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Alternative T H E P O S S I B I L I T Y of publ i s h i n g a n "Alternative Prospectus", w r i t t e n by I C s t u d e n t s a n d d i s t r i b u t e d to every college and school teaching science 'A'-levels, was aired at l a s t M o n d a y ' s C o u n c i l meeting . This w o u l d be a U n i o n publication containing course desc r i p t i o n s and reports, sections on grants, welfare, accommoda-

D.P. ELECTION

INQUORATE IT WAS announced at yesterday's Election Results Union meeting that the threshold of 1024 votes required to make the election of next year's ICU Deputy President valid was not reached. New elections for DP will therefore have to be held.

Prospectus tion, living in London e t c . Such p r o s p e c t i a l r e a d y e x i s t at other u n i v e r s i t i e s (eg Manchester a n d C a m b r i d g e , a m o n g s t others). A l t h o u g h the i d e a h a s b e e n fully d i s c u s s e d a n d approved by t h e U n i o n ' s A c a d e m i c Affairs Committee, the C o l l e g e ' s r e a c t i o n a p p e a r s to b e m i x e d . W h i l s t the B o a r d o f S t u d i e s gave the i d e a a warm recep-

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t i o n , the A d m i s s i o n s P o l i c y C o m m i t t e e seemed a l m o s t i n different. At last Monday's Council m e e t i n g , w h e r e the d i s c u s s i o n w a s p r e s e n t e d by the I C U A c a demic Affairs Officer, Charles L o u i s s o n , the r e c e p t i o n w a s encouraging . Concern w a s expressed regarding editorial freedom a n d t h e need for c h e c k i n g o f any o p i n i o n s w h i c h might b e a i r e d i n the p u b l i c a t i o n ; but on t h e w h o l e , C o u n c i l a p p e a r e d a g r e e a b l e to t h e i d e a in p r i n c i p l e .

T h e v o t i n g for t h i s e l e c t i o n took p l a c e l a s t Monday, a n d the F r i d a y before. T h e voting figures for the f i r s t d a y w e r e esti m a t e d to b e a r o u n d 550 a n d for the s e c o n d d a y , a r o u n d 300. T h i s means that t h e final v o t i n g figure w a s w e l l b e l o w i t s target. T h e u s u a l p r a c t i s e i s for the r e s u l t to be a n n o u n c e d to the U G M a n d t h e n o m i n a t i o n p a p e r s a r e p u t u p a s soon a s possible after this. The p a p e r s h a v e , s u b s e q u e n t l y , to s t a y u p for t e n c o l l e g e d a y s w i t h the e l e c t i o n s t o be h e l d after a further f i v e d a y s .

Wots this ere then? E V E N the l o n g arm o f the l a w b e c o m e s i n t e r e s t e d when y o u p o s e for a F E L I X photographer w h i l s t p a r k e d on a dbubl e - y e l l o w l i n e . â&#x20AC;˘ T h i s picture w a s taken a s p a r t o f the F E L I X A n n u a l Motor R a l l y w h i c h w a s h e l d l a s t Sunday . T h e a c t u a l c l u e was to go to "Squat flag arrear" (anagram o f T r a f a l g a r Square) a n d h a v e a photo t a k e n . What c o u l d b e more s i m ple? One c a n imagine the surp r i s e w h i c h b e f e l l P e t e r Amey and D m B r o w n w h e n t h e c o p p e r s t r o l l e d by a n d i n q u i r e d j u s t w h a t they w e r e up to . A l l ' s w e l l that e n d s w e l l however no charges were p r e s s e d (thank God - Ed.) s o the C & G U '2' team c o m p l e t e d the c o u r s e a n d l i v e d to t e l l the t a l e i n t h e b a r that n i g h t . Motor Rally

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S O T H E f r o l i c k i n g , the c l i c k e mongering, the b u m p h o - p o s t e r i n g a n d the w r i t i n g o n the w a l l i s not q u i t e o v e r y e t . T h e r e are to b e further e l e c t i o n s for t h e n o n - s a b b a t i c a l p o s t of I C U D e puty P r e s i d e n t sometime next term s i m p l y b e c a u s e the t h r e s h o l d of v o t e r s required for t h e e l e c t i o n to be v a l i d w a s n o t r e a c h e d . T h e q u e s t i o n must be not a s k e d why was the threshold reached? Some blame the c a n d i d a t e s : "They clearly did not put enough work into their campaigns". G r a n t e d that the o l d but h i g h l y l u c r a t i v e ( i n t e r m s o f v o t e s ) trick o f person -tw-person c a n v a s s i n g w h i c h has been so s u c c e s s f u l i n past y e a r s w a s a b s e n t t h i s year o n the w h o l e , 1 u n d e r s t a n d that a lot of effort w a s put into d i s t r i b u t i n g posters and bumph s h e e t s as w i d e l y a s p o s s i b l e (even a s w i d e l y a s South K e n . tube station).

