i ceab le th ing about the a lbum i s the way In w h i c h the mus i c r evo l ves round the instruments wh i ch are w e l l p l ayed . It i s a lmost a s If they a re speak ing out the m u s i c .

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R E C O R D REVIEWS

Bee Gees: Main Course (RSO)

The a lbum inc ludes the hit s i n g l e 'Jive Talkin' wh i ch has proved to be just about the best th ing the group has done. However , the a lbum k ick -o f f s w i th their latest s i ng l e 'Nights on Broadway' wh i ch has not yet Droken into M M ' s s i n g l e s Chart but i s c l i m b i n g through the US s i n g l e s char t . I would say that th is t rack was far super io r to the former al though not qu i te In the same d i s c o

c l a s s i c c l a s s .

S t i l l , on w i th the a lbum, 'Wind of Chance' is a very p leasant track s t i l l car ry ing the overtones of funk w h i c h underlay most of the a lbum wi th the excep t i on of Songbird' wh i ch i s a t yp i ca l top of the pops average smoochy . The most beaut i fu l , p leasant and contemporary song on the a lbum is 'Fanny (be tender with my love)'. It

i s m u s i c a l l y the most deve l oped . It employs an exh i l a r a t i ng mixture of v o c a l s from w i t h i n the group w h i c h i s w e l l executed .

A f ter d i s m i s s i n g the f i rs t t rack on s i d e two — It probably went to the i r heads wi th a t i t l e l i ke 'All This Making L o v e ' ! - the rest of th is s i d e can be

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desc r ibed as qu i te good. 'Country L a n e s ' t akes one back to when they had 'Massuchusetts' a s a hit s i n g l e and It Is su rp r i s i ng that w i th var ia t i on in arrangement the fundamental sound has not aged very much.

In fact after the f irst s i d e t h e y comple te ly shake off the funky s i d e p rev i ous l y prevalent and s l i d e into their more convent i ona l s t y l e a l though they have Improved tremendously In th is sphere . Ce r t a in l y if I had to recommend any of the above three a lbums , I would reccommend th is one as the best va lue o v e r a l l . Indeed, it is qu i te

dif ferent exper i ence of the Bee Gees at p o s s i b l y their best .

Faith Hope & Charity: Faith Hope &

Charity (RCA)

'Let's Go to the Disco' where the

mus ic is out of s ight s i n g th i s tr io of

two females and one male and by some

strange c o i n c i d e n c e he is Hope . We l l ,

I only got a s far as my room to l i s t en

to th i s a lbum wh ich i s produced, arranged and conducted by V a n ' H u s t l e ' M c C o y .

It 's c e r t a in l y fu l l of good th ings but suf fers from chron i c s u p e r f i c i a l i t y and c ommerc i a l i sm . The t racks worthy of note are the f i rs t two on s i d e one v i z ; 'Let's Go to the Disco' 'Just One Look'

'Disco Dan and 'To Each His Own' are

a l s o qu i te good e s p e c i a l l y the latter w h i c h i s current l y making it at the number one spot i n the US soul top 20 .

However , th is is not su rp r i s i ng s i n c e McCoy uses a re-hasfted ve rs i on of the ' H u s t l e ' arrangement in i t . Ce r t a in l y the H u s t l e rythms are most no t i ceab le throughout but on ' T o Each His Own' the temptat ion proves to be too much.

T h i s a lbum is u n l i k e l y to make it in B r i t a i n a l though some of the t racks if r e l eased as s i n g l e s stand a very good chance and in th i s category one would inc lude 'Mellow Me' an e x c i t i n g song w i th good use of the voca l t a l e n t of the group — they de f in i t e l y do not lack in th i s f i e l d . De f in i t e l y an easy l i s t en ing a lbum but useful at par t ies to g i ve the D J a rest !

