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CONSTITUTIONAL DISGUST REGARDING last week's inserted statement by the P r e s i d e n t c o n c e r n i n g the U G M d e c i s i o n on the V o l u n t a r y L e v y , F E L I X w i s h e s to e x p r e s s U s d i s g u s t a t the w a y i n w h i c h M r . P h i l l i p s p r o m i s e d the F E L I X s t a f f e x t r a l a b o u r to h e l p w i t h the collation o f the i s s u e (inserting a small single sheet m a k e s the c o l l a t i n g t i m e a p p r e c i a b l y l o n g e r ) but at the last minute informed us that there

would be no extra help. T h e P r e s i d e n t d i d not e v e n b o t h e r to s u g g e s t g i v i n g u s a h a n d himself. The insert was only a c c e p t e d on the u n d e r s t a n d i n g that there w o u l d be e x t r a h e l p . Nevertheless, we felt o b l i g e d to i n s e r t the s t a t e m e n t w h i l s t o b j e c t i n g to the P r e s ident's inconsiderate attitude i n v i e w o f t h e e x t r a time a n d trouble involved.

Sabbatical Roulette? L A S T M O N D A Y , at C o u n c i l , i t w a s suggested that the U n i o n ' s t h i r d s a b b a t i c a l p o s t (the f i r s t a n d s e c o n d a r e o c c u p i e d b y the P r e s i d e n t a n d H o n . S e c . r e s p e c t i v e l y ) m i g h t not be a l l o c a t e d to the F E L I X E d i t o r for n e x t y e a r . T h e s u g g e s t i o n w a s that a s a b b a t i c a l Deputy President/ Editor, Mike Williams said: Buildings Officer would be 'If the Editorship were to appointed. T h i s expanded post become non-sabbatical the post would also incorporate the would become completely unfunctions of a junior treasurer tenable, especially in view of ( I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e i s o n e of v e r y the fact that the printing unit few U n i v e r s i t i e s w h o do n o t will probably be moving to have a junior treasurer â&#x20AC;&#x201D; full or College Block sometime during part t i m e ) . H o w e v e r d u e to the the next year. Also the viability f i n a n c i a l s i t u a t i o n the U n i o n of Union publications such as c o u l d n o t s u p p o r t four s a b the 'Blue Book' which is batical officers. Thus it would produced during the summer h a v e to b e a c a s e of 'one or the would be at risk. As for the USK other', a n d n o t b o t h a s a b b a t i c a l Handbook its future could look F E L I X Editor and sabbatical extremely bleak'. Deputy President. However, it must be pointed T h i s move c o u l d , i f c a r r i e d o u t that the i d e a i s s t i l l i n the o u t , r i s k the c o n t i n u e d e x i s t embryo s t a g e . e n c e o f F E L I X . When a s k e d for h i s o p i n i o n the p r e s e n t F E L I X See Editorial (page 2).

A T L A S T W E E K ' S U G M an inquorate gathering of approximately' s i x t y members w a s s t a r t l e d to f i n d i t s e l f v o t i n g o n a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l change. J u s t before the p r o p o s a l that the P G A f f a i r s O f f i c e r s h o u l d become a member of die e x e c u t i v e , the P r e s i d e n t s t a t e d from t h e c h a i r that h e w o u l d a l l o w o n l y one s p e e c h for a n d one against the proposal. A l t h o u g h the c h a i r w a s c h a l on this point, the lenged c h a l l e n g e w a s d e f e a t e d on the v o t e . T h e m o t i o n w a s thus v o t e d o n a f t er o n e s p e e c h for, o n e speech against plus a summing up b y the p r o p o s e r (the f i r s t speaker) and i t w a s passed.

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I T W A S A G R E E D b y ,the Imperial College U ni on C o u n c i l l a s t M o n d a y to i n v i t e M r . C a r l S e a f o r d , the D o m e s t i c . ' B u r s a r to i t s n e x t m e e t i n g . T h e r e a s o n behind this is believed to be due to t h e f a c t that the D o m e s t i c B u r s a r i s the p r i n c i p a l o f f i c e r of the C o l l e g e i n m o s t c o n t a c t w i t h the s t u d e n t s . It i s u n d e r stood that h e w i l l address Council and then invite questions.

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Concern A t l e a s t o n e member o f the e x e c u t i v e i s c o n c e r n e d a t the m a n n e r i n w h i c h the d e b a t e w a s c o n d u c t e d (See letter on page 2) a s w e l l a s the f a c t that no p u b l i c i t y h a d b e e n g i v e n to this motion beforehand. The result w a s that the constitutional change effectively w a s 'rushed through'.

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Michael Williams F E L I X W I L L u n d o u b t e d l y be f a c i n g a s t i f f b a t t l e for s u r v i v a l i f the I C U E x e c utive decide to p u r s u e the i d e a • - of r e a l l o c a t i n g the t h i r d s a b b a t i c a l from the E d i t o r to a p r o p o s e d n e w - s t y l e D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t who w o u l d take on the d u t i e s o f a Junior Treasurer. G r a n t e d t h a t the U n i o n w i l l face f i n a n c i a l d i f f i c u l t i e s i n the c o m i n g y e a r s , cannot this be faced by creating a T r e a s u r y C o m m i t t e e c o n s i s t i n g of a l l the U n i o n ' s Junior and Senior Treasurers? The committee c o u l d , i f n e c e s s a r y , be c h a i r e d by a newly-created U n i o n Junior T r e a s u r e r w h o s e t a s k i t w o u l d be to prune budgets appropriately, b a s i n g h i s dec i s i o n s o n the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of the Treasury committee, after approval by C o u n c i l . T h i s i s j u s t a thought, a rough i d e a . How about it, Trev ? A s far a s I c a n s e e w i t h o u t a s a b b a t i c a l F E L T X E d i t o r , h o w c a n we p r i n t the B l u e b o o k d u r i n g the summer? How are we going to fully utilise the printing facilities has made available to us? which College

Who c a n take c a r e o f a l l the o u t s i d e j o b s w h i c h n e e d t e c h n i c a l c h e c k i n g before t h e y c a n be run o n the o f f s e t - l i t h o ? C o n s i d e r w h a t w i l l h a p p e n w h e n the p r i n t i n g u n i t i n c l u d i n g the v a r i t y p i s t , m o v e s o v e r to C o l l e g e B l o c k ( p r o b a b l y w i t h i n the n e x t year). F E L I X c o p y w i l l be t a k e n from the F E L I X o f f i c e to t h e v a r i t y p i s t t h e n b a c k to the o f f i c e for p a s t i n g np then b a c k to C o l l e g e B l o c k to be p r i n t e d a n d t h e n t h e p a p e r w i l l be s h i f t e d b a c k to the o f f i c e for folding and collating. F o r a sabbatical it w i l l be t o r t u o u s , for a n o n - s a b b a t i c a l , , i t w i l l be i m p o s s i b l e . ' So e s s e n t i a l l y then without a sabb a t i c a l Deputy President/Treasurer, I feel that there are w o r k a b l e , n o n - s a b b a t i c a l a l t e r n a t i v e s . Without a s a b b a t i c a l F E L I X Editor, F E L I X will die.

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LKTTKftS Letter to the President Imperial College Union, 10th January, 1975. The President, Imperial College U n i o n . Dear Trevor, The executive has spent a great deal of time this year d i s c u s s i n g the s t a t u s o f the post-graduate affairs officer. A f t e r s e v e r a l s e s s i o n s on t h i s t o p i c the v i e w a g r e e d by a l l w a s that we h a d h e r e a t o p i c which could reasonably be good expected to a t t r a c t a attendance at a U G M . The e x e c u t i v e further a g r e e d that a good a n d w e l l p r e p a r e d debate o n the s u b j e c t s h o u l d be s o u g h t . T o t h e s e e n d s we a g r e e d to p o s t p o n e the i s s u e of the P G Affairs Officer becoming a member of the e x e c u t i v e u n t i l there h a d b e e n time for the general student body to be i n f o r m e d that t h i s w a s b e i n g p r o p o s e d . When e v e r y o n e h a d h a d a c h a n c e to a i r t h e i r v i e w s , the matter w a s to be a d v e r t i s e d w i d e l y , a n d p u t to a U G M . S t r a y i n g from this l i n e o f r e a s o n i n g for a moment, may I s a y that I u n d e r s t o o d that the e x e c u t i v e w a s s u p p o s e d to work above all together and 'communicate with each other' (your w o r d s , not m i n e ) . Y o u may u n d e r s t a n d , s i r , that I a m therefore not a little a n n o y e d at the p r e s e n t a t i o n of a m o t i o n to a d d the P G A O to the executive, at l a s t night's U G M . T h e i n c l u s i o n of the m o t i o n w a s not p u b l i c i s e d . E v e n the e x e c u t i v e w a s n o t t o l d of i t s i n c l u s i o n — a n d a t our l u n c h -

B o a r d i s o p p o s e d 10 any k i n d of p e r s o n a l gain such as was suggested (10% c o m m i s s i o n on a d v e r t s b o o k e d ) .

I h a v e r e c e i v e d a l e t t e r from J o h n R a n d a l l , the P r e s i d e n t of the N U S c o n c e r n i n g the r e m a r k s made i n l a s t w e e k ' s E d i t o r i a l about the N U S a t t i t u d e to the I R A . T h e l e t t e r ( w h i c h a r r i v e d too l a t e for p u b l i c a t i o n this week) w i l l b e printed next w e e k . S h o u l d a n y o n e h o l d any v i e w s o n t h i s m a t t e r , I s h o u l d be g l a d to h e a r from them. — .••<-.

S i n c e p a g e 5, c o n t a i n i n g the c r o s s w o r d , w a s p a s t e d up a n d b e i n g p r i n t e d before the 12 n o o n Wednesday s o l u t i o n d e a d l i n e , l a s t w e e k ' s w i n n e r w a s not m e n t i o n e d , so let's mention him now: R.J.Bonner, Botany 2.