I.ETTIE85 Pro NF Imperial College, 22nd February, 1975. D e a r Sir, 1 a b h o r the arrogance of F r a n c i s T o y e , Tom Abraham a n d o t h e r s who h a v e r e c e n t l y a t t a c k e d , through F E U X , the N a t i o n a l F r o n t ' s stand a g a i n s t i m m i g r a t i o n . F o r l e t it never be forgotten that nobody e v e r o n s u l t e d the B r i t i s h P u b l i c before a l l o w i n g B r i t a i n to become a multi-racial state. T o d a y the N U S i s demanding that o v e r s e a s f e e s be red u c e d to that for the home s t u d e n t , e v en though t h i s w o u l d l e a d to even fewer u n i v e r s i t y p l a c e s for ordinary B r i t i s h folk. Furthermore, there i s a myth that i m m i g r a n t s a v o i d p a r t i c i p a t i n g in p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i t i e s ; the l e a d e r of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l S o c i a l i s t s i s an Israeli passport-holder, and s i m i l a r i y the I n t e r n a t i o n a l M a r x i s t G r o u p i s l e d by an O x ford-educated P a k i s t a n i , T a r i q A l i . B o t h o r g a n i s a t i o n s are beh i n d v i c i o u s a s s a u l t s on i n d i vidual students in c o l l e g e s throughout B r a i n , and both support the murderous I R A . O f c o u r s e , anybody w h o h a s the courage to speak u p a g a i n st t h e s e d a n g e r s i s i m m e d i a t e .y branded a s a f a s c i s t by these people. Yours faithfully, F.Edwards

In reply to John Mortimer City & Guilds Union, 7th March 1975. Dear Sir, May I take s p a c e i n y o u r n e w s p a p e r to e x t e n d my deepest s y m p a t h y to Mr J o h n Mortimer. It p a i n s me greatly to s e e a o n c e sane man r e d u c e d to the i n a n e r a m b l i n g s of h i s a r t i c l e in the l s t i s s u e of F E L I X ( N o . 381). H i s p r e t e n s i o n s to g r a n d eur a n d d e l u s i o n s of the stature o f R S M U are to be e x p e c t -

confidence in themselves", T h i s may be so, but I have my d o u b t s . W h a t e v e r might be the rights or wrong's of t h i s a f f a i r , the fact r e m a i n s that at the main e l e c t i o n s , it took f o u r c a n d i d a t e s a n d two very h a r d fought c a m p a i g n s for two s a b b a t i c a l p o s t s to j u s t s c r a p e over the v o t i n g t h r e s h o l d . T o a s k j u s t two c a n d i d a t e s to recreate such enthusiasm witha similar doubledup performance m u s t s u r e l y h i g h l i g h t the fact that o u r c o n s t i t u t i o n d o e s not r e a l l y c a t e r for a l l the c o n c e i v a b l e s i t u a t i o n s that might a r i s e at e l e c t i o n time.

O t h e r s blame the p e c u l i a r i t y of t h i s y e a r ' s e l e c t i o n s y s t e m : "Since iheO.P. candidates were known days before the why couldn't the Deputy main election, President have been elected along with the Hon. Sec. and Editor of FELIX?" T h e s i m p l e a n s w e r i s that c o n s t i u t i o n a l l y it i s n o t a l l o w e d : had the D . P . c a n d i d a t e s put t h e i r n a m e s up at the same time as the o t h e r c a n d i d a t e s , a l l w o u l d h a v e b e e n w e l l . T h e p e c u l i a r i t y arose w h e n an e x t e n s i o n of time for nomina t i o n s w a s r e q u i r e d b e c a u s e no c a n d i date for the p o s t w a s f u l l y s e c o n d e d . T h u s i t c a n be c o n s t r u e d that it w a s the c a n d i d a t e s ' f a u l t for not g e t t i n g t h e i r n a m e s up in t i m e . Some t a k e a d i f f e r e n t a t t i t u d e a l t o gether: "By failing to draw out the requisite number of voters, the candidates can interpret the result as a vote of no

e d , but the m u l t i t u d e of factual i n a c c u r a c i e s could only h a v e b e e n c o n c o c t e d by a man not i n the full p o s s e s s i o n of a l l h i s f a c u l t i e s . T h i s may have s o m e t h i n g to do w i t h the l o n g s e p a r a t i o n of J o h n from his mascot, which obviously a d d s w e i g h t to the theory that the M i n e s ' Braincell i s i n fact k e p t i nsi de D a v y . T h e extent o f M i n e s ' b r a i n p o w e r w a s fully i l l u s t r a t e d by t h e i r p u r c h a s e , for £50, of a w o o d e n replica o f D a v y , w h i c h w a s i n fact b u i l t a n d p a i n t e d in under four h o u r s . O n the s u b j e c t of m o n e y , M i n e s s h o u l d be grateful to G u i l d s for g i v i n g them the m o t i v a t i o n for t h e i r r e c o r d £7 20 rag c o l l e c t i o n , o n w h i c h we c o n g r a t u l a t e them. In c o n c l u s i o n l e t me r e i t e r a t e my sympathy for the R S M U P r e s i d e n t , and a l s o h i s U n i o n , w h o m he so r i g h t l y f e e l s are i n need of such e g o t i s t i c a l p i o p o g a n d a as c o n s t i t u t e d the aforementioned article. Yours sincerely, D.L.Barnes . VP C&GU

Male Chauvinism? Physics Imperial

Dept. College,

Dear Sir, We h a d a l m o s t b e c o m e imra.une to the i n t e r m i n a b l e w h i n i n g of pampered, g r a s p i n g w o m e n . The o c c a s i o n a l murmerings of the p o s t w e r e t o l e r a b l e but the p r e s e n t fern, l i b . c a m p a i g n i s utterly n a u s e o u s . Women s h o u l d stop m o a n i n g about t h e i r l o t . T h e y a r e not underprivileged. Recent camp a i g n h a n d b i l l s d i s t r i b u t e d by the B r a - B u r n e r S o c .(or w h a t e v e r t h e y l i k e to c a l l t h e m s e l ves) t e l l u s that I C h a s o n l y c . a . 10% women . T h e fact i s that w o m e n s h o u l d n e v e r be a l l o w e d into any u n i v e r s i t y s i n c e i t d i v e r t s them from t h e i r

* C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to C o u n c i l on f i n i s h i n g so e a r l y l a s t M o n d a y at 8 . 4 0 p m . P i t y that the P r e s i d e n t w a s at U L U a t (he time, for he w o u l d h a v e been p l e a s e d , I'm s u r e .

