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BOBS IS LEAVING Mrs. Robinson, the Union C l e r k iea^e' f o r t h e p a s t 18 y e a r s , i s t o h e r j o b t h i s summer. The U n i o n is t o buy h e r a p r e s e n t t o mark h e r stay, T h e new P r e s i d e n t a n d e x e c u t i v e will have the job of f i n d i n g a replacement to take over t h i s e x a c t i n g p o s t .
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TELL ME YOUR PROBLEMS R e x L o w i n i s g o i n g t o be the. P r e s i d e n t o f ICU next s e s s i o n . T h i s y e a r he h a s b e e n G e l f a r e O f f i c e r a n d was m a i n l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e e s t a ! blishment of student houses. Next y e a r w i l l be b i n s i etc ' •it I G . T ^ i r c ^ ^ o u * him time: h e h a s b e e n a n a c t i v e U n i o n member a n d h a s b e e n on C o u n c i l f a r two y e a r s a l r e a d y - one a s K a i l s Rep a n d l a s t y e a r a s a f l o o r r e p . He w o u l d l i k e t o see changes i n the U n i o n , but f e e l s t h a t a t t h e moment h e p r o b a b l y d o e s n o t know e n o u g h a b o u t h i s job the t o make t o d m a n y p r o r o i s e s a b o u t f u t u r e . One f i e l d , t h o u g h , t h a t he w i l l t r y to expand i s contact with o t h e r c o l l e g e s . T h i s c a n be done b o t h a t E x e c , l e v e l a n d on t h e i n i t i a t i v e of i n d i v i d u a l clubs. T h e r e a r e d t i m e s when t h e P r e s i d e n t has t o a c t without cons u l t i n g p e o p l e , but Rex wants t o k e e p t h e s e d o w n t o a m i n i m u m . He wants Union meetings to instruct h i m what t o do a n d f e e l s t h a t i f l e s s t i m e was s p e n t a r g u i n g a b o u t p r o c e e d u r e and more d i s c u s s i n g s t u d e t a f f a i r s m e e t i n g s would be less sparsely attenaed.Communication w i t h e v e r y member o f t h e U n i o n is what Rex i s g o i n g t o t r y a n d a c n i e v e He p l e a d s t h a t a n y o n e w i t h a p r o b lem should not h e s i t a t e to contact him. T h i s summe r R e x i s getting m a r r i e d t o Sue G i b b s , a t h i r d y e a r p h y s i c i s t , FELIX w i s h e s them b o t h best wishes f o r t h e i r marriage and t h e i r y e a r o f office.
PARKING APPLICATIONS A p p l i c a t i o n forms f o r C o l l e g e car p a r k i n g spaces f o r next session a r e now a v a i l a b l e f r o m t h e U n i o n O f f i c e . Closing dates for a p p l i c a t i o n s a r e "13th September and 3rd O c t o b e r . Most of the p l a c e s will be awarded i n t h e f i r s t allocation, w h i l e t h e r e s t w i l l be k e p t f o r • s t u d e n t s who d o n o t k n o w w h e r e they w i l l be l i v i n g u n t i l t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e s e s s i o n o r who w e r e rejected i n the f i r s t allocation.
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T h e U n i o n AG-L o n H a y was a m a z i n g l y q u o r a t e a n d , e v e n more i n c r e d i b l e , s t a y e d t h a t way u n t i l w e l l Having disposed of the a f t e r 2pm. m i n u t e s and o t h e r r e l a t i v e l y m i n o r m a t t e r s , t h e m e e t i n g moved on t o the e l e c t i o n s ,the results, of which a p p e a r on page 1, In the major e l e c t i o n , that fcr B e p u t , , P r e s i d e n t , F r a n , : M o r r i s was p r o p o s e d by I a n ' v e i l s and J e f f Steer b y Pam H o r r o c k s . D e s p i t e veils' s u p e r i o r p r o p o s a l s p e e c h and. M o r r i s ' s s l i g h t l y b e t t e r performance i n the * Q u e s t i o n i n g , J e f f S t e e r was eventually elected. P e r h a p s t h e f a c t t h a t 'Prank Morris ( ex-president o f .110) didn't produce our l o n g - l o s t mascot, lost him the d a y . When t h e e l e c t i o n b u s i n e s s w a s wound u p , Ray P h i l l i p s , h a p p y , s m i l i n g ana d e a d l y e f f i c i e n t i n the c h a i r , gave out the U n i o n G e n e r a l Awards. S x - o f f i c i o awards went t o P h i l l i p s . Lack and K a r r i s f o r t h e i r year of c' o f f i c e at the top and t h r e e r i c h l y d e s e r v e d awards were g i v e n t o R o r y l e d r n a y n e , a b o u t whom n o t h i n g n e e d b e s a i d b u t t h a t he was o n c e E d i t o r o f PJjlLIX a n d l i a s d o n e a h e l l o f St l o t for ICU, to O h r i s Palmer, f o r e x c e l l e n t work on c a r n i v a l and t o Nick C l a r k e , f o r doing ahost of t i l i n g s , I n c l u d i n g F E L I X , Dramsoc and E n t s . S o c i a l C o l o u r s were t h e n awarded.
