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HUSTINGS Thursday 1300 Great Hall

NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION 27th FEBRUARY, 1973

FREES

No. 330

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ENTS TO MERGE

on

Elections

.. .with Dramsoc, Filmsoc, Opsoc, Folk Club and Jazz Club Ents is to be merged with Dramsoc, Filmsoc., Folk Song Club, Jazz Club and the Operatic Society in a new "Social, Cultural and Amusements Board" (or S C A B for short) if a proposal to the effect was accepted by Union Council last night.

I n c l u d e d i n the proposals is the new post of U n i o n (and) fullest co-orS o c i a l Secretary to co-or- d i n a t i o n a n d co-operation dinate the various c o m of a l l the organisations mittees. I m p e r i a l College represented o n the B o a r d is one of the few colleges for the benefit of the m e m or universities i n the bers of the I m p e r i a l C o l country n o t to have one lege U n i o n a n d other of these already; i n many members of the I m p e r i a l polytechnics a n d at least C o l l e g e of Science a n d one university he is sabTechnology." batical.

Essentially the board The Objects of the w i l l provide a n o p p o r t u n B o a r d , given i n its draft ity for joint operation of constitution, are "the provision of E n t e r t a i n - the entertainments a c t i v i ment for members of the

ties of the U n i o n , a n d it

will

also

for

the

be

responsible

financing

constituent

of its

committees

and

STOIC.

Criticisms O n e of the major

rea-

a n d societies. A b l o c k a p -

sons for the setting u p of

p l i c a t i o n for funds w i l l be

SCAB

made

to the U n i o n

satisfaction of m a n y u n i o n

ance

Committee.

Fin-

has been the dis-

members

over E n t s p o l i -

c y this year. It has been U n i o n C o u n c i l w i l l re-

frequently

argued

that

over

E n t s caters for the gener-

the activities of the B o a r d

a l p u b l i c a n d students out-

however. E x c e p t

side I C , a n d tends to ne-

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out the same

glect the I C U membership.

joint financing, the B o a r d

SCAB

functions

negotiations

for

entertain-

is the result

ments as the P u b l i c a t i o n s

Paul

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Felix,

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The following candidates were proposed and fullyseconded: President: S. R . G . A l l n u t t proposed b y M . T . P h i l l i p s .

J . H e r r i c k , proposed by W. J . S. C o l l e t t .

Honorary Secretary: R . A . A r m i t a g e , proposed by M .

F . D o h e r t y , F . R . M a t t h e w s proposed by K. L i p s c o m b e .

Editor of "Felix": A . R . D . C a m p b e l l , proposed b y P. W. J o w i t t .

Please note: T h e Candidates names have been p r i n ted i n a l p h a b e t i c a l order.

A n y errors i n initials o r spelling should be notified to m e b y 10 a.m. o n T h u r s d a y , 1st M a r c h , 1973.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING TOTALLY BORING ON THURSDAY T H E R E IS A U N I O N MEETING U n i o n meetings are held in the G r e a t H a l l , they start at 1 p . m . (1300 M C B ) . Y o u are a m e m ber of I C u n i o n so y o u c a n c o m e a l o n g too. O n T h u r s d a y y o u w i l l hear the proposed candidates telling y o u w h y they deserve y o u r vote, y o u c a n ask them questions, take the piss o r cheer them.

The following week there is voting. Y o u c a n vote as w e l l ! T h e votes are counted a n d if more than 25 per cent of the members have recorded a preference or a n a b stention, the person w i t h the most votes wins, (ab-

stentions are counted a s one person).

S o y o u see y o u c a n have a real i n fluence i n U n i o n affairs.

W h a t F e l i x is saying is. c o m e to the hustings, l i s ten to the arguments, and record a vote—take part!!

T w o of the four c a n d i dates sent i n a joint m a n i festo a n d it is printed o n page 3 so that y o u can think of questions before Thursday, (The Union M e e t i n g y o u ' l l remember is on T h u r s d a y ) .

It is very i m p o r t a n t to vote i n the elections a n d a student w h o takes n o part in them really has n o right to criticise the decisions a n d policies o f the successful candidate.

Victory for the People's Republic!

• GRANTS DEMO

. . . report page three

A l a s d h a i r C a m p b e l l is t o be next year's editor o f " F E L I X . " H e was unopposed when n o m i n a t i o n papers were t a k e n d o w n o n F r i d a y afternoon.

A second year Physicist, A l a s d h a i r joined the staff of " F E L I X " earlier this term a n d has been a regular c o n t r i b u t o r to o u r p o l i t i c a l c o l u m n s a n d has understudied E . J . T h r i b b (17) o n more t h a n one occasion.

H e first sprang to fame last year as co-editor o f " S o m e t h i n g , " a s a t i r i c a l broadsheet w h i c h o r i g i n a l l y appeared i n K i n g ' s College, w i t h D a v i d Beeson. n o w President-elect of K i n g ' s . O n l y one issue has appeared this year; it concentrated o n F e l i x , w h i c h it renamed " F e e l s i c k , " a n d perhaps d i d more than a n y t h i n g to m a k e the E d i t o r of F e l i x a c t u a l l y read the articles he printed before they went to press, a n d . indeed, t o c o m m i s s i o n some readable ones.

O r i g i n a l y c o m i n g f r o m the West C o u n t r y , A l a s d h a i r n o w hails f r o m the People's Free R e p u b l i c of L e y t o n stone H i g h R o a d . M a j o r points i n h i s manifesto ( w h i c h we d o n ' t n o w have to print) were the continuance of" politics i n " F e l i x " a n d live a c t i on pictures of I C sportsmen thrashing their opponents together w i t h live actioiiL interviews w i t h sports heroes. W o n d e r B o y . here w e come . . . .

I n the meantime, there a r e another eight issues t o appear under the current regime.

NO WAGE INCREASES

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fivery.

It is as a result of a despicable act of violence that Mr. Butler is in hospital.

Someone threw a brick into his face damaging his sight.

Many of the messengers with whom he works have been to see him and so have some of the students who have got to know him.

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Let us make no mistake, however, by failing to recognise that these gods are not the God of the bible, who revealed himself in objective reality in the person of Jesus Christ who went about doing good.

And we find that this God did something about the reality of our universal tendency to do what we know is wrong.

When one looks at some of these realities one has to agree with Mr. Humphreys.

In Jesus Christ is the only true answer to living a life of reality.

For those interested vant literature (some is available from the tion Union bookstall, day lunchtimes in the Yours J.

SMITH.

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sincerely,

ROBERT.

P.S.: This college runs a large personnel department employees. to deal with their Since they did not even know about this incident, I am forced to wonder whether they spend their time dealing with all the individuals they employ or simply trying to force through productivity deals.

Last phreys, Methodist disputed

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But it is true that many people cannot come to terms with objective reality.

God is a crutch for these people, just as surely if it is religion as if is is sex, money or alcofrom hol.

And an escape reality comes as surely to the religious type who expects all to be well in the end as to the drug taker who finds a reality only when he is high or the Communist who expects a golden age to follow revolution.

Yours, ADRIAN

"God

HIGGINSON. E l e c . E n g . 3.

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Last week's "Felix" had one glowing example to the letcontrary, J. H. Fenner's ter.

Never have I seen such print! ridiculous words in His advocacy of the typical Tory laissez-faire ideology was not even cleverly put forward in the way of most bright-eyed Tories.

It would be quite easy to present notional figures on the frequency of wage increases (salaries to you, Mr. Fenner), including figures for that small minority of degree holders.

But as Felix concerns itself with IC it is to this area that I will restrict myself.

Imperial College messengers, male cleaners, refectory staff, female cleaners and laboratory staff have not received any wage increase since December 1st 1971.

IC barmen and security guards have waited a similar length of time, and if one were to look at the clerical staff situation it might be even worse.

Of course, as Mr. Fenner has such faith in the idea of meritocracy, as well claim that he might the above group of workers do not merit any increase.

Well, besides simple things such as the thousands of pounds saved as a result of staff reductions and increased productivity there is another slight matter to be considered, i.e., the rise in the cost of living since 1971. that count, Mr. Or doesn't Fenner?

May I suggest, Mr. Fenner, that you report immediately to your parents and primary school so as to undergo the complete sociaprolisation and education cess again, as something obviously went wrong last time.

Yours A.

of

have plays?

faithfully poverty-stricken,

DAVID

GURNEY.

sincerely, J.

Messenger shop

O'BRIEN, and steward.

Editor's note: Correspond e n c e o n t h e s u b j e c t of IC employees' salaries and cond i t i o ns a n d that of w o r k e r s in g e n e r a l is n o w c l o s e d .

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When I first came to work in IC, I was informed that the College had an excellent reputation in the world of Science and Technology.

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F e b r u a r y 27th, 1973

FELIX

65,000 STUDENTS ON THE STREET Staff R e p o r t e r L a s t W e d n e s d a y accord i n g to the N U S 65,000 students m a r c h e d , i n 7 r e g i o n a l centres a r o u n d the country, i n protest d e m a n d i n g a l i v i n g grant.

In London 15,000 students f r o m the southern region led by the I C c o n tingent marched from M a l e t St. to the D E S across W a t e r l o o bridge.

T h e wet a n d miserable weather w h i c h c o n t i n u e d for most of the afternoon d a m p e n e d t h e m b u t not their enthusiasm i n the fight for higher grants.

I n M a l e t St. the p o l i c e split the d e m o into two sections a n d the first half led b y I C set off f o r the D E S w i t h the second h a l f 200 yards b e h i n d . B y the A l d w y c h the two halves h a d joined u p a n d c o n t i n ued to the D E S , chanting slogans a n d h a n d i n g out leaflets to passers-by. A t the D E S the demo went to a n area o n the south b a n k to listen to speakers f r o m the N U S a n d v ar i o us trade unions.

