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

Inside F E L I X

N U S Conference P6,7

Rev iews P9 External E c l a i r s P8

Sport P11 Peter Pater P3

Edi tor ia l P2

Wotzon P2

Mutters A r i s i n g P4

N o . 406 Monday 12th January 1976 F R E E !

B a r p r i c e s t o s t a y a t

p r e s e n t l e v e l Ms Cowell's report

found disappointing

B A R P R I C E S wou ld remain at

the i r p resent l e v e l i t was

d e c i d e d at the R e f e c t o r y

Commi t tee meet ing h e l d l a s t

T h u r s d a y . T h e y wou ld however

be rev iewed at the i r next

meet ing by w h i c h t ime the B a r

Commi t tee wou ld have p resen ted

i t s report regard ing the f i n a n c i a l

p o s i t i o n of the ba rs .

A prof i t of £ 8,879 h a d been made on s a l e s in the bars to da te . If bar p ro f i t s of be tween £12,000 and £15,000 c o u l d be made, then it was p o s s i b l e that brewery charges and the recent r i s e i n w a g e s c o u l d be a b s o r b e d .

T h i s wou ld mean that no p r i ce i n c r e a s e s w o u l d have to be made , at l e a s t for t h i s term.

Ms Cowell's report

T h e mee t ing a l s o d i s c u s s e d Ms C o w e l l ' s repor t , f o l l o w i n g her v i s i t here l a s t term, on the c a t e r i n g f a c i l i t i e s . In it she commends the U n i o n ' s paper submi t ted to her for i t s " b r e v i t y and c l a r i t y o f e x p r e s s i o n " .

A l t h o u g h she sympa th i sed w i t h some of the op in ions con ta ined in the U n i o n ' s s u b m i s s i o n she fe l t that the prob lems were not e a s i l y s o l v e d .

T h e cha i rman of the Re fec to r y C o m m i t t e e , D r L e v y , s a i d he w e l c o m e d the report . "There are a number of points

which require careful con­

sideration, some of which we

have already had thoughts

about. It is nice to have an

authoritative statement from

somebody who has a knowledge

of university catering".

T h e report i t s e l f is l a rge l y c o n c e r n e d w i th the f i n a n c i a l p rob lem of the c a t e r i n g sys tem but r e c o g n i s e d that w i t h i n t h i s w a s a management prob lem of not i n s i g n i f i c a n t p ropor t i ons . M s C o w e l l sugges t s in he r report that an of fer of a c c o m ­modat ion at the midd le management l e v e l , an a rea i n

wh ich rec ru i t i ng pos e s part­i cu l a r l y d i f f i cu l t p rob lems , might he lp the s i t ua t i on wi th i ts s t rong i n c e n t i v e va lue*

T h i s sugges t i on is a l ready be ing v igo rous l y pursued by the C o l l e g e .

T h e report a l s o s a y s that "As the fixed costs represent

an increasingly high proportion

of the total cost, a fixed

income becomes more

essential". Ways sugges ted o f a c h i e v i n g th is inc lude charg ing res ident s tudents a con t r ibu t ion towards the c a t e r i n g c o s t s , or i n c l u d i n g in thei r board ing fee a ce r ta i n number of m e a l s . T h i s was not unfa i r , the report says that "it is usually the

resident students who use the

facilities at the weekend,

breakfast time and evening

meals when, for obvious

reasons, labour costs are

highest",

However , D r L e v y does not agree to ta l l y w i t h th is because as he po in ts out , the C o l l e g e c a n on ly accommodate 25% of the tota l number o f s tudents in C o l l e g e res idence . H i s sugges t i on , w h i c h has been put to the C o l l e g e , i s to charge a k i t chen fee a p p l i c a b l e to the w h o l e of the I C communi ty . T h i s fee wou ld cover the c a t e r i n g s ta f fs wages thus l ead ing to lower re fectory c h a r g e s .

M s C o w e l l in her report re fers to the barrage of c r i t i c i s m l e v e l l e d at the ca te r i ng s taf f . T h e i r morale w a s very l ow and they c o u l d benef i t from a few months ' b reath ing s p a c e wi thout c r i t i c i s m .

Dr L e v y a l s o e x p r e s s e d h i s great conce rn ove r t h i s . "It

has to be realised that they

(the catering staff) are doing

a difficult job to the best of

their ability", he said.

"Members of the College

should remember that all the

criticisms they might make,

sometimes in very forthright

terms, do not help the catering

staff to do a better job".

A s k e d to comment on the report, R i z Shak i r , I C U Deputy P r e s i d e n t and a member of the Re fec to ry Commi t tee , s a i d " O n the who le i t was rather d i sappo in t i ng and to ld us l i t t l e that we d i d ' n o t a l ready know. Bu t then perhaps it w o u l d be too much to expec t from a few hours w o r k " .

NUS Travel A s from t h i s week the N U S trave l o f f i ce i n the U n i o n L o w e r lounge w i l l on l y be open M o n d a y s , Wednesdays , and F r i d a y s . T h i s i s b e c a u s e V a l e r i e h a s to go and work i n the branch at G o l d s m i t h s C o l l e g e on T u e s d a y s and T h u r s d a y s due to a s ta f f shor tage.

NUS to launch newspaper T H E N U S l a u n c h e s an e ight -page tab lo id newspaper c a l l e d " N a t i o n a l S t u d e n t " on the 16th F e b r u a r y . N a t i o n a l Student of wh ich 100,000 c o p i e s are b e i n g p r in ted , w i l l be d i s t r i bu ted free to e a c h o f the 750 student un ions * in membership of N U S .

T h i s w i l l be the fourth t ime that N U S has at tempted to produce a na t iona l s tudent p u b l i c a t i o n — the other three were Student, N e w Student and Magnus .

N a t i o n a l Student w h i c h i s to be p u b l i s h e d termly w i l l be f ree ly a c c e s s i b l e to a l l s tudents and w i l l cove r student ac t i v i t y on a na t i ona l b a s i s . T h e paper shou ld have a h igh news or ien ta ted content and i t i s hoped that a large propor t ion of the mate r ia l w i l l come from the s ta f fs of newspape rs . In the l ong term, N U S hope to expand the s e r v i c e i n the form of a w e e k l y newspaper w h i c h w o u l d be pu rchased through news agen ts .

A t the recent Student P r e s s Con fe rence at E s s e x U n i v e r s i t y , rese rva t i ons were e x p r e s s e d by rep resen ta t i ves o f s tudent newspapers a t tend ing the

con fe rence . T h e y fea red that the a d v e r t i s i n g revenue a c o l l e g e paper c o u l d a c c r u e wou l d d e c l i n e c o n s i d e r a b l y as a resu l t . T h i s , it w a s con tended, might force the c l os u r e o f some of the p a p e r s .

H o w e v e r , the u n i f i c a t i o n such a n a t i o n a l p u b l i c a t i o n c o u l d b r ing w o u l d be t remendous and none a t the C o n f e r e n c e was opposed to the i d e a i n p r i n c i p l e .

T h e f i r s t major ro le that N a t i o n Student w i l l p l a y i s that o f in forming a l l i t s readers o f the na t i ona l s tudent s t r i ke on F r i d a y , 27th F e b r u a r y in suppor t o f the grants c l a i m . Trade un ion members t each ing in c o l l e g e s are expec ted to give support to the s t r i ke .

Students on s t r i ke are b e i n g a s k e d to come to L o n d o n for wha t , i t i s hoped w i l l b e the b i g g e s t s tudent demon­s t ra t ion ever mounted.

T h e demonstrators w i l l assemb le at 2.00pm i n B e l v e d e r e R o a d , near Water loo s t a t i o n , and w i l l march to H y d e P a r k Corner . The re they w i l l be add resse d by C h a r l e s C l a r k e , P r e s i d e n t o f the N a t i o n a l U n i o n of S t u d e n t s , and prominent trade un ion l e a d e r s .

F t t l X

EDITORIAL Scarborough Conference

F o r m a n y " s t u d e n t s , i t i s through e i the r F E L I X or Sennet or the na t i ona l n e w s p a p e r s , each w i t h the i r own b i a s , that they get. to hea r of what went on at the Con fe rence and the p o l i c y d e c i s i o n s t aken . T h i s in many c a s e s i s the on ly

-communicat ion be tween most s tuden ts and the N a t i o n a l U n i o n .

When th is augus t body o f si tudents(?) d e c i d e s that i t shou ld forge l i n k s w i t h the trade un ions a n d take s i d e s w i t h the M P L A i n A n g o l a , one wonders about the re levance of s u c h t ime c o n s u m i n g mo t ions and i ndeed the who le of con fe rence , to improv ing the lot o f the I C student (and that i s a s s u m i n g that i t needs to be improved) .

A l t hough p o l i t i c a l l y awa re , many s tudents through a l a c k of p o l i t i c a l unders tand ing tend to the op in ion that the con fe rence i s mere ly a forum for p o l i t i c a l theor i s t s to e x p r e s s thei r g rand iose i d e a s for c rea t i ng a per fect soc i e t y — they wou ld not be far wrong .

T h e s o l i d l y t h e o r e t i c a l approach to s tudent a f fa i rs and in te rna t iona l p o l i t i c s i s , s u p p o s e d l y , what a l i e n a t e s peop le from the N U S . T h e p r a c t i c a l a s p e c t s — the grants p r o t e s t s , l e t te rs to the m in i s t e r s c o n c e r n e d , the pa t ron i s ing c a l l s for change — are a l l un imag ina t i ve but e f f e c t i v e . However , there i s a need for s t rength of c h a r a c t e r w i t h i n the N a t i o n a l U n i o n he i ra r chy to d i rec t r esou rce fu l ef for ts to the immediate p rob lems f a c i n g s tuden ts . We are i n danger o f s e e i n g d e c r e a s i n g s tandards i n educa t i on and must take p o s i t i v e and r e a l i s t i c s teps to pro tec t ours and future s t uden t s ' educa t i ona l i n t e r e s t s .

T h e e l e c t i o n by the un ion members o f the N U S E x e c u t i v e c o u l d ensure the re l evance of the a c t i o n taken by the l eade rsh i p and might he lp prevent the bu i ld -up o f a c l i q u e w i t h i n the he i ra r chy o f the U n i o n .

T h e N U S appears to be d i vo rced from students — the U n i o n means l i t t l e to them and the na t i ona l con ference on l y se rves to c r y s t a l l i z e the i r l ack of in te res t .

Or i s it s i m p l y a p rob lem of communica t ion? If s o , the n e w na t i ona l s tudent newspaper , N a t i o n a l '

Student , c o u l d go a long w a y towards p rov id i ng a s o l u t i o n . T h i s i s the fourth s u c h venture by N U S and s h o w s the impor tance a t t a c k e d to commun ica t i ons w i t h i n the s tudent body by the N U S E x e c u t i v e . It i s r eassu r i ng to know that desp i te h a v i n g a B r o a d L e f t e d i t o r i a l l i n e , i t i s not the N U S ' s i n ten t i on for the paper to car ry p ropaganda.

