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SIR KEITH POINTS THE WAY On Thursday, Sir Keith Joseph, the Minister for

Industry, came to Imperial to speak as a guest of the IC Conservative Society. 400 students packed Mech Eng 220 and Mark Clegg, the Consoc Chairman, was extremely pleased with the way people behaved and also thought that Sir Keith spoke well at the meeting. Sir Keith chose the theme, 'The Basic Choice.'

S i r K e i t h s a i d , " W e a l l s h a r e " T h e e c o n o m i c p r o b l e m o f

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

p r o s p e r o u s f r e e s o c i e t y w i t h t h e

m i n i m u m o f u n e m p l o y m e n t . T h e

B a s i c C h o i c e is b e t w e e n c h o o s i n g

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

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

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

p r o v i d e s a f r a m e w o r k f o r t h e

e c o n o m y a n d l e a v e s as m a n y

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

as p o s s i b l e to i n d i v i d u a l h u m a n

b e i n g s . "

i n t e r e s t s o f p e o p l e as p r o d u c e r s

w i t h t h e i n t e r e s t s o f t h e s a m e

p e o p l e as c o n s u m e r s . T h a t

p r o b l e m is m o r e n e a r l y s o l v e d b y

C a p i t a l i s m , b y f r e e e n t e r p r i s e ,

t h a n it is b y a n y o t h e r s y s t e m y e t

c o n c e i v e d . "

" C o m p a r e d t o o u r n e i g h b o u r s

i n W e s t e r n E u r o p e o u r s t a n d a r d

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Wham, bam,

thankyou ma'am!

LAST SATURDAY, at 9:30, when most students were in bed,

and hours before IC Radio was due to go on the air, the ears

of Southside's peaceful slumberers were rent by an appalling

roar. A witness, Mr D Jarvis, remarked: "it nearly made me

spill my tea".

Guilds Union later admitted responsibility for the

disturbance, and issued the following press statement.

Continued on page three

Colin Palmer

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No. 564 Friday October 24,1980 Free!

Dear Sir

I C S F S o c b a l l s u p . T h e I C

S c i e n c e F i c t i o n S o c i e t y f i l m o n

T u e s d a y , O c t o b e r 9, m a d e a loss

o i ' a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2 3 p . T h e

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

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

S i g n i f i c a n t l y , n o b o d y w a l k e d

o u t u n t i l t h e e n d . O n l y s e v e n t y -

t w o p e o p l e j o i n e d t h e s o c i e t y

b e f o r e 6 : 3 0 p m . J o n a t h a n F l i n t ,

t h e m a n r e s p o n s i b l e , w a s i n

S t a n ' s B a r a f t e r w a r d s . W h e n

a s k e d w h a t c o u l d b e d o n e a b o u t

t h e h i g h a t t e n d a n c e , h e a n s w e r e d :

" I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t to d o . . . . I

t h i n k I ' l l r e s i g n " .

M a r k J e f f c o c k , t h e S F S o c

T r e a s u r e r , m a d e a s p o t d e c i s i o n

t o k e e p t h e a d m i s s i o n fee e x a c t l y

t h e s a m e , i n a last d i t c h a t t e m p t

t o r e d u c e t h e a u d i e n c e . S o I C S F

S o c m a d e a loss o n t h e film o f 2 3 p

c o n s i s t i n g o f 1 6 p f o r i h e film itself ,

3 p o n c a r r i a g e , 3 p o n V A T , a n d

1 p f o r d o o r m e n , a n d o f c o u r s e , t h e

cost o f p u b l i c i t y .

S O W H Y D I D N ' T W E G E T A

H E A D L I N E ?

Yours blatantly,

T e l e p h o n e B i l l a n d t h e

H a m i l t o n i a n O p e r a t o r s

PS: Y o u c a n h e a d l i n e t h i s ' T C S F

S o c P i s s A l l O v e r O p p o s i t i o n " i f

y o u l i k e .

Dear Steve

S i n c e w e d o n o t t h i n k t h a t t h e

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

y o u r f r o n t p a g e s t o r y last w e e k ,

m a y w e t a k e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y o f

r e m i n d i n g I C s t u d e n t s t h a t t h e

( u n s u c c e s s f u l t o s a y t h e leas t ) N o

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

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e I C E N T S

C o m m i t t e e . E N T S m e m b e r s

w e r e a s k e d to help on the night.

S o m e t h i n g w h i c h w e d i d as a

p e r s o n a l f a v o u r t o J o h n P a s s m o r e

( a n d w o u l d d o i t a g a i n , i f t h e

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

o u r p r e v i o u s m e e t i n g s s h o w , t h i s

is as f a r as E N T S i n v o l v e m e n t i n

t h e g i g w e n t . I n c i d e n t a l l y , t h e

last c o n c e r t s t a g e d b y E N T S w a s

t h e B l u e s B a n d o n e . w h i c h w a s

v e r v s u c c e s s f u l .

T h e E N T S C o m m i t t e e

Dear Sir

I m u s t s a y I w a s r a t h e r t a k e n

a b a c k a t t h e h y s t e r i c a l r e a c t i o n

f r o m H a m s o c , p r o v o k e d b y m y

s m a l l a d i n F E L I X 5 6 2 . O b v i o u s l y

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

t o g e t a t t e n t i o n , r a t h e r t h a n

b e i n g a n a i m o f t h e C l u b . L e t

m e t a k e t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y t o

e x p l a i n e x a c t l y w h a t is g o i n g o n

i n t h i s c o u n t r y w i t h r e g a r d t o C B

R a d i o .

I n s p i t e o f b e i n g t e c h n i c a l l )

i l l e g a l , t h e r e a r e a n e s t i m a t e d

1 0 0 , 0 0 0 C B e r s i n t h e c o u n t r y ,

a n d I h a v e s p o k e n to at least 2 0

i n m y h o m e t o w n , w o r k i n g o n l y a

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

d o u b t t h a t C B w i l l b e l e g a l i n t h i s

c o u n t r y w i t h i n a c o u p l e o f y e a r s ,

a n d it is v e r y l i k e l y t h a t 2 7 M H z

w i l l b e t h e f r e q u e n c y u s e d . E v e n

i f a d i f f e r e n t f r e q u e n c y i s

p r o p o s e d , it w i l l b e v e r y d i f f i c u l t

to c o n t r o l t h e v a s t n u m b e r s o f

p i r a t e sets i n t h e c o u n t r y a l r e a d y .

T a l k i n g a b o u t f r e q u e n c y ,

t h e r e is a l o t o f r u b b i s h t a l k e d

a b o u t i n t e r f e r e n c e . R a d i o c o n t r o l

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

a r e o n i y a f f e c t e d b y t h e u s e o f

c h a n n e l 16 ( o u t o f 40 ) a n d m o s t

C B u s e r s s h u n t h i s c h a n n e l l o r

t h i s r e a s o n . W e d o h a v e s o m e

m e a s u r e o f r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ! B y t h e

w a y , r a d i o m o d e l l e r s m a y n o t

k n o w it y e t , b u t t h e y w i l l b e

a s k e d t o m o v e u p t o 3 2 o r

3 5 M H z w i t h i n a c o u p l e o f y e a r s

t o b e i n l i n e w i t h t h e rest o f

E u r o p e .

T h e use o f C B r a d i o c a n n o t b e

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

H a m s o c . T h e a p p e a l o f C B is

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

t i o n , r e q u i r i n g n o t r a i n i n g , n o

e x a m i n a t i o n , n o l i c e n c e , n o

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

( c o m p a r e c a l l s i g n s : ' F e r r e t ' as

a g a i n s t ' G 4 C T P ' ) a n d v e r y l i t t l e

e x p e n s e — a g o o d C B set c a n b e

h a d l o r as m u c h as a c a r s t e r e o

r a d i o .

I d o n o t p r o p o s e to e x p l a i n just

h o w C B c a n b e u s e d t o b e n e f i t

t h e c o m m u n i t y , b u t i f t h e r e is

a n y b o d y w a n t i n g m o r e i n f o r m a

t i o n o n C B m a y I r e c o m m e n d t h e

m a g a z i n e Breaker ( L i n k H o u s e

P u b l i c a t i o n s , 8 0 p , W H S m i t h s )

as b e i n g a v e r y g o o d p u b l i c a t i o n ,

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

e n t i r e a r g u m e n t .

I u s e C B as a s i m p l e f o r m o f

f r e e s p e e c h . I d o n o t w a n t to t a l k

to o t h e r c o u n t r i e s , b u t r a t h e r

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

j a m s , g e t t i n g i n t o u c h w i t h

f r i e n d s , a n d g e n e r a l l y as a c a s u a l

m e a n s o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n .

C a t c h y o u o n t h e f l i p .

The Ferret

( R e a l n a m e a n d a d d r e s s s u p p l i e d . )

Dear Sir

M e r c y ' s S a k e s ! S o m e p e o p l e

r e a l l y w a n t t o d o m i n a t e t h e r a d i o

w a v e s . I r e f e r o f c o u r s e t o t h e

l e t t e r f r o m H A M S O C l a s t w e e k .

A c u r s o r y g l a n c e a t t h e r a d i o

f r e q u e n c y s p e c t r u m w i l l s h o w t h e

m a s s e s o f s p a c e a l l o c a t e d t o

H A M . A l l C B e r s w a n t is a tiny-

j o t o n t h e s p e c t r u m .

T o s u g g e s t t h a t j o i n i n g

H A M S O C w i l l p r o v i d e t h e t y p e

o f e n j o y m e n t o n e g e t s f r o m a C B

set is q u i t e r i d i c u l o u s . C B is a

s h o r t r a n g e ( a b o u t t e n m i l e s )

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

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

o t h e r l o r t r a f f i c i n f o r m a t i o n ,

a s s i s t a n c e , e t c .

A b s o l u t e l y n o i l l e g a l a c t i v i t y

w i l l b e c a r r i e d o u t i n t h e n a m e o l

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n . I f a C B

C l u b is f o r m e d , it w i l l b e a p u r e l y

s o c i a l c l u b t o h e l p c a m p a i g n

n a t i o n a l l y f o r t h e l e g a l i s a t i o n o f

2 7 M H z C B r a d i o . A n y w a y ,

t h e r e a r e m a n y n a t i o n a l o r g a n

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

l e g a l i s a t i o n o f a w h o l e r a n g e o f

a c t i v i t i e s , s o m e o f w h i c h I C U h a s

a f f i l i a t e d to i n t h e p a s t .

H A M S O C c l a i m n o t to b e

o p p o s e d to ' o p e n c h a n n e l ' . T h i s

is a e u p h e m i s m l o r a r i d i c u l o u s

e x e r c i s e s u g g e s t e d b y t h e H o m e

O f f i c e w h i c h w i l l m e a n h a v i n g to

p a y p r o h i b i t i v e a m o u n t s f o r a set ,

a n d t h i s s y s t e m is c l e a r l y u n a c

c e p t a b l e to t h e m a j o r i t y o f C B

e n t h u s i a s t s t o d a y .

F i n a l l y , i l l e g a l C B o p e r a t o r s

a r e c e r t a i n l y n o t b r i n g i n g

a m a t e u r r a d i o i n t o d i s r e p u t e .

T h e y h a v e b e e n o f i n v a l u a b l e

s e r v i c e to t h e P o l i c e i n t h e p a s t i n

t r a c i n g g e t a w a y c a r s , e t c .

W i t n e s s t h e n u m b e r o f C h i e f

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

m o n t h s t h a t h a v e o p e n l y s t a t e d

t h a t t h e i r m e n a r e n o t g o i n g to b e

i n v o l v e d i n c h a s i n g u p C B u s e r s .

/ have the honour to remain. Sir,

your most obedient and obsequious

servant,

S h l o m o G o d s i

M a n S c i P G

Sir

I r e a d w i t h i n t e r e s t i n last

w e e k ' s F E L I X a r t i c l e o n

H A M S O C , t h a t " n e g o t i a t i o n s

a r e c u r r e n t l y u n d e r w a y to h a v e

t h e U n i o n B u i l d i n g m o u n t e d o n

a l a r g e r o t a t o r " .

I h o p e t h i s d o e s n o t h i n g to

effect t h e p o s i t i o n o f t h e I C W A

L o u n g e .