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time m e e t i n g we d i d a s k y o u what was being discussed. H o w can you expect a good debate w h e n o n l y one side k n o w s w h e n the d e b a t e i s to be? Y o u r conduct as chairman d u r i n g that debate a l s o left much to be d e s i r e d ; e s p e c i a l l y y o u r comments j u s t p r i o r to the vote, which had a very definite e f f e c t on a s m a l l a s s e m b l y . In summary, s i r , may I r e s p e c t f u l l y p o i n t out that I, a n d I b e l i e v e I am not a l o n e a m o n g s t the e x e c u t i v e i n t h i s v i e w , do not b e l i e v e that y o u , or the H o n o r a r y S e c r e t a r y , h a v e k e p t g o o d f a i t h w i t h the r e s t o f the e x e c u t i v e o v e r t h i s matter. I h a v e s t a t e d before that I 'bitching do not consider sessions' i n F E L I X to be a g o o d t h i n g for the u n i o n a s a whole. However, I consider it n e c e s s a r y to b r i n g t h i s parti c u l a r matter to the a t t e n t i o n o f the s t u d e n t body a s a w h o l e , i f o n l y to e n s u r e that some p e o p l e k n o w that t h i s m o t i o n is being d i s c u s s e d . Y o u r s , most s i n c e r e l y,

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n e g a t i v e f e e l i n g s t o w a r d s the R o y a l School of Mines a s s u c h . W h i l s t i t i s true that the f i g u r e s c o m p l i e d s h o w that the A - l e v e l s t a n d a r d s of e n t r a n t s i n some departments o f the R S M are l o w e r than the a v e r a g e for I C , I w o u l d not i n f e r from t h i s that s t u d e n t s i n these d e p a r t m e n t s are n e c e s s a r i l y l e s s i n t e l l i g e n t than o t h e r s . It i s q u i t e w i d e l y k n o w n t h a t I d o n o t a c c e p t the G C E A - l e v e l e x a m i n a t i o n performance a s a n i n d i c a t i o n of i n t e l l i g e n c e or intellectual ability, what e v i d e n c e there i s s u p p o r t s that

v i e w . T h e r e f o r e , I do not w i s h it to be i n f e r r e d t h a t I l o o k down upon my c o l l e a g u e s i n the R S M . T h e r e are many o t h e r v a l u e s by w h i c h one c a n j u d g e a f e l l o w human b e i n g , i f i n d e e d one w i s h e s to j u d g e a n y o n e a t a l l . With these comments i n m i n d , I w i s h to a p o l o g i s e u n r e s e r v e d l y to those offended by the relevant paragraph. Trevor P h i l l i p s , President. ICU. Letters

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This week's page three girl is Anne Pickard who comes from Winchester and is currently pursuing academic studies in Civ. Eng. 2. She is also the floor rep for Beit Hall and last Tuesday was elected Bo Belle at the Guilds Union meeting.

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O P E N CRITICISM Since being sacked from the FELIX staff at the beginning of the first term, C.G.Dewey has our remained most acid critic, Here he airs his views on FELIX. 528. L instead Hall. Prince's Gardens, SW7 1LU. 12th Jan. 1975. Dear Sir, O n the 2nd J a n u a r y I wrote to the E d i t o r c o n c e r n i n g the f a u l t s in t h i s y e a r ' s F E L I X . F o r p u b l i c a t i o n purposes I have e d i t e d t h i s l e t t e r down to somet h i n g l i k e a q u a r t e r of its o r i g i n a l s i z e ; thus a lot of s u g g e s t i o n s made h e r e , r e m a i n unjustified. A L L these sugg e s t i o n s h a v e been j u s t i f i e d i n the original letter. In the meanwhile Mr. W i l l i a m s has implemented a few of my suggestions, resulting in a b e t t e r i s s u e of F E L I X ( N o . 3 7 3 ) . I w o u l d a l s o l i k e to p o i n t out that I H A V E O N L Y C R I T I C I S E D F E L I X IN A R E A S W H E R E I C O U L D D O B E T T E R than the p r e s e n t E d i t o r , g i v e n the s a m e amount of time t h a t he h a s h a d on the j o b . In the C h r i s t m a s i s s u e o f F E L I X the E d i t o r a s k e d r e a d e r s to b e m o r e o p e n i n t h e i r c r i t i c i s m o f F E L I X . A s a s e n i o r member o f the Sennet staff, I c a n s e e

more e a s i l y than o t h e r s the faults in this y e a r ' s F E L I X . My first recommendations concern advertising. In the Christmas issue, F E L I X advertised for an Advertising experience Manager, 'No necessary'. The last phrase characterises Mike Williams' ignorance and neglectful attitude towards advertising. A b e g i n n e r w o u l d t a k e time to learn advertising methods, c o n s e q u e n t l y b e i n g of l i t t l e u s e to F E L I X before O c t o b e r . My p r o p o s a l , though, i s that A N Y MOVE TOWARDS MAKING FELIX SELF-SUPPORTING (without lowering editorial standards) SHOULD BE WELCOMED. Any additional money i s w e l c o m e i n c o m e to a u n i o n w h o o s e c o l l e g e grant i s l i k e l y to be c u t t h i s year. I b e l i e v e t h a t the E d i t o r s h o u l d be A d v e r t i s i n g Manager. In order to achieve selffinancing, all FELIX staff w o u l d be i n v o l v e d i n a d v e r t i s i n g . A l l s t a f f ( b a r r i n g the E d i t o r ) , w o u l d be o f f e r e d a 10% C O M MISSION ON ALL THE ADVERTS THEY BOOK. M y p r o p o s a l s a r e b a s e d on my experience as Sennet's A s s i s t a n t A d v e r t i s i n g Manager. I b e l i e v e 1 am the b e s t c a n d i d a t e for the j o b of F E L I X A d v e r t i s i n g Continued

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R A G W E E K ' S gone, the last F E L I X c a r r i e d reports from most )f the e v e n t s , and a l l that r e m a i n s i s the memory â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A h h ! A n y w a y , town to b u s i n e s s . F i r s t l y , next y e a r ' s R a g ( y e s , forward p l a n n i n g f o l k s ) ; if a n y o n e h a s any i d e a s about i m p r o v i n g R a g Week (and l e t ' s f a c e it, it c o u l d do w i t h improving) d o n ' t keep them to y o u r s e l f , more support c o u l d become, but let y o u r C C U V P k n o w , d a r e one s a y it, a r e a l h e l l preferably in w r i t i n g . T h e n he r a i s i n g e v e n t ( s o r r y ! ) . F i n a l l y , c a n p a s s your g e m ' s onto me the B a r - B - Q . T h i s w a s a new a n d s o m e t h i n g c a n get d o n e . e v e n t for R a g , and I must If anyone is interested i n a p o l o g i s e for the l a c k of meat, actively preparing for next If y o u c a m e , y o u w e r e p o s s i b l y year, s e e me or y o u r V P a s disgruntled a s I was when w e ' l l need a new c o - o r d i n a t o r w h a t l o o k e d l i k e t w o c o r g i s on s o o n , and we need an a s s i s t a n t a s t i c k a p p e a r e d i n s t e a d of a R a g M a g E d i t o r now. c o w . However, this year has s h o w n that the i n t e r e s t i s t h e r e , Secondly, this year's Rag, a n d next y e a r w e w i l l h a v e a n d the e v e n t s not c o v e r e d by learnt from our mistakes. F E L I X , one way or a n o t h e r . In c o n c l u s i o n , may I thank The Rag and Drag Competition w a s probably the best e v e n t in e v e r y o n e who h e l p e d out in R a g Week; many p e o p l e h e l p e d , R a g Week, c l o s e l y p r e s s e d by but p a r t i c u l a r t h a n k s go from Morphy D a y . If y o u went, I me to D a v e , P a t , M a r t i n a n d h o p e you had a good time - S t e l l a . A l s o many t h a n k s to a n d if y o u lost e i t h e r a large K i e t h , Garden H a l l ( B o b , P a u l , c o a t (herringbone pattern) or a H o w a r d , et a I,), S C A B , R C C , p a i r of black patent-leather A l a n J o n e s , F l o s and Rent-aw o m a n ' s s h o e s , or b o t h , let me C r o w d . k n o w and I c a n return them. See Y a , The Chariot Race was a Minesd o m i n a t e d event, w i t h R C S and John Downs, G u i l d s p r o d u c i n g l i t t l e in the Carnival Co-ordinator. way of quality or q u a n t i t y (Mech. E n g . I excepted). The race w a s somewhat e c l i p s e d by the m a g n i f i c e n t c o l l e c t i o n of The RCS that day, and conN A T I O N A L WESTMINSTER gratulations to all those c o n c e r n e d in that effort. T h e BANK pub c r a w l w a s f i e r c e l y fought out between two c o u p l e s , and to a v o i d argument, y o u c a n d e c i d e for y o u r s e l v e s w h o w o n . College Block Bob Longman (Min. Tech I) drank a s t a g g e r i n g 31 v o d k a s , a n d h i s partner H e l e n N a t r a s s w o u l d l i k e to r e m i nd i t s ( G e o . II) 18 s c o t c h e s and 2 vodkas. Their chief rivals, c u s t o m e r s that i t s h o u r s of Gary B r i t t a i n ( M i n . II) and o p e n i n g are Lorna Hawthorne (IF would you believe) drank 2 lagers 09.30 to 15.00 a n d 23 v o d k a s , a n d 27 m a r t i n i s respectively. D e c i d e who you We h o p e that t h i s w i l l t h i n k w o n , w r i t e y o u r a n s w e r on a v o i d the c o n f u s i o n and a p l a i n c l o t h e s p o l i c e m a n , and disappoinfinent that has e a t i t . T i m e - w i s e , the w i n n e r s a r i s e n from time to time. were undoubtedly K e i t h A h l e r s (Chem. E n g . II) and J a n i c e F o r d ( C h e m . E n g . II) who d i d the c i r c u i t of n i n e pubs in 55 minutes and consumed 7 w h i s k e y s , 7 p i n t s of b i t t e r ,