We are sorry to announce that one of F E L I X ' S l ong -s e r v i n g s ta f f h a s had to r e s i g n . M i k e W i l l i a m s , l a s t y e a r ' s E d i t o r , con t r ibu ted much to the paper ; he l ead i t through the d i f f i c u l t i e s of change from l e t t e rp ress to p r in t i ng on the p r e m i s e s , and has c o n t i n u e d to wr i te a r t i c l e s and g i ve

»advice s i n c e h i s term of o f f i c e e x p i r e d . N o w M i k e f inds p ressu re b u i l d i n g up in h i s pos t -g rad c o u r s e , and does not fee l i t r ight to con t i nue w i t h F E L I X at the expense of h i s s t u d i e s . We w i s h h i m every s u c c e s s in the future, and thank h im for what he h a s done in the p a s t .

Christmas tree sabotaged Dur i n g the v a c a t i o n , the

d e c o r a t i o n s from a C h r i s t i n a s T ree i n the M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g Depar tment were found s m a s h e d . T h e tree w a s s i t ua ted on l e v e l 4 o f the M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g

b u i l d i n g , near the ent rance to the Computer Cen t re .

T h e tree and ornaments had been bought from £6 r a i s e d by staf f . T h e deco ra t i ons from the s t r ipped tree were found broken i n the U s e r ' s Room

n Monday 12th

T u e s d a y 13th

A s s o c i a t e d S tud ies : T h e Strangers Nex t Door 1. T h e R o y a l C o l l e g e of M u s i c . D A V I D W I L L C O C K , D i r e c t o r R C M . Theat re A , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm.

F i l m : C u l l o d e n , Theat re B , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g at 1.15pm.

Wednesday 14th

IC F o l k C l u b presents C H R I S R O H M A N N in the Un ion L o w e r

'Re fec to ry at 8 .00pm. A d m : members 30p, non-members 50p Membersh ip 60p . C h e l s e a C o l l e g e : B a r night wi th B O B D A V E N P O R T at 8 .30pm. A d m : F r e e . M a n r e s s a R o a d , SW3 - off K i n g s R o a d .

I C J E W I S H S O C I E T Y present •

E R I C M O O N M A N , M P g i v i n g a ta lk on

'A sane policy in the Middle East'

on Tuesday January 20th

at

1.20pm in Mech E n g ' 6 6 4

F E L I X urgent ly requ i res wr i ters and repor ters . Anyone in te res ted i n j o i n i n g the s ta f f shou ld drop into the F E L I X o f f i ce

Thursday 15th

A s s o c i a t e d S tud ies : T h e Mora l i t y and Immoral i ty of S c i e n c e . 2. T h e P u r s u i t of H a p p i n e s s by F R A N K L E A , author of the E t h i c s of R e a s o n , e t c . Thea t re A , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm. Lunch-hour Conce r t in the L i b ra r y , 5 B P r i n c e ' s G a t e at 1.30pm.

IC E n t s present S L E U T H s tar r ing L a u r e n c e O l i v i e r and M i c h a e l C a i n e in Mech E n g 220 at 6 .30pm. A d m : 10p.

F r i d a y 16th

IC E n t s H o p s and D i s c o in the Un ion Conce r t H a l l w i th the J I V E B O M B E R S . Star ts at 8 .00pm. A d m : 60p . Q E C E n t s present the 101 'e rs in the N e w Common Room B a r . Start 8 .00pm. A d m : 30p .

R A T I K A R T H I G E S U performs

C l a s s i c a l Indian d a n c e s in the Great H a l l

at 7 .00 pm on Thurs 24th J a n

P r i c e 50p.

WANT TO E A R N £ 1

P E R HOUR?

T h e n jus t c o n t a c t the D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t , Riz Shakir', any T u e s d a y lunch t ime i n ' the U n i o n O f f i c e .

BADMINTON C L U B COMPETITION

Please notes-

Doubles on Sat. 17th Jan.

Begin at 10am in the great hall.

Singles on Mon. 19th begin at 7pm.

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Could you afford to be a Married Student?

m a d e . f o r the husband or w i fe of the student by some embassy s . If that person i s unable to speak E n g l i s h or is u n s k i l l e d there i s l i t t l e c h a n c e of a job and the fami ly is put at r i s k .

C h a r l e s C l a r k e , P r e s i d e n t of N U S commented last Wednesday:

" M a t u r e s tudents and the i r f a m i l i e s are su f fe r ing bad l y . We have one example of a mature s tudent who had to

g i ve up h i s course su f fe r i ng from ma lnu t r i t i on . T h e grants sys tem is heav i l y we igh ted aga ins t those peop le who m i s s e d out on further or h igher educa t ion a t . 18 . I wou ld s u g g e s t that the government t akes a leaf out of the Department of E m p l o y ­ment 's book and l ooks at the way it t reats peop le over the age of 20 under the T r a i n i n g Oppor tun i t i es Scheme. T h e cont ras t i s c o m p e l l i n g . "

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F i t l X 3

Take it back! 1. Know your r ights

When you go shopp ing for a record deck or a pa i r of s h o e s , remember: if you buy someth ing and f ind it to be faul ty then you are en t i t l ed to your money back from the shop where you bought i t . Y o u need on ly accep t a rep lacement or repa i r if you prefer; ne i ther do you have to accep t a c red i t note. Do not be fobbed off by the shop t e l l i n g you to take the a r t i c l e to the manufacturer . B y law, (The Supply of G o o d s ( Impl ied Terms) A c t 1973), the re ta i l e r must rec t i f y the fau l t . Y o u cannot expec t a l l your money back if the a r t i c l e h a s worked per fect ly for a reasonab le per iod of t ime and of c o u r s e , the damage must not be of your own mak ing .

Y o u may a l s o return the goods if they are not as d e s c r i b e d , e i the r on the wrapp ing or by the s a l e s a s s i s t a n t . Fur thermore, you may requi re the goods for a s p e c i f i c purpose. E v e n if th is purpose i s not the usua l one, you are en t i t l ed to a comple te refund if the item is not s a t i s f a c t o r y provided you s p e c i f i e d c l e a r l y your in tended use for the a r t i c l e . If you incur e x p e n s e s due to the goods be ing faul ty you may c l a i m these from the s h o p . Y o u cannot take up a comp la in t about a g i f t . T h e person who gave it to you must return it.

When buy ing someth ing on h i re pu rchase you s t i l l have the r ight to c o m p l a i n . Y o u s h o u l d , in t h i s c a s e , comp la i n to the people w i th whom you made the H P agree­ment w h i c h may be the shop or a f i nance company .

2. Guarantees

It i s a l w a y s a good idea to send off the guarantee: it may g i ve you ex t ra p ro tec t i on . Y o u cannot lose your r ights under the 1973 A c t - whatever you s i g n .

3. E x c e p t i o n s

There are v a r i o u s c a s e s where you do not have any r ight to r e d r e s s : -a) If the de fec t w a s brought to your a t ten t ion before you made the p u r c h a s e .

b) If you examined the goods before pu rchas ing and s h o u l d have been ab le to not ice- the fau l t dur ing that e x a m i n a t i o n .

c) If you bought the goods at an a u c t i o n .

d) If you are buy ing the godds not as a p r i va te consumer but in the cou rse of b u s i n e s s . e) F o r s e r v i c e s s u c h as dry c l e a n i n g , ha i r d r e s s i n g or package h o l i d a y s .

In a pr iva te s a l e , such as buy ing a ca r from a pr iva te moto r i s t , it i s up to you to examine the goods for f a u l t s . Y o u are e n t i t l e d , as in any s a l e , to ensure that the s e l l e r h a s t he r igh t to s e l l the a r t i c l e . R e d r e s s i s on ly

p o s s i b l e if s a y , the ca r i s not as d e s c r i b e d to you as regards age or mi l eage .

Continued on page 10

Peter Patter Termly Review of Refectory

and Res idence Charges

A s you w i l l have seen from the last i s s u e of F E L I X the Rec to r recommended to the Gove rn ing Body that Re fec to ry p r i ces shou ld be kept at thei r present leve l but that H a l l and H o u s e rents shou ld be i n c r e a s e d s u b s t a n t i a l l y . The Govern ing Body accep ted the recom­mendat ion and so wh i l e refectory p r i ces remain the same rents are going up. I c o n s i d e r the rent l eve l s that are coming into ef fect as reasonab le , and cons i s t en t w i th the fu l l s tudent grant. The i nc rease in the midd le of the s e s s i o n is regretable and hopefu l I/ w i l l not be n e c e s s a r y in the future. A s w e l l as the i nc reases in rent there are - ' n c r e a s e d economy measures in the H a l l s pa r t i cu la r l y .

Increases in Tu i t ion F e e s

T h e new l e v e l s of tu i t ion fees for the s e s s i o n 1976 /7 were announced in December by the Secretary for E d u c a t i o n , Mr F r e d M u l l e y . F e e s for home s tudents are to be inc reased from £140 to £182 and those for O v e r s e a s Students are to go up by £96 from £320 to £416 per annum. T h e s e ' i nc reases w i l l have no great e f fect on the major i ty of s tudents

whose fees are paid e i ther by the i r L o c a l Au tho r i t y , or by the i r government, if they are from o v e r s e a s . T h o s e who w i l l be a f f ec ted , some qu i te s e r i o u s l y are the home s tudents who are on a minimum grant and have to pay thei r own f e e s , and pr iva te ly sponsored ove rseas s tuden ts . I b e l i e v e that a hardsh ip p rov i s ion of some desc r i p t i on w i l l be made for most con t i nu ing s tudents and I w i l l let you know what these p r o v i s i o n s are as soon as I c a n . Many ove rseas s tudents w i l l be forced to leave the country as a resu l t , c l a i m s the U K C o u n c i l for O v e r s e a s Students . They a l s o say " B y i t s ac t ion the Government i s making ab i l i t y to pay the main c r i te r ian for accep t i ng s tudents from o v e r s e a s . " I am sure that you wou ld agree that t h i s shou ld not be s o . I hope to wr i te a longer a r t i c l e on th is top ic s o o n .

Are you sa t is f ied with the Union

• J o h n . Downs p u b l i c i s e d in F E L I X las t term that a Working Pa r t y has been set up to f ind w a y s in wh i ch the Un ion cou ld be made more r e s p o n s i v e to the needs of the membersh ip . The Working Par ty w i l l be p leased to r ece i ve any comments that you may w i s h to make. Con tac t myse l f ,

John D o w n s , R i c k Parker , P h y s i c s P G or J o h n Morgan, M in ing 2 . If you want to moan about the Un ion now is your c h a n c e .

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I was p l easan t l y supr i sed at the l ight charac te r of the N U S Annua l Con fe rence but most d i s a p p o i n t e d at a great dea l of the debate . F a r too much t ime was spent on d i s c u s s i n g i s s u e s w h i c h I do not fee l are c r u c i a l to the body of s tuden ts in th i s count ry . The re w i l l not be any wo r l d c r a s h i n g changes if the N U S d e c i d e s to support the M P L A in A n g o l a or not. Our na t iona l un ion , for we are a l l members, is de f i n i t e l y p o l i t i c a l at present and a lmost a l l i ts p o l i c i e s are ext remely left w i n g or ientated. ' I d i sag ree wi th many of them, as I am sure a large number of the peop le read ing th is a r t i c l e do . T h e p o l i c i e s and compos i t i on of the E x e c u t i v e of the N U S are very d i f f i cu l t to change b e c a u s e of the N U S s t ruc tu re . " S h o u l d we remain members of N U S ? " is a ques t i on w h i c h we shou ld Be th ink ing about deep ly and not h a s t i l y . More of th i s top ic later in the term.