P a t r i c k C o l l

M a t h s 1

Dear Sir

I t h i n k it is a s h a m e t h a t

S a n d r a O ' S u l l i v a n h a s r e s i g n e d

as I C W A P r e s i d e n t , as s h e w a s

t h e o n l y m e m b e r o f t h e c o m m i t t e e

w h o h a d a n y c o n t a c t w i t h , o r

c a r e d a b o u t , t h e w o m e n o f

C o l l e g e . H e r a t t i t u d e is s h a r e d b y

a l a r g e n u m b e r o f I C W A ' s

n o m i n a l m e m b e r s , a n d m o s t o f

its o t h e r ' m e m b e r s ' d o n ' t c a r e a t

a l l . It is h a r d l y s u r p r i s i n g t h a t

I C W A h a s n o t h a d a q u o r a t e

m e e t i n g f o r y e a r s . I f I C W A

c o n s i s t e d o n l y o f t h o s e p e o p l e

w h o w a n t e d t o b e i n i t , t h e y

s h o u l d h a v e n o t r o u b l e i n g e t t i n g

2 0 % o f t h e i r m e m b e r s t o a

m e e t i n g . ( 2 0 % is v e r y l o w f o r a

q u o r u m a n y w a y — a l l o l C o u n

c i l s o t h e r s u b c o m m i t t e e s h a v e

m u c h h i g h e r q u o r u m s . ) I C W A

h a v e f r e q u e n t l y p r o v e d t h a t t h e y

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

w i l l b e f o r as l o n g as a l l t h e

w o m e n o f C o l l e g e a r e a u t o

m a t i c a l l y m e m b e r s . I C W A is

i n c a p a b l e o f e i t h e r r e p r e s e n t i n g

w o m e n , o r o f i n t e g r a t i n g t h e m

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

t o d o , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e i r c o n s t i t u

t i o n ) . I n f a c t , i t s a t t e m p t e d

a c t i v i t i e s w o u l d s e e m t o b e

d e t r i m e n t a l t o t h e i n t e g r a t i o n o f

w o m e n — w h y s h o u l d w o m e n

l o c k t h e m s e l v e s i n t o a g h e t t o

s o m e w h e r e i n t h e U n i o n e v e r y

l u n c h t i m e , a n y w a y ? M o v i n g t h e

l o u n g e m a y h a v e u p s e t s ix o r so

w o m e n ( a n d it c a n ' t h a v e h a d

m u c h e f fec t o n S n o o k e r C l u b , as

t h a t r o o m h a s a l w a y s b e e n u s e d ) ,

b u t it h a s b e e n v e r y b e n e f i c i a l t o

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

n o w u s e t h e U p p e r L o u n g e . W h y

s h o u l d I C W A , w h i c h h a s a

s m a l l e r a c t i v e m e m b e r s h i p t h a n

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

its o w n a n y w a y ? L a s t y e a r , t h e y

f r e q u e n t l y m e t i n t h e M a t h s

C o m m o n R o o m , w h i c h s h o w s it

c a n b e d o n e . W h y c a n ' t I C W A

b o o k a r o o m , l i k e a n y o t h e r

s o c i e t y ( a n d m o s t s o c i e t i e s h a v e

t o b o o k t w o o r t h r e e w e e k s i n

a d v a n c e t o g e t a r o o m at a l l ) . M r

M a r s h a l l o b j e c t s t o J o h n

P a s s m o r e ' t h r o w i n g £ 5 0 0 o f

U n i o n m o n e y d o w n t h e d r a i n '

( F E L I X , n o ' 5 6 3 ) . b u t t h a t is

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

£ 5 0 0 g i v e n to I C W A — it is u s e d

b y e v e n less p e o p l e t h a n c a m e to

t h e N o D i c e c o n c e r t .

F i o n a S i n c l a i r

M a t h s 3

Sir

I n r e p l y to t h e l e t t e r i n last

w e e k ' s e d i t i o n o f F E L I X f r o m

M e s s r s C h e l l , C a v a n a g h , a n d

C u r r y , I fee l t h a t I m u s t c o m e t o

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

c o h a b i t a n t . I c a n a s s u r e t h e m

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

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

b e e n f o r a n o b l e c a u s e . I c a n

r e v e a l t h a t h e h a s b e e n t a k i n g a

c o u r s e i n ' T h e P r a c t i c a l A p p l i

c a t i o n s o f B i o l o g y ' a t n i g h t

s c h o o l , a n d is i n d e e d e x c e l l i n g i n

t h i s s u b j e c t . I n l e a r n i n g h o w t o

p r o d u c e t h e p u r e , c h a s t e , u p

s t a n d i n g . C h r i s t i a n c i t i z e n s o f t h e

f u t u r e h e i s e n s u r i n g t h e c o n t i n u e d

s u r v i v a l o f o u r s p e c i e s a n d s h o u l d

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

i b l e a t t i t u d e .

Yours faithfully

H i s B i o l o g y T e a c h e r

FELIX, October 24, 1980

Continued from front page.

KERSPLATT!!!!!! Dear Sir

W e a r e ^ w r i t i n g i n r e p l y to a

l e t t e r w h i c h a p p e a r e d i n F E L I X

N o . 5 6 3 s i g n e d b y K J C h e l l , S J

C a v a n a g h , a n d J P C u r r y . W e

fee l t h a t t h i s l e t t e r is a t t e m p t i n g

to d i s c r e d i t — t o q u o t e " t h e i r

m i s g u i d e d f r i e n d " a n d r e n d e r

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

l e v e l o f t h e i r r e p u t a t i o n s . T h e

e x p l o i t s o f t h e t h r e e d i s r e p u t a b l e

a u t h o r s o f t h e l e t t e r ( e s p e c i a l l y

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c i t i z e n s " s o i n a p p r o p r i a t e l y

a p p l i e d t o a n y o n e . " T h e i r

m i s g u i d e d f r i e n d " h o w e v e r

a p p e a r s to a l l o f us t o fit t h i s

d e s c r i p t i o n a d m i r a b l y . W e

s u g g e s t t h a t a n y f u r t h e r a t t e m p t s

to d i s c r e d i t t h i s h o n o u r a b l e g u y

s h o u l d b e i g n o r e d .

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u p s t a n d i n g , C h r i s t i a n c i t i z e n s "

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t r i p f o r s o m e o f u s o v e r s e a s

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

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m e m b e r s o f t h e V i c t o r i a L e a g u e ,

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l o u s e n t e r t a i n m e n t t h e y g a v e u s .

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a n d it q u i t e w e l l a c h i e v e d its

p u r p o s e — t o m e e t t h e E n g l i s h

p e o p l e i n t h e i r E n g l i s h h o m e s .

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d e l i c i o u s a p p l e p i e p u d d i n g v e r y

m u c h u n l i k e t h a t i n S o u t h s i d e

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t e a ( b e l i e v e it o r n o t ! ) a n d l a s t

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e x h a u s t i v e b e c a u s e o f s p a c e

c o n s i d e r a t i o n s .

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m i t t e e is d o i n g a g r e a t j o b f o r u s

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

a p p r e c i a t i o n . T h a t ' s a n o t h e r w a y

to m a k e I C o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s

e n j o y t h e i r s t a y a t I C . C h e e r s !

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Dear Fellow Union Members

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n u r s e r y i n P r i n c e s G a r d e n s r o s e

q u i t e a l a r m i n g l y . T h e m e t h o d o f

p a y m e n t w a s r e - a r r a n g e d a n d

t h i s y e a r t h e n u r s e r y is s t i l l l u l l

w i t h a w a i t i n g l i s t . I h a v e h a d n o -

o n e a p p r o a c h m e a b o u t t h e c o s t ,

a l t h o u g h a f e w p e o p l e h a v e b e e n

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

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a r e q u i t e h a p p y t o p a y t h i s m u c h

( a d m i t t e d l y f o r a g o o d s e r v i c e ) ?

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i c e .

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p e o p l e m a y n o t e v e n h a v e

a p p l i e d d u e to t h e fees. S o , i f y o u

h a v e a c h i l d w h o is n o t i n t h e

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e v e n c o n s i d e r t h e p o s s i b i l i t y

p l e a s e c o n t a c t m e v i a W e l f a r e

O f f i c e r — U n i o n O f f i c e o n

i n t e r n a l m a i l .

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r i g h t t o f r e e d o m o f e x p r e s s i o n ,

w h e n l a w f u l l y e x e r c i s e d is u s u a l l y

g u a r a n t e e d t o b e i n a l i e n a b l e .

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

y o u a p p e n d e d to m y p r e v i o u s

l e t t e r ( F E L I X 5 6 1 ) o n n o o t h e r

g r o u n d s t h a n t h a t y o u " f e l t " it

w a s n o t n e c e s s a r y t o p u b l i s h i t .

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i n v i e w o f t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f I C U

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a n d t h e F E L I X C o n s t i t u t i o n ,

n o n e o f w h i c h b y m y h u m b l e

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

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m e m b e r s l i k e m e at w h o s e m e r c y

y o u d r a w y o u r p a y c h e q u e s as

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t h e f a c t u a l c o n t e n t s o f t h e

c o m m e n t s H i s O v e r l o r d , t h e

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s t i c k i n g to t h e i r l e t t e r s , d o h e l p

y o u r s e l f b e l o w .

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m a x i m t h a t a n y p u b l i c i t y is g o o d

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j o u r n a l to t a s k f o r c o n t i n u a l m i s

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FELIX Feature Article Just where will all the Union's money come from next year?

by John Passmorc

IN FEBRUARY of this year Mark Carlisle, the Minister

of State at the Department of Education and Science,

stated in Parliament that in order to reduce the "open-

endedness" of the present system of Student Union

Financing, and to make students' unions "publicly

accountable" for the money they spend, they will in

future receive a "one part block grant" from the parent

institution instead of receiving "per capita" payments

from the individual Local Education Authorities (LEAs)

that pay for that student's grant.

S i n c e F e b r u a r y , t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n of S t u d e n t s h a s b e e n t r y i n g t o

get f u r t h e r c l a r i f i c a t i o n f r o m t h e D E S of t h e i r p r o p o s a l s . A s y e t , t h e

D E S h a s n o t b e e n v e r y r e s p o n s i v e — i n f a c t , t h e l a t e s t D E S b r a i n c h i l d

o n l y c a m e t o l i g h t a l t e r t h e ' i n t e r c e p t i o n " o f a c i r c u l a r f r o m t h e D E S

to t h e C o u n c i l o f L o c a l E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s !

T h e latest p r o p o s a l s , so far as c a n b e e l u c i d a t e d , i n v o l v e i n c r e a s i n g t h e

t u i t i o n fees o f e a c h s t u d e n t i n t h e c o u n t r y b y a " n o m i n a l " s u m o f ,£32 to

l a k e a c c o u n t o f s t u d e n t u n i o n s ' s u b s c r i p t i o n s . H o w e v e r , a p a r t f r o m t h e

l u d i c r o u s m e t h o d o f c a l c u l a t i o n (as e x p l a i n e d b e l o w ) , t h e r e w o u l d a p p e a r

to b e a m o r e d e v a s t a t i n g effect o f l u m p i n g u n i o n lees w i t h t u i t i o n fees.

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

p a r l i a m e n t a r y P u b l i c A c c o u n t s C o m m i t t e e to the D E S a n d a r e n o t

i n t e n d e d as a n a t t a c k o n t h e f i n a n c i a l a n d p o l i t i c a l a u t o n o m y o l s t u d e n t s '

u n i o n s p e r se, t h e net r e s u l t w i l l be t h a t o f f i c i a l l y s t u d e n t u n i o n s w i l l cease

to exist .

I n th is f e a t u r e , J o h n P a s s m o r e l o o k s i n t o t h e b a c k g r o u n d a n d t h e

n a t u r e a n d p r o b a b l e effects o f t h e n e w p r o p o s a l s ; s e t t i n g t h e s c e n e for t h e

f o r t h c o m i n g U G M d e b a t e o n

Student Union Financing

The History

U p u n t i l 1 9 7 9 / 8 0 sess ion , I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n a l w a y s r e c e i v e d its g r a n t

f r o m C o l l e g e , e s s e n t i a l l y f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y C r a n t s C o m m i s s i o n ' s b l o c k

g r a n t to C o l l e g e . M o s t o t h e r u n i v e r s i t i e s i n t h e . U n i t e d K i n g d o m h a v e

c h a r g e d a n a n n u a l s u b s c r i p t i o n for s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n m e m b e r s h i p i n a d d i t i o n

to t h e t u i t i o n fee ( the " p e r c a p i t a " sys t em) so t h a t , i n effect, t h e s t u d e n t s '

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

a c c o u n t a b l e to t h e p u b l i c p u r s e as h o w these f u n d s w e r e u s e d .

L a s t y e a r , I C U n i o n a p p r o a c h e d

C o l l e g e w i t h a v i e w to c h a n g i n g to

the " p e r c a p i t a " s y s t e m as th is

w o u l d b e n e f i t b o t h t h e C o l l e g e a n d

t h e L ' n i o n f i n a n c i a l l y (see l a t e r ) .

C o l l e g e a g r e e d to this .

V a r i o u s g o v e r n m e n t s h a v e b e e n

o n c e r n e d a b o u t t h e a m o u n t o l

m o n e y g o i n g to s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n s for

M i m e t i m e . I n 1 9 7 1 . M a r g a r e t

T h a t c h e r , as M i n i s t e r o l E d u c a t i o n ,

p r o p o s e d t h a t R e g i s t r a r s b e

e m p l o y e d t o o v e r s e e s t u d e n t s '

u n i o n s p e n d i n g .

I n 1978, t h e D E S p r o p o s e d a

" t w o - t i e r " s y s t e m w h e r e b y t h e

m a j o r p o r t i o n of s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n ' s

i n c o m e w o u l d b e d e r i v e d v i a

C o l l e g e r e c u r r e n t g r a n t s f r o m t h e

U G C , s u p p l e m e n t e d b y a l o w

s u b s c r i p t i o n p a y a b l e b y l o c a l

a u t h o r i t i e s i n a d d i t i o n to t u i t i o n

l e e s . A t t h e t i m e , I C U n i o n

s u p p o r t e d this s c h e m e as g i v i n g

a d d i t i o n a l a u t o n o m y as w e w e r e

t o t a l l y C o l l e g e financed t h e n a n d

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

H o w e v e r , t h e s e p r o p o s a l s w e r e

n e v e r i m p l e m e n t e d .

