I ssue N o . 504 F r i d a y , 12 January , 1979

T H E N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N

UNION TO GET TYPESETTER £8000 Machine for Print Unit

A new phototypesetter i s to be purchased

for the U n i o n pr int un i t . The d e v i c e , w h i c h

c o s t s over £8000 i n c l u d i n g V A T , w i l l r ep lace

the pure ly mechan i ca l var i t yper used at

the moment.

The phototypeset ter se ts copy into c o l ­

umns e lectronica l ly and prints u s i n g an o p t i ­

c a l sys t em onto photographic paper . It has

the advantages that i t i s s imple to u s e , it

produces j u s t i f i e d text au tomat i ca l l y and

the s i z e of type can be va r i ed from 5Vi to 36

po in t from the keyboard .

P roduc t i on of F E L I X w i l l be made e a s i e r

a s a resu l t because the f i n i s h e d text w i l l be

a va i l ab l e ear l i e r , thus a l l o w i n g more time

for p a s t i n g - u p . In add i t i on , the Handbook ,

A l t e rna t i v e Prospec tus and P h o e n i x w i l l

a l s o be set by the Un i on w i th a subsequent

improvement in their qua l i t y and f l e x i b i l i t y

o f p roduc t i on .

T h e typeset ter i s be ing p a i d for part ly by

C o l l e g e , whose contr ibut ion i s £4259, w i th

the remainder coming from the U n i o n over

s e ve ra l y ea r s . The U n i o n down payment th i s

year is £2000.

S I R B R I A N R E C E I V E S P E E R A G E

Sir B r i a n F l o w e r s , Rec to r o f Imper ia l

C o l l e g e , became a l i f e peer i n the New

Y e a r Honours .

The Rec tor is one of s i x new l i fe peers .

The others are Hugh Scan l on , l eader of

the E n g i n e e r i n g Workers U n i o n from 1968-

78, Sir Bernard M i l e s , founder of the

Mermaid Theatre , Sir Walter P e r n - , V i c e -

C h a n c e l l o r of the Open U i i v e r s i t y , S ir

John R i c h a r d s o n , P r e s i d e n t of the Genera l

M e d i c a l C o u n c i l and A d m i r a l Sir Pe te r

H i l l - N o r t o n .

S i r B r i a n returns from India th i s week

and h a s not yet announced how he is to

be addressed in the future. He r ece i v ed

h i s Kn ighthood in 1969 and became a

F e l l o w of the R o y a l Soc ie ty in 1961.

Among h i s many honours , he rece ived

the t i t l e of C h e v a l i e r de l a L e g i o n

d 'Honneur in 1974. T h i s F r e n c h t i t le

was o r i g ina ted by Napo l e on . In the 17th

century the F r e n c h t i t l e ' C h e v a l i e r '

was equ iva lent to the E n g l i s h K n i g h t .

ASTMS BACK The Imper ia l C o l l e g e branch of A S T M S

ended the i r i ndus t r i a l ac t i on at midday

yesterday, Thursday 11th J a n u a r y . A t a

branch meet ing , r epresenta t i ves of the

U n i o n who had been nego t ia t ing wi th the

Co l l e g e stated that they had obta ined a

s a t i s f a c t o r y s o l u t i o n . A c t i o n by the

members of A S T M S therefore came to an end

A sett lement was near ly reached ear l i e r

in the week when an agreement over the

ho l i days was ar r i ved at, but unfor tunate ly

the matter of Pam M a r t i n s ' r e ins ta tement

remained unso l v ed . A t 12:20pm yes t e rday ,

in a meet ing between representa t i ves of the

U n i o n , Co l l e ge P e r s o n n e l S e c t i on and the

Meta l lurgy and Ma t e r i a l s S c i e n c e Depar t ­

ment, A S T M S o f f i c i a l s p resented a s ta t e ­

ment on the Pam Mar t ins ' i s s u e w h i c h was

s i gned by Dr . L l o y d Thomas on beha l f of

the department. T h i s was then reported to

the branch meet ing at 1:15pm.

A s a resul t o f the agreement, A S T M S

members w i l l r ece i ve an ex t ra f i ve days

ho l i day per year w i th three ex t ra days

ca r r i ed over into 1979 from 1978.

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LETTERS Dear S i r , - With further reference

to the open letter addressed to me

in F E L I X (8th November) about a

Scho la r sh ip for the d i s p o s a l of

p l a s t i c cof fee cups and my reply

in F E L I X (24th November) putt ing

the emphas is on s t y l e , I wou ld

inform y o u that I d i d r ece i ve ,

dur ing my last lecture of last

term, an entry for the award

submitted by Mathemat ics s t u d ­

en ts , v i z . a medium s i z e snowman

made from p l a s t i c c u p s and s e l l o -

tape. Wh i l s t I accep t this as a

most s t y l i s h s easona l method of

d i s p o s a l of p l a s t i c cups , I regret

that the Commit tee cannot recom­

mend the award of the A l d o u s

Hux l ey Memoria l Scho l a r sh ip

s i n c e , to cons t i tu te a v a l i d entry

this s e s s i o n , the integer number

(greater than one) of cups used

must be B O T H

(1) a perfect number, i .e . a

number equa l to the sum o f i ts

d i v i s o r s , inc lud ing one, but

ex c lud ing the number i t s e l f . F o r

example the f i rst two perfect

numbers are 6 and 28.

A N D

(2) an odd number, i .e . not

d i v i s i b l e by 2.

Such v a l i d entr ies w i l l rece ive the

cons ide ra t i on of the Commit tee ,

but a l l other p l a s t i c cups and

waste s h o u l d , of c ou r s e , be

p laced as usual in the recepta­

c l e s provided for t h i s purpose.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. F . H . Berkshire

Senior Tutor, Mathematics.

Dear S i r , - In my o r i g ina l let ter

there w a s , of c ou r s e , no i n t e n ­

t ion o f i m p l y i n g that P ro f .Gar ton

or S i r Hugh F o r d were present

members of A S T M S . Ins tead the

intent ion was to offer proof that a

student s e c t i on of the C o l l e g e

B r a n c h of A . S c W . / A . S . T . M . S .

had e x i s t ed over a long pe r i od .

B r i e f l y ; from i t s formation i n

1918 un t i l the 19 3 0 ' s the

A.S!c.W. membership was

e x c l u s i v e l y graduates or

equ iva l en t . Then in the late

1930 's student membership

became p o s s i b l e , wh i l s t on l y in

the 1940's d id t e c h n i c a l staff

become en t i t l ed to j o i n . L a t e r

deve lopments from 1968, wi th

the formation o f A . S . T . M . S . ,

have made p o s s i b l e other

s e c t i ons o f membership .

The a c t i v i t i e s o f the

Student Se c t i on of I . C . B r a n c h

of A . S c . W . / A . S . T . M . S . have

main ly been t rad i t i ona l and

often c l e a r l y separate from the

mainstream a c t i v i t i e s of the

other groups forming the B r a n c h .

(One notab le except i on of th is

was the mass j o i n i n g by Chemist iy

Undergraduates i n the 1960's

when they e l e c t ed the i r repre­

sen ta t i v es w i th the in tent ion

of nego t i a t ing wi th their H e a d

o f Department on va r i ous student

T h e H u m D r a m

we can beat It W e got where we are by th inking differently.

B y being individuals . B y employing people who can bend their minds away from the straight and narrow. T h e unusual problem is just grist to our m i l l . T h e unusual answer is a natural phenomenon. T h e usual genius is what we'd like. T h e unusually intelligent is what we ' l l settle for!

If you want to be i n industry, but stay yourself, try Uni lever .

L o o k us up at your A p p o i n t m e n t s Service and find out when our visits take place, or write to: D r . D . H . Jones, U . K . N a t i o n a l Personnel Dept . , U n i l e v e r L i m i t e d , K i l d a r e House, L o n d o n , E C 4 P 4 D Y .

U matters !)