ARREST T h e first half of the demo had hardly gone 200 yards f r o m M a l e t St. when a police inspector threatened to arrest the whole d e m o unless they w a l k e d five abreast. N o t having a megaphone he went unnoticed a n d the students continued to fill their lane as before.

R o u n d the corner out of sight of M a l e t St. I saw six p o l i c e m e n disguised as short-haired pseudo trendy students step out of a police v a n and j o in the m a r c h , they were easily recognisable however as they were the only people on the m a r c h holding large b l a c k regulation police umbrellas.

NON-ARRIVAL Among the speakers who were g o i n g to address the students was R o y H a t tersley ( L a b o u r M P ) . H e was being d r i v e n to the south bank to m a k e his speech when he saw some students leaving the area, informed sources t o l d me, assuming the r a l l y to be over he turned r o u n d a n d left for St. P a n c r a s to c a t c h a t r a i n out of L o n don.

N o representative f r o m the L a b o u r Party turned up.

INAUDIBLE U n f o r t u n a t e l y the P u b lic A d d r e s s system obtained by the N U S had had its speakers spread round the perimeter, w h i c h was fine for the people spread r o u n d the perimeter, but those near-

est the speaker's p l a t f o r m c o u l d not hear a n y of the speeches.

The students nearest the p l a t f o r m frustrated at not hearing anyt h i n g started to heckle, demanding a march o n P a r l i a m e n t a n d death to fascist N U S bureaucrats.

Judy C o t t e r (President U L I E S A ) said that they c o u l d n ' t d o that as it was not o n the agenda.

SCUFFLES A cameraman from A B C news got u p o n the speakers' p l a t f o r m a n d filmed a cameraman from the B e eb w h o was standing near the p l a t f o r m f i l m i n g the A B C news cameraman filming him.

T h i s accounts for the scarcity of f i l m of the d e m o o n the television news that night — 10 seconds was devoted to it b y the B B C .

S o m e demonstrators near the p l a t f o r m tried to p u l l out a w i r e p o w e r i n g the camera but were restrained by others. S o o n , o w i n g to l a c k of inspirat i o n f r o m the inaudible speeches, students started to drift a w a y a n d the d e m o dispersed remarkably quickly.

SUMS W R O N G Although the NUS claimed a turn-out of 15,000, the police estimate was 7,000 a n d this was echoed b y the television news, a n d a l l n a t i o n a l dailies the m o r n i n g after, except the Guardian w h i c h printed b o t h figures. F e l i x abacus operators counted 12,000, of w h i c h 500 were f r o m I C .

It is the police that choose the route the demo w i l l f o l l o w a n d the f i n a l place of the rally. T h e y assured us that the area o n the south b a n k where the r a l l y took place c o u l d h o l d 20,000 and it was packed, all bar a small area behind the speaker's platform.

T h e turn-out f r o m Sussex university was disappoi nt i ng — only 20 people, but the contingents from polys and nonuniversity colleges represented a far bigger percentage t h a n f r o m IC. L a s t year (in fine weather) 800 people f r o m TC t o o k part i n that anti-Thatcher/ G i l b e r t L o n g d e n registrat i o n of student unions demo and that b i l l was postponed.

D o n ' t forget the N U S N a t i o n a l D a y of A c t i o n for the G r a n t s C a m p a i g n on M a r c h 14th — be sure to give it y o u r support or students m a y not escape this time.

C O M M E N T S

HOW MUCH SHOULD

Editorial

YOU EARN ?

1 0 per c e n t o f s t u d e n t s s h o w e d their s o l i d a r i t y at W e d n e s day's demonstration.

As a show of solidarity it was pathetic and u n c o n v i n c i n g .

A s a v e h i c l e for c a n v a s s i n g p u b l i c s u p p o r t it f a i l e d m i s e r a b l y , at least p a r t l y t h r o u g h the l a c k o f p e o p l e a l o n g the c h o s e n route.

It w o u l d be pure p i p e - d r e a m i n g to i m a g i n e that it h a d a n y effect o n the G o v e r n m e n t ' s attitude.

Y e t the a i m s o f t h e G r a n t s C a m p a i g n are g o o d a n d j u s t i fiable.

N o s t u d e n t c a n d e n y that, a n y m o r e t h a n a p r o p e r l y informed public could.

T h e m a i n n e e d n o w is for p u b l i c s y m p a t h y .

T h e public h a v e b e e n l e d to b e l i e v e that s t u d e n t s are ( a n d y o u ' v e h e a r d it all b e f o r e ) a b u n c h o f l o n g - h a i r e d , s h o d d i l y - d r e s s e d l a y a b o u t s , w h o s p e n d t h e i r t i m e d r i n k i n g , s m o k i n g pot a n d e n g a g i n g in o r g i e s .

H o w e v e r m u c h y o u m a y b e l i e v e that p i c t u r e to be t r u e , the p u b l i c n e e d s to b e t o l d o f the other s i d e o f a s t u d e n t ' s life — • s t u d y i n g ( y e s , s t u d y i n g ) and surviving.

N o d e m o n s t r a t i o n w i l l d o that.

F o r not o n l y are the p u b l i c b o r e d w i t h d e m o n s t r a t i o n s , but s o are s t u d e n t s ( w i t n e s s t h e 1 0 per c e n t t u r n o u t ) .

Y e t d e m o n s t r a t i o n s are just a b o u t the o n l y p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s e x e r c i s e (other t h a n s t r i k e s ) that t h e N U S a n d t h e rest o f the s t u d e n t l e a d e r s h i p c a n c o n c e i v e of.

H i g h IQ's don't s e e m to b r e e d o r i g i n a l i t y . A l l s t u d e n t s fall in t h e t o p 5 per c e n t o f the p o p u l a t i o n , i n t e l l i g e n c e - w i s e .

W e n e e d to s h o w o u r i n t e l l i g e n c e by h a v i n g an intelligent and original campaign — not b y r e s o r t i n g t o the p o i n t l e s s m e t h o d s o f the t r a d e s u n i o n s .

S o let's r a i s e a c h e e r for t h e S c o t t i s h r e g i o n o f the N U S — Britain's only functioning N U S area — w h o d e c i d e d that Instead o f h a v i n g a m a r c h d e m o s were no g o o d weeks ago. a n d r a l l y last W e d n e s d a y , like all t h e other a r e a s , t h e y e m barked on a mass public education campaign.

T h e y c a l l e d for 4 0 0 a r t i c u l a t e s t u d e n t s f r o m all o v e r S c o t l a n d to c o m e to E d i n b u r g h o n W e d n e s d a y to b e fully b r i e f e d o n the G r a n t s C a m p a i g n , t h e n to be t u r n e d l o o s e o n P r i n c e ' s Street ( E d i n b u r g h ' s e q u i v a l e n t o f O x f o r d S t r e e t ) to g o up a n d talk to p a s s e r s - b y a b o u t it. In t h e e v e n t , 1,200 s t u d e n t s t u r n e d u p , vast n u m b e r s o f the p u b l i c e v e n t u a l l y e x p r e s s e d their s u p p o r t , a n d t h e y got t h e b e s t P r e s s o f a n y of the 11 r e g i o n a l " c e n t r e s o f a c t i v i t y " .

S u r e l y this is the sort o f a c t i o n that s t u d e n t s s h o u l d be taking.

R e s p o n s i b l e a n d intelligent action.

A n d it's the sort o f t h i n g w e s h o u l d be d o i n g o n t h e D a y o f A c t i o n w h i c h t a k e ' s p l a c e a fortnight t o m o r r o w .

N o w that O x f o r d Street is n e a r l y a p e d e s t r i a n p r e c i n c t , it's i d e a l y s u i t e d to the p u r p o s e .

It's o n e h e l l o f a s i g h t better i d e a t h a n g o i n g o n s t r i k e , w h i c h is the N U S line . . . all t h a t ' l l get us is a b a d P r e s s a n d a w o r s e p u b l i c r e a c t i o n .

We're them!

students

because

we've

got

brains

—

let's

use

John Lam Last w e e k ' s grant d e m o n s t r a t i o n s w e r e a v e r y s u b s t a n t i a l s u c c e s s . O v e r 10 per c e n t o f the N U S m e m b e r s h i p w e r e i n v o l v e d in t h e m . T h i s r e p r e s e n t s by far the b i g g e s t n a t i o n a l a c t i o n e v e r t a k e n by s t u d e n t s — in s o m e r e g i o n a l c e n t r e s the turnout w a s three t i m e s that of last year o v e r t h e " a u t o n o m y " i s s u e . In o r g a n i s i n g the L o n d o n d e m o , w e h a d h o p e d for 1 0 , 0 0 0 .

W i t h the rain a n d c o l d w e a t h e r , p r o s p e c t s d i d not look t o o g o o d o n the d a y .

In f a c t , w e l l o v e r 1 5 , 0 0 0 m a r c h e d — the c o l l e g e s o f e d u c a t i o n a n d F E c o l l e g e s b e i n g particularly strong.

The mass media made themselves rather r i d i c u l o u s by s a y i n g 7 , 0 0 0 ( B B C & I T N N e w s ) right up to the late night n e w s o n B B C 2 w h i c h (after a r e c o u n t ? ) s u d d e n l y d e c i d e d o n 15,0001 But w e c a n thank the m e d i a for the e x c e l l e n t c o v e r a g e o f the IC c o n t i n g e n t !

GOVERNMENT

REACTION

T h e q u e s t i o n r e m a i n s . W h a t w i l l the T o r i e s d o about all t h o s e t e n s of t h o u s a n d s o f u n r u l y s t u d e n t s s h o u t i n g nasty t h i n g s at their w i n d o w s , w i t h h o l d i n g their rents or h a v i n g c a t e r i n g b o y c o t t s ? A f t e r the m e e t i n g b e t w e e n N U S a n d the G o v e r n m e n t o n M a r c h 1st w e s h o u l d be a bit c l e a r e r .