F o l l o w i n g the c h a n g e o f G o v e r n -

m e n t a n d the s u b s e q u e n t " E d u c a

t i o n C u t s " , t h e L n i o n d e c i d e d t h a t

it w o u l d b e n e f i t b o t h t h e C o l l e g e

a n d t h e U n i o n i f w e ( h a n g e d to a

" p e r c a p i t a " s y s t e m . B e f o r e

C o l l e g e h a d a g r e e d . M a r k C a r l i s l e ,

the S e c r e t a r y o l S t a t e for E d u c a t i o n

a n d S c i e n c e m a d e t h e f o l l o w i n g

a n n o u n c e m e n t :

"/ hate decided to make a funda

mental change in the Jmancing of

students' unions commencing with the

academic year 1981182. Instead of fees

being paid through the Student Awards

System, 1 intend that unions should he

financed out of institutions' recurrent

funds."

C o l l e g e t h e n a g r e e d t h a i w e

s h o u l d lie financed b y t h e " p e r

c a p i t a " s y s t e m for 1 9 8 0 / 1 as t h e y

w o u l d not h a v e g a i n e d i n 1981 "2.

w h e n t h e n e w s y s t e m w o u l d be

i n t r o d u c e d . T h e net e x p e n d i t u r e

l o r 1 9 8 0 / 1 w a s e s t i m a t e d b v t h e

U n i o n to be £ \ 6 9 . 6 2 9 . T h i s w o r k s

o u t a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y £39 p e r

c a p i t a . C o u p l e d w i t h o t h e r i n c o m e

f r o m t h e B o o k s h o p , L i f e M e m b e r

s h i p s , B o o k i n g s , e t c . . t h e t o t a l

U n i o n b u d g e t l o r this v e a r is a b o u t

£190,000.

The Crunch

T h e D E S h a v e a p p i r e n t l y a l t e r e d

t h e i r p l a n s yet a g a i n . T h e i r n e w

p r o p o s a l s h a v e n o t b e e n m a d e

o f f i c i a l b u t w e r e l e a k e d to N U S

t w o w e e k s a g o . It w a s t h o u g h t that

a l l s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n s ' m o n e v w o u l d

c o m e f r o m t h e U G C (the s y s t e m w e

u s e d to be o n ) . T h i s is n o t t h e case .

T h e D E S p r o p o s e t h a t £32 w i l l b e

a d d e d to t u i t i o n fees to c o v e r t h e

p a y m e n t o f U n i o n fees. H o w e v e r ,

to q u o t e t h e m , t h e D E S stress:

" t h a t th is is a n a r r a n g e m e n t

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

a d j u s t m e n t s of f u n d s a v a i l a b l e to

i n s t i t u t i o n s at a n a t i o n a l p l a n n i n g

l e v e l : it is n o t i n t e n d e d to i n f l u e n c e

t h e w a y i n w h i c h f u n d s a r e

a l l o c a t e d to i n d i v i d u a l i n s t i t u t i o n s " .

T h e ^ 3 2 is e x p e c t e d to p r o v i d e

t h e s a m e l e v e l o f f u n d s as is g i v e n

u n d e r t h e p r e s e n t s y s t e m . T h e

f i g u r e o f £32 w a s c a l c u l a t e d b y

a d d i n g u p a l l t h e f u n d s g i v e n to

s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n s i n 1 9 7 6 / 7 a n d

a d d i n g 9% p e r a n n u m for 1977 8,

1 9 7 8 / 9 , a n d for 1 9 7 9 / 8 0 ( 9 % is t h e

i n c r e a s e t h e D E S a d v i s e d t h e U G C

to a d d l o r 1 9 7 8 / 9 a n d 1 9 7 9 / 8 0 .

T h e r e w a s n o a d v i c e i n 1 9 7 7 / 8 . )

H a v i n g t a k e n this t o t a l (£16m)

t h e D E S d i v i d e d it b y t h e t o t a l

a n t i c i p a t e d n u m b e r of f u l l - t i m e

u n i v e r s i t y a n d a d v a n c e d f u r t h e r

e d u c a t i o n s t u d e n t s a n d s u r p r i s e ,

s u r p r i s e , u p p o p s t h e m a g i c a l figure

o f X ' 3 2 .

T h i s is t h e a v e r a g e fee. T h e

D E S , i n t h e i r i n f i n i t e w i s d o m ,

r e c o g n i s e t h e fact t h a t s o m e u n i o n s

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

( e s p e c i a l l y u n i v e r s i t y u n i o n s ) w h e n

c o m p a r e d to those i n t h e p u b l i c

s e c t o r . S o just to r e m e d y this laet

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

w i l l be t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m t h e R a t e

S u p p o r t G r a n t ( the m a j o r p a r t o f a

L o c a l A u t h o r i t y ' s i n c o m e ) to t h e

U G C w h o w i l l pass t h e m o n e y o n

to t h e i n d i v i d u a l i n s t i t u t i o n s . T h e

f i g u r e c u r r e n t l y b e i n g q u o t e d is

£2.1 m . H o w e v e r , i f w e ' c o n s i d e r

S h e f f i e l d U n i v e r s i t y w i t h a c u r r e n t

p e r c a p i t a o f £ 7 0 , ° n e s i x t h o f t h e

£2. l m c o u l d go to t h e m . H o w

m u c h w o u l d t h e o t h e r c o l l e g e s get?

Just to r u b salt i n t o t h e w o u n d s .

I he D E S w i l l r e m o v e a l l m e n t i o n o f

a s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n l e e f r o m t h e

a w a r d so i l a p a r e n t o r g a n i s a t i o n

d o e s n o t w i s h to g i v e m o n e y to its

s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n l o r a n y r e a s o n

w h a t s o e v e r , t h e n it is u n d e r n o

o b l i g a t i o n to d o so.

How the system

might work

N o r m a l l y I C U n i o n s u b m i t s

e s t i m a t e s i n F e b r u a r y a n d n e g o

t iates w i t h C o l l e g e for t h e g r a n t

r e q u i r e d . N o w w e w i l l n e g o t i a t e

w i i h C o l l e g e a n d t h e e s t i m a t e w i l l

b e i n c l u d e d w i t h t h e c o l l e g e

e s t i m a t e to t h e U G C . T h e y w i l l

c o n s i d e r t h e t u i t i o n fee i n c o m e a n d

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

R a t e S u p p o r t G r a n t to t h e U G C

a n d w i l l t h e n m a k e a n a l l o c a t i o n .

H o w s o o n t h a t e s t i m a t e h a s to b e

p r e p a r e d r e m a i n s to b e s e e n .

How Student Unions

are affected

T h e a b s e n c e o f a n y e a r m a r k i n g

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

t h e v e r y e x i s t e n c e o f u n i o n s . U n d e r

t h e n e w p r o p o s a l s , t h e s t u d e n t s '

u n i o n w i l l be c o m p e t i n g l o r i n c o m e

w i t h d e p a r t m e n t s , l i b r a r i e s ,

s e r v i c e s , e t c . , a n d i n e l lect w i t h

o t h e r u n i o n s at a n a t i o n a l l e v e l .

U n i o n s m a y h a v e to c o m p l y w i t h

U G C r e g u l a t i o n s w h i c h state w h a t

m o n e y c a n a n d c a n n o t b e s p e n t o n .

A l s o , it m a y be p o s s i b l e for t h e

L I G C to c l a i m p r o f i t s t h a t U n i o n s

m a k e o n s e r v i c e s as t h e y c a n a r g u e

t h a t it is o r i g i n a l l y G o v e r n m e n t

m o n e y .

How IC is affected

T h i s d e p e n d s o n C o l l e g e . If w e get

a Hat £32 p e r c a p i t a w e w o u l d lose

a p p r o x i m a t e l y £ 3 0 . 0 0 0 o n p r e s e n t

s t u d e n t n u m b e r s . H o w e v e r , s i n c e

w e h a v e b e e n o n a b l o c k g r a n t f r o m

C o l l e g e u n t i l last a c a d e m i c y e a r ,

w e s h o u l d be b e t t e r o i l as C o l l e g e

m a y s u p p l e m e n t o u r i n c o m e . II not

i l w i l l a f f e c t a l l o f u s ; c l u b s ,

societ ies , C C U s , s p o r t s , f a c i l i t i e s ,

a n d a n y c e n t r a l u n i o n a c t i v i t y as

w e l l as s e r v i c e s p r o v i d e d , s u c h as

F E L I X , I C R a d i o . E v e r y o n e ' s

b u d g e t s w i l l h a v e to be c u t .

What we can do

T o d a y ( F r i d a y ) I a m s e e i n g t h e

R e c t o r t o c l a r i f y t h e p o s i t i o n

w i t h i n C o l l e g e a n d t h e resul ts o f

t h a t m e e t i n g w i l l be r e p o r t e d at t h e

U G M . I f t h e D E S p r o p o s a l s a r c

a c c e p t e d t h e y w i l l a l l e c t a l l o i us so

w e m u s t be p r e p a r e d to o r g a n i s e

o u r s e l v e s , to w r i t e to a n d l o b b y

M P s , c o n t a c t L E A s a n d g a i n

s u p p o r t f r o m C o l l e g e a n d b o d i e s

s u c h as t h e C Y C P a n d U G C .

A s S e a n C o s t e l l o . t h e G e n e r a l

S e c r e t a r y o f L S O has s a i d : " / don't

care who is in or out of . \ I S or I.SO.

This affects everyone".

A l t e r s e e i n g the R e c t o r . I w i l l be

b r i n g i n g forward p r o p o s a l s o n the

i s s u e . S e e y o u a t t h e U G M ,

T u e s d a y . O c t o b e r 28 , 1 : 0 0 p m , in

the G r e a t H a l l .

FEUX, October 24, 1980

Small Ads

transport — be independent! For sale: one Honda monkey bike ST 70,1 years MOT, cheap to insure, 140+ mpg, £80 ono. Phone Chris on 444-9739 after 6:00pm for further details. •Typewriter, portable, fair condition, new r ibbon, £5ono . C o n t a c t Lea Paddon, Physics 2 via letter-racks or FELIX Office.

•Honda CJ250T, R reg, good condition, T T 100's, 70mpg, £320ono. Liam Spring, Physics 2 letter-racks. •Slmca 1100 LS, 1974 MOT and taxed in good condition. £400ono. Contact Gill Thallon, Tizard Hall, int 3361 or 589-6579 evenings. •Hlllman Avenger, K reg, MOT, V G C , £500. Telephone 937-4679 (evenings). •Cannabis — not available. However, we can supply a variety of quality dried herbs at cheapo prices. Ring Nick or Stewart on internal 2033 or pop up to Lab 406 Botany.

•Guitar wishes to form/join good, solid, rock band. Interested? If so, contact Ray Simpkin, Physics 2 letter-racks in Blackett Lab. Now! •£5 Rewards: A reward of £5 will be given for information leading to the recovery of 3 football shirts removed from Falmouth Laundry Drying Room between 2 :00pm and 5:30pm on Monday, October 20. The shirts are orange with black trim and are from the litesome 'sheen' range.

Anyonewhosaw anything suspicious inside or outside the Falmouth Laundry on Monday afternoon, please contact Imperial College Football Club via the Union Office or Falmouth Hall Sub-warden.

•Archery: If anybody is interested in starting a club at IC, please drop a note to Ramesh Rao, Physics 2. •Crash your own model aircraft without the needless expense of C B Radio gear, heavy fines, confiscation of said gear and physical violence from the ICMAC hit squad. Join Model Aircraft Club on Thursday at 1:00pm in South-side Upper Bar Lounge. •Are you Interested In micros? And would like to contribute an article for the very first edition of ICMC newsletter? Then contact Benny Noturianni, Physics letter-racks. • T M Society: Would anyone who has learnt transcendental meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, please contact Bernard Canetti, Maths PG, int tele 4380 giving name and contact address. We are trying to start up the society again.

•Anybody wishing to play5-a-sidefoot-ball at the Michael So bell Sports Centre in Islington on Wednesday late afternoons/early evenings, please contact J Sharman via Mech Eng letter-racks. •Are your artistic aspirations being expressed? Join Graffitti, and rule the world. 1:00pm, Wednesday intheWork-shop.

•Windsurfing: Is there anyone at this College interested in forming a windsurfing club? Ifyoufeelthissportshould be brought to the students of IC, then please come and talk to me at 12:30pm on Monday, Octobre 27 in the South-side Upper Lounge (above Stans). If you prefer doing it to talking about it — do you want to come to the Students B o a r d s a i l i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s at Plymouth on November 1 and 2? (Experienced boardsailors only, who don't mind getting cold.) I can give a few people a lift. Please contact Nick Ajderian, Mech Eng 2. •Basketbal l : We now have some baskets. Please come along at 6:00pm on Monday.

•Engagement: We would like to congratu late Kei t h M a y n a r d ( R S M President) on his recent engagement to Miss Jill Peachey and also to their forthcoming new arrival in June. Staff and students of RSM. •Athletes foot victims unite! We want to give it back: Norwood isn't far!

Happy

Birthday

Jack!

J A C K W A R N E R c e l e b r a t e s h i s

8 5 t h b i r t h d a y t o d a y .