My impres s i on i s that the

a c t i v i t i e s of the student sec t i on

in the late 1930 's were w e l l

r e c e i v ed ; s i n c e , for example , a

sugges t i on that the then Rec t o r

be approached to j o i n seems to

have r esu l t ed i n S i r Henry T i z a rd

be ing l i s t e d in 1938 as a member

of the B r a n c h . A l s o c l a i m e d as

members at that time are 3 Col lege

P r o f e s s o r s and no l e s s than 4

research a s s i s t a n t s in 'Hea t

T r a n s m i s s i o n , C i t y & G u i l d s ' ,

i n c l u d i n g a ' H u g h F o r d ' w i th a

pr ivate address . N a t u r a l l y i f

that i s in error it w i l l be noted .

Rega rd ing Pro f . Gar ton , the

Minutes o f a Genera l Mee t ing

he ld a t 5.15 p .m. on May 29 th . ,

1936, in the Smal l P h y s i c s

Thea t r e , l i s t a 'W.R.S Gar t on ' as

be ing e l e c t ed 'Secre tary ' o f

the Student S e c t i o n .

May I exp l a in why at th is

po in t i n time the a r c h i v a l mater­

i a l in my p o s s e s s i o n i s be ing

examined . It i s s imp ly because

1978 i s the 60th year of the

C o l l e g e B ranch and we are

hoping to ce lebrate th is fact in

the new year . I hope to contact

any i n d i v i d u a l who was a member

at any time before 1948 w i th the

p o s s i b i l i t y of i n v i t i n g some of

them to come as gues ts . Fur ther

s i n c e there i s a propos i t i on to

write a de f in i t i ve h i s t o r y of

the C o l l e g e B r a n c h then re le ­

vant in format ion about the

ear ly parts o f i t s h i s to ry i s

be ing saught now before

memories fade.

F i n a l l y i t is hoped to do

someth ing to restart a student

s e c t i o n o f the C o l l e g e B r a n c h

in the Spr ing Term wi th a

number o f open meet ings

and some other a c t i v i t y .

Yours sincerely,

Harry Fairbrother,

President I C A S T M A S

ACDG require male or

female models

for their Spring

publicity.

Contact our

advertising

manager: Colin

Palmer CCD2.

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Off to A Good Start

O.K., so the very first issue of 1979 has an hideous mis­

take in the calendar. The papers for the Sabbatical and

D P . Elections go up on the 19th February not on the 29th

January as shown. Which leads me to

Election Fever

This is the term when IC becomes strewn with posters saying

"Vote For Me Because " and "Best Man for the Job" etc.

Yes, election time will soon be on us with the buying of large

rounds in the bar, the inevitable hunt for seconders and all that

it entails. Remember manifestos are printed in F E L I X the week

before the Hustings UGM and posters can be printed here at

special rates for candidates. If you are thinking of standing

for one of the sabbaticals (President, Hon. Sec. & FEL IX

Editor) or for Deputy President then see the current holder

of the post to find out what the job entails. Further details

about publicity posters and manifestos will appear nearer

the election.

Paper Chain

The free gift/competition in the X'mas issue proved to be

a great success with seven entries ranging from thirty links

to over several thousand! The three largest chains were from

Life Sciences I, Maths and Physics who all bought lots more

links than I did!! (Cheating Rats). In the end Physics won

with a chain which stretched half way round Beit Quad. A l l

three were then joined to completely decorate the quad. And

then it rained.

Thanks to John Tidy for suggesting the idea (I spelt his

name correctly this time). Could someone from Physics let me

know when they want the barrel?

Field Cup

This annual event takes place on Tuesday 20th February

this year. Marshals are needed to help out on the day. Any

2nd or 3rd years interested should contact Dave Walls, care

of Guilds Union Office as soon as possible.

Bound Editions

Ex Libris finally finished the binding of last year's

F E L I C E S and they are now available to those who ordered one

from the F E L I X Office at £11 each, gasp!

A Happy New Year . . . . . . . .

to you all, and congratulations to the Rector on his life

peerage. Many thanks to Anita, our temporary varitypist, for

her first issue and to Ian for printing it. Have a good term,

John.

A Mew Year Drama ̂ ^^^^^f^tKKKBKKKKKKK

T O T A L H A R M O N I C D I S T O R T I O N A S W I T C H E D O N S T O R Y : - By D.P.S.T. Toggle, AC, DC, Bar

B A S E D O N A W E L L K N O W N C A R B O N F I L M Reg Voltage looked across at his wife Zener and wondered

if there was any chance left for him to transformer. The i r

shelf life was so full of high tension these days and neither

had the capacity any more to maintain a bistable state.

Suddenly there was a centre tap on the window and when

Reg looked out he saw a longta i l ed pair of eyes be long ing

to Ivor G a u s s , h i s w i f e ' s ex - lover . In G a u s s ' hand w a s an

e lectron gun and a s Reg watched he inserted a car t r idge , took

shure a im and pu l l ed the tr igger. The s i n g l e shot reverberated

and Reg dropped rap id ly to the deck , h i s l i fe cut dead short

at i ts most pos i t i v e peak.

Ivor leaped in jus t as Zene r grabbed the phono to d i l the

binary code and c a l l the fuzz . He q u i c k l y took ho ld of her

and taped her loudspeaker to avo id any audio-breakthrough

and, hav ing e s t a b l i s h e d a low no i se s ta te , he stopped to ponder.

H e had to rect i fy the s i tua t i on in some way and smooth th ings

over; he w a s a f ra id that the d in would have upset the next-

door neighbour L . C . Br idge and lead to inter ference .

He l i s t ened - no no i s e , not even hums or rumbles - a l l was

w e l l . Wa lk ing to the nearby cab ine t he removed a bott le,

f i l l e d the mixer and o s c i l l a t e d it v i gorous ly as if h i s l i fe

depended on i t . H e poured out the potent ia l j u i c e through a

f i l ter , added a s m a l l current and watt he cou ld in the t imebase

a v a i l a b l e . Then he dec ided to v i s i t h i s t rans i s t o r and brother

a c r o s s the channe l wh i l e a l l ow ing th ings to coulomb off and

s o executed a q u i c k thermal runaway.

Zener by th i s t ime had broken the tape and , a l though very

s h o c k e d , knew she had to contac t her fr iend Meg Ohm and

t e l l her a l l that had happened. Ivor, she r e a l i s e d , was

terr ib ly uns tab le and had to be caught and de f luxed before

he c aused any more gunn e f f ec ts . She p i cked up the phono

and d i l e d Meg; she heard the dec i be l r ing ing but it seemed a

decade before it was answered and she cou ld d i s charge her

load to Meg , who immediate ly s a i d , ' I . C . ' and being very

l o g i ca l i n s i s t e d on c a l l i n g the fuzz on the 625 l ine .

F e e l i n g a l l w i rewound up Zene r eased her tens ion by

hav ing a smoke of pot but nanoseconds later the law arr ived

at the vo l tage threshold to c o l l e c t o r . Meg was with them

and they a l l sh i f ted into the force v e h i c l e wh i ch was a fast

four pole motor; w i th the dr iver us ing fu l l choke they sped away

down the bypass to try and short c i r c u i t the k i l o v o l t Ivor.

Whi le d r i v ing a l ong Detector Schmitt a sked Zener to verofy

a l l the facts and to be a s unb iased as p o s s i b l e so he cou ld

relay the data to other uni ts and sw i t ch the ent i re force output

on to the problem.

Reports q u i c k l y a va l anched in as to Ivor G a u s s ' pos i t i on -

He had been detected near a gate into a f i e l d effect by the

A F C shore and i t was not long before the motor reached

the spot and they cou ld a l l see Ivor running away very fast .

Desp i t e a loose bootstrap he ran on unt i l he reached a

un i junct ion where he was momentari ly qu i e s c en t before dash ing

off down a low res i s t ance path that led to the Dar l ing ton P a i r .