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01-589 5 1 U Ext. 2166 true function a s w i v e s a n d m o t h e r s l o o k i n g a f t e r the home. It i s a s c i e n t i f i c fact that the b r a i n a n d n e r v o u s s y s t e m of women i s , i n g e n e r a l , l e s s h i g h l y d e v e l o p e d than that of men. T h i s i s s h o w n o v e r a n d o v e r a g a i n We o n l y n e e d to look at the g r e a t a c h i e v e m e n t s o f h i s t o r y to r e a l i s e that men p r o v i d e the d r i v e a n d b r a i n s for a d v a n c e m e n t . Women a r e only capable of playing a supporting role, a c t i n g a s instruments o f pleasure and providi n g entertainment for the b r e a d winner. P r o o f o f the i n f e r i o r i n t e l lectual capacity and i l l o g i c a l thought p r o c e s s e s o f women i s a v a i l a b l e h e r e at I C . C o n s i d e r the i s s u e o f the U n i o n B a r . O n the one h a n d they demand a d m i s s i o n to w h a t ought to be a men-only b a r a n d on the o t h e r they refuse men a d m i s s i o n to the I C W A l o u n g e e x c e p t at certain t i m e s ( w o n d r o u s c o n c e s s i o n ! ) It r e a l l y i s about time women w e r e returned to t h e i r c o r r e c t p l a c e i n the s o c i a l

s t r u c t u r e , a n d w h i l e we a r e about it l e t s ' r e s t o r e the U n i o n B a r to i ts rightful s t a t u s o f a m e n - o n l y bar. Yours sincerely, David Seal D a v e Scott Stuart North Syd W i l k i n s o n

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Dear Sir, I n o t i c e that a large number o f p r o - e u i o p e a n p o s t e r s have been removed from a l l o v e r c o l l e g e . W h i l e I am aware that t h i s i s the u s u a l l e v e l o f deb a t e , 1 feel that s i n c e our U n i o n i s c a l l i n g for democracy these puerile tendancies s h o u l d be c u r b e d . Yours faithfully, Philip

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T H E L A S T e v e r S u n d a y T i m e s N a t i o n a l Student Drama F e s t i v a l i s to be h e l d in L o n d o n ' s West E n d next month ... and wi II feature IC D r a m s o c ' s C h r i s t m a s p r o d u c t i o n of "Albert Bridge". T h e s e l e c t i o n of D r a m s o c ' s p r o d u c t i o n from o v e r 100 entr i e s must s u r e l y rank a s one of the most s i g n i f i c a n t a c h i e v e m e n t s of a n y IC s o c i e t y , s o c i a l or s p o r t i n g , for many y e a r s . L a s t night a s p o k e s m a n t o l d m e : "Naturally we are delighted. The Festival is acknowledged all over the world as representing the cream of British student theatre, so (or us, a drama group in a college of science and technology, the selection is doubly satistying. '' Albert's Bridge" was

w r i t t e n by T o m Stoppard a s a r a d i o p l a y , but adapted for the s t a g e a n d d i r e c t e d at Imperial by D e n y s B e n n e t t . D e t a i l s h a v e yet to be f i n a l i s e d , but tie p l a y w i l l appear at the C o l l e g i a t e Theatre (University C o l l e g e ) on M O N D A Y A p r i l 7th for t w o performances, m a t i n e e and e v e n i n g . But what of t h e rest of the F e s t i v a l ? I s p o k e to C l i v e W o l f e , the F e s t i v a l D i r e c t o r : "This year's 20th AnniverApril sary Festival runs from 6th to 12th, and will be the most ambitious ever. Several West End theatres are being incorporated, including the Royal Court, the Young Vic and the Theatre Upstairs." "In addition to the selected British student productions, there will be invited groups from Li son and Turkey, and David Ponting will bring his acclaimed one-man Dylan Tiomas show. There will also be some practical workshops including movement sessions taken by John Broome, former choreographer with the Royal Shakespeare Company.''