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A l r e a d y G l a s g o w and A s t o n U n i v e r s i t i e s have left N U S ; at present the ques t i on i s be ing s e r i o u s l y d i s c u s s e d at St A n d r e w s , N e w c a s t l e , L i v e r p o o l , B r u n e i , Not t ingham and a few o the rs . It i s wi th th is background in mind that I w i s h to of fer a br ief summary of the arguments for and aga ins t I C ' s con t i nued a f f i l i a t i o n to N U S .

F o r : N U S p rov ides s e r v i c e , for examp le , N U S T r a v e l , for i ts members .

A g a i n s t : Be fo re Imperial C o l l e g e last j o ined N U S , it boasted an e x c e l l e n t t rave l s e r v i c e of i ts own . Bo th E n d s l e i g h Insurance and the B r i t i s h R a i l Ca rd are a v a i l a b l e to non-members.

F o r : N U S p rov ides lega l and f i n a n c i a l a d v i c e to student U n i o n s .

A g a i n s t : Why shou ld we pay for these s e r v i c e s s i n c e we never use them; l i ke much of N U S , they are i r re levant to a large c o l l e g e w i t h a w e l l - e s t a b l i s h e d U n i o n . F o r : T h e N U S p rov ides cu l t u ra l and other f a c i l i t i e s for s t uden t s , for e x a m p l e , the Drama F e s t i v a l . A g a i n s t : T h e p o l i t i c a l a t t i tude of the N U S has des t royed any power they have to s top a non-member Un ion from en ter ing the Drama F e s t i v a l (see Thomas S t e v e n s o n ' s a r t i c l e in F E L I X No 403) . However , they have s topped G l a s g o w U n i v e r s i t y from enter ing the Obse rve r " M a c e " Deba t i ng Tournament ( s i c ) , wh ich Is about to fo ld due to l ack of suppor t . ( I t 's su rp r i s i ng that the N U S E x e c u t i v e have not en te red , s i n c e they wou ld manage to w in every t ime). A g a i n s t : N U S is e s s e n t i a l l y a f i dd le on the part of a sma l l group of p o l i t i c o e s to ob ta in funds for thei r a c t i v i t i e s , for the i r a c t i v i t i e s , for examp le t r ips to Ruman ia to s i g n 1 7 -

page communique 's on " t h e State of the W o r l d " (text a v a i l a b l e from T . P h i l l i p s , c / o U L U , Ma le t St reet , London WC1) and send ing te legrams to support to the M a r x i s t P o p u l a r Movement for the L i be ra t i on of A n g o l a , (the U S S R are not rea l l y in terven ing wi th the i r t roops, m i s s i l e l aunche rs , MiG21 f igh te rs , e tc — after a l l they do not rea l l y want the o i l ! )

A g a i n s t : The p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i t i e s of t h i s o rgan i sa t i on have have des t royed any c r e d i b i l i t y it might have had w i t h , for example , the Government over student grants , e t c . T h e v o i c e of an independent Imperial C o l l e g e Un ion might carry more we ight !

F o r : If we l e a v e , we s h a l l weaken the v o i c e of the moderates w i th in the Na t i ona l U n i o n ; we s h a l l be tak ing the e a s y way out . If there i s any c h a n c e of chang ing the p o l i c i e s and and p o l i t i c s of N U S , we shou ld s tay i n . A g a i n s t : If we leave , we s a v e IC Un ion a mere four thousand pounds per annum.

The op t ions we have are as f o l l o w s : -(i) T o s tay in and do our best to break the Marx i s t s t rang le ­ho ld on the N U S ; ( i i ) T o pu l l out for one year and encourage other moderates Un ion to jo in us , just to see the ef fect on the N U S (and p o s s i b l y to get some c o n c e s s i o n s ? ) ; (Hi) T o pu l l out for an u n s p e c i f i e d t ime and o rgan i se our own t rave l ar rangements , e tc ; (iv) T o do noth ing unt i l we are forced to pray three t imes a day to M o s c o w and s i n g the " I n t e r n a t i o n a l e " and the " R e d F l a g " in B e i t Quad before morning l ec tu res .

I awai t comments .

An idea for summer

Though there i s s t i l l a long t ime to go un t i l summer, many of you w i l l be beg inn ing to make p l a n s for the long v a c a t i o n . One very e n j o y a b l e way of p a s s i n g the summer i s to work on a K i b b u t z in I s rae l .

T h e f i r s t K i b b u t z i m were formed in the e a r l y part of th i s century by S o c i a l i s t J e w s who based the i r i dea l s on a return to work on the land , and are thus based on ag r i cu l t u re . On the K i b b u t z there i s no need for money a s everyone r e c e i v e s a c c o r d i n g to h i s or her n e e d s ; t h i s i nc l udes eve ry th ing requ i red to l i v e , s u c h as food , h o u s i n g , c l o t h i n g , e d u c a t i o n , med i c i ne and rec rea t i on . E s s e n t i a l l y the K i b b u t z i s one b ig f am i l y . The l i fe on a K i b b u t z f i f ty years ago was d i f f i c u l t , but in s p i t e of the ha rdsh ips the K i b b u t z movement has f l ou r i shed unt i l now about 100,000 p e o p l e l i ve on the 250 K ibbu t z im spread throughout I s rae l .

F o r many yea rs K i b b u t z i m have been tak ing in vo lun tee rs , J e w s and n o n - J e w s , from a l l over the wor ld for pe r iods of t ime of a minimum of one month. T h i s a l o n e makes a K ibbu t z work ing ho l i day wor thwh i le as one has a unique oppor tuni ty to meet people from a l l w a l k s of l i fe and from a l l env i ronmen ts .

A t y p i c a l day on the K ibbu tz wou ld c o n s i s t of get t ing up at s i x o ' c l o c k (ugh!), work ing for s i x to e ight hours w i th b r e a k s for

Mutters Arising " G o o d Morn ing , C a m p e r s "

as I s a i d on New Y e a r ' s morn ing. No one apprec ia ted it then e i ther , so I had better get down to the three b i ts of b u s i n e s s w h i c h I wou ld l i k e to r a i s e : -

National Societ ies

I now have a l i s t of a l l the ove rseas reg is tered s tuden ts . It is a v a i l a b l e for you to consu l t , at your l e i su re .

Writing - up Students

Writ ing-up s tudents are e l i g i b l e for fu l l Un ion member­s h i p . I now have a l i s t of a l l s tuden ts , who are reg is tered as s u c h , and Un ion ca rds are ob ta inab le from the o f f i c e .

R u l e s for Pub l ic i ty

T h e fo l l ow ing regu la t ions were passe d at the las t C o u n c i l meet ing, and are now in fo rce:

b reak fas t and lunch . The rest of the day is f ree for sw imming in the poo l , go ing on an e x c u r s i o n or just l a z i n g in the sun (wh ich is guaranteed!)

So if anyone is in terested in work ing on a K ibbu t z or wou ld l i ke more in format ion, p l ease con tac t Andrew P a l through Mech E n g 2 letter

r a c k s . A f te r a l l , as the posters around C o l l e g e s a y :

" T h e r e i s more to l i f e on a K ibbu t z than p i c k i n g o r a n g e s "

Rules For Pub l ic i ty Within

IC on IC Union Not ice

Boards And Within T h e

Union Bu i ld ing .

(1) A p p l i c a t i o n :

T h e s e ru les apply to a l l fu l l members of ICU w i th one excep t i on (see 8) . They refer to Un ion no t i ce boards, the Un ion B u i l d i n g , and the J C R . Anyone e l s e w i s h i n g to put up pub l i c i t y must f i rs t seek the approva l of the IC Un ion P u b l i c i t y O f f i ce r , or the Hon . S e c . I C U .

(2) S i z e :

The maximum s i z e for a l l pos ters s h a l l be A1 ( 3 4 " x 54") or the equ iva len t a r e a .

(3) F l u o r e s c e n t Pape r :

Orange Dayg iow ' f lou rescen t paper s h a l l on ly be used for pos ters wi th the prior author­i sa t i on of the Un ion P u b l i c i t y O f f i ce r , or the H o n . S e c . I C U .

(4) L o c a t i o n of P o s t e r s : P o s t e r s may be put up on the w a l l s w i th in the Un ion B u i l d i n g and J C R at the d i s c re t i o n of the Deputy P r e s i d e n t . A l l such posters must be a f f i xed w i th ' B l u e T a c ' and not wi th s e l l o t a p e or d rawing p i n s .

(5) F r e q u e n c y :

Within the Un ion B u i l d i n g and J C R no two posters p u b l i c i s i n g the same e v e n t / f u n c t i o n / c l u b /

s e r v i c e e tc s h a l l be w i t h i n 20 feet of each other. P o s t e r s on Un ion N o t i c e Boa rds s h a l l be put up s u c h that no two posters p u b l i c i s i n g the s a m e e v e n t / f u n c t i o n / c l u b / s e r v i c e e tc are w i th in 20 feet of each other. Staples may not be used to af f ix mater ia l to no t i ce boards .

(6)

It i s an of fence to remove or cove r up any poster , excep t outdated pos te rs , or on the orders of the ICU E x e c u t i v e or the ICU P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r .

(7) Con t raven t ion of these ru les renders poster p r o d u c e r s / d i s t r i bu te rs l i ab l e to ac t i on by ICU D i s c i p l i n e Commi t tee .

(8) E x e m p t i o n :

C a n d i d a t e s s tand ing for any post requ i r ing a c o l l e g e w ide ba l lo t s h a l l be exempt from c l a u s e (5) above .

(9) In terpretat ion of these ru les res ts w i th the ICU E x e c u t i v e and the Un ion P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r .

(10) A l t e r a t i o n

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Thank you for read ing a l l th i s so a v i d l y . A t t h i s t ime of yea r , it is pretty hard , i s it not? A n y w a y , see you around,

John

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Reports by Paul Ekpenyong N U S

Fascism

opposed A N E M E R G E N C Y M O T I O N ins t ruc t ing the N U S E x e c u t i v e to wr i te to the Home Secre tary c a l l i n g for a pub l i c inquiry into the even ts at UMIST and to p ress for p rosecu t ion of those arrested was car r ied by a major i ty and an a lmost equal number of abs ten t i ons .

The reso lu t ion denounced " t h e v i c i o u s and c a l c u l a t e d a t tack on the aud ience

at an N C C H meet ing on Saturday 29th November by the Na t i ona l F r o n t " .

The meet ing , he ld to d i s c u s s " T h e State , the L a w , and I r e l and " had been in f i l t ra ted by between twenty and thir ty N F members iden t i f i ab le by b lack arm bands . S i x peop le were s e r i o u s l y in jured i nc l ud ing a sen io r lady c i t i z e n who was hi t over the head wi th a cha i r .

£1200 of damage was c a u s e d to UMIST Un ion bu i l d ings in the ensu ing rampage. Subsequent l y , po l i ce arrested 29 N F members suspec ted to have been invo lved in the d is rup t ion o f the N C C L meet ing . T h i s happened desp i te threats and hounding of execu t i ve o f f i ce rs of UMIST Un ion by persons s a i d to be long to the N F .

However , the po l i ce who are v igo rous ly pursu ing the c a s e have had d i f f i cu l t y in p r e s s i n g charges aga ins t any of those de ta ined . T h i s a r i s e s from the fact that they were arrested about 500 yards off the uii ve rs i f y campus . The task of prov ing that they were on the campus has not been a ided by the ar rested re fus ing to take part in ident i ty parades as i s the i r p rerogat ive .