T h r e e m o r e i t e m s o f n o t e came u p . K e i t h Guy, f r e s h l y recovered from h i s l a b a c c i d e n t , r e p o r t e d on E n t s . s u c c e s s f u l y e a r and massive profit of £8.50.,as against l a s t y e a r s loss. Andy Jordan proposed that the G o v e r n i n g Body be c o n s u l t e d w i t h the view of g e t t i n g a s a b b a t i c a l y e a r f o r t h e P r e s i d e n t . 2 h i s was r e f e r r e d to the sub-committee which i s looking into the Union Bye-laws.
T h e t h i r d i t e m was a m o t i o n b y H e n r y v/ynn d e p l o r i n g t h e b r u t a l i t y of the French P o l i c e towards the demonstrating students i n P a r i s . Seconded bg John W i l l i a m s , t h i s , p r e d i c t a b l y , a r o u s e d , a l o t o f comment b u t I n t h e e n d t h e m o t i o n was accented. T n e two p r o p o s e r s have organised b o t h a o e t i t i o n and. l e t t e r s t o M P ' P a b h o r r i n v the use i n P r a n c e o f Police* brutal!t against students for political ends. 1
J o i n t C o u n c i l l a s t Monday e v e n i n g besides e l e c t i n g the next President and s e c r e t a r y , got t h r o u g h a l o t of business, useful, i f rather dull, Muclt o f t h e m e e t i n g was t a k e n u p w i t h d i s c u s s i o n o f s u b j e c t s t o come u p a t JURGO - t h e J o i n t U n i o n , R e c t o r and Governors Committee tonight,
'A w h o l e s e r i e s o f corresponded3 h a d p a s s e d b e t w e e n t h e P r e s i d e n t a ad M r s M u r i e l T a b a r t , who r u n s t h e University Lodgings Bureau, about people the wording of forms sent to o f f e r i n g accommodation, which asks i f they are w i l l i n g to accept c o l o u r e d s t u d e n t s . T h e SGC O v e r s e a s Students Committee o b j e c t s to these forms on the grounds t h a t it encourages r a c i a l p r e j u d i c e . Mrs Tabart considers that i t i s better to ask which householders are p r e p ared to take coloured students tban p l a c e them i n l o d g i n g s where t h e y would not be welcome, o r t h a n send them t o l o t s o f p l a c e s where t h e y would bo t u r n e d away. T h i s m a t t e r has a l s o been a i r e d i n The Times l e t t e r s column. The R e g i s t r y , i n c o n j u n c t i o n v i t h the Welfare Committee, has succeeded i n g e t t i n g t h e w a g e s p a i d b y many l o w - p a y i n g f i r m s fci* ^ v a c a t i o n t r a i n i n g r a i s e d . The only exception t o t h i s a p p e a r s t o be t h e M i n i s t r y o f T e c h n o l o g y , w h i c h p a y s Sl>..10.C t o s t u d e n t s l i v i n g a t home a n d £ 7 . 1 0 , 0 away f r o m h o m e . A f t e r t h i s much d i s c u s s i o n ensued o n how man:/ r o p s C o u n c i l t h o u g h t it s h o u l d have on v a r i o u s C o l l e g e C o m m i t t e e s , t h e s e p r o p o s a l s t o be p u t t o t h e JURGO m e e t i n g .