P a u l Ekpenyong

IC Open Doubles Darts Competiton

T h e new WHITBREAD CUP

E n t r i e s shou ld be g i v en i n to the U n i o n B a r staff by

November 28th .

Bee r p r i z e s for the f i n a l i s t s . En t ry fee 15p per pa i r

( lOp Dar ts C l u b members)

S E A S O C

presents

" N a t u r a l l y i t ' s R u b b e r " , " E n g i n e e r i n g wi th R u b b e r "

" S t a n d a r d M a l a y s i a n R u b b e r "

on 18th November 1975

in Mech E n g 220 at 6.30pm t i l l 7.45pm.

A l l members of the C o l l e g e are we lcomed.

M O N E Y S P I N N E R S

Sat |5 Nov C L E A R L I G H T

O R C H E S T R A

JC a d v £ 1 1 0 A d v £ 1 - 3 0 on d o o r £ 1 - 3 0

F I L M — Thurs 2 7 Nov

T<HE DAY OF THE cJAGKflb M E Z 2 O - 6 - 3 0 - 1 Q P

F R I D A Y S

Lnion Lower Refectory

8pm

T IEKET S A V A I L A B L E from IC Union I 2 - 3 0 - J 3 - 3 O

H O C K E Y Imperial College 2

Ettessa 4

In suf fer ing the f i rst league defeat t h i s s ea son , IC p layed the i r best hockey th i s term, a l though two de fens i ve errors cos t them the match . E t t e s s a , who have scored on average f i ve goa l s per game in the League , started the match as th i s form sugges t s , showing sharpness in a t tack . A f ter ten minutes they were g iven a penal ty w h i c h was e a s i l y conver ted . A t t h i s point IC woke up and started contens t ing the contro l of mid f i e ld and beg inn ing to put pressure on the E t t e s s a de fence . Towards the end of the hal f , IC were awarded a penalty from wh i ch K im Houlden s c o r ed . A f ter the break IC p layed some very impress i ve hockey , tak ing the lead through an exce l l en t goal by Mike I s l e s . A t th is

by Jim Marshall

point IC were w e l l on top and had complete contro l of the game. Unfortunate ly two ' g i f t ' goa l s In the space of two minutes comple te ly destroyed I C ' s super io r i ty and rhythm, putt ing E t t e s s a in comand of the game though not by any great s k i l l on the i r part. T o rub sa l t into the wounds , the umpire a l l owed a fourth goal to count , after the wh i s t l e had been b lown for an o f f ence . T h i s completed the unrepresent ive score l ine In a game wh i ch IC at least deserved a draw, hav ing two goa l s d i s s a l l o w e d by their umpire . Team:- C Brown, K Houlden,

J Marshall, I Hodgson, J

Andrews, A floss, J Latter,

M Isles, T Tutu, fl Fatania,

A Brewster.

R U G B Y Imperial College A's: 30

C r o s s C o u n t r y The A ' s turned out fu l l

of con f idence and look ing forward to a good game. That k ick-o f f was arranged for 11 o ' c l o c k (with Tw i ckenham in mind) but by that t ime B e l s i z e Park had ten men only on the f i e ld and were expected no more than another two. A s the referee for the E x t r a ' s game had fa i l ed to turn up it was dec ided that the remaining fourteen shou ld take on the twe lve from B e l s i z e Pa rk . A s soon as that was se t t l ed interest in the game waned.

There was no real concentrat ion at any t ime during the game and the play was very sc rappy . IC were w inn ing so much ba l l that people were f a l l i n g over each other in an attempt to s co r e . When hal f - t ime arr ived IC were only 12 — 6 in the l ead , hav ing let B e l s i z e Pa rk in for a try wh i ch they conver ted .

The second hal f was a bit better. AI Harery ran in the second o f h i s usua l two t r i e s , and Hugh Duncan scored h i s s e cond try of the season and that was con ­

ver ted . Jon P i t c h e r , preserv ing h i s energy for th i s w e e k ' s game, ran in the last try to complete h i s hat - t r i ck — the h igh l ight of the af ternoon. (He thought d i f ferent ly about it later when he was pushed

up the s t a i r s to the bar to buy a jug.) .

