http://felixonline.co.uk/archive/IC_1973/1973_0344_A by Ravi Pall

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30th O C T O B E R 1973 F R E E

N E W S P A P E R O F IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION No. 344

P O L I C E A S

- Rent Strike - Refectories - Chile

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JOCK VEALL The college authorities went to tremendous Bengths last week to try and prevent too many students paying the old price for refectory meals.

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They preferred to take good food from students and T H R O W T H E F O O D A W A Y rather than allow students to pay the old price. The police were even called in the hopes that they would be able to force students to pay college's inflated prices instead of last year's price. view t o persuading students f r o m further a c tion? College seem t o accept that a n y increase i n o u r grant s h o u l d b e i m m e d i ately eroded- a w a y b y i n , creases i n college prices. T h i s comes f r o m a b o d y who c l a i m to support t h e grants c a m p a i g n ! They must feel a n increase i n grant justifies higher college prices so students are n o better off; instead college c a n save o n expenditure b y these i n creases a n d delude students that they have real increase i n income. N e x t year I.C. students can l o o k f o r w a r d t o a n even bigger increase i n refectory prices, also a rent increase f o r halls and student houses! J u d g i n g b y this year's exec l a c k of interest i n t h e grants c a m p a i g n (no b o d y f r o m exec could even be bothered t o g6 to last weekend's n a t i o n a l c o n ference) a n d attempts n o t to support u n i o n p o l i c y on fighting refectory i n . creases; (Perhaps exec have forgotten the situation most students a r e facing a n d a r e t o o busy getting fat o n their free meals a n d sherry w i t h college?) w e a r e u n l i k e l y to expect a lead f r o m them i n a fight against these increases. T h e only people w e can rely on are ourselves.

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T h e authorities backed d o w n a t t h e last m i n u t e a n d sent the police a w a y ; instead college tried t o use itheir o w n 'police'. Chief o f police (security) M r . D a w s o n w a r n e d that a student c o u l d b e prosecuted under the theft act f o r refusing t o accept the inflated college price. M r . D a w s o n pointed o u t (apologised?) that h e d i d n o t m a k e t h e laws a n d that he o n l y interpreted them. H e made n o c o m ment w h e n i t was pointed out that t h e l a w i n this case was being used t o ensure that students (like workers w i th the pay Jaws) were being m a d e to accept t h e b u r d e n of i n flation t h r o u g h these refectory increases. T h e authorities seemed so c o n to ensure that cerned students were m a d e t o pay, t h a t they 'sent a l o n g ' some of their higher Mr. officials namely M o o n e y and M r . Seaford to the refectories to i n crease the line o f 'heavies' by t h e till.. U n i o n exec seemed to have a strange w a y of supporting u n i o n policy. U n i o n exec threatened a student w i t h d i s c i p l i n ary action f o r implementing u n i o n policy. It is hardly reassuring to k n o w that o u r exec a r e w i l l i n g to attack those who implement u n i o n policy. M r . Seaford likewise issued threats presumably w i t h a

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LETTERS Materialism v Idealism Sir, F r o m y o u r editorials i t appears that y o u h a v e o n e fixed s o l u t i o n Ito a l l p r o b lems that m a y arise i n a n y situation — t o b u i l d t h e revolutionary p a r t y . When I was at school i n Ireland we were also given one fixed solution t o solve a l l problems — t o l o o k to the (Catholic) C h u r c h . W h a t ' s t h e difference? Y o u r s sincerely, Kathleen Corcoran.

EDITOR'S REPLY This, and your previous l e t t e r b o t h come d o w n i n t h e last analysis to a q u e s t i o n o f e pi s t e m o l o g y. P h i l o s o p h y i s s p l i t into two g r e a t c a m p s — t h e idealist's w h o assert t h a t t h o u g h t 'is p r i m a r y 'to m a t t e r and the materialists who s a y 'that ideas arise o u t o f t h e m a t e r i a l w o r l d i n -some way. If y o u subscribe to Ithe form e r , t h e n . e n d o f correspondence f o r y o u r a r g u m e n t s w i l l r e d u c e to a question o f g o d given morality, a n d your political position t o one o f fervent reaction. The '©arly m a t e r i a l i s t s assented that changes i n ideas c a m e about f r o m 'changes i n the m a t e r i a l w o r l d , b u t o f course c o u l d n o t e x p l a i n t h e source of changes i n Ithe material world, a n d ascribed it ( l i k e t h e idealists i n e x plaining the source of c h a n g e s of i d e a s ' d i d 'to a god

or 'third

force

iof s o m e

k i n d ) t o some c o n s t a n t l a w of N a t u r e — i t j u st w o r k s t h a t way! These 'mechanical m a t e r i a l ists

were j u s t a n o t h e r

of p h i l o s o p h i c a l having to l o o k material

world

form

idealists, i n outside t h e for

some

source o f c h a n g e s i n i t . ' Dialectical

materialists (of

which Marx w a s t h e first) s a y o n the c o n t r a r y (that ideas arise o u t o f t h e struggle between M a n a n d Nature — a struggle which changes both Man a n d t h e m a t e r i a l world. F r o m t h i s w e c a n 'see t h a t there a r e n o absolutes — n o straight lines through histori c a l d e v e l o p m e n t — j u s t (cont i n u a l conflict. F u r t h e r m o r e that the worki n g .class c a n o n l y 'develop spontaneously trade union, I.e. b o u g e o i s r e f o r m i s t , c o n sciousness a n d i t i s precisely to b r e a k t h e w o r k i n g class from reformism that w e call for t h e election o f Labour government, etc. T h e necessity f o r t h e party o r more p r e c i s e l y a d e m o cratic centralist organisation (democratic t o allow t h e fullest discussion of ideas or abstractions f r o m t h e 'political situation a n d centralist to provide t h e greatest u n i t y i n carrying out t h e policies of the Party arising o u t of t h e discussion) is t o provide the highest form of political l e a d e r s h i p f o r ithe m a s s e s . Y S S S class " T h e role o f t h e revolutionary party." Mech. E n g . 214, W e d n e s d a y , 1 p . m .

ENTS Dear A l i , I should like to c l e a r up a few misunderstandings which may have arisen out of the 'Felix' co verag e of the U G M of O c t o b e r 16th regarding the 'Ents Motion'. Firstly, the c o u n c i l motion of last term w a s amendment w a s prop o s e d to allow Ents a little more freedom than the (amended) C o u n c i l Motion originally suggested. John Lane's amendment d i d not purport to " i n c r e a s e the number of 'large groups' to four per term"; it restricted the number of optional extra c o n c e r t s to o n e , the overall effect being to limit the number of "large c o n c e r t s " to four per term. Your reporter has also grossly misinterthe original preted C o u n c i l motion. It was p a s s e d , not " . . . . to ensure Ents cater for a wider range of tastes", but rather, and I quote, that "I.C. Ents run events to consist of Weekly H o p s c o m b i n i ng the Friday d i s c o and a 'danceable' b a n d . T h i s to b e run o n Fridays or Saturdays as a social event in the Union ( C o n cert Halt) . . . No b i g concerts in the Great Hall in the first term" ( A subsequent amendment altered "No" to "Three"). At the time this motion was p a s s e d Ents had already b e e n running films for a term. The "Folk Groups" (i.e. Ralph M c T e l l , presumably) this term, hardl yqualify under the above stipulation a n d are, for the time being at least, being planned independently of both the "Three Concert Limit" and Ents. T h e motivation to cater for a wider range of tastes has always existed in Ents a n d w a s not influe n c e d by C o u n c i l . The attendance at Tuesday's Osibisa concert suggests to me at least that plenty of I.C. students are interested in what Ents is d o i n g . So can I encourage everyone w h o is inter-

SOUP RUN For the past year I C C A G have been d o i n g a soup run to Charing C r o s s and surrounding areas. T h i s h a p p e n s e a c h W e d n e s d a y a n d Friday night and involves taking soup and bread to people who for various reasons have nowhere to g o a n d are sleeping on the streets. T h e s e are the p e o p l e who have slipped t h r o u g h the net o f the welfare state i n what is meant to be a c a r i n g and c o m p a s s i o n a t e society. Very often t h e o n l y a l t e r n a t i v e to the street is a l o u s e d up S a l v a t i o n Army H o s t e l o r a vast i m p e r s o n a l G o v e r n m e n t R e c e p t i o n C e n t r e , I k n o w which I would choose. M o s t of the p e o p l e a t C h a r i n g C r o s s h a v e s o c i a l p r o b l e m s of o n e s o r t o r a n o t h e r , s o m e h a v e m e d i c a l p r o b l e m s , w h i l e yet others are purely a n d simply homeless. This makes them unable to draw Social Security, thereby creating a n unavoidable vicious circle. S o w h a t c a n w e a s s t u d e n t s d o a b o u t it all? T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t a c h i e v e m e n t i s t o m a k e pers o n a l c o n t a c t w i t h s o m e of t h e " d o s s e r s " who so m a n y p e o p l e just p a s s b y a n d ignore. It is s u r p r i s i n g how q u i c k l y i n d i v i d u a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s develop, especially for those w h o d o soup run on a regular basis. A s w e l l a s s h o w i n g t hat w e a t l e a s t d o c a r e a n d c o n s i d e r it a s c a n d a l a n d a n o u t r a g e t hat i n o u r s o c i e t y t h e r e a r e p e o p l e s l e e p i n g o n t h e pavem e n t i n f r o n t of s h o w r o o m s h o u s i n g c a r s , we must a i m to heighten people's awareness a n d rouse their c o n s c i e n c e s . If p u b l i c o p i n i o n w a s sufficiently strong this a p p a l l i n g situation w o u l d no longer be tolerated a n d something would It i s p e o p l e ' s a t t i t u d e s t hat have to b e done. w e m u s t t r y t o c h a n g e — after a l l it c o u l d h a p p e n t o a n y o n e of u s . It's e a s y t o e n d u p o n t h e street, b u t n o t s o e a s y t o g e t b a c k off it. Well, this is what S o u p R u n is all about — just s e e i n g a n d t a l k i n g t o p e o p l e . It d o e s n ' t take much — w e are all human. Claire.

October

30th, 1973

India's human calculating machine SHAKUNTALA DEVI S H A K U N T A L A D E V I was born in Bangalore, India in 1946. When she was three, she had a revelation that she was a mathematical genius. T h e revelation proved to be true, and even now, at the age of 32, she is baffling everybody with her mathematical! prowess. A t six, S h a k u n t a l a demonstrated her 'talents ait the U n i v e r s i t y o f M y s o r e t o a large gathering o f students a n d professors o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y . T h e l i t t le g i r l w o r k e d out the most c o m p l i c a t e d a r i t h m e t i c a l m a n i pulations w i t h 'lightning r a p i d i t y a n d scientific precision, a n d kept the assembly astounded for t w o hours.