The C o l l e g e has o b t a i n e d a n o t h e r Student n i n e houses f o r use as H o u s e s . T h e s e a r e n u m b e r s 58-66 E v e l y n Gardens, close to the two sets of houses the Colleges a l r e a d y l e a s e d and w h i c h w i l l be o c c u p i e d at the b e g i n n i n g o f next s e s s i o n ® The l a t e s t b a t c h i s likely t o be r e a d y f o r o c c u p a t i o n a b o u t h a l f - w a y t h r o u g h n e x t s e s s i o n . On S t u d e n t Houses ^ndy J o r d a n p r o p o s e d h i s m o t i o n a g a i n on h a v i n g Student House wardens s e l e c t e d b y a committ-
ee. I t was d e c i d e d t h a t i n f u t u r e t h e y would be s e l e c t e d by the P r e s i dent, the Student Houses rep and three others e l e c t e d by J o i n t Council..
And so t o t h e e l e c t i o n s . A p a r t f r om t h o s e m e n t i o n e d on Page 1 t h e f o l l o w i n g p o s t s were f i l l e d : R e p s o n A t h l e t i c G r o u n d s Comrai t t e e j P A M HORROCKS a n d B A R R Y S U L L IVAN. Reps on B o o k s t a l l Committee; DAVE FOSTER a n d P E T E H A L L . Rep o n E x p l o r a t i o n B o a r d j GEORGE A S S I M A K I S . Rei; o n E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s C o m m i t t e e ; P IERS CORBYN. R e p s o n G e n e r a l 3 t i d i e s C o m m i t t e e ; J A K E PEARS O N , P E T S H A L L , L I L A S C A M P I O N , DERMOTT C O R R . Rep o n L i b r a r y C o m m i t t e e ; PETE NICBOLLS. Rep on O v e r s e a s Students C o m m i t t e e ; VINOD G A E G A . R e p s o n P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d ; L I L A S CAMPION and PIERS CORBYN. R e p s o n V a c a t i o n T r a i n i n g Committee; PETS HALL (RCS) ROB C O L L I N G E ( G U I L D S ) a n d B A ^ R Y HOOD ( M I N E S ) . R e p s o n W e l f a r e C o m m i t t e e ; GEORGE A S S I M A K I S a n d HELEN PUDGE. Rep o n P a r k i n g a n d T r a f f i c C o m m i t t e e ; DAVE FOSTER.
A f t e r the e l e c t i o n s , D r . Meale, Senior Treasurer, presented a rough a n a l y s i s o f the f i n a n c e s . The Hallane L i b r a r y had requested an increased grant, which, after discussion, was g r a n t e d p r o v i d e d t h e money was s p e n t a t t h e C o l l e g e B o o k s - XX * A v o t e o f t h a n k s was g i v e n t o D r . . i/Veale, A 5 0 was g r a n t e d f o r t h e purchase of a present f o r Mrs. Robinson. P e t e Ruhemann a s k e d C o u n c i l t o recommend t o t h e S o c i a l C o l o u r s s u b committee t h a t K e i t h Guy be reawarded S o c i a l C o l o u r s f o r h i s work on E n t s t h i s y e a r , w h i c h was passed. After a lot of discussion, i t was d e c i d e d t o e l e c t REX LQY/IN, JANE PEARSON, P E T E H A L L , CHRIS K E N T , J E ? P S T E E R , MARTIN BLAND, P I E R S CORBYN, set a n d DAVE WIELD t o t h e c o m m i t t e e u p t o i n v e s t i g a t e the' U n i o n B y e - l a w s » Then v o t e s o f t h a n k s were e x c h a n g ed a l l round, Ray P h i l l i p s handed the c h a i r to Rex L o w i n a n d , as a parting gesture, P e t e Ruhemann p r e s e n t e d a copy o f L o r d C i t r i n e ' s . "ABC o f C h a i r m a n s h i p ' t o t h e new President,
APPLIED OPTICS The A p p l i e d O p t i c s S e c t i o n of the Physics Dept. recently celebr a t e d i t s 50th a n n i v e r s a r y . To mark t h e o c c a s i o n , a j u b i l e e m e e t i n g was h e l d a t w h i c h a d d r e s s e s were given by P r o f . I . C . Martin, a f o u n d e r member, and D r . R . K i n g slake, Director of Optical Design a t K o d a k U S A . T h e r e was a n e x h i b i t i o n of the section's work.
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