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NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION May

3rd, 1973

F R E E !

ISSUE No. 334

T H E F O U R T H T I M E O F Gordon Jackson

Jock Veall

A S K I N G Yet another election next week Next Monday and Tuesday, you, as a member of Imperial College Union, are entitled to vote in the fourth Presidential election o f the current academic year, and the second for the election of next Paul Wadsworth

year's President and Secretary. The last election, held i n early M a r c h , was declared i n v a l i d since only 540 people voted, a shortfall of nearly 500 from the necessary 25 per cent, m i n i m u m poll. Candidates for President were S i m o n A l l nut and J o h n H e r r i c k , and those for Secretary were R o b Armitage and R o y Matthews. T h i s w a s the c u l m i n a t i o n o f a disastrous for I C executive

year

elections,

ever since C h r i s Sheppard withdrew

from

College

last J u n e . T h e first election f o r h i s successor i n O c t o b e r was a total

fiasco,

w h e n 833 o u t o f a t o t a l of

1100 voters abstained.

w o u l d have got i n unopposed had R o y who

was more

Matthews, interested

in training for R u g b y than contesting

the

withdrawn

Marxist ally

G r o u p , led loc-

b y a certain

Piers

Corbyn. A l t h o u g h a hard w o r k e r f o r last term's de-

elections,

monstrations a n d days of

beforehand—

action, he is p r o b a b l y bet-

he o n l y announced his i n tention of d o i n g so after the election. R o b was last

ter k n o w n to members o f the u n i o n as o n e o f the p r i m e perpetrators

o f the

year's R a g C h a i r m a n , a n d

"Letters from H e a v e n " i n

where

John

External

last term's issues of F E L -

w a s elected,

was

A f f a i r s Officer. H e is also

I X . (His latest offering o n

short of the q u o t a of 25

o n t h e U n i v e r s i t y of L o n -

Church

The

second,

Lane

this

year's

per cent, b u t the election

don

was

tive. A t h i r d year

declared

UGM

valid by a

desperate

to a v o i d

further elections.

Union

S R C ExecuPhysi-

investment

South A f r i c a

candi-

dates f o r President. ROB ARMITAGE for

President

stood

i n October

r e p , he is

ing

for Presi-

p l a t f o r m . H i s outbursts i n

dent, since u n l i k e the other

U n i o n Meetings are fam-

and is a p o p u l a r figure i n the U n i o n .

and

ous,

candidate previous

candidates

he h a s n o p o l i t i c a l c o n with the U n i o n

nections

other

than

which

occur

those

frequent

J O C K V E A L L , y o u r loc-

are

heard

S A Y L E S you

unlikely of

before,

have

Holbein

House

being of the

Commit-

tee, a n d t w o years as B o t / Zoo

year

a l l - t i me

exceeding

have heights,

£1500, a n d the

H e has a brash

m a n for y o u .

be interesting to see w h a t G O R D O N J A C K S O N has

so t h r o u g h h i s h a n d -

ling o f the S o c i a l C l u b s

for this post.

Committee.

tary

GILLETT

stood

f o r Secre-

of t h e N U S at t h e

National

literally)

to fame over the last year again

Conference

commer-

c i a l attitude, and it w o u l d

f o r the cur-

T h r e e candidates

present-

ernment c o m m i t t e d to S o - college i n L o n d o n a n d sialist policies, this is the one of .the best i n B r i t a i n .

w a s almost

rep—he

uncontested

unless

H o u s e i n 1970/72. A t pre-

this

d o u b t been the best of any

logy, o r l i v e d i n H o l b e i n

the I nt e r nat i o nal

a n d sufferable.

profits reached

a n d return a L a b o u r gov-

a leading m e m b e r

unsuccessfully

towards

t o the

force the Tori es to resign

archy , i n B o t a n y o r Z o o -

directed

coher-

H i s o r g a n i s a t i o n a l qualifi-

sympathies

U n d e r h i s guidance, E n t s

increasingly

cations c o m e f r o m

PETER

with

this year's E n t s C h a i r m a n .

have be-

ed each week has w i t h o u t

y o u are i n the U n i o n hier-

o f the l e f t "

P A U L W A D S W O R T H is

y o u agree that w e s h o u l d

intervals i n the U n i o n B a r .

candidate, is a n " u n a l i g n member

become

articulate,

point,

efficiency,

m o r e so of

as they

ent,

t i o n f o r stealthy

line-up o f groups

SECRETARY

party

late

Students

a n d have

progressively

n o r a n y affiliation to a n y come party,

Socialist

rocketed (almost

in the U n i o n .

revolutionary

E x e t e r this E a s t e r , o n the H e has attained a reputaYoung

rent year.

page 8 of this issue).

NORMAN

T h e r e are three

appears o n

Bot/Zoo

possibly the most interest-

cist, h e is a w e l l - k n o w n figure

PRESIDENT

sent

N o r m a n Sayles

Secretary upon

became

almost at once

joining,

a n d the

Chairmanship followed mere b l i n k of time

later.

he w o u l d b r i n g to the post of

Secretary

convert

. . . maybe

the whole

of the

U n i o n b u i l d i n g to a permanent E n t s

office??

(the election of the abstentions) and Secretary i n the last

election—where

H e c a n c l a i m considerable experience

from his

E a s t e r v a c j o b as a dust-

M a y 3rd, 1973

FELIX

Page 2

PRESIDENT'S COLUMN

MARTIN'S BIT

FOURTH Sir, I

Next M o n d a y and Tuesday p o l l i n g takes

THE

LETTER

place

for President and Honorary Secretary of IC Union

Welcome back to 3J.C.

you should sacrifice five minutes of y o u r valuable

clear

I h o p e that y o u h a d a n e n j o y a b l e v a c a t i o n , d i d n ' t

and there are a number of compelling reasons why

an excess

eat

of E a s t e r E g g s , a n d a r e r e f r e s h e d

ready for another term.

time to mark a ballot paper.

Remember, T h e r e i s a w i d e s p e c t r u m of o p i n i o n a m o n g t h e candidates a n d moreover anyone Who w a s thinking of s t a n d i n g h a s h a d t w o m o n t h s to m a k e u p h i s o r her o w n m i n d . A President elected n o w w i l l have a real c h a n c e to g e t t h e U n i o n i n t o s h a p e t o g e t his policies carried out. H e needs to get A L L h i s departmental representatives w o r k i n g — b o t h b r i n g i n g up issues f r o m h i s department for t he U n i o n t o take up (as w a s the c a s e w i t h the i m p r o v e m e n t s in field c o u r s e financing) a n d involving h i s students in i m p l e m e n t i n g U n i o n p o l i c i e s (as a F E W d i d t h i s y e a r w i t h t h e g r a n t s c a m p a i g n ) . H e n e e d s to be q u i t e r u t h l e s s in getting r i d of d e p reps Who go to sleep a n d d o n o t h i n g a s s e v e r a l d i d t h i s y e a r . T h i s w o u l d be one essential w a y of strengthening the union b y stronger links w i t h the ordinary members.

exams started on M o n d a y .