A spokesman for UMIST Un ion s a y s that desp i t e the great deal of work being put in on the c a s e by the po l i ce the c a s e is p roceed ing at a very s l ow pace .

A n amendment to the motion c a l l i n g on C O ' s to expe l any of their members known to be long to the N a t i o n a l Front was heav i l y defeated after an impass ioned p l ea from C h a r l e s C l a r k e warn ing that i ts p a s s a g e would a s s i s t those who were a t t ack ing democracy .

The mot ion re i terates prev ious po l i c y and c a l l s for the banning of p lat forms for extreme r ight -wing fac t i ons and urges for an a c t i v e oppos i t i on to f a s c i s m .

Condemnat ion of South A f r i c a ' s i nvas ion of A n g o l a was dec la red in an emergency motion wh ich recogn ised the M P L A

( P e o p l e ' s Movement for the L ibe ra t i on of Ango la ) as the only genuine l ibera t ion movement in A n g o l a .

P a u l B u r t o n ( U C L ) m o v i n g the reso lu t ion s a i d it was v i t a l that the N U S tonight a l ongs ide the An t i -Apa r the id Movement (AAM) and the A n g o l a So l ida r i t y Commit tee in support of the M P L A who were a c o a l i t i o n of a l l the left in A n g o l a . They were not con t ro l l ed by R u s s i a as s ta ted in the bourg iose r ight -wing p ress .

Sue S l i pman , N U S Na t i ona l Secre ta ry , summing-up on the debate w h i c h was somewhat one - s i ded , re i terated that it was imperat ive to support the M P L A who were f igh t ing for a P e o p l e ' s R e p u b l i c of A n g o l a . " P r o g r e s s i v e s a l l over the wor ld suppor ted the M P L A as does the N U S " , she s a i d .

The mot ion was overwhelming ly c a r r i e d .

Clarke lashes out at university unions IN HIS O P E N I N G speech to the Scarborough C o n f e r e n c e , C h a r l e s C l a r k e , P res i den t of N U S , s t r essed the need for s tudents to uni te and work on a larger s c a l e w i th the trade un ion movement.

It was , he sa id c l e a r that no government cou ld su rv i ve wi thout at leas t the tac i t support of the trade union movement. Students cou ld not now assume that they wou ld f ind t hemse l ves in the upper reaches of the p ro fess iona l c l a s s . The vast major i ty of s tudents would become trade union members. A s a resu l t , the natural a l l i e s of the student body were no longer the chamber of commerce, i ns tead they were the trade un ions .

Speak ing on the cu ts in pub l i c expend­i ture, Mr C l a r k e made it c l ea r that the N U S was p lay ing a lead ing ro le in the f ight aga ins t them and a s s u c h wou ld face at tempts a imed at de fea t ing the U n i o n . " T a c t i c s of ' d i v i d e and ru le '

w i l l be u s e d " , he s a i d . He took the opportunity to c r i t i c i z e those un ive rs i t y un ions wh i ch had been s low to take up the f ight aga ins t cu ts in educa t iona l expend i tu re .

"I must say to con fe rence that the leadersh ip of s o m e , not a l l , large un ive rs i t y un ions appears to be happier to s tand by and watch the f ight . . . They seem to look at the f ight to save educat ion as though it had nothing to do wi th them; wi th a lack of concern wh ich w i l l u l t imate ly destroy the educa t ion sec to r that they c l a i m to r e p r e s e n t " .

He a l s o condemned attempts to interfere in the in ternal democracy and accoun tab i l i t y of trade union s t ruc tu res , i nc lud ing in thei r e lec to ra l p r o c e s s e s . N U S cou ld expect the same treatment, as their oppos i t i on to government p o l i c i e s grew nearer the cen t re .

" T h e twin p r i n c i p l e s wh i ch th is con fe rence must uphold are the maximum involvement of the N U S ' s members in our union — for wi thout th is we are nothing — and the p r i nc i p l e of a c c o u n t a b i l i t y . By th is I mean the a c c o u n t a b i l i t y of th i s union to th i s na t iona l con ference and not to the judgements of the Lo rds of the F l e e t Street p r e s s " .

Mr C l a r k e went on to warn of the imp l i ca t i ons of d e c i s i o n s taken in other count r ies around the wo r l d . It was no c o i n c i d e n c e that loans were yet aga in being proposed after thei r s u c c e s s f u l in t roduct ion, a lbe i t pa r t i a l l y , in West Germany. S i m i l a r l y , the a t tacks on 60% of ove rseas s tudents who come from the poorest parts of the wor ld was in tens i f y ing jus t at the t ime the Gove rn ­ment was pursu ing o i l dea l s in the Midd le E a s t .

The problems fac ing s tudents had to be confronted hones t l y . It d id no good to condemn cu tbacks in educat ion and at the s a m e t ime say that the government 's economic po l i cy is broadly correct — the cu ts are cent ra l to t h i s p o l i c y . It was t ime to r e a l i s e that the era of 1968 was over .

He c o n c l u d e d : " T a c t i c s ful l of sound and fury and no more, in the end , s i gn i f y n o t h i n g . " " S e v e r e and d i f f i cu l t t asks l ie ahead. But the f ru i ts of s u c c e s s are worth f igh t ing for. They are: better educa t ion from the n u r s e r y to the un i ve rs i t y ; the r ights of many more people to educa t ion throughout their l i v e s ; and an end to educa t ion for the p r i v i l eged few.

" T h e ashes of defeat wou ld be bit ter indeed. F o r it is not on ly our own educat ion wh ich is at r i sk but the educa t ion , permanently des t royed , of those who w i l l f o l l ow u s . "

Foreign students getting a rough deal O V E R S E A S S T U D E N T S were be ing used as a wh ipp ing boy to implement more c u t s , Trevor P h i l i p s , N U S v i ce -p res iden t r e s p o n s i b l e for ove rseas s tuden ts , c l a i m e d at a p ress con fe rence on ove rseas s tuden ts . Mr P h i l l i p s was speak ing immediate ly after a motion condemning d i s c r i m i n a t i o n aga ins t ove rseas s tudents had been car r ied by an overwhe lming ly major i ty . L e s s than ten s tudents voted aga ins t it.

In th is context therefore, the ove rseas s tudents (OSi campaign was d i rec t l y l i nked to the g r a n t s / c u t s campa ign . Mr P h i l l i p s s a i d that th is term was the f i rs t t ime the OS campa ign had been taken-up demonstrably and in h i s v iew the best way to pursue the campaign was through the areas of the N U S .

The mot ion on OS wh ich c a l l s for a

day of ac t i on says that the present a t tacks on OS " c o n s t i t u t e a de l ibera te and sys tema t i c attempt to e x c l u d e from p o s t - s c h o o

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educa t ion , ove rseas students who are not pr iva te ly weal thy or backed by Government or b u s t

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~ s s in te res ts . The consequence of frits is to rest r ic t educa t iona l opportunity to the ru l ing e l i t e in those c o u n t r i e s " .

Oppos i t i on to p roposa ls con ta ined in the report of the C V C P Study Group on Pos tg raduate Educa t i on and the I L E A document c a

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i i n g for d ras t i c reduct ions in the number of ove rseas s tudents in I L E A c o l l e g e s , were e x p r e s s e d . Such p roposa l? had to be " s e e n i n . the context of the ' ^ c r e a s i n g use of r a s c i s t arguments by var ious g roups , wh ich

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Conference

Broad Left increase

hold on Executive

T H E B R O A D L E F T st rengthened the i r ho l d on the N U S E x e c u t i v e w i th the e l ec t i on o f P e t e D a v i e s to f i l l the vacancy le f t by the res igna t i on of L i b e r a l , F r a n c i s Haydn . H e i s a student o f E n g l i s h L i t e ra tu re at the N e w U n i v e r s i t y o f U l s t e r where he a l s o ho lds the sabba t i ca l post of Deputy P r e s i d e n t .

P e t e was a fu l l - t ime L o c h n e s s monster hunter for three and a ha l f y e a r s before becoming a student at N U U .

A l a n W i l l i am s (Bradford U n i v e r s i t y ) w a s e l e c t e d to the E l e c t i o n s Commi t tee and M i k e H i l l ( N L P ) e lec ted as a three year member of F i n a n c e Commit tee.

In add i t i on , the f o l l ow in g peop le were e l e c t e d to serve on the Steer ing Commi t tee : T i ! Wright ( L e e d s ) , Anne Ha r r i son (New C o l l e g e o f Speech and Drama), Sarah Ward ( L e e d s ) , V a l e r i e P h i l l i p s ( R a c h e l M c M i l l a n ) , C l a r e Wi lson (Manchester ) , Ian K i n g (Moray H o u s e C E ) and K e i t h Unde rb i l l (UMIST) .

Housing

Ballyhoo and nowt else

F O R T H E S E C O N D conference running the problem of hous ing was d i s c u s s e d . \ C h a r l e s C l a r k e moving the s e c t i o n of j the E x e c u t i v e report on hous ing desc r i bed ! it as " t h e most p o l i t i c a l l y d i v i s i v e i i s sue fac ing students and young people ! in g e n e r a l " .

There was an expand ing demand by j young s i n g l e people for s i ng l e p l a c e s j to l i ve . For Na t i ona l and loca l government j to take-up th is problem and prov ide i accommodat ion for them, seemed to be Mr C l a r k e ' s so lu t ion to the problem. '

The ac tua l hous ing mot ion was even tua l l y ca r r i ed by a major i ty after a l l three amendments, each supported by a d i f ferent extreme po l i t i ca l group, had been debated and de fea ted . The po l i c y adopted reaf f i rmed prev ious p o l i c y . Note of the acute hous ing shor tage, inc reased use of r ep ress i v e l eg i s l a t i on aga ins t squat ters occupy ing empty property, the C r i m i n a l T r e s p a s s L a w and the m a s s i v e inc rease in h a i l s of r es i dence charges were made. C a l l s foi a rent f reeze and usage of shor t - l i fe accommodat ion were seen as temporary measures aga ins t a very poor s i t ua t i on .

In the meant ime, the N U S E x e c u t i v e has been charged wi th a care fu l study of the s i tua t ion and to seek so lu t i ons w i th the he lp of the re levant in terested bod ies .

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attempt to lay the biame for the c r i s i s on e thn ic m i n o r i t i e s ' ' .

" M a n y ove rseas student;, have no cho i ce but to come to B r i t a i n due to a | h is to ry of exp lo i t a t i on and rep ress ion in their own count r ies wh ich has resu l ted in a c r im ina l lack of f a c i l i t i e s . B r i t a in has a moral duty to prov ide educa t ion for these s tudents and a l s o to those who come from count r ies wi th f a s c i s t gove rnmen ts ' ' .

The mot ion c a l l s on the N U S execu t i ve to approach v i c e - c h a n c e l l o r s to recons ide r p roposa l s to i nc rease f e e s . It a l s o b e l i e v e s that the ove rseas a id budget

T H E D E B A T E on the N U S cons t i tu t ion was cha rac te r i sed by con fus ion and strong emot ions . D e s p i t e thei r s ta tus as an independent body who usua l l y do not take part in d i s c u s s i o n s at con fe rence , the E l e c t i o n s Commi t tee were c a l l e d on to g i ve the i r v i e w s on po in ts in the main mot ion and accompany ing amendments, pr ior to their be ing d i s c u s s e d .