J a c k r o s e t o f a m e i n t h e s i x t i e s

w i t h t h e B B C c l a s s i c , Dixon of

Dock Green, p l a y i n g t h e l e a d r o l e .

P r i o r t o t h i s , J a c k w a s a p o p u l a r

film a c t o r i n t h e fifties. P e r h a p s

h i s b e s t r e m e m b e r e d w o r k s a r e

t h e Huggetls s e r i e s . W h a t c a n o n l y

b e d e s c r i b e d as t e n d e r p e r f o r

m a n c e s i n f i l m s l i k e The Huggetts

Abroad a n d Here Comes The

Huggetts m a d e J a c k t h e a u d i e n c e ' s

f a v o u r i t e . T h e t u r n i n g p o i n t o f

h i s c a r e e r w a s The Blue Lamp,

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

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

W a r n e r a h o u s e h o l d n a m e

t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y .

F E L I X w i s h e s J a c k a v e r y

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

f o r t h e f u t u r e .

Overtime Ban Over

L A S T F R I D A Y , m e s s e n g e r s a n d

s e c u r i t y g u a r d s a g r e e d t o c e a s e

t h e i r o v e r t i m e b a n . M o s t

b u i l d i n g s w e r e b a c k t o n o r m a l o n

S a t u r d a y .

O n A p r i l , 3 0 , 1 9 8 0 , C o l l e g e

p r o d u c e d a n e w s c h e m e w h e r e b y

l o w e r m a n n i n g l e v e l s w e r e

m a i n t a i n e d . M e s s e n g e r s w e r e

r e d u c e d f r o m 4 7 t o 3 6 a n d

s e c u r i t y g u a r d s f r o m 5 8 t o 4 8 .

T h e y w e r e o f f e r e d a 2 0 % r i s e

f r o m D e c e m b e r 3, 1 9 7 9 to J u n e

1, 1 9 8 0 , p l u s 5 % f r o m J u n e 1. T h e

s e c u r i t y staff c l a i m e d t h a t t h e

2 0 % w a s l o n g o v e r d u e a n y w a y

a n d felt it w a s u n f a i r t o c o n n e c t it

t o t h e l o w e r m a n n i n g l e v e l s .

C o l l e g e s a v e s a s u b s t a n t i a l

a m o u n t o f m o n e y d u e t o t h e

l o w e r m a n n i n g l e v e l s . C o n -

I s e q u e n t l y , t h e m e s s e n g e r s / s e c -

u r i t y g u a r d s a s k e d f o r a 1 5 %

i n c r e a s e b a c k d a t e d t o J u n e 1.

T h e o v e r t i m e b a n h a s f a i l e d to

p r o d u c e t h e d e s i r e d r e s u l t s t h e y

h a v e n o w a c c e p t e d t h e i n i t i a l 5%

o f f e r p l u s a £15 b o n u s .

Yalta

vs

Khan? T H E P E A C E F U L s e e m i n g p l o t

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

A l b e r t M u s e u m is i n f a c t t h e

f o c u s o f i n t r i g u i n g c o n t r o v e r s y .

T h e a d j a c e n t s i t e is b e i n g u s e d

b y C a s s o n C o n d o r t o b u i l d t h e

£6m A g a K h a n C u l t u r a l C e n t r e .

It is p r o p o s e d to u s e t h e t r i a n g l e

o f C r o w n l a n d i n q u e s t i o n t o

b u i l d a m e m o r i a l t o t h o s e

r e p a t r i a t e d t o S t a l i n ' s R u s s i a

u n d e r t h e Y a l t a a g r e e m e n t . T h e

p l a n is f o r a w a t e r s c u l p t u r e

d e s i g n e d b y s c u l p t r e s s A n g e l a

C o n n e r , c o m m i s i o n e d b y a g r o u p

i n c l u d i n g s e n i o r M P s f r o m a l l

p a r t i e s a n d e m i n e n t p u b l i c

f i g u r e s . T h e g r o u p is l e d b y

C o n s e r v a t i v e M P , S i r B e r n a r d

B r a i n e , w h o d e s c r i b e d t h e Y a l t a

a g r e e m e n t a s a " m o n s t r o u s a n d

g i g a n t i c t r a g e d y , l a r g e l y c o n

c e a l e d f r o m P a r l i a m e n t " .

I n i t i a l l y t h e s c h e m e w a s

o p p o s e d b y t h e F o r e i g n O f f i c e ,

w h o w a n t e d it m o v e d o f f C r o w n

L a n d . T h i s i d e a w a s o v e r r u l e d b y

t h e P r i m e M i n i s t e r . C a s s o n

C o n d o r t h e n t o o k a n i n t e r e s t .

O b v i o u s l y , n e i t h e r t h e y , n o r t h e

A g a K h a n ' s a g e n t s w a n t e d a

p o l i t i c a l m o n u m e n t p l a c e d o n

w h a t a m o u n t s t o t h e s a m e s i te a s

a c u l t u r a l c e n t r e . S i r N e v i l l e

C o n d o r t o l d t h e Sunday Times:

" M y c l i e n t s d o n ' t r e a l l y w a n t it

r i g h t o u t s i d e t h e i r b u i l d i n g ,

t h o u g h t h e y d i d n ' t r a i s e t h e i r

v o i c e a t a l l , o n o u r a d v i c e . T h e y

r e g a r d t h e m s e l v e s a s g u e s t s i n

t h i s c o u n t r y a n d w a n t t o b e g o o d

n e i g h b o u r s . W e w e r e b u i l d i n g

o u r c l i e n t s ' p l a c e l o n g b e f o r e

t h e r e w a s a n y t a l k o f t h e m e m

o r i a l a n d h a d n o t i o n s o f w h a t

c o n t r i b u t i o n w e m i g h t m a k e to

t h e m e m o r i a l s i t e , w h i c h is a

p u b l i c g a r d e n " .

T h e R o y a l F i n e A r t s C o m

m i s s i o n m a d e a m o r e v i g o r o u s

o b j e c t i o n a d v i s i n g K e n s i n g t o n

a n d C h e l s e a C o u n c i l t h a t a f t e r

c o n s u l t a t i o n t h e y c o u l d n o t

r e c o m m e n d t h e p l a n s . D e s p i t e

t h i s t h e C o u n c i l g a v e p l a n n i n g

p e r m i s s i o n a n d w o r k o n t h e

m e m o r i a l is t o p r o c e e d .

Micro Club saved!

A M O T I O N w a s r e c e i v e d l o r t h e

U G M o n O c t o b e r 2 8 c o n c e r n e d

w i t h t h e a b o l i t i o n o f t h e M i c r o

c o m p u t e r C l u b . T h e E x e c u t i v e

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

u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l a n d h a v e n o t

i n c l u d e d it i n t h e A g e n d a p r i n t e d

i n E x e c N e w s f o r t h e U G M . T h e

r e a s o n t h a t t h e m o t i o n is u n c o n

s t i t u t i o n a l i s t h a t c l u b s o r

s o c i e t i e s c a n o n l y b e a b o l i s h e d i f

t h e y h a v e c e a s e d t o f u n c t i o n o r

a r e p r o v e d t o b e d e t r i m e n t a l t o

t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e s t u d e n t b o d y .

Bert and Beryl's Bus

ON MONDAY afternoon a 1927 Hestair-Dennis open-topped

double-decker bus left IC bound for the dreaming spires of

Oxford. On board were members of the Industrial Society, as well

as the driver and his wife, Bert and Beryl Blower of Islington.

W e a t t r a c t e d t h e a t t e n t i o n o f m a n y p e d e s t r i a n s a s w e r a t t l e d d o w n H i g h S t

K e n s i n g t o n , n o t least that o f a s m a l l b o y w h o j u m p e d o n a n d a s k e d t h e fare

t h e T r a n s p o r t M u s e u m . O n to t h e A 4 0 , a br ie f s t o p t o t a k e o n s u p p l i e s at t h e

A c t o n C o - o p , a n d t h e n t h r o u g h t h e H a n g e r L a n e G y r a t o r y S y s t e m , (all at t h e

s t a t e l y s p e e d of 1 5 m p h ) , a n d w e w e r e o n o u r w a y . T h e rest o f o u r five h o u r

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

c h o c o l a t e , a n d d r i n k i n g co f fee in a n effort t o k e e p w a r m . D r i v i n g d o w n the

leafy l a n e s o f O x f o r d s h i r e , o n e m e m b e r , e n t i r e l y c a r r i e d a w a y b y t h e b e a u t y

o f t h e s c e n e r y , v e r y n e a r l y lost h is h e a d to t h e l o w e r b r a n c h e s o f a p a s s i n g

b e e c h t r e e .

W e a r r i v e d in O x f o r d just after 7 : 0 0 p m a n d s t o p p e d at t h e G a t e H o t e l .

R e v i v e d b y h o t d r i n k s (Irish coffee) w e d e c i d e d to h a v e a q u i c k m e a l .

C o n f r o n t e d b y a n e x t e n s i v e m e n u w e c h o s e M e r t o n m o u t h f u l l s , C o r p u s

c r i s p i e s a n d M a g d a l e n e m u n c h i e s . F r o m t h e r e t o T r i n i t y C o l l e g e w h e r e w e

w e r e w e l c o m e d b y the O x f o r d I n d u s t r i a l S o c i e t y , a n d h e a r d S i r A l e x J a r r a t ,

C h a i r m a n o f R e e d I n t e r n a t i o n a l , s p e a k . H i s ta lk c o v e r e d m a n y a r e a s ,

i n c l u d i n g g o v e r n m e n t p o l i c y a n d n a t i o n a l i s m , b u t p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t e r e s t i n g to u s

w a s his p r e d i c t i o n of a s h a r p i n c r e a s e in G D P in 1982.

A f t e r a g l a ss of p o r t a n d a br ie f w o r d w i t h S i r A l e x w e r e t u r n e d to L o n d o n

b y B R .


Parking Permits

T h o s e p e o p l e w h o h a v e b e e n a w a r d e d p a r k i n g p e r m i t s c a n c o l l e c t the s t i c k e r

f r o m t h e U n i o n O f f i c e o n p r e s e n t a t i o n of their v e h i c l e r e g i s t r a t i o n c e r t i f i c a t e

a n d U n i o n c a r d . F o r t h o s e p e o p l e a w a r d e d a jo int a p p l i c a t i o n o n l y o n e s t i c k e r

will b e a l l o c a t e d , w h i c h will h a v e all t h e r e g i s t r a t i o n n u m b e r s c o n c e r n e d w r i t t e n

o n it . A L L s t i c k e r s m u s t b e c o l l e c t e d f r o m t h e U n i o n O f f i c e , b y F r i d a y , O c t o b e r

31 . A n y p e r m i t s w h i c h h a v e n o t b e e n c o l l e c t e d will t h e n be r e a l l o c a t e d .

N A M E DEPARTMENT REGISTRATION ZONE

No.

R P S e v i l l e G e o l o g y 2 Y L O 3 5 3 G H 13

A O z k o k Phys ics ' P G L L M 7 7 0 Y H 14

G A Cross, C h e m i s t r y 3 S E A 6821. H 42

A K i l c u l l e n R S M 3 Y L P 630S H 68

I D e m e t r i o u C i v E n g 1 O M M 5 3 3 K H 76

M D o c k r a v E n v T e c h G P G 2 2 5 N H 32 (S)

H K W o n g M a t h s 3 R E V 3 4 7 M S 18

R P I B i r d e n M i n i n g 3 R U F 9 1 5 H S 19

M E l l a c o t t . M e t a n d M a t S c i 3 W M W 1 6 9 K S 20

A F B i c e n M e c h E n g P G X M F 6 2 5 N S 21

W K L e u n g E l e c E n g 2 O J M 5 6 5 R S 22

M A S t o n e C h e m E n g 2 R R G 578J S 23

T C l a r k M t - c h E n g 2 P W C 2 7 8 M S 2 4

C K P a t n i E l e c E n g 2 L N X 7 1 2 P S24 J o i n t )

P G W a l k e r M e c h E n g 2 O K H 6 7 P S 24

A C a b l e M e c h E n g 3 G X K 2 7 7 G S 25

I H a w k e s M e t 3 L O G 2 3 I P S 25 (Joint)

J R e d m a y n e P h y s i c s 3 H R D 3 5 7 L S 25

M A M B r a n d o n B i o C h e m 3 N G N 718P S 26

B P r v o r M e t 3 H Y M 8 1 1 C S 27

G F u l l e r P h y s i c s 2 C A R 9 3 9 F S 28

A S F a r o q u i E l e c E n g 3 P R C 9 8 R S 29

• C h i a n g C h e m E n g P G J 13539 S 30

K H T e n g C i v E n g P G V X C 7 2 N S 31

N M D a v i d P h y s i c s 2 S T G 9 7 7 M S 32

M H a m m o n d A e r o 2 S X J 5 9 7 M S 33

K B a l a s w o r a m a n i a m M e c h E n g P G L J U 7 1 5 E S 34

Y C C h a n E l e c E n g P G O Y V 8 8 8 R S 35

Z A C h a n d h a n y M e t P G K J D 8 4 3 K S 36

B H a r j o n b C i v E n g P G E U V 5 9 5 V S 37

J P D a v i s A e r o P G F U F 3 1 8 D S 38

R B u r r e l l B i o c h e m P G S E F 5 5 9 M S 39

P M o r r i s B o t a n y P G U U V 9447 T 1

S D a l e y C h e m P G E M A 6 7 9 F T 2

F A R o g e r s P h v s i c s P G P L A 8 2 2 W T 3

F G o n z a l e z M a t h s 3 G L T 9 7 2 N T 4

N S E s l ' a h a n i P h y s i c s 2 P C A 31 O H T 5

D J T W e b b G e o p h y s i c s P G B V S 5 4 3 T , T 6 C S J H s u A e r o P G E L U 9 2 2 T T 7

S A W o o d s P h v s i c s 2 J H P 8 8 1 E T 8

S K h u r m i M e c h E n g P G T Y F 3 3 0 M T 9

A S J e s u d a s e n C i v E n g 2 D P P 4 4 T T 10

T P L a u C C D 3 H Y O 5 9 0 K T 11

N J e f f r e y C h e m E n g 3 F A P 4 8 9 L T 12

N A t k i n s o n C h e m E n g 3 D W U 5 7 4 H T 12 (Joint)

P E a s t w o o d C h e m E n g 3 A U R 7 F T 12

J B a s u k i A e r o P G L B W 656S T 13

Breaking Glass scarring Jud Cole

T H E R E V I V A L of interest in

mascotry has a d d e d tension to

t h i s y e a r ' s G u i l d s F r e s h e r ' s

dinners . O n M o n d a y , R C S a g a i n

m a d e t h e i r p r e s e n c e felt b y

p a t r o l l i n g t h e a r e a a r o u n d

Sherfield .