that

A l l t h e i n d i c a t i o n s a r e that the n e x t R e f e c t o r y C o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g w i l l be f a c e d w i t h p r o p o s a l s for price rises. P r o b a b l y " p o p u l a r " meals w i l l go up less than others so that pie a n d beans w i l l b e t h e o r d e r of t h e d a y f o r m o s t of u s n e x t y e a r . It i s the function of neither the Refectory Committee n o r t h e G o v e r n i n g B o d y to d o a c o v e r - u p j o b f o r t h e G o v e r n m e n t . F a r l e s s i s it t h e f u n c t i o n o f t h e U n i o n . T h e blame for l o w grants a n d increased prices must be laid o n the Government otherwise w e c a n hardly expect either grant increases or subs i d i e s . If i n s p i t e o f o u r o p p o s i t i o n i n c r e a s e s a r e i m p o s e d t h e n it w i l l be t h e t a s k of n e x t y e a r ' s p r e s i d e n t t o l e a d t h e fight t o g e t t h e m w i t h d r a w n . E a r l y n e x t s e s s i o n t h e n e w P r e s i d e n t w i l l be i n v o l v e d i n n e g o t i a t i o n s o v e r t h e l e v e l of h a l l rents for t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r . T h e g o v e r n m e n t w i l l t h e n a l s o be taking a d e c i s i o n on grants (the triennial r e v i e w p l a n ) , s o h e w i l l h a v e to r e n e w t h e c a m paign a n d particularly involve freshers a n d inform t h e m o f t h e i s s u e s at s t a k e . T h e d a n g e r i s that if n o t e n o u g h p e o p l e v o t e next M o n d a y a n d Tuesday, next year's President a n d H o n . S e c . w i l l probably not b e elected until the m i d d l e of t h e first t e r m next y e a r . T h e y w i l l b e faced w i t h i m m e n s e p r o b l e m s — h a l f the dept. reps w i l l have d i s a p p e a r e d , the Executive w i l l b e d o i n g t h e i r o w n t h i n g s , C o u n c i l w i l l be t i c k i n g o v e r in v e r y l o w g e a r a n d the C o l l e g e w i l l h a v e a l r e a d y t a k e n the m a j o r d e c i s i o n s w h i c h affect u s a l l . Surely, w e a l l have the duty to give our sabbatic a l officers a f i g h t i n g c h a n e c to m a k e t h i s a s t r o n g e f f e c t i v e u n i o n ! E l e c t t h e m n o w — c o m e to t h e h u s t i n g s m e e t i n g , l i s t e n , q u e s t i o n , r e a d the b u m p h sheets . . but, above a l l , V O T E O N M O N D A Y O R TUESDAY ! !

John Lane

make

the rent

the

Felix,

last

not

have

der

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appear

seems

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N o m i n a t i o n s f or s o c i a l c o l o u r s clubs

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the

and ( o t h er t h a n f o r

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s h o u l d be s e n t , i n c o n f i d e n c e , t o

there

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blame

to either

party,

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incident

caused

MAY.

barrassment. I

election*

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such first

the feeling

s e s s i o n (10 a . m . u n t i l 1.30 p . m . a n d 1.30 p . m . t i l l

ate

EGMs.

5 p . m . ) to p e o p l e w h o m a n t h e b a l l o t b o x e s f o r

that

me. Please

point

the r u s h i f y o u w a n t t o h e l p .

also

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P l e a s e n o t e : t h i s W i l l p r o b a b l y n o t be s u b j e c t to

Any

Reps,

one U L U Rep, two members

of the

A c c o m m o d a t i o n C o m m i t t e e a n d three m e m b e r s o f the W e l f a r e

C o m m i t t e e , n o t to m e n t i o n t h e D e l e -

gation for the next N U S C o n f e r e n c e .

must

cessful

and

M e e t i n g 'this t e r m o n T h u r s d a y , 1 7 t h M a y

( N B : T h e H u s t i n g s M e e t i n g t o d a y is n o t a U G M ) .

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summer,

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ICU.

colleges

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other strike,

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consider

turn

tention

to other

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all

T h e C o u r t b y Q u e e n ' s T o w e r i s n o w fit f o r u s e messengers—College

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Dave

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and

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use every

available

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keep

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going. Yours

©ate*

sincerely

TREVOR

PHILLIPS.

If a n y m a n a m o n g s t y o u c a n s h o w g o o d r e a s o n why

the events

the dates given

this term

should not happen o n

in t h e C a l e n d a r o n P a g e F i v e let

h i m speak n o w or forever hold h i s peace.

Another letter o n Page 7

Clje WLnion executive I think the Executive w o r k s

quite

man with his local corporation. VOTING V o t i n g takes place o n Monday and Tuesday next, 7 t h a n d 8 t h M a y . B a l l o t boxes w i l l be p l a c ed, as usual, i n Southside entrance h a l l , T h e J C R College Block, Union B u i l d i n g entrance, a n d , i f y o u feel l i k e m a k i n g a t r i p to A s c o t to vote, at the C o l l e g e field station a t S i l w o o d P a r k . Subject to sufficient manpower being a v a i l a b l e , there w i l l also be a N E W P E R I P A T E T IC B A L L O T B O X — a n d if y o u neither have a Thesaurus, or dictionary and don't listen t o N o e l Edmunds, we'll explain what that means. P e r i p a t etic means transient w h i c h means itinerant, w h i c h means it moves from place to place. I n this case, it w i l l open at ten o ' c l o c k i n the open a i r o n the college w a l k w a y b y M e c h E n g , m o v e at n o o n to the A n t e - R o o m , C o l lege B l o c k Refectory, a n d close at a b o u t 2. T h e o t h er b a l l o t boxes are open d a i l y f r o m 10 a . m . u n t i l 5 p. m.

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rent

should

T h e s e w i l l be taken d o w n at 5 p . m . on M o n d a y ,

a n d c a n be b o o k e d w i t h t h e

suc-

decisive.

attempt

and

this Grants

claim.

1 4 t h M a y , a n d t h e e l e c t i o n w i l l b e h e l d a t t h e first Union

action at

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f u r t h e r o n e at S i l w o o d . T h e U n i o n w i l l p a y £ 1 a

see m e as soon as p o s s i b l e a n d beat

that

be no

m e a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e b u t N O T L A T E R T H A N 31st

out

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contd. from page 1

a misunderstanding

Social Colour*

ASKING

un-

That

been

should

appeared

did

TIME

strike

name.