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I W O U L D l i k e to make a p l e a for the return of the deat h- be d . What b l i s s it must have been to have y o u r l a s t effort of c o u r a g e o u s n e s s w a t c h e d by t h o s e w h o remembered your w i t t i n e s s , y o u r i n t e l l i g e n c e , y o u r g e n e r o s i t y or y o u r a l e r t n e s s . A n d what a c o n trast to t h e s e d a y s w h e n a n u r s e , h o w e v e r d e d i c a t e d , s i l e n t l y w i s h e s that y o u w o u l d e x p i r e w i t h e r before or after t e a t h o u s a n d s w h o d o not c h o o s e break . H o w much more d i g n i f to t a k e a d v a n t a g e of t h e . s t a t e ied to d i e from a f a l l or of h y p s c h o o l s . T h e c u r r e n t grants o t h e r m i a rather than e u t h a n c a m p a i g n K i t w o u l d h e l p if the a s i a . B u t w e a r e no longer posters were grammatically a l l o w e d to d o s o . D o c t r i n e s c o r r e c t ) a l s o a i m s to t r a n s f e r demand that w e herd together &' tl r e s p o n s i b i l i t y from t h e . i n a l l t h o s e w h o c a n n o t even feed d i v i d u a l to the S t a t e . Redistt h e m s e l v e s , to be f e d , w a s h e d ribution of wealth is one thing, and fed a g a i n , in hot-house total dependence on the State s u r r o u n d i n g s u n t i l some unfortis another! We a r e g r a d u a l l y unate d o c t o r is c a l l e d upon to b e i n g c o n d i t i o n e d to b e l i e v e make the fateful d e c i s i o n . that o n e form of s c h o o l i n g i s In a l l s p h e r e s w e are r e p l a the right form of s c h o o l i n g , but c i n g our i n d i v i d u a l r e s p o n s i b what if our p r i o r i t i e s d i f f e r ? i l i t i e s w i t h p o l i c i e s and a r e A n d they do - a c c o r d i n g to our r a p i d l y d e c l i n i n g towards t o t e n v i r o n m e n t , our r e l i g i o n , o u r a l i t a r i a n i s m . The Natiorial c a p a b i l i t i e s or o u r e x p e c t a H e a l t h S e r v i c e w a n t e d to r i d tions. i t s e l f of p r i v a t e p a t i e n t s , Philosophies and aggressthereby r i d d i n g i t s e l f of t h e i r i v e n e s s s e e m to be c o n s i d e r e d f i n a n c i a l c o n t r i b u t i o n . It i s the a n s w e r to e v e r y t h i n g . S o now c a m p a i g n i n g to d i s a l l o w c a l l e d intelligent people (Rose the n a t u r a l c o n s e q u e n c e , the D u g d a l e , U l r i k e Meinhof) n o s e t t i n g of up p r i v a t e c l i n i c s longer feel it n e c e s s a r y to and t h i s in a " f r e e country"! d e v e l o p t h e i r arguments but A s i m i l a r e v o l u t i o n c a n be c a n o n l y offer d e s t r u c t i v e r e s e e n in the f i e l d of e d u c a t i o n . actions. Not o n l y are the government Why don't the National c u t t i n g down on e d u c a t i o n Front members, who have been s p e n d i n g (as the p o p u l a t i o n getting so much publicity grows o l d e r more i s b e i n g a l l lately, try to be more profito c a t e d e l s e w h e r e ) but the s o c able than the Jews in business, i a l i s t s require that t h e i r s t a t e better at boxing than John s y s t e m be implemented u n i l Conteh - or whatever, instead a t e r a l l y , w i t h o u t regard to distributot demonstrating and l o c a l o p i n i o n . T h i s may l e a d ing leaflets. to a t o t a l d e p e n d e n c e on S t a t e s p e n d i n g for e d u c a t i o n w h i c h A little less doctrinism and is a t present r e l i e v e d by the a l i t t l e more common s e n s e :

IMPERIAL COLLEGE OPERATIC SOCIETY PRESENTS A CENTENARY CONCERT OF GILBERT & SULLIVAN EXCERPTS FROM PIRATES OF PENZANCE RUDDIGORE GONDOLIERS ON T H U R S 20TH M A R C H AT 1.15PM IN T H EG R E A T H A L L ADMISSION FREE

WELLSOC presents PROFESSOR SIR H E R M A N N B O N D I O r i g i n a t o r of the s t e a d y state theory o f the u n i v e r s e C h i e f S c i e n t i f i c A d v i s o r to the M i n i s t r y o f D e f e n c e . Lecture: 'BONDI ON RELATIVITY' M o n d a y , l-7th M a r c h M e c h . E n g . 220 7.1'5pm Also: Annual General Meeting of Well s o c : E l e c t i o n s for n e x t y e a r . w o u l d go a long w a y t o w a r d s p r e v e n t i n g a country in w h i c h a l l are s u b o r d i n a t e d to the strongest opinion. ( R e c e n t l y heard quote from a h u s b a n d to h i s w i f e , "You know, place

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T h e 191st meeting of the Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n C o u n c i l opened at 6 w i t h the D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t in t h e c h a i r in the P r e sident's absence . A p o l o g i e s for a b s e n c e w e r e r e c e i v e d a n d members v o t e s thereby d e l e g a t e d ; minor c o r r e c t i o n s to the m i n u t e s of the l a s t meeting were made .

Matters arising French Trip: Mr B r a n t h w a i t e reported the t r i p ' s s u c c e s s . A n a c c o u n t by D e b b i e B a r k e r of I F h a s been printed in F E L I X . League

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sent to t h i s body. Bookshop: T h e reps on the B o o k s h o p C o m m i t t e e had put forward the idea of h a v i n g s e c o n d - h a n d b o o k s for s a l e in t h e B o o k s h o p . T h e y w e r e , h o w e v e r , t o l d that the idea w a s not worthwhi l e .