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A s w i t h every o t h e r s e c t i o n of the p o p u l a t i o n , the f i r s t c o n c e r n of the m a s s of s t u d e n t s today i s the e f f e c t of the e c o n o m i c s i t u a t i o n on our p o c k e t s and o u r c o n d i t i o n s of w o r k . We h a v e c a m p a i g n e d for s o m e t h i n g l i k e ten terms on the q u e s t i o n of s t u d e n t g r a n t s . We h a v e g r a d u a t e d from a p o s i t i o n of s i m p l y c a l l i n g for h i g h e r r a t e s , to a more s o p h i s t i c a t e d (and rather more p u b l i c l y a c c e p t a b l e ) c a m p a i g n for c h a n g e s in the g i a n t s s y s t e m , to e l i m i n a t e the burden of m e a n s t e s t s on our p a r e n t s and s p o u s e s , a n d for a n e n d to d i s c r e t i o n a r y a w a r d s and other a n o m a l i e s ; i n short, a f a i r grant for a l l s t u d e n t s . T h i s i s a reasonable demand. However, in the past six months, in education the wake of the £250 million budget cut, instigated by the Tory party and maintained by the unspeakable Reg Prentice, we have seen a rapidly deteriorating financial situation in the colleges, resulting in the 2% cuts at IC last term. This is a much more serious question than the rate of grant, (though inextricably linked to it). The treatment .at higher education by successive governments threatens the very existence of sections of higher education. In our own a r e a , w e c a n a l r e a d y point to the imminent c l o s u r e of one c o l l e g e of education, Maria Assumpta, with which w e h a v e had e x c e l l e n t s o c i a l r e l a t i o n s (marfy of us s u r v i v e d on M A d i s c o s ) . A ' , o v e r the country c l o s u r e s a n d mergers < are o c c u r i n g ; s o m e are c o m m e n d a b l e . O t h e r s are b e i n g i m p l e m e n t e d s i m p l y to s a m e money, but the q u a l i t y of e d u c a t i o n in t h o s e c o l l e g e s i n b e i n g d e s t r o y e d . 1

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under. It is those sectors which are heavily relied upon by less privileged and less influential members of the community, that are bearing the brunt of the attack. Adult education, technical colleges, the further education sector, all essentially geared to working-class students, and in the vast majority of cases, their only realistic channel to higher education, will be the first to go under. The universities, still populated by the children of the middle class to the extent of some 72%, (statistics courtesy of the DES) will survive. The grants s y s t e m itself is i n e x t r i c a b l y l i n k e d to the c u t s . H o l d i n g down student grants whilst forcing c o l l e g e s to r a i s e refectory p r i c e s and rents i s the G o v e r n m e n t ' s s e c o n d front. T h i s i s the h i d d e n c u t in e x p e n d i t u r e . Who s u f f e r s ? T h e s t u d e n t , of c o u r s e . It i s , a g a i n , w o r k i n g - c l a s s s e c t i o n s of h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n w h o get it i n the n e c k the s t u d e n t s on d i s c r e t i o n a r y a w a r d s . It was worthwhile reading Katie M c K i n n o n ' s 'IF Only' on the i n j u s t i c e of d i s c r e t i o n a r y a w a r d s ; w h i l s t not a g r e e i n g w i t h a l l s h e w r o t e , it i s a b s o l u t e l y c o r r e c t that s t u d e n t s on d i s c r e t i o n a r y a w a r d s are e a s i ly the w o r s t off.

H o w e v e r , in t e r m s of both c u t s a n d g r a n t s , p r i v i l e g e d though we may be, we are not g e t t i n g a w a y l i g h t l y . F i n a n c i a l c u t s in d e p a r t m e n t s h a v e meant that l e c t u r i n g p o s t s are b e i n g left v a c a n t , w h i c h m e a n s t h e l o s s of c o u r s e s h e r e and there. T e c h n i c i a n s ' posts u n f i l l e d mean fewer p r a c t i c a l s a n d l e s s d i v e r s i t y in e x p e r i m e n t a l w o r k . T h e r e i s l e s s d e m o n s t r a t i n g work for p o s t g r a d u a t e s to d o , a n d l e s s e x p e n s i v e m a t e r i a l for r e s e a r c h s t u d e n t s to u s e . T h a t m u c h 'quality of education' is vaunted b e g i n n i n g to f a l l , w i t h o v e r w o r k e d a n d u n d e r p a i d staff, a n d l e s s money for a i d s to t e a c h i n g . T h e threat of p r i c e r i s e s i n r e f e c t o r i e s i s imminent i n the next few weeks, because of t h e s e l f - f i n a n c i n g r u l e s . G r a n t s are not l i k e l y to f o l l o w t h i s trend; there i s s t i l l a means t e s t to c o n t e n d w i t h . A s the e c o n o m i c c r i s i s h i t s p a r e n t s harder, fewer w i l l be a b l e to meet the p a r e n t a l c o n t r i b u t i o n to t h e g r a n t . T h e v a l u e of the grant i t s e l f i s b e i n g e r o d e d at the s t a g g e r i n g rate of o v e r £7.90 per month (figure for l a s t N o v e m b e r from the

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N U S E d u c a t i o n a l a n d Welfare D e p a r t m e n t ) . T h e s p o u s e s ' c o n t r i b u t i o n h a s h i t many m a r r i e d s t u d e n t s very h a r d . T h e l u d i c r o u s j u s t i f i c a t i o n for c o n t i n u e d d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t married women (that it i s p r i m a r i l y the h u s b a n d ' s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to k e e p u p the h o u s e h o l d a n d w i f e ; no s u c h c o n sideration_applies in reverse) w i l l not' s a t i s f y a n y woman a f f e c t e d by i t . It is absolutely claar that a campaign both the grants system, which attacks and the vicious cuts in educationspending must be mounted. This has, correctly, been called for by last term's NUS Conference in Margate. T h e Week of A c t i o n will be the final week of February, culminating in a N a t i o n a l D e m o n s t r a t i o n on February 28th. It is not a time for cynicism. The facts are there for anyone to see. Anyone interested in fighting against the deterioration of the education system, and that includes primary and secondary education, will form a common cause with us in the Grants Campaign. Anyone belong who is not, either doesn't really here, or has failed to realise how important a decent education has been to him.

It i s i n t e r e s t i n g to s e e that the N a t i o n a l F r o n t i s now ' 7 0 0 % racialist' in the w o r d s of their s p o k e s m a n , by r e f u s i n g m e m b e r s h i p to p e o p l e of m i x e d r a c e and n o n - E u r o p e a n a n c e s t r y . It i s c l e a r that the 'Hitler was right' b r i g a d e i s in the ascendancy (strangely enough" J e w s are not yet e x c l u d e d ) , i am o n l y s l i g h t l y d i s a p p o i n t e d that I c a n n o t j o i n . T h o s e p e o p l e who s l a t e d me for b e i n g 'unfair' to a 'respectable' organisation l i k e the N F — h o w are they to be defended n o w ? P r e s u m a b l y if one v o t e d for them in a n e l e c t i o n , one w o u l d be v o t i n g for a ' 7 0 0 % racialist' establishm e n t — u n i v e r s i t i e s , parliament, judiciary a n d s o o n . N o - o n e i s g o i n g to 'ban' them. I b e l i e v e that t h i s s o r t of o r g a n i s e d r a c i s m and f a s c i s m i s u n l a w f u l ; a n d I hope that they are p r o s e c u t e d .

Those of you who saw a reference to with a dear my close personal friendship old lady living on the Mall in last week's Sennet, don't be misled. There is no truth in the rumour. I don't even like champagne.

of I C C A G , C a r n i v a l C o . o r d i n a t o r , S C A B C h a i r m a n , O v e r s e a s S t u d e n t s C o m m i t t e e and members for the P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d w i l l a l l be e l e c t e d at the RESULTS Meeting on 6th M a r c h . T h e D e p a r t m e n t a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s w i l l be e l e c t e d by b a l l o t on 10th M a r c h .

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SCOPE Elections. T h i s i s E l e c t i o n T e r m . A t the next U n i o n M e e t i n g on 30th J a n u a r y at 1.00p.m. there i s the e l e c t i o n for the E a s t e r N U S C o n f e r e n c e . T h e e l e c t i o n of a new President, Hon Sec, Deputy President and Editor of FELIX t a k e s p l a c e on 4 t h , 5th M a r c h , a t w o day b a l l o t . A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s O f f i c e r , E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s O f f i c e r , Student R e s i d e n c e O f f i c e r , Welfare O f f i c e r , C h a i r m a n

T h e r e i s p l e n t y of s c o p e for a l l i n t e r e s t s , s o d o n ' t j u s t s i t there w a i t i n g for s o m e o n e e l s e to run your U n i o n — c o m e and g i v e a h e l p i n g hand y o u r s e l f . Keep up to date by reading notices on the Council noticeboard in the Lower Lounge Union. These should tell you when nomination papers are due to go up, and when the elections will be held.

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NO-8 Across L B i l e o c c u r s c h a n g e d in p o t not do (8) 5. Many F r e n c h , a r e c o r d , b a c k in the a s s e m b l y (6) 1 0 . L i n e s of b o y s s t a n d i n g round c a t c h (7) 1 1 . L e n ' s art p r o d u c e s p r o t u b e r a n c e s (7) 1 2 . A l l o w h i m to r a c e , to c o n t i n u e b e t t i n g (3,2,4) 14. T h e s u b j e c t in i t , he means (5) 1 5 . C o u l d be part of w i n n i n g in U . S . (6) 1 7 . H e may remove u n d i e s and s h i r t , b e i n g w i t h o u t a t t i r e (6) 1 9 . S p l i t s j o k e s (6) 21 .Member of o n e ' s f a m i l y i n h o s p i t a l (6) 2 4 . D e s t i n e d to be r e g a l e d , w e hear (5) 2 6 . F i n d loud tree窶馬ot the same , not the s a m e ! (9) 2 8 . G r e e t i n g to n a v y ( A m e r i c a n ) i n a b y s s (7) 2 9 . A t t a c k e r of F r e n c h in a l l o y (7) 3 1 . F i g h t about s m a l l r e l a t i v e (6) 3 2 . T a k e f e w er l o o k s at t h o s e who c a n n o t be e q u a l l e d (8)

Down L M o v e to p r o t e c t the k i n g in S p a n i s h town w i t h o u t one (6) 2. Burn w i t h o u t f i r s t g e t t i n g p l a c e for a s h e s (3) 3. L i f e l e s s in S o v e r e i g n S q u a r e (5) 4. L e a n i n g o v e r w h i l e p u t t i n g i n order '7) 6 . W i d t h s of empty r e m a r k s w i t h o u t b e g i n n i n g (9) 7 . R e l a t i v e heard to be i n F r e n c h resort (5) 8.Overcome d i f f i c u l t i e s with the t e a c h e r (6) 9 . A d r i n k i n the inn (6) 1 3 . V o i c e of n e i t h e r K a t e nor Amy (5) 1 6 .H a p p e n i n g s i n v o l v i n g C I D in t e n s (9) 1 8 . ' G r a b the o c e a n s ' , w e are t o l d (5) 2 0 . H e t a k e s a day g o i n g round h e l l , a n d may e n d up t h e r e ! (6) 2 1 . O d d f u s e , if one hundre d are e n o u g h (7) 2 2 . A very loud t u n e i s my b u s i n e s s ! (6) 2 3 . R i p p e d into s a i n t s ' h o a r d s '6) 2 5 . Work up a s w e a t , right for a S c o t s garment (5) 27. Reel five involved a little fish (5) 3 0 . C o l o u r of muddy e x c r e t i o n (3)

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Union General Meeting T H U R S D A Y , 30TH A T 1.00PM IN T H E G R E A T H A L L . DISCUSSIONS O F MOTIONS TO GO TO T H E NUS CONFERENCE AT EASTER. ELECTION OF THE CONFERENCE.