Shakuntala w h o later displayed h e r talents t o people a l l over I n d i a c a m e t o be a c c l a i m e d as a c h i l d prodigy. I n L o n d o n , o n O c t o b e r 5th, 1950 t h e B B C presented S h a k u n t a l a o n T V . She gave q u i c k answers to p r o b lems set b y t h e B . B . C . She also gave a presentatfon at Leeds U n i v e r s i t y t h e next d a y . A t ithe U n i v e r s i t y o f R o m e , o n e o f h e r answers was f o u n d t o b e w r o n g b y t h e c a l c u l a t i n g m a c h i n e . A f t e r re-checking i t w a s found t hat t h e c a l c u l a t o r h a d gone berserk. I n W a s h i n g t o n , . D . C . , the p a r t y o f reporters and. mathematics professors w h o witnessed Iher d e m o n stration i n J u l y 1952 were completely baffled. T h e audience o f D a n Seymour's " W e the P e o p l e " T V show i n N e w Y o r k witnessed S h a k u n t a l a compete w i t h a n electronic calculator a n d w i n b y s i x seconds. S h e appeared o n other shows i n t h e U . S . A . S h a k u n t a l a also toured S o u t h A m e r i c a a n d the F a r East. I n J a p a n s h e appeared o n t h e N i p p o n T e l e vision N e t w o r k , a n d i n C a m b o d i a s h e gave a performance before H . H . the K i n g o f C a m b o d i a . I n Sydney, A u s t r a l i a , S h a k u n t a l a matched her wits against a n £80,000 electronic b r a i n " U T E C O M " o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h Wales. Seconds before t h e complete question c o u l d be f e d into " U T E C O M " , S o u p R u n — Wednesday, 9.00, Selkirk Kitchen, S h a k u n t a l a h a d t h e answers. " I t is f r i g h t e n i n g ! " r e 10.00 U n i o n A r c h . Friday 10.00 Selkirk Kitchen, m a r k e d one of t h e professors present. 11.00 U n i o n A r c h . Meet Selkirk Kitchen or Union S h a k u n t a l a D e v i has t o u r e d most o f the countries Arch. except R u s s i a and C h i n a and some i n E a s t e r n E u r o p e . N o w a d a y s , she is i n B r i t a i n . R e c e n t l y she appeared, o n T V a n d also featured in ithe d a i l y newspapers. She h a s challenged a n y c o m p u t e r o r c a l c u l a t o r to a m a t c h o f m a t h e m a t i c a l abi l i ty, w h i l e s h e i s i n Britain. H e r record t o date: E x t r a c t i n g Ithe 20th root o f a 4 2 d i g i t n u m b e r a n d m u l t i p l y i n g figures S i m p l e sums d o n ' t that yielded- a 39 digit answer. take any time a t a l l . B y " s i m p l e " she means c a l c u l a t ing cube a n d f o u r t h roots, etc.! 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AROUND THE STUDENT WORLD Z Z I Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z = = Z Z Z Z = Z NUS REPORT Student Housing Protest Grows T h r o u g h o u t the country, student unions h a v e been staging protests over their a c c o m m o d a t i o n o r l a c k o f St. T h e protests have one c o m m o n theme: that the G o v e r n m e n t has a l l o w e d student numbers to e x p a n d w i t h o u t m a k i n g a n y p r o v i s i o n a t a l l f o r finding t h e students somewhere t o live, a n d w i t h o u t p r o v i d i n g a grant b i g enough t o p a y f o r t h e a c c o m m o d a t i o n that isn't there anyway. Students are n o t c a l l i n g o n •he G o v e r n m e n t t o slow d o w n t h e rate o f expansion o f higher e d u c a t i o n : t h a t w o u l d b e a n intolerable bet r a y a l . N o r are they a s k i n g t h e G o v e r n m e n t t o find Students somewhere to l i v e i n preference t o finding non-students somewhere t o l i v e ; t h e G o v e r n m e n t ' s responsibility, W h i c h i t h a s consistently refused t o face, is t o a l l people, students i n c l u d e d , Who are prohibited under its i n c o m e controls f r o m earning enough to p a y t h e prices charged under its H o u s i n g F i n a n c e Act. • C a m b r i d g e T e c h n i c a l C o l l e g e students are o c c u p y i n g O w l s t o n e H a l l o f Residence, w h i c h w o u l d p r o v i d e 150 good, m o d e r n study-bedrooms f o r C a m bridge Tech's students, a n d solve i t s a c c o m m o d a t i o n p r o b l e m — b u t w h i c h h a s been e m p t y f o r three years. It used to be a nurses home, b u t i n 1970 the Department o f H e a l t h and S o c i a l Security offered i t t o C a m b r i d g e T e c h n i c a l College, a n d then a few weeks later w i t h d r e w the offer, saying t h e y wished to p u l l i t d o w n , a n d b u i l d a h o s p i t al management t r a i n i n g centre. It has l a i n empty ever since, unt i l homeless students f r o m C a m b r i d g e T e c h n i c a l C o l l e g e o c c u p i e d i t last week. T h e D . H . S . S . are n o w ready to reverse their o r i g i n a l decision and leave the b u i l d i n g standing. *Sussex U n i v e r s i t y students have just ended a n o c c u p a t i o n of their administrative b l o c k . M a n y Sussex students live a l o n g w a y away, since a c c o m m o d a t i o n i n B r i g h t o n a n d L e w e s h a s become expensive a n d h a r d t o find. T h e y were d e m a n d i n g t h a t the U n i v e r sity should m a k e u p t h e difference between w h a t i s allowed i n the grant f o r b o a r d a n d l o d g i n g a n d w h a t the students were actually h a v i n g to pay. T h e -University has n o w agreed. T e e s s i d e College o f E d u c a t i o n students h a v e just finished o c c u p y i n g h a l f t h e i r C o l l e g e — t h e h a l f w h i c h was d u e t o b e p u l l e d d o w n last M o n d a y . T h e C o l lege, a n d the students, were t o l d t h a t they h a d just one week t o p u l l o u t a n d a l l o w a development c o m pany t o b u i l d o n the site. Instead o f p u l l i n g out, they o c c u p i e d ; a n d the caretakers refused t o d o overtime to m o v e the College possessions out o f the threatened h a l f o f the b u i l d i n g . T h e y have n o w m o v e d out, a n d although the b u i l d i n g is still t o b e p u l l e d d o w n , they have forced the l o c a l a u t h o r i t y to provide t e m p o r a r y a c c o m m o d a t i o n for t h e displaced parts o f t h e c o l lege.

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O n M o n d a y , 12th O c t o b e r the C o m m i t t e e o f V i c e C h a n c e l l o r ' s stated t h e i r concern that unless somet h i n g was done about student grants o n l y the wealthy w o u l d be able to go t o university. T h e V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r s are concerned that t h e p r i n c i p l e set d o w n b y the A n d e r s o n C o m m i t t e e i n 1960 is being eroded. T h i s committee reported that grants s h o u l d be av ai l able to cover t h e reasonable basic maintenance costs o f first degree students. T h e V i c e C h a n c e l l o r s said that t h e " G o v e r n m e n t s have begun to threaten this p r i n c i p l e b y fixing grants w h i c h f a l l short of basic l i v i n g costs". T h e y expressed p a r t i c u l a r concern a t the current cost of housing f o r students. T h e y say t h a t universities must be able t o fix rents i n halls o f residence a t a level w h i c h students c a n afford. T h e V i c e C h a n c e l lors a r e o b v i o u s l y w o r r i e d that m a n y students i n halls of residence have t o p a y m o r e f o r b o a r d a n d lodging t h a n i s allocated i n t h e grant. Students reacted t o these high charges last year b y refusing to pay their rent. T h e C o m m i t t e e of V i c e C h a n c e l l o r s w i l l m a k e their views k n o w n to the D E S w h i l e the review o f grants f o r the next three years is underway. T h e y w a n t student grants t o b e fixed i n i t i a l l y a t realistic levels a n d want grants to b e supplemented a n n u a l l y t o t a k e account of changing prices. T h e V i c e C h a n c e l l o r s m a y feel sympathetic t o the students' predicament but i t does n o t seem that they are going t o regard rent strikes w i t h a n y sympathy. T h e university heads regard rent s t r i k e a c t i o n as misconceived. T h e y say that i t "wastes t i m e and money o n conflicts w h i c h are not created b y universities a n d • w h i c h are not i n their p o w e r to resolve." Several recent incidents show that they m a y b e p r e p a r i n g t o t a k e a h a r d l i n e over t h e rent strike issue. H a r r y K a y , t h e V i c e C h a n c e l l o r a t E x e t e r U n i v e r s i t y w a s a s k e d b y Peter S m a r t , President o f J the Students' U n i o n t o address a meeting o f first year ; students. I t h a d been agreed before t h e meeting that

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it w o u l d b e s i m p l y a w e l c o m i n g speech. H o w e v e r , M r . K a y , after expressing h i s delight a t seeing rows of n e w faces, then proceeded t o tell t h e m that rent strikes were n o t a g o o d t h i n g a n d h o p e d that they w o u l d n o t themselves t h i n k o f p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n one. A l e c Merrison, V i c e Chancellor o f Bristol University, has been using the university news letter t o w a r n students against rent strikes.

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Leeds P o l y Sit-in Students a t L e e d s P o l y t e c h n i c reconvened a U n i o n meeting i n the administrative b l o c k a t (the P o l y t e c h n i c yesterday. A b o u t 600 students decided t o m o v e i n t o the administrative b l o c k a t 1 p . m . a n d several d o z e n stayed o v e r night. T h e y intend to r e m a i n i n o c c u p a tion of t h e b l o c k u n t i l F r i d a y . T h e y a r e protesting at the inadequacy of teaching, catering a n d u n i o n facilities. T h e telephone t o the P o l y t e c h n i c h a s been c u t off b y the P . O . at t h e request o f t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . The Director o f the Polytechnic, Patrick Nutgens, is i n Scotland a t the m o m e n t , b u t t h e A s s i s t a n t D i r ector, G o r d o n W r i g h t , has expressed s o m e s y m p a t h y w i t h the students. H e h a s agreed t h a t o n l y " e s s e n t i a l " w o r k w i l l b e carried out b y t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n f o r the next few days.

A n u m b e r o f Manchester students are squatting i n the o l d College o f M u s i c situated near the U n i v e r s i t y U n i o n b u i l d i n g . T h e property previously housed the R o y a l N o r t h e r n College o f M u s i c w h i c h has since moved to a £1 m i l l i o n c o m p l e x near the U n i v e r s i t y Precinct Centre. T h e squatters hope to develop t h e b u i l d i n g s as a n o v e r s p i l l f o r activities o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y U n i o n . A t the m o m e n t i t is p r o v i d i n g m u c h needed temporary a c c o m m o d a t i o n f o r students w h o have- been unable to find anywhere t o live. T h e P r i n c i p a l o f the M u s i c College, A i r C o m m o dore V a u g h a n , s a i d i n reaction to t h e squat that the b u i l d i n g i s to stand f o r t w o years at least a n d is still used f o r o c c as i o nal m u s i c practice. T h e city planners have said that they w a n t t o p u l l the b u i l d i n g d o w n b y C h r i s t m a s to m a k e w a y f o r a c a r p a r k .