When he got to the end, he stopped and jus t s tood , caught

in the modulated l ight beam of the motor 's l amps . The atmos­

pher i cs were e l e c t r o l y t i c and pu l s e s q u i c k e n e d as Detec tor

Schmit t ordered him to drop h i s e l ec t ron gun and have the

s e n s i t i v i t y to respond to higher power l e v e l s , but ins tead G a u s s

just made b ipo lar d i g i t a l s i g n a l s and gave a sawtoothy gr in . H e

had obv i ous l y r ea l i s ed that push or pul l he had no means of

escape , and as they watched him it was sudden ly very

apparent that he was going to commit s i n u s o i d ; before anyone

cou ld be ga l van i s ed into ac t i on he gave a ha l f wave and emi t t ing

an over modulated s c r eech come howl jumped s t ra ight off

Dar l ing ton P a i r into the waves of the A . F . C .

T h e ef fect of a l l th i s h igh frequency drama on Zener was

that she broke down but Schmit t qu i ck l y took contro l and

assured her that the react ion was qui te normal , and that a l l

had worked out for the best . T h i s brought her down to earth

before long and Schmit t asked if she and Meg would dyne with

him at the ' A u x i l i a r y In' the next day so they cou ld engage

in some c r o s s t a l k about other th ings l ess harmful to the

memory s y s t ems . The reply was pos i t i v e and that very day

a firm f r i endsh ip was fused that was to produce a phase change

in a l l the ir l i v e s by degrees, and Zener cou ld see that despi te

recent f lux in events , she would so lder on r ega rd l e ss .

The Very End

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Happy New Year What was life like during war Daddy , your l i t t l e boy might

ask some years from now, t h i n k i n g , as ch i l d r en do in the ir

endearing manner, that if you are o l d enough to be the i r

Daddy you must know about s u c h th ings .

I w a s n ' t around then, you might rep ly , but I imagine it

cannot have been far removed from the s i tua t i on wh i ch greeted

us a t the start o f 1979. Take pet ro l ra t ion ing for example .

A s I wr i te I have jus t returned from a V/2 hour wa i t i n sub ­

zero temperatures at my l o c a l pe t ro l s ta t ion for a 4 ga l l ons

per customer pe t ro l r a t i on , and I am wonder ing whether next

week there w i l l be any petro l at a l l . So desperate are some people

that, on h ea r ing that the c a s h reg is ter had jammed and the garage

was now unab l e to give customers any change , a young teacher

in the queue to ld me that she d idn ' t care what i t cos t her so

long as she c o u l d f i l l her tank.

Soon she may no longer need to worry about get t ing to work.

In some parts of the country schoo l s are a l ready c l o s e d because

there is no fuel to heat the c l a s s r o o m s . I C a l s o depends on o i l

de l i v e r i e s to keep i t s large draughty bu i l d ings heated and the

f i r s t a rea to suffer w i l l be the lec ture theatres .

If lecture s are c a n c e l l e d we can a l l spend more t ime i n the

l a b s . W e l l perhaps - or perhaps not , because the t e c h n i c i a n s

are s t i l l operat ing a work to rule and some equipment cannot be

used . There is no s i gn of a speedy end to that d i spute so i t

looks l i k e y o u w i l l have ex t ra spare time on your hands .

A good th ing too for those who do their own shopp ing

because soon i t may not be so easy to buy food. H a v i n g

s u r v i v e d the bread shortage we are now faced w i t h the p o s s i b i l i t y

of shortages of every th ing and any th ing . F r e s h vegetab les were

the f i r s t to go, when those wh i ch were not frozen into the ground

were unable to l eave the farms after the w o r s t snow- fa l l for 15

years . H o u s e w i v e s immediate ly turned to frozen vegetab les

( severa l p a c k s have suddenly appeared i n my mother 's freezer)

and c l ea r ed the freezer centres faster than r e s t o ck ing cou ld take

p l a c e . Now, w i th the beg inn ing of the lorry d r i v e r s ' d i spu t e , a l l

food s u p p l i e s are threatened and supermarket she l v e s are speed i l y

emptied as people s tock up as i f for a long s i e g e .

M i l k d e l i v e r i e s may not l a s t l ong . I am thawing out a p int of

m i l k wh i ch has j u s t been de l i v e r ed frozen s o l i d i n i t s bot t l e .

That i t i s there a t a l l I be l i eve I ha\e to thank the G u i n n e s s brewery,

who made their tankers a v a i l a b l e to the M i l k Marke t ing B o a r d to

transport m i l k from the fa rms . Unfor tunate ly they do not seem to

have m ixed up the two l i q u i d s and I l ooked i n v a i n for a brown

frothy beverage on my doorstep.

I am surp r i s ed that there have not been any power cu ts so far

th is w in te r , e xcep t of course for those caused by the snow br ing ing

down the supply l iness Some years ago we u s e d to suffer vo l tage

reduct ions and cuts whenever the weather turned s l i g h t l y co lder

than usua l r When the whole of F r a n c e woke up one morning w i thout

e l e c t r i c i t y , I expec ted warnings of the imminent occurrence of the

B r i t i s h v e r s i o n , but we have u n t i l now (keep your f ingers crossed )

been spared th is a f f l i c t i o n . Be fore readers become too complacent ,

however, do I no t r e c a l l that the e l e c t r i c i t y supp l y workers

are due for another round of pay t a l ks short ly?

So as I s i t by the gas f ire i n the cand l e l i gh t , unable to leave

home except on foot as there i s no pe t ro l for the cars and buses

and the t ra ins cannot run because i t i s .too c o l d , and I wonder

where the next mea l i s coming from, w h i l e at tempt ing to th ink

of some good reasons to persuade the E d i t o r that F E L I X r ea l l y

does need a fore ign correspondent , pre ferably i n a warm s t r i k e -

free country , I' try to f ind something cheer fu l to say to welcome

you back for another term. A t l eas t F E L I X is s t i l l b e ing p r in t ed ,

for wi th " T h e T i m e s " suspended and the p r o v i n c i a l j o u r n a l i s t s

on s t r i k e , there may soon be few newspapers left to t e l l you

about the next round of d i s rupt i ons to normal l i f e . Happy New

Yea r to a l l .

Son ia Hoch fe lder

i * I the incomparable

is here again!

| T h i s y e a r the F E L I X D i n n e r w i l l be h e l d in the

[ res tau ran t at El Vino's, F l e e t S t r e e t ' s most

( famous ' p u b ' . It w i l l t a k e p l a c e on F r i d a y , 9th

^ F e b r u a r y , and the D i n n e r , i n c l u d i n g w i n e and por t ,

; w i l l c o s t £ 5 per p e r s o n , It w i l l be f o l l o w e d by a

[ s m a l l , i n t ima te g a t h e r i n g in C o l l e g e , F o r t i c k e t s ,

^ j f i l l in and re turn the a p p l i c a t i o n form on t h i s p a g e .

F

; P l a c e s for the D i n n e r are s t r i c t l y l i m i t e d , a s the

^ res tauran t i s not the l a rges t in the w o r l d . If you

(wou ld l i k e to a t tend you are s e r i o u s l y a d v i s e d to

( a p p l y q u i c k l y .

• cu t here • •

Name . • „ • ' . . . . . 0 . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dept and Y e a r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I w o u l d l i k e . . . t i c k e t ( s ) for the F E L I X D i n n e r ,

to be he ld on F r i d a y , 9th F e b r u a r y , 1 9 7 9 , at £5 per

t i c k e t . C h e q u e s s h o u l d be made p a y a b l e to

' F E L I X , I C U P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d ' .

* P l e a s e keep my t i c k e t ( s ) at the F E L I X O f f i c e , &

I w i l l c o l l e c t i t / t h e m ,

* P l e a s e m a i l my t j c k e t ( s ) to my d e p a r t m e n t a l

le t te r r a c k s ,

(de le te a s a p p l i c a b l e )

W H A T ' S O N

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BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY

FIRST AID C O U R S E

commencing

THURS 18th JANUARY

at 5:30pm in the

Bot/Zoo Common Room

(under Beit Archway)

ALL WELCOME

FRIDAY 12th January

Disco & Concert

E N T S P r esen ta t i on - A and M Reco rds R o a d Show. 8.00 pm

Un i on Concer t H a l l . 50p. The Secret Shr ink A n d N i c k y Shy

P l u s D i s c o .