The E l e c t i o n s Commi t tee were of the op in ion thai they wou ld not be ab le to carry out the ins t ruc t ions as stated in the main mot ion , because they were not equ ipped to do s o . T h i s was due to their independence and therefore they cou ld not draft parts of the cons t i t u t i on as they were be ing a s k e d to do.

The main mot ion was moved by Le igh ton Adams ( N e w c a s t l e P o l y t e c h n i c ) . He wanted to see N U S suppor t ing the sma l l c o l l e g e s and become more represent­a t i ve . There were 750,000 fu l l and part-t ime s tudents in the N U S he pointed out. " Y o u represent 200,000 of these s tudents at the ou ts ide . We are concerned about the at t i tude of the average student towards the N U S . It is not even an at t i tude; it is abso lu te non-concern wi th every th ing to do wi th the u n i o n . "

" T h e N U S e f f ec t i ve l y d i v o r c e s the major i ty of s tudents because of the smal l number of people who come to these con fe rences assuming they represent the ma jo r i t y . "

Mr Steve Moon, B i rmingham U n i v e r s i t y , moving the f i rs t amendment, c a l l e d for d i rec t e l e c t i o n s of the top four execu t i ve members and s a i d he recogn ised the problems inherent in e s t a b l i s h i n g a majori ty ba l lo t . A recommendat ion in the amendment asked for the e l ec t i on and observers in C O s to be car r ied out by a secre t ba l lo t of a l l thei r ordinary members.

Mr F r a n c i s haydn a t tack ing the amendment desc r i bed it as a T o r y / L i b e r a l plot that wou ld lead to a r ight -wing take­over of N U S if p a s s e d . He was not in favour of democracy for i ts own s a k e . " S t o p far t ing about and support the main m o t i o n " , he c o n c l u d e d .

G a v i n Grant speak ing for the amend­ment, thought that the N U S was in danger of becoming mor ibund. " T h e r e is a chance that d i rec t e l e c t i o n s w i l l r e v i t a l i s e N U S . "

The amendment was overwhe lming ly de fea ted .

A second amendment supported by the N U S execu t i ve s t rove to main ta in the e x i s t i n g s ta tus quo. Howard Smith (A rch i tec tu ra l A s s o c i a t i o n ) , moving the amendment, p leaded , " L e t us c lea r l y re ject the idea that the proposers of the main motion seek democracy . The democracy of N U S has been demonst rab ly proven by i ts e f fec t i ve campa ign ing for s t u d e n t s . "

C h a r l e s C l a r k e concur ing w i th h im s a i d the debate concerned the l i fe -b lood of the U n i o n . It was tak ing p lace at a t ime when many o rgan i sa t i ons were t ry ing to weaken N U S . " K i c k out the reac t ionary main l i n e " , he c o n c l u d e d .

The s e c o n d amendment was c a r r i e d , on a card vote , by 344,473 vo tes to 115,720. A majori ty of 2 to 1.

A third amendment, con ta in i ng a recommendat ion that the four fu l l - t ime o f f i ce rs shou ld rece i ve a sa la ry of 52 /30 of the main rate grant, was v igourous ly opposed by members of the execu t i ve w i th the excep t i on of the Treasurer , Hugh L a n n i n g . The new p roposa ls would mean a drop in s a l a r i e s from £3,200 to about £1,400 wjth £100 for each re -e l ec t i on .

By th is t ime, the debate had been in progress for near ly three hours and at only about f i ve minutes to midn ight , a procedura l wrangle deve loped regarding tak ing th'e amendment in par ts . The amendment was even tua l l y voted on as a whole and dec la red c a r r i e d , a l though from the press tab le , it looked as if it had f a i l e d .

A revote w a s demanded but amidst the con fus ion that re igned , no c l e a r d e c i s i o n was announced . In the event , the main motion was put to the vote and dec la red los t .

However , a card vote taken on the third amendment the f o l l ow ing morning — proceed ings hav ing been cut short by e l e c t r i c i a n s turning off the microphones and leav ing - produced 184,702 for and 204,426 aga ins t .

T h i s resu l t meant that no p o l i c y had been d e c i d e d on the N U S cons t i t u t i on . So the s ta tus quo i s main ta ined for the t ime be ing .

£985 grant claim approved T H E C L A I M F O R a main rate of grant of £985 for the 1 9 7 6 - 7 7 academic year was approved by the con fe rence . A c l a i m for a grant of £1,200 w a s heav i l y defeated after an amendment to the Gran ts and E d u c a t i o n C u t s mot ion , i n wh ich the c la im was a part .

T h e Gran ts mot ion i t s e l f reaf f i rmed cont inued oppos i t i on to any further cu ts in the educa t ion budget , and aga in c a l l e d for the abo l i t i on of the means test and the end ing o f d i sc re t i ona ry awards . Demands were a l so made for fu l l grants for a l l fu l l - t ime s tudents

shou ld be inc reased and a larger pro­port ion of it spent in prov id ing greater educa t iona l opportuni ty to w o r k i n g - c l a s s people in deve lop ing coun t r i es .

over 16 y e a r s o f age and a res tora t ion of a l l the c u t s made to date i n p u b l i c expendi ture on educa t i on , h o u s i n g and s o c i a l s e r v i c e s .

T h e mot ion a l s o c a l l e d on the N U S E x e c u t i v e to o rgan ise " a na t iona l demonst ra t ion j us t before the A n n u a l Student Grant R e v i e w " .

B u i l d i n g l i n k s w i th the trade un ion movement was seen to be of cen t ra l importance to the campa ign on grants and c u t s .

P e t e G i l l a r d N U S execu t i ve member, s p eak in g dur ing the debate s a i d " I t i s t ime to put forward our own i d e a s and take ac t i on . T h i s i s the on ly way we are go ing to b u i l d l i n k s wi th the t rade un ion m o v e m e n t . "

T h e mot ion was ca r r i ed through w i t h a large number of abs ten t i ons .

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PRIZE CROSSWORD No.26

A c r o s s

8. One thousands rest at per iod of fo r thcoming ' f e s t i v a l ' (7,3) 9 . . D e b t s of one c i r c u l a r son (4, abbr) 10. ' B a n d y , ' e l p us to change , q u i c k l y ' (6) 11 . D i r e c t i o n sa in t , for examp le , g o e s , h e a r t l e s s , to g i v e s a v i n g s (4—4) 12: T h e matter of the graduate before the s h i p (4) 14. Wooden ' s l i p p e r ' made us ing h a l f - s k i l l s (3) 15. W i l d , a F r e n c h mate , w i l d ! (6) 17. C a r s attempt to turn Government department s u c c e e d s in p roduc ing another de func t one (8,2,5)

19. C o m p l e t e l y into two, hea r t l ess (2,4)

20 . L i k e qu ie t s n a k e (3) 22. Qu ie t f o l l o w s South A f r i c a n band (4) 2 3 . A g i r l and Newton in U S state (8) 2 5 . Very large mother ho lds one e lement (6) 27. D o m e s t i c a n i m a l s return before the door (4) 28 . G i r l ho l ds one where I t 's ice" c o l d ' (9)

Down

1. Movement of the, the F r e n c h Inc luded that from one key to another (10) 2. A cut of meat? (4) 3 . Sof ten by s o a k i n g , before an af ter thought , unp leasan t people (6)

4. Odd t i n y - s i d e s pear at l i ne -ups (8,7)

5. F i v e hundred g i ve agree­ment to tough-sounding mater ia l for co lou r ing (8) 6 . 51 cen ts ( i nc lud ing debt) makes one d i s s o l u t e (10) 7. Ce leb ra ted return of beas ts (4) 13. E x - V P h a s p lot to produce an instrument show ing resp i r ­a t ion (10) 16. Much about wi th one, and a mess is inst rumenta l (5,5) 18. R i v e r in l oca l near equator;? (8) 2 1 . Band up round graduate to get recent ly portrayed J a p a n e s e ( 3 - 3 ) 24 . S e n t c i r c u l a r f o r c o m m i t t e e ( 4 ) 26 . The way i t ' s heard the g rass was cut (4)

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CORRECTIONS TO T H E UNION DIRECTORY

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s o c i e t i e s , e tc and who to con tac t . F o r those of you who

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P a g e 1

Ex te rna l A f f a i r s O f f i ce r : - De r r i ck Eve re t t P h y s i c s 2 Wel fare Of f i cer : - Sue K a l i c i n s k i Chem E n g P G int. 3 7 7 6 / 7 Student Res iden t o f f i ce r : - D a v e R a w n s l e y P h y s i c s 2 Communi ty Ac t i on G r o u p : - Ian Jowet t P h y s i c s 3

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S C A B Cha i rman: - De le te " S o u t h w e l l 6 0 B 2 " O v e r s e a s Student C h a i r m a n : - De le te " S Moh indra Dep Reps : -A e r o N ige l W i l l i a m s Ae ro 2 Chem E n g / C h e m T e c h : - N i e l B i n d e r Chem E n g 2 C h e m i s t r y : - H a z e l Walker Chem 3

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F l o o r reps : M K e s s l e r P h y s i c s P G

C o l l e g e Commi t tees : -De le te " C o m p u t i n g S e r v i c e s " , " S a f e t y " Add (1) " H o u s e C o m m i t t e e "

P Teague , J Downs

(2) " S a f e t y C o u n c i l " R Shaki r , J D o w n s , M K e s s l e r

(3) D R a w n s l e y to Student R e s i d e n c e Commi t tee .

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U F C : - add A Pot ter P h y s i c s 3 P u b l i c a t i o n s Board : - add E T S tevenson C h e m P G H o u s e Commit tee: - add Tom C a r l s t e d t - D u k e

John M i d l a n e Andy Po t te r

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Mr ICWA:- John Walker Mat S c i 2

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Steve Hoyle P res i den t L i n s t e a d H a l l

S teve Dear ing V i c e - P r e s i d e n t 164 Keogh H a l l C iv i l Engll

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N i c k G i l l e t t E n t s Secretary Douga l Stewart A s s t . Hon Sec S o c i a l reps (1st year ) : P h y s i c s L e e Kenny , Simon C h a s e Chemis t r y George Sweakman Maths Dave C o u r t l e y , M i k e S iomiak L i f e S c i e n c e s Stuart B l a c k m a n

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Ha tha Y o g a :

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Reviews Cinema T h e Return of the P ink Panther ( U ,

Uni ted Ar t is ts ) . Directed by Blake

Edwards; starring Peter Se l lers ,

Chr is topher Plummer, Herbert Lorn and

Cather ine S c h e l l .

A L T H O U G H S O M E of the gags are ove rp layed and genera l l y f logged to death the f i lm i s as funny as one cou ld w i s h . The team seem to have en joyed t hemse l ves t remendous ly dur ing the mak ing of the f i lm so much as that Ms S c h e l l was unab le to s top her se l f burs t ing into laughter on a c o u p l e of o c c a s i o n s .

S e l l e r s g i v e s another e x c e l l e n t per formance a s the bumbl ing , inept C l o u s e a u who even tua l l y d r i ves h i s super io r , D rey fus (Herbert Lorn), to i n s a n i t y . Lorn is outs tand ing as Drey fus and the s c e n e s i nvo l v i ng he and S e l l e r s are some of the funn ies t I've seen for a g e s

C l o u s e a u now a patrolman and recent ly suspended by Drey fus is re ins ta ted and a s k e d to recover the P i n k Panther d iamond that has been s to len from the L u g a s h N a t i o n a l Museum. H e immediate ly makes for the South of F r a n c e to apprehend L i t t o n , a l i a s T h e Panther (Chr i s topher P lummer ) . L i t t o n p roc la im ing innocence s e t s off for L u g a s h to ca t ch the real c rook and hence c l e a r h imse l f .