Their m o s t l i k e l y r e a c t i o n w i l l b e to c o n c e d e s o m e t h i n g but d o it in s u c h a w a y as to d i v i d e the s t u d e n t m o v e m e n t .

F o r i n s t a n c e , t h e y c o u l d i n t r o d u c e s u b s i d i e s for h a l l s a n d refectories.

T h e i d e a w o u l d be that s t u d e n t s in h a l l w o u l d s t o p the rent s t r i k e c a m p a i g n , l e a v i n g the rest in the l u r c h f a c i n g i n c r e a s i n g rents in p r i v a t e a c c o m m o d a t i o n o n the present grant.

O r they c o u l d g i v e e v e r y b o d y a s m a l l i n c r e a s e but d o n o t h i n g about the b a s i c i n j u s t i c i e s i n v o l v e d in the d i s c r e t i o n a r y a w a r d s y s t e m w i t h the h o p e of b u y i n g off the majority of s t u d e n t s w i t h s m a l l c a r r o t s .

If s t u d e n t s are in a f r a m e o f m i n d w h i c h a l l o w s t h e m to be d i v i d e d f r o m e a c h other t h e r e are a n u n l i m i t e d v a r i e t y o f t a c t i c s w h i c h the G o v e r n m e n t c o u l d u s e .

THE

MARCH

14th D A Y

OF

ACTION

If the T o r i e s reject our c l a i m out o f h a n d , or attempt to d i v i d e the N U S , there m u s t be s o l i d u n i t e d r e a c t i o n f r o m e v e r y c o l l e g e in t h e c o u n t r y .

T h e G r a n t s C a m p a i g n c o - o r d i n a t i n g c o m m i t t e e are t h e r e fore c a l l i n g for a N a t i o n a l S t r i k e o n M a r c h 14th w i t h the a i m o f c l o s i n g d o w n t o t a l ly the h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n s y s t e m for one day.

T h i s is t h e first E V E R n a t i o n a l s t r i k e c a l l e d b y N U S a n d if w e are s e r i o u s about d e f e n d i n g the l i v i n g s t a n d a r d s o f both o u r s e l v e s a n d future g e n e r a t i o n s of s t u d e n t s it m u s t be a s u c c e s s .

It s h o u l d not be s e e n as s i m i l a r to an i n d u s trial s t r i k e — the effect o n the e c o n o m y is i n s i g n i f i c a n t .

It is, h o w e v e r , p r o b a b l y the m o s t effective f o r m " o f d e m o n s t r a t ing o u r u n i t y a n d d e t e r m i n a t i o n .

O r g a n i s i n g the s t r i k e w i l l r e q u i r e a l a r g e n u m b e r o f a c t i v i s t s a n d w i d e s p r e a d s u p p o r t f r o m the o r d i n a r y u n i o n m e m bers. If it is a s u c c e s s , the g o v e r n m e n t w i l l k n o w that, g i v e n an i s s u e o n w h i c h s t u d e n t s feel s t r o n g l y e n o u g h , w e ' r e c a p a b l e o f o r g a n i s i n g the s a m e a g a i n . in other w o r d s , by s t r i k i n g o n M a r c h 1 4 t h w e are s a y i n g to the G c w n m e n t that u n l e s s t h e y m a i n t a i n o u r l i v i n g s t a n d a r d s a n d g i v e a l l s t u d e n t s t h e full grant t h e y c a n n o t e x p e c t a n y t h i n g but c o n t i n u a l t r o u b l e in h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n .

L a s t w e e k I b o u g h t n o t h i n g out of the o r d i n a r y , I w e n t o n n o e n o r m o u s s p e n d i n g s p r e e a n d I d i d n ' t travel a n y w h e r e a g r e a t d i s t a n c e f r o m here.

N e v e r t h e l e s s , I m a n a g e d to o v e r s p e n d o n m y grant by n e a r l y 2 0 per c e n t . I'll a g r e e that I w a s n ' t b e i n g p a r t i c u l a r l y c a r e f u l , but I w a s n ' t b e i n g i n the l e a s t e x t r a v a g a n t a n d it w a s quite a s h o c k to d i s c o v e r just how m u c h I had spent.

A t least this y e a r I'm relatively l u c k y ; I'm l i v i n g i n h a l l .

W h e n I g o out into the b i g w i d e w o r l d o f p r i v a t e l y o w n e d a c c o m m o d a t i o n I'll h a v e to pay at least £ 6 a w e e k m e r e l y to have a roof o v e r m y h e a d .

I'll a l s o have to p a y t h i s for 3 9 w e e k s a y e a r s o that the r o o m w i l l be h e l d o v e r the Easter a n d C h r i s t m a s v a c a t i o n s .

If y o u a d d in the c o s t o f feeding m y s e l f d u r i n g t e r m it's quite o b v i o u s that the n o t i o n a l e l e m e n t of £ 2 7 5 for b o a r d a n d l o d g i n g s in the grant is h o p e l e s s l y i n a d e q u a t e .

W e l l , w h y d o n ' t I get a j o b ? Y e s , I s u p p o s e that's q u i t e f e a s i b l e a n d p r o b a b l y a g o o d i d e a for the first year.

But w h a t a b o u t the s e c o n d a n d t h i r d y e a r s ?

O n l y the g e n i u s e s will f i n d that they d o n ' t n e e d to s t u d y for a c o n s i d e r a b l e p e r i o d of the v a c a t i o n .

A n y w a y , I'm a l r e a d y d o i n g a j o b .

I'm s t u d y i n g to b e c o m e a m o r e u s e f u l m e m b e r of s o c i e t y s o w h y s h o u l d I have to take a s e c o n d job in o r d e r to s u r vive?

I think I d e s e r v e a better d e a l than I'm g e t t i n g at the m o m e n t .

I d o n ' t s u p p o s e , h o w e v e r , that J a m e s F e n n e r w o u l d a g r e e with me.

H e thinks that w h e n y o u d e s e r v e a p a y rise y o u get it w i t h o u t h a v i n g to ask.

O n that b a s i s , I d o n ' t d e s e r v e a h i g h e r grant b e c a u s e it h a s n ' t b e e n offered u n d e m a n d e d .

M a y b e if he h a d to live o n w h a t I d o at the m o m e n t h e m i g h t a d m i t he c o u l d be w r o n g .

M r . F e n n e r s t a t e d in his letter last w e e k that he " w o u l d like to d e b u n k the attitude of the l u n a t i c left that s t u d e n t s are w o r k e r s " .

I w o u l d v e r y m u c h like to k n o w w h a t he c o n s i d e r s s t u d e n t s to be if they are not w o r k e r s .

It s e e m s to m e that, like all other w o r k e r s , they are s e l l i n g their a b i l i t y to e x e c u t e p a r t i c u l a r t a s k s .

T h a t they are b e i n g t r a i n e d d o e s not alter this in the least. A p p r e n t i c e s are c o n s i d e r e d by their e m p l o y e r s to be e m p l o y e d . T h e y d o not r e c e i v e the full rate for the job b e c a u s e they are not fully t r a i n e d , but t h e n it c o u l d not be s a i d that s t u d e n t s r e c e i v e a n y t h i n g like the full rate for the sort of j o b s they w i l l d o w h e n they f i n i s h their s t u d i e s .

U n d o u b t e d l y , it w i l l be a r g u e d that the c o u r s e s run here are not n e c e s s a r i l y v o c a t i o n a l a n d thus this a r g u m e n t c a n n o t be a p p l i e d to us.

W h y then is it that e m p l o y e r s in m a n y f i e l d s t r a m p l e all o v e r e a c h other to They, p e r s u a d e IC g r a d u a t e s to w o r k for t h e m . ( ? — E d . ) . at least, m u s t b e l i e v e that the s t u d i e s u n d e r t a k e n h e r e offer s o m e t h i n g that c a n n o t be o b t a i n e d elsewhere.

M r . F e n n e r s e e m s to b e e v e n further out of t o u c h w i t h t h e s o r t of a v e r a g e s a l a r y y o u n g graduates receive.

I don't t h i n k t h a t it c a n p o s s i b l y b e c o n s i d e r e d n o r m a l t o t r i p l e o n e ' s s a l a r y in a p e r i o d of five y e a r s .

O n that b a s i s M r . F e n n e r ' s a n n u a l s a l a r y w h e n he retires s h o u l d be in the r e g i o n of £ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 , a n d there a r e n ' t v e r y m a n y p e o p l e w h o earn that m u c h .

I think a l s o t h a t M r . F e n n e r m a y h a v e b e e n l e s s than h o n e s t a b o u t t h e o r i g i n of the m o n e y he e a r n e d .

H e d o e s n o t s t a t e in h i s letter that he is in f a c t A m e r i c a n , a n d that he w a s not working in this c o u n t r y w h e n h e w a s e a r n i n g t h e s e e n o r m o u s salaries.

I h a v e b e e n t o l d that, i n t h e c o u n t r y w h e r e h e w a s w o r k i n g , the a v e r a g e p a y f o r t h e j o b h e w a s d o i n g i s m u c h greater than i t i s h e r e .

B y t h e w a y , I g u e s s y o u a l l think I'm a m e m b e r o f t h e s o c a l l e d " l u n a t i c l e f t " . W e l l , I'm not; a n d , if y o u d o n ' t b e l i e v e m e , y o u c a n a s k a n y b o d y w h o m M r . F e n n e r c o n s i d e r s belongs to that f a c t i o n .

MICHAEL SILVERLEAF A C T I O N OR INACTION P r o b a b l y the m o s t i m p o r t a n t t h i n g about M a r c h 14th is that w e s h o u l d not all s t a y in o u r b e d s . T h e r e w i l l be a n a t i o n a l l o b b y o f P a r l i a m e n t by d e l e g a t e s f r o m all c o l l e g e s o n that day. A teach-in, alternative classes, d i s c u s s i o n on wider e d u c a t i o n i s s u e s , o n the W h i t e P a p e r o n E d u c a t i o n , p u b l i c leaf letting, p u b l i c i t y s t u n t s — given numbers and imagination w e c a n m a k e a big p u b l i c i m p a c t , s t i m u l a t e s t u d e n t s to think m o r e d e e p l y about e d u c a t i o n a n d in g e n e r a l m a k e it a real d a y o f a c t i o n a n d not just a " S l e e p - I n " .