Film

I C F I L M S O C presents F U N N Y G I R L w i th B a r b a r a S t r e i s and .

7 .00. M.E» 200 . Members F r e e . 20p. for non-members.

Miscellaneous G O I N G A W A Y D R I N K - I N . 19.00. U n i o n B a r . C h a l k y ' s Go ing

Away D r i n k - I n .

U N I O N - A l t e rna t i v e P r o s p e c t u s Workshop. 6pm. ICWA

lounge. A n in formal d i s c u s s i o n on the a ims , and shape of the

next ed i t i on of th i s very important p u b l i c a t i o n . P l e a s e attend

i f you wou ld l i k e to f ind out more.

MONDAY 15th

Club Activity

M E E T I N G O F T H E C O M M U N I T Y A C T I O N G R O U P - to

e s t a b l i s h the p laygroup . 12.30pm. ICWA lounge .

J o h n B e a s l e y w i l l t e l l us about h i s dea l ings w i th the

C h i l e a n Refugee Cen t r e .

Miscellaneous

I C P H O T S O C S H O P - 12.45 - 1.15. Room 211 , L i n s t e a d H a l l .

TUESDAY 16th

Club Activity

I C C H E M S O C - 5.30pm. Chemis t r y Theatre C . A n i l l u s t r a t e d

ta lk on " C o l o u r P h o t o g r a p h y " by D r . L . A . W i l l i a m s .

R A I L S O C - T a l k on " T u b e Stock Through T h e A g e s " by

Mr . B . J . P r i gmore . 17.40. M e c h . E n g . 640 . A l l we l come .

I C P H O T O G R A P H I C S O C I E T Y - S l i de Compet i t i on for

2" x 2 " s l i d e s . 7.00 pm R S M 1.02.

R I D I N G C L U B - Information & B o o k i n g s . 13.00 - 14.00.

E l e c t r i c a l Eng ine e r i ng Dept . Room 1110, L e v e l 11 .

Miscellaneous

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S E V E N T - 1.30pm, lecture theatre 1,

B l a c k e t t Labora to ry . Cen t ena r i e s of Two Great P h y s i c i s t s .

1. James C l e rk M a x w e l l (1831 - 1879) P r o f e s s o r G . J . Whitrow,

P ro f e sso r o f the H i s t o r y and A p p l i c a t i o n s of Mathemat i cs ,

Imper ia l C o l l e g e .

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S E V E N T - 1.30pm, R e a d Thea t r e ,

Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g , The Res to r e r s A r t . 1. T h e Decora t i on

o f Churches and C a t h e d r a l s , Kenne th C a m p b e l l , Manag ing D i r ec to r ,

C a m p b e l l , Smith & C o . , L t d .

WEDNESDAY 17th

GIG

I C B I G B A N D C O N C E R T - 8.30pm. S tan ' s B a r

Club Activity W O M E N IN S C I E N C E A N D T E C H N O L O G Y M E E T I N G -

12.30pm, ICWA lounge . F o r d e t a i l s see po s t e r s .

THURSDAY 18th

Club Activity

M O P S O C L E C T U R E g i ven by Mr . C . G . Windsor (Aere Harwe l l )

1.15 p m . P h y s i c s L . T . 2 . Membership on s a l e .

I C C H I N E S E S O C I E T Y L U N C H T I M E G A T H E R I N G -

12.45pm. E l e c . E n g . 6 0 6 .

Miscellaneous

I C P H O T O S O C S H O P . 12.45 - 1.15. Room 5 3 2 , L i n s t e a d H a l l .

" L U N C H B R E A K " S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N - 13.00 & 18.00

(Excep t J C R ) . J C R , Union T . V . L ounge , Souths ide H a l l s

(Excep t T i z a rd ) , Souths ide L o w e r T V Lounge (Near S tan ' s ) .

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S E V E N T - 1.30pm. The Great H a l l ,

Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g . F i l m : C i v i l i s a t i o n , a P e r s o n a l V i e w (Kenneth

C l a r k ) II. T h e Worship of Na ture .

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S E V E N T - 1.30pm. L u n c h Hour Conce r t .

Be rnard Rober ts (p iano) .

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S E V E N T - 1.30pm. R e a d Theatre ,

Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g . On the Edge of the Dese r t . Dr . Ma l co lm C o e ,

l eader o f numerous exped i t i ons to a r i d r eg i ons , (arranged by

IC E x p l o r a t i o n Board ) .

LPS AND THE RENT ACT London Property Services of Hamlet Gardens fame, have long

been notorious for their blatant evasion of the Rent Acts by

giving their tenants a so-called licence which purports to deprive

them of their status as protected tenants.

It operates on the b a s i s of a non - exc lus i v e p o s s e s s i o n c l a u s e .

E x c l u s i v e p o s s e s s i o n means that the tenants have a r ight to

enjoy the accommodat ion that they occupy to the e x c l u s i o n

of everybody e l s e ( i n c lud ing cont ro l over a c c e s s by the

l and l o rd and h i s agents ) . If a group of people take on a p l a c e

between them, a l l s i gn ing the same agreement a t the same t ime,

then they are u s u a l l y j o in t tenants who , a l though they don ' t

have e x c l u s i v e p o s s e s s i o n as aga ins t each o ther , do have e x c l u s i v e

p o s s e s s i o n as a group.

The L . P . S . agreement tr ies to get round th i s by g i v i n g

separate agreements to each tenant and rese rv ing the r ight for

the l and lord to r ep lace any occup i e r w i t h someone e l s e as and when

he chooses . T h i s breaks up the Jo in t tenant uni t ( i f i t i s a c c e p t e d

as be ing va l id ) and so appears to get round the Rent A c t s .

Two recent Cour t of A p p e a l d e c i s i o n s uphe ld agreements of th i s

sort as a c h i e v i n g the i r expressed in t en t i ons and i t had begun

to look a s though th i s was going to become an e s t a b l i s h e d

loopho le .

The most recent c a s e , however, th i s time s p e c i f i c a l l y on

an L . P . S . agreement was dec ided by the Court o f A p p e a l i n

favour of the tenants , thus g i v ing them fu l l Rent A c t p ro tec t i on

and br ing ing them w i t h i n the j u r i s d i c t i o n o f the Rent Of f icer .

T h e o r e t i c a l l y , th is means that a l l L . P . S . tenants (except those

in the c o l l e g e f lats ) can now apply to the Ren t Of f i cer for a

subs t an t i a l rent r educ t i on . T h e on l y snag , however , i s that

the Cour t o f A p p e a l c a se was dec ided not j u s t on the b a s i s o f

the agreement but a l s o on the at tendant c i r c u m s t a n c e s . So

one can ' t say for sure that a l l L . P . S . tenants wou ld be v i ewed

by the courts i n the same way . The report o f the c a s e has not

yet found i t s way into pr int so it i s d i f f i cu l t to t e l l whether or

not the c i r cums tances i n that case were s u b s t a n t i a l l y dif ferent

from the u s u a l L . P . S . set up. Neve r the l e s s , b e c a u s e L J P . S .

f o l l ow a uni form l e t t ing procedure, it seems l i k e l y that other

L . P . S . tenants shou ld be he lped by this l a t es t d e c i s i o n . If

nothing e l s e , i t does ind ica te that the w ind of change may be

b l ow ing through the Court of A p p e a l wh i ch i s good news for

a l l l i c e n c e e s .

Because the p o s i t i o n w i th regard to L . P . S . i s not cu t and

dr ied it i s l i k e l y that you w i l l f ind Rent Of f icers re luc tant

to r eg i s t e r a fair rent as they don ' t l i k e get t ing i n v o l v e d in

anyth ing wh i ch i s at a l l content ious . Desp i te t h i s , i f any of

you L . P . S . tenants fee l l i k e hav ing a go at get t ing a f a i r rent,

perhaps you would l i k e to come up to the Welfare Cent re

( third f loor U n i o n Bui ld ing ) for a chat about i t .