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Evening UGMs R e p o r t i n g thai no comments h a d been r e c e i v e d c o n c e r n i n g the U G M s h a v i n g been h e l d in the e v e n i n g , the H o n . S e c . that future i'GMs would he held at this c o n s i d e r e d it unlikely time.

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General Meeting for a progress report and election of the main committee. Monday, 20th January at 6.15pm in the Union Lower Refectory. Anyone Welcome — come and join ('No subscription at present).

Parking S.C.C. T h e r e m a i n i n g p a r k i n g p e r m i t s h a d been a d v e r t i s e d i n P H L I X but h a d not yet b e e n c l a i m e d . If not c l a i m e d byJ a n u a r y 3 1 s t , they w i l l be r e a l l o c a t e d . T h e D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t h a s d i s c o v e r e d that there i s n o fire a l a r m i n the J C R . T h u s the F i r e O f f i c e r h a s been a s k e d to take a c t i o n to rectify the s i t u a t i o n .

President's Business T h e P r e s i d e n t p r e s e n t e d the p o s s i b i l i t y of c r e a t i n g a s a b b a t i c a l D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t / B u i l d i n g s O f f i c e r . However this would not be financially possible unless 'he third sabbatical was taken from the Editor of FELIX. T h e present E d i t o r a s k e d l o be c o n s u l t e d i n any further d i s c u s s i o n s that the E x e c u t i v e might h a v e . T h e P r e s i d e n t agreed to t h i s . It a p p e a r s l e g a n a c t i o h may be t a k e n a g a i n s t the 11.'"A o v e r the w i t h d r a w a l o f i t s £270,000 grant to the U n i v e r s i t y . T h e i m m e d i a t e l o s s to I C i s around £65,000. On the P r e s i d e n t ' s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n . C o u n c i l agreed to d o n a t e £40 from the E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s C o m m i t t e e budget to the L o n d o n Student O r g a n i s a t i o n .

Pue to apparent inactivity, the continued existence of the following clubs will be questioned at the next SCC meetin g Thursday. l.ith Fehruar v. \to\*emenl

Ann-Apartheid (iaysoc

Kurdish Society Young Socialist Students

Society

Will anybody who is involved in one of these societies or who knows anything about them, please contact the Hon. Sec. of the 'Social Clubs Committee 'B.I).Champion. Aero .?) before Monday 27th January. Otherwise these clubs mar be disbanded.

Pen Pals - Sri Lanka Widely travelled Ceylonese Law Student would like correspond with anyone interested in stamp collecting, and current affairs. For further informal ion please contact the Secretary, Fast Asia Society, via the t'mon letter rack.

to cricket South

Invites WELLSOC

C o u n c i l a g r e e d lo i n v i t e C a r l S e a f o r d , the D o m e s t i c B u r s a r , to the next c o u n c i l m e e t i n g . M r . M o o n e y , the refectory manager, a n d O r . L e v y the C h a i r m a n of the C o l l e g e R e f e c t o r y C o m m i t t e e were to be i n v i t e d to the m e e t i n g after.

D r . B e r n a r d D i x o n ( E d i t o r of N e w S c i e n t i s t ) ,

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U n i o n p o l i c y document w a s d i s c u s s e d a n d many were m a d e . A request w a s therefore made that an v e r s i o n of the p o l i c y document s h o u l d be p u b l i s h e d a s p o s s i b l e , and the H o n . S e c . a g r e e d to do t h i s .

Working Party M r . G o r d o n J a c k s o n , C h a i r m a n of the C o u n c i l Working P a r t y l o o k i n g into student r e p r e s e n t a t i o n on C o l l e g e c o m m i t t e e s , p r e s e n t e d h i s report c o n c e r n i n g the E x p l o r a t o r y , Medical Services, A p p o i n t m e n t s , E d u c a t i o n in E u r o p e , E x p l o r a t i o n , F i e l d S t a t i o n Safety, P a r k i n g a n d T r a f f i c , a n d Welfare c o m m i t t e e s . T h e report w a s a c c e p t e d after d i s c u s s i o n and amendments.

House Committee Minutes The cost officers was Sec. replied r e p l a c i n g the

of the c a r p e t i n g for the U n i o n and e x e c u t i v e q u e r i e d due to i t s m a g n i t u d e '£540). T h e H o n . that the quote w a s much l e s s than the c o s t of wooden floor were i l to w e a r out.

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T h e H o n . S e c . a s k e d for n o m i n a t i o n s for the n e w l y v a c a t e d p o s i t i o n of P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r . T h e P r e s i d e n t of RSMU e x p r e s s e d h i s c o n c e r n that the e l e c t e d P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r h a d been u n a b l e to do the j o b for w h i c h he h a d been e l e c t e d . T h e E d i t o r of F E l . ' X / e x - P u b l i c i t y O f f i c e r e x p r e s s e d the fact that the responsibility of Publicity and he had always accepted any blame given to it. ft never had been the case that he would not do the publicity, rather a case could not do it by virtue of the lime involved.

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Towels A q u e s t i o n w a s a s k e d about the l a c k of t o w e l s in the gents loo in the U n i o n . T h e Deputy P r e s i d e n t r e p l i e d that the shortage of m a i n t e n a n c e staff w a s the m a i n d i f f i c u l t y .

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HONEST MICK ENTERPRISES Proudly presents T h e famous range of V i d e o t o n e H i - F i loudspeakers, starring the infamous M i n i m a x 2. N o w t hi s superb range of s p e a k e r s i s a v a i l a b l e at d i s c o u n t prices. C o n t a c t H o n e s t M i c k F o x of M e c h E n g 2 for d e t a i l s o f the w h o l e range. A s k for a d e m o n s t r a t i o n of the M i n i t n a x 2 at £32.50 p a i r . 'Hi-Fi Answers' c a l l e d it this year's bargain speaker. C o m e a n d prove i t for yourself.

T h e r e w a s much d i s c u s s i o n on the matter w h i c h e n d e d w i t h the E d i t o r a p o l o g i s i n g for not h a v i n g brought the item up at a U G M for d i s c u s s i o n . T h e E d i t o r of F E L I X brought forward a draft m o t i o n c o n c e r n i n g Sennet a n d i t s a l l e g e d c i r c u l a t i o n of 100,000 r e a d e r s . T h e m o t i o n c r i t i c i s i n g that figure w a s p a s s e d .

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L a s t Saturday s a w the major C" & G rag event of t h i s s e s s i o n . The b a s i c idea behind this b e i n g to o r g a n i s e a m u s i c a l e x t r a v a g a n z a that w o u l d go on through the night into the following d a y . T h u s a l l the students involved in last term's fund r a i s i n g ( s t u n t s of v a r y i n g degrees of eccentricity and s h e e r l u n a c y , that might c a u s e a l a r m over s t u d e n t s ' s a n i t y were performed) c o u l d h a v e t w e l v e h o u r s in w h i c h to p r a c t i c e their by now p e r f e c t e d s k i l l s . S e r i o u s l y though, on a l e s s s a r c a s t i c and f r i v o l o u s note, it w a s a w e l l o r g a n i s e d event for the enjoyment and entertainment of a l l the p e o p l e l u c k y enough to a c q u i r e t i c k e t s . A w i d e range of t a s t e s were c a t e r e d for and the e v e n i n g k i c k e d off with Sutherland Brothers and Q u i v e r , who never seem to g i v e a m e d i o c r e performance on the s t a g e . T h e i r act a n d s t y l e h a s the a b i l i t y to set any a u d i e n c e alight and this was well utilised. Undoubtedly the st ar attr a c t i o n (they c e r t a i n l y p r o v e d t h e i r worth) of the w h o l e show was Manfred Mann's Earth H a n d . T h e r e w a s no r e a l f l a s h of the o l d Manfred M a n n gimm i c k s , s u c h a s t a k i n g off h i s t r o u s e r s or d r a g g i n g some of the f e m a l e p o p u l a t i o n of the