It i s w i d e l y accepted amongst t h e a d o i i n i s t r a t i o n , staff a n d students that facilities w h i c h w e r e adequate for 1,000 students are n o l o n g e r adequate since there h a s been a considerable expansion i n student numbers* L e e d s E d u c a t i o n C o m m i t t e e a r e prepared t o offer some alternative a c c o m m o d a t i o n i n H e a d r o w i n Leeds. A l d e r m a n A r t h u r T a l l a n t i s expected t o s p e a k t o the students i n o c c u p a t i o n today, M a r g a r e t T h a t c h e r , M i n i s t e r o f E d u c a t i o n , went t o Leeds o n F r i d a y to open a factory i n the m o r n i n g a n d a school i n the afternoon. W h e n she a r r i v e d t o o p e n the s c h o o l she w a s greeted b y a large n u m b e r of, students f r o m a l l over Y o r k s h i r e .

W h e n the squat first began t h e university threatened t o evict the students, b u t this n o longer seerns likely. A g r o u p o f t h e squatters a n d student u n i o n officers f r o m t h e university met representatives f r o m the M u s i c College a n d t h e university authorities a n d agreed that they w o u l d f r y t o use t h e b u i l d i n g as little as possible d u r i n g the d a y w h i l e m u s i c students were using the practice rooms. A committee i s being set u p to e x a m i n e h o w best t o utilise the b u i l d i n g . T h e W e l f a r e V i c e President at M a n c h e s t e r U n i v e r s i t y U n i o n said today that t h e most i m p o r t a n t t h i n g w a s that the b u i l d i n g w a s properly used a n d not just allowed t o rot.

T h e students m a r c h e d f r o m L e e d s P o l y t e c h n i c , T h e y protested about the plans f o r the future o f e d u c a t i o n as expressed i n last year's W h i t e P a p e r , " A f r a m e w o r k f o r e x p a n s i o n " a n d the inadequacies o f the grant system.

Students without grants Some L o c a l E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s h a v e n o t y e t sent o u t grant cheques t o students w h o live i n t h e i r area. Several colleges have reported t h a t a n u m ber o f their students are Still w a i t i n g f o r their grant cheques to c o m e t h r o u g h . Huddersfield Polytechnic, H e r e f o r d C o l l e g e o f E d u c a t i o n a n d the U n i v e r s i t y o f W a r w i c k seem t o bs p a r t i c u l a r l y b a d l y h i t . T o n y B o w e r s , President o f Huddersfield Polytechnic Students U n i o n i s h o p i n g that students in this predicament w i l l b e a b l e t o c l a i m social security u n t i l their grant arrives. W a r w i c k U n i versity has h a d t o tell some students t h a t t h e i r grants m a y not arrive for another six weeks.

Sir Brian Flowers deplores low grants . . . and student action to defend living standards T h e former C h a i r m a n o f t h e Science Research C o u n c i l , S I R B R I A N F L O W E R S , F R S , i n h i s first p u b l i c address since b e c o m i n g R e c t o r o f I m p e r i a l College, today deplored the l o w level of student m a i n tenance grants. S p e a k i n g t o a n audience o f I m p e r i a l College's staff, students a n d their parents i n the R o y a l A l b e r t H a l l , S i r B r i a n s a i d t h a t students' o p p o r t u n i ties t o benefit f r o m university life were b e i n g l i m i t e d b y the present depressed v a l u e o f t h e grants they received. E v e n i f o n e accepted the basis o n w h i c h : grants were c a l c u l a t ed i n 1971 ( a n d h e h a d reason! to believe t h a t t h i s w a s n o t entirely satisfactory) a ! t r i e n n i a l scale fixed as i t h a d t u r n e d o u t , f o r thej three years i n w h i c h inflationary pressures h a d been; exceptionally severe, a n d l a c k i n g a n y suitable mech-; a n i s m f o r adjustments meanwhile, was not one w h i c h ; c o m m e n d e d itself t o anyone b u t the m o s t a r i d o f bureaucrats. Students believed that their grants were n o w too l o w ; b u t worse t h a n that, they believed that their genuine financial difficulties were unrecognized but socially divisive, t h a t the level o f grant underv a l u e d the c o n t r i b u t i o ns they a l r e a d y m a d e t o society, Still m o r e the contributions they were p r e p a r i n g t h e m selves t o m a k e i n t h e future. S i r B r i a n said that he shared these beliefs a n d that, s o l o n g a s they were b e i n g responsibly expressed, he w o u l d support them. C o n s i d e r i n g the p o s i t i o n o f a n I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e undergraduate resident i n a h a l l o f residence o r student house, S i r B r i a n said that h e h a d c a l c u l a t ed that t h e present level o f undergraduate maintenance grant was deficient b y a t least £100 a year. H e m a d e no comment, he said, a b o u t students i n other c i r c u m stances n o r about the average student, w h o e v e r he m a y be. Sir B r i a n said that he recognized t h a t a n y proposed increase i n student grants h a d t o b e sought i n c o m petition w i t h a l l other urgent c a l l s o n p u b l i c funds — f o r old-age pensions, new hospitals a n d schools. H e also acknowledged that i t was not f o r the universities t o determine the s o c i a l status o f students, b u t h e submitted that t h e p r o p e r f i n a n c i a l welfare o f o u r y o u n g people i n universities a n d colleges w a s a matter most deserving o f t h e G o v e r n m e n t ' s urgent attention. 1

O n e o f t h e reasons f o r the delay i n t h e receipt o f grants this year is t h a t t h e L E A ' s h a v e f o u n d i t difficult t o sort o u t t h e n e w grant regulations w h i c h M a r g a r e t T h a t c h e r announced t o P a r l i a m e n t o n M a y 15th. T h e raising o f t h e threshold level f o r p a r e n t a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m £1,100 t o £1,500 has caused part i c u l a r difficulty.

Resignation of Camhridge Executive T h e C a m b r i d g e Students' U n i o n E x e c u t i v e has been forced to resign. T h e executive, the majority of w h o m a r e o n the right, w a s elected last term. E v e r since they h a v e said that ithey have been hamstrung b y the c o m p o s i t i o n of general meetings, w h i c h b y t h e constitution o f t h e u n i o n m a k e a l l major p o l i c y decisions. T h e y c l a i m that general meetings are n o t representative o f t h e majority of students i n C a m bridge. L a s t T u e s d a y this executive called a referendum to attempt t o change t h e constitution so that p o l i c y was m a d e by referenda a n d not b y general meeting. Students were asked i f they wanted ithe U n i o n t o b e controlled b y referenda o r general meeting. W h e n t h e result o f ithe referendum w a s k n o w n t h e right f o u n d that they h a d been defeated b y t h e i r o w n tactics. 2,156 students voted i n f a v o u r o f t a k i n g d e c i sion m a k i n g power away f r o m general meeting, b u t 3,046 students voted t h a t t h e general meeting s h o u l d retain sovereign power. T h i s is the highest p o l l that has ever t a k e n place a m o n g C a m b r i d g e students.

N e v i l l e W a l t o n , w h o was elected a s the C a m h r i d g e Student U n i o n president n o w finds h i m s e l f i n a diffic u l t position. A s a s a b b a t i c a l officer o n h i s resignat i o n h e w i l l n o longer b e either a m e m b e r o f the university, because h e i s n o t registered a t C a m * bridge a s a student t h i s year, o r a m e m b e r o f t h e students' u n i o n . H e i s reported t o have since fled t o Germany.

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L o n d o n , O c t o b e r 2 5 — A new E l e c t r o nic R e v o l u t i o n , i m p i n g i n g u p o n v i r t u a l l y every f o r m of h u m a n activity, has begun a m p l i f y i n g the power of the m i n d just as the I n d u s t r i a l R e v o l u t i o n amplified the power of muscle, R C A C h a i r m a n R o b e r t W , Sarnoff s a i d here today. " T h e result through the rest of this century w i l l be a f undament a l and growing shift i n patterns of w o r k i n g a n d l i v i n g , " he said. " A g r o w i n g variety of inexpensive, c o m p a c t a n d versatile devices w i l l p e r f o r m the m e n i a l tasks of the m i n d — c a l c u l a t i n g , remembering, searching for references, measuring risks a n d opportunities — the whole variety of non-creative activities that precede decision o r c r e a t i o n . " I n a h address at the C o m m e m o r a tion D a y C e r e m o n y of the I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e of Science a n d Technology, at w h i c h he was n a m e d a n H o n o r a r y F e l low, M r . Sarnoff s a i d the E l e c t r o n i c R e v o l u t i o n is based on new solid-state devices employing microscopically small integrated circuits that c o n t a i n thousands of electronic elements i n the tiny space of a few square millimetres. B y . 1980, he predicted, such circuits containing a m i l l i o n elements w i l l be mass-produced so cheaply that their use w i l l involve practically n o cost petfunction, a n d made so precisely that they w i l l be almost infinitely reliable. "The Industrial R e v o l u t i o n t o ok more t h a n a century to gather f u l l momentum. The Electronic Revolution may d o so i n the next t w o decades." he said. " I n contrast t o its predecessor, it w i l l be silent, a n d it w i l l create neither e n v i r o n m e n t a l p o l l u t i o n n o r u r b a n blight. In fulfilling its modest require-

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''The electronic r e v o l u tion is amplifying brain power i n t h e same way the i n d u s t r i a l r e v o l u t i o n a m p l i f i e d muscle power.''

ments f o r m a t e r i a l and energy, we shall not have to plunder our planet. " T h e I n d u s t r i a l R e v o l u t i o n tended to subordinate the i n d i v i d u a l to the organisation even as it m u l t i p l i e d h u m an physical capabilities, productivity and m a t e r i al wealth. The Electronic R e v o l u t i o n w i l l shape electronics into a personal t o o l of universal a p p l i c a t i o n . It w i l l compress a m u l t i t u d e of systems and devices — w i t h the energy to r u n

t h e m — into packages s m a l l enough to c a r r y i n the h a n d . " M r . Sarnoff said the new revolution w i l l t o u c h o n every function of sensing, control, communication and information processing — " i n d e e d , just about every k i n d of w o r k n o w performed by people o r machines except generating power or p r o p e l l i n g vehicles." T h e R C A C h a i r m a n cited examples of the impact of the E l e c t r o n i c R e v o l u tion on the i n d i v i d u a l , education, the management of p u b l i c a n d private enterprise and the progress of undevelopsd nations: — M a n a g e m e n t . S m a l l desk-top intel\ gent terminals w i l l enable a manager t o o b t a i n instant d a t a retrieval f r o m a computer, or to c o m m u n i c a t e w i t h c o l leagues v i a a two-way television unit. These a n d other electronic devices w i l l m a k e day-to-day decision m a k i n g simpler a n d w i l l free top management f r o m less detailed supervision a n d permit more emphasis on creative p l a n n i n g a n d policy-making. — T h e Home. T h e new technology

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It is becoming increasingly clear that I m p e r i a l College U n i o n is facing a c r i sis of leadership. T h e attempt by some members of the U n i o n to prevent the organisation of a n y actions o n grants this term a n d the ineffectiveness of the refectory prices c a m p a i g n are but two symptoms of a w i d e r malaise, the appearance, not so m u c h of apathy but of irrationality i n the U n i o n ; the tendency to oppose motions o r actions simply because the left has proposed them; to sabotage rather t h a n argue against; to in effect propose n o a c t i o n on urgent issues, w h i c h face students. A n d prominent figures i n the U n i o n hierarchy have supported this trend. P a r a d o x i c a l l y , the majority at U n i o n meetings have continued to vote for the policies proposed by the left a n d , as on prices, have adopted the most m i l i tant f o r m of action suggested — but without the c o m m i t m e n t needed to m a k e it a success. T h e activists w h o have tried t o implement u n i o n p o l i c y have been a s m a l l m i n o r i t y , o u r m i l i tancy m a y have publicised the issues to students, but it has not persuaded them to j o i n i n a n d t u r n m i n o r i t y m i l i t a n c y into majority militancy. Clearly a major rethink of o u r a p p r o a c h is necessary.