Michael Arthur

Welfare Adviser

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

22 29

Papers up for

Sabbatical

Elections

30

A C S UGM 1pm

Physics L.J.3

UGM 1:00pm in '

the Great Hall

Dinner in Hall

10 17 - 24 31 7

r ....... noon, JCR j

u 18 25 1 8

r C & G U G M 7pm

Mec/? Eng 342

RCS UGM 1pm Physics L.T.3

1Eloc. Eng./ CCD

| O C Party

19 26 2 9

28th Annual

Dinner & Dance FELIX DINNER

20 27 f i l l 10

J , 1' J , j 1^1 MSjlSL M M

OC Annual Dinner

20

Elections for

UGM 1 :OOpm in

the Great Hall

C&G UGM 1pm

Mech Eng 342

Field Cup

Dinner in Hall

Maths/Physics

Sherry Party

Civ./Aero. Eng.

OC Party

SABBA TICAL

ELECTIONS

SABBATICAL

ELECTIONS

C&G UGM 1pm

Mech Eng 220

Hustings UGM

1 :OOpm Great Hall

L ife Sci/Chem.

Sherry Party

Results UGM

1:00pm Great Hall

2 9 16

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New Year

Mutterings I hope you all had a very happy holiday and are now looking

forward to studying hard this term.

I'd like to congratulate the Rector on obtaining a Life Peerage

which was announced in the New Year's Honours L ist . I would

also like to congratulate all those others from Imperial mentioned

in the New Year'S Honours List whose names are too numerous

for me to remember.

In my last a r t i c l e at the end of las t term I mentioned that

Shir ley W i l l i a m s wou ld be mak ing a major announcement on the

subject of overseas s tudents at the World Un ivers i ty Serv i ce

Conference he ld in late December . The announcement made was

not par t i cu la r l y mind sha t t e r ing . She cont inued the l ine that

" t h e fu l l economic c o s t " of overseas s tudents was in the region

of £2.000 each and tha i therefore there was a hidden subs idy

g iven 'by the Government in the region of £100 m i l l i o n to ove rseas

s tudents . She fe l t that this amount cou ld be better used s u b s i d i ­

s i n g those overseas s tuden ts , in par t i cu lar economic need , e .g.

from underdeveloped coun t r i e s . The i m p l i c a t i o n , however, was that

for the average ove rseas s tudent , the future long-term rev iew may

w e l l mean that they w i l l end up pay ing " t h e fu l l economic c o s t "

in f ees .

There i s some c o n s o l a t i o n , however , that next year there w i l l

only be in f la t ion increases in tu i t i on fee l e v e l s . A s the po l i c y

of Imperial C o l l e g e Un ion i s to oppose any inc r eases in fee l eve l s

we w i l l , of c ou r s e , be arguing aga ins t Govern ing Body accep t ing

any increase in tu i t i on fees at the i r meet ing at the end of th is

term, it w i l l a l s o be an opportune t ime to aga in oppose the

d i sc r imina tory fee l e v e l s charged to overseas s tuden ts .

Refector ies The Govern ing Body meet ing he ld on the last day of last

term dec ided a g a i n s t the Refectory Commi t t ee ' s recommendation

of a 2% round the board increase on refectory p r i c e s . T h i s was of

course after c ons i d e r ab l e oppos i t i on from Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n .

T h i s seems to make unnecessary our boycott of the re fector ies

wh i ch was to take p lace ear ly in the Spr ing term. It w i l l be up to

the Un ion meet ing he ld on the 23rd January as to whether they w i sh

to cont inue wi th the boycott or not . There remains the problem of the

increase in refectory p r i ces wh i ch came about at the beg inning of

December of 1.9% due to the F i n a n c i a l T imes index increase by

that amount. T h i s increase comes about as a resu l t of the " r e g u l a t ­

o r " wh i ch a ims to make sure pr i ce inc reases on food stuf fs are

kept up-to-date w i t h i n the r e f e c t o r i e s . H o w e v e r , the student

representat i ves on the Refectory Commit tee r ea l i s ed that as the

cos t of food only accounts for ha l f the total c os t of refectory meals

the increase shou ld in fact have been only 0 . 95% in order to account

for food pr ice i n c r e a s e s . We w i l l therefore be r a i s i n g th is d i s c r e p ­

ancy in the future as w e l l a s con t inu ing the campaign to ensure that

the qua l i t y of the food i s improved.

Ordinary R e s i d e n c e There i s a l ight on the hor i zon for those students who have been

refused grants due to the new de f in i t i on of " o r d i n a r y r e s i d e n c e "

used by the a u t h o r i t i e s . M i chae l Ar thur , the Un i on Welfare A d v i s e r ,

has prepared a lega l paper on the de f in i t i on wh i ch has now had the

support of C o u n s e l ' s o p i n i o n . The Un i on w i l l now be looking towards

encourag ing i n d i v i d u a l s to take some l o c a l educat ion author i t i es

to court over the i r re fusal to give grants. If th i s ac t i on is u n s u c c e ­

s s f u l , however, the Co l l ege is l i ke l y to take a sympathet ic v i ew of

the problems of these s tudents who are suddenly faced wi th the

necess i t y to pay the i r own fees as w e l l as f ind their own ma in t en ­

ance for three y ea r s . It seems l i k e l y that the C o l l e g e w i l l set up

a H a rdsh i p fund to dea l wi th this very s p e c i a l c a s e .

U . G . M .

Next U G M w i l l be on Tuesday , 23rd January , at 1.00 in the Great

H a l l , where amongst other e x c i t i n g items on the agenda, w i l l be

the e l e c t i on of a Cha i rpe r son for Un ion meet ings .

New Yea r Reso lu t i ons

My major New Yea r r e so lu t i ons are f i r s t l y , to f i n i sh wr i t ing

F E L I X a r t i c l e s in excess of three-quarters of an hour before

the copy dead l i n e , and not to dr ink e x c e s s i v e l y more than

tw i ce a week. I don't ho ld out much chance of s u c c e s s in

e i ther c a s e !

Mary Attenborough Pres iden t I . C . U .

IC ENTS PRESENT

A & M ROAD SHOW with

THE SECRET SHRINK NICKY SHY

plus D i s co

at 8:00pm

only 50p

U n i o n Concert H a l l

RECLAIM THE NIGHT! A t the N U S N a t i o n a l Con fe rence (Dec 78) , a mot ion was

overwhe lming ly p a s s e d , en t i t l ed " S e x u a l V i o l e n c e , R a p e , and

R e c l a i m the N i g h t " , and th is c a l l e d for a na t i ona l " R e c l a i m

the N i g h t " demonstra t ion in L o n d o n , w h i c h i s due to be h e l d

next Saturday, 20th January , at 6.30pm in L e i c e s t e r Square.

The a im of a R e c l a i m the N i gh t demonstrat ion i s to show

that women can w a l k a lone at n ight w i thout the pro tec t i on o f

men, and thus such a demonstrat ion is for women o n l y . A s the

whole po int o f the demonstrat ion i s centred around a woman's

r ight to wa lk a l one , men be ing present wou ld negate i t s reasons

and ef fect.

It i s part of the N U S campaign for Women's Safety , and I wou ld

urge a l l women from I C to a t t end .

A t U n i v e r s i t i e s , p o l y t e c h n i c s and co l l e g es throughout the

country, a mass movement has grown up to e l im ina t e s ex i sm from

enter ta inments , as part of an o v e ra l l awareness that s e x i s m tends

to prevent women from p l a y i n g a fu l l and equa l role in s o c i e t y .

It i s , of course , qu i te natura l that such a movement shou ld

or ig inate and q u i c k l y spread among such educa t i ona l e s tab l i shments ,

whose occupants are perhaps bes t ab le to r e cogn i se s ex i sm for the

great s o c i a l e v i l that i t i s . It i s grat i fy ing that young in t e l l i g en t

people are w i l l i n g to th ink beyond t rad i t ions and h a b i t s , and try

to change soc i e ty for the better.