A s S p a n n e r a n d Bolt arr ived

there was a smal l c o m m o t i o n

outside the •Sherfield B u i l d i n g .

J u d C o l e , o f G u i l d s , w h o was

separated from the mascot by a

set o f s w i n g d o o r s , l e p t i n t o

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

succeeded in passing through the

d o o r s b y b r e a k i n g the glass .

U n c o n c e r n e d t h a t b l o o d was

d r i p p i n g from his h a n d , J u d ran

o n to protect the mascot. J u d

p r o u d l y c o m m e n t e d : " B e f o r e the

broken glass h a d hit the floor, I 'd

rushed across to open the other

doors for S p a n n e r a n d B o l t " .

After the mascot was safely in

place, at the C i v E n g dinner , J u d

went to St Stephen's H o s p i t a l

a n d eight stitches were used to

sew u p his h a n d . O u r F E L I X

p h o t o g r a p h e r was s t a n d i n g next

to Jud at the moment the glass

shattered a n d he explained that

J u d pushed the large glass section

of the door with his h a n d . T h e

door should have opened n o r m

a l l y , b u t J u d used too m u c h

force. T h e r e were m a n y students

near the incident , but fortunately

no one else was hurt .

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Review

Sugar and Spice By lan Morse

I T ' S U N F O R T U N A T E , n o t l e a s t f o r T o y a h

W i l c o x , that c o m p a r i s o n s h a v e late ly b e e n m o o t e d

c o n c e r n i n g the said f e m i n i t e a n d C o v e n t r y bel le

H a 7 p | O ' C o n n e r .

T h e fact is that T o y a l W i l l c o x is a g o o d actress,

a m p l e e v i d e n c e b e i n g her p e r f o r m a n c e in D e r e k

J a r m a n ' s Tempest, a n d is a f a r m o r e v i a b l e

p r o p o s i t i o n i n this co n t ex t t h a n w h e n she t r a m p s

the b o a r d s o f s o m e m u s i c a l pass ion pit a n d g o w n s

the p e r s o n a o f yet a n o t h e r r o c k ' n ' r o l l screamster .

T h e least sa id o f M i s s O ' C o n n e r s prowess in b o t h

• art forms the better .

T h i s b e i n g the case, it must be said she's d o n e

hersel f v e r y few favours in t a k i n g o n a role in N i g e l

W i l l i a m s ' new h a c k n e y e d m e l o d r a m a at the R o y a l

C o u r t .

A t first, she a p p e a r s to be o n safe g r o u n d ,

p l a y i n g S h a r o n , a b u t c h feminist p u n k e t t e , a c t i n g

as v e r b a l o v e r l o r d to a c o m p a n y o f a s s o r t e d

adolescents , g a t h e r e d for a late n i g h t w h i s k e y

session at the t a cky K i n g s R o a d C o u n c i l flat (?) o f

thr ice m a r r i e d S u z e , a n a g i n g tart w h o c a n ' t

escape h e r o w n lust for p r o l o n g e d y o u t h a n d

a t t e m p t s , not too successfully , to b e f r i e n d the

teenagers . T h i n g s get m o r e i n t e r e s t i n g w i t h the

a r r i v a l o f S t e v e , w o u l d - b e f l a s h m o d , w h o ' s

f o l l o w e d the girls to the flat i n a n a t t e m p t to p o c k e t

o n e o f t h e i r n u m b e r . S h a r o n t h e n p r o c e e d s to give

the l a d the p r o v e r b i a l h a r d t i m e , s t r i o n i n e h i m o f

ego a n d c l o t h i n g w i t h a s u s t a i n e d v o l l e y o f a b u s e ,

the first act e n d i n g w i t h her p r e p a r i n g to cut off his

balls w i t h a bott le o f Bel ls .

G i v e n that the plot is m a y b e a little trite , the

g o o d p e r f o r m a n c e s o f W i l l c o x a n d , p a r t i c u l a r l y ,

C a r o l e H a y m a n , as the hopeless S u z e , gives r e a s o n

to expect s o m e t h i n g a little m o r e s u b s t a n t i a l to

h a p p e n in r o u n d two.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , w i t h the a r r i v a l o n the scene o f

the o p p r e s s e d l a d ' s c o c k s u r e m a t e , the s tory l ine

takes a n e v e n m o r e p r e d i c t a b l e t u r n , e n d i n g u p

w i t h the n e w h a r d m a n h u m i l a t i n g one of the girls

a n d e v e n t u a l l y f a l l i n g out w i t h the p a l he h a d not

l o n g before m a d e G a l a h a d i a n a t t e m p t s to rescue.

T h e p l a y peters out in t o d u m b a n d p r e d i c t a b l e

o b l i v i o n .

I ' m t o l d , a l l N i g e l W i l l i a m s ' p l a y s a r e

i r r i t a t i n g l y s i m i l a r . If y o u ' v e seen a n d e n j o y e d o n e

o f his p r e v i o u s n u m b e r s , t h e n I d a r e say y o u ' l l get

s o m e t h i n g f r o m this. It r u n s u n t i l m i d - N o v e m b e r ,

a n d at o n l y £1 s tudent s t a n d b y is the cheapest p l a y

in L o n d o n .

CND Rally

WHY PAY MORE?

IC PHOTOSOC N E W S T O C K

FILM SALE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28

OLD DARKROOM BEIT QUAD

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Red Cross

O N December 13, 1979, the U K Government

announced that it was going to deploy 160 American

Cruise Missiles. Sites in Berkshire and Cambridgeshire

were chosen on June 17. This came in addition to the

decision to develop £5billion of Trident missiles this

June.

Cruise missiles will be in Britain by 1983. They will be

paid for by, and under the control of, America, and

represent another huge step in the arms race, a step

towards nuclear war. Cruise is not a NATO equivalent of

a Warsaw Pact weapon; it is a totally new missile,

capable of 'cruising' at low level and high speed under the

range of radar. This is on top of a NATO superiority in

nuclear weapons, 7668 to 6000. Britain is the major

European nuclear base of NATO; a tiny island with

industry and people concentrated in a few areas. In the

event of a nuclear war involving America and the Soviet

Union, Britain will be a prime target and will be

destroyed. Home Office reports expect 35 million people

to die, probably an underestimate.

The concept of Soviet Union superiority is a myth.

While the Warsaw Pact has a vast superiority of

numbers in conventional forces, its army is composed of

many different races, many of them antagonistic to the

Soviet Union, and much of its equipment is old. The

standard Soviet tank is the T62, built in the 1960s, and

the other Warsaw Pact countries use tanks built in the

1940s as their standard weapon. Put bluntly, the Warsaw

Pact has superiority of quantity but not quality. NATO

forces are well trained and equipped with the most

modern weapons. Senator Nino Pasti, a fromer Deputy

Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, has said: "The

truth is that NATO forces, both conventional and

nuclear, are stronger than those of the Warsaw Pact".

Conferences on arms limitations have failed, and will

fail again due to the mutual paranoia and fear of America

and the Soviet Union. Meanwhile both countries indulge

in aggressive posturing and a dangerous game of

brinkmanship. It is time Britain took a lead in breaking

out of the mutual fear that is leading us to war and

commenced nuclear disarmament. Renouncing the arms

race is not simply a pacifist option, it is a call to break out

of the never ending cycle of re-arming bred by mistrust, it

is a positive action to show Britain is prepared to not only

talk about disarmament, but practise it as well. It is not

even an option, it is a necessity; we are moving towards a

war that will destroy European civilisation. It is quite

simply a case of 'protest and suvive'.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is organising

a national demonstration against nuclear weapons this

Sunday from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square. If you

share our concern at the warmongering of America and

Soviet Union and the rising numbers of nuclear

weapons, don't simply grumble, stand up for what you

believe in. A contingent from Imperial College will meet

at Beit Arch at 11:00am, Sunday, October 26. See you

mere!

Philip Co/ege, Chem Eng 2

Jan Czernuszka, Mat Sci 3

SCC Report L a s t T h u r s d a y , S C C g a v e t h e first r e a d i n g to t h e

C e l t i c S o c i e t y p r o p o s e d b y J o h n P a s s m o r e whi ls t

L i z L i n d s a y m u m b l e d s o m e t h i n g a b o u t a R a n g e r s

S o c i e t y . T . M . S o c w a s a b o l i s h e d a s it h a s n o t

b e e n a c t i v e for n e a r l y t w o y e a r s . If t h e B u d d h i s t ,

C o m m u n i s t , G a y , a n d S c i e n c e F o r P e o p l e ,

S o c i e t i e s d o n ' t w a n t t o b e a b o l i s h e d t h e i r

c h a i r m e n s h o u l d c o m e a n d see m e .

A n d r e w Z y c h o w s k i w a s e l e c t e d a s M i s c e l l a n e o u s

S o c i e t i e s R e p in p l a c e d o f the fai led C h r i s W e b b .

Ian Hanley

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T w e l v e n o o n , S a t u r d a y , O c t o b e r 18, s a w t h e s t a r t

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

s u s p i c i o u s l o o k i n g i n d i v i d u a l s i n B e i t A r c h w a y .

S i x s t u d e n t s e v e n t u a l l y g a t h e r e d u n d e r t h e a e g i s

of S i m o n C h a n d l e r , o f t h e I C R e d C r o s s G r o u p ,

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

F u l h a m R o a d . P a u s i n g o n l y f o r t w o m e m b e r s o f

the g r o u p to d e v o u r large c u r r e n t b u n s , w e

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

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

c o l l e c t i n g for c h a r i t y o n the o t h e r s i d e . ( T h e p l a n

fai led — b u t w e still a r r i v e d safe ly at t h e E l l e s m e r e

H o m e for e l d e r l y p e o p l e . )

W e w e r e a d m i t t e d , a n d s t o o d in a n e m b a r r a s s e d

h u d d l e i n t h e e n t r a n c e hal l for a w h i l e a s t h e

v i c t i m s p r e p a r e d t h e m s e l v e s for a n a f t e r n o o n o u t .

A t last , f o r c i f i e d b y a t u n e o n t h e rest h o m e p i a n o

b y X a v i e r , f i v e b r a v e r e s i d e n c e s e n t r u s t e d

t h e m s e l v e s to o u r c a r e a n d w e b o a r d e d t h e V W

m i n i b u s h i r e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e .

L u r c h i n g off at a h u g e v e l o c i t y w e p r o c e e d e d

t h r o u g h L o n d o n in t h e (very) g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n o f

t h e T o w e r . T h e O A P s lost n o t i m e in p o i n t i n g o u t

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

i g n o r e d a s t h e b u s s w e p t a l o n g t h e L o n d o n

s t r e e t s p a s t B u c k i n g h a m P a l a c e a n d a l o n g t h e

M a l l , S t r a n d , F l e e t S t r e e t to S t P a u l ' s C a t h e d r a l .

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

o n t h e c i t y , a i d e d a n d a b e t t e d b y t h e v o l u a b l e

d r i v e r . W e c r o s s e d t h e r i v e r at L o n d o n B r i d g e ,

t h e n b a c k b y T o w e r B r i d g e , a n d t h r e a d e d o u r

w a y w e s t — p a s s i n g t h e G u i l d h a l l , B a n k o f

E n g l a n d , a n d S m i t h f i e l d .

B u t a n h o u r w a s l e f t a s w e s w u n g i n t o

K e n s i n g t o n P a l a c e (e i ther h i t t ing o r n a r r o w l y

m i s s i n g a s u r p r i s e d p e d e s t r i a n ) . W e p r o c e d e d

a n o t h e r s i x feet a n d w e r e h a l t e d b y a s c r u f f y

l o o k i n off icial w h o t o l d u s w h e r e t o g o , to get to

the p a l a c e . W i t h a c h e e r y w a v e w e t u r n e d a b o u t

a n d left h i m , r e t r a c i n g o u r s t e p s to t h e c o r r e c t

e n t r a n c e .