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detonated by the actions of a militant handful. B u t neither is it s i m p l y a question of " B e t t e r c o m m u n i c a t i o n . " Students must themselves be involved i n actions. If less m i l i t a n t mass actions are successful in getting support but f a i l to w i n o u r demands, the c o m m i t m e n t , u n derstanding a n d . perhaps, most i m p o r tant, confidence i n the U n i o n , w i l l have been created for more m i l i t a n t action. T o give this sort of leadership, to the best of o u r a b i l i t y , we propose to f o r m a B r o a d Left g r o u p i n g i n I.C. U n i o n , w i t h s i m i l a r policies to the B r o a d Left i n N . U . S . w h i c h has been responsible for the leftward shift there, i n recent years, a n d i n m a n y other Student U n i ons, eg. Sussex, C a m b r i d g e , which manage to c o m b i n e left policies w i t h the active involvement of the majority of students.

(1) T h e most importance issues of the last few years have been the defence of student unions a n d the fight against inflation, whether for higher grants a n d demonstrating rates or against price rises. M i l i t a n t mass action has been at least p a r t i a l l y successful at b o t h l o c a l a n d n a t i o n a l level. B u t we d o not propose to concern ourselves solely w i t h the e c o n o m i c issues. O n e issue of concern to a l l students w h i c h the left has sadly neglected, is ac ade m i c affairs — what we are taught, h o w we are assessed. I n p a r t i c u l a r we must t ake a c r i t i c a l l o o k at the increasing influence W e believe that the fault does not lie of the profit motive i n determining i n the policies of the left (and I.C. U n i - what we are taught and the research we on) but i n a l a c k of strategy w h i c h has do. led to tactics w h i c h have failed to w i n (2) Students are badly i n need of rethe massive student support w h i c h suc- liable allies. M a n y of the issues w h i c h cess requires. Our fundamen- face us, inflation, housing, defence of tal aim must be to w i n unions etc., are faced equally and often wide support for our policies, it is more so by w o r k i n g people. T h e basis necessary to foster a greater under- for unity exists i f we w o r k for it. B u t standing of the issues faced by students not just through socialists students helpand must be o u r p r i m a r y task a n d i n g workers struggles but i n a w a y to w i n the support, a n d p a r t i c i p a - w h i c h involves large numbers of o r d i n tion, of the majority of students, i n ac- a r y students a n d workers eg through a tions to achieve the U n i o n s ! aims. P r a c - joint c a m p a i g n for grants w h i c h d o not tice has refuted the idea that the mass exclude) w o r k i n g class c h i l d r e n f r o m of students are l i k e a n explosive, to be higher education (as N . U . S . suggest).

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w i l l transform the domestic scene a n d provide a m u l t i t u d e of attractive a n d convenient services, i n c l u d i n g a c o m prehensive h o m e i n f o r m a t i o n system l i n k i n g the household i n two-way c o m m u n i c a t i o n s w i t h people institutions a n d computers in p r a c t i c a l l y any part of the world. — E d u c a t i o n . W i t h large-scale integration a n d the development of c o m p a c t personal systems, the learning process can be freed of physical limitations. T h e i n d i v i d u a l pocket computer, the desktop interactive terminal a n d w i d e b a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s c a n give the student i n stant access to stored knowledge anywhere, m a k i n g the classroom a place used exclusively for group discussion and intellectual st i mul at i on. — U n d e r d e v e l o p e d A r e a s . A s the new technology reduces the cost a n d c o m plexity of h a n d l i n g i n f o r m a t i o n i n great quantity a n d varied forms, its products w i l l f a l l increasingly w i t h i n the reach of developing n a t i o n s — t h e i r schools, p u b l i c agencies, business a n d even i n d i v i d u a l s . In effect, the E l e c t r o n ic R e v o l u t i o n c a n enable m o r e t h a n half of m a n k i n d to catch u p w i t h the Industrial Revolution. M r . Sarnoff said the new electronicst m a y be " o u r last, best hope to develop a n open, humanist society a n d to a v o i d either l o c k i n g step i n a standardized tecnological w o r l d o r drifting t o w a r d greater fragmentation and ultimate chaos." " I f we succeed this time in c o u p l i n g a fundamental advance i n technology w i t h h u m a n , s o c i a l, c u l t u r a l a n d econom i c needs," he concluded, " w e s h a l l achieve the greatest a n d most beneficent revolution of a l l . "

PORTABLE ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS Tremendous value for money, adds, subtracts, divides, m u l t i plies; also can be used for logs, trig powers and roots. B r a n d new. 1 year's guarantee — F i t s i n to top pocket. £27 (Plus V . A . T . ) . CE-COURT ELECTRONICS Cambridge Trading Estate, Hanweli, LondonW7 3PA. 01-567-9672 (3) W e welcome the increasing w i l lingness of student u n i o n and N U S to express collective views o n w i d e r issues eg r a c i a l i s m , the environment, S o u t h A f r i c a . T h i s is p a r t i c u l a r l y relevant i n a college w i t h such a large percentage of overseas students. W e believe that I.C. U n i o n should support not just o u r fell o w students in other countries but their fellow c o u n t r y m e n against c o l o n i a l o r neo-colonial regimes. I n a l l these policies, o u r a i m is to get m a x i m u m support while keeping t o o u r p r i n c i p a l beliefs. Unfortunately, when tactics have been proposed w h i c h c o u l d have started to involve the majority of students they have been directly opposed by organised groups in I.C. as was the case when the proposal to l a u n c h a massive petition c a m p a i g n on prices to be delivered by a mass demonstration to the G o v e r n i n g B o d y , was defeated at the last U G M . S i m i l a r l y , the policies of N U S are rarely argued for, i n this U n i on, because of hostility f r o m b o t h the right and sections of the left. In launching a B r o a d Left grouping w h i c h involves students f r o m inside a n d outside the Socialist Society i n I C we are i n n o way counterposing it to S o c i a l ist Society. Its value as a F o r u m remains a n d , on policy, m u c h unity exists, a l t h o u g h o n strategy a n d tactics we differ. N o r d o we c l a i m to be overc o m i n g the sectarianism of the l e f t — n o d o u b t some people w i l l be quite (continued o n page 8)

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OF 170 QUEENS GATE? W e l l t o begin w i t h L a d y F l o w e r s is h a d never h a d m o r e t h a n o n e outfit. Sir B r i a n plays the cello, a n d L a d y services i n E a s t B e r l i n a n d b y the a very friendly w o m a n w h o m y o u feel T h e i r continued a n d expensive fight F l o w e r s the p i a n o ( i n private). S h e has achievements of T i t o i n h i s n o n aligned y o u c o u l d chat to f o r ages, she also w i t h obesity h a d n o t h i n g i n c o m m o n always been a great concert policy. makes very good T u r k i s h coffee, t h o u g h w i t h the struggle o f t h e others. B u t , she goer, a n d enjoys j a z z a n d d a n c i n g . H e r R e g a r d i n g B r i t i s h politics she i s a Sir B r i a n I w a s t o l d i s t h e r e a l expert. enjoyed m o d e l l i n g a n d t h i n k s that the greatest pleasure i s Ito listen t o r a d i o 3, m i l d Socialist a n d w o u l d l i k e t o see a L a d y F l o w e r s likes people a n d shows clothes consciousness w h i c h she a c - w h i l e d o i n g her c o o k i n g , a l w a y s giving lot o f alterations, t h o u g h w i t h o u t a it. A great d e a l o f h e r life h a s been q u i r e d w i l l never leave her, n o r w i l l her it her personal t o u c h . I n answer t o m y revolution. A l t h o u g h she h a s seen the spent d o i n g v o l u n t a r y social w o r k . B e - good posture. question a b o u t h e r literary aspirations, great misery a n d poverty o f m a n y fore c o m i n g here, w h i l e l i v i n g i n IslingL a d y F l o w e r s makes her o w n clothes, she showed m e a l o n g r o w of c o o k e r y people, she feels sorry that they have t o t o n , she w o r k e d f o r the ' F a m i l y Service for her t h e achievement of m a k i n g b o o k s i n m a n y languages a n d f r o m resort t o strike a c t i on a n d does n o t supU n i t ' a n d also f o r the ' N a t i o n a l A s s o - something outweighs the gratification m a n y m o r e lands. She reads them i n port the extreme position o f some c i a t i o n f o r M e n t a l H e a l t h ' . T h i s w a s w h i c h most w o m e n get o u t of b u y i n g bed f o r i n s p i r a t i o n . trades unions. S h e is a floating voter w h i l e S i r B r i a n w a s c h a i r m a n of the a n expensive dress. L a d y F l o w e r s w a s b o r n i n a m i d d l e but has o n l y voted Conservative once, Science R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l . S h e w o r k e d W i t h this b a c k g r o u n d w h a t does she Class f a m i l y i n M a n c h e s t e r , a n d still re- never to repeat i t. to prevent the splitting u p o f families feel a b o u t the w a y g i r l students dress? members the servants i n h e r grandL a d y F l o w e r s has n o t h a d t i m e to i n : o n e case a n d t o b r i n g a greater She likes the liberalness o f t h e clothes, mother's house, w h o lived i n t h e attic, sort o u t t h e tangle of p o l i t i c a l o p i n i o n understanding o f m e n t a l disorders i n t h o u g h she feels (they c o u l d b e a little h a d a n outside lavatory a n d always at I C yet t h o u g h like every Fresher she the other. neater. B u t a c o m p l i m e n t t o a l l girls at presented things o n trays. H e r father has been b o m b a r d e d w i t h b u m p h . I N a t u r a l l y L a d y F l o w e r s i s w e l l aware the I C W A D i n n e r , she t h i n k s y o u were is the w e l l - k n o w n l i b e r a l S i r L e o n a r d told her a b o u t t h e exciting battles of t h e stresses a n d strains w h i c h w e very smartly dressed, she especially Behrens. H e r a n f o r p a r l i a m e n t twice. waged i n F E L I X , C E F E , B R O A D poor, o v e r w o r k e d students a r e subject S H E E T etc., a n d she said she w o u l d to a n d is very concerned. B e i n g a very catch u p over the weekend. G o o d l u c k sensitive person, w h o has at t i m e sufto her! fered depression a n d loneliness, she A t present L a d y F l o w e r s is occupied realises the problems o f people a r o u n d with the various organisations she has her, a n d tries t o help. W o r k i n g w i t h to d e a l w i t h , l i k e the I C wives c l u b o f the telephone S a m a r i t a n s w a s another l i k e d the L a u r a A s h l e y clothes. unsuccessfully, b u t nonetheless never w h i c h she is c h a i r m a n . She has t o learn w o r k w h i c h she f o u n d very t a x i n g L a d y F l o w e r s ' sense o f c o l o u r carries lost his deposit. L a d y F l o w e r s o f course a l o t o f names a n d is finding o u t w h o emotionally. Perhaps i t w a s as a re- over t o her k i t c h e n a n d her paintings. took a view to the left o f h e r father everyone i s a n d h o w everything w o r k s . a c t i o n t o the misery a n d depression She is good a t putting c o l o u r s together, a n d became a M a r x i s t . S h e t h i n k s T h i s of course includes I C U a n d the w h i c h she h a d c o m e across, that she at i n contrast t o S i r B r i a n w h o is predict- M a r x a n d E n g e l s m a k e g o o d r e a d i n g C C U ' s . S h e is interested i n meeting the one point became a m o d e l . B e i n g older a b l y m o r e preoccupied w i t h t e c h n i c a l but t h e revolutionary zeal o f h e r students a n d h a s got i n t o u c h w i t h t h a n most models she seemed t o have problems i n paintings l i k e representing younger days has watered d o w n . S h e N o r m . Sayles a n d A n n e S h o r t t o a r the k n a c k o f m a t c h i n g clothes, n a t u r - glass o n canvas, c y l i n d r i c a l shapes a n d has visited the U S S R , C z e c h o s l o v a k i a , range c o c k t a i l parties a n d o f course a l l y , a n d eventually drifted i n t o t r a i n - creases o n a w e l l - w o r n p a i r o f shoes! P o l a n d , a n d has been d i s i l l u s i o n e d per- l i k e every other fresher she has realised i n g models. H e r n e w customers w i t h T o d o h i m justice, h e d i d have a rather haps b y the closed society o f t h e C o m - the difficulty o f h a v i n g a w e l l balanced their m a n y a n d v a r i e d wardrobes were good p o r t r a i t of h i s sister o n t h e easel m u n i s t countries. S h e w a s very i m - gathering w i t h the c h r o n i c shortage o f a l o n g w a y a w a y f r o m t h e w o m e n w h o in his studio. pressed b y the r e - b u i l d i n g a n d p u b l i c girls.