In the end IC ran out easy w inners by seven t r i e s and one conve rs i on (30 points ) to one converted try (6 po ints ) . It was a game best forgotten. A n d how long are we go ing to persevere w i th f ix tures aga ins t B e l s i z e Park (II) who have no f a i l ed to turn up w i th anyth ing l ike a fu l l team on three o c c a s i o n s dur ing the last two years?

Next week the A ' s w i l l have to play a lot better, as of course they are capab l e , if they are going to put the same score past U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e (III). Team: - M Gibson; L Davies;

C Becque; B Leeson; J

Pitcher; H Duncan; AI

Harefy; B Bubb; T Fitz­

gerald; M Zawarotco; C

Cuthbertson; K Hawkins; N

Wiltshire; M Siomiak.

By Christopher Cuthbertson

Belsize Park (II): 6

After an uneventful journey, four separate groups of runners met at Wye C o l l e g e , to form a running team of n ine , p lus a w ide range of assor ted a c c e s s o r i e s , who had come " u n d e r the t h u m b " or just for something to do. We ran aga ins t three 16ths of the Wye team, inc lud ing the la test a n t i -E l l i s weapon.

The race progressed up and down the s lope of the Wye C o l l e g e mountain (1600ft, 900ft , 400ft, 150ft ?), for about four m i l e s or f i ve and a hal f m i l e s depending on who was a s k e d . Whi le ce r ta in members s logged up and down these v i r t i c a l s l o p e s , the a c c e s s o r i e s were hav ing a guided tour of the C o l l e g e , and arr ived back jus t in t ime to see Ian E l l i s sp r in t ing i n , aga ins t v i r t u a l l y non-ex is tant

oppos i t i on from the a n t i -E l l i s weapon ( " w e l l , I ran

6 m i l e s last night , and 6 m i l e s th i s morning, so I d idn ' t b o t h e r " ) .

A f ter these two, there were s i x c onsecu t i v e IC runners, i n c lud ing an exce l l en t run by " I ' m only here for the t r a i n i n g " " I she rwood , who has apparent ly been off the beer r ecent l y . Then fo l lowed a four minute gap before the f i na l four runners arr ived — dur ing th i s time Mr Davy seemed to reacquire h i s tas te for beer, wh i ch he lost on that fateful Monday night a coup le of weeks ago. The f i na l result was that only the th i rd team was beaten by Wye, thanks to a f ine run by one of the imports, who came in dur ing a short period after the race was thought to have

f i n i s h e d . The race was fo l lowed

by the annual p rocess i on of masoch i s t s from the v i l l a g e to a point m i l e s up in the dark, w h e r e a b ig f ire was burn ing . There were added hazards to t h i s e x c u r s i o n , due to va r i ous unders i zed juven i l e f i re-r i shs who seemed to enjoy wav ing f laming around the p r o c e s s i o n .

The prev ious Wednesday, aga in , w i th a much depleted team, we v i s t ed the non-event of the U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e , 150th An i v e r sa ry C e l e b r a t i o n s . We came second in the re lay wh i ch was o rgan ised , but s i n c e so few people went, there seems to be l i t t l e or no information on what happened. In fact , d id an IC team rea l l y enter th is race?