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M a n a g e r . P r o v i d e d I c a n s e t up the a f o r e m e n t i o n e d s y s t e m , then i p u b l i c a l l y I a p p l y for t h i s p o s t . I w o u l d a l s o e x p e c t the r e m o v a l o f the ban on my p h o t o g r a p h s and articles appearing in F E L I X . In f a c e s a v i n g s t y l e M r . W i l l i a m s t e l l s me (5/1/75) that t h i s b a n no l o n g e r e x i s t s . Since when M i k e , or did you j u s t forget to t e l l m e ! Mike Williams has comp l a i n e d about the v a s t amount of l e t t r a s e t t i n g h e d o e s . If h e d i d more editing, rewrote badly written copy and shortened lengthy articles, he would r e d u c e t h i s , a n d make a better F E L I X i n the p r o c e s s ! H o w e v e r o n the p l u s s i d e , F E L I X n o w has a SUB-Editor; congratulations, a long overdue appointment! My n e x t c r i t i c s m c o n c e r n s the l a c k of n e w s i n F E L I X . N e w s i t e m s that do appear u s u a l l y bear l i t t l e r e l e v a n c e to I C s t u d e n t s , not to m e n t i o n m o s t o f them are a w e e k or two o u t of d a t e ! I C N e w s s t o r i e s m i g h t be h a r d to f i n d , b u t L o n d o n Further Education Stories aren't — Sennet regularly finds them! My b i g g e s t c r i t i s m must be l a y o u t . When the p r e s e n t E d i t o r c a m p a i g n e d for h i s j o b h e s a i d , ( F E L I X 5/3/74) that i n producing a R a g Mag he had 'learnt a helluva lot about e d i t o r i a l l a y o u t ' . W e l l -where did all that k n o w l e d g e go because this year's layout is abomnibal! Good layout is an essential ingredient towards any good paper, Offset-litho provides increased layout control, which hasn't been f u l l y u t i l i z e d . E v e n s o the l a s t two i s s u e s ' front p a g e s d Q s h o w an encouraging improvement. ;

Many of my c r i t i c s m s c o u l d be found i n p r e v i o u s years' p a p e r s . F E L I X m i g h t not be p e r f e c t but M i k e W i l l i a m s h a s p r o d u c e d a paper a b o u t w h i c h h e c a n be p r o u d . F e w p e o p l e r e a l i s e the i m m e n s e effort that goes i n t o a n y s t u d e n t p a p e r . Offset-litho g i v e s the E d i t o r e v e n more h e a d a c h e s . M y l e t t e r s indicate ways of improving F E L I X , to g i v e I C s t u d e n t s a b e t t e r p a p e r . I h o p e they are implemented. Yours Clive

sincerely, G.Dewey.

In Reply to C.G.Dewey FELIX Office, , 14th January, 1975 Dear Mr. Dewey, With r e g a r d to y o u r l e t t e r p r i n t e d i n t h i s issue, o f F E L I X , w e h a d not f u l l y d i s c u s s e d y o u r l a s t epi-stle (the o r i g i n a l l e t t e r of o v e r 2,000 w o r d s ) h e n c e y o u r claims of credit for any improvements s i n c e then a r e rather premature. In a n y c a s e the a m b i g u i t y of your l e t t e r renders a n y s u c h c l a i m s i n v a l i d . A l s o , y o u say i n a l l your c o m m u n i c a t i o n s to date that y o u are a s e n i o r member o f Sennet, our s o - c a l l e d sister

paper. We c o n t a c t e d Jeremy C l i f t , the s a b b a t i c a l E d i t o r of Sennet on t h i s p o i n t a n d i t seems that t h i s c l a i m i s a l s o premature a n d (quote) 'merely a matter of opinion'. We a c k n o w l e d g e y o u r a p p lication for the post of Advertising Manager. This matter i s on the a g e n d a of our next F E L I X E d i t o r i a l Board m e e t i n g to be h e l d on M o n d a y , 20th J a n u a r y . We a l s o note the attempt i n y o u r a p p l i c a t i o n to narrow the f i e l d d o w n to one p e r s o n . If w e took o n l y t h o s e people with experience, there w o u l d be no F E L I X s t a f f at a l l w i t h the e x c e p t i o n of the E d i t o r . In y o u r l e t t e r y o u go s o far as to suggest that the E d i t o r i a l B o a r d do not e d i t acceptable articles 'in any manner'. B e a r i n g i n mind your professed a b i l i t y in this field, we have printed your letter as we r e c e i v e d i t . O n the p o i n t of n e w s a r t i c l e s , i t i s our o p i n i o n that a l l news items c o n c e r n i n g s t u d e n t s w h e r e v e r they may be are r e l e v a n t a n d are of p e r t i n e n t i n t e r e s t to other s t u d e n t s . Why do news stories, about FE c o l l e g e s h a v e to be n e c e s s a r i l y more r e l e v a n t to I C s t u d e n t s than t h o s e on refectory p r i c e s , rents and victimisations? There b e i n g no b o u n d s to the s i z e of your c r i t i c i s m s , y o u m o v e 011 to a t t a c k the l a y - o u t i n F E L I X . We c a n o n l y g i v e y o u the o p i n i o n s o f others who are p e r h a p s more e x p e r i e n c e d i n this f i e l d , viz:— Jeremy C l i f t (Editor of Sennet): 'really rather good'; our former l i t h o o p e r a t o r , K y r l e G i l l e s p i e , oneWeekly' time E d i t o r of 'Office (a p o s t h e l d for twenty y e a r s ) : 'really good, indeed quite excellent': D a v e Segar, s a l e s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of A d d r e s s o g r a p h M u l t i graph Ltd: 'very good indeed'; a n d f i n a l l y M r . C a r t e r , sales representative in the V a r i t y p e r d i v i s i o n of the same 'first class'. company: It n e v e r h a s b e e n our p o l i c y to p l a c e b a n s on a r t i c l e s or photography by p e r s o n s o t h e r than the FELIX staff and e s p e c i a l l y not y o u r s . In fact we draw y o u r a t t e n t i o n to the f a c t were that y o u r photographs u s e d for the S T O I C centre Issue No. 368), s p r e a d (FELIX, s o w h a t i n the h e l l a r e y o u t a l k i n g , about? L e t r a s e t t i n g i s N O T the major t a s k that s o a k s up a l l our energy w h e n p r o d u c i n g a F E L I X . If there w e r e ever such a c a s e as you mention ("none of u s c a n remember s u c h a c a s e ) then we take this o p p o r t u n i t y to i n f o r m y o u that y o u are s a d l y b e h i n d the t i m e s i n your thinking. Incidently, y o u r o w n efforts (when y o u w e r e o n the F E L I X staff) i n t h i s field were notably abominable (see FELIX, Issue No. 361). In c o n c l u s i o n , we should l i k e to e x p r e s s our c u r i o s i t y that y o u s h o u l d s e e fit to d i s tribute y o u r o r i g i n a l l e t t e r to a l l members of the I C U P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d , the P r e s i d e n t s of the C o n s t i t u e n t C o l l e g e U n i o n s , the E d i t o r s of the C o n s t i t u e n t Col'ege Newspapers, the Secretary to the Editorial B o a r d of S e n n e t , M i k e W i l l i a m s , the E x e c u t i v e E d i t o r of S e n n e t ( J e r e m y C l i f t ) , A n n e N o l a n (the college Press & Publications Officer), Valerie Beer (the c o l l e g e Offset-litho unit super-

MOTORCYCLE COLUMN Rupert Harper " NOW THAT I am f i n a l l y b a c k at c o l l e g e I thought that it w a s about time that I d i d s o m e t h i n g about my t a s k a s s e c r e t a r y of the Motor C y c l e s e c t i o n of the. C & G Motor C l u b . F o r t h o s e who do not k n o w what h a p p e n e d , I broke my t h i g h bone in a c a r c r a s h , the o b v i o u s moral i s to r i d e motor c y c l e s a s they s e e m to be s a f e r ! My a i m t h i s y e a r i s to try and get u s some f a c i l i t i e s for k e e p i n g , and more important, repairing and rebuilding machines belonging to the members. I have already taken s t e p s in t h i s d i r e c t i o n , and I think Dr.Besant is very i n t e r e s t e d in the s e c t i o n a n d i t s a c t i v i t i e s , and w e may be a b l e to look to him for a s s i s t a n c e , h a v i n g a member of s t a f f to help will be very useful, e s p e c i a l l y b e i n g in the s a m e department a s P r o f e s s o r F o r d , w h o i s P r e s i d e n t of the Motor Club. Now, about t h i s H o n d a w e are g o i n g to r a c e , I t h i n k it i s a very good idea B U T , I w o u l d need a lot of p e r s u a d i n g to pay £50 for a , C P . 7 2 , e v e n more the £200 t h i s b l o k e i s a s k i n g for i t , or the £600 it i s s u p p o s e d to be w o r t h , a n d I do not c o n s i d e r it will really benefit all the members. And as a council member I feel that it w o u l d be a w a s t e of U n i o n money. I w o u l d far rather s p e n d the money equipping a good workshop, w h i c h i s what I f e e l we n e e d . L a s t l y I c a n not r e a l l y s e e U F C g i v i n g us that amount of money a n y w a y s o I w i l l d i r e c t my e n e r g i e s t o w a r d s a more modest sum. it s e e m s to me that the section offers l i t t l e to its' members, t h i s p r o b a b l y a c c o u n t s for the fact that there a r e o n l y ten members, no facility i n v o l v i n g c l u b funds c a n be u s e d by non-members, but d o n ' t let that s t o p y o u from c o m i n g v i s o r ) , a n d to the H o n . S e c r e t a r y of I C U ostensibly for ICU C o u n c i l r e c o r d s (though t h i s i s c l e a r l y out of the q u e s t i o n ) a n d yet y o u d i d not s e n d c o p i e s to the i n d i v i d u a l members o f t h e F E L I X E d i t o r i a l B o a r d , who w e r e the m a i n t a r g e t s of y o u r criticisms. Yours sincerely, The Editorial Board of F E L I X . P.E.I.U.Ekpenyong, Sub-Editor J . R . W a r i n g , News Editor R . I . Z . S . S h a k i r , Features Editor R.S.Newmann,