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B r i t a i n is a n i m p o r t - e x p o r t c o u n t r y w h o c a n n o t feed herself o u t of her o w n l a n d (at least u n d e r present conditions) i n spite of u s i n g m o r e t h a n o n e calorie o f fuel to o b t a i n e a c h c a l o r i e o f food. F o r this reason i t is i m p o r t a n t n o t o n l y t o k n o w whether o r n o t B r i t a i n w i l l have fuel i n t h e next decades b u t also to k n o w whether o r n o t t h e countries importing costly high-fuel-consuming B r i t i s h - m a d e m a c h i n e r y a n d products, w i l l have fuel a n d money enough for the i m p o r t s t o m a k e a n y sense to them. T h e r e are o b v i o u s l y very serious foreseeable difficulties w i t h o i l supplies, be i t i n t h e next f e w years o r i n the '80's o r '90's. T h e same applies t o c o a l , especially i n other countries. N u c l e a r power does n o t seem t o p r o m i s e anything significant, given t h e size a n d p r o x i m i t y o f the energy p r o b l e m . Less fuel a b r o a d means less planes c o m i n g to B r i t a i n , less tourists leaving their foreign currencies, less high-fuelc o n s u m i n g B r i t i s h - m a d e m a c h i n e r y , less high-fuel-consuming c i v i l engineering B r i t i s h contracts a b r o a d , etc. b) P o l l u t i o n T h e r e a r e t w o k i n d s o f increasing p o l l u t i o n p r o b l e m s br o ug h t a b o u t b y industrialisation a n d " p r o g r e s s " . 1 — , T h e higher levels o f p o l l u t i o n d u e t o i n creasing n u m b e r s a n d concent rat i on o f machines, apparatus, etc., f r o m the river p o l l u t i n g factory t o o u r neighb o u r ' s noisy electric shaver that also

interferes o u r r a d i o reception; 2 — T h e n o r m a l desire of people t o relatively i m p r o v e their environment.

A l l these p r o b l e m s w i l l c o m e well w i t h i n o u r w o r k i n g life: P e t r o l r a t i o n i n g w a s a reality i n t h e U . S . even b e fore the M i d d l e E a s t w a r ; p e t r o l ration-" T o sOlve these p r o b l e m s the obvious i n g d u e to p o l i t i c a l reasons i s a reality w a y o u t i s t o p r o d u c e less, d o w n t o the now, a n d so are t h e pdtrol price rises; necessary level. T h i s implies such tendencies towards self sufficiency a n d taboos as r e d u c i n g the G . N . P . a n d the l o w energy c o n s u m p t i o n a r e a reality growth of large corporations a n d n o w i n some countries; escalating l a n d monopolies, etc., so that o n l y a few prices, over p o p u l a t i o n a n d h o u s i n g non-industrialised nations a r e l i k e l y t o shortages a r e a w o r l d w i d e r e a l i t y t o a d o p t t h i s p o l i c y i n t h e near future. d a y a n d so a r e r i s i ng levels a n d costs T h e second p o l i c y , t h e o n e adopted b y of p o l l u t i o n . i n d u s t r i a l nations, i s t o produce antiW h e y then a r e we c o m p e l l e d t o study p o l l u t i o n devices a n d gadgets (the proh i g h - energy - c o n s u m i n g technology d u c t i o n o f w h i c h causes m o r e p o l l u t i o n) (with planned obsolesence) assessed at the expense of general increases i n o n l y b y t r a d i t i o n a l economics (if a t a l l ) costs. T h e first pa£cy means f o r w i t h o u t t a k i n g a l l these p r o b l e m s i n t o B r i t a i n , less exports of high-energyaccount? c o n s u m i n g m a c h i n e r y a n d techniques and less exports of products i n general. O n e of the reasons i s that w e have T h e second o n e means, ever higher been streamed i n t o h i g h l y fragmented prices o f product s that c a n o n l y be fields, i n order t o achieve h i g h levels of afforded b y a n ever-reducing n u m b e r o f specialisation, thus not getting t o k n o w people ( u n t i l inflation allows it) a s w e l l m u c h even a b o u t n e i g h b o u r i n g fields, as increasing demands f o r energy a n d let alone ithe social, ecological a n d resources i n general. ( G O T O ' a). poliitcal i m p l i c a t i o n s o f o u r studies o r c) G r o w t h of p o p u l a t i o n a n d G N P even w h y s h o u l d we reach h i g h levels of specialisation o r w h y s h o u l d w e p u r plus inflation mean shortages a n d sue this type o f science a n d technology. higher costs o f basic resources such as l a n d , food, housing, etc., w h i c h are the A n o t h e r reason is that w e d i d n ' t things that B r i t a i n either l a c k s o r has have m u c h choice a n y w a y ; w e h a d to to i m p o r t . A t the same t i m e these "choose" from among a G I V E N numshortages divert the interests o f the ber of pre-packaged approved fields of consumers of B r i t i s h i n d u s t r i a l prostudy (if w e wanted t o get a degree ducts towards the m o r e basic needs a n d a " g o o d j o b " , that is). b o t h here a n d a b r o a d . F o r example, o v e r p o p u l a t i o n p l u s increased need f o r H a v e y o u heard o f l o w energy techspace f o r factories, mines, roads, a i r nology? A l t e r n a t i v e technology? T e c h ports, etc., means w o r l d - w i d e prices i n nology assessment? Non-industrial crease, a n d hence less spare money f o r technology? Science f o r people? These T V s , cars, m a c h i n e r y a n d other t y p i c a l are S O M E ways b y w h i c h people a r e British produdts, both home and t r y i n g to face the real problems of t o a b r o a d . A l s o , the problems just menday a n d t o m o r r o w , rather t h a n " p l a n tioned worsen the above-mentioned n i n g f o r a f u t u r e " w h i c h is n o t h i n g ones. but a n e x t r a p o l a t i o n of t h e past a n d h o p i n g t o solve the p r o b l e m s w i t h a n ( G O T O a. O R b.) expansion of o u r obsolete remedies. A t I . C . w e l e a r n h o w to invent, deB u t a r e w e a l l o w e d t o study such sign a n d b u i l d these h i g h l y sophistithings a t I.C., w i t h recognition a n d getcated, costly, Mgh-energy-consuming , products that c o n t r i b u t e t o a l l these t i n g a degree? . . . troubles. J . A G U I R R E , G v E n g 310

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REVIEWS Osibisa listen to, despite not h a v i n g h e a r d a great deal of their m u s i c beforehand.

B e i n g the first concert I've reviewed for quite some time, I expected it to be quite a difficult one, b u t it turned out not to be the case i n O s i b i s a .

W h a t d i d quite bewilder m e was the semi-hysteria they received f r o m the moment they were announced, a n d persisting throughout the evening. T h i s was encouraged b y the energy O s i b i s a were generating i n turn enhancing audience participation, w h i c h was w e l l supported, though tended to d r a g o n a little towards the end.

A l l the m u s i c papers categorise their m u s i c under the t e r m "Afro-Rock", t h o u g h this is a little vague. I w o u l d prefer to say that their m u s i c consists of a very d r i v i n g r h y t h m , w h i c h is played, bursting w i t h exuberance, o n bass, keyboards a n d various percussion instruments, w h i c h were dotted a r o u n d the stage. S u p e r i m p o s e d o n this are e q u a l l y d r i v i n g passages o n brass. D n the w h o l e I f o u n d t h e m very easy to

Earlier, H e avy M e t a l K i d s had played some f a i r l y g o o d a n d basic heavy r o c k , this time to a rather unresponsive audience. G.J.K.

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a majestic and impressive i n t r o d u c t i o n f r o m T o n y B a n k ' s o r g a n a n d synthesiser. H i s p l a y i n g is simple i n f o r m yet is very effective and d r a m a t i c . D u r i n g the concert they m a i n l y p l a y e d songs f r o m their latest a l b u m " S e l l i n g E n g l a n d b y the P o u n d . " These were ' F i f t h of F i r s t " , ' T h e C i n e m a S h o w " , " T h e B a t t l e of E p p i n g F o r e s t " and " M o r e f o o l m e " w h i c h is a s i m p l e acoustic g u i t a r n u m ber played by M i c h a e l R u t h e r f o r d and w i t h Steve H a c k e t t o n vocals, whose d r u m m i n g I t h i n k plays a very i m p o r tant part i n b r i n g i n g the other instruments together and g i v i n g a definite r h y t h m to the m u s i c .

R o n G e e s o n opened the evening w i th a short set i n w h i c h h e w as not p u t off b y the b a r r a c k i n g and i m p a t i e n t part of the audience tout countered the shouted r e m a r k s w i t h e q u a l l y witty comments. H e is a rather eccentric Scotsman whose M o r c a m b e s q u e antics w i t h the banjo a n d piano ( w hi ch he played very well), a n d several monologues ( w hi ch he enunciates very c l e a r l y and precisely i n a rather sinister fashion), were very amusing. Genesis were b r i l l i a n t . T h e sound was w e l l m i x e d f r o m a console i n the m i d d l e o f the stalls and the v o l u m e was a l s o used carefully a n d subtly. It was not a c o n t i n u e d mind-shattering blast but was g r a d u a l l y increased d u r i n g the one and three-quarter h o u r performance.