Football On Saturday 25th October ,

Oxford resounded to Welsh accen t s and c r i e s of " N i c e , i n n i t ? " as J i m I l e y ' s Red Army descended upon the unsuspec t ing c i t y . We were there to play our annual f i x tures aga ins t three p r i v i l e g ed c o l l e g e s . The second XI p layed St J o h n ' s C o l l e g e and lost 6 - 1 . The third XI beat

Hertford C o l l e g e 3 — 2 and were our on ly s u c c e s s , as the F i r s t s lost to St Edmund ' s H a l l , 4 - 2 . T h i s was a rather i l l - tempered ' f r i end l y ' (not our " faul t , of course ) , the f i rs t hal f of wh i ch was conducted under p o l i c e s u r v e i l l a n c e . After the game the F i r s t s went back to St Edmund ' s to make f r iends wi th the oppos i t i on , and watched " D o c t o r W h o " on the C o l l e g e t e l e v i s i o n (high spot of the day for some, wasn ' t it Te r ry? ) .

The three teams met up aga in in Oxford that e ven ing to commence the s e r i ous b u s i n e s s of d r i n k i n g . H a v i n g tr ied two pubs we even tua l l y se t t l ed in the Red L i o n , where we commandeered about fifty per cent of the sa l oon , and ignor ing requests to " t u r n it d o w n " e tc , sa t round d r ink ing and s i n g i n g . Somehow we a l l got back to c o a c h ; th ir ty-odd s t eaming shapes in good vo i ce and looking forward to the

Cambr idge tr ip next t e r m .

B a d m i n t o n Imperial Mixed 1st 2

Bedford 1st 7

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wooden replica of Spanner in the procession.

The Lo rd Mayor ' s Show 1975 was qu i t e s u c c e s s f u l desp i t e a few mishaps dur ing the day . However , these d id not mar a throughly en joyab le o c c a s i o n in w h i c h one of the major land marks was Boanerges ' s u r v i v a l throughout the day w i th abso lu t e l y no need for a t t ent ion . She even ach i e ved ' fame' by appear ing on t e l e v i s i o n !

Unfortunate ly G u i l d s , who u s u a l l y manage to sh ine on th i s o c c a s i o n , were unable to enter a f loat th i s year . They d id not have any mater ia l s to bu i l d a f loat and be ing unable to beg or borrow a lorry, d id without one.

On the other hand, they nearly put a spanner in the works wi th a fourteen feet long wooden r e p l i c a of the real ' spanne r ' . A l s o present

were the hordes that represented K i n g s C o l l e g e and the C i t y Un i v e r s i t y both of whom together wi th G u i l d s are inv i ted to jo in the process i on

each year because of their c l o s e t i e s w i th the C i t y of London .

There were many bands in the p rocess i on inc lud ing the Drums and P i p e s of London Irish r i f l e s !

If s i ng ing and marching were not enough to keep people warm, then wh i sky c e r ta in l y was — at least a bott le of th is burning l i qu id was reported doing the ranks of the B l u e s and R o y a l s - the horse even got a s i p ! ? !

A l though the f lat foots were out In force, many souven i r s were c o l l e c t e d en route and everyone ret ired at the end of the p rocess i on for a w e l l earned rest .

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111. T a b l e d b y : M a n c h e s t e r . S t A n d r e w ' s . N e w c a s t l e . A s t o n , B r u n e i . B i r m i n g h a m a n d S u r r e y U n i v e r s i t i t e s N e w c a s t l e a n d C i t y P o l y t e c h n i c s , C a r l i s l e a n d t f e w c a s t l e C o l l e g e s o f A r t , S t M a r y ' s , N e w c a s t l e , M o h k w e a r m o u t h a n d M>rth T y n e s i d e C F E s ; G l a s g o w C T , Durham A g r i c u l t u r a l C o l l e g e , B u l m e r s h e C E , a n d C a m b r i d g e S . U .

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2. The m a j o r i t y o f s t u d e n t s c a n n o t d i r e c t l y p a r t i c i p a t e i n e l e c t i n g t h e NUS E x e o t i v e .

C o n f e r e n c e b e l i e v e s :

1 . H a v i n g a n i n d i r e c t e l e c t i o n r e m o t e f r o m m o s t s t u d e n t s i s a m a j o r c a u s e o f t h e a l i e n a t i o n .