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T h e I n t e l l i g e n t I C S t u d e n t s ' G u i d e to E x t r a m u r a l E n t e r t a i n m e n t a n d E d i f i c a t i o n T H E BIG W A L L S OF B A F F I N ISLANDMountaineering in the Canadian Arctic

cated fram an unpleasant situation by

cigarette firm, in return for financial

helicopter

aid.

rescue. Here

the

moun-

is on his own with only his

taineer

Scott returned

from Baffin

and almost immediately set off for the

vival.

Himalayas

Because of its isolation, the expe-

national

on

the

Inter-

abortive

Everest Expedition.

He re-

dition required a fair amount of organ-

turned to Baffin Island in the summer

rising

isation and capital. It was originally

of 1972 and many more peaks were

6,000 feet from the sea.

The rock

decided that the size of the expedi-

ascended.

climbing there is of high

technical

tion would be limited to a group of

launch an expedition to a small iso-

difficulty and it was a serious under-

close friends, amongst whom, com-

Club presents Doug Scott on Tues-

lated island off the Cumberland Penin-

taking to attempt an original route up

petitive

ego-tripping

day, the 27th February. Extracts from

sula in the Canadian Arctic. Amongst

a rock face, from which retreat was

would cut no ice. The intentions were

the Players' film and slides will be

these few was Doug Scott, a Notting-

sometimes

noble but they

shown illustrating some of the exhil-

ham schoolteacher, who, with climb-

in this part of the world is savage and

tical

ing experience, in the A l p s and the

not

toward

funds. This problem could only be

Hindu Kush, was to assume the role

outdoor activity

in any form. Fierce

resolved by increasing the size of the

of leader.

snow storms may arise within hours

expedition

of a spell of fine weather. Unlike the

the

Alps, one does not have the comfort-

photographer,

In

the

early

months

nucleus of climbers tingham

of

from

1971, the

a

Not-

Climbers' Club decided to

Baffin Island is remote and consequently

there was

a great

deal

of

opportunity to conquer the unclimbed

peaks—sheer

in the

ing thought

rock

pinnacles

impossible. The weather least

conclusive

that one may be extri-

climbing

and

soon ran into prac-

difficulties

—

mainly

lack

of

to include big names of

mountaineering

world

Mick

such as

Burke.

A

film

Felix Diary

Island

wits and skill as his tools for sur-

Tuesday, 27th February 12.35

13.00

Imperial

College

Mountaineering

arating climbs achieved by the party

13.15

13.30

on both trips.

Doug

Scott,

College

Lecture

Block,

Theatre

Imperial

A,

College,

Prince Consort Road, Tuesday, February 27, 7.45

would be made for the John Players'

13.30

Mr. Dominic de Grunne: Mediaeval aesthetics—the arts in a feudal and mercantile society. Physics Theatre 1.

Monsieur Henri Orteu (Tutor in French at Imperial College and formerly Senior Tutor, Institut Francais) Francais, anglais, franglais ( M . Orteu will speak slowly in French). Elec Eng 408.

Admission Policy Committee. College.

Block 328.

16.00

I.C. Transcendental Meditation Introductory talk. Elec Eng 606.

Holland Club Art Gardens.

GOD THE M A N

sically well developed to be able to

P A N S C I E N C E FICTION

operate

Joseph Green, 30p

puter

For science fiction fans this novel is a real gem.

the

keyboard

in the

simulate

of

realistic

giant

credible

aliens from another star system, but

returns

no one can understand

views their gigantic planet.

have

overwhelming

why

developed

these

when

eventually

T O W A R D S INFINITY Edited by Damon Knight, 35p

but. his

brain

is

severely damaged by oxygen starvation.

good

like " M a r c h

M i s s i o n " , some bad like " T h e

Hare

humans with enlarged and improved

not the sort of book that I enjoy, the

brains, one of them is Russian, the

stories only just seem to be beginning

other American. Petrovna, the older

when suddenly they stop —

and more experienced of the pair de-

and

cides to remove the tiring giant's now

more.

useless brain and install himself in-

but nine times . . .!

This really is

for

This is all very well once

—

This collection contains some well

the help of control mechanisms re-

known

turn the giant to his home planet and

Ray Bradbury, Isaac A s c m o r , A . E.

discover the meaning behind the fa-

Van

natical attacks on earth.

Damon Knight to bring these people

involved

in

the

plot

when

Petrorna discovers that he is not phy-

Mr. Adrian Neville—a lecture demonstration on the classical guitar.

Haldane library

Vogt,

together

in the field

but

why

does

of S . F . : it

to publish, why can't

I.C. Mountaineering Club: Mr. Doug Scott.

The big walls of Baffin Island (an illustrated account of the Anglo-American Expedition, led by Doug Scott in 1971, and of his return to the Island in 1972). Admission 25p at the door. College Block Theatre A .

20.00 I.C. Catholic Society: 53 Cromwell Road.

13.00

18.00

18.30

Shared

f

f

off.

out of his depth in circumstances he

what you'll be like in 20 years? If

cannot cope with. It is a scaled-down

Lunch-hour Concert: Elizabeth Wilson, cello; Kathron Sturrock, piano. Kodaly, Sonata op. 4; Mendelssohn, Sonata in D major. Library, 53 Prince's Gate.

you do, go and see 'Last of the Red-

character role, if you like. I am not

Hot Lovers'. Alan Arkin is Barney, a

sure if he is as adaptable

nice 45-year-old

person, who has a

Lemmon, but he is just as convincing.

nice fish restaurant in a nice district,

Sally Keilerman (of 'Mash') and Paula

Refectory Committee.

College Block Huxley

328.

Buildings)

I.C.S.S.R.S. Slide show: " T h e Electronic Battlefield". College Block Lecture Theatre B. I.C. Wives Club Fork Supper Party. (Academic visitors and new members of the college are particularly invited to attend); charge £ 1 . 5 0 per head; further information is available from the Hon. Secretary, Mrs. R. C. Schroter, 47 Lillian Road, S.W.13.

Tel. 748 8754. College Block S C R .

'Hell in

I.C.

Islamic

Society Congregational

Pray-

STOIC Television Service: " T o p i c " magazine programme. J C R and Southside.

STOIC Television Service. Repeat of transmission. Southside only.

I.C. Christian Union: Mr. Bill Radio Worldwide Missionary Library, 53 Prince's Gate.

13.00

Caldwell.

Evening.

19.30

13.30

Advanced class in Hebrew. Elec Eng 1009.

14.30

I.C. Africa Society Film show: " E n d of dialogue" (depicting the stark brutality of the political system of southern Africa).

Elec Eng 407.

18.00

18.30

Public Meeting on "India T o d a y . " Speaker just returned from India.

Organised by Communist Party of Britain (M.L.).

155 Fortess Road, NW5 (Tufnell Park Tube).

Prentiss (of various bad movies) as

house. He has also nice morals and

two of his girlfriends are given a wide

nice habits—in fact the whole of his

scope of moods and do very well in-

life is nauseatingly nice. So Barney

deed. The dialogue is typical scaled-

decides to

up T.V. Situation Comedy stuff, pre-

explore

just

for

the

an

extramarital

experience.

He

Antique Fair and Auction by I C C A G . Proceeds to Task Force and Westminster Play Association. View from 10 a.m. Auction from 2 p.m. Christie's Auctioneer. Union Concert Hall.

Touchstone Weekend: Human rights.

Dr. David Raphael (Academic Director of Associated Studies) and Professor Sergio Cotta (University of Rome). Silwood Park.

Holland Club Photographic: Mr. Bill Cutler.

Lenses and their uses. Elec Eng 209.

Huxley

Building).

13.00

I.C. Union Great Hall.

General

Meeting:

occasianally

so

off very well, but tails off by the third

that on his deathbed he can look back

liaison, mainly because everything's

life that missing ingredient,

on that brief engagement and think—

been said, and the ending is rather

'well,

Unfortunately

predictable as well. I reckon it's the

Barney is not fortunate at all in his

kind of film vou either like or hate,

I did it, once.'

relationships. Apart from being handi-

depending on whether you like Ameri-

capped by having to use his mother's

cans in general

sterile

re-

particular. However, don't expect any

stricted to only a couple of hours in

wild action to match the X-Certificate,

which

in

because there isn't any—it seems to

women-friends is unfortunate, to say

me to be standard A A material. Per-

apartment, to

make

least.

The

and by being out,

his choice

first

is

a

married

haps

the

or their

morals

are

humour

in

dubious,

but

how it can be classified in the same

taurant four times in one week, and is

category as 'Last Tango in Paris' (no

only, interested in the animal lust bit.

I haven't seen it yet), I don't know.

That upsets Barney. Strike one. The

Still, for 100 mins of mental titilla-

second

tion, it does quite well.

one

is an attractive young

failed singer, who besides having a is

thoroughly

degenerate and paranoid.

persecution

complex,

That also

upsets Barney. Strike two. The third is one of

his married

friends

who

makes a pass at him at a party, because she is upset at the gossip that her husband is having an affair. She discussing their affair at the top of her

voice

in

restaurants.

Poor

old

Barney—strike three and out.

Walt

Disney

For

those people who didn't see

Kenneth

Williams

on 'Parkinson' a

couple of weeks ago, I must

repeat

his definition of critics (no love lost betwen them and K e n ) — H e reckons they

are

like eunuchs in a

They

are

done

every

there every night,

harem.

night,

but

see

it

do

it

can't

only by their consent.

J o h n s o n"

bears a strong resemblance to one of those

Footnote—

themselves.