T h e y finished w i t h what i s , I t h i n k , their best c o m p o s i t i o n y e t — " S u p p e r ' s R e a d y " f r o m " F o x t r o t " . A s the c l i m a c tic o r g a n solo "began, G a b r i e l stood motionless on the stage i l l u m i n a t e d w i t h ultra-violet light w eari ng a n orange l u m i n o u s " m a s k " ( ? ) (See cover of live a l b u m ) , then a l o u d e x p l o s i o n just before the return to the vocals revealed h i m , when the smoke cleared, i n a bright silver shirt i n contrast to the b l a c k suit that he had w o r n before.

T h e stage was b a c k e d b y a white c l o t h screen onto w h i c h slides were projected d u r i n g the songs. T h e y helped to accentuate the music and illustrate the lyrics but on the w h o l e were rather poor, though the i d e a was good. T h e p r o d u c t i o n w as excellent and exact. Genesis are a band whose music is as carefuly structured as classical m u s i c a n d they reproduced their recorded materi al in the finest detail, right d o w n to a r e c o r d i n g of the two little boys singing the sinister nursery rhyme n angelic and uncomprehending voices.

T h e n after nearly 10 minutes clapping, an encore, " T h e K n i f e " f r o m " T r e s p a s s " , w i t h the w h o l e audience on its feet. It was a carefully thought out and rehearsed performance, the strong element of fantasy accentuated by the use of lighting, m us i c, costume and m a k e up by Peter G a b r i e l plus excellent lead guitar w o r k b y Steve H a c k e t t (often indistinguishable f r o m the organ). These qualities of m u s i c i a n s h i p and stage prod u c t i o n m a k e Genesis one of the best live bands i n the country.

it c o u l d be said that there is littie point in going to hear music that you already have o n record. W e l l the answer is Peter G a b r i e l . T h e atmosphere he creates w i t h his literally fantastic costume, sinister d r a m a t i c s and a m u s i n g i n t r o d u c t i o n s had the audience tense a n d expectant f o r surprises w h i c h , when they c a m e , were o r i g i n a l a n d effective. " W a t c h e r of the S k i e s " opened, w i th

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t a k e n i n s m a l l selective doses so t h a t it w i l l stimulate a n d p r o v o k e thought on those t o p i c s and causes dear to Spike M i l l i g a n ' s heart. I n m a n y ways i t is a n a m a z i n g a n d surprising b o o k a n d at times confusing. Some of the poems are presented twice, o n opposite pages, once i n n o r m a l type face lettering a n d the other i n (presumably) Spike's o r i g i n a l h a n d w r i t i n g . T h e poems d e a l w i t h their subjects i n a h u m a n , compassionate w a y a n d i n so d o i n g give a n insight to the m a n , the f a m i l y m a n S p i k e M i l l i g a n , that is rarely evident a n d certainly not o b v i o u s i n liis m a n y other books. T h e r e are m a n y short verses and lines t h a t are powerful enough to h i t one i m m e d i a t e l y , l i k e ' T f I die i n w a r y o u remember me. If I live i n peace y o u d o n ' t . " " G o d m a d e night, b u t m a n m a d e darkness." N o w that this v o l u m e is a v a i l a b l e i n pa pe r b a c k for the first t i m e y o u h a v e no excuse f o r not o w n i n g a copy. If you're a M i l l i g a n - m a h i a c y o u ' l l b u y it a n y w a y and be pleasantly surprised, if you're not y o u still can't afford to be w i t h o u t it. A n y t h i n g by S p i k e M i l l i g a n is m o r e t h a n a b o o k , i n this case it's a testimony to o u r present w o r l d and w a y of life. A f a v o u r a b l e testimony? W e l l get the b o o k a n d find out . . . a toil-of things. JEREMY BARKER

T h e t o w n a n d the c i t y by Jack Kerovac the saga of Peter, the third son i n a f a m i l y of five sons and three daughters, w h o finds that excellence i n sport is a n a r t i f i c i a l a n d l i m i t e d c r i t e r i o n of success, a n d sets out to l o o k for truth. O f the Other characters, F r a n c i s and Mr. 'George' M a r t i n are a d m i r a b l y portrayed, and i n M i c k e y and C h a r l e y , K e r o u a c reveals his keen m e m o r y and understanding of the emotions of c h i l d h o o d . T h e other members of the familyhave a n a i r of being 'extras': the sisters are seen t h r o u g h the eyes of a busy brother as part of h o m e , yet different beings on another plane of existence, J a c k K e r o u a c has since w r i t t en m a n y while M r s . M a r t i n leaves the impression books, a l l f o l l o w i n g the loose line of the of a w o r r i e d card-sharper rather than 'beat poets', but his prose carries m o r e the contented understanding mother., than the mere trendy message of some II seems l i k e l y that this re-issue is the of his contemporaries. L i k e O r w e l l , result o f some publisher equating the K e r o u a c only writes of w h a t he k n o w s , present 'off-beat' scene w i t h that of and it is this a u t o b i o g r a p h i c a l viewpoint the '50s'. It pleases me to define literary w h i c h gives his novels their relaxed classics as writings w h i c h always have cohesion. T h e 'hero' of a K e r o u a c story relevance, i n w h i c h case I can sincerely w i l l be a thinly-veiled K e r o u a c ; a p o i n t declare this b o o k to be a classic . . . to bear in m i n d w h e n considering his and the publisher to have been, in a w o r k . E v e n the T o w n and the C i t y is sense, right. not a narrative w i t h the outsider l o o k F o r a paperback the b o o k is welling i n ; it is the insider, Peter, l o o k i n g b o u n d , w i t h a pretty dust-jacket so y o u i n and about, w'itto a l l the apprehensions c a n cover it. If £1.75 is a bit steep for and s t u m b l i n g errors of a teenager. a novel, put it on y o u r C h r i s t m a s list or T h e T o w n and the C i t y is not, then, give it to y o u r fiancee. A t any rate, if the saga of each member of a n A m e r i - y o u haven't met K e r o u a c before, be sure c a n f a m i l y w h i c h y o u m i g h t expect to read iit. f r o m a glance at the b l u r b . Instead it is CANES,

J a c k K e r o u a c was born i n 1922 i n L o w e l l , M a s s . , the son of a printer a n d a F r e n c h - C a n a d i a n g i r l . H e attended C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y f r o m 1940 to 1942, a n d t h e n left to hitch a n d odd-job his w a y a r o u n d , eventually b e c o m i n g p a r t o f the " u n d e r g r o u n d " of G r e e n w i c h V i l l a g e , N e w Y o r k . H i s first b o o k , T h e T o w n and T h e C i t y , was successfully published i n 1950, but he was littlek n o w n outside A m e r i c a u n t i l 1956 w h e n he produced " O n the R o a d " w h i c h , w i t h " H o w l and other P o e m s " b y A r thur G i n s b e r g became a sacred text of the 'beatniks'.

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Johnathan Li vi ngst on Seagull J o h n a t h a n L i v i n g s t o n Seagull c o u l d as to h o w m u c h I enjoyed the tale of the be described as the narrated story of ''ascent of the g u l l " . B u t to say t h i s m u c h w o u l d be to a n extremely i n d i v i d u a l g u l l w h o rejects the life o f the seagull flock, "fight- leave the intended point of the b o o k i n g a n d screeching w i t h the flock unmentioned. J . Seagull goes o n to a r o u n d piers a n d fishing boats, d i v i n g teach, to i n t r o d u c e other gulls to his o n scraps of fish and b r e a d , " l i v i n g to joy, t h u s the b o o k becomes a direct eat, never flying through the night, p a r a l l e l of C h r i s t teaching love. T h i s t h r o u g h the s t o r m , never leaving the undisguised s n o w b a l l i n g element of the b o o k certainly detracted f r o m m y overr o c k y shore b e h i n d . J o h n a t h a n is a g u l l w h o "finds a n d a l l enjoyment of the story; though I a m follows a meaning, a higher purpose f o r stili amused to feel that despite its i n l i f e , " ever to learn to fly better. W e t h e n tentions, those o f a h u m a n i s t outlook learn o f J o h n a t h a n ' s conflict w i t h the w o u l d see the story as m o r e t r u l y a flock, his i n c r e a s i n g flying a b i l i t y , unt i l p a r a l l e l of m a n ' s i n t e l l e c t u al ascent, a search for p u r i t y i n knowledge. he learns to fly " a s fast as a t h o u g h t " T h e photographs, t h o u g h not a l l t h r o u g h time a n d space because he k n o w s himself to be u n l i m i t e d " a per- essential, d o add something t o one's enjoyment, especially in the first half fect i d e a o f freedom of flight." " B u t to describe it i n this w a y is not of the bo o k . A t 50p it is a n expensive hour's to define it, the b o o k has 93 pages, 43 of t h e m pictures o f gulls i n flight, is a reading, t t o u g h one t h a t offers more glossy a n d pleasing presentation of a sheer e m o t i o n a l pleasure than most, a n d really rather lovely a n d o r i g i n a l story. one w h i c h I c o u l d repeat. I was rather surprised as y o u m i g h t be,

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D u r i n g t h e t i m e o f t h e last rector, L a d y Penney used t o h o l d get-togethers for t h e female students a t I.C. T h i s year, I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e L a c r o s s e C l u b began m a t c h a n d under t h e gentlemanly laws the season In style last S a t u r d a y w i t h a of lacrosse Pete M c D o n a l d , w h o h a d as a c o n t i n u a t i o n of this, L a d y F l o w e r s 15—2 away w i n over Cambridge. D e been d o i n g some t r u l y s t a r t l i n g f o r e h a n d w i l l b e h o l d i n g barbeques a t 170 Queens volleys i n a style reminiscent o f S t a n spite last m i n u t e a d d i t i o n s t h e t e a m p u t G a t e . A s a change, however, there w i l l u p a n o v e r p o w e r i n g d i s p l a y With Pete S m i t h , k e p t h i m entertained o n t h e be a m i x e d affair. A n u m b e r o f m a l e D r u r y a n d Steve M o r r i s c o n t r i b u t i n g the touchline, n o d o u b t w i t h w i t t y aneca r e therefore i n v i t e d t o a p p l y students b u l k o f * h e goals, c o l l e c t i n g five a n d dotes about life at I m p e r i a l College. four respectively. Despite the score i t was a h a r d m a t c h for a d m i t t a n c e t o these events. I f y o u w i s h t o go, please leave y o u r n a m e w i t h O f t h e n e w players M i c k L a w m a n w i t h t h e m a i n differences between t h e showed t h a t h e w a s a n i d e a l replaceteams c o m i n g f r o m a n 80 p e r cent sucJ e n , t h e U n i o n clerk. S h e w i l l keep a ment i n midfield f o r P a u l " W h i z z K i d * ' cess rate f r o m Ithe face gained b y t h e list o f those interested and let y o u k n o w Spooner, recently transferred t o t h e first I m p e r i a l College midfield, players, t h e when the d o is. d i v i s i o n , a n d P a u l J e p s o n i n defence newly discovered (for lacrosse) t a c t i c kept h i s attacker very quiet. of a n o v e r l a p p i n g defender W h i c h c o m pletely bemused t h e C a m b r i d g e defence T h e g a m e w a s m a r r e d b y one unforand the goalkeeping o f I a n G u l l i f o r d tunate i n c i d e n t w h e n T o n y H a h e t t , w h o H A I R D R E S S I N G ( w hi ch a l m o s t goes w i t h o u t saying!). has been reading t o o m a n y c o a c h i n g m a n u a l s , t r i e d a b a c k w a r d s , over-theT e a m : — I a n G u l l i f o r d , P a u l Jepson, ( A G A I N ? ) shoulder Shot a n d a C a m b r i d g e p l a y e r B o b Strangeway, Pete D r u r y , N i c k L a w u n w i t t i n g l y used h i s h e a d t o check the m a n , L i o n e l C l a r k e , Pete M c D o n a l d , T h e r e i s a n e w list o f (times f o r when cross. H e t o o k n o further p a r t i n t h e Steve N o r r i s , A l a n , T o n y H a l l e t t (capt.). m a l e models a r e required f o r t h e h a i r dressing section of t h e L o n d o n S c h o o l of F a s h i o n . P r i c e f o r a c u t is l O p a n d the r e t u r n fare i s 16p. T h e s c h o o l is situated at O x f o r d C i r c u s . I f y o u w a n t ilffllll? **' * to k n o w the times t h e l i s t i s p i n n e d t o the notice b o a r d i n t h e U n i o n office.