Photographic Editor R.Wilkins, Photo-Journalist R . J o n e s , Sports Editor M.J.L.Williams, Editor

to the m e e t i n g s . J u d g i n g by the 5 0 0 c c (and o v e r ) i r o n w a r e I h a v e s e e n a r o u n d c o l l e g e there are a lot of p o t e n t i a l members, e s p e c i a l l y the p u k e b l u e N o r v i n , and the S u z y and T r i d e n t 7 5 0 ' s I h a v e s e e n . I am not sure about the m e m b e r s h i p p o s i t i o n , but c o l l e g e s t a f f are p a r t i c u l a r l y w e l c o m e to t h e m e e t i n g s , M e c h . Eng. t e c h n i c i a n s about a l l ! T h e m e e t i n g s a r e h e l d in the S o u t h s i d e bar at 1.00p.m. on Wednesdays. I feel that the m e e t i n g s s h o u l d be more s o c i a l , l i k e a pre-arranged p i s s - u p i n the U n i o n bar on s o m e n i g h t , d e p e n d i n g on s u g g e s t i o n s w h i c h are a l w a y s w e l c o m e . If any one w i s h e s to j o i n then y o u s h o u l d go to T o n y R a i n e in the G u i l d s U n i o n O f f i c e and a s k to join the Motor C l u b , Motor Cycle section. A list of members i s kept by me and i s s h o w n b e l o w , s o if y o u are not on it y o u c o u l d m i s s out on something good. I would a l s o l i k e to point out that membership involves paying a subscription for those who think otherwise. That bit above was written for l a s t w e e k ' s F E L I X but I m i s s e d the c o p y date s o I am g o i n g to a d d a b i t , a s I w r i t e , t h i s I am l i s t e n i n g to 'Beggers Banquet' through a p a i r of t h o s e V i d e o t o n e S p e a k e r s that I got from Honest Mick Enterprises a n d they are . r e a l l y good, in f a c t , perfect. 'We are g o i n g to try and b u i l d up a f l e e t of lightweights, probably B a n t a m s , that w e c a n h i r e out to members whose b i k e s do not work s o y o u c a n g o a n d get s p a r e s a n d the l i k e . Y o u w i l l h a v e to p r o v i d e y o u r own i n s u r a n c e . So if y o u know of a n y B a n t a m s g o i n g r e a l l y cheap, see Dave Salisbury ( P h y s i c s 2). It d o e s not matter if they are not road^worthy, but w e c a n not n i c k them or w e w i l l run i n t o p r o b l e m s w h e n w e try and r e g i s t e r t h e m . Y o u r s t i l l I f i n i s h up in h o s p i t a l a g a i n , Rupert Harper ( M E 2). Members: N.Antony, N.Bamber, C . Gould, Me, C.Robins, J.Stratten-Stevens, P.Smart, D . Stewart, G.Taranto, R . W i l k e s .

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Stardust — Hay Connolly T H I S IS T H E B O O K of the f i l m s e q u e l to the o r i g i n a l f i l m 'That'll Be the Day'. T h o s e of y o u w h o Saw 'That'll Be The w i l l remember it c h r o n i c l e d the Day' a d v e n t u r e s of J i m M a c l a i n e from h i s c h u c k i n g in s c h o o l and d r o p p i n g out, to

d r o p p i n g b a c k i n , g e t t i n g m a r r i e d and d r o p p i n g b a c k out a g a i n . In the m i d d l e he meets and makes friends with Mfke Mennery who works on a f a i r g r o u n d . When 'Stardust' o p e n s it i s 1 9 6 3 , and J i m h a s grown h i s h a i r , grown up and b e c o m e a s i n g e r w i t h a rock a n d r o l l band c a l l e d the Stray C a t s . P e r f o r m i n g to

bored a u d i e n c e s i n s e e d y c l u b s , they l i v e on dreams of b e c o m i n g a s famous a s the B e a t l e s or the R o l l i n g S t o n e s . A c o m b i n a t i o n of l u c k , r u t h l e s s n e s s a n d a lot of hard h u s t l i n g on the part of M i k e M e n n e r y , w h o J i m b r i n g s in a s the g r o u p ' s road manager, m a k e s the Stray C a t s rock and roll superstars. However, j u s t w h e n they h a v e a c h i e v e d t h e i r dream, it s t a r t s to go s o u r . T h i s book may not be a m a s t e r p i e c e of E n g l i s h L i t e r a t u r e , but it s e e m s to me that i t ' s h o n e s t a b o u t the way t h i n g s w e r e a n d , still are. Definately an I suppose, interesting book!

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F l i c k i n g down the t r a c k l i s t i n g s s h o w s an opener of a p p a r e n t t a s t e , M r . F ' s 'Sea Breezes', w h i c h could be quite interesting. There's a dramatic launch, decapitated v o c a l s e t - a l l , but the s t y l e ' s not there. T h e t r a c k e v e n t u a l l y d i e s i n t o raggae and the c l a s s i c s (shame). T h e i n t e n t i o n of the a l b u m s e e m s to be for P a u l M c C a r t n e y to lend bruv M i k e M c G e a r a h e l p i n g hand at r e p l e n i s h i n g the P i g g y B a n k by w r i t i n g n i n e of the ten a v a i l a b l e d i f f i e s , p r o d u c i n g the v i n y l , and g o i n g for the h a t r i c k by t h r o w i n g in the w i f e or s y n t h e s i z e r . M i n d y o u , they end up s o u n d i n g l i k e a s e t of h a l f - h e a r t e d s t u d i o demo t a p e s , c o m p l e t e w i t h funny n o i s e s . T h e beat i s at best rudimentary ( c o u r t e s y Gerry Conway!?). Some light b r e a k s through the beer fumes in the form of the s i n g l e 'Leave It' — an e m i n e n t l y c a t c h y 3 m i n u t e s , but then

i t ' s b a c k to the m o n k e y s - a n d - c h i l d r e n only b u s i n e s s and a l l the f o o l i n g around in the w o r l d w o n ' t d i s g u i s e the m e d i o c r i t y of the v e n t u r e . I t ' s a l l been done better a m i l l i o n t i m e s before, M i g u e l ! . Q u i t e c o m p a r a b l e to, s a y , L i t t l e J i m m y O s m o s i s sings Paul Rodgers. S i d e two l i f t s a n d s e p a r a t e s for a while, providing straight, uncomplicated Lovely pop t u n e s mooged-about by the L i n d a — maybe the u n a c c e p t e d remnants from the 'Band on the Run' s t o c k p i l e of tunes ( b u s i n e s s i s b u s i n e s s , already). It's a w e l l - p r o d u c e d d i s c but u n d e m a n d i n g of both l i s t e n e r a n d performer and a s s u c h l a c k s any k i n d of i m m e d i a c y or s p a r k . If P a u l M c C a r t n e y c o u l d do to a l c o h o l i c b e v e r a g e s what he i s e v i d e n t l y c a p a b l e of, and a d m i r a b l y s u i t e d to, w i t h regards popular m u s i c ( i . e . d i s t i l l e v e r y e s s e n c e and bouquet a v a i l a b l e i n t o one e a s i l y p a l a t a b l e product) he w o u l d n ' t need to

m ak e another r e c o r d a n d the S c o t s w o u l d s t a r t s w i m m i n g in t h e i r water i n s t e a d of bottling it. B a s i c a l l y an essay in Fraternity.

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T h e B B C s t r i k e s in g l o r i o u s mono w i t h comedy from the 12th c e n t u r y , w h e n humour w a s o b v i o u s l y s o m e t h i n g v a s t l y different from t h e modern c o n c e p t - no s u b t l e t y , inuendo, or e v e n a l i t t l e parody — the r a d i o a u d i e n c e must h a v e been some r e a l l y e r u d i t e m o l l u s c s to l a t c h onto t h i s stuff. T h e a l b u m a p p e a r s »to c o m e from some' B B C radio show titled imaginatively 'The Glums', featuring D i c k Bentley, J u n e W h i t f i e l d , and J i m m y ' l-was-born-withthese-whiskers-you-know' Edwards. Yet another s i g n of i t ' s age is the e x p e r t l y c a n n e d laughter. I mean n o t h i n g n o w a d a y s is,expertly done. C o u l d p r o v i d e some neat o p e n i n g s aural sado-masochists.

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Jeff Lewis Slade: Slade in Flame (Polydor) Y E T A N O T H E R undoubted s m a s h e r o o hit for S l a d e . T h i s a l b u m i s the o r i g i n a l soundtrack from the forthcoming film 'Flame' in w h i c h the band m a k e s i t s a c t i n g debut; a s far a s the f i l m i s c o n c e r n e d , it c o u l d n ' t h a v e a s k e d for better p r e - p u b l i c i t y . C o n s i d e r i n g that Slade's Blue l a s t a l b u m Old, New, Borrowed and grabbed a g o l d d i s c before i t s o f f i c i a l r e l e a s e d a t e then c l e a r l y the f i l m p r o d u c e r , the r e c o r d company a n d , i n e v i t a b l y s o , the book p u b l i s h e r are out to make pots and pots of £££'s from t h i s h i g h l y c o m m e r c i a l enterprise. A l l the t r a c k s , w i t h one e x c e p t i o n , a r e what one h a s c o m e to e x p e c t from S l a d e : raunchy, kick-'em-in-the-guts type rock. 'Lay It Down' a n d 'So Far So Good' are

definitely r e m i n i s c e n t of the Beatles around ' 6 4 - ' 6 5 . T h e one e x c e p t i o n in the w h o l e a l b u m i s the very f i r s t c u t , 'How Does It Feel?' w h i c h , to my m i n d , i s the b e s t that they h a v e e v e r p r o d u c e d . It p o s s e s s e s a c o n fident a i r of m u s i c a l maturity w h i c h i l l u s t r a t e s the f a c t that the band i s c a p a b l e of more than just t h r a s h i n g around under the a u s p i c e s of t h e i r ' N O I Z B O I Z ' tag.

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TRAGEDY undoubtedly struck the w o r l d of B r i t i s h P o p w h e n F a m i l y d e c i d e d to b r e a k - u p i n O c t o b e r 1973 for, in c o n t r a s t to s o m e of t h e i r p l a s t i c i z e d , moneyg r a b b i n g c o n t e m p o r a r i e s , they w e r e one of the few groups who w e r e a l w a y s s e a r c h i n g

for new i d e a s . It i s an u n d e n i a b l e fact that no two t r a c k s , from t h i s a l b u m at l e a s t , are e v e n remotely a l i k e a s regards l y r i c s , melody and p r e s e n t a t i o n . This c o m p e n d i u m , then, s e r v e s a s a t r i b u t e to their sheer innovative prowess. T h e c u t s s p a n the l a s t f i v e of the b a n d ' s s e v e n y e a r s ' e x i s t e n c e . T h e i r four major s i n g l e s - 'No' Mule's Fool' (1969), 'The Weaver's Answer' (1970), 'In MyOwn Time' (1971), and 'Burlesque' (1972) are n a t u r a l l y i n c l u d e d together w i t h t h e i r a l l - t i m e c l a s s i c 'My Friend the Sun', which, with its lyrical strength and d e l i c a t e harmony n e v e r c e a s e s to amaze me. T h i s a l b u m w i l l a p p e a l to a n y o n e i n t e r e s t e d in s e r i o u s r o c k (as o p p o s e d to type) a n d a l s o to s u p p o r t e r s the 'hard' of L e i c e s t e r C i t y F C , in w h o s e c o l o u r s s o m e of the band a p p e a r on the s l e e v e .