JOHNSON"

Superficially "Jeremiah

'Sergei'

'Nature'

films.

There is the same central 'mountain-

very different,

venge

against

for Johnson's re-

the

Indians

(wholly

justified), and their subsequent hunt-

are

ing of him is violently primeval, leav-

the same superb, sweeping shots of

ing Jacobean Revenge Tragedies far

trapper'

type

figure,

and

there

The last part of the film, however, is

the massively beautiful Rocky Moun-

behind.

tains scenery. The film fits in strongly

ground, and, at the end of the film

testing

Sunday, 4th March

else and to 'up and away' from the

of peace, caught in a poignant frozen-

10.00

city.

frame.

Room,

College

eternal

Johnson's

he emerges triumphant as the Crow

Ante

certain

is

Chief accepts him in a final gesture

Holy Communion.

Block.

a

This

American

But this Disney 'image' disappears,

18.00

I.C. Catholic Society: Mass. 53 Road.

Cromwell

I.C. Catholic Society: Folk Mass. 53 Cromwell Road.

Hustings.

I.C. Catholic Society: Bible study group.

Falmouth 118.

but

mood — the desire to be somewhere

11.00

09.30-Paintings toy Stephen Chaplin (until 23rd 17.30 March). Consort Gallery.

times,

his

for Johnson (heavily-bearded Thursday, 1st March

at

priceless. The film as a whole starts

with

I.C. Islamic Society: Meeting and discussion. College Block 002.

19.00-I.C. Art Club (behind 21.00 Royal College of Art.

dictable

reckons that just one liaison will give

"JEREMIAH

Saturday, 3rd March

as Jack

nice friends, a nice wife and a nice

woman who comes to his fish res-

prayer.

Beginners class in Hebrew. Elec Eng 1009.

p.S.—Record Covers also available, besides records, at 19 /

ary American, who finds himself way

chicks? Yes? Do you want to know

e r s — J u m a . College Block 002.

Wednesday, 28th February

manage themselves?

P R I C E S : Large size 70p reduced to 55p. (riant size 95 preduced to 70p.

you have trouble making out with the

is frigid, neurotic and has a habit of

they

From tin's week. P A C E Posters \,ill be on sale, cheap, i n the Room A t The Top. on the Cheap Records Stall. T h e catalog re, in the form of miniatures of the originals, is displayed i n the R.A.T.T. Orders, giving title and catalogue number, to Colin M c C a l l , R.A.T.T., with cash preferably.

the slightly neurotic, but very ordin-

Rev. Ivor Smith-Cameron (Canon of Southwark Cathedral) Christianity and other faiths. Mech Eng 542.

the

12.45

Hall Dinner. Union.

need

CHEAP POSTERS

mon made famous a few years a g o —

H. G . Wells Society Film show: the Pacific." Mech Eng 220.

abruptly

leave you gasping, waiting

names

19.45

Man

Who Lost the S e a " .

Gold be-

Prince's

RCS Mathematical and Physical Society Film: "The Ipcress F i l e " (members 10p; non-members 15p). Mech Eng 220.

ment has created two super humans,

side the head and from there with

19.30

The usual collection of S . F . stories some very

Earth at this stage in her develop-

15

When you go to the People's disco

Friday, 2nd March 19.30

is

alive

giant

such an

desire to destroy us.

Club.

Prince's

I.C. Photographic Society: Slide criticism (please bring slides for comment). R S M 2.28.

home and through his eyes

P A N S C I E N C E FICTION

comes

18.30

move-

the

Fortunately, one of these super giants captured

the

The story becomes even more in-

mination by a race of 300-foot high

Society:

15

Alan Arkin (of 'Cath-22') is here recreating the type of role Jack Lem-

affair

com-

brain fast enough

the

Holland Club Bridge Gardens.

ment.

Mankind is threatened with exter-

creatures

the

Society.

OF THE RED-HOT LOVERS'

(X) Paramount, Piccadilly Circus on a Friday night in the Union, do

19.00- I.C. Art Club (behind 21.00 Royal College of Art. 19.00

18.00

wel-

'LAST

City and Guilds Union Meeting: Hustings.

Mech Eng 220.

C. Brown, I.C.M.C. 14.30

I.C. Stamp Club (students and staff come). Civ Eng 412.

STOIC Television service: Music alive with Roy Harper. J . C . R . and Southside.

Miss Sarah Thomas: listening to contemporary music 7. Music now. M e c h Eng 342.

p.m. 25p at door.

13.15

I.C. Catholic Society: Mass. M e c h . Eng. 703.

19.30

I.C. Catholic Society: Miss Geraldine Hall.

The relevance of religious life. 53 Cromwell Road.

Robert

Redford) is a very real character. At

Try as I can, I can find no fault in this film.

Redford's performance

is

superb, especially in the early 'Jack

the beginning of the film he is utterly

London'

inexperienced, and often seems near

music,

style which

of

sequences,

consists of

the

Western

perishing in the winter snows. But he

ballads, fits exactly, and

learns, and in this is the fascinating

member no film that I have enjoyed

part of the film, for all the time we

so much for a long time.

I can re-

feel that the Crow Indians are watching, and that his existence continues

David Gurney.

F e b r u a r y 27th, 1973

FELIX

Page 6

CONGRATULATIONS I'd l i k e to offer m y congratulations to those wonderful crusaders w h o removed a l l those unsightly p u b l i c i t y notices a r o u n d college advertising the n a t i o n a l grants demonstration. It w a s a n utter disgrace that students should display notices advertising a demonstration on such a n u n w o r t h y cause as student grants. It was g o o d to survey

the thoroughness

w i t h w h i c h every

single

poster was disposed o f f r o m their places o f erection, i n c l u d i n g student noticeboards.

T h e most clever part o f i t w a s t he w a y i n w h i c h the authorities d i s c l a i m ed a l l knowledge o f h a v i n g removed

them a n d their m e t h o d of confusing students

as t o where they were a l l o w e d - t o

Nemesis

p u t u p notices a n d

w h o was p u l l i n g them d o w n .

A t least some people have got the strength of m i n d to stand u p to student p r o p a g a n d a ; w h o knows, o n e d a y students m i g h t even get organised a n d begin to

W e ' v e been talking a good deal lately

about

monev—where to get it, what to spend it o n , what not to spend it o n , a n d — w e l l , it's been mainly about acquiring the stuff.

But

just supposing you've been wise enough to

follow all the advice handed out in these columns, and have got some cash a n d spent it wisely.

The

next problem is to prevent the Income Tax

man from taking a large part of it back.

process. T h e a n s w e r — a s it so often i s — i s to find professional

advice. A n d that

means

an

accountant.

So what is an accountant? Do you think immediately of Bob Cratchitt, high-legged stools and quill pens?

W e l l , this week, our expert Derek E. Cummings, takes a look at an important section o f the f i n a n c i a l community.

There

a r e t w o c e r t a i n t i e s a b o u t b e i n g b o r n into

t h i s w o r l d t h e s e d a y s . O n e i s that, s o m e t i m e , y o u a r e g o i n g to d i e . T h e other i s that, s o m e t i m e , y o u are going Both

to h a v e t o p a y t a x e s .

are fairly

morbid

thoughts

W h a t m a n y p e o p l e d o i s to p a y a n a c c o u n t a n t t o make their t a x returns. Their rationale is that a l t h o u g h it c o s t s a little m o n e y t o p u t t h e i r f i n a n c e s a n d t a x affairs i n t o t h e h a n d s of a n a c c o u n t a n t , t h e l i k e l i h o o d i s that h e w i l l s a v e t h e m m o n e y i n t h e long r u n , b y reducing their tax bill.

The

You want to know how best to avoid this painful good

y o u r l o c a l I n s p e c t o r of T a x e s a n d p o r e t h r o u g h t h e law w i t h h i m line b y line. A n d most p e o p l e have neither t h e time n o r the i n c l i n a t i on to d o that.

n o t t h e first,

demonstrations c o u l d have o n the c u t b a c k i n educat i o n expenditure. W e m u s n ' t have them d i s t u r b i n g t he peace just because they d o n ' t t h i n k their grant is h i g h enough, let alone rationalisations o r refectory price i n creases (such topics a r e , after

a l l , w a y above their

l o g i c of it i s that if t he a c c o u n t a n t

saves

F o r d (whoops, let it slip),

Prof.

M r . Seaford a n d

(signed) A n a d m i r e r o f the m i g h t y crusaders.

you are ahead of the game.

F o r a n y o n e w h o o b j e c t s to p a y i n g m o r e t a x t h a n is n e c e s s a r y — a n d that s u r e l y i n c l u d e s e v e r y o n e — it's a n idea worth

Company.

Reactionary Jacks ( M R A ) P.S. I hope M r . Seaford w i l l give the m a l e cleaners

thinking about.

a bonus f o r the extra w o r k involved ( i n c l u d i n g danger What, then, is an accountant?

money f o r g o i n g u p ladders to a height of 20 feet o r

In t h e first p l a c e t h e t i t l e i s s o m e t h i n g o f a m i s nomer. These days, an accountant does a great deal more than make up accounts. H e h a s to have a

more) f o r t a k i n g d o w n the posters rather than getting i n contact w i t h the i n d i v i d u a l s involved w h o (horrible blokes)

a c t u a l l y gave an u n d e r t a k i n g to remove the

posters o n Wednesday after the demonstration. A few k n o w l e d g e of the t heory a n d p r a c t i c e of b u s i h e h a s to be f a m i l i a r w i t h the w o r k i n g s of t h e more students m i g h t have read those b i l l s ; that w o u l d e x c h a n g e : he m u s t k n o w c o m p a n y l a w a n d t h e have been a bit silly. i n v o l v e m e n t s o f s u c h t h i n g s : a n d h e h a s to P.P.S. W h y not censor the student notice boards a l l a l l there i s to k n o w a b o u t t a x a t i o n . of the t i m e , n o t just some o f it?