T h e plot d e v e l o p e s and after much c h a s i n g to and fro a l l the pro tagon is ts a r r ive in G s t a a d where L i t t on c a t c h e s - u p w i th the rea l thief (h is w i fe ) ; C l o u s e a u c a t c h e s up w i th L i t t o n ; a l l three are caught up by C o l o n e l Sharhi (Pe te r A rne ) , L u g a s h Secre t Se rv i ce who is m is taken l y shot by Drey fus in h i s attempt to k i l l C l o u s e a u .

D rey fus i s i n s t i t u t i o n a l i s e d , C l o u s e a u gets h i s job and L i t t on and w i fe return to the i r p rev ious l i fe of peace and qu ie t . One cannot f i n i s h a rev iew of th is f i lm wi thout ment ion ing R i c h a r d W i l l i a m s ' P i n k Panther aminat ions w h i c h are qu i te marve lous l y amus ing to w a t c h .

Theatre Hamlet At The Old Vic

(National Theatre)

T h e usua l reason for d e c i d i n g to put on a product ion of Hamle t i s , I suppose , that there i s an ac tor whose t ime has come. H i s s tature as an ac tor is such that Hamle t i s the l o g i c a l p rogress ion of h i s ca ree r . Howeve r , Hamle t Is a young man — it i s su re l y h i s youth and i n e x p e r i e n c e that prevents C l a u d i u s from k i l l i n g h im e a r l i e r — so that d e c i s i o n must not be left too la te .

A l be r t F i n n e y is an ac to r whose t ime for Hamle t has come , but it has a l s o a lmos t gone . H e i s too o l d a pr ince — he i n j e c t s the part w i th more expe r i ence of l i fe than it needs . H e i s a l s o too i m p u l s i v e ; t h i s i s the man who wou ld leave the schem ing to others and go for C l a u d i u s w i t h both daggers drawn. H i s s t y l e of s o l i l o q u y i s that of J immy Por te r and h i s s c e n e s wi th O p h e l i a bear s im i l a r i t y to those w i th A l i s o n in ' L o o k B a c k in A n g e r " .

P e t e r H a l l ' s product ion i t se l f i s f l a t , l i t e r a l l y . T h e s tage is f la t and

L u c k y Lady ( A A , Fox-Rank) . Directed

by Stanley Donen; starr ing Gene

Hackman, L i z a Minnel l i and Burt

Reyno lds .

IT IS A P I T Y that d i rec tor , Stan ley Donen let sent imenta l i t y and the Ho l l ywoo d c raze for 'happy end ings ' put what I can only d e s c r i b e as a lousy end ing to an o therw ise en ter ta in ing f i lm fu l l of warmth and charac te r . T h e net resul t i s of cou rse to reduce what cou ld have been a very good f i lm to an average seasona l - t ype throw-up.

Hackman who p l a y s K ibby , s a y s that it was the most spontaneous and natural role h e ' s ever p layed - it ce r ta in l y looked it!

The t r io, K i b b y , C l a i r e ( L i z a M i n e l l i ) and Walker (Burt Reyno lds ) team-up after Harry ( C l a i r e ' s husband) d i e s and us ing Wa lke r ' s ketch ' L u c k y L a d y ' run boot leg booze into the Un i t ed S ta tes . The ketch i s s a i l e d by B i l l y (Robby Benson of ' Je remy ' fame) and together w i th the three ge t - r i ch -qu ick adventurers soon f ind that the boot legg ing b u s i n e s s is not a l l fun and games, e s p e c i a l l y when you do s i l l y th ings l i ke buy-up M c T e a g u e ' s (p layed by John H i l le rman) cons ignment of booze.

Howeve r , they e s c a p e M c T e a g u e ' s wrath for the time be ing hav ing s o l d the booze pro f i tab ly set about spend ing it on themse lves and doing-up the boat. They cont inue thei r e x p l o i t s unt i l when the are ambushed by M c T e a g u e and h i s henchmen aboard the North Star.

The two heroes e s c a p e badly injured and after a long c o n v a l e s c e n c e jo in fo rces w i th other ' i ndependen ts ' to try and stop M c T e a g u e who has been k n o c k i n g off the sma l l operators and s t e a l i n g the i r ca rgo .

In a spec tacu la r f i n i s h M c T e a g u e is blown-up and h i s c a c h e of 50,000 c a s e s of l iquor d i v i d e d up between the v i c t o r s .

C e r t a i n l y a f i lm wi th lots of gus to , sad and funny moments. L i z a M i n n e l l i is good as C l a i r e — she hams her way through w i th a care f ree abondonement that i s w e l l matched by H a c k m a n ' s portrayal of Kibby.

Paul Ekpenyong

in a l l but a few s c e n e s the actors are on the i r feet p resent ing a monotony of leve l and a lack of v i s u a l in teres t . It was on l y when the s tage w a s fu l l of charac te rs that th ings rea l l y came to l i fe — in the play s c e n e , when Fo r t i nb ras requests pe rm iss ion to c r o s s Denmark and a r r i ves on s tage wi th h i s army, and the f i na l due l s c e n e . Pe rhaps it i s wrong to c r i t i c i s e Mr H a l l for w i s h i n g to use a s i n g l e a c t i n g area for every th ing from the in t imacy of the Q u e e n ' s appartment to the expanse of a p la in wi th an army, for it i s by frequent changes of set that in terest can be lost ; here the s c e n e s led into one another wi th a lmost indecent h a s t e .

P o l o n i u s must be one of the d i r e c t o r ' s greatest headaches in an uncut ve rs ion of Hamle t . T h e part, as wr i t ten , g i v e s great s c o p e for comedy but t h i s a l l appears out of p l a c e in the c i r c u m s t a n c e s of the w h o l e p lay . Whereas the grave-d iggers (who, i nc i den ta l l y make no pretence of the fact that they are refugees from another Na t i ona l Theat re product ion — ' T h e P l a y b o y of the Western Wor ld ' ) are ex t raneous charac te rs ou ts ide the mains t ream of the plot , P o l o n i u s has a much more important ro le to p lay as father to L a e r t e s and O p h e l i a . R o l a n d C u l v e r p l a y s him wi th a mul t i tude of f a c i a l e x p r e s s i o n , drawing the comedy out too far . H i s ch i ld ren (Simon Ward

M u s i c Zappa/Beefheart - Bongo Fury

(Discreet)

Sir Alf, your opinion..." Well Jimmy, Frank's bin kickinn' the poop pretty hot over the last few seasons an' gettinn' the results. Now Beefheart crashes in from behind an' knackers anv chance of progressing. Who needs >im ... an' 'e won't take his baaff with the lads afterwards"... thankinn you, Sir Alf.

A s po in ted out by h i s eminence , U n c l e F rank Z a p p a has been mak inn ' mos wunnerfu l l sounds of l a te , in the Form of " overnile sensation", "apostrophe"

(conta in ing the abso lu te c l a s s i c track "Nanook runs it"), and "one size fits all"

— h i s bes t moments to date w i th the excep t i on of "Hot r a / s " . A l l the ingred ients had been bought — e x p l o s i v e m u s i c a l i nven t ion , superb ly zany houmour, and unbeatable m u s i c i a n s p l a y i n g the stuff. On ly F z ' s warp- fac tor e igh t bra in nodules c o u l d have c o n c e i v e d such b lurbed b r i l l i a n c e and put it out on v i n y l .

With th i s a lbum, i t ' s back to the mind­l e s s , no -d i rec t i on , s e l f - i n d u l g e n c e o f h i s e a r l i e s t p r e s s i n g s . T h e c o h e s i o n has gone and the " o r i g i n a l M r - o u t - o f - s y n c . " (Beefhear t , that i s ) is b a c k w i th h i s . p i e -in - the-s t ra tosphere e y e w a s h v e r b a l e s e . Out of the w indow goes the m u s i c i a n s h i p of impeccab l y and i n t r i ca te l y p l a y e d tunes , and in come the s l opp y s tumb l i ng b l u e s jams that l e s s e r m u s i c i a n s l i k e Beefhear t cons tan t l y have to resor t to — and Frank goes a long wi th i t a l l , a great shame.

HIC

Sad is t ic Mika Band - Hot! Menu

(Harvest , EMI)

G R A V I T A T I N G A R O U N D a funky base wh ich i s immediate ly d i s c a r d e d for a beaut i fu l and m e l o d i c sound en t i t l ed 'Mummy d o e s n ' t go to par t ies s i n c e Daddy d i e d ' , S M B p l e a s e and d i s p l e a s e w i th in fu r ia t ing c o n s i s t e n c y .

There i s an abundance of borrowed ideas p ro l i fe ra t ing the a lbum. It i s a pi ty that they are rare ly put to good e f fec t . A L a t i n - A m e r i c a n in f luence even c reeps in on the fourth t rack of s i de one , 'Mada Mada Samba ' w h i c h in E n g l i s h means Not Y e t , Not Y e t , M i d w i f e .

On s i d e two ' O k i n a w a ' (Strange F i s h ) , an apt ly named s o n g , s l i d e s into ' S t y l e i s c h a n g i n g ' . In s o far a s it is for the better, I who lehear ted ly agree. T h i s is f o l l owed by a n i c e funky tune en t i t l ed ' F u n k y Mah jong ' and i s one of the better t r acks .

A h W e l l ! A l l one can say i s that whoever thought of the t i t l e for th is album must have jus t f a l l en out of a refr igerator in a drugged stupor .

Paul Ekpenyong

and Susan F lee twood ) are exce l l en t though mad s c e n e s tended to se t my teeth on edge a s M i s s F l e e t w o o d sang har r i son B i r t w i s t l e ' s arrangements in a h igh soprano .

F o u r hou rs , i n c l u d i n g on ly one in te rva l , i s a long t ime to s i t s t i l l in a theatre, even when you are cap t i va ted by the ac t ion on the s t a g e . It i s to be hoped that the s e a t s in the new Nat iona l Theat re w i l l be more comfor tab le than those at the O l d V i c .

Thomas Stevenson

F I L I X

Apathy or misdirected

slothfulness

H A V E Y O U ever n o t i c e d , how, shor t l y af ter IC e l e c t i o n s or an N U S demo, va r i ous pe rsons star t a c c u s i n g the IC popu lous of d i s p l a y i n g extreme apa thy? Norma l l y l i k e a l l good s t u d e n t s , we nod and s a y ' T h e r e ' s a te r r ib le apathy problem here ' then dash off to some w i l d exhaus t i ng a c t i v i t y s u c h as s k i i n g only to rush back and use seve ra l armfu ls of energy consuming such beverages as the Ba r commit tee see f i t to of fer u s .

T h e t ime has come to p ro tes t ! ! . . . I e m p h a t i c a l l y deny that the s t rong and overwhe lm ing d i s p l a y of non -pa r t i c i pa t i on at e l e c t i o n s and N U S s h i n d i g s i s not due to apathy but a var ie ty of other l e s s condemning reasons such as d i s i n t e r e s t , lack of t ime, e t c , e t c .