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Medical A i d for Vietnam

ANTI - LOMBARD So in reponse to the t h r e a t e n e d r i g h t - w i n g attack o n s t u d e n t s ' efforts to d e f e n d their r a p i d l y v a n i s h i n g g r a n t s , d u e o n T h u r s d a y at the UGM, IC Communist Party has launched a c a m p a i g n for a b r o a d left front to meet this. What policies will this broad left g r o u p i n g have? N o n e other than t h o s e o f t h e N U S b r o a d l e f t — w h i c h is a communist party inspired group d e s i g n e d t o attract a l l the flotsam a n d jetsam o f liberals, " p r o g r e s s i v e " c h r i s t ians a n d other w e t lefts. T h e i r p o l i c i e s in short w i l l tie t h o s e o f t h e N U S e x e c u tive in t h e D i g b y J a c k s era — t h o s e w h i c h after a year of rallies, demonstrations, p e t i t i o n s , rent s t r i k e s , s i t - i n s a n d refectory boycotts, i n volving up to 500,000 s t u d e n t s , ' w o n ' us a d e r i s o r y £ 2 0 w h i c h w i t h the present rate o f inflation a m o u n t s to a grant c u t . T h e numbers of students i n v o l v e d in t h e s e reformist {protest p o l i t i c s , d e s i g n e d to 'pressurize' the Government iMto a g r e e i n g to t h e four b a s i c N U S d e m a n d s , w a s in fact quite d e s p i t e t h e overt bankr u p t c y o f their r e f o r m i s t p o l i cies O n o n e h a n d y o u h a v e the C o m m u n i s t Party a n d its rev i s i o n i s t s y c o p h a n t s , the IS « n d the I M G , saying that we c a n get higher grants if w e show the justness of our c a u s e , a n d a d d in s o m e m i l i t a n c y to s h o w w e really n e e d t h e d e m a n d s met, a n d o n t h e ether y o u h a v e the T o r y G o v e r n m e n t p r e p a r i n g the g r o u n d to impose a fascist dictatorship. A c o n f l i c t is d u e in t h e next p e r i o d — a c o n f l i c t o f r e volutonary proportions,which w i l l b e r e s o l v e d in o n e o f two ways: fascism or s o c i a l i s m , the m i d d l e road of a parliamentary d e m o c r a c y has v a n i s h e d o u t o f the w i n d o w a n d is d i s a p p e a r i n g over t h e h o r i z o n in d i r e c t c o r r e l a t i o n to the d e c r e a s i n g c i r c u l a t i o n • f the Guardian. T h e T o r i e s have legislated s w a y n e a r l y e v e r y right that the w o r k i n g c l a s s h a s w o n in over 1 5 0 y e a r s of s t r u g g l e — t h e right to strike, w o n w h e n t h e Taff V a l e j u d g e ment of 1901 was repealed, has gone—it is illegal to s t r i k e for more than the P h a s e III n o r m o f 7 per c e n t . T h e right to f o r m i n d e p e n d ent T r a d e U n i o n s , w o n w h e n the C o m b i n a t i o n s A c t was r e p e a l e d in 1 8 2 4 , has g o n e —Unions h a v e to register u n d e r t h e Industrial R e l a t i o n s A c t , or e l s e be liable for an u n l i m i t e d fine in t h e H i g h C o u r t s , it g o e s w i t h o u t s a y ing that r e g i s t r a t i o n is c o m p l e t e state c o n t r o l o f the U n i o n s , s u c h a s w e find in Spain today. T h e right to an u n a r m e d police force has gone—not o n l y has the armed Special Patrol G r o u p b e e n e x p a n d e d e n o r m o u s l y ( a n d if y o u think they were formed to guard e m b a s s i e s , t h e n a c c o u n t for t h e m b e i n g b a s e d in H a m m e r s m i t h , B r i x t o n a n d Leytonstone—working class a r e a s , m i l e s f r o m the nearest e m b a s s y ) but the p o l i c e have -recently b e e n e q u i p p e d with 6 0 0 of the most powerful rifles that the A r m y use. T h e r e is a c o m m i s s i o n t a k i n g p l a c e to bring the P o l i c e a n d the A r m y under one centralized control and furthermore d o w n in W i n c h e s t e r , the p o l i c e a n d c e r t a i n units of the A r m y are b e i n g t r a i n e d t o g e t h e r in c o u n t e r - i n s u r g e n c y . S o l d i e r s of l o d a v are no l o n ger trained in C a e s a r ' s " D e B e l l o G a l l i c o " but instead are referred to Brigadier Frank K i t s o n ' s " L o w Density Operations". W h y are the T o r i e s p r e p a r ing like t h i s ? W h y d i d H e a t h s a y in h i s a d d r e s s to t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s in 1 9 7 0 : " T h e s e v e n t i e s w i l l not be a t i m e o f war b e t w e e n n a t i o n s , but rather o f CIVIL w a r " ? W h y did Brigadier Calvert state with s u c h i m p u n i t y , in a n Observer colour supplement a few m o n t h s a g o , that it is likely that t h e r e w i l l b e a n attempted insurrection before t h e e n d of the d e c a d e ? H o w d o the T o r i e s K N O W ? T h e a n s w e r to that is d e monstrated every time you g o to the s h o p s — i n f l a t i o n . In

O c t o b e r 3 0 t h , 1973

o r d e r t o b o o s t u p their flagg i n g b a l a n c e of p a y m e n t s , in o r d e r to inject v a l u e into their w o r t h l e s s p a p e r m o n e y , they h a v e floated d o w n the pound. T h i s enables them to export easily to countries like Germany whose curr e n c y h a s floated up—but at t h e s a m e t i m e i m p o r t s c o s t that m u c h m o r e . H a l f o f o u r foodstuffs a r e i m p o r t ed and every time the Tories float d o w n further a n d m a k e h u g e profits f r o m e x p o r t i n g m o r e (on paper o n l y i n c i d e n t a l l y — y o u c a n ' t buy d e a r a n d sell cheap a n d make a C O N CRETE profit!) our food p r i c e s s h o o t to new r e c o r d leva's. T h e T o r i e s h a v e to do t h i s , they h a v e n o c h o i c e , for t h e m to e x i s t a s a c l a s s t h e y h a v e to export or d i e . B u t for the w o r k i n g c l a s s it m e a n s a rapidly diminishing standard of living a n d with every law that p a s s e s o n t o t h e statute b o o k s o f the T o r i e s , t h e signing away of the d e m o c r a t i c rights o f t h e w o r k i n g c l a s s — u n t i l t o d a y w h e n it is illegal t o fight to D E F E N D your standard of living. Inflation? We haven't s e e n a n y t h i n g yet. W h e n t h e Financial T i m e s talks about this b e i n g a p e r i o d o f P r e Weimar inflation it means that p r i c e s w i l l not just g o through the ceiling—but through the roof a n d into interstellar overdrive? Rem e m b e r the one mark German stamps overstamped one million m a r k s ? — T h a t was inflation d u r i n g t h e p e r o d o f the W e i m a r R e p u b l i c of the early 3 0 s . That the working class w i l l fight to d e f e n d its rights a n d l i v i n g s t a n d a r d s neither the T o r i e s nor the YSSS h a v e a n y d o u b t . W h e t h e r it w i n s that s t r u g g l e or not d e pends on the leadership of the working class. W h e n we are t a l k i n g a b o u t t h i s c o n flict w e a r e t a l k i n g a b o u t t h e question of power, of owners h i p o f the f a c t o r i e s a n d fina n c e h o u s e s , a n d the s o l e w a y that t h e w o r k i n g c l a s s can avoid the crushing defeat o f f a s c i s m is to take the p o w e r — t o n a t i o n a l i s e all the major i n d u s t r i e s a n d banks under workers' control and without c o m p e n s a t i o n . P l a c e d a g a i n s t the b a c k ground of the e c o n o m i c c r i s is a n d the present preparations of the ruling c l a s s — d o e s not c a m p a i g n i n g with p e t i t i o n s for higher grants seem somewhat inadequate? E x c e p t of c o u r s e u n l e s s o n e n e e d s to learn t h r o u g h p r a c t i c e that p e t i t i o n s l e a d o n l y to full w a s t e p a p e r baskets in the D E S a n d rent s t r i k e s to fines or b e i n g sent d o w n , period. But is that not t h e l e s s o n of last y e a r ' s grants camp a i g n a n d the l e s s o n of a l l protest p o l i t i c s b e t h e y in the T r a d e or S t u d e n t U n i o n s , in this p e r i o d — t h a t r e f o r m i s m l e a d s to defeat, a n d that a new, r e v o l u t i o n a r y , l e a d e r s h i p has to be built to fight to t a k e t h e w o r k i n g c l a s s to power. T h e n it f o l l o w s that for t h o s e in t h e b r o a d left a n d their adherents, to now l a u n c h a c a m p a i g n to w i n students to policies and methods of struggle w h i c h have been proved I N P R A C T I C E to be i n c a p a b l e o f w i n n i n g a n y t h n g e x c e p t a further cut in our grants, constitutes a most enormous betrayal o f t h e interests of students and the working class. T h i s i s n o t t o s a y t h a t it is a b e t r a y a l t o fight for highter grants, simpiy that u n l e s s that s t r u g g l e is s e e n i n t h e c o n t e x t o f a f i g h t to bring d o w n this Government a n d r e p l a c e it w i t h a l a b o u r g o v e r n m e n t p l e d g e d to s o c ialist policies, any increase that w e w i n w e w i l l be u n able to d e f e n d , a n d like the £20 we r e c e i v e d for this y e a r , w i l l b e d e s t r o y e d by inflation. Furthermore that that this gives m o r e t i m e for the forces of reaction to prepare a n d o r g a n i s e . T o finish w i t h t h e w o r d s o f H o r a c e : C a r p e d i e m , for the longer we dally—the m o r e our B r i t i s h junta is p r e p a r i n g to c r u s h o u r B r i t i s h Allendes.