However , regre t t fu l l y , there i s s t i l l one bas t i on o f male morons

who regard t rad i t ion as s a c r e d , and s t i l l s tubborn ly refuse to open

their eyes to the ha rsh r ea l i t y of l i f e as i t r e a l l y is - because

they 're not the ones who suffer. Pe rhaps one day , IC U n i o n w i l l

reach out for i t s much needed s o c i a l c o n s c i e n c e . Meanwh i l e , a s

E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s O f f i c e r , i t i s very d i f f i cu l t to e xp l a in to

co l l eagues e l sewhere e xac t l y why Imper ia l C o l l e g e has j u s t

about the most d i s g u s t i n g l y s e x i s t Students U n i o n in the

country - and i s proud of i t .

Sheyne L u c o c k

; City & Guilds ¥ ¥

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Engineers!

Dinner & Dance!

Friday 26th January 1979

28th A n n u a l Eng ineers ' D i n n e r and Dance

N a m e

Dept . & year _ _ _ _

N a m e o f guest _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

N o . o f t i cke ts r e q u i r e d D o u b l e @> £14.50.. . . . . S i n g l e @> £7.50

1 enc l o s e c a s h / c h e q u e t o value....£ - C h e q u e s p a y a b l e t o C i t y & G u i l d s U n i o n

T I C K E T I N C L U D E S : 5 c o u r s e m e a l , s h e r r y , p o r t , b a n d , d i s c o , b a r t i l l 4 a m ,

+ Cabaret : P A N S P E O P L E ,&Jeremy T a y l o r

R e t u r n to C & G U n i o n

P l e a s e s ta t e i f y o u w o u l d l i k e to sit w i t h any p a r t i c u l a r g r o u p .

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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

A Con tiki Villa in Florence

it

Experience Europe. If you're a g ed be tween 18 and 35, Contain can g i ve y o u a

unique exper ience of Europe

O n a C o n t i M tour y o u might spend a night or two in an

historic F r ench chateau, a 13th century v i l la i n F lo rence or,

perhaps, a Fortress on the Rhine. A n d life i n the Con t ik i

vi l lages, where your tent is a lready set up and wait ing, is n ice

and easy.

You ' l l see a lot. You ' l l do a lot. In fact, it w i l l b e an altogether

different exper ience.

Ge t the new, star s tudded al l co lour brochure that tel ls y o u

a l l about Cont ik i .

O E : : I Q P K O K M O : ; P O O H

T h u r s d a y . J a n u a r y f f t l l i

1 . 0 0 p m .

(CONTIKI) A n altogether different experience.

If you're 18-30 and want to see Europe in '79, why not

travel on a Contiki tour, where you can find yourself staying in

a 13th century vil la in Florence , a chateau set amongst

vineyards in France, a fortress on the Rhine or a taverna on

Mykonos?

These unique stopovers are i n l i n e w i t h C o n t i k i ' s s l ogan :

" N o t j u s t a tour but an a l toge ther di f ferent e x p e r i e n c e . "

C o n t i k i T r a v e l was founded 18 years ago and now c l a i m s

to be B r i t a i n ' s b i gges t tour operator for the under 35 age

group. A s w e l l as the S p e c i a l Stopovers a l ready ment ioned

the new C o n t i k i concept for 1979 features camping tour

accommodat ion i n permanent " c a n v a s v i l l a g e s " - framed tents

se t up in more than 12 major E u r o p e a n c i t i e s , such as

P a r i s , V i e n n a , B a r c e l o n a , V e n i c e , M u n i c h , Rome, Copenhagen ,

O s l o , S t ockho lm a n d B e r l i n .

O n some n ights there are even bunga lows and c a b i n s . In

Cor fu there ate s t raw h u t s . C o n t i k i campers have one unusua l

s topover in H o l l a n d : i t i s at the Groot H u i s at Noordgouwe, about

50 k i l ometres south of Rot terdam in the Du t ch c oun t r y s i d e .

The F l o r e n t i n e v i l l a stopover r e s i dence , the Torre d l G a t t a i a

was once owned by the P i t t i f ami ly and has an o l i v e grove and

sw imming p o o l .

The 15th century C h a t e a u D ' A g n a c , b u i l t for a k i n g of

L anguedoc , i s a short d r i v e from the Med i t e r ranean .

C o n t i k i c oaches carry a cour i e r , dr i ver and " s u p e r c o o k " .

E a c h passenge r cont r ibutes to a food k i t t y w h i c h covers the

c o s t o f three mea l s a day ( except for o c c a s i o n a l ea t ing out

to sample l o c a l d i s h e s ) .

A n example from the range of C o n t i k i tours from L o n d o n

i n 1979 i s a " C e n t r a l E u r o p e a n " - s i x weeks and 13 coun t r i e s .

T h e p r i c e i n c l u d e s tour ing , c i t y s i g h t s e e i n g , e x c u r s i o n s , a

s ea t at a S p a n i s h bu l l f i gh t , a c a n a l c r u i s e i n V e n i c e , a v i s i t

to the sa l t mines at Be r ch t e s gaden , a boat c ru i s e on the R h i n e ,

tour o f Amsterdam c a n a l s , and four days on the Greek i s l a n d

o f C o r f u , w i t h water s k i i n g i n c l u d e d too!

T h e C o n t i k i 1979 brochure a l s o has d e t a i l s o f ho te l tours

i n E u r o p e , o ve r l and journeys between Kathmandu and L o n d o n ,

s k i tours i n A u s t r i a and ho te l accommodat ion in L o n d o n as w e l l

as a range o f other f a c i l i t i e s at C o n t i k i ' s o f f ice in the West E n d .

I n c i d e n t a l l y , 2 out o f 5 C o n t i k i passenge rs are t r a v e l l i n g

a l o n e but o b v i o u s l y i n a group of young peop le y o u soon make '

f r i ends .

So i f you fancy a taste o f l i v i n g l i k e a l o rd , F r e n c h , I t a l i an

or Gernian s t y l e , go C o n t i k i i n '79 - i t ' s ah a l together di f ferent

expe r i ence !

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FOOTBALL IC IV 6 Q M C IV 0

IC started this league match still

looking for their first league win of

the season. Their previous inept

performances had failed to produce any

goals!

The game started wi th I C p l a y i n g

w i th the w ind and the team found

themse lves i n the unaccus tomed

p o s i t i o n o f a t t ack ing the oppos ing

team. T h e pr i z e f i r s t goal came

after on ly a few minutes when J .

Shutt leworth headed on a long free

k i c k for S.Marten to score . It wasn ' t

l ong before J . Shutt leworth scored

the s e c o n d and the th i rd goal f o l l owed

when S. Marten s p l i t the oppos ing

defence w i th a p a s s for J . R o w l e y to

score . It was then jus t a ques t i on

of how many I C wou ld score before

ha l f t ime . However due to the i r u s u a l

s tandard of f in i sh ing on l y one more was

scored when J . Shutt leworth scored

from a through b a l l by S. S ims .

The second ha l f was a much c l o s e r

fought bat t le and produced the best

goa l o f the game when J . R o w l e y

rose beaut i fu l l y to P . O ' K e l l y ' s

c r oss to head the b a l l into the top

corner o f the net . T h e I C defence he ld

f irm throughout the game and on l y

suf fered one anx ious moment when

goa lkeeper S. V e a t s cha l l enged the

oppos i t i on ' s f i ve foot s t r i ke r and

won the b a l l c o n v i n c i n g l y , at the

expense o f a l os t tooth.

The s i x t h and f i na l goa l came f o l l ow­

ing a good run by K . Reeve . He sent

over a s w i r l i n g c r o s s wh i ch confused

P. O ' K e l l y so much that he was unable

to get out of the way and the ba l l f l ew into

the net off h i s h ead .