have

would T h e s e c o n d t h i n g h e m u s t d o is get h i s e x e c u t i v e w o r k i n g a s a T E A M . A s i n d i v i d u a l s the present executive have made some useful contributions to IC U n i o n a n d t h e C o n s t i t u e n t C o l l e g e U n i o n s b u t w e have hardly w o r k e d as a team. T h e purpose of an executive is to implement p o l i c y as d e c i d e d by g e n e r a l m e e t i n g s . O n t h i s b a s i s t h e w h o l e of t h e e x e c u t i v e s h o u l d h a v e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s to IC U n i o n u n h i n d e r e d by constraints f r o m , say, a particular C C U . T h i s t e r m t h e h e i g h t of a b s u r d i t y w a s r e a c h e d w h e n R o s e m a r y P a r k e r , P r e s i d e n t of R C S U n i o n , w a s c o n s t r a i n e d b y her o w n e x e c u t i v e f r o m s p e a k i n g , v o t i n g or a c t i n g a s s h e w i s h e d o v e r t h e g r a n t s c a m p a i g n o n a n u m b e r of o c c a s i o n s , I s a y a b s u r d ity b e c a u s e t h e a c t u a l m e m b e r s of R C S U w e r e a t l e a s t a s m u c h i n v o l v e d a s a n y o t h e r C C U (if n o t m o r e s o ) . B u t a l l it n e e d s is a f e w d e m a g o g i c , t i n y m i n d e d reactionary s***-stirrers on a C C U execut i v e a n d I C U n i o n E x e c u t i v e ' s e f f e c t i v e n e s s i s greatly d i m i n i s h e d . T o a c h i e v e a n y a d v a n c e s f o r IC S t u d e n t s w e n e e d a s t r o n g IC U n i o n n e x t y e a r , n o t a f e d e r a t i o n of petty w a r r i n g f a c t i o n s . H o p e f u l l y next year's President w i l l see h i s task a s strengthening his Executive a n d resisting federalist tendencies. •

proposing

name

There w i l l be four ballot boxes in C ol l ege a n d a H e n e e d s to g e t A L L h i s d e p a r t m e n t a l r e p r e sentatives w o r k i n g — b o t h b r i n g i n g up issues f r o m h i s d e p a r t m e n t f o r t h e U n i o n t o t a k e u p (as w a s the case w i t h the i m p r o v e m e n t s in field c o u r s e financing) a n d involving h i s students in implementing U n i o n policies (as a F E W d i d this year w i t h t he g r a n t s c a m p a i g n ) . H e n e e d s to b e q u i t e r u t h l e s s in getting r i d of d e p reps w h o go to sleep a n d d o nothing a s several d i d this year. T h i s w o u l d be one essential w a y of strengthening the union by stronger links w i t h the ordinary members.

wish

competently

w i t h its present constitution.

Desperate f o r staff to m a n these ballot b o x e s — previously co-opted f r o m w h i c h e v e r mugs happened to be i n the U n i o n Office at the time (generally n o b o d y — t h e r e h a v e been so m a n y elections this year we've a l l got wise t o the game!), M a r t i n (c) B l a c k has deserted the principles of his f a i t h a n d is offering M O N E Y to those w i l l i n g to sit o n b a l l o t boxes, o r rather beside them. P a y is £1 per session, a session lasting f r o m 10 to 1.30 o r f r o m 1.30 to 5.00. A s a special offer, M C B '11 p a y £2 f or a d a y a n d £4 f o r both days. If you're interested, please go a n d see h i m in the U n i o n Office.

It h a r d l y e v e r m e e t s a n y w a y .

WANTED

Cxam* As

D E A D OR ALIVE

o n e of t h e f e w p e o p l e i n C o l l e g e

w ho are

not l u m b e r e d w i t h E x a m s t h i s t e r m (I f a i l e d a l l m y written

papers

last y e a r )

I shall

b e thinking of

t h o s e w h o a r e s i t t i n g in t h e i r g a r r e t s t r y i n g t o u n d e r stand s o m e t h i n g l i k e t h e r m o d y n a m i c s b y the light of a c a n d l e . G o o d l u c k to e v e r y b o d y w i t h E x a m s .

CONVOCATION HOOD by May 9th Apply Martin Union

C. Black, Office

The results—if a n y — w i l l be announced at the U n i o n General Meeting o n T h u r s d a y , 17th M a y . T h e D e p u t y President a n d E d i tor of " F E L I X " , w h o are elected in the same ballot as the President a n d Secretary, were returned u n opposed earlier this year. T h e y are D a v i d S i n c l a i r and A l a s d h a i r C a m p b e l l respectively.

May

3rd,

1973

FELIX

Page 3

ANIFESTOS resident

Secretary

NORMAN SAYLES IT DOES MATTER Hi, my name is N o r m , I a m s t a n d i n g for P r e s i d e n t of IC U n i o n for t h e c o m i n g y e a r . I feel I m u s t b e g i n by a p o l o g i s i n g for not s e e m i n g to be a v e r y a c t i v e c a n d i d a t e for t h e s e e l ections, but as I have my Finals during the first t w o w e e k s of t e r m , t h e s e b e i n g rather i m portant (I cannot be President unless I p a s s ! ) I a m h a v i n g to s p e n d m o s t of m y t i m e on revision. The reason I am standing is clear to those w h o know me, and I hope w i l l b e c o m e v e r y c l e a r to t h e m a j ority of s t u d e n t s in IC. I a m an a v e r a g e s t u d e n t and t h u s feel that I w o u l d be a g o o d p e r s o n to r e p r e s e n t the c o l l e g e in the c a p a c i t y of P r e s i dent. I h a v e n o w b e e n at c o l l e g e for three y e a r s , d u r i n g w h i c h I h a v e served on C o u n c i l as Dept. rep. f r o m B o t a n y / Z o o l o g y for the p a s t t w o . I w a s in S t u d e n t H o u s e for m y first t w o y e a r s in c o l l e g e , a n d w a s on the h o u s e c o m m i t t e e for the final y e a r . I h a v e b e e n in d i g s a n d b e d - s i t t h i s year. Therefore, I have a g o o d i d e a of h o w t h e college admin works, a n d a l s o h a v e a very g o o d u n d e r s t a n d i n g of h o w the n o r m a l s t u d e n t at IC has to s p e n d H i s or H e r t i m e h e r e . D u r i n g the p a s t three become years, I have t i r e d of s e e i n g p r e s i d ents w h o h a v e b e e n v e r y little m o r e t h a n a n extension of s m a l l but p o w e r f u l political

groups w i t h i n the c o l l e g e a n d the c h a n n e l through which they h a v e w o r k e d . I h a v e become bored with Union meetings a l m o s t every week, and completely f e d u p of s e e i n g the p o l i c y of IC b e i n g that of the Minority, and N O T of the M a j o r i t y . I b e l i e v e the r e a s o n w h y m o s t p e o p l e in c o l lege are disinterested in t h e a c t i v i t i e s of t h e U n i o n is b e c a u s e of the f a c t that a l t h o u g h t h e y disagree with certain things w h i c h the Union is d o i n g , t h e y feel that t h e y h a v e not the p o w e r to m a k e t h e i r feelings known. A w a y of o v e r c o m i n g this particular p r o b l e m is to h a v e a P r e s i d e n t , a n d H o n . S e c . w h o are prepared to l i s t e n to y o u r i d e a s rather t h a n m e r e l y s a y i n g that y o u r i d e a s s h o u l d be put forw a r d at a U n i o n m e e t i n g . In m y o p i n i o n that a n s w e r is not g o o d e n ough. You are now thinking "great, if S a y l e s is s o b i t t e r o n the m e c h a n i c s of t h e U n i o n , w h a t d o e s he 'int e n d to d o a b o u t i t ? " I will tell you quite simply in s p i t e of bei n g t o l d that t h i s w i l l never w o r k — I w i l l a l w a y s e n d e a v o u r to b e far m o r e approachable than others I have known in places of authority. Naturally I have ideas for the f u t u r e o f the U n i o n , the m a i n ones being:— 1 I think that we s h o u l d become attempt to m o r e of a n a u t o n o -