Correspondence Ulster: concerning a debating competi1. New University tion - (This letter is, hopefully, published elsewhere in this issue - Ed.) Insurance: a s k i n g p e r m i s s i o n to s e t up a s t a l l 2. Endsleigh in the U n i o n foyer o n c e a w e e k . C o u n c i l a g r e e d . 3. Lancaster SJJ.: A c a s e of v i c t i m i s a t i o n by the U n i v e r s i t y a u t h o r i t i e s w a s r e p o r t e d . A letter of support i s to be sent to the S t u d e n t s ' U n i o n a n d a letter of protest to the U n i v e r s i t y .

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Weeks Hall: D u e to the C o l l e g e ' s u n s a t i s f a c t o r y a n s w e r to the U n i o n q u e r i e s on t h i s matter. C o u n c i l a g r e e d to s u b m i t to the next U G M the p r o p o s a l : "That the next Council should be held in Weeks Hall, subject to developments". T h e E d i t o r of F E L I X ' s comment that C o u n c i l w o u l d r i s k l o s i n g i t s c o n s e r v a t i v e image(!) w a s met w i t h a p p l a u s e . Refectories: R e f e c t o r y p r i c e s seem bound to g o u p . T h e C o l l e g e w i s h e d t h i s to happen in time to c a t c h the summer c o n ference t r a d e . A s u g g e s t i o n of a two-tier p r i c e s y s t e m w a s made, f a c i l i t a t e d by the p r o d u c t i o n or n o n - p r o d u c t i o n of a r e gistration card. Governing Body/Council Dinner: C o u n c i l agreed that the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s h o u l d be referred b a c k . Query: T h e E d i t o r of F E L I X q u e r i e d the statement i n the P r e s i d e n t ' s open letter to a l l members of I C U w h i c h s t a t e d that he d i d not " a n t i c i p a t e a n y e x t e n s i v e ... c l a s h of d u t i e s " , a n d yet the P r e s i d e n t w a s u n a b l e to a t t e n d C o u n c i l . T h e H o n . S e c . r e p l i e d that the P r e s i d e n t w a s a t t e n d i n g U L U a s S R C C h a i r m a n not j u s t a s P r e s i d e n t - e l e c t of U L U .

Hon. See's Business Elections: A letter w a s read from the P r e s i d e n t of R S M U , c o n c e r n i n g a n a r t i c l e by one of the c a n d i d a t e s for a s a b b a t i c a l post w h i c h h a d been p u b l i s h e d in the M i n e s N e w s l e t t e r , r e p u t i n g t h e a l l e g a t i o n that b i a s h a d been s h o w n by R S M U . T h e H o n . S e c . reported that s h e i n t e n d e d to make r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s at a future U G M g i v i n g g u i d e l i n e s for the e x p e c t e d c o n d u c t of e l e c tions. Floor Rep: Mr Rupert H a r p e r h a s r e s i g n e d h i s p o s i t i o n a s a C o u n c i I floor rep . L/7e Membership: C o u n c i l a g r e e d to a c c e p t the E x e c u t i v e ' s recommendation that the present s u b s c r i p t i o n of £6, and £10 for former s t u d e n t s s h o u l d s t a n d , but that the s u b s c r i p t i o n for staff and other c a t e g o r i e s s h o u l d be i n c r e a s e d to £15 a s from 1st A p r i l , 1975. Imperial College: A t a demo on 28th F e b r u a r y , a banner had been d i s p l a y e d b e a r i n g the words IC Communist Party. This c o n t r a v e n e d U n i o n P o l i c y (Council, 18/11/74). The Hon. Sec. i n d i c a t e d that the p e o p l e i n v o l v e d w o u l d be n o t i f i e d of t h i s .

A.O.B. French Trip: Mr B r a n t h w a i t e reported that a group of F r e n c h s t u d e n t s were v i s i t i n g the C o l l e g e at the w e e k - e n d of M a r c h 1 5 t h / 1 6 t h , and he needed to find a c c o m m o d a t i o n for t h e m . H e a s k e d C o u n c i l members, e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e in H a l l , for t h e i r assistance. Ballot Box: Mr P a r k e r reported that when he h a d taken the p e r i p a t e t i c b a l l o t box into the S o u t h s i d e B a r , he h a d been t o l d to l e a v e b e c a u s e it w a s not a U n i o n a r e a . H e a s k e d why the U n i o n a r e s u p p o s e d to p r o v i d e duty o f f i c e r s . T h e Deputy P r e s i dent undertook to s p e a k to the B a r manager about the i n c i d e n t . FELIX: Mr F r i m s t o n e a s k e d w h y F E L I X had not been a v a i l a b l e the p r e v i o u s F r i d a y m o r n i n g . T h e E d i t o r of F E L I X e x p l a i n e d , in some d e t a i l , that t h i s w a s d u e to f a u l t s both in the m a c h inery and the paper u s e d . T h e meeting c l o s e d at 8 . 4 0 p m .