Misd i rec ted energy

In my Humb le op in ion if anyone wan ts to protest about the non- reac t ion to any i s s u e p o l i t i c a l , shou ld ins tead of s h o u t i n g " b l o o d y t e c h n o l o g i s t s " and throwing tantrums in the Un ion o f f i ce — they shou ld examine the cu r i ous amount of " m i s d i r e c t e d e n e r g y " in t h i s C o l l e g e . If anyone doubts that vas t quan t i t i e s of energy i s not used up for pure ly non -academic pu rsu i t s then they ought to have a look at any third y e a r ' s job a p p l i c a t i o n form. Y o u w i l l be amazed how many s o c i e t i e s and spor ts c l u b s that the average third year appears to be long to.

V a r i e d interests

I th ink it i s about t ime a new p u b l i c image w a s g iven to the average IC mob. We shou ld a l s o show the wor ld that apar t from work ing e ight hours a n igh t , the average IC student h a s w ide and var ied i n te res t s .

F i r s t and most o b v i o u s there i s a very i m p r e s s i v e c o l l e c t i o n of road s i g n s and n o t i c e s In abundance around the U n i o n — these hav ing been ob ta ined from a l l over Great B r i t a i n by our en te rp r i s i ng rep resen t i ves at t hese l o c a t i o n s . T h i s c o l l e c t i o n i s f requent ly overhau led and new ones added . T h i s s h o w s the ex t reme ly

b y Karen Gadd

admirab le determinat ion and energy of seve ra l in t repid s tudents here who go to great lengths at . t imes to pur lo in them.

Horr i f ic inf luences

Second l y , there i s the unique and var ied fo l k lo re of the three sub-cu l tu res wh i ch s imu l taneous l y e x i s t in va r ious parts of the C o l l e g e . T h e s e three c u l t s (known to the few as C C U s ) have an impress i ve mascot and an in te res t ing s e l e c t i o n of chan ts and ceremonies w h i c h are open to t h o s e , in i t i a ted and accep ted into the appropiate c o v e n . T h e great whi te leaders of t hese c u l t s are renowned and upheld as perpetuators of the great IC t rad i t ion . Unfor tunate ly th is great t rad i t ion has been lost now for seve ra l genera t ions of s tuden ts . T h i s has c a u s e d much f rust ra t ion to the three mighty war r io rs — as has been recent ly d i s p l a y e d when one succumbed to the unknown, hor r i f i c i n f luences of " a c a d e m i c p r e s s u r e s " , and another f ind ing it a l l too much, ran naked f i ve t imes round the A lbe r t H a l l — th is sad and moving s igh t of B i g B c l a d In noth ing but a tophat w i l l not be forgotten for many a long yea r .

F r e n z i e d a c t i v i t y

The a s t o n i s h i n g degree of a c t i v i t y of those invo lved in C G U s is a c l e a r i nd i ca t i on that apathy does not p r e v a i l .

F o r who can c l a i m that apathy has us in i ts s l u g g i s h g rasp w h e n . s o much f renz ied ac t i v i t y can be seen n ight ly ou ts ide the Un ion after 11 o ' c l o c k at n ight . F o r w h i l e the s igh t of seve ra l young men s imu l t aneous l y s i ng ing and r e l i e v i n g themse lves in the midd le of B e i t Quad can s t i l l be w i t n e s s e d at regular i n te rva ls we r e a l i s e that the s o c i a l and p o l i t i c a l l i fe of th i s Un ion is not on i ts knees .

A n d if you s t i l l have doubts that energy and en thus iasm for our great , common c a u s e are not in e v i d e n c e , try shou t ing ' K n i c k e r s ! ' in the Un ion B a r . I d i d .

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T a k e it back!

4 . H o w to complain

Stop u s i n g the a r t i c l e on f ind ing the fau l t . G o back to the shop w i th the fau l ty goods (if p rac t i cab le ) and the rece ip t A s k to s e e the manager. If h e / s h e i s not he lp fu l con tac t the managing d i rec to r . Send any co r respondence by recorded de l i ve r y and keep a c o p y . If you s t i l l have no s u c c e s s you c a n sue through the county •co i r * . F o r c l a i m s l e s s than £75 there i s a sys tem whereby you can conduc t the c a s e

you rse l f . The cos t is s m a l l and you get the money back if y o u w in the c a s e .

Fo r further information con tac t the Student Wel fare Centre, ' open 12.30 — 1.30pm and your loca l C i t i z e n ' s A d v i c e Bureau or Consumer A d v i c e Cen t re .

Sue K a l i c i n s k l

Welfare Of f icer

N O T I C E

A n y o n e w i th O negat ive b l ood , p l ease con tac t the H e a l t h Cen t re . They wou ld be very g ra te fu l .

External Eclairs A s you are read ing t h i s , I

s h a l l be in Durham, a p rov inc ia l p l ace somewhere in the w i l d s north of Watford, at the N U S U n i v e r s i t i e s C o n f e r e n c e . I s h a l l probably be wr i t i ng about that next week . Meanwh i l e I suppose you are a l l g a s p i n g to hear the ju i cy d e t a i l s of what happened at the Scarborough Con fe rence ; y e s , I thought you would be.

Imagine a ha l l f i l l e d main ly w i th s tudents ; on the plat form are the N a t i o n a l U n i o n ' s E x e c u t i v e and the i r running dogs ; the E x e c u t i v e c o n s i s t s of fourteen Broad L e f t i e s (a c o a l i t i o n of the Communis t Par ty and va r ious other M a r x i s t s ) , two Internat ional S o c i a l i s t s (the " T r o t s " ) and one Internat ional M a r x i s t . The leader of t h i s shower i s one C h a r l e s C l a r k e , a fat , bearded o ld E ton ian from K i n g ' s C o l l e g e , Cambr idge (h iss) and a ca ree r i s t .

Y o u may have gathered that these h a c k s are not exac t l y my favour i te peop le , and can assure you that I am not one of t he i r s . In f ac t , no-one seemed to be qu i te sure what I was p o l i t i c a l l y ; Mary At tenborough conc luded that I was a " T r o t " and Trevor P h i l l i p s that I w a s a " B l o o d y T o r y " . I can now revea l that I am a r igh t -w ing L i b e r a l ba l l sh i t t e r .

No doubt you have read in F E L I X or e l sewhere about the main e v e n t s of the Con fe rence ; the removal of M s S l ipman as the cha i rman of Internat ional P o l i c y Group , the debate on Democrat i sa t ion , and the f i n a n c i a l problems of N U S T r a v e l .

Y o u may not know about some of the other debates that took p l a c e , for examp le , that on Government E c o n o m i c P o l i c y . T h i s showed two th ings about the Broad Lef t and the T ro t s ; f i r s t l y they know nothing about e i the r Government or E c o n o m i c s and s e c o n d l y , that they w i s h to see the economy of th i s country to ta l l y des t royed . T h e mot ion w h i c h was even tua l l y passed c a l l e d for a m a s s i v e re f la t ion of the economy, fu l l employment and an end to a l l wage res t ra in t . T h o s e Labour Par ty s tudents w i th whom I la ter d i s c u s s e d th i s were s o d i sgus ted wi th t h i s mot ion that they are c o n s i d e r i n g w i t h ­d rawing the i r support from the Broad Le f t in pro tes t .

T h i s sort of th ing i s not on ly ou ts ide the concern of the N U S , but a l s o br ings them into d is repu te w h i c h can only weaken thei r in f luence wi th the Government , sma l l as it i s .

The democracy debate w a s a comple te ra i l road by the Broad Le f t , ma in ly by P e t e A s h b y and A l a s t a i r Stewar t . We were at tempt ing to have

at l eas t some of the E x e c u t i v e e lec ted by a ba l l o t of a l l s tuden ts , and to improve the procedures for e l e c t i n g de lega tes to the c o n f e r e n c e s .

A s far as the lat ter i s conce rned , I wou ld l i ke to see the N U S lay down s tandard e l e c t i o n procedures w h i c h wou ld be a cond i t i on of a t tendance , for e x a m p l e , at l eas t , to e l e c t d e l e g a t e s from a U G M , a s we do at IC, or (preferably) by a sec re t campus-w ide ba l l o t , a s is done in many c o l l e g e s .

The conduc t of P e t e A s h b y , in the c h a i r , w a s qu i te d i s ­g u s t i n g . H e tw i s ted a mot ion to take the th i rd amendment in parts s o that he c o u l d be sure of removing the s e c t i o n on E x e c u t i v e s a l a r i e s , and then he refused to accep t a c h a l l e n g e to the cha i r suppor ted by the requi red number of d e l e g a t i o n s .

The E x e c u t i v e a l s o used a member of the e l e c t i o n s commit tee in suppor t of the i r c a s e , and A l a s t a i r S tewar t , suppor ted by C h a r l e s C l a r k e , m is represen ted the v i e w s of the E l e c t o r a l Reform S o c i e t y . The moderates d id not a l l o w th i s to go unrefuted.

The T o r i e s and L i b e r a l s , together wi th the " S t u d e n t s for Rep resen ta t i ve P o l i c i e s " group, i s s u e d the text of the let ter from the E l e c t o r a l Reform S o c i e t y , d e s p i t e threats of lega l ac t i on from C h a r l e s C l a r k e . In the i r at tempts to fo i l the move for d i rec t e l e c t i o n s , the Broad Le f t used every p o l i t i c a l p loy , i n c l u d i n g underhand ones , at thei r d i s p o s a l .

Pe rhap s after the next na t iona l c o n f e r e n c e , at E a s t e r , the new E x e c u t i v e w i l l con ta in a few modera tes . S e r v i c e s

A t the las t C o u n c i l mee t ing , a very t i red E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s o f f i ce r presented some c o n s i t -tu t iona l c h a n g e s to I C U C o u n c i l . T h e s e i nc luded the c rea t i on of the post of S e r v i c e s L i a i s o n O f f i ce r , whose brief w i l l be to arrange and a d v i s e s tuden ts on t ravel f a c i l i t i e s and insu rance s e r v i c e s , p rov ided by N U S or o the rw i se .

H e might a l s o i nves t i ga te the potent ia l of marke t ing goods , for e x a m p l e , c a l c u l a t o r s , w i n e , A s c o t water hea te rs , e lephant - foo t umbre l la s tands or whatever by the U n i o n . The new post shou ld b e open for nomina t ions af ter the next U G M .

T h a t ' s a l l f o l k s , excep t for my s l oga n of the week : "Force the Reds to resign and get students into a mobilisation situation to return an anti-imperialist (but not anti-Imperial) Tory -Trotskyite Executive pledged to moderate policies".

Derrick (Dermot) Everett

PROSPECTIVE R E A L A L E SOCIETY

Anyone in terested in forming a R e a l A l e Soc ie t y p l ease come to the R C S U o f f i ce on Thursday 15th January at 1.00pm ( P S - G u i l d s and M i n e s inv i ted if in terested. )

C R O S S C O U N T R Y "The Handicap"

H A I L E D B Y S O M E as the c l i m a x of the terms rac ing — the rest of us are l e s s e n t h u s i ­a s t i c - the Annua l C l u b H a n d i c a p takes p l a c e on the las t Wednesday before the C h r i s t m a s break. T h i s i s the race for wh i ch the as yet u n d i s c o v e r e d have t ra ined hard and raced a b y s m a l l y a l l term. T h e y might even have l a id off the beer a bit in the p rev ious week too! Such a man i s A D a v e y !