m o u s b o d y by c o m pletely taking over and organising the U n i o n b u i l d i n g ourselves. This means that w e w o u l d b e e n t i r e l y r e s p o n s i b l e for the Lower refectory, i n c l u d i n g the U n i o n bar. T h e r e w i l l be o p position of course, but I p e r s o n a l l y k n o w of s e v e r a l members of the c o l l e g e a d m i n istration w h o I am sure w o u l d support our takeover. 2 I b e l i e v e that I m p e r i a l should become more active within N U S , I d o not m e a n that w e should follow en m a s s e a l l the proposals of N U S , thereby c o m p l y i n g w i t h their e v e r y w i s h . In fact I m e a n the e x a c t O P POSITE. Although I f e e l that N U S is a u s e ful b o d y of s t u d e n t s , I feel that at the m o m ent, s t u d e n t s t h r o u g h o u t the c o u n t r y a r e b e i n g t o l d w h a t to d o by the N U S , b u t s u r e ly the situation s h o u l d b e t h e other w a y a r o u n d , it s h o u l d be t h e s t u d e n t s t e l l ing the N U S w h a t w e w a n t it to d o I ! ! Owing to lack of space, I summarise by s a y i n g if a n y o n e w a n t s to a s k m e a n y q u e s t i o n s a b o u t the role of P r e s i dent I k n o w very little a b o u t it at t h e m o m e n t , but believe that the l e a r n i n g of t h e job w i l l begin once Y O U have voted for me. H e l p M E to h e l p Y O U , Sincerely, NORM SAYLES

JOCK VEALL T h e p r i m e t a s k for a P r e s i d e n t is to democratically organise students over specific issues w h i c h they face a n d not to i r r e s p o n s i b l y turn a w a y from them h o p i n g they m i g h t d i s appear. T w o of the m o r e i m portant problems w h i c h c o n f r o n t us are a c c o m modation and cuts within h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n (i.e. grants). ACCOMMODATION Northside has not been built and unless w e b e g i n to d o s o m e t h i n g a b o u t it, it never w i l l be. ( W e w i l l keep p a y i n g the 3 5 p v o l u n tary levy into a f u n d for a non-existent hall). A n other 1,200 students are expected in the South Kensington area by 1 9 7 6 so the s i t u a t i o n w i l l not get better but considerably worse. It is not t h r o u g h p a y i n g v o l u n t a r y l e v i e s that w e s o l v e our accommodation problems. A n y loan financing scheme at best means money from our pockets into the

h a n d s of b i g property s p e c u l a t o r s (are w e after a h i g h e r grant to p a y bigger voluntary levies to s u b s i d i s e the r i c h ? ) . M e a n w h i l e for the m a j o r i t y of us w h o are p a y i n g £5, £6, or £7 a w e e k for a p l a c e we feel t h e p i n c h . T h a n k s l a r g e l y to the p r o p e r t y b o o m there are more m i l l i o n a i r e s than e v e r b e f o r e in B r i t a i n t o d a y . E v e n in the S o u t h Kensington area the p r o p e r t y d e v e l o p e r s are getting 2| m i l l i o n p o u n d s of rate a n d tax p a y e r s m o n e y as b o n u s for c o m p l e t i o n , by the e n d of 1 9 7 3 , of t h e l u x ury h o t e l s that o n l y the r i c h c a n afford to stay in. H o w at I.C. c a n w e f a c e up to t h e s e p r o b lems? W e c a n begin by working with many thousands of other angry tenants within local tenants' associat i o n s . A t the s a m e t i m e ICU m u s t help meet the i m m e d i a t e n e e d s of s t u d e n t s , w e m u s t start u p organised squatting and

work with v a r i o u s squatting organisations.

IN HIGHER THE CUTS EDUCATION can alr e a d y be s e e n at Imperial C o l l e g e w i t h the non-existence of any f u t u r e h a l l s a n d the i n troduction of self-fina n c i n g in the refectories w i t h the resulting increase in p r i c e s and cuts in portions. In 1969-70 the College authorities were allowe d to w r i t e off a l o s s of £ 3 0 , 0 0 0 o n t h e cateri n g s i d e . It is a l s o n o t i c e a b l e in s o m e of the ridiculous p r i c e s M o o n e y c h a r g e s in the IC s h o p s . T h e s e c u t s in education also affect the c a t e r i n g a n d t e c h n i c a l staff, the m e s s e n gers, cleaners, etc. w h o s e w a g e s are kept down; they are also s u b j e c t e d to p r o d u c t i v ity deals, short time work and redundancies to c u t c o s t s . W h a t c a n I C U d o a b o u t it? We m u s t o r g a n i s e to fight against these cuts. The more students involved,

GORDON JACKSO A s s e c r e t a r y of I C U t h e r e c a n be no better choice than G o r d o n J a c k s o n . That's my firm belief; that's w h y I a m proposing him. Since meeting him on Hall Committee I have been impressed with Gordon's quiet efficiency. Having gained social c o l o u r s for revolutionising S E A S o c and initiating Cultural Evenings, G o r d o n started this year with the strong will (necessary) to chair S C C . A s in S E A S o c he a l s o d o u b l e d a s a n effic i e n t S e c r e t a r y . S C C aff a i r s h a v e a p p e a r e d in Felix too. Politically central, G o r d o n is not w i t h o u t opinion. Reserved in n a t u r e y o u w i l l not be electing a b u r e a u c r a t — NEVERTHELESS HE WILL GET THINGS DONE, quickly and quietly. JOHN STARES, M a t h e m a t i c s 111 T h e p o s t of S e c r e t a r y of I C U , for m e f o l l o w s s o m e y e a r s of o r g a n i s a t i o n of b i g a n d s m a l l events. W i t h my c o n tacts a n d a knowledge of h o w to get j o b s d o n e , acquired while Chairman and Secretary of S C C (in 1 y e a r ! ) , I a m c o n f i d e n t that I c a n be effective.

M y main role s h o u l d up t h e imbe speeding plementation of Union Policies and keeping members well informed. Some of the important areas in w h i c h I f e e l that I can help a r e : — * * M o s t Union Members have TOTALLY INADEQUATE KNOWL E D G E of t h e i n t r i c a c i e s of t h e U N I O N o r COLLEGE WORKI N G S . H e n c e t h e y often d o not b e c o m e involved. Evidence: The numwho ber of p e o p l e complain about the Refectories, but do not try a n d change t h e m , s i n c e they do not k n o w h o w they are run. ""INSUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION F O R P 0 S TGRADUATES, W H O COMPRISE ABOUT 40 PER C E N T O F IC S T U D ENTS. • • G R A N T S , where only determined support w i l l a c h i e v e the i n creases we all desire. ••EXCESSIVE BUMPH and notices A R O U N D COLLEGE, many of w h i c h are not r e a d . I p r o p o s e the ing ACTION. *

G i v e 'open t o Union

T o start t h e d e s i r a b l e flow of information to every U n i o n member, I intend to: — P r o d u c e a » e b s of articles sxpfaining clearly how vario u s f a c e t s of the Union work. —Improve the Blue Book Format. —Compile directories o f u s e f u l i n f o r m a t i o n o n s u c h items as booking rooms, obtaining p r i n t i n g in IC, a n d l i s t s of committee members. —Endeavour to obt a i n a guide to t h e Refectories. * P r o v i d e more worthwhile Agenda and better publicity to att r a c t m o r e p e o p l e to Union Meetings. * Give any additional help r e q u i r e d by the newly created (but Posflong overdue) graduate Affairs Officer. * Encourage a rationalisation of Society bumph and Notices. I h a v e i t e m i s e d some p r o b l e m s a n d some p r o posed actions would consider that I had f a i l e d in m y j o b if I d i d not d o m u c h m o r e .