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T h r e e y e a r s a g o J o h n M c C u l l o u g h , the P r e s i d e n t of I C U , prepared a P o l i c y Statement. T h i s w a s a c o m p i l a t i o n of motions p a s s e d by U G M ' s . H e recommended that s u c h a Statement s h o u l d be r e v i e w e d every y e a r and c o m p l e t e l y r e w r i t t e n every three y e a r s . In the p a s t three y e a r s no-one h a s r e v i e w e d i t , u n t i l n o w . I have a l m o s t f i n i s h e d c o m p l e t e l y r e w r i t i n g the Statement, b r i n g i n g it up to date by i n c o r meeting. If you wish you can p o r a t i n g in it a l l our new p o l check it with the minutes of i c y . It s h o u l d be p o s s i b l e the meetings. e a c h year for a s u p p l e m e n t a r y Some p e o p l e h a v e a s k e d me document to be p u b l i s h e d , why it i s n e c e s s a r y to have a m e n d i n g the p r e s e n t S t a t e s u c h a document . O n e of its ment. main u s e s is to d e l e g a t e s at The new document s h o u l d National Conferences. They be ready just before E a s t e r . are s u p p o s e d to vote a c c o r d If y o u want some i n t e r e s t i n g ing to our p o l i c y (ie your w i s h reading, please c o l l e c t one e s ) ; thus the document e n a b l e s from the U n i o B o f f i c e . T h e r e them to s e e at a g l a n c e what w i l l be more a v a i l a b l e just t h o s e w i s h e s a r e . It s h o u l d after the E a s t e r v a c a t i o n . A t a l s o be of u s e to a n y o n e prethe A G M in May y o u w i l l be s e n t i n g a motion to a U G M . a s k e d to a c c e p t the document It w i l l t e l l h i m how the U n i o n a s a true statement of our h a s felt in the past on that at p o l i c y . It will be too late typic. you the meeting to say that have not had a chance to check that it is a true statement . so read it before the

// you do not like some of the policy in the document, present a motion to a UGM reversing or amending the policy.

Finance A s the w o r k i n g party on U n i o n F i n a n c e w a s m e e t i n g the next d a y , a n y o n e w i s h i n g to s u b m i t a c l a i m w a s a s k e d to do s o by noon on March 11th .

Welfare Room at the top: C o u n c i l agreed to the A A O ' s p r o p o s a l that a p i l o t s c h e m e of the type s u g g e s t e d by the Welfare O f f i c e r s h o u l d be run d u r i n g the summer term, and a d e c i s i o n on the long term a d v i s a b i l i t y of the project d i s c u s s e d at a later C o u n c i l meeting when the r e a c t i o n of s t u d e n t s c o u l d be e v a l u a t e d .

Publications Board T h e S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r a s k e d that figures c o n c e r n i n g the f i n a n c i n g of the v a r i o u s p r o j e c t s u n d e r t a k e n by members of the B o a r d s h o u l d be m i n u t e d . C o u n c i l agreed that no r a c i s t o r g a n i s a t i o n s h o u l d be a l l o w e d the u s e of the U n i o n ' s d u p l i c a t o r s e v e n for s o c i a l e v e n t s .

Academic Affairs The A A O presented h i s paper a n d d i s c u s s i o n took p l a c e . T h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n that the A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s C o m m i t t e e s h o u l d i n v e s t i g a t e the p o s s i b l e p r e s e n t a t i o n , c o n t e n t a n d prod u c t i o n of s u c h a document w a s a c c e p t e d . C o u n c i l a c c e p t e d the S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r ' s s u g g e s t i o n that t h i s matter s h o u l d be r a i s e d at the next G o v e r n i n g Body m e e t i n g .

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A T Y E S T E R D A Y ' S RSMU Hustings/Elections Union Meeting, NICK B R A Y S H A W was declared elected as the President of RSMU for the session 1975/76.

K E I T H A H L E R S is the new President of the City & Guilds Union for the session 1975/76. T h i s was announced at yesterday's Guilds' election meeting held in Mech . Eng. 220. T h e m e e t i n g i t s e l f w a s in c l o s e that the show of h a n d s good s p i r i t a n d r a r i n g to go w a s c o u n t e d row by row. w i t h members m a n i f e s t i n g T r a d i t i o n a l l y , the numbers t h e i r i m p a t i e n c e by s h o w e r i n g of v o t e s are not p u b l i c l y a n n the m e e t i n g w i t h computor o u n c e d : a l l one c a n say i s c a r d s , b o g r o l l s a n d , a t one that the f i n a l s c o r e s for t h i s p o i n t , a large h a n d - t o w e l r o l l . post were v e r y c l o s e . T h e T h e e l e c t i o n s were c a r r i e d E d i t o r of F E L I X h i m s e l f c o u n out i n the n o r m a l G u i l d s f a s h ted the h a n d s and agreed w i t h i o n by the s h o w i n g of h a n d s the e v e n t u a l d e c l a r a t i o n that w h i l s t the c a n d i d a t e s for the Colin Waldron w a s the w i n n e r . p a r t i c u l a r p o s t are o u t s i d e the T h e p o s t of Hon. Sec. w a s r o o m . T h i s method d i d c r e a t e c o n t e s t e d a n d won by Anne m i n o r p r o b l e m s w h e n the v o t Pickard who i s t h i s y e a r ' s Bo' i n g for two of t h i s y e a r ' s Belle. p o s t s , Vice- President and T h e other results for the E n t s O f f i c e r , were very c l o s e . G u i l d s E x e c u t i v e for the s e s T h e f i r s t e l e c t i o n o n the s i o n 1975/76 a r e : a g e n d a w a s for the p r e s i d e n c y . Junior Treasurer: TVDoyle O n a s h o w of h a n d s , Keith Ents Officer: D.I.ord A h l e r s , this year's publicity O.C.s Rep: J.Ford O f f i c e r , w a s d e c l a r e d the w i n A.A.O.: J.Foster ner. Publicity Officer: M.Johnson N e x t came the c o n t e s t for T h e m e e t i n g w a s followed Vice President w h i c h w a s so by the t r a d i t i o n a l d u n k i n g of the o l d a n d new E x e c u t i v e s in the s w i m m i n g p o o l at the RCSU ANNUAL sports centre.