Team: S. Veats, P. Walker, P. Lakin

(Capt), K. Reeve, B. Caffin, S.Sims,

S. Marten, D. Brannan, J. Shuttleworth,

J. Rowley, P. O'Kelley.

"Piscatorial Society

"What on earth i s P i s c a t o r i a l S o c i e ­

t y ? " T h i s i s the quest ion most of you

who read the t i t l e of t h i s a r t i c l e w i l l

a sk yourse l f . In the C o n c i s e Oxford

E n g l i s h D i c t i o n a r y , " p i s c a t o r i a l " is

def ined a s " a d d i c t e d to f i s h i n g " , and

that i s e xac t l y for whom th i s c l u b i s

i n t ended . If you are the type of person

who would enjoy the i r Sundays as a day

on a r iver bank somewhere in the middle

of nowhere, or perhaps on a beach, or

in a boat, then th i s is the c l u b for y o u .

P i s c a t o r i a l Soc ie ty does e x i s t , and

w i l l provide s u b s i d y for travel for

members, and he lp wi th a f f i l i a t i on to

f i sh ing c l u b s . However , at the moment,

it l a cks any interest in its running,

indeed , it has no members whatsoever .

It s eems hard to be l ieve that w i th in

Imperial C o l l e g e there are no people who

have su f f i c i en t interest to he l p in the

running of th i s c l u b . So , if you think

that you would l i k e to take an ac t i v e

interest in th is c l u b p l ease contact ,

Malcolm Clarke, Elec Eng 3, or Keogh Hall

164, int 3636.

RCS Welcome to 1979 and here are a few

dates for your diary.

Monday 8th to Monday 15th

Papers for H J T up. Due to Jon Motters-

head's injury this post has to be filled

for the remaining two terms.

Sunday 14th

Bar Night, Union Bar 7.00pm

Monday 15th

General Committee, SCR 6.00pm

Tuesday 16th

RCS UGM including HJT Hustings,

1.00pm Physics Lecture Theatre 3.

Saturday 20th

UDI of Oxford St. Meet 10.00 am

RSCU Office.

Bye, Sir HC

National Trust

Anyone in te res t ed i n v i s i t i n g N a t i o n a l

T rus t propert ies in and around L o n d o n ,

a t tend ing l o c a l meet ings , exchang ing

comments on propert ies or j u s t get t ing

together? If you are in te res ted , even i f

y o u ate no t a member of th is i l l u s t r i o u s

Soc i e t y , then p l e a s e drop a note in the

le t ter r acks i n H u x l e y 342.

There are a ser i es o f l e c tu res s ta r t ing

on the South B a n k . A n y o n e going?

Stuart Cox C C D II

ICCAG The Community A c t i o n Group Soup-Run

recommences tonight . Our intrepid volunteers

w i l l be l eav ing from Fa lmouth K i t chen C i r c a

19.30pm, but if you want to d i s cove r the

secre ts of the preparat ion that goes into

these even ings then turn up ear l i e r (after

9.30) .

A l s o , for those of you who ' ve read th is

far, I can announce that there w i l l be an

" I C C A G ' general meeting in the ICWA

Lounge at 12.30 Monday 15th, where

among other th ings we w i l l be int roduc ing

the de ta i l s of the playgroup, we l l J o h n

Beas l ey w i l l be anyway .

A l l going w e l l , the weekend of the

20th shou ld see the resumption of our fu l l

programme.

C h e e r s ,

John Whitehouse

Chem PG (int 4162)

Rag Fete About th is time of year you may start

to think about the fete to be he ld on

SATURDAY MAY 5TH in PRINCES

GARDENS. A n d why not? The r e ' s no harm

in th ink ing .

Anyone interested in do ing someth ing

for the fete shou ld come to the Rag

Committee Mee t ing on THURSDAY 18TH

JANUARY at 7.00pm in the RAG O F F I C E .

PH0T0S0C Imperia l C o l l e g e Pho tog raph i c Soc i e ty

are prepar ing a s l i d e show for the Rec to r

to g ive at the I .C . Open Day in the summer.

To th is end a compet i t i on i s be ing h e l d .

E n t r i e s are i n v i t e d , from anyone - we are

l o ok ing for 35mm co lour s l i d e s (or others

in a 2 " x 2 " mount) on any subject re la ted

to Imper ia l C o l l e g e - b u i l d i n g s , lectures ( f ) ,

R a g , sport, U n i o n Mee t ings , Conce r t s , c l u b

a c t i v i t i e s , or a n y t h i n g e l s e that you can

th ink of. S l i d es don ' t need to have been

taken i n 1978-79 - any year may be of

in te res t .

There i s a p r i z e o f £10 for the bes t

s l i d e (the judge w i l l be announced la ter ) ,

& the c l o s i n g date i s Tuesday 27th

February 1979. E n t r i e s c an be handed in

at the I .C . P h o t s o c Shop (see ' " W h a t ' s

O n " for t imes and p l a c e s ) , or at any

soc i e t y meet ing . A l t e r n a t i v e l y , i f you

dare r i s k s end ing s l i d e s through the

interna l m a i l , they can be sent to T i m

E l l i s o n v i a the Chem E n g 2 let ter r ack .

A l l s l i d e s shou ld be i n d i v i d u a l l y marked

w i th the name and dept of the owner and

preferably some desc r ip t i on of the sub jec t .

It i s p lanned that the s l i d e show w i l l be

kept permanent ly by c o l l e g e for members

o f s ta f f to take to schoo l s e t c . B e c a u s e o f

t h i s , i t i s a cond i t i on of entry that c o l l e g e

w i l l be a l l owed to keep the s l i d e s us ed in

the show. Howeve r , entrants w i l l be g i ven

cop i e s o f any of the i r s l i d e s so used (they

shou ld be as good as the o r i g i na l s ) . A H

s l i d e s not used i n the show w i l l be returned

to their owners . Imper ia l C o l l e g e under takes

not to use any s l i d e s entered, for purposes

other than those d e s c r i b e d above , wi thout

the pr ior agreement of the owners .

F o r more in format ion ( i f I 've le f t anyth ing

out!) contac t T i m E l l i s o n , Chem E n g 2 .

C H A L K Y w o u l d l i k e to s e e a l l

h i s o l d c h u m s for a f i n a l d r i n k

b e f o r e he bomb s of f to j o i n the

R A F . C o m e down to the U n i o n

B a r (where e l s e ? ) , on F r i d a y 12th

J a n u a r y ( today) . F u n s h o u l d s ta r t

at a round s e v e n o ' c l o c k .

Table Tennis

Here comes 1979 - t h e World Tab le

Tenn i s Champ ionsh ips - a new ser i es of

" T o p T a b l e " and the c l imax to I .C . ' s

struggle for wor ld t.t. dominat ion

( i . e . promotion in the Centra l London

League) .

Two matches were p layed at the end

of las t term, both were 8-1 v i c t o r i e s

the f i rs ts wh ipp ing S A R A H SIDDONS ( lucky

gir l l ) and the s e conds ann ih i l a t i ng

C R O W N & M A N O R 0 (dd )B (a l l s ) .

T h i s week l'-m look ing forward (gulp)

to seven matches on wh ich to report,

(and I'm in two of 'em!) so expect tw ice

as much superhuman s p i e l as usua l next

week.

Bye now from SUPERHEWK

P . S . if you see a red and blue blur over

P r i n c e ' s Gardens , i t ' s probably a b i rd ,

or a plane or someth ing .

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Refectory Boycott O f f ?

The Refectory Boycott agreed last term

will not take place because the proposed

price rise was not implemented.

I C U n i o n E x e c u t i v e w i l l recommend that

the next U n i o n Mee t ing c a l l off the 24 hour

boycot t , w h i c h was to be o rgan ised ea r l y

this term, after I C Govern ing Body f a i l e d

to rat i fy the d e c i s i o n of Re fec tory Commi t ­

tee to r a i s e food p r i c e s by 2 pe r cent from

2nd January th i s year .

Gove rn ing B o d y , meet ing on 15th

December , made i t s d e c i s i o n after a r ecom­

mendat ion by the Rec t o r that no pr i ce r i s e

should be imposed at th is s tage . A to ta l

sum of £50,000 from the C o l l e g e ' s C e n t r a l

Equipment F u n d was made a v a i l a b l e

to the Refectory Commit tee over the next

two years to f inance the replacement of

major items of equipment.