In s h o r t , a g o o d a c c o u n t a n t i s a k i n d of m a t h e m a (Name and address of contributor supplied) tical lawyer. A guide a n d interpreter for the layman.

good ness: stock legal know

a n d at first

anyway.

But

In t h e first p l a c e , y o u have t o c o n s i d e r h o w to p a y a s little t a x a s p o s s i b l e , w h i l e r e m a i n i n g — o f c o u r s e — s t r i c t l y w i t h i n t h e i a w . T h e r e is a fine difference between tax a v o i d a n c e a n d tax evasion.

Of

course,

if a n d w h e n

the time

comes, you

w i l l need to choose a g o o d accountant. T h e most r e l i a b l e g u i d e to t h i s is to look f o r a c h a r t e r e d accountant, a n d the post-nominal initials ' A . C . A . ' .

T h e m a j o r d i f f e r e n c e i s that y o u c a n g o t o jail f o r e v a d i n g t a x , b u t a v o i d i n g t h e p a i n of p a y i n g m o r e t h a n y o u have to i s p e r f e c t l y legitimate.

T h i s i n d i c a t e s that t h e n a m e o n t h e p l a t e b e l o n g s to a m a n w h o h a s p a s s e d t h e s e a r c h i n g e x a m i n a t i o n s s e t b y the Institute of C h a r t e r e d A c c o u n t a n t s .

Naturally, these qualifications w i l l not necessarily A n d t h i s , u n f o r t u n a t e l y , is w h e r e t h e a v e r a g e e x c l u d e f o o l s a n d k n a v e s , b u t it i s a w o r t h w h i l e t a x p a y e r g e t s into a k i n d o f A l i c e i n W o n d e r l a n d indicator. After a l l , anyone at a l l c a n call himself situation. Unless y o u know the w a y around, it's a a n a c c o u n t a n t a n d s e t u p in b u s i n e s s w i t h n o pretty i m p o s s i b l e p u z z l e t o t r y t o u n t a n g l e . qualifications whatever.

There are s o many laws, so many rules, s o many e x c e p t i o n s , s o m a n y l e g a l l o o p h o l e s that e v e n t h e brightest taxpayer will easily become confused, d e p r e s s e d — a n d probably over-taxed.

Most

a l l , t h i n k o f the effect that silly student pranks l i k e

y o u just o n e p o u n d m o r e t h a n t h e b i l l he c h a r g e s ,

C l e a r l y , s u c h a m a n c a n b e of i m m e n s e v a l u e t h e w h e n e v e r y o u a r e i n v o l v e d i n a n y k i n d of f i n a n c i a l s i t u a t i o n — a s , indeed, w e all are from the moment s e c o n d , w e l l , p e r h a p s there i s s o m e t h i n g to be d o n e w e start e a r n i n g m o n e y a n d p a y i n g t a x e s o n it. a b o u t that.

Certainly

(ghastly

heads).

g l a n c e there i s n o t a great d e a l y o u c a n d o a b o u t

them.

t h i n k . . . o r even start discussing P O L I T I C S

word). O b v i o u s l y w e c a n ' t tolerate such things: after

t a x e x p e r t s w i l l c h e e r f u l l y a d m i t that a p e r c e n t a g e of B r i t i s h t a x p a y e r s a r e p a y i n g t a x than they s h o u l d .

A n d h o w d o e s a n a c c o u n t a n t h i m s e l f define h i s w o r k ? I t a l k e d t o a c h a r t e r e d a c c o u n t a n t a b o u t it.

L i k e d o c t o r s , a c c o u n t a n t s a r e f o r b i d d e n b y their c o d e of c o n d u c t to a d v e r t i s e , s o h i s r e m a r k s m u s t remain anonymous.

is n o p r o v i s i o n f o r t h e I n l a n d R e v e n u e t o p o i n t o u t t h i n g s l i k e that t o t h e t a x p a y e r . It i s t h e t a x p a y e r ' s o w n r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o f i n d out. A n d that t a k e s a g o o d deal

more

pared

dedication

than most

f o r . O n t h e other

hand,

people are preaccountants are

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

"And worth

there

pointing

i s o n e other

thing which

o u t to a n y o n e

is well

contemplating the

i d e a o f c o n s u l t i n g a n a c c o u n t a n t , a n d that i s n o t to l e a v e it t o o late. If, f o r e x a m p l e , y o u t h i n k y o u are b e i n g o v e r - t a x e d ,

take professional

soon as y o u c a n , otherwise

advice as

it c a n b e a l o n g a n d

c o m p l i c a t e d b us i ne s s . Remember, the tax man does not h a v e t o p r o v e he i s right, y o u h a v e to p r o v e he i s w r o n g .

"Of the

course,

most

personal

important

taxes

element

a r e far f r o m b e i n g in our professional

l i v e s . L i k e l e g a l m e n , w e have to k n o w a g o o d d e a l a b o u t m o s t t h i n g s in life. A f t e r a l l , w h e n a m a n c o m e s ' t o y o u t o l a y h i s f i n a n c i a l affairs b e f o r e your

e y e s , h e ' s s h o w i n g y o u a lot of h i m s e l f , w h i c h m e a n s that a n a c c o u n t a n t i s d e e p l y a n d p e r s o n a l l y "I s u p p o s e t h e b e s t d e f i n i t i o n of a n a c c o u n t a n t ' s w o r k , " s a i d h e w h o s h a l l b e n a m e l e s s , " i s t o s a y i n v o l v e d i n a w i d e range of m e n ' s d o i n g s .

T h i s u s u a l l y a r i s e s b e c a u s e the i n d i v i d u a l is u n - that w e offer a t r a n s l a t i o n s e r v i c e . S o m u c h o f t h e image " O d d l y e n o u g h , a lot o f t h e s t o r y - b o o k l a w r e l a t i n g to b u s i n e s s a n d t a x a t i o n is q u i t e i n a w a r e o f c e r t a i n i t e m s f o r w h i c h he m i g h t c l a i m of a c c o u n t a n c y s t i l l c l i n g s . M a n y p e o p l e s t i l l s e e c o m p r e h e n s i b l e to t h e l a y m a n that w i t h o u t e x p e r t tax e x e m p t i o n . A n d i t ' s n o t s u r p r i s i n g , w h e n y o u us s i t t i n g o n h i g h s t o o l s , a d d i n g c o l u m n s of figures i n t e r p r e t a t i o n he h a s n o c h a n c e of u n d e r s t a n d i n g consider the w a y the taxation laws are arranged a n d e n t e r i n g t h e m in l e d g e r s w i t h q u i l l p e n s . B u t , it. in t h i s c o u n t r y , u n d e r w h i c h t h e o n u s is a l w a y s — l i k e m a n y s u c h i m a g e s , it i s a g r o t e s q u e l y i n a c c u r a l w a y s — o n t he t a x p a y e r to p r o v e h i s s t a t u s to the "I w o u l d a g r e e that v a s t n u m b e r s o f p e o p l e d o ate o n e .

Inland Revenue. pay m o r e i n c o m e t a x , f o r e x a m p l e , t h a n they r e a l l y " W e h a v e t o b e a u fait w i t h t h e m o s t m o d e r n n e e d t o . In m o s t c a s e s , it a m o u n t s to s h i l l i n g s a n d Y O U fill in y o u r tax r e t u r n s . Y O U state w h a t e v e r business met hods suc h as comput ers, cost-effectiveit w o u l d t h e r e f o r e n o t b e w o r t h p a y i n g p o u n d s t o c l a i m s for tax relief y o u think y o u are entitled to. ness programmes, company organisation a n d the c Y O U m u s t p r o v e t h e c l a i m to t he t a x m a n . Y O U o m e to o n e of u s to c o r r e c t t he a s s e s s m e n t . w h o l e m a s s of l a w relating to monetary matters. h a v e to find o u t w h a t it is y o u a r e e n t i t l e d t o .

B u t it a l l b o i l s d o w n to o n e t h i n g , r e a l l y . M a k i n g " B u t t h e t h i n g is that u n l e s s y o u a r e f a m i l i a r m o n e y w o r k to t h e best p o s s i b l e a d v a n t a g e of t h e w i t h t h e l a w r e l a t i n g t o t a x a t i o n , y o u c a n n e v e r b e T h e Inland Revenue w i l l never a d v i s e y o u , unless c l i ent while staying within the l a w . " s u r e w h a t it is y o u a r e e n t i t l e d t o c l a i m f o r .

T h e r e y o u a r e p r e p a r e d to m a k e a n i s s u e o f it a n d go t o large more

Joint Election Manifesto FELIX announced its intention of printing candidates' manifestos several weeks ago. At the deadline time, 1700 hrs on Friday, we had received a joint manifesto from M e s s r s . Rob A r m i tage and Simon Allnutt, and this is reproduced below. T he other candidates did not send in manifestos.

M y n a m e is S i m o n A l l nutt. I a m a t h i r d year physicist. H a v i n g entered the college as a n engineer a n u changed to physics means that I have been here a n e x t r a year. R o b A r m i t a g e a n d myself are standing w i t h same m a n i festo, given below.

It is o u r belief that both s a b b a t i c a l officers w i s h i n g to a t t a i n the same f o r w a r d l o o k i n g objectives, results i n a m o r e active u n i o n .

O n e person, in general, w i l l have less chance o f seeing the problems the u n i o n w i l l face i n the first place, w i l l not p r o d u c e as m a n y ideas o n h o w to t a c k l e them, a n d finally, of c a r r y i n g t h e m t h r o u g h to a successful c o n c l u s i o n .

THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY A s m a n y people as possible s h o u l d be involved in the union's activities at a l l levels, p r o d u c i n g the ideas to i m p r o v e the u n i o n f or its members. C o n t a c t between s a b b a t i c a l officers a n d the students f o r exchange of ideas w o u l d be most direct at department a l level. A s w e l l as this departments s h o u l d have more contact between a l l students, b o t h post-graduate a n d under-graduate, a n d staff of a l l d e n o m i n a tions f o r a better education and satisfactory c o m m u n ity.