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Principal Guest: Germaine Greer, Author of 'The Female Eunuch' Friday 2nd May, 7pm for 7.30pm College Block T i c k e t s £1.80 from social representatives and R C S U Office

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TICKETS 35p at the door.

T h e c a n d i d a t e s were proposed, " h u s t e d " and presente d to the 170 - s t r o n g a u d i e n c e for q u e s t i o n s w h i c h v a r i e d from "Can the candidates spell, use a typewriter, etc?" to "Are the candidates capable of holding their beer?" F o r the p o s t of V i c e - P r e s i dent, Gary Brittain w a s e l e c t ed w i t h a s u b s t a n t i a l m a j o r i t y and for H o n . S e c r e t a r y , P e t e Botten got i n u n o p p o s e d .

T h e full r e s u l t s are: President: N .Brayshaw V.President: G . Brittain Hon. Sec: P.Botten Foreign Students Officer : P.Kurowsky Hon . Jun. Treas: T.Spurry A s i s the t r a d i t i o n after e l e c t i o n s in R S M U , a c o a c h l o a d of M i n e s m e n d e p a r t e d on a t r i p to B r i g h t o n s h o r t l y after the m e e t i n g had b e e n c l o s e d .

I I I S i l l IV NESiUITS T h e r e are s e v e r a l I C U n i o n p o s t s r e m a i n i n g to be f i l l e d d e s p i t e the fact that n o m i n a t i o n p a p e r s f i r s t went up o n T h u r s d a y , 20th February, 1975. C.Emery,'(CCD); G.Singh, T h e f o l l o w i n g p o s t s are (Elec E n g . ) ; D.Harrison, (Geos t i l l v a c a n t : Student R e s i d logy); Ms G . T a p l i n , ( L i f e ence Officer, O v e r s e a s StudS c i e n c e s ) ; Ms M A t t e n b o r o u g h , e n t s C h a i r m a n , Welfare Off( M a t h s ) ; F . P . S t e v e n s o n , (Meticer, Academic Affairs Officer al & Mat.Sci.); J.Morgan, (Minand O v e r s e a s S t u d e n t s C o m m i ing-Min.Tech.) and A . P . F i t z ttee (eight m e m b e r s ) . gerald, ( P h y s i c s ) . T h e f o l l o w i n g o f f i c e r s have been e l e c t e d : J . K e a r n s , ( C a r T h e papers for the r e m a i n nival Coordinator); A.R.Jones, i n g I C U p o s t s are s t i l l up a n d ( S C A B Chairman); B.Dodd, w i l l r e m a i n so u n t i l such, time (Community A c t i o n G r o u p that some one i s n o m i n a t e d . Chairman); F.Shamash, (External A f f a i r s O f f i c e r ) ; J . M . S h e m i l t , (proposed J u n i o r T r e a surer, s u b j e c t to a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l c h a n g e ) ; P . F e n t i o n and C.G Dewey, (Publications B o a r d floor r e p s ) . T h e e l e c t i o n od departmenta l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s for the s e s s i o n 1975/76 ( w i t h the e x c e p t i o n of M e c h J3ng.) r e s u l t e d in the f o l l o w i n g p e o p l e b e i n g elected: N . P . W i l l i a m s , (Aero); N.D.Binder, (Cehm£ng.); Ms V . H .Walker, (Chem); J . M i l l e r , ( C i v E n g 1;

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T H E F I R S T e v e r F E L I X A n n u a l Motor R a l l y w a s h e l d l a s t S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n . A l t h o u g h i t w a s a rathe r c o l d day a l l t h e teams duly a r r i v e d o n time a n d had t h e i r v e h i c l e s c h e c k e d by o f f i c i a l s o f the C i t y a n d G u i l d s M o t o r C l u b . S e v e n teams w e r e e n t e r e d for t h e e v e n t , three e a c h from G u i l d s a n d M i n e s a n d one from R C S . T w o o f the come x a m p l e at T r a f a l g a r Square, peting vehicles were Clem " G e n e r a l l y , logs are not mila n d B o ' a n d though C l e m i t a r y , n a t u r a l l y , b u t how l o n g arrived back eariier, B o ' did this one l i v e ? " T h e a n s w a s p l a c e d hi gher o n p o i n t s w e r c l e a r l y r e l a t e s to o n e o f d e s p i t e the f a c t that i t devthe statues i n Trafalgar Sque l o p e d a petrol l e a k o n t h e are: General Napier, who return j o u r n e y . R C S w e r e u n l i v e d 1782-1853, a total o f a b l e to enter J e z a s o n e of 7 1 y e a r s . Other c l u e s were t h e i r v e h i c l e s d u e to the fact almost blatant: and at B u c k that s h e h a s been u n d e r g o i n g i n g h a m P a l a c e , " H o w many extensive repairs (which a r e b a r e d f e m a l e b r e a s t s are still i n progress) since going there o n t h e V i c t o r i a memoro n the B r i g h t o n r u n . i a l ? " Answer: a suggestive T h e t r e a s u r e hunt w a s i n total o f twenty-two. two l e g s , the f i r s t s t a r t i n g The r e s u l t o f the R a l l y from t h e A l b e r t H a l l a n d finw a s a n n o u n c e d i n the U n i o n ishing at Tower H i l l .Here B a r a t 8.00pm b y the E d i t o r e a c h t e a m had to p u r c h a s e who then p r e s e n t e d the p o t