D i s g o r g i n g o u r s e l v e s f r o m t h e b u s , w e e n t e r e d

the b u i l d i n g , a n d five m i n u t e s later ( the R e d C r o s s

h a v i n g t a k e n c a r e o f t h e e n t r a n c e c h a r g e s ) , w e

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

d i m e n s i o n s a n d b e c a m e m o s t t r i c k y g o i n g d o w n .

A t t h e t o p o f t h e s t e p s , s e p a r a t i n g i n t o g r o u p s o f

t w o o r t h r e e , a n d f o l l o w i n g t h e " t h i s w a y " s i g n s ,

t h e p a r t y s c a t t e r e d o v e r t h e d o z e n o r s o r o o m s

o n s h o w t o t h e p u b l i c .

U n t i l a b o u t half t h r e e , t h e s m a l l p a r t i e s t o u r e d

t h e a r e a a n d e v e n t u a l l y d e s c e n d e d t h e w a y t h e y

h a d c o m e — l u r e d b y the t h r e a t o f m i s s i n g their

t e a if t h e y w e r e t o o late b a c k to t h e n u r s i n g h o m e .

T h u s b y 4 : 0 0 p m t h e m i n i b u s w a s a g a i n p a r k e d

o u t s i d e E l l e s m o r e a n d b o t h s t u d e n t s a n d

p e n s i o n e r s h o p p e d o u t . L i b e r a l t h a n k s a n d

f a r e w e l l s w e r e o f f e r e d b y the y o u n g to t h e o l d a n d

v i c e v e r s a , a n d w h i l s t t h e y h a d d e c l i n e d a n offer

to d r o p i n t o hall for a " b a k e d b e a n s o n t o a s t "

s u p p e r s o m e n i g h t , a p r o m i s e w a s m a d e to

o r g a n i s e a n o t h e r t r i p .

A l l t h i n g s s a i d a n d d o n e , w e w e r e safe ly t u c k e d

u p b a c k at C o l l e g e a g a i n b y 5 o ' c l c o k . F o r v e r y

little effort t h e s ix o f u s h a d b e e n g i v e n a free t o u r

o f L o n d o n a n d K e n s i n g t o n P a l a c e ( a n d hints o n

c o o k i n g s a l m o n ) w i t h five of t h e fr iendlist t r a v e l

g u i d e s p o s s i b l e , a n d a d r i v e r w h o a d d e d a little o f

t h e J a m e s B o n d t o u c h to t h e w h o l e affair. W h a t

w a s m o r e i m p o r t a n t , t h e five f o l k s w e ' d t a k e n

w i t h u s e n j o y e d t h e m s e l v e s just a s m u c h .

If a n y o n e w o u l d be i n t e r e s t e d in this s o r t of

t h i n g , it's q u i t e p o s s i b l e m o r e will be o r g a n i s e d , s o

p l e a s e c o n t a c t : S i m o n C h a n d l e r , M a t h s 2 o r t h e

R e d C r o s s G r o u p at I C .

This space is empty

Discuss

FELIX, October 24, 1980 Page 5

Freshers' Dinners are now water under the bridge hat has just been crossed. Term moves into the all before Rag Week. Or does it? Not quite. There is still life about. Tomorrow is the Alternative Rag stunt, organised by Rich and Steve. They're not quite sure what it is, but they do know that it starts in the Union Bar at 1:00pm. It could be fun so why not go along.

On a more serious note the first General Committee of term takes place on Monday evening at 6:00pm in Bot/Zoo Common Room. All members must attend and observers are also welcome.

The second U G M is on Thursday, October 30, at 1:00pm in Physics Lecture Theatre 1. Four members of the Entertainments Committee have to be elected and you are needed to exercise your democratic right to vote. (Strains of The Stars and Stripes' in the background.)

Phil, the Broadsheet Editor is grovelling to ask me to remind everyone that Broadsheet will be produced on Wednesday afternoon in the RCSU Office. Willing hands are wanted, especially those that can type and put up with flying gestetner ink and bad coffee.

That's about it for another week, except to start rumours about . . . the Halloween Party! (gasp, shock, horror)

A bientot

PJ

C&G FIRST, the good news: Ruth's jacket has been

found, none the worse for its ordeal. The bad

news is that there has been another theft. After

the Chem Eng Freshers' Dinner some swine

nicked six packets of coffee and fifteen pints of

milk. I hope he dies of caffeine poisoning or gut-

rot. Then we might get the coffee back, 'cos we

need it for other freshers' dinners. We also need

wine waiters. Any volunteers (who will get a free

meal normally costing £6) should see Sandy or

put their names on the board in the Guilds Office

Monday, October 27 is the Elec Eng Freshers'

Dinner and Thursday, October 30 is Computing

Freshers' Dinner.

On Friday, October 31 there will be a Joint

C C U Halloween Party in the JCR. Tickets should

be available soon from the C C U offices.

On Sunday, November 2 Bo goes to Brighton.

You can go too if you get a coach ticket from the

Guilds Office. Turn out in your pyjamas to see Bo

off from Hyde Park then join the coach (don't be

late or you'll be left behind) and greet Bo in

Brighton with a rousing Boomalaka and, judging

by last year, by demolishing a fence. Then there's

a meal in a hotel which you can regurgitate back

up at the funfair. There's also some sea and a

beach, if you're that way inclined (in November!).

The tickets for this event always sell quickly, so

come and get yours as soon as possible from the

Guilds Office.

Andy Dixon

Publicity Officer

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NICOLE

67 Notting Hill Gate, London W l

F A N T A S T I C K N I T W E A R S A L E

Shetlands £6.95

Lambswool £7.95

Thursday, October 30

12:00—2:30pm

Junior Common Room

It is remarkable to me that postgraduates seem

only too willing to take part in PG Group activities

(Cambridge Trip, Ploughman's Lunch, etc.) from

which they expect to reap benefit, and yet are

totally unwilling to spend about twenty minutes

on a Wednesday lunchtime to come to a meeting.

I wonder if any of them realise that the

organisation which gave them these events can

only be run as a successful enterprise if they are

willing to lend a hand every now and then. After

all, it is their organisation.

I presume that they realise that the present

committee are only acting because insufficient

people are concerned enough to get off their

backsides and ratify them. Do they realise that an

acting committee cannot be forced to do anything

for them?

I wonder also how many PGs are aware of the

new security arrangements which are about to

come into force. If they can't be bothered with

one side of PG Group, then this matter will

probably concern them. However, unless a

concerted body of opinion can be put forward on

the matter, they may find themselves being

locked out of departments at all sorts of

inconvenient times.

College Security are in the process of installing

'cardkey' access points to the departmental

buildings. So far they've said very little about how

these points are going to be operated, when

they'll be in use, or who will be given cards.

These points are very important to the many

PGs, who for whatever reason, work outside

norma) hours. Consequently, I hope youH turn

up to next Thursday's meeting, where more

details should be available and discussion can

take place.

Finally, an apology to those who did attend on

October 15, and have just read this minor tirade. I

hope, however, that they will realise that they too

have a part of play in dragging people along to

meetings, otherwise nothing will get done; PGs

will have no voice and they will be trodden on

even harder — or maybe that's what they want.

Graham Green

Chem PG

Matters Raised

Lost! £10 ,000 worth of pots

That was the amount lost in 1978/9 in glasses, crockery and cutlery "disappearing" from refectories and bars. As this amounts to about 2p on every pint of beer you buy, it's in your own interest to return any glasses, plates, etc., promptly, i.e., before they become so ingrained with muck they're uncleanable and therefore useless. Prompt return also ensures there is no shortage of glasses in the bars, so please

cooperate and help us keep prices down.

Haldane Library

At the recent committee meetings we were

presented with a distressingly long list of missing

books. If you have any forgotten loans lying in the

back of your cupboard, or see any library books

just lying around, please return them — no

questions will be asked.

I'd also like to remind library users that, with so

many popular records, cassettes, and books

available, prompt return is essential so that other

users can have their turn. However, loans may be

renewed by calling in, or (in an emergency) by

phoning internal 3980.

L o n d o n Student Travel

Another plug for our wonderful office on the JCR

walkway — you shouldn't be able to miss it with

its nice new sign. It is now open 10:00am till

5:00pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and

Fridays, for railcards, tickets, and all general

travel enquiries. We should also be selling British

Rail tickets in a few weeks time.

Feedback

Yet again I'm appealing for your views on any of the above, or anything else the Union provides or should provide. So, if you have any suggestions or complaints please tell us, because it's only when we know the problems that we can do something about them.

Cheers.

Rae

DARE TO BE DIFFERENT, GotoaUG

Tues. 28th Oct. lpm Great Hall

Going thru the motions L e c t u r e r Training

T h e U G M A g e n d a

O v e r s e a s Students ' Fees

G r e e k Students ' Fees

A N D , wait for it, a mot ion of censure on F E L I X Editor , Steve Marshal l .

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services you need 24-hour

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provides exactly that.

It's called a SERVICETILL

because it not only offers you

cash, it will , if you wish, send

an up-to-date statement of

your account or a new

chequebook. During the

working day you can even

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on the spot.

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tails at your nearest NatWest

branch?

The NatWest SERVICETILL.

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Friday, October 24

'Socialist Society Bookstall, lunchtime, JCR.

•Christian Union: Jesus said I am the Light, Sue Knight,

6:30pm, 53 Princes Gate.

•Outing to B S F A meeting, 7:00pm, meet at Hammer

smith tube station.

Saturday, October 25

• I C C A G : Building work and mural painting and general helping out at theHolySt Adventure Playground, 10:00am, meet at Beit Arch. Bus fares are paid. •The Ram Walkers, 11:00am for 11:15am departure, meet Brewary Tap, High St, Wandsworth.

Sunday, October 26

• C N D demonstration against Cruise and Trident mis

siles. IC contingent leaves Beit Arch at 11:00am.

•Wargames Club Meeting, 1:00pm, SCR.

Monday, Oc tober 27

•No Badgesoc Meeting on Monday.

• A Meeting for people interested in forming a Wind

surfing Club at IC, 12:30pm, Upper Lounge (above Stan's).

•External Affairs Committee Meeting, 12:45pm, Upper

Lounge, Union. All welcome.

• M O P S O C visit to Battersea Power Station. See committee members for details.

Tuesday, October 28

•STOIC transmission, 1:00pm, JCR, Southside TV

Lounge, and Southside, Beit and Linstead Halls. Featuring

'Papa Whiskey', a programme about flying light aircraft.

•Der- of Humanities present:

1. World War Two: The War Beyond the Fighting: Intel

ligence, with Prof M R D Foot, 1:30pm, Read Theatre,

Sherfield Building.

2. What's New in Engineering? Digital Recording with

Martin Morcom, Sony UK Ltd, 1:30pm, Pippard Theatre,

Sherfield Building.

•Jewish Soc Elections, 1:30pm, Union Senior Dining

Room, Beit. All members requested to attend. New mem

bers very welcome.

•Natural History Soc Lecture: Bird Brains and Calling

by Dr T J Sellers, 1:00pm, Lecture Theatre, Botany

Basement.

•Photosoc Talk: Out Of My Mind (an approach to

landscape), by Mr C Westgate (FRPS), 7:30pm, Metallurgy

303 (RSM).

•Microcomputer Club Meeting, 7:30pm, Dept of Com

puting, Room 145.

•Mountain Club E G M , 8:30pm, Union SCR.

Wednesday, October 29

• M O P S O C visit to Battersea Power Station. See

committee members for details.

•An introductory talk on Transcendental Meditation,

1:00pm, Green Committee Room, Union Building.

•Wargames Club Meeting, 1:00pm, SCR.

• P G Group Meeting: important! PGs please attend,

12:30, Upper (ICWA) Lounge.

•Hang Gliding Club Meeting, 12:30pm, above Stan's Bar.

•Dept of Humanities present:

1. Film: Life on Earth (David Attenborough), 1:30pm, The

Great Hall, Sherfield Building.

2. Lunch-hour Concert with Takashi Shimizu (violin) and

John Blakely (piano), the Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate.

•Socialist Society, 1:00pm, Maths 340. Women's Voice.

•STOIC transmission, 1:00pm and 6:00pm, withNeu;s-

break, and Stuff the Front Page, Hold the Coffee, a

progreamme produced by Network 4, Leeds University's

Students TV Service.

• M O P S O C Lecture, on Severn Barrage Scheme,

5:45pm, Physics Lecture Theatre 3.

INDIA SOC

Satuday, October 1

Annual Diwali Celebration

JCR, 8:00pm

w i t h a f a m o u s live b a n d , d i s c o , t h e ' G r e a t I n d i a n

D a n c e r s ' , I n d i a n f o o d a n d b a r .

C o s t £ 1 . 5 0

E v e r y o n e w e l c o m e .