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PAUL WADSWORTH The Hon. Sec. is e l e c t e d b y the m e m b e r s of I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i on to represent their views to numerous b o d ies and committees both within and outside the U n i o n a n d t h e C o l l ege. I d o n o t , t h e r e f o r e i n t e n d to s t a t e a s e r i e s of p r o m i s e s . I n s t e a d , I w a n t to e x p r e s s m y p e r s o n a l v i e w a s to w h a t di recti on the thoughts of the U n i o n s h o u l d d i r ect i t s e l f n e x t y e a r . PARTICIPATION More encouragement s h o u l d be g i v e n to t h e Union's members to t a k e an a c t i v e part in the affairs of t h e U n i o n . F o r m o s t of the year t h e Union's General Meeti n g s (at w h i c h , a c c o r d ing to the U n i o n B l u e B o o k , " t h e p o l i c y of the Union on important iss u e s is r e s o l v e d " ) h a v e been either barely quora t e or, e v e n w o r s e , i n q u o r a t e . F o r the U n i o n effective to be really more of its members n e e d to take p a r t in t h i s , the m o s t i m p o r t a n t of its a c t i v i t i e s . T h i s is a D e m o c r a t i c U n i o n . Let us d i r e c t its efforts to-

the closer our ties w i t h working people within college and their U n i ons, N U P E and A S T M S ,

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Last year's major campaign slogan was "communication". More c o u l d s t i l l be d o n e to i m p r o v e the interchange of ideas between the Union's members and its Executive. F e l i x could present more material about Union a c t i v i t i e s . H o w rhany of you know what dec i s i o n s have been taken at C o u n c i l t h i s y e a r or e v e n at U G M ' s for that matter? I understand that S T O I C w i l l get n e w q u a r t e r s in the M a t h s b u i l d i n g at p r e s e n t u n der c o n s t r u c t i o n . Surely t h i s w o u l d be a g o o d o p p o r t u n i t y to w i d e n its services. ACCOMMODA

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Accommodation is still a major headache. E v e n n o w N o r t h s i d e is in d a n g e r o f not b e i n n b u i l t . T h i s h a l l is v i t a l to t h e n e e d s of w e s t u dents and we must c o n t i n u e to e n s u r e t h a t it is b u i l t e v e n if it m a y be

then the stronger w i l l be o u r p o s i t i o n to fight back against these cuts, by taking democratic

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FEE The Union fee is £8.50 per s t u d e n t . T h i s s h o u l d be r a i s e d , not o n l y to c o v e r t h e c o s t o f inflation but a l s o t o e n a b l e the U n i o n to expand both existing and new activities. This year sees the a p p o i n t m e n t of the l o n g awaited A c a d e m i c Director. The U n i o n m u s t s t a r t to w o r k w i t h h i m towards more flexible c o u r s e s w i t h the a i m of increasing both the chances and the scope of j o b s a v a i l a b l e to IC graduates. Please read the b u m p h that I s h a l l put out. In it I'll e x p l a i n these a n d other points m o r e f u l l y . I'm a v a i l a b l e in the R A T T m o s t d i n ner t i m s s if y o u w i s h to d i s c u s s a n y t h i n g . If y o u v o t e for m e . E v e n if y o u don't agree, still vote, agree with me please T h i s U n i o n c a n n o t aff o r d to h a v e a n o t h e r i n valid election. Thank you. PAUL

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UNION MINUTES OF A N EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION HELD IN T H E G R E A T H A L L O F T H E IMPERIAL COLLEGE O N TUESD A Y , 20th M A R C H , 1973 1. T h e President, M r . L a n e , took the C h a i r a n d opened the meeting at 1.14 p.m. 2. M r . B l a c k presented the R e t u r n i n g Officer's R e p o r t f o r the E l e c t i o n o f Officers of the U n i o n f o r the Session 1973/74. N o m i n a t i o n papers were posted o n 1st M a r c h a n d taken d o w n at 5.00 p.m. o n 12th M a r c h , 1973. I n the event of n o nominations being received the papers were left posted u n t i l a v a l i d n o m i n a t i o n h a d been made. T h e f o l l o w i n g candidates have been proposed a n d f u l l y seconded a n d a r e unopposed. A c a d e m i c Affairs Officer: J . P. S m i t h . Proposer: D . F i n n . Student Residence Officer: K . A r u n dale. Proposer: P. H o s k i n g . Community Action G p Chairman: G . R o b e r t s . Proposer: M i s s A . D e w i n g . P . G . A f f a i r s : I. Porter. Proposer: R . B. Dawson. Overseas Students Cttee C h . : A . M u n day. Proposer: T . P h i l l i p s . N . U . S . Secretary: S. Hochfclder. P r o poser: T . P h i l l i p s . T h e f o l l o w i n g posts were contested: E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s Officer: T . P h i l l i p s . P r o p o s e r : R . L . L o l l e y . M . Silverleaf. Proposer: S. Castledine. W e l f a r e Officer: D . A s h by. Proposer: J . Rogers. S. G a r d n e r . Proposer: R . A . Armitage. S o c i a l Secretary: J . M i t c h e l l . P r o p o s er: P . A . W a d s w o r t h . M . S i m m o n d s . Proposer: P. W . J o w i t t . A n election w a s held o n T h u r s d a y , 15th M a r c h at the G e n e r a l M e e t i n g of

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256 T h e R e p o r t was accepted. M r . L o l l e y challenged the q u o r u m . O n l y 148 members were present. T h e C h a i r m a n closed the meeting d u e to i n q u o r a c y at 1.22 p.m. MINUTES O F A G E N E R A L MEETOF IMPERIAL COLLEGE ING U N I O N H E L D O N T H U R S D A Y , 15th M A R C H , 1973 i n the G R E A T H A L L of I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E . 1. T h e President, M r . L a n e , was i n the C h a i r a n d opened the meeting at 1.14 p.m. 2. T h e M i n u t e s of the M e e t i n g held on 9th M a r c h , 1973 were taken as read. M r . C o r b y n rose to propose a correction and sat d o w n again. A f t e r brief discussion, o n voting the meeting accepted M r . C o r b y n ' s correction. M r . B l a c k started to sulk. 3. M r . B l a c k presented h i s report as R e t u r n i n g Officer f o r the E l e c t i o n of the E d i t o r of F e l i x f o r the Session 1973/74. " N o m i n a t i o n papers were posted o n 12th F e b r u a r y and taken d o w n o n 23rd F e b r u a r y , 1973. M r . A . C a m p b e l l was the only v a l i d n o m i n a t i o n , f declare M r .