T h e use of the above s t r a teg ies i s d e s i g n e d to ensure that the C a p t a i n is hoodw inked when he performs that onerhous task " w o r k i n g out the h a n d i c a p s " . F e l l o w eng inee rs wou ld no doubt com ise ra te w i th Ian ' c o s t h i s requ i res " s u m s " to be done : on the other hand the re ' s p lenty of s c o p e fo r " g u e s s w o r k " in the " c a l c u l a t i o n s " , s o i t ' s not a l l bad.

T h e e s s e n s e of the " m e t h o d " i s one of es t ima t i ng how w e l l the v i c t i m shou ld be c a p a b l e of running round Pe te r sham on the b a s i s of i h e terms races and " c u r r e n t f o r m " . C o r r e c t i o n s are then made in order to d i s c o u r a g e / prevent p rev ious w inne rs or f i r s t team members from ove rhau l i n g too many other peop le . H o w e v e r , many hours (or p in ts ) are poured into t h i s r i t u a l , t h o u g h , the p robab i l i t y of the hand i caps b e i n g w r o n g r e m a i n s i n f i n i t e s i m a l l y c l o s e to o n e .

T h e race i t se l f was not uneven t f u l . N i g e l wou ld have had a bet ter hand i cap had he not been f i r s t away and

•running round the unmarked ' c o u r s e for the f i rs t t ime (Ho, ho — t h e r e ' s a l w a y s next y e a r ) . R i c h wou ld have made a fur ther con t r ibu t ion to keep ing the lad down by c h o o s i n g the wrong path t o w a r d s the P l a n t a t i o n . Un fo r tuna te ly Roman and P a u l hadn't been forewarned about t h i s p loy and , g u l l i b l e a s h e l l , were a l s o led as t ray .

T h e resu l t , what about the r e s u l t ? W e l l , d e s p i t e R o b tear ing the race apart from the back—knock ing a minute off h i s persona l best by hur t l ing round in under twenty e ight m inu tes - Andy Davey hacked ove r two minu tes off h i s e x p e c t e d t ime to f i n i s h a comfo r tab le w inner . A p r i ze r e a l l y ought to go to M i k e We I ford for p red ic t ing th is v i c t o r y a week beforehand in F E L I X .

E v e r y b o d y e l s e f i n i s h e d in an order roughly l i ke A l a n , M i k e , R o b , A l f , Roman , D a v e , P a u l , D a v e , R i c h , Ian and N i g e l .

It shou ld be noted that Ian E l l i s ignored voc i f e rous reques ts to take part in the r a c e , m i s s i n g it for the third y e a r in s u c c e s s i o n .

"The Hog's Back 10"

E N T H U S E D B Y S t e v e ' s recommendat ion " I t s a good r a c e , l a d s " , those , of us who hadn' t f l ed from London at the end of term entered Gu i l f o rd and G o d . A C ' S H o g ' s B a c k 10 m i l e road race . D i s c r e t i o n be ing the better part of V a l o u r Steve had h i s warwound (or knee) play up s u f f i c i en t l y to a l l o w him to watch the Inter­n a t i o n a l s at C r y s t a l P a l a c e i n s t e a d . . . H a v i n g come th i rd in a 10 mi le race the prev ious weekend , Rob too d e c i d e d to g i v e the H o g ' s B a c k a m i s s and left for home at the las t minute.

Star t ing by the p ic tu reseque wooded lake at C u t s M i l l , the cou rse w i n d s i ts way a long (and up) country l a n e s : through the l i t t l e v i l l a g e s of Sea l e and Put t ingham before turn ing and c l i m b i n g sharp ly to jo in the A31 at the top of the H o g ' s B a c k after 6

1

A m i l e s . From then on i t ' s d o w n h i l l a l l the way , tak ing the A 3 and f i n i s h i n g ou ts ide the U n i v e r s i t y of Surrey Sports Cen t re .

Due to roadworks and " i m p e n d i n g p o l i c e a d v i c e " the o rgan ise rs had moved the star t hal f a m i l e down the road from the p rev ious y e a r . Sad ly they hadn' t remembered to ment ion the fact to the f i rs t two c o a c h d r i ve r s tak ing everyone to the s tar t , s o a l l but those in the las t coach partook in an ex t ra bit of warming up . . . very popular . In keep ing w i th p rev ious t roub les at loca t ing s ta r t s , P a u l w a s , of c o u r s e , not on the las t c o a c h .

Once under way the race became a pretty s teady a f fa i r af ter two m i l e s and d i d n ' t l i ven up much unt i l the las t m i l e o r s o — w i t h i n s t r i k i n g d i s t a n c e of home! On t he other hand everyone in the IC team was a l i t t le s u p r i s e d by the i r per fo rmances . P a u l ("I wanted to be sure I was in under the h o u r " ) C l a r k e f i n i s h i n g 52nd in 55 .35 , D a v e R o s e n 66th in 56.50 and Ian

( "My foot h u r t s " ) E l l i s 73rd in 57.53 brought the f i rs t team into 11th p l a c e . D a v e J o n e s f i n i s h e d 91s t in 59 .93 h a v i n g d i s c o u r a g e d t h e o p p o s i t i o n dur ing the race by " h o p i n g to break 65 m i n s " . A l a n L e a k e y f i n i s h i n g 142nd in 66.37 and Pe te Johnso n p l eased to " b r e a k 7 0 " by f i n i s h i n g 147th in 68 .15 made up the s e c o n d team w h i c h g l o r i ous l y d i d not come las t ! S teve — we might even b e l i e v e y o u . . .

Late News Extra

" C l u b S t a r " S Webb and promis ing South London farmer J Rober t s nar rowly beaten in C h r i s t m a s Day

L a w e s t o n Par la f f by " h o p e f u l s " B Ho l t and P Wegner. You th fu l Roya l Schoo l of M u s i c entrant M F u l l e r d i sappo in t s by " t r a i l i n g in l a s t . "

P W R C

G L I D I N G

Four Flew Solo Pilots

During Vac.

D e s p i t e Hu r r i cans and other w a s t i e s the g l i d i n g c l u b has had a very s u c c e s s f u l Chr is tmas vac wi th four members going s o l o . T h e s e were John H a i g — F e r gus o n M i n e s II, A l i s o n Jordon Chem 1, Andy L i n c o l n E E 1 and P e t e r Sharp M E 1 . A l l four of them jo ined the c l u b las t term, A l i s o n and John never hav ing touched the con t ro l s o f . a p lane before. John for tunate lV just managed to go s o l o pr ior to the L a s h a m C h r i s t m a s d inne r , o the rw ise the a l c o h l i c content of the brandy butter on the C h r i s t m a s pud wou ld have rendered h im grounded. The other three a l l went s o l o dur ing a f i v e * day c a u s e at the end of the C h r i s t m a s v a c . A l i s o n d i s t i n g u i s h e d herse l f by go ing so lo at 8 .45 on N e w Y e a r s day probably making her the f i r s t new s o l o p i lo t of 1976. She i s a l s o the f i r s t g i r l s tudent to go s o l o w i th IC for approx s i x y e a r s . L e t us hope that there w i l l be more.

O R I E N T E E R I N G

IC Put On The

Map

On the Sunday f o l l o w i n g the end of las t term, three c lub members took part in a South — E a s t L e a g u e E v e n t at A n g l e y Woods in Ken t . D a v i d R o s e n put Imper ia l C o l l e g e 'on the map' by w i n n i n g the 8.4 k i lomet re A cou rse in 74 m inu tes . R o b A l l i n s o n , IC champion in c ross -coun t r y t r ied h i s hand at the sport for the f i r s t t ime . Runn ing the 6 k i lomet re B c o u r s e , he soon caught o n , com ing In a very c red i t ab le 21s t , and do ing the f a s t e s t t ime for h i s age group. P e t e Johnso n took 97 minu tes , on ly twe l ve minutes s l o w e r than R o b , and was th i rd in h i s age group.

T h e c l u b has a fa i r l y fu l l programme th i s term wi th nearby even ts s u i t a b l e for everyone tak ing p l a c e on the next three S u n d a y s . F o r further d e t a i l s , see the c l u b no t iceboard in the Un ion En t rance H a l l or con tac t D a v i d R o s e n on Internal 4463 .

T h a n k s must be e x p r e s s e d to ex -s tuden t members P a u l Min ton and J o h n Y o u n g for brav ing the weather to ins t ruc t .

Nigel L e a k

N e w s p a p e r o f Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n

E d i t o r

P a u l Ekpenyong

P u b l i s h e d by the E d i t o r on beha l f of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e Un ion P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d . P r i n t e d o f f se t -l i tho on the U n i o n ' p r e m i s e s .

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Hon. Production Managers

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Photographer

Business Manager

Sports Editor

News Editor

Assistant News Editor

Arts Editor

Critics

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David Knights

lan Morse Gil l McConway

Phil Dean

Nigel Williams

Duncan Suss

Andrew Hall

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R o a d , L o n d o n SW7 2 B B .

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11 F i t l X

Could you afford to be a

Married Student? " M a t u r e Students w i th

f a m i l i e s , of ten runn ing two homes and commi ted to a h igher l eve l of expend i tu re than the average s tuden t , canno t l i v e on the i r p resent l e v e l of grant w i thou t ex t reme d i f f i c u l t y and w i thou t put t ing the i r f a m i l i e s at r i s k " .

T h i s w a s a s ta tement con ta ined in a paper w h i c h was recen t l y submi t ted by the N U S to the Depar tment of E d u c a t i o n and S c i e n c e (DES) to supplement i t s 1976 grants c l a i m . N U S h a s revea led that mature s t uden t s , e s p e c i a l l y those w i th c h i l d r e n , are l i v i n g be low the poverty l i ne .

S tudents w i t h f a m i l i e s f a c e d i f f i c u I t i e s b e c a u s e of a n o m a l i e s in the way that the g ran ts ' regu la t ions opera te . A mature s t uden t ' s a l l o w a n c e i s l i nked w i th p rev ious e a r n i n g s . N U S b e l i e v e the a l l o w a n c e shou ld be b a s e d on age a l o n e . A d d i t i o n a l l y , the a l l o w a n c e pa id to dependants by D E S i s l e s s than the c h i l d a l l o w a n c e s pa id by the Supplementary B e n e f i t s C o m m i s i o n . S tudents

are unab le to c l a i m payments for large i tems s u c h a s c h i l d r e n ' s s h o e s and w in te r c o a t s and are unab le to c l a i m fam i l y income supp lement .

T h e N U S paper hopes to a l l e v i a t e the ha rdsh ip c a u s e d to mature s tuden ts a s a resu l t of d e s c r i m i n a t i o n by D E S . It g i v e s s p e c i a l ment ion to those f a m i l i e s where the parents are unmarr ied and

therefore face even greater p rob lems . There are 600 mature s tuden ts at I C .

Mos t prob lems occur when both husband and w i f e are s t uden t s , a s opposed to those c o u p l e s where one has a fu l l t ime job . T h e Student A i d F u n d w a s recent ly used to supp lement a p r i ce r i s e of £1 in the nursery fees and to keep them at £10.50 per week per c h i l d . T h i s i s s t i l l a large chunk out of anyones grant and some s tudents have found it hard to af ford t h i s s e r v i c e . Mature O v e r s e a s Students somet imes face e v e n greater p rob lems . N o a l l o w a n c e i s

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