Wednesday, October 15

Rugby

I C 1st X V V Q M C 32-0

I C 2 n d X V V Q M C 18-9

Football

I C 1st X I V L o n d o n H o s p 4-0

I C 2 n d X I V L o n d o n H o s p 13-0

I C 3 r d X I V I C 5 t h X I 1-3

I C 4 t h X I V Q E C 4-0

I C 6 t h X I V S O A S 3-0

Hockey

I C 1st X I V W H M S 3-2

G u i l d s V K C H 2-1

R C S V Q M C 3-3

M i n e s V G u y s 0-9

L a d i e s V C h e l s e a 1-3

Football Firsts

AFTER a good 2-2 draw against Southampton

University 1st XI the previous week, IC began

their league campaign at London Hospital on

Wednesday. From the first kick it was

obviously going to be an easy game for IC.

Most of the team seemed to feel the same

way, as they promptly missed six easy

chances in the opening minutes. Finally,

Dave Dean put IC ahead after fifteen minutes

and this was followed by a penalty, awarded

for a trip on James Rowley, converted by Kev

Reeve. Dan Dean made it 3-0 before half-

time.

In the second half, IC decided to feel sorry

for their opponents and only managed one

goal, a thirty yard effort from Ged Elliot, who

thus proved the law of averages! Meanwhile,

James Rowley had been continuing his non-

scoring efforts with two shots that hit the bar

and, at the centre of the defence, Steve and

Phil seemed to keep themselves amused!

TEAM: Smirnoff, Reeve, Smith, Mulhall,

Ward, Dick, Elliott, Ryan, Dean, Hartland and

Rowley.

Football Seconds

ON AN excellent pitch, IC started their league

programme against this newly promoted side

with a resounding victory.

IC quickly took a firm grip on the game and

the pressure applied to the rickety LH

defence resulted in several free kicks around

their penalty area. The first half ended at 4-0

to IC with Veenman (2), Carr and Armstrong

supplying the goals.

The opposition's 'electric' defence, which

seemed to have developed a short circuit

meant that the goals continued to flow freely

in the second half. Bateson made forceful

forward runs and was unlucky not to have his

dive in the penalty area noticed by a rather

dozey referee. With the LH attack now non

existent, the defence were free to attack at

will; both MacDonald and Curran putting

their names on the score sheet.

At 10-0 the opposit ion were looking

distinctly disinterested, and some turned to

kicking our players instead of the ball, in the

vain hope of enlisting some more patients. A

good overall performance was finished by a

powerful header from Carr. The complete list

of second half scorers was: Saunders (3),

Carr (3), MacDonald, Niccolls and Curran.

TEAM: Veats, Curran, Beer, MacDonald,

Bateson, Clarke, Niccolls, Armstrong, Carr,

Veenman (Merritt), Saunders.

Football Thirds

IN THE first half of, what proved to be a highly entertaining game, the fifths rock-like defence of Brown in goal and back four, Teahan, Cable, Lay and Gohil dealt with everything, the thirds attack could produce. Just after half-time the fifths went a goal behind to a well-taken opportunist effort by Wiggins.

As the saying goes: "When the going gets tough; the tough get going"; so it proved with the fifths. Finding themselves a goal behind for the second week running they moved up a gear into overdrive to produce one of the finest comebacks.

The equalising goal came from an own goal, and with the thirds now on the rack the fifths started to turn the screw. Both Morris and Archer had shots cleared off the line before Baldwin disposed a thirds defender on the edge of the box and thumped the ball past the despairing keeper. The third killer goal was added soon after, when Audin's deep cross from the right wing left Healy with the simple task of slotting the ball home.

This set the seal on what was a fine fifth team result demonstrating the incredible spirit which has already developed within the team.

A particular mention must go to Dave Hardy and Kev Teahan who were both playing in their first fifth team game and gave excellent debut performances.

TEAM: Brown, Teahan, Gohil, Cable, Lay, Morris, Archer, Kelly, Healy, Baldwin, and Hardy. With Audin as sub.

Many thanks to Al's girlfriend for coming to cheer the fifths to another emphatic victory.

Football Fourths

RIGHT from the start of the game IC had an

edge over Q E C in all areas of play and soon

started to pressurize the Q E C goal. With less

than ten minutes gone, IC suffered a setback

when centre-forward, Burns, had to leve the

pitch with an ankle injury. This did not effect

IC's domination of the game and they took

the lead soon after when McNicholas turned

in a hard low cross from M a d d y . IC

continued the pressure, with any Q E C

breaks being easily handled by the defence

Q E C held out the IC attack until Richy Dolan

scored a brilliant individual goal beating

several Q E C players before prodding the ball

under the advancing keeper to make it 2-0.

In the second half Q E C put up a better fight

and had much more possession of the ball. It

was after a spell of Q M C pressure that IC

scored their third goal with a sudden break

out from defence which allowed McNicholas

to go clear on the right and chip the ball to

Kev Buckley who turned the ball in at the near

post.

There were many attacks and several

narrow misses before Graves got clear of the

defence and side-footed past the keeper from

the edge of the box to score the fourth goal.

TEAM: Williams, Berns, Maddy, Flanagan,

Chown, Dolan, Hunter, Buckley, Burns,

McNicholas, Williams J, and Graves.

Football Sixths

IC SIXTHS cruised to their second victory in

four days with a polished performance

against the School of Oriental and African

Studies.

At first the game was very evenly balanced

and very few chances were created by either

side, however, gradually IC began to threaten

the SOAS goal more frequnetly. IC scored

after twenty minutes following a corner that


broke loose from a mass of players allowing Chamberlain to put the ball in from close range. Following the goal, SOAS launched a series of attacks on the IC goal but could not break through the tight marking and tackling of Davies, Higham and Barton, ably backed up by composed sweeper, Nagle. Although, on the defensive, IC counterattacked well, and, on one of these occasions, IC forced a corner. Sean Davis floated the ball across the area enabling Mike Roache to rise above the defence and head the ball down for John Chamberlain to slot in his second goal. Although IC were two up the game continued to be very even up until half-time.

The second half started similarly to the first half with both sides creating few chances, but as SOAS pushed more men forward they left gaps at the back and, following one of the many good moves on the left initiated by Steve Davies and Liam Gartside, John Chamberlain crossed the ball for Sean Davis to score.

With ten minutes left Christov Caseau came on for Dick Tangier. IC still had their work cut out as the opposition pressed forward. SOAS very nearly got a goal when their forward appeared to outrun Dave Bradley (probably a trick of the light) but the ever alert Neil Hampton raced off his line to make a brave save at the oncoming forwards' feet. SOAS hit the post in the closing minutes, but IC held on to gain a creditable win.

T E A M : Hampton, Higham, Bradman,

Nagle, Davies, Tinkler, Clegg, Gartside,

Davis, Roache and Chamberlain.

D Tinkler

Rugby Firsts

AFTER a scenic two hour tour of London, we

finally arrived at Q M C ' s g r o u n d near

Brentwood. The match kicked off at 3:15pm

in brilliant sunshine, with both sides looking

very pretty in their new strips.

It took a few minutes for IC to get going,

but it was soon evident that our pack would

overpower QMC's. Our first try came after

some tentative handling in the backs finally

allowed George Chan on the wing to go on a

dazzling run, only to be tripped near the line

and be awarded a penalty try. From this point

on, the backs gained in confidence and with

plenty of ball provided from set pieces, we

began to pile on the points. Tries came from

Chan (2), Johnston (2), Davies, Manzoni,

Austin and amazingly 2 conversions from

Morgan.

The 'Random lineout thrower award' goes

to A Lorans with the much coveted 'extra

fullback' award going to R Smart (Capt).

All together this was an encouraging match

for IC who are still trying to find the best

combination before the Guteridge Cup.

TEAM: Pullen, Davies, U-Narbro, Morgan,

Fazacarli, Paixao, Chan, Johnston, Austin,

Stear, Smart (Capt), Warby, Richards, Lorans

and Manzoni.

RCS Hockey N E G L E C T I N G all thought of pulling off

another series of convincing cancellations,

RCS produced a team, an umpire, seven

shirts and a gritty performance against one fo

last year's top teams. Any question of RCS

winning points by luck were dispelled by this

performance. RCS scored first with a dazzling

run from the half-way line by Farrington, but

QMC hit back swiftly to lead 2-1 at half-time.

In the second half, a short corner led to a

mad scramble by the somewhat shaky Q M C

defence and Mike Cope forced the ball home.

Another piece of scrappy defending saw the

ball come to Cope again and RCS were

looking for their first league win for more than

a year. However, they were denied by a late

goal from Q M C . On this performance Gordon

Baxter wouldn't even get to be 15th man.

Robyn

Snooker

Saturday, October 18

Rugby

I C 1st X V

I C 2 n d X V

Football

I C 1st X I

Hockey

I C 1st X I

I C 2 n d X I

I C 3 r d X I

v P o l i c e D D i v i s i o n 8-9

v P o l i c e S D i v i s i o n 0-4

v K i n g s

v M e t P o l i c e

.v M i l l H i l l

v S a i n t s

1- 1

0- 1

2- 1

1- 0

Football Firsts THE FIRSTS made hard work of their match

on Saturday. The side had been reshuffled

due to injury and the 'unavoidable' absence of

Steve Ward! IC found themselves 1-0 behind

at half-time following a medicore first half. In

the closing stages of the game, Hartland

stabbed the ball homefollowng good work by

Elliott. Still looking for a win, IC Pushed

foward again and won a corner on the left. A

deep far post cross found Mulhall rising like a

salmon to connect firmly with the b a l l . . . and

send it flying over the bar!

TEAM: Smirnoff, Curran, Smith, Reeve,

Mulhall, Elliott, Bateson, Ryan, Dean,

Hartland and Rowley.

Hockey Firsts

AFTER the euphoria of last week's victory

over a weakened Birkbeck side, we at last

settled to our usual losing ways.

With or without the influence of certain star

players we played like idiots. Yes, we have to

admit it, we were hopeless and the scoreline

of 0-1 really flattered us; we should have been

creamed. Never mind there's always next

week. Perhaps we can lose more impressively

then.

T E A M : Butler, Crowe, Riley, Davey,

Hughes, Barry, Ayres, Coatesworth, Rao,

Rich, Bell and Gatley.

Hockey Thirds

T H E THIRDS won for the first time this

season despite having two goalkeepers

playing outfield and an outfield player

masquerading as a goalkeeper. The Old

Creightonians, with their high level of

individual ski l l , p r o v i d e d very s trong

opposition.

The first half was goalless with both sides

missing scoring opportunities. IC failed to

convert several good chances, both from atta

cking moves and penalty corners whilst the

Old Creightonians failed to capitalise on two

crosses that split the IC defence, and an

excellent chance when the goalkeeper was

left bemused at one post, as the ball passed

just outside the other.

IC took the lead early in the second half from

a penalty corner. Dave Cornwell hammering a

shot low into the corner of the net. Old

Creightonians were kept out by some solid

defending and were unlucky (?-Ed) to be

denied two penalty strokes. One when an IC

defender submitted to his goalkeeping

instincts and kicked the ball away, the other

when out keeper 'accidentally' body checked

an advancing player.

The game was hard, but played in good

spirit with the final score reflecting IC's

slightly better team play.

TEAM: Hutchings, Sawers, Leinster, Pound,

Webb. Cliff, Cornwell, Taylor, Wylie, Morgan,

Mitchell and Shaw (umpire).

OVER twenty-nine people entered this year's

Freshers' Tournament, the highest since the

last one . T h e eventual winner was C

Gallagher and runner-up Lindsey Hancox.

Drinks were kindly donated by the finalists,

after gentle persuasion by Mr President, to

everyone present.

The league started last Wednesday and we

are ready to defend our hard-earned title of

last year, during which we beat all opposition.

Cricket

Imperial College CC v Magdala CC Indoor 6-a-side Knockout Competition at

Lords

ARRIVING his usual one minute late the

Captain's appearnce only just prevented Mr

Simpkin from conceding the match, so

distraught was he at the thought of playing

without such a devastating bowler.

After making the usual excuses about

tubes, etc., the toss was lost and IC forced to

field. Mr Ellacott not wishing to disappoint Mr

Simpkin, preceded to open the bowling with

Mr Silva. Having got his obligatory couple of

leg side wides out of the way, Mr Ellacott

conceded only 12 runs off his 3 overs with Mr

Silva, although conceding 23 runs, bowling a

Maiden Over, which is quite an achievement

in an indoor game where 10 runs per over is

considered an average run rate. Then further

tight bowling from Mr Simpkin (16 runs) and

Mr Tear (19 runs) and some sharp fielding,

limited Magdala to a mere 79 runs in their 12

overs.

The usual pract ise when in s u c h a

commanding position (especially in ULU Cup

matches) is for the IC batsmen to try and out

do the opponents and get an even more

ridiculous score. But on this o c c a s i o n

tradition was broken. Messrs Simpkin and

White opened with such aggression and

timing that they were hardly recognisable as

IC batsmen. Soon Mr Simpkin reached 26 and

had to retire having passed 25 and Mr White

was caught out for 20. But Messrs Clarke and

Silva proceeded to score at twice the required

rate scoring 24no and 10no respectively.

The Magdala score was soon passed in

only the sixth over when Mr Clarke despatched

the ball for six over the bowler's head, thus

just about making up for dropping the easiest

catch ever given at Lords, off the bowling of

Mr Ellacott.

Tennis

HOPE everyone heard about the meeting and

found the room. A fairly good attendance

with about 50 people. Points raised included

the fact that the discount arranged with

Drobny's is no more, so don't use them!