2 . The s i t u a t i o n w i l l b e a l l e v i a t e d b y t h e NUS E x e c u t i v e b e i n g e l e c t e d b y a n a t i o n a l b a l l o t o f a l l O r d i n a r y M e m b e r s .

C o n f e r e n c e r e s o l v e s :

1 . T h a t a l l members o f E x e c u t i v e s h a l l b e e l e c t e d b y a s e c r e t b a l l o t o f t h e O r d i n a r y members o f t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n .

2, T h a t t h e f o l l o w i n g amendments be made t o t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n :

C o n s t i t u t i o n r e - w o r d i n g o f S e c t i o n 2 1 A :

I n C l a u s e 2 1 A ( i ) d e l e t e a l l a n d i n s e r t :

" A l l members o f t h e E x e c u t i v e s p e c i f i e d i n p a r a g r a p h s ( a ) , ( b ) , ( c ) , ( d ) o f C l a u s e 2 1 ( 2 ) s h a l l b e

e l e c t e d b y a s e c r e t b a l l o t o f t h e o r d i n a r y members o f t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n .

D e l e t e s u b s e c t i o n (8) o f C l a u s e 21A.

R e n u m b e r s u b s e c t i o n s (2 ) t o (7) o f c l a u s e 21A a s (3) t o (8) o f C l a u s e 2 1 A .

I n s e r t new s u b s e c t i o n (2 ) t o C l a u s e 2 1 A .

" S i c h b a l l o t s h a l l t a k e p l a c e d u r i n g t h e f i r s t week i n M a r c h a n d t h e e l e c t e d c a n d i d a t e s s h a l l j o i n t h e E x e c u t i v e a t t h e e n d o f t h e o r d i n a r y m e e t i n g o f C o n f e r e n c e f i r s t f o l l o w i n g , a n d r e t i r i n g members s h a l l l e a v e t h e E x e c u t i v e o n t h e 31st A u g u s t o f t h e y e a r f o l l o w i n g t h a t i n w h i c h t h e y a r e e l e c t e d . U n t i l t h e 3 0 t h J u n e t h e l e s s r e c e n t l y e l e c t e d h o l d e r o f e a c h o f f i c e s h a l l h a v e p r e c e d e n c e a n d r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e p e r f o r m a n c e o f t h e f u r c t i o n o f t h e o f f i c e a n d t h e h o l d e r o f t h e o f f i c e s h a l l b e d e s i g n a t e d b y t h e name o f h i s o f f i c e f o l l o w e d b y t h e w o r k " e l e c t " . F r o m 1 s t J u l y t h e more r e c e n t l y e l e c t e d h o l d e r o f e a c h o f f i c e s t a l l h a v e p r e c e d e n c e a n d r e s p o n s i b i l t i y f o r t h e p e r f o r m a n c e o f t h e f u n c t i o n s o f t h e o f f i c e a n d t h e o t h e r s h a l l be d e s i g n a t e d b y t h e name o f h i s o f f i c e , p r e c e d e d b y t h e w o r d ' r e t i r i n g ' .

I n C l a u s e 2 1 A ( 1 3 ) ( a ) ( i i ) d e l e t e a l l a f t e r ' m o r e t h a n ' i n t h e 2 n d l i n e a n d i n s e r t :

" t w e l v e w e e k s b e f o r e t h e d a t e f i x e d f o r t h e h o l d i n g o f t h e E x e c u t i v e e l e c t i o n s , t h a t a n e x t r a o r d i n a r y e l e c t i o n f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f e l e c t i n g a new E x e c u t i v e s h a l l be h e l d w i t h i n a s p e c i f i e d p e r i o d , b e i n g n o t l e s s t h a n f o u r weeks n o r m o r e t h a n t e n w e e k s , a n d t h a t t h a t m e e t i n g o f C o n f e r e n c e w h i c h e x p r e s s e d ' n o c o n f i d e n c e ' i n t h e E x e c u t i v e s h a l l a p p o i n t a n i n t e r i m E x e c u t i v e w h i c h s h a l l r e t i r e u p o n t h e D e c l a r a t i o n o f t h e r e s u l t o f t h e e x t r a o r d i n a r y e l e c t i o n . "