T h e college c o m m u n i t y consists of m o r e t h a n just the a c a d e m i c staff a n d students. I n these times w h e n the students are suffering economically we are under a m o r a l o b l i g a t i o n to protect the jobs of workers i n the college w h o have dependants to support.

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F e b r u a r y 27th, 1973

COURSE STRUCTURE In the present situation of graduate u n e m p l o y m e n t the flexibility of o u r education is of p a r a m o u n t i m portance.

O n e of the great benefits of the course unit system said to operate i n this College should be the choice of courses offered to students, enabling them to qualify i n a broader field, whilst a l l o w i n g spec i a l i s a t i o n should the student w i s h i t .

W i t h the present j o b situation, it is a great a d vantage to have a broader field of interest, even i f this is used t e m p o r a r i l y until the " r i g h t j o b " arises. at Does this apply , present? N o t satisfactorily.

T h e recent appointment of the A c a d e m i c D i r e c t o r by the college indicates that n o w is the t i m e f or we students to suggest new course contents where necessary, to m a k e courses m o r e flexible, m o r e useful.

M a k e no mistake, m o r e flexibility is a n improvein your chances ment w h e n y o u graduate a n d start l o o k i n g f or a good job.

EDUCATION E d u c a t i o n s h o u l d benefit everyone — p a r t i c u l a r l y those being educated.

O n e of the major points of the " L i m i t s to G r o w t h " report of the group f r o m M I T was that to achieve a stable economy is to use a m u c h larger percentage of the gross n a t i o n a l p r o d uct f or education. In this context it is o u r responsibility to press f or m o r e expansion i n a l l areas of education, to press f or equality of o p p o r t u n i t y a n d transfer methods between to cater for courses changes of interest as the course progresses. T h e cutbacks in the W h i t e P a p e r a entitled "Education: Framework for E x p a n s i o n " (the exact opposite of its contents), are thoroughly deplorable.

N.U.S. W e should be able to further o u r aims t h r o u g h N U S . A s a n a t i o n a l union, its negotiating power, a n d

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Why Life Assurance? a n d the c h e a p e r it s t a y s . O n c e y o u r rate f or t h e p o l i c y h a s b e e n a g r e e d it c a n n o t be i n c r e a s e d , irres p e c t i v e o f i n f l a t i o n o r a n y d e t e r i o r a t o n in y o u r health. A student of 19 w o u l d pay w i t h one leading c o m p a n y £ 3 0 . 0 0 p e r a n n u m f or a £ 4 , 0 0 0 life p o l i c y (the s t u d e n t a v e r a g e ) . A g r a d u a t e of 2 7 w o u l d pay £40.50 p e r a n n u m f o r t h e s a m e t h i n g (if t h e rate r e m a i n e d the s a m e i n t h e s e i n f l a t i o n a r y t i m e s ) .

O v e r 2 0 / 3 0 y e a r s , the s a v i n g r u n s i n t o h u n d r e d s of p o u n d s .

T h e next reason w h y c o u l d involve a saving of thousands of pounds.

T h e b r o k e r s o p e r a t i n g in the s t u d e n t f i e l d t e n d to r e c o m m e n d v e r y g o o d c o n t r a c t s , if o n l y o n t h e g r o u n d s that a s t u d e n t c l i e n t t o d a y is a ( r i c h ) g r a d u ate c l i e n t t o m o r r o w a n d b y t h e n h e w i l l b e m o r e aware a n d s h o w h i s appr e c i at i on or otherwise by p l a c i n g h i s b u s i n e s s w i t h t h e b r o k e r he k n o w s a n d trusts. M y o w n c o m p a n y write many m i l l i o n s of pounds worth of business each year from our thousands of graduate c l i e n t s .

T h e c h o i c e o f p o l i c y is m o s t i m p o r t a n t . In 1 9 7 2 impoverished as its i n d i the p a y o u t d i f f e r e n c e o n t w o p o l i c i e s — f o r i d e n t i c a l v i d u a l members. T h e per- o u t l a y s — w a s £ 2 , 9 4 9 . T h a t is 2 , 9 4 9 r e a s o n s f o r c a p i t a fee s h o u l d be i n t a k i n g t h e a d v i c e of a g o o d b r o k e r . O n c e r e m o v e d creased to a level so f r o m u n i v e r s i t y y o u w i l l be u p a g a i n s t m a n y h a r d selling insurance concerns w h i c h might mean less that expanded programmes c a n take place. It is g o o d a d v i c e . not sufficient merely to i n A g o o d b r o k e r w i l l a l s o b e a b l e to h e l p y o u to crease the U n i o n i n c o m e b u y that h o u s e y o u w i l l w a n t s o o n after g r a d u a t i o n . to cover r i s i ng costs.

T a k i n g a life p o l i c y n o w i s o n l y t h e first s t e p . It carries no guarantee, but m y o w n c o m p a n y is daily a r r a n g i n g m o r t g a g e s f or o u r g r a d u a t e c l i e n t s . I VOTE If y o u support o u r aims h a v e e v e r y r e a s o n to b e l i e v e that s e v e r a l o t h e r i n s u r a n c e b r o k e r s in t h e s t u d e n t f i e l d - a r e a l s o p r o outlined here w e ask y o u to reflect i t b y voting. v i d i n g t h i s s e r v i c e .

A l l n u t t f or President a n d W o r t h w h i l e policies for students c a n begin from 2 0 p p e r w e e k a n d if y o u c o u l d f o r e g o t h e o d d p i n t Armitage for secretary. or p a c k e t of c i g a r e t t e s it is i n y o u r o w n i n t e r e s t to free to Please feel s e r i o u s l y c o n s i d e r e m b a r k i n g upon your future a p p r o a c h us o n a n y point financial planning n o w . Consultation w i t h a broker, you w i s h to discuss. p r e f e r a b l y o n e w h o is e i t h e r a m e m b e r o f t h e V o t e f or the other c a n A s s o c i a t i o n o r C o r p o r a t i o n of B r o k e r s w o u l d b e a didate i f y o u prefer his useful starting point, as professional standing carviews, b u t vote.

This r i e s w i t h it p r o f e s s i o n a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . makes a d e m o c r a t i c u n i o n .

A. J . Broad, ROB ARMITAGE Managing Director, SIMON A L L N U T T E. H a r r i s o n ( I n s u r a n c e B r o k e r s ) L t d .

T h e days when an Insurance Manager wept as a student entered his office are fast disappearing.

True, the o d d one or two still want to insure themselves to drive a hearse backwards to Basutoland, but the rapid growth of student interest in life assurance is the main reason for the new benign attitude now pervading insurance circles.

A n d the student interest in life a s s u r a n c e really has g r o w n . A t a conservative estimate T W E N T Y M I L L I O N P O U N D S of life a s s u r a n c e is b o u g h t b y undergraduates each year.

I believe it i s n o t n e a r l y e n o u g h .

I know that n e a r l y 9 0 p e r c e n t o f m a l e u n d e r g r a d u a t e s w i l l t a k e o u t a life a s s u r a n c e p o l i c y b e f o r e t h e y a r e 2 7 or s o .

I am sure t h a t if t h e y a l l r e a l l y k n e w t h e g o o d h a r d e c o n o m i c r e a s o n s w h y t h e y s h o u l d d o it n o w — m o s t of them w o u l d .

Let m e s p e l l t h e s e o u t .

T h e y o u n g e r y o u start a p o l i c y t h e c h e a p e r it i s

the p r o v i s i o n of services l i k e T r a v e l a n d Insurance, are f a r greater than a n y college u n i o n c a n muster of its o w n a c c o r d . It is a n advantage to be associated w i t h N U S : if we disagree w i t h its policies, then we c a n c a m p a i g n to change a n d i m p r o v e them.

T h e N U S has very c u m bersome m a c h i n e r y , b u t I.C. has i n the past been a m o n g the l e a d i ng exponents o f i m p r o v e d procedures, a trend we w o u l d like to continue. T o bury o u r heads i n the sand leads nowhere.

COMMUNITY ACTION C o m m u n i t y a c t i o n is a n area i n w h i c h this u n i o n is t a k i n g the lead i n i m p r o v i n g the c o m m u n i t y as a whole. A s such, a n d together w i t h E c o - a c t i o n it should have the greater financial support f r o m the union.

OVERSEAS STUDENTS T w e n t y per cent of o u r students are f r o m overseas and at present have no representative o n c o u n c i l .

T h i s must be rectified if we are to help them effectively to fight a n y further increases i n their fees, at present too h i g h anyway.

UNION F E E A t present the U n i o n receives £8.50 f or each full-time student. W i t h risi n g costs (don't say y o u haven't noticed!) the U n i o n might soon be as

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hockey L a s t Sunday out at H a r l i n g t o n a n d i n the s u r r o u n d i n g pubs, the a n n u a l piss-up w i t h the Poachers t o o k place. T h e game that preceded this was w o n by the Poachers 2—1 after they were a g o a l d o w n at halftime.

T h e g a m e was extremely scrappy a n d after a h a r d night I missed most of w h a t happened — especially their two goals — so I ' l l end this report b y t h a n k i n g W . B . , R o n (he is the pissed one), R i c h a n d D a v e for keeping the I.C. flag f l y i n g i n the s u r r o u n d i n g pubs.

O n the previous d a y the 1st X I played their penultimate league m a t c h against Smiths a n d lost 3 — 0 . T h e o n l y c o m m e n t about this m a t c h that reached me was that it wasn't w o r t h reporting. O n the same day, the never reported 2nd X I entertained G . W . R . l i s a n d w o n 1—0.

Saturday's b r i l l i a n t sunshine brought out the best in the 3rd X I players, w h o proceeded to record their third w i n of the season. In order to give G . W . R . I l l s a chance, I.C. turned up w i t h o n l y nine m e n .