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MINUTES

C a m p b e l l elected". T h e R e p o r t was accepted. 4. M r . B l a c k presented his report as R e t u r n i n g Officer f o r the election o f D e p a r t m e n t a l Representatives f o r the session 1973/74. " N o m i n a t i o n papers were posted o n 16th F e b r u a r y a n d taken d o w n o n 27th F e b r u a r y . I n the event of there being no nominations the papers were left posted u n t i l three days after the first nomination. A ballot was held in those departments where the post was contested f r o m 10 a.m. until 5 p . m . on F r i d a y , 9th M a r c h . In the departments of B o t a n y a n d Z o o l o g y a second ballot w a s held o n Tuesday, 13th M a r c h since the first resulted i n a tie. T h e results of the E l e c t i o n are as follows: Aeronautics: G. R. Want Unopposed Botany/Zoology: M i s s P. M o u l t 48—elected J . Shutt 37 Abstentions 3 Spoilt Papers 2 C h e m i c a l Engineering: 5. Castledine Unopposed Chemistry & Biochemistry: K. Nixon 10 N. O'Connor 18 M . Woodcock 83—elected 8 Abstentions C i v i l Engineering: Unopposed A . H . Perry E l e c t r i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g and Computing Control: O . Szpyro Unopposed Geology: N o result yet. Mathematics & Meteorology: D. C h a n n i n g 37 J . East 45—elected

Abstentions 6 M e c h a n i c a l Engineering: Unopposed R. L . L o l l e y Metallurgy & Materials Sci.: G . Becker 35—elected T. Childs 15 Abstentions 5 Spoilt Papers 7 M i n i n g & M i n . Technology: Unopposed P. W . G o r m a n Physics & H i s t o r y of Science & Technology: M i s s G . S. Bowden 64—elected J . Shemilt 35 Abstentions 36 Spoilt Papers 12 T h e R e p o r t was accepted. 5. E l e c t i o n of Officers of the U n i o n for the Session 1973/74. E x t e r n a l Affairs Officer: M r . L o l l e y proposed M r . T . P h i l l i p s , who then spoke. M r . Castledine proposed M r . M . S i l verleaf, w h o then spoke. Both candidates answered questions. S o c i a l Secretary: M r . J o w i t t proposed M r . M . J . S i m monds. M r . Wadsworth proposed M r . J . Mitchell. B o t h candidates answered questions. W e l f a r e Officer: M r . A r m i t a g e proposed M r . S. G a r d ner. M i s s Rogers proposed M r . D . A s h b y . B o t h candidates answered questions. 6. B a l l o t papers were distributed t o Electors a n d then collected. 7. M r . B l a c k explained that n o n o m i nations h a d yet been made f o r R a g C h a i r m a n o r o r d i n a r y members of the overseas students committee. 8. A member challenged the q u o r u m . T h e President closed the meeting d u e to i n q u o r a c y at a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2.30 p.m.

C h a n g i n g

(but only the cat and masthead!)

1300 firs

Beit Quadrangle if fine, Great Hall if pouring

M a y 3rd, 1973

FELIX

A Fishy Tale

Page 7

POETRY CORNER S O U T H E R N FINNISH S U M M E R N I G H T S

Sir,

now

all

the

topics

occupying

tentions

the

the Icelandic

fishing

pute

very

much

string

second like

the

disof

Northern

and

at-

media, a

al catch.

A 50%

tion

fishing

would

mean in catch,

the

fishing

used

in Icelandic

Ireland

were

Common

Mar-

ket.

where.

string,

that

is,

Britain.

teen

In Iceland limit

the 50

is regarded

the

vital of

that

completely

mile

survival

country

on the fish

resources

raw

thus

in-

materials, it

into.

in-

natural

can

With

other

diversify

such

serious

implications

the

arguments

against

limit

must

ing;

but

are

Britain's the

limit

not

British the

convinc-

they? opposition

Firstly,

fourfold. Britain

recognise

that

there argu-

Secondly,

while

Britain

appreciates

Iceland

mile

Thirdly,

will

fish

have

Iceland

ance

Law.

Finally

limit

does

contends is

the 50 not

Icelandic

rights

fish

waters.

Iceland is

that

conservation In

1971

the

rate of cod in Ice-

landic

waters

t0\70%

amounted

of all mature

and

50%

cod,

of which cod

years

rare,

cod

immature 80%

was

due to the fishing Also

older the

effort. than

years

ago

that

based

15-20 year

fish

the of the

seriously

Twenty

cod

least.

threatened. average,

is and

potential

stocks

ago,

This

fishing

fish,

spawning

old

younger

twice

fishermen.

Iceland ing

law by

the

mile

U.N. in

1972,

lution rights

The

are

obvious.

im-

Order, and

amounts mately

not a

employing 0.5%

question

Al-

as Iceland

no law,

law

breaker.

last

ain

puts

have

81%

spectively. from

less than

Iceland

The

waters,

amounted

argument exlimit. 'traditional before

of a

the

nation?

This mary

then,

come

is a

sum-

the British

and

case.

Icelandic the

views

body

and

hear

from

one who accepts landic

case.

formation

any-

Further

12% of the tot-

Bristol Diocesan

who agree

suppar-

the public Only discussion

B o a r d of F i n a n c e

4,809

1,539

785

251

TO.QOO

3,200

C h u r c h of S c o t l a n d

75,925

24,296

Trust

Roman Catholic Trustees Churches

British and Foreign B i b l e Church Church Africa

Adoption

Society

Army Evangelican

Fellowship

750

240

2,000

640

400

128

2,800

896

803

257

1,250

400

T A B L E 2 : C H U R C H I N V E S T M E N T S IN G E C

10th

£1.10

COMING

Saturday, M a y

12th

ROCK/FOLK CONTEST

South Africa Church Commissioners

for E n g l a n d

C e n t r a l B o a r d o f F i n a n c e of the C h u r c h of E n g l a n d

in into

Assoc.

C e n t r a l F i n a n c e B o a r d of t h e Methodist Church Church of Scotland Church

Trust

Army

20,000

28,000

75,000

105,000

11,503

16,104

4,200

5,880

Trust

puolic

revealis;

self-

and

in-

ICELAND Smith

and Jarvis

5 0 bands.-

25p

Saturday, M a y

T A B L E 3 : C H U R C H I N V E S T M E N T S IN METAL BOX South Africa Church Commissioners

for E n g l a n d

3 6 0 , 0 0 0 1,007,000

C h u r c h of E n g l a n d

Pensions Board

2,121

5,621

Church Missionary

Trust

1,620

4,293

Assoc.

Church Finance B o a r d of the Methodist Church British C o u n c i l of British and Foreign Church

Army

Churches Bible

Society

1,681

4,455

11,700

31,005

1,000

2,650

375

994

Midday

19th

GROUNDHOGS j

Sarturday,May

Brit-

faithfully,

David

9,100 70.588

the

210,000

6,500

59,360

Pensions Board

B r i t i s h C o u n c i l of C h u r c h e s Ltd.

150,000

50,420

any-

Semi-finals

2,930,933 4,103,306

42,400

open

Derek

6,000

Church Missionary Trust

defensible.

FRIENDS

"™* 18,750 ™ *

B o a r d of

C e n t r a l B o a r d of F i n a n c e o f t h e Methodist Church

Birmingham Diocesan

Thursday, M a y

19,342

C h u r c h of E n g l a n d C h i l d r e n ' s S o c .

help

shallow

Yours

60.444

eye.

what

80,000

with

issue

will

Assoc.