I n C l a u s e 21A (13) ( a ) ( i i i ) d e l e t e a l l a f t e r " e n d w i t h i n " i n t h e 2 n d l i n e a n d i n s e r t :

" t w e l v e w e e k s b e f o r e t h e d a t e f i x e d f o r t h e h o l d i n g o f t h e E x e c u t i v e e l e c t i o n s , t h e n a n i n t e r i m E x e c u t i v e s h a l l be a p p o i n t e d a t t h a t m e e t i n g a n d t h e i n t e r i m E x e c u t i v e s h a l l r e t i r e u p o n t h e D e c l a r a t i o n o f t h e r e s u l t o f t h e E l e c t i o n " .

D e l e t e p a r a g r a p h ( c ) o f C l a u s e 21A (13) a n d r e - n u m b e r p a r a g r a p h s ( d ) , ( e ) a n d ( f ) o f C l a u s e 21A (13) a s ( c ) , ( d ) and ( e ) .

I n p a r a g r a p h ( c ) o f C l a u s e 21A (13) d e l e t e a l l a f t e r " e l e c t i o n s r e g u l a t i n s " i n 3 r d l i n e a n d b e f o r e ' T h e E l e c t i o n s C o m m i t t e e ' i n t h e 7 t h l i n e a n d i n s e r t :

" a n d p r o v i d e f o r t h e a p p o i n t m e n t o f t h e i n t e r i m E x e c u t i v e . "

S e c t i o n 21B - d e l e t e p a r a g r a p h ( b ) o f C l a u s e 2 1 B ( 2 ) & i n s e r t :

" I f t h e v a c a n c y s h o u l d o c c u r a f t e r t h e b e g i n n i n g o f O r d i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e b u t b e f o r e t h e E x e c u t i v e c h a n g e o v e r a t t h e e n d o f t h e O r d i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e , i t s h a l l be f i l l e d b y t h e p e r s o n who a t t h e e l e c t i o n was e l e c t e d t o t h a t p o s i t i o n b u t who h a s n o t y e t t a k e n o f f i c e . A p e r s o n so c o - o p t e d s h a l l become a f u l l member o f t h e E x e c u t i v e .

D e l e t e p a r a g r a p h (b ) o f C l a u s e 2 1 B ( 2 ) a n d i n s e r t :

" I f t h e v a c a n c y s h o u l d o c c u r a f t e r t h e b e g i n n i n g o f O r d i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e b u t b e f o r e t h e E x e c u t i v e

c h a n g e o v e r a t t h e e n d o f t h e O r d i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e , i t s h a l l be f i l l e d b y t h e p e r s o n who a t t h e

e l e c t i o n was e l e c t e d t o tha t p o s i t i o n b u t who h a s n o t y e t t a k e n o f f i c e . A p e r s o n s o c o - o p t e d s h a l l

become a f u l l member o f the E x e c u t i v e .

D e l e t e p a r a g r a p h (b ) o f C l a u s e 2 1 B (3) and i n s e r t :

" I f t h e v a c a n c y s h o u l d o c c u r a f t e r t h e b e g i n n i n g o f O r d i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e b u t b e f o r e t h e E x e c u t i v e

c h a n g e o v e r a t t h e e n d o f t h e O r d i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e , i t s h a l l b e f i l l e d b y t h e p e r s o n who a t e l e c t i o n

w a s e l e c t e d t o t h a t p o s i t i o n b u t ltio h a s n o t y e t t a k e n o f f i c e . A p e r s o n s o c o - o p t e d s h a l l become

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