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by A l a s t a i r H a y T h e w a r in Indo C h i n a , a l t h o u g h it c u r r e n t l y receives little news coverage, is far f r o m over. It is reported that there are over 100 b o m b i n g missions a d a y b y t h e Sai g on forces a n d that t h e n u m b e r o f p o l i t i c a l prisoners has increased f r o m 200,000 to 300,000 i n the past few months. These are o n l y two of the v i o l a t i o n s of the P a r i s Peace Agreements. T h e i m p o r t a n c e of the Agreements is recognised i n the f o l l o w i n g statement f r o m M a d a m e N g u y e n T h i B i n h , M i n i s t e r of F o r e i g n A f f a i r s of the P r o v i s i o n a l R e v o l u t i o n a r y G o v e r n m e n t of the R e p u b l i c o f S o u t h V i e t n a m ( P R G ) in a letter to the M e d i c a l A i d C o m m i t t e e for V i e t n a m , wrote: " W e ar de nt l y wish that t h e s o l i d a r i t y a n d the precious support of y o u r people w i l l continue, a n d strengthen us in o u r struggle to ensure t h e strict implementation by the U S A a n d the S a i g o n a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of the A g r e e m e n t signed, to a c k n o w l e d g e the role o f t h e P R G , the genuine representative o f t h e people o f South V i e t n a m , to h e l p h e a l the w o u n d s of w a r to b u i l d u p the liberated zones a n d to support the p o l i t i c a l struggle of t h e p e o p l e of S o u t h V i e t n a m for the right to self-determination." B r a n s o n P. C l a r k , E x e c u t i v e Secretary o f the A m e r i c a n F r i e n d s Service C o m m i t t e e (a Q u a k e r organisation) h a v i n g just returned f r o m a week i n N o r t h V i e t n a m , bad this t o say: " T h e V i e t n a m e s e are prepared for the possibility of renewed U . S . b o m b i n g o n t h e i r c o u n t r y . B u t at the same t i m e they are l i t e r a l l y b u i l d i n g homes, schools a n d p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s w i t h their bare hands i n a n atmosphere o f o p t i m i s t i c reconstruction." T h e w h o l e story of dest ruct i on of V i e t n a m is not yet k n o w n , b u t we have s o m e details. N e a r l y s i x m i l l i o n square metres of h o u s i n g c o m p l e t e l y destroye d ; 58 secondary a n d t e c h n i c a l schools c o m p l e t e l y destroyed; 2,867 primary schools completely destroyed; a g r i c u l t u r e was systerntaitioally destroyed. B o m b i n g of the d a m s destroyed m a n y o f the rice fields; three-quarters of a l l c h e m i c a l plants were destroyed; 80 per cent of the textile a n d c l o t h i n g factories destroyed, three-quarters of the f o o d i n dustry destroyed. M i l l i o n s of square metres of warehouses, h o l d i n g food a n d p r o d u c e were reduced to rubble. W i t h the dest ruct i on of over 650 hospitals, reconstruction of hospitals is special p r i o r i t y . The Medical Aid C o m m i t t e e for Vietnam ( M . A . C . U . ) sends m e d i c a l supplies to the L i b e r a tion R e d C r o s s of S o u t h V i e t n a m a n d to the V i e t n a m C R U S Q i - C X X J N 1'KY contd. f r o m page 7

Wednesday saw another e x a m p l e of the chaos w h i c h we seem to spread wherever we go. T h i s t i m e it was a league race o n o u r o w n course at Petersh a m . T h e r e were a b o u t 140 t a k i n g part a n d the course was so c u n n i n g l y m a r k e d that the first ten of .these went somewhat w r o n g ; i n fact a c e r t a i n Borough R o a d person, w h o was at o n e stage first, finished 37th because this. Some people of weren't very pleased. O n c e a g a i n we were out i n force w i t h f o u r teams i n a l l , finishing 6 t h of 12 i n the 1st d i v i s i o n , a n d 7 t h , 14th a n d 19th of 24 i n d i v i s i o n 2. Besides those w h o appeared o n Saturd a y there were R . H a r rington, W . C o l l i n s , M i k e Welford, Ashley Cooper and R o b M a d d i s o n , T h e r e was some evidence of a recurrence of o u r tradit i o n a l packing-at-the-back w i t h eight i n the last 30. F i r s t b a c k was P a u l C l a r k e at 29 th in 31m 03 f o l l o w ed b y R o b A l l i s o n (34th) in 3 1 m 18. D a v e P a y n e (who demanded a m e n tion) was 69th i n 3 3 m 15, and is doubtless b u i l d i n g u p for an attack o n his personal best of 2 9 m 30. Ian Ellis and P h i l Meyler starred in their first league race at 59th e q u a l (almost) i n 3 2 m 39. A l s o m a k i n g a successful . first appearance was the H o n orary F o o t b a l l w i t h its attendant Officer. P a d said I shoul d find something g o o d to say about h i m this t i m e : w e l l . . . he finished . . . U.J.

R e d C r o ss for use i n N o r t h V i e t n a m , L a o s a n d C a m b o d i a . D r . N g u y e n V a n T i n , V i c e - M i n i s t e r of H e a l t h of the D . R . V . N . a n d President of the V i e t n a m R e d Cross i n a letter to M . A . C . U . acknowledges their i m p o r t a n c e : " Y o u r a i d a n d y o u r expressions o f s u p port d u r i n g the w a r , as i n the i n i t i a l phase of the restoration of peace i n V i e t n a m , t o u c h us deeply a n d give us great encouragement i n o u r struggle to safeg u a r d o u r independence. I n spite o f the b l o c k a d e a n d the intensive b o m b a r d m e n t b y t h e U . S . A i r Force, y o u r consignments o f m e d i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s have a r r i v e d at their d e s t i n a t i on . . . " A l l the evidence a v a i l a b l e indicates t h a t the l e v e l of destruction i n C a m b o d i a is e q u a l l y as that d o c u mented for V i e t n a m . It w i l l be m a n y years betore the People of I n d o C h i n a are a b l e t o r e b u i l d Ithdr c o u n tries, a n d m a i n t a i n a lasting peace. M . A C " ' have been assisting the V i e t n a m e s e for eight years a n d hope to p l a y a positive role i n the reconstruction of N o r t h V i e t n a m a n d ithe l i b e r a t e d areas of S o u t h V i e t n a m , L a o s a n d C a m b o d i a . Together w i t h other E u r o p e a n committees M . A . C . U . supplies urgent d r u g s for the treatment a n d prevention o f m a l a r i a , tuberlosis, c h o l e r a , p o l i o , measles, plague, a n d v i t a m i n deficiency diseases. Surgical equipment, 500 d e n t a l p a c k s a n d 200 m o b i l e h o s p i t a l units a r e the latest items w h i c h have been requested. T h e surgical e q u i p ment a n d d e n t a l p a c k s h a v e a l r e a d y been sent, a n d 125 hospital units w i l l be sent shortly. E a c h h o s p i t a l unit costing £1,000 e a c h a n d c o n t a i n i n g over 1,000 instruments w i l l enable a team of six m e d i c a l personnel t o treat people at village a n d c o m m u n e level. Together w i t h ithe m e d i c a l supplies M . A . C . U . i s restocking h o s p i t a l and m e d i c a l l i b r a r i e s w i t h the relevant j o u r n a l s a n d t e x t b o o k s . 20 tons o f literature, w o r t h a p p r o x . £30,000 has been sent this year. M e d i c a l slides for the t e a c h i n g of t h e b a s i c m e d i c a l sciences are also i n p r e p a r a t i o n - ^ f o u r types i n A n a t o m y , m o r b i d anatomy, Physiology and M i d w i f e r y have a l ready been sent. T h e M e d i c a l A i d C o m m i t t e e relies for its w o r k o n financial contributions, f o r i n d i v i d u a l s a n d groups, street collections a n d ' R a g ' sponsoring. W i t h ' V i e t n a m ' r a p i d l y b e c o m i n g a n issue o f the past i t is c r u c i a l to i n f o r m people t h a t the danger is not over. M . A . C . U . w o r k e r s w o u l d be delighted to speak at meetings a n d discuss their activities w i t h a n y i n d i viduals interested i n the reconstruction o f I n d o C h i n a . F o r i n f o r m a t i o n contact: The M e d i c a l A i d Committee for V i e t n a m , P . O . B o x 100, 36 W e l l i n g t o n Street, London, W.C.2.

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bitterly hostile to us. B u t we d o believe that we c a n give m a n y left-wingers hope — a realistic way f o r w a r d for b u i l d i n g a strong I C U n i o n with left policies, a n d support from the students to make them w o r k . In the immediate future we hope to fight for o u r views i n the U n i o n , help formulate policies for the B r o a d Left both here and nationally and sell and contribute to the B r o a d Left J o u r n a l (on sale soon). In the long term we hope to t r a n s f o r m the union, w i t h a n active, fighting, left leadership and more i m portant an active, fighting, t h i n k i n g , rank a n d file!

T r e v o r Phillips, C h e m . 3. J o h n Porter, M e t a l l u r g y — P / G . P a u l W a t k i n s , Mech. E n g . P/G. J o h n Lane, Maths, P/G. P a m M o u l t , B o t II. R u p e r t H a r per, M e c h . E n g . I. D o u g F a r m e r , M e c h III. R o b i n F i n c h a m , Ind. Sociology. L e s D i c k e n s , Physics 3. J o h n R. T h o r n back, C h e m . II. M i c k W i l l i a m s , C h e m . E n g . P/6. A l f Perry, C i v . E n g . 3. H . a l M o h a m m e d . M e c h . E n g . A . S. A l - T a i e , C h e m . E n g . M . M . Salek, A e r o . C a l l u m T h o m a s , Z o o l o g y . Pete C a n n e l l . M a t h s M . C . Pennington, B o t 3. M a r t i n D i g weed, B o t 3. N u a l a M o o r e . B o t 3. A t t o W a r d . Bot. 3. C h e r y l C . C a s h m a n , B o t . 3. A . G i l l i e s Bot. 3.

STOIC GOTTA HEAVY PROBLEM? T u e s d a y , 30th O c t o b e r , 1973 12.45 M y C h o i c e 12.55 B B C Television News. 13.00 S t a r t i n g ' P o i n t . A live discussion programme with N o r m a n Sayles, a n d P a u l Wadsworth. I n t r o d u c e d by G i v e Dewey. P h o n e i n questions to I N T 3061 o r come to the studio E L E C . E N G 306. F r i d a y , 2nd N o v e m b e r , J973 12.45 M y C h o i c e . 12.55 B B C T e l e v i s i o n News. 13.00 l . C . S . — I m p e r i a l College Societies. 17.45 B B C T e l e v i s i o n News. 18.00 N e w Soundscape. (Progressive M u s i c ) 18.20 I.C.S. — I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e Societies.

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