A Round Robin tournamant has been

arranged for this and next term. Format will

be two groups and the top pairs from each

group will play each other. Names to T

Tsoukkas, Civ Eng 3 by Friday, October 31

1980. Anyone without a partner (mens and

ladies pairs only please, a mixed tournament

may be arranged later) please send your

name and we'll try and find you one.

Coaching sessions are held every Thursday

(beginners especially welcome) between

12:45 and 1:15(ish).

We hope to arrange a couple of film shows

and a trip to the WCT Braniff. World Airways

Championships in Olympia. For details see

the tennis noticeboard in the Sports Centre.

Please note all of these facilities (except the

last) are free to members, but cost £1 to non-

members, so send your £1 with your name,

department and year to A Clarke, Civ Eng 3 as

soon as possible and become a member.

FEUX, October 24, 1980

Tuesday's UGM

I sincerely hope you're all going to turn up to

Tuesday's U G M . Okay, so if we haven't got a

live vibrant Exec it does make things a little dull,

but never mind because I sense there's going to

be plenty of shit flying.

For instance, I notice John Passmore has

made absolutely N O MENTION of the abysmal

No Dice concert cock-up in his U G M Report,

printed in Exec News. He's not even treated us

to one of his apolgies.

As his apology passed through virtually

unnoticed at Council, I feel that he owes some

sort of explanation to the U G M . Furthermore, I

hope some public-spirited individual will

challenge him over the matter.

On the agenda is a motion of censure against

myself proposed by Dare Afolabi (and initially

seconded by Mary Attenborough who backed

out presumably when she saw how ludicrous it

was).

Mr Afolabi seems to think that he has a God-

given right to have one of his letters printed

EVERY week. He has proposed the motion

merely out of spite as I didn't print his last letter

(which complained about the fact that I had

printed his letter the week before!)

Mr Afolabi should not confuse 'freedom of

expression' with 'getting his own way'.

Irishmen

I would like to congratulate John Passmore for

catering so marvellously to the Irish minority at

College by setting up Celtic Club and the Gaelic

Football Club. Well Done!

Thanks to

Mark, Len, Patrick, Phil, Dave, Shanne, Colin,

Nick, Brian, Maz and Ian without whom this

World would not be such a nice place to live (he

has a heart, d'yer hear, he has feeling).

Puzzle Corner By Scaramouche

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

b u t she is d e f i n i t e l y a l i t t le e r r a t i c a n d v e r y s c a t t y .

L a s t w e e k she e x c e l l e d herself .

E a c h o r c h e s t r a m e m b e r r e c e i v e d a let ter f r o m h e r to the effect t h a t t h e

n e x t r e h e a r s a l w o u l d be o n M o n d a y at 8 : 0 0 p m i n t h e G r e a t H a l l , b u t as w e

w e r e g o i n g to p l a y m u s i c b y F a u r e , t h e b r a s s w o u l d n o t be n e e d e d .

T h i s w a s f o l l o w e d b y n o less t h a n f o u r letters , e a c h o f f e r i n g a p o l o g i e s a n d

c o r r e c t i o n s , a n d s u m m a r i s e d as fo l lows :

T u e s d a y at 7 : 0 0 p m i n the M u s i c R o o m , to p l a y P o u l e n c ; brass n e e d e d .

W e d n e s d a y at 5 : 3 0 p m in the G r e a t H a l l , to p l a y S ibe l ius ; brass n e e d e d .

T h u r s d a y at 5 : 3 0 p m in the G r e a t H a l l , to p l a y S h o s t a k o v i c h ; brass needed .

F r i d a y at 7 : 0 0 p m in the C o n s o r t G a l l e r y , to p lay S ibe l ius ; brass not n e e d e d .

E v e n t u a l l y , I r e s o r t e d to a s k i n g t h e c o n d u c t o r , w h o w h i m s i c a l l y t o l d m e

t h a t e a c h o f t h e f i v e letters w a s c o r r e c t i n just t w o o f its f ive d e t a i l s .

So" w h e n , w h e r e , w h a t a n d w i t h w h o m is t h e n e x t o r c h e s t r a r e h e a r s a l ?

S o l u t i o n s , c o m m e n t s a n d c r i t i c i s m s to m e c / o F E L I X O f f i c e . T h e r e w i l l

b e a p r i z e o f £ 2 for t h e first c o r r e c t s o l u t i o n o p e n e d at n o o n o n T u e s d a y .

Last Week's Solution

T e n .

E v e r y o n e i n t h e n e t w o r k m a k e s c a l l s to o n e o t h e r p e r s o n , a n d r e c e i v e s

c a l l s f r o m at least o n e p e r s o n , so e a c h c a l l e r is p a r t o f a c y c l e o f c a l l e r s ,

w h o s e m e m b e r s a l l p h o n e t h e n e x t i n t h e c y c l e .

T h u s 7 4 9 4 3 p h o n e s 6 2 9 6 4 w h o p h o n e s 7 1 9 7 3 w h o p h o n e s 8 3 9 5 2 w h o

p h o n e s 7 4 9 4 3 .

T h e o n l y o t h e r p o s s i b l e c y c l e s a r e 7 5 9 3 3 , 6 3 9 5 4 , 6 1 9 7 4 , 8 2 9 6 2 , a n d

5 9 9 9 4 , 5 3 9 5 5 . O f c o u r s e , w e d i s c o u n t 0 0 0 0 0 .

S i n c e a l l t h e c y c l e s c a n exist t o g e t h e r , t h e m a x i m u m n u m b e r o f c a l l e r s is

t e n .

T o s h o w these a r e t h e o n l y p o s s i b l e c y c l e s , o b s e r v e t h a t a f ter s c r a m b l i n g

a n y n u m b e r , t h e r e m a i n i n g d i g i t s a r e e i t h e r 9, 9, 9, X , 9 - X o r 9, X , 8 - X , Y ,

1 0 - Y ; t h e n e x a m i n e a l l t h i r t y cases.

T h e p r e v i o u s w e e k ' s s o l u t i o n was m i s p r i n t e d i n last w e e k ' s F E L I X . T h e

c o r r e c t s o l u t i o n is:

A w a s t o l d C got a t h i r d

B w a s t o l d A g o t a s e c o n d

C w a s t o l d B g o t a first

D w a s t o l d E got a t h i r d

E w a s t o l d F got a t h i r d

F w a s t o l d D got a s e c o n d

A p o l o g i e s for this ; i n f u t u r e w e w i l l t a k e s p e c i a l c a r e o v e r p r o o f r e a d i n g o f

th is c o l u m n .

A p o l o g i e s t o o to t h e p e o p l e w h o c o m p l a i n e d t h a t t h e p u z z l e s h a v e b e e n

t o o d i f f i c u l t ; t h i s w e e k ' s is r a t h e r e a s i e r t h a n t h e first t w o .

•Whole'load of junk cluttering up the Rag Office (old chemicals, an old TV set, etc.) will put outside it on Monday lunchtime. Anyone who wants to claim it should come along then or else it will be thrown away.

•The Brighton Run, November 2: Bo is going as usual. Coaches and dinner arranged for anyone who wants to support him. More details next week, or pop into the Guilds Union Office.

Sir Keith Joseph at IC Continued from front page

o f l i v i n g is v e r y l o w i n d e e d . T h e

s t a n d a r d o f l i v i n g o f o u r

p e n s i o n e r s a n d d i s a b l e d m a k e s

m e a s h a m e d of h a v i n g b e e n a

p o l i t i c i a n f o r 2 2 y e a r s a n d I s h a r e

t h e b l a m e f o r h a v i n g d o n e so

m u c h w r o n g . W e ' v e o v e r -

n a t i o n a l i s e d , o v e r s p e n t , o v e r -

r e g u l a t e d . . . . a l l w i t h t h e b e s t o f

i n t e n t i o n s . "

" T h e w a y t o r e d u c e p o v e r t y is

to a l l o w p r i v a t e e n t e r p r i s e t o b e

c o m p e t i t i v e . Y o u c a n n o t h a v e

f r e e d o m w i t h o u t f r e e e n t e r p r i s e . "

" A s a n e x t r e m e c a s e t h e r e is a

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

its i m p e r f e c t i o n s n e x t d o o r to a

b r o a d l y s o c i a l i s t s o c i e t y a n d t h e y

a r e d i v i d e d b y a w a l l . I f t o d a y t h e

B e r l i n W a l l w a s d e m o l i s h e d ,

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

m a n a n d w o m a n g o ? W e s t to

C a p i t a l i s m o r E a s t t o S o c i a l i s m ?

. . . . I rest m y c a s e . "

S i r K e i t h t h e n a n s w e r e d m a n y

q u e s t i o n s f r o m I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e

s t u d e n t s . O n e a s k e d , " C o u l d y o u

p l e a s e e x p l a i n to m e t h e r i g h t s o f

t h e 2 m i l l i o n u n e m p l o y e d ? " S i r

K e i t h r e p l i e d , " H e ' s f r e e t o t a k e

w o r k a n d p r i c e h i m s e l f i n t o a j o b .

D o y o u t h i n k t h a t U n i o n r u l e s

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

o f w o r k , w h e r e t h e y s t i l l a p p l y , i n

f a c t p r i c e s o m e p e o p l e o u t o f

j o b s . "

A n o t h e r p o p u l a r t o p i c w a s t h a t

o f i n t e r e s t r a t e s . S i r K e i t h g a v e us

a l e s s o n . " I n t e r e s t r a t e s a r e w h e r e

t h e y a r e b e c a u s e t h e y a r e a t t h e

l e v e l t h a t s u p p l y a n d d e m a n d

f ixes . It i s n ' t t h e g o v e r n m e n t

f i x i n g i n t e r e s t r a t e s - w e l i m p a f t e r

t h e m a r k e t . W e d o s a y M L R

s h o u l d b e s o - a n d - s o . . . . w e d o n ' t

p i c k a f i g u r e o u t o f t h e a i r . W e

c h o o s e t h e f i g u r e t h a t p e o p l e a r e

p r e p a r e d to l e n d m o n e y a t .

Y o u m u s t r e a l i s e t h a t w i t h

i n f l a t i o n s t i l l a t 15 1 / 2 % - a n

i n t e r e s t r a t e o f 1 6 % g i v e s 1 / 2 %

o n l y i n r e a l r e t u r n to t h e l e n d e r . "

No real profit in British

industry

S i r K e i t h s h o c k e d h i s a u d i e n c e

b y s a y i n g , " T h e r e ' s p r a c t i c a l l y n o

r e a l p r o f i t i n B r i t i s h I n d u s t r y

t o d a y . I f y o u t a k e o u t t h e o i l , t h e

b a n k s a n d i n s u r a n c e , m o s t

m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r y i s

w o r k i n g o n a v e r a g e a t n i l p r o f i t . "

S i r K e i t h J o s e p h a g r e e d w i t h

C o l i n P a l m e r , l a s t y e a r ' s F E L I X

E d i t o r , t h a t it w o u l d b e a g o o d

i d e a t o a b o l i s h t h e N a t i o n a l

I n s u r a n c e S u r c h a r g e . H o w e v e r ,

h e s t r e s s e d t h a t t o r e m o v e it

w o u l d c o s t £ 3 , 0 0 0 m i l l i o n . L e n

I r a n i , c o n s i d e r i n g t h e C N D R a l l y

n e x t S u n d a y , a s k e d , " I n t h e s e

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

t h e g o v e r n m e n t j u s t i f y i n v e s t i n g

£ 5 , 0 0 0 m i l l i o n o n n u c l e a r m i s s i l e s

w h e n it s h o u l d b e i n v e s t e d i n

i n d u s t r y . " S i r K e i t h ' s s h o r t r e p l y

w a s , " B e c a u s e t h e r i s k of n o t

h a v i n g t h e d e t e r r a n t f a r e x c e e d s

t h e c o s t o f h a v i n g i t . " (Wow!-Ed)

M a r k C l e g g t h a n k s a l l

m e m b e r s of C o n S o c w h o h e l p e d

m a k e t h e m e e t i n g s u c h a s u c c e s s .

H e s a i d t h a t h e h o p e s t h a t as

m a n y s t u d e n t s w i l l c o m e to t h e

C o n S o c m e e t i n g o n D e c 4 t h w h e n

T e d d y T a y l o r M . P . w i l l s p e a k t o

C o n S o c .

Commem Day

I M P E R I A L C o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s

l i n e d u p y e s t e r d a y to n o d at t h e

C h a i r m a n o f t h e G o v e r n i n g

B o d y i n t h e R o y a l A l b e r t H a l l at

C o m m e m o r a t i o n D a y .

A t t h e t i m e of g o i n g t o p r e s s

n o t h i n g e x c i t i n g h a s h a p p e n e d

b u t w e l i v e i n f e a r of a t o p d i g n i t y

f a l l i n g o v e r / h a v i n g a c o r o n a r y

b e f o r e ' g o i n g to p r e s s t i m e ' . F u l l

r e p o r t n e x t w e e k .

FELIX is published by the Editor for and on behalf of the Imperial College Union Publications Board, and is printed by the Union Print Unit, Prince Consort Road, London,

SW7 2BB. (589 5111 ext. 1048/int. 2881) Copyright FELIX 1980. Editor: S.J. Marshall, Advertising Manager: MA. Smith. Registered at the GPO as a newspaper.

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