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L E O S A Y E R ' S concert last Saturday was certainly exceptional in terms of e n t e r t a i n m e n t v a l u e , w h i l e at the s a m e time b e i n g a d i s p l a y of t r e m e n d o u s m u s i c a l ability. T h e programme w a s i n i t i a t e d w i t h h i s h i t s o n g 'Just a Boy' a n d i m m e d i a t e l y h a d the a u d i e n c e under h i s s p e l l . H e then p r o c e e d e d to s h o w us h i s v e r s a t i l i t y by s i n g i n g s o n g s from the 'Just a Boy' a n d Bird' a l b u m s . 'Silver

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PROFESSIONAL L e o S a y e r i s a r e a J / p r o f e s s i o n a l in every s e n s e of the w o r d . H e u n d o u b t e d l y e n j o y s b e i n g on the s t a g e and l i k e s to s e e everyone else enjoying themselves with him a c t i n g a s the c a t a l y s t . •: . A m o n g the s o n g s from 'Silver Bird' w e r e 'One Man Band', 'I Can Dance' (part of w h i c h he repeated on r e q u e s t from the a u d i e n c e ) . H e c o n c l u d e d the c o n c e r t w i t h '/ won't Let the Show Go On' w h i c h w a s a b e f i t t i n g c o n c l u s i o n to a great hour of 5

7 f s my Life'; 'The 'Another Bells of St. Mary's'; 'Train' and Time' w e r e a l l gems i n t h e m s e l v e s . A l l the w h i l e h e w a s s i n g i n g he w a s s h a k i n g

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When % a s k e d ; M r . S a y e r to comment on the c o n c e r t , ' O n e of the most enjoyable concerts I've ever had' c a m e the r e p l y . H e a s k e d me t o p a s s on h i s t h a n k s to a l l the s t u d e n t s at I C ; the p e o p l e r e s p o n s i b l e for o r g a n i s i n g the c o n c e r t a n d 'most of all the audience'. I w o u l d l i k e to p a s s on a p e r s o n a l t h a n k s and c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s for the prof e s s i o n a l h a n d l i n g of t h i n g s a n d a l s o for p r o v i d i n g us w i t h a good s u p p o r t i n g group as w e l l as an exceptional concert. Well done M a l c o l m a n d the E n t s C o m m i t t e e .

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IS|£T8ALL K.LIPSCOMBE T h e y s a i d it c o u l d never happen. No one man c o u l d p o s s i b l y p l a y two games so w e l l , but one man h a s a n d that man i s B . P a n t s , the c a p t a i n o f I C R u g b y . F i n d i n g the weather conditions incompatible with g r a s s - c o u r t games h e turned to a s p h a l t a n d by a p i e c e of i n c r e d i b l e d i p l o m a c y m a n a g e d to arrange a n e t b a l l match a g a i n s t ICWA. A n d so i t w a s that on a damp Sunday a f t e r no on seven IC R u g b y men a n d s e v e n ICWA N e t b a l l women a r r i v e d at the Union. The venue for this sporting showpiece was the L i n s t e a d H a l l g r o u n d a n d the I C team c h o s e to c h a n g e i n the hall itself for convenience. A f t e r a f i v e m i n u t e warm-up i n room 2 1 3 , B . P a n t s l e d out the R u g b y team onto the c o u r t to f i n d the o p p o s i t i o n a l r e a d y out— a m e a n b u n c h to be s u r e . L e d by F r e d a J o n e s they i n c l u d e d i n the s i d e no l e s s a p l a y e r than F r e d a 'I s c o r e d 40 g o a l s i n one m a t c h ' T e l l e m . The other five players were Freda Harris, F r e d a Barter, Freda J o , Freda Betteee, and Freda Jones' friend, F r e d a . F a c e d with such notorious opposition Frank P a n t s h a d a s s e m b l e d a team of h i s toughest men, F r a n k Sutton, Frank Beddoes, Frank Robins, Frank Lipscombe, Frank Shakesheff, and even Frank Hughes! T h e m a t c h w a s r e f e r e e d by

the l a d i e s team s i n c e they w e r e the o n l y o n e s who k n e w the r u l e s e x c e p t F r a n k P a n t s (who w a s to p l a y s o w e l l ) o f c o u r s e . P a n t s d e c i d e d to p l a y w e l l d o w n w i n d for the f i r s t quarter (a s h r e w d move i n d e e d ) a n d the game w a s u n d e r w a y . ICWA s t a r t e d w i t h a n o r t h o d o x formation with F r e d a T e l l e m as g o a l s h o o t e r . F r a n k Sutton w a s o r d e r e d to mark h e r a n d i t w a s s o o n c l e a r that t h i s w o u l d be a bruising encounter. Hughes and L i p s c o m b e l e d the I C a t t a c k a n d a s the game f l o w e d from e n d to e n d there w e r e many s c o r i n g c h a n c e s for e i t h e r s i d e . N e e d l e s s to s a y t h e s e w e r e w e l l t a k e n by F r e d a T e l l e m a n d s q u a n d e r e d b y the i n e p t M a n d L — c l e a r l y the b a l l s h o u l d have b e e n s m a l l e r or the net bigger. Pants was generalling the m i d f i e l d w e l l but e v e n h e c o u l d not c o m p e n s a t e for the l a c k o f s k i l l u p front. F r e d a was everywhere, shadowed c l o s e l y by F r a n k . T h e e n d of t h e . f i r s t quarter c a m e w i t h I C W A . i n the l e a d . P a n t s ' team w e r e on the r a c k . T h e r e w o u l d have! to be c h a n g e s . F r a n k reverted; to g o a l d e f e n c e l e a v i n g F r a n k free to move to w i n g a t t a c k . T h i s d i s p l a c e d F r a n k who w a s a c c o m o d a t e d by s w i t c h i n g F r a n k to goalshooter from win^ defence and putting F r a n k at wing attack. T h i s left F r a n k who w a s t o l d to take F r a n k ' s

o l d p o s i t i o n at w i n g d e f e n c e . Pants was unchanged. The I C W A team a l s o made c h a n g e s . T h e s e c o n d quarter s t a r t e d . T h e n e w l o o k I C team s h a p e d up w e l l F r a n k F r o g w a s s l i g h t l y more successful in attack ( w h i c h w a s not s a y i n g m u c h ) . Close marking persisted, L i p s c o m b e ' treading a l l over B e t t e e e whom h e c l a i m e d h e c o u l d not see. H a l f time came w i t h I C W A s t i l l i n front. It w a s n o w that m a s t e r t a c t i c i a n F r a n k Hughes stepped forward and suggested that the I C team s h o u l d e m p l o y a m a n to m a n marking technique — what a revelation. Inspired by this radical thinking there was a n o t h e r s u g g e s t i o n t h a t the b a l l s h o u l d be put t h r o ' the net. C l e a r l y t h i n g s w e r e g o i n g to be d i f f e r e n t i n the s e c o n d h a l f . M S F w e n t to g o a l s h o o t e r , a n d the game w a s u n d e r w a y . T h e I C team e m p l o y i n g t h e i r n e w t a c t i c s s l o w l y n a r r o w e d the gap. P a n t s tuso performance, tai svter i b uat i nvgi rthe b a l l to left a n d r i g h t w i t h great d e x t e r i t y . F r a n k B e d d o e s made some b l u s t e r i n g right w i n g runs despite c l o s e a t t e n t i o n from J o a n d from h i s c r o s s e s M S F w a s a b l e to s l o t in the g o a l s . F r e d a was worried. She o r d e r e d m u s c l e t a c t i c s a n d i n the face of this p h y s i c a l a s s a u l t P a n t s ' team began to crack, although he himself c o n t i n u e d to p l a y w e l l .

B y now a large crowd h a d g a t h e r e d for the f i n a l e x c i t i n g q u a r t e r . K e n W e a l e a n d h i s dog F r a n k (?) w e r e there too. A s dark d e s c e n d e d the b a t t l e w a s fought o u t , s c o r i n g t a k i n g p l a c e at b o t h e n d s . With o n l y s e c o n d s left the s c o r e w a s 2 0 - 2 0 . I C m o v e d the b a l l q u i c k l y — F r a n k to F r a n k to F r a n k a n d then b a c k to F r a n k a g a i n . H e p a s s e d to Frank who s l i p p e d a beautiful s h o t to F r a n k w h o then l e a p t h i g h a n d p o t t e d the b a l l — the w i n n e r ! G a s p s from the c r o w d , I C h a d w o n ! B u t n o ! A w a y at the other e n d F r e d a T e l l e m w a s w a v i n g h e r a r m s , the g o a l w a s d i s a l l o w e d for f u l l t i m e h a d just been blown. The teams c l a p p e d e a c h o t h e r off the f i e l d a c o u p l e of t i m e s . A n h o n o u r a b l e d r a w w a s the r e s u l t , but w h a t a m a t c h ! T h e game w a s e n j o y e d by a l l . E v e r y o n e a r r i v e d at the I C W A L o u n g e l a t e r on for a feast of tea and sandwiches and Frank Dennis presented F r e d a J o n e s w i t h the ' M a r of the Match' award — a bottle of Babycham. Teams: ICWA: Suzanne Anita Tellem, Liz Barter, Jo, Mary Jones and Friend.

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IC: Dennis Shakesheff, Bruce Bradley, Keith Lipscombe, Paul Robins, Ryan Beddoes, Ray Hughes, Rich Sutton.