FAMILY

"i'ioo

C h u r c h of E n g l a n d

press,

all

M.P.'s,

could this

urge

to their

who

Trust

in-

We would

national

one

" " **5,000*

would

interested

to write the

the

250,000

the Ice-

can

wel-

Student to

Pensions Board

Market value (£)

4,458,000 1,426,560

of E n g l a n d C h i l d r e n ' s S o c .

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

recatch

of E n g l a n d

C h u r c h Missiorfary

of an

argument

20%

Church Church

Blackburn Diocesan Finance

fish total,

C h u r c h C o m m i s s i o n e r s for E n g l a n d C e n t r a l B o a r d o f F i n a n c e of the C h u r c h of E n g l a n d

miles.

come

South Africa No. of shares

'tradi-

fishing

survival

B - L — B r i t i s h Leyland

A Iso when do rights'

presents

of the

is recognition

for

ago

around

rights'

ish

Icelandic 1971,

limit

and

years.

years

was

tensive

(see p a g e 8 )

300

population.

The figures

Icelandic

for

tional

Tavern).

I.C.U. E N T S

PROFITS

Brit-

fished

Iceland

the C o c k n e y P r i d e

T A B L E 1: C H U R C H I N V E S T M E N T S IN B - L

forward.

Recognition

exit, a n d

in P i c c a d i l l y C i r c u s o u t s i d e

only

rights'

fishing

PASS THE

soverthe

Three hundred the

PRAISE T H E L O R D AND

argument

centred, are

laws

'Traditional the

Britain,

independent state,

is the Haymarket a n d J e r m y n Street

leads to the footpath

mis-

ternatively,

eign

So day may wake.

the law.

the

dilly C i r c u s underground station in m i n d — s u b w a y

Y o u have k i s s e d ,

Iceland

of Britain

1973

(Written w i t h the s u b w a y 4 exit of L o n d o n ' s P i c c a -

On liquid lake,

not

question

Mystic mist

interpreting

N o r stop to say a prayer?

W h e n sleep's a yawn.

Inter-

ignoring

Did n o one see them dying

A n d m u s i c night.

Summer's fun

the law, more

B u t d e a t h w a s in the a i r .

D a y is s o n g

The

breaking

— T h e y t h o u g h t that t h e y w e r e f l y i n g

Night is none

Piccadilly!"

Right is w r o n g

W h e n dusk is dawn,

state

"Good-bye

A n d " F a r e w e l l Leicester S q u a r e ! "

Two

limit

none

over

both

Law.

In p a i n a n d d e e p d e s p a i r .

A n d w r o n g is r i g h t ;

Padilla

Mr.

approximately the

per-

contrary

national

approxi-

0.2%

that the 50 mile

getting B r i t -

the

waters.

involved

Nervo

Midnight's

reso-

sovereignty

Interim

those

once.

For sanity a n d care. A n d injured youths are lying

A n d black is White.

The

Square!"

A n d daybound night;

Assembly,

Judges

it is only

dependence

limit.

superjacent

A n d " F a r e w e l l Leicester — H u m a n i t y is crying

Of lifeless light.

inter-

states

"Good-bye Piccadilly!"

below

Skyline glow

break-

passed

manent

ties.

average,

Economically,

recognising

plications

ain's

The lying night.

imposing

General

O n " d o p e " a n d " f i x e s " there.

Daydreams tame

as-

existing

national

N i g h t s ' no name For s u m m e r light.

Landbound sun

is not

any

Like foxes round a lair,

A n d g u l l s in flight;

casts

Piccadilly!"

A n d addicts now relying

fishing

British

plied

a year

In d a y l e s s n i g h t .

Sun

on the skills

years

spawned,

Now,

"Goodbye

— W i t h " p u s h e r s " w h o are plying

seven-

used,

are

fish were abundant. means

catch

whereas

or so other

waters

states

argument.

in-

make

grounds

mile

recognize

fishermen

there

defi-

International

traditional

British

industry.

Britain

that

death

the

implications

the British

the

fish,

limit

serious

that

economically

dependent

fishing

on the

Fitzmaurice,

does

a conservation

ment.

also,

persions

depends

having

imply,

A n d " F a r e w e l l Leicester S q u a r e ! "

Nightless day

dustry,

dustry

the deficit

not else-

cannot

SUBWAY 4

In d a r k n e s s b r i g h t .

waters

used

that the British

Second

boats

dustry

assuming

issues

not

L i g h t l e s s ray

effort

only

drop

GOOD-BYE

reduc-

26th

FANNY Tickets from

RATT

I.C. D i s c o u n t f o r a l l C o n c e r t s People's

Disco every Friday.

FELIX

Page 8

I.C. team wins Tartan Race A team consisting o f - t w o members each f r o m C i t y and G u i l d s ' U n i o n a n d R o y a l S c h o o l o f M i n e s U n i o n were outright winners i n their class i n the G r e a t T a r t a n R a c e , r u n a n n u a l l y b y Scottish and Newcastle Breweries and p r o m o t e d i n a D e c e m b e r issue o f F E L I X . Morris

a n (empty) k e g of T a r t a n beer f r o m E d i n b u r g h to L o n d o n , a n d the various classes of entry are f o r the most novel w a y of d o i n g this, the team collecting most money f o r their nom i n a t e d c h a r i t y a n d for the team c o m p l e t i n g the distance i n the shortest time.

nied b y t a r t a n - c l a d d o l l y birds, a n d collected f o r A c t i o n f o r the C r i p p l e d C h i l d . R C S U , collection for I m p e r i a l C a n c e r R e search F u n d , were consid e r a b l y less resourceful, utilising solely a rented minibus driven in a manner w h i c h surprised even himself (sounds better t h a n " w i t h o u t d u e care a n d att e n t i o n " , w h i c h is the truth) b y a certain M a r t i n C. Black.

Both C & G U and R C S U . entered f o r the " c o l l e c t i n g the most f o r c h a r i t y " section a n d the I C team achieved a total of a b o u t £1,150. RCSU c a m e f o u r t h w i t h £401.33. T h e I C team made the t r i p i n a tartan-liveried

Minor,

The

race involves transporting

accompa-

The Tartan Race was entered b y teams from universities a n d colleges throughout B r i t a i n .