T h e first h a l f was f a i r l y even w i t h b o t h sides creating chances, but neither getting o n top. G . W . R . t o o k the lead m i d - w a y t h r o u g h this half w i t h a simple goal f o l l o w i n g a b a d defensive mistake. T h e second half was completely different. Despite G . W . R ' s . two m a n advantage, I.C. completely d o m i n a t e d the game. U s i n g their superior fitness (thanks to J . J . ? ) I.C. forced the pace a n d eventually scored a very s c r a m b l e d goal f r o m a g o a l m o u t h melee. R u s s E a s o n was the scorer. T h e same player scored the winner a few minutes later w h e n he beat three players before p u t t i n g the b a l l into the empty net. A t this stage G . W . R . were unable to raise their game a n d I.C. eventually emerged the c o m f o r t a b l e winners.

T e a m : - R . B a t e m a n ; D . M u r c h , C . Scott; J . Heffer, J u l i e , R . C r i t c h l e y ; W . B i g g i n , J . Preston, R . E a s o n .

A s mentioned earlier M r . E a s o n scored twice d u r i n g the m a t c h , his h a t - t r i c k being completed later that same evening.

W i l l a l l members please note that the a n n u a l d i n n e r w i l l take place o n M o n d a y , M a r c h 19th. T h e price for this nosh-up w h i c h w i l l be followed b y a grand d r i n k ing session i n 414, is at the moment, set at £2.40. F o r a l l o f those w h o are b r i n g i n g guests of the opposite sex, a n d w h o isn't, a d o u b l e ticket is settling d o w n at £4.50.

rowing Saturday the 10th F e b r u a r y saw the I.C. 1st V I I I i n a c t i o n for the first time this year. T h e o c c a s i o n was the L o n d o n R o w i n g C l u b Colleges R e g a t t a . A l t h o u g h , as its name suggests, this is essentially a colleges event, L o n d o n R o w i n g C l u b decided to enter two crews. O n e of w h i c h was their domestic 1st V I I I , only l a c k i n g the heavyweights of their continental regatta G r a n d VIII. T h e first heat saw I.C. caught i n a h a i l s t o r m w h i l e w a i t i n g on the start, as a result of w h i c h their new blue boat c l u b sweat shirts spent the rest of the d a y i n the d r y i n g r o o m a n d I.C. h a d to revert to their practice tops for the rest of the regatta. Q . M . C . , the cause of the delay, only h a d 7 men a n d h a d h a d to p i c k u p a spare m a n f r o m L o n d o n R o w i n g C l u b . I n fact, they needn't have bothered, as they, a l o n g w i t h L o n d o n R . C . II were left standing by I.C's. very powerful start.

I.C. were i n fact clear of b o t h crews i n the first twenty strokes. A l t h o u g h I.C. d i d not r o w p a r t i c u l a r l y well for the rest of the race they beat L o n d o n b y about 4 lengths a n d Q . M . C . by 7 lengths.

I n the S e m i - F i n a l I.C. met C h u r c h i l l College, C a m bridge. I n rough water I.C. went clear i n the first m i n ute a n d f i n a l l y w o n by 4 lengths.

A l t h o u g h I.C. h a d w o n a l l their heats easily they never rowed p a r t i c u l a r l y w e l l together and it was w i t h some doubts that they went into the f i n a l against London R.C. I.C's. powerful start gave t h e m . f length i n the first minute but they d i d not settle together i n the m i d d l e of the race and c o u l d not go clear. T h e i r l a c k of cohesion i n the r o u g h water c o u p l e d w i t h the fact that they h a d had one m o r e race than L o n d o n , began to tell even on this very fit crew. I n the closing stages L o n d o n rowed t h r o u g h f . C . to w i n b y 1 length.

T h e result is very p r o m i s i n g indeed for the boat c l u b . A l l the other college crews were w e l l beaten, a n d the very next day the same L o n d o n crew were easily held over 7. mins. E v e n m o r e p r o m i s i n g have been some of the other practice outings, i n w h i c h I.C. have beaten most of the other tideway clubs. T h e highlights of the practice rows were I.C's. defeat of Isis (the O x f o r d university 2nd V I I I , thought by m a n y to be very good this year) b y 1/3 length over 2 mins., a n d the defeat of T y r i a n , the U . L . 2nd V I I I b y 2 lengths over a 3 m i n . row.

T h e i n d i c a t i o n s are that this c o u l d be one of boat clubs best seasons for m a n y years.

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C E N T R E P O I N T began as an experiment on Dec e m b e r 1 6 t h , 1 9 6 9 , in the d i s u s e d basement of St. A n n e ' s House, Soho, w h o s e f r o n t d o o r is in D e a n S t r e e t , n e x t to the bomb site w h i c h was once St. A n n e ' s Church.

T h e e n t r a n c e to C e n t r e p o i n t is i n S h a f t e s b u r y Avenue, through some romantic iron gates, a n d the d e c a y i n g c h u r c h y a r d , passed unnoticed by t h o u s a n d s of p e o p l e every d a y . It b e g a n here, r i g h t i n t h e h e a r t of t h e West E n d (the centre point) because this w as where a number of groups w e r e w o r k i n g , especially with drug abusers. A m o n g t h e m w a s F a t h e r K e n n e t h L e a c h at S t . A n n e s ' , t r y i n g to h e l p people w h o are very sev3relly d i s t u r b e d , m a n y irreparably so. He watched y o u n g people d r a w n to t h e W e s t E n d l i k e m o t h s to a c a n d l e , a l m o s t i n e v i t a b l y to be b u r n t , a n d h e l o n g e d to find s o m e w a y of s a v i n g s o m e of t h e m f r o m t h e familiar syndrome: no money, nowhere to sleep, " v a g r a n c y " , petty crime, drugs and the p r o s t i t u t i o n of b o t h b o y s and girls.

The experiment—initially for three m o n t h s — a i m e d to p r o v i d e n e w c o m e r s w i t h first a i d : a p l a c e to s l e e p , somet h i n g to eat, s o m e o n e to t a l k to, a n d a d v i c e e s p e c i a l l y a b o u t h o w to find w o r k a n d a c c o m m o d a t i o n . It h o p e d to g i v e a f e w of t h e m a c h a n c e to s e t t l e in L o n d o n w i t h out being d a m a g e d by it, o r t o go h o m e a g a i n , or to d o w h a t e v e r it w a s t h a t — b y the time they

reached Centrepoint— t h e y r e a l l y w a n t e d to d o .

C e n t r e p o i n t is u n i q u e in L o n d o n in p r o v i d i n g emergency accommodation completely free, e v e r y n i g h t of the y e a r .

F i f t e e n to t w e n t y y o u n g people have c o m e in every night and there h a v e b e e n s o m e fifteen thousand admissions s i n c e the centre o p e n e d .

It n o w h a s a f u l l t i m e professional social worker a s a d i r e c t o r — D a v i d N a i r n — b u t , other than that, it is e n t i r e l y staffed by volunteers. Imperial College Catholic Society s e n d t w o v o l u n t e e r s every n i g h t — t h e y w o r k o n a fortnightly rota—to work there, a n d organised a long sponsored w a l k t h r o u g h the S u s s e x Weald on Saturday. The a i m w a s to r a i s e m o n e y for C e n t r e p o i n t H o u s e , a s h o r t t e r m h o s t e l the org a n i s a t i o n is to s e t u p at B a r o n ' s C o u r t . It w i l l house fourteen residents a n d offer t h o s e w h o u s e it a s u p p o r t i v e a d d r e s s w h i l s t they w o r k a n d find other accommodation during their n o n - w o r k i n g h o u r s . T h e a v e r a g e expected l e n g t h of stay w i l l be a f o r t n i g h t . U n f o r t u n a t e l y no s p a c e w a s a v a i l a b l e for t h i s a r t i c l e in o u r last i s s u e , s o w e c o u l d n o t u r g e y o u to sponsor a walker. Nevtheless, Centrepoint still needs d o n a t i o n s — i n a l l , t h e y n e e d £ 1 0 , 0 0 0 . If you can, send a few pence. More details can be o b t a i n e d f r o m J o s e p h Cullen, M e c h Eng P G , w h o is o r g a n i s i n g t h e Cathsoc contingent to Centrepoint.

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O f c o u r s e the r e s u l t y o u ' r e a l l w a i t i n g for is that of I C . W e w e r e 3 9 t h .

R o b A l l i n s o n s t a r t e d us off w e l l at 5 3 r d in 1 5 min 2 9 sec, a n d this position was consolidate d by S t u a r t L i t t l e w o o d (15:56) and Dave Payne ( 1 6 : 3 2 ) . T h e effect, h o w ever was somewhat spoiled by J o e Keating, w h o p i c k e d up 1 4 p l a c e s in a t i m e of 14 m i n 3 7 sec, returning so quickly that he w a s the c a u s e of a hurried disrobement b y o u r next r u n n e r P a u l Clarke, who did 15 min 4 9 s e c . O u r last r u n n e r was Rob Parker, and least s a i d , s o o n e s t m e n d ed. The overall time was 9 4 m i n 59 sec.

A f t e r the r a c e L a d y Penney was kind enough to p r e s e n t the m e d a l s to the w i n n i n g teams a n d individuals, and Steve W e b b made a speech a n d got it r i g h t .

A n d s o , as t h e U n i o n s a n k o n c e m o r e , for a n other year, into its peaceful slumber, a g r o u p of B e l g i a n r u n n e r s l e d by F o r e i g n T e a m s organiser Pete J o h n s o n ( n o n e o t h e r ) j o i n e d the IC T e a m a n d h a l f t h e other U K c o l l e g e s in a c e r t a i n h o u s e of r e f r e s h ment in S o u t h K e n s i n g ton. H n n n ! (that's F r e n c h but I g u e s s t h o s e B e l gians under s t a n d French).