Refectory p r i c e s are rev iewed termly and

the nex t rev iew w i l l be i n March . The use

o f the regulator , l i n k i n g p r i c es to i n f l a t i on ,

i s to cont inue .

O/S Fee Increases on the W a y Contrary to reports r ecent l y i n the p r e s s ,

the government has not she l v ed i t s

cont rove rs ia l p l a n s on o v e r s eas s tuden t s .

This was made c l e a r by Sh i r l ey W i l l i a m s ,

Secretary of State for E d u c a t i o n and

S c i e n c e , when she spoke to the annua l

conference of the World U n i v e r s i t y S e r v i c e

just before C h r i s t m a s . She t o l d de l e ga t es ,

i n c l u d i n g those from Impe r i a l , that at

present ove rseas students were be ing

s u b s i d i s e d on their tu i t i on fees to the tune

of w e l l over £100 m i l l i o n a year , and that

th is subs idy was qu i t e i n d i s c r i m i n a t e and

app l i ed equa l l y to the poor a n d the r i c h .

She sugges t ed that th is £100 m shou ld be

u s e d " p o s i t i v e l y " to he lp " s e l e c t e d

g r o u p s " of overseas s tuden t s , ma in l y

s tudents from deve l op ing count r i e s on

courses s a i d to benef i t those c o u n t r i e s .

T h i s w o u l d inev i t ab l y l e a d to large

inc reases i n fees for large numbers of

se l f - suppor t ing o v e r s eas s tudents not

e s p e c i a l l y " s e l e c t e d " , who wou ld pro ­

bab ly be charged the f u l l " e c o n o m i c c o s t "

o f the i r c o u r s e s , w h i c h M r s . W i l l i a m s e s t i ­

mated to be £2,450 for a un i v e r s i t y under ­

graduate i n 1977, and £1,140 for a student

in non-advanced further educa t i on .

Mary Attenborough cha l l enged s e ve ra l of

the po in t s r a i s ed by Mrs . W i l l i a m s , and

exp l a ined that i t w a s not r e a l i s t i c to

d i v ide the to ta l c o s t of an i n s t i t u t i on by

the number o f s tudents , and so arr ive

at a c o s t per student, and therefore

d i spu ted the " s u b s i d y " f igure of £100m.

She c l a i m e d that educat ion shou ld be.

p rov ided on need and academic mer i t ,

not on a b i l i t y to pay , and argued for the

end ing of d i s c r im ina t i on in fee l e v e l s .

Maiy went on to at tack M r s . W i l l i a m s

over the recent change i n the de f in i t i on

of " o r d i n a r y r e s i d e n c e " as a q u a l i f i c a ­

t ion for r e c e i v i ng an L E A grant, w h i c h

she regarded as c a l l o u s . T h i s po int was

echoed by F i o n a Mctaggart , N U S V i c e -

P r e s i d e n t (Educa t i on ) .

M r s . W i l l i a m s ' s speech and subsequent

r e p l i e s to ques t i ons were greeted w i th

d ismay and s c e p t i s m by an unsympathet i c

aud ience of those ded ica ted to improving

the educa t i ona l opportuni t ies a v a i l a b l e

to those from third wor ld c oun t r i e s .

A f u l l report o f the WUS(UK) Conference

w i l l appear i n a later F E L I X .

C I I f ' 7 0 E L A # 7

Welcome to the 1979 face of ICX1 (approx imate ly the same as

the 1978 face ) , and more e s p e c i a l l y to the 1979 v e r s i on of

E l k ' s E p i s t l e i n w h i c h new he ights o f l i terary prose are reached

and new depths of humour p lumbed - and top i cs as o r i g i n a l and

innova to ry as d u p l i c a t i n g , e l e c t i o n s e t c . e t c . are wr i t t en about

w i th devas ta t ing s t y l e and c l a r i t y . A n d f i r s t off the mark for

79 i s — . . .

Duplicating

Over the vaca t i on I had , at i n c r e d i b l e expense , the un ion geste t -

ner dup l i c t o r s s e r v i c e d and ove rhau l ed - that means the one up

h e r e i n the o f f i ce and the two i n the F E L I X o f f i ce . So the ones

i n the F E L I X Of f i ce are now in peak c o n d i t i o n so i f you have to

use them for any r eason ( s exua l or o therw ise ) , - treat ' em right.

I f y o u have forgotten or s t i l l need to l e a m how to use them then

i f you l e t me know I w i l l put on another gestetner demo p rov ided

there i s enough demand.

D a t e s

T h i s i s a good opportuni ty to g ive a l l the important dates

for the term, these are:

U G M ' s

Tuesday 23rd January

Tuesday 13th February

Thursday 8th March ( H us t i n g s for s a b b a t i c a l pos t s & D.P . )

Man. Sci. Business Game

The game is an exe r c i s e in d e c i s i o n ­

mak ing in the s imu la ted atmosphere of the

bus iness wor ld . Each team is g iven the

same bas ic information about c ond i t i ons

and bases its d e c i s i o n s on adve r t i s ing ,

machine purchase , fo recast ing prof i ts

e t c . on th is information thus determining

i ts development as a company.

The team members inc luded undergrad­

uates , postgraduates and members of the

academic staff . Many of them began with

a f lour ish but their prof i ts d im in i shed as

the computer ised r esu l t s of the ir d e c i s i o n s

were ana l y s ed .

The day was , as u s u a l , h igh ly s u c c e s s f u l

and greatly enjoyed by the seventy

par t i c ipants as they found themse l ves

increas ing ly invo l ved in the economic

comp l ex i t i e s of the ir s u c c e s s e s and

f a i l u r e s . In the f ina l outcome the

winners were one of two teams from the

Mechan i ca l Eng inee r ing Department of

Brunei Un i v e r s i t y (their other team

came fourth). The P roduc t i on E n g i n ­

eer ing Department, a l s o from Brune i , were

the runners up, and Pro f essor Samuel

E i l o n , The Head of the Department of

Management Sc i ence , presented them

both with p r i z es as a prelude to the

f e s t i v i t i e s of the Chr i s tmas s e a s o n .

B u s i n e s s Games have become an annual

event in the Department of Manage­

ment S c i e n c e . On Tuesday 19 December,

•e leven teams from Brunei U n i v e r s i t y ,

Queen E l i z a b e t h , K i n g ' s and Un i v e r s i t y

C o l l e g e and the London School of

E c o n o m i c s as we l l as three home teams-

from Imperial C o l l e g e competed for

the l ead .

Next Issue of FELIX

Friday 19th January

Thursday 15th March ( R e s u l t s U G M ) . A l l in the ( ireat H a l l

at 1pm

E l e c t i o n s

Monday 26th February Dep . R e p . E l e c t i o n s

Monday 12th/13th March Sabba t i c a l E l e c t i o n s

A s you may know th is term i s of course e l e c t i on term.

Typewr i ter

The U n i o n Of f ice i s now the proud p o s s e s s o r of a recond i t i oned

typewri ter for soc i e t y use - the o l d one was rather knacke red .

It was obta ined from cen t ra l stores a week ago and looks very

n i c e . (I r ea l l y am f i l l i n g th i s a r t i c l e out now).

U G M Cha i rpe rson

If you were at the l as t U G M ( l i k e you should have been) then you

wou ld know that from now on a cha i rperson of U G M ' s i s going to

be e l e c t ed . The papers for t h i s are now up and w i l l be up u n t i l

next F r i d a y (19th), so i f you are in te res ted in c h a i r i n g U G M ' s and

know the s tand ing orders backwards and a l s o in 96 languages

then put your name up - i t ' s a p o s t w h i c h doesn ' t take up a l o t

of time but i s very important.

Wel l that 's a l l for this week f o l k s , so remember - stay c o o l !

(In the words of the Fonze )

M ike E l k i n

Superstar of ' 7 9 .