Postgrads New Hall unlikely to furious over demonstratbe built ing rates

It now seems increasingly unlikely that there will be a new hall built for Imperial College students in the foreseeable future. The cost of the planned ten-storey Imperial College postgraduate students, disgusted Northside Hall has now risen to a sum of the order of with the "rotten deal" that they are getting from the £11 millions, as against the original estimate of college over demonstrating fees, are planning a strong £500,000. campaign to get a standard £2 an hour rate. ing the g a p " between T h e C o l l e g e is faced A t present rates vary w i t h the d i l e m m a of o n l y Physics a n d A e r o n a u t i c s being able to raise the o r i - w i t h a new h a l l — c o n wildly from department g i n a l sum — a n d even sidered generally to be to department, a n d averthen they w o u l d have to rather i m p r a c t i c a l — a n d age at about £1 per h o u r . raise a l l h a l l rents to £5 conversion of 52/53 P r i n per week i n order to p a y ce's G a t e a n d the r e m a i n Best off are those i n P h y the interest charges d u e to der of Prince's G a r d e n s sics, w h o are p a i d £1.40 the b a n k on the money into a h a l l w h e n M a t h e an h o u r — i n c l u d i n g prehave to matics, I n d u s t r i a l Sociothey would p a r a t i o n time. borrow. logy a n d others m o v e out T h e r e are several alterPG's are especially i n 1975. It was agreed that native plans. T h e most the latter conversion angry since the G o v e r n is p r o b a b l y to feasible scheme s h o u l d be c a r r i e d ment declared i n 1969 that still b u i l d at N o r t h s i d e (on out i n a n y case, subject to top of the s w i m m i n g the average i n c o m e of a the C o l l e g e agreeing to pool) but to go f o r seven finance the operation. post graduate student f r o m instead of ten storeys. T h e fees was demonstrating other m a i n o p t i o n being U n f o r t u n a t e l y it is very considered b y the Student difficult to give a true p i c - £160. T h e y are a s k i n g the Residence C o m m i t t e e is to ture of the situation. A t college f o r a m i n i m u m of T h e A s s e m b l y of C o u n b u i l d at H a r l i n g t o n , o n present a l l discussion is £150 of w o r k f o r a n y post- cils o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f the College sports g r o u n d taking place within a graduate w h o wishes to d o L o n d o n U n i o n met o n — t h i s w o u l d p r o b a b l y be special sub-committee of M a r c h 19th, and elected low-rise accommodation the Student Residence demonstrating. A t present s i m i l a r to that at S i l w o o d . Committee, and the o n l y 4 4 % of I C P G ' s d o J o c k M c E w a n b y a l a n d T h e m a i n p r o b l e m here is slide vote as next year's U n i o n ' s representatives o n any demonstrating. the one that w o u l d be this, B r i a n C h i l d s (Student President. He succeeds faced b y its residents — O t h e r universities pay Residence Officer) a n d I a n Joy Clancy. Opponents that is, getting i n to South McKenzie are keeping m u c h m o r e t h a n I C — f o r were T o m H a l l o r e n , f r o m K e n s i n g t o n . H a r l i n g t o n is quiet about what is hapa n d the S c h o o l of S l a v o n i c a n d example, Oxford reasonably near to the pening — even to the exC a m b r i d g e p a y as m uch new H a t t o n C r o s s underE a s t E u r o p e a n Studies, tent of n o t letting the ground station o n the as £3 a n h o u r , a n d N o r t h and D e r m o n t O ' D o n n e l l , a president of the U n i o n P i c c a d i l l y line that w i l l k n o w what is happening. L o n d o n Polytechnic p a y fiery character famed i n open next year, but it's T h e o n l y certainty is £2.35. U L U , w h o comes f r o m still quite a journey. that, if a new h a l l is built, B i r k b e c k College. O t h e r alternatives that T h e protest is being led it w i l l be necessary to were discussed at the last J o c k M c E w a n is a 3 r d by P o s t - G r a d u a t e Affairs raise the rents of a l l h a l l U n i o n E x e c u t i v e meeting year M e d i c a l student f r o m rooms i n order to pay the Officer R i c h a r d M o u n c e , of last term were " b r i d g the M i d d l e s e x H o s p i t a l , interests o n the l o a n . who is m a k i n g representaa n d is the first medic to tions to the R e c t o r . T h e h o l d the post. D u r i n g the o n l y reason that strike acpast year he has been Sect i o n is not being contemretary of the U L U Student plated is the l a c k of Representative C o u n c i l . undergraduates to d e m Cathy Mortimer, Chaironstrate to i n the S u m m e r m a n of U L U Societies' T e r m — a n d a protest of C o u n c i l , w a s elected as this nature w o u l d have to D e p u t y President. Her come in the A u t u m n term. only opponent was once again the redoubtable M r . O'Donnell. he c l a i m s were unconstituM r . O ' D o n n e l l , w h o has t i o n a l a n d inquorate, is previously attempted to n o w trying to i n v a l i d a t e m a k e m u c h p o l i t i c a l c a p io n the these elections same grounds. H e has so tal o u t of the previous set far sent solicitors' letters of elections, where he was to the incumbent hierarchy. F u r t h e r develop- defeated b y J o y C l a n c y and M i k e R o s i e r , w h i c h ments are awaited. The British Churches, and Indian population. as most people know, (The World Council of owned by British Church eering group in the counare run on very big busiChurches even donate a organisations in South try pays Africans at the ness lines. They cer- few pence conscience Africa's big Corpora- generous rate of 10.7p tainly make money in money every year to sup- tions is £ 7 . 5 million. The per hour or £ 4 . 8 1 for a South A f r i c a , that most port African guerillas big attraction to invest45 hour week. Christian of countries. from their fat takings ment in South Africa is Fifteen British church The Prime Minister Belfrom their investments the cheap labour so enorganisations have got thazar Vorster and his in South Africa). couraging fat profits. their finger in the pie. brother Dr. D. J . VorThe Church CommisThe average black The Anglican, the Cathoster, a prominent official sion for England have workman today in South lic, the Methodist, the in the Dutch reformed commissioned about 7 Africa is worse off in Evangelist and the church are both devout million shares in four real terms than in 1911, Church of Scotland followers of Hitler and companies in South Afie, Leyland South Africa, amongst them. So rest stout Christians. rica. These are: British 11th biggest South Af- easy, we can pray to our Leyland Motor CorporaIt would clearly be a rica company, paid last W H I T E G o d (Jesus was tion, G . E . C . , Metal Box year on average to its deplorable thing, howwhite, wasn't he?!) while ever, and against Christ- and Associated British unskilled and semi- the profits roll in from ian unity, if the South Foods. The market value skilled coloured and Afthe black man's sweat. African churches were of these shares totals rican labour £ 7 for a 44 JOCK VEALL the only ones to make a £ 6 . 5 million. T h e total hour week. G . E . C . , the current value of shares biggest electrical enginprofit out of the African Table: Page 7

John Randall elected by conference "Praise the as NUS Lord and President pass the profits"

The Easter National Conference of the National Union of Students took place at Exeter University on A p r i l 2nd - 6th. Imperial College Union was represented by five delegates and three observers, viz: R o b Arrmtage, John Lane, Trevor Phillips, Piers Corbyn, Sonia Hochfelder, Michael Silverleaf, Peter Gillett and Peter Lambert. T h e Conference elected J o h n R a n d a l l as new president of the N U S , to succeed Digby Jacks in A u g u s t . J o h n is at present the D e p u t y President, a n d his election c a m e as somet h i n g of a surprise, since most people expected M i k e T e r r y , N U S Secretary a n d star o f the occasional I C U n i o n M e e t i n g , to w i n . C o m p e t i t i o n came from, amongst others, Piers C o r b y n , w h o stood o n an I M G - t y p e platform. H e came second i n the p o l l — f r o m bottom. Peter G i l l e t t , another I C

delegate, stood o n the Y o u n g Socialists ticket f o r N a t i o n a l Secretary. A lesscontested battle, he nevertheless lost — b u t fared better than a n y other Y S S candidate i n a n y other election. Major at

topics

discussed

the Conference were G r a n t s , the W h i t e Paper on Education and G a y Rights. F E L I X reporter ALASDHAIR CAMPB E L L , w h o attended the conference, w i l l be w r i t i n g i n d e p t h o n it i n the next issue, o u t o n Tuesday, 15th M a y .

May 3rd, 1973

Jock McEwan new ULU pres.