F E L I X RUGBY R e f r e s h e d from three w e e k s of constant booze and turkey intake over the Christmas vacation, Bruce Bradley's B r a v e B a n d i t s disembarked at C a t t e r h a m B a r r a c k s to meet the w e l l known Welsh Guards X V . A s o l d i e r on the g a t e , i n s t a n t l y r e c o g n i s i n g our s t y l e , d e c i d e d to p r o m p t l y m a r c h u s to the barber's shop. However, h a v i n g been warned of the army's t r i c k s , a n d t o l d u n d e r no c i r c u m s t a n c e s to s i g n a n y t h i n g , h e h a d ^ o s e t t l e for s h o w i n g u s to the g y m n a s i u m . T o the b o o s a n d c r i e s o f ' f o r e i g n e r s ' from the m a s s e s of Welsh privates dotted around the f i e l d , I C at l a s t took the f i e l d . A f t e r b e i n g t o l d to put the field back play eventually c o m m e n c e d . T h e f i r s t twenty m i n u t e s s a w l i t t l e of i n t e r e s t until D e n z i l Frog was scythed at the k n e e s by a f a l l i n g body and earned a wonderful oscar with a touching 'death throes' p e r f o r m a n c e o n the t o u c h l i n e . Ten minutes later a chance p e n a l t y a l l o w e d the G u a r d s to

take a 3-0 lead at half-time. In the second half both the pack and backs began to play with more confidence with good clean ball coming from B . A u s t i n ' s sound hooking. It was from the base of a scrum that Ray Teethless broke and dived over for a deserved try to put IC 6-3 ahead. P l a y continued without incident until the Guard's second row started bashing his head against a brick wall, i.e. Keith hippo, and was consequently sent off for allowing S.Booth to hit him back. Ten minutes later a monstrous penalty kick by the Guards levelled the score, which then remained at 6-6. It was a well deserved result and a promising start to the new term. Team: Denzil F.. Z.Apper, J.Bear, B.Ringme, C.Otter, L.L. Norman Less, B.T.Rousers, B.Morris, T.Enence. 10.000. M.A luring, Joshua Jones, D.Dick, N.T.Q.

Bruce Bradley I C 1st X V p l a y e d t h e i r f i r s t game a g a i n s t a U n i v e r s i t y team t h i s s e a s o n on S a t u r d a y 11th J a n u a r y , a n d w e r e so d e t e r m i n e d to do w e l l t h a t o n l y two t h i r d s of the s i d e got p i s s e d the n i g h t before.

try. R e a d i n g h a d s c o r e d y e t another penalty during this p e r i o d to h a l f time, a n d the s c o r e then w a s 16-12 to IC. T h e s e c o n d h a l f o p e n e d at no l e s s h o t a p a c e a n d a l t h o u g h The match s t a r t e d at a the p l a y w a s e n d to e n d throughf u r i o u s p a c e a n d I C s o o n p i n n e d o u t the h a l f p r o v e d a t r i m p h d o w n the R e a d i n g s i d e i n t h e i r for both d e f e n c e s . S e v e r a l IC h a l f . A p e n a l t y to I C w a s w e l l s c o r i n g chances were unk i c k e d b y B . F i n n e y , p l a y i n g i n f o r t u n a t e l y s q u a n d e r e d by l a c k h i s n e w p o s i t i o n of f l y h a l f . o f s u p p o r t a t the l a s t moment R e a d i n g i m m e d i a t e l y r e d r e s s e d but t h i s d i d not d e t r a c t from a the b a l a n c e by k i c k i n g an e a s y g o o d s e c o n d h a l f p e r f o r m a n c e . p e n a l t y from i n front o f the R e a d i n g s c o r e d a n o t h e r two posts but I C were undaunted. p e n a l t i e s to IC's one (by Further IC pressure brought F i n n e y , of c o u r s e ) g i v i n g a f i n a l a n o t h e r p e n a l t y w h i c h F i n n e y s c o r e o f 19-18 to IC. d u l y c o n v e r t e d but t h i s l e a d The aftermatch frivolities w a s to be s o m e w h a t s h o r t - l i v e d . w e r e w e l l s t a r t e d b y the i n t r o T h e R e a d i n g left w i n g broke d u c t i o n of an eight p i n t j u g four t a c k l e s a n d r a n i n under ( f u l l o f beer) for a c o s t of a the p o s t s for a c o n v e r t e d try mere 8 Op. Reading Union w h i c h g a v e them a 9-6 l e a d at e n j o y e d a r e p e r t o i r e o f s o n g s this stage. p r e v i o u s l y u n h e a r d o f b y them I C w e r e not to be o u t d o n e , a n d the B o b s S t e r n a n d A u s t i n h o w e v e r , a n d before h a l f - t i m e h a d a n ' a l a r m i n g ' time and so two e x c e l l e n t t r i e s w e r e s c o r e d d e c i d e d n o t to r o l l o u t the by them. C r e s s w e l l c r a s h e d o v e r b a r r e l . from h a l f a y a r d after a n exc e l l e n t run by B o o t h a n d F i n n e y Team: D .Shakesheff, A .Williams, b r o k e through near the p o s t s R.Slern, J.Gilbert, M.Cotter, a f t e r a dummy w i t h Stern who B.Finney, R.Hughes, B.Bradley, r e c e i v e d the a t t e n t i o n of three R.Austin, D.Hart, K.Lipscombe, R e a d i n g p l a y e r s — a l l to no S.Booth, R.Cresswell, T.Smith, a v a i l . F i n n e y g o a l e d h i s o w n P.Robbins.

SPORT L a s t S a t u r d a y , b e i n g the f i r s t S a t u r d a y o f t h i s term s a w the r e a p p e a r a n c e o f * I C ' s E x t r a 1 s t X V on the rugby f i e l d . T h e o c c a s i o n was an away fixture at R e a d i n g U n i v e r s i t y against their 2nd X V . T h r e e games h a d b e e n a r r a n g e d for t h i s p a r t i c u l a r S a t u r d a y , but due to a number of l a t e 'crossings-off, one o'clock i m p o s s i b l e . A t t h i s s t a g e the s a w a n o t h e r f i a s c o , w h e n there team for o n c e s t a r t e d to ' c l i c k ' w a s o n l y enough p l a y e r s to a n d we w e r e p r e s s i n g h a r d n e a r f i e l d two c o m p l e t e t e a m s , a n d ' h e i r l i n e for a l o n g w h i l e , a number of A team p l a y e r s d u r i n g w h i c h we d i d e v e r y t h i n g w e r e drafted i n t o the E x t r a s . but s c o r e . C h r i s W h i t e l e y made Position selection was decided some e x c e l l e n t b r e a k s through i n the d r e s s i n g r o o m , w h i c h the muddle and was ably decided that Neil Hicking s u p p o r t e d by R o b D o y l e , a n d should play hooker, a d e c i s i o n M a r i k Sergot, both p l a y i n g w e l l w i t h w h i c h he d i d n o t c o m b u t w e r e both s t o p p e d o n l y pletely agree. i n c h e s s h o r t on s e v e r a l o c c asions. A penalty move When w e r e a c h e d the p i t c h , i n v o l v i n g R o b a n d M a r i k , i n the we s a w fifteen men i n a l l k i n d s s a m e v e i n , w a s a l s o effective of a t t i r e w h o , w e found o u t s o m e but good cover t a c k l i n g by m i n u t e s l a t e r , w e r e to be o u r R e a d i n g a g a i n f o i l e d us. game was opposition. The underway a n d from the d i s t a n c e We w e r e n o w f u l l y c o m m i t t e d the R e a d i n g p a c k w e r e d r i v e n to a t t a c k a n d c a p i t a l i s i n g on b a c k a t the f i r s t s c r u m , i t this s i t u a t i o n , R e a d i n g once s e e m e d a mere f o r m a l i t y that I C more made a f a s t break a n d w o u l d n o t c h up a n o t h e r v i c t o r y . s c o r e d a g a i n . We d i d , h o w e v e r , B u t , a l a s , at t h i s s t a g e we continue our intense pressure w e r e u n a w a r e of the latent for the remai nder of the game s p e e d o f the R e a d i n g b a c k s , a n d a try w a s c e r t a i n . T h i s , w h i c h w a s to p r o v e s o d e c i s i v e h o w e v e r , o n l y c a m e after some i n the f i n a l a n a l y s i s . In f a c t , h a r d a n d good work i n the after w i n n i n g the e a r l y h e a t e d centre by M i k e G i b s o n . H e e x c h a n g e s , the R e a d i n g b a c k s made the i n i t i a l break down the h a d t h e i r f i r s t o p p o r t u n i t y to right hand s i d e , w h i c h was stretch t h e i r l e g s , a n d our c a r r i e d on by the forwards i n defence was s p l i t . O n l y good s uppo r t a n d the b a l l moved c o v e r b y two of the b a c k row a c r o s s the w i d t h of t h e f i e l d (no n a m e s ! ) a n d the h a l f b a c k s a n d M a l e R a n s o n s c o r e d i n the prevented a score. B u t Rea'ding comer. Only minutes now scored some minutes later, r e m a i n e d a n d the s c o r e w a s not from the h a r d r u n n i n g of t h e i r to c h a n g e o v e r that p e r i o d , h a c k s . N o blame c o u l d be p u t l e a v i n g the s c o r e at 26-4 i n on our b a c k s , they j u s t d i d n ' t R e a d i n g ' s Cavour. h a v e R e a d i n g m a t c h e d for s p e e d , the try, h o w e v e r w a s c o n v e r t e d Team: A.Davies; M.Ranson, and another f o l l o w e d s h o r t l y , C.Whiteley, S.Ladle; M.Gibson, which was not converted, G .Clement, R.Tresize; M.Sergot, l e a v i n g a h a l f time s c o r e i n N.Hicking, C.Wrigley, A.Rice, Reading's favour of 10-0. R.Sutton, R.Doyle, R.Jones, I.Marwood. T h e s e c o n d w a s now o u r s for the t a k i n g . We h a d the s l o p e i n our f a v o u r a l o n g w i t h the f a i r l y s t r o n g w i n d on our b a c k s . F r o m the k i c k off, a c l e a n c a t c h by M a r i k Sergot, a w e d g e , a player offside and within seconds Reading had scored again. The w i n d had been blown out of our s a i l s a n d w h e n the referee a l l o w e d a try a l i t t l e later on, which had been t o u c h e d d o w n by A l u n D a v i e s b e f o r e , i t s e e m e d our t a s k w a s

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