L a s t w e e k e n d s a w o n e of the most a m b i t i o u s R a g s t u n t s for some t i m e . O n Saturday m o r n i n g , 13 teams of 3 or 4 people, e a c h armed w i t h a m a s c o t , w e r e r e l e a s e d from the R C S U n i o n O f f i c e on to the b i g g e s t M o n o p o l y board i n the w o r l d - L o n d o n town itself. mia c a m e to o n l y ÂŁ165 ; no T h i s e v e n t w a s the c u l m i n d o u b t t h i s w a s m a i n l y d u e to a t i o n of much hard work by the bad w e a t h e r . M a r t i n K e s s l e r , a n d Ian V i n The winners, travelling c e n t , s i n c e the idea w a s f i r st under the name of t h e i r m a s mooted at a n R C S R a g C o m m c o t "Jerry", c o l l e c t e d a bottle ittee meeting o v e r a y e a r a g o . of w h i s k y for t h e i r efforts. T h e T h e a i m of the game w a s to f a s t e s t team w a s "Prawnc o l l e c t money for the L e u k a e Blaster" w h o returned after 4 mia R e s e a r c h F u n d a n d have h o u r s , but it w a s not u n t i l a good time a s w e l l . E a c h 8.30pm that "Drum" crawled team w a s p r o v i d e d w i t h a l i s t up the s t e p s of the R C S O f f i c e of M o n o p o l y s i t e s to be v i s i t after a 10 hour s t i n t , s o a k e d to e d , a n d a q u e s t i o n to be a n s w the s k i n ( ? l ) ered at e a c h o n e . T e a m s s c o r ed f i v e p o i n t s for e a c h c o r r e c t a n s w e r and ten p o i n t s for e a c h pound c o l l e c t e d . A l t h o u g h the weather s t a r t ed off f i n e , it s o o n began to rain, and wet, dishebelled M o n o p o l i s t s w e r e to be s e e n t r a m p i n g up s t r e e t s a s far afield as Whitechapel and O ld Kent R o a d , b e g g i n g for meagre p i t t a n c e s e n route. U n f o r t u n a t e l y , the t o t a l amount c o l l e c t e d for L e u k a e -

F o r the r e c o r d , the f i n a l p o s i t i o n s of the teams toget her w i t h t h e i r p o i n t s were a s follows: 1 Jerry, 770, 2 Top Hat, 460, 3 Gas Mask, 435, 4 Armour,395 5 Abo,375, 6, Kettle, 335, 7 Drum,315 8 Community Chest,270, 9 Little Will,265, 10(equal) Prawn-Blaster, and the combined efforts of guilds and mines, 240, 11 Sunflower, 190, and Interstellar Duck,155. r

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Royal School of Mines, London. 10th March 1975. D e a r Mr W i l l i a m s , On b e h a l f of the lorry a n d other c a r s , I w o u l d l i k e to thank y o u and your staff for a very e n j o y a b l e afternoon. I am c e r t a i n l y g o i n g to enter a g a i n n e x t y e a r w i t h the same three p e o p l e who h e l p e d me around the c o u r s e thi s y e a r . I w i l l h o w e v e r not be s a t i s f i e d unl e s s I come first next t i m e . Thanks again. George (turquoise Spitfire)

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Dear Sir, I w o u l d l i k e to take this o p p o r t u n i t y to r e p l y to the l e t t e r i n F E L I X on F e b 28th by M i s s A n n a b e l L i s t z . I h a v e b e e n k n o w n to p l a y the o c c a s i o n a l game o f p i n b a l l i n my time a t c o l l e g e a n d I have to admi t that I never h a d an o r gas:,i w h i l e p l a y i n g , t h i s i s a great d i s s a p p o i n t m e n t to me, t h i s i s p r o b a b l y something to do w i t h my p e l v i c a c t i o n , perh a p s M i s s L i s t z might b e a b l e to improve i t a s s h e i s o b v -

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e x p e r t i s e (a thing that w a s never in doubt a n y w a y ) . T h e d y n a m i c duo go through the m e c h a n i c s of s t a n d a r d s l i k e P o r t e r ' s "Love for Sale" and Gershuin's "Lady be Good", as well as sprinkling the a l b u m w i t h s o m e i n s t a n t o r i g i n a l s . Out of the t w o , P a s s ' s s t y l e is p o s s i b l y the more s a t i s f y i n g to l i s t e n to, l e a n i n g much to the be-bop i n f l u e n c e of C h a r l i e P a r k e r , w h i l e E l l i s i s s l a n t e d toward the more c o n v e n t i o n a l C h a r l i e C h r i s t i a n a n d Lester Young. A n y o n e w h o t h i n k s t e c h n i q u e i s the be a l I and e n d a l l of g u i t a r p l a y i n g might enjoy t h i s .

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CROSS L a s t Wednesday saw the fifth a n d f i n a l l e a g u e r a c e h e l d on o u r home c o u r c e , 5'4 m i l e s round R i c h m o n d P a r k . A t the top of D i v I w a s B a r t s a n d o n l y 13 pts b e h i n d I C I, s o ' f i n g e r s o u t ' w a s the order o f the day. T h e r e s p o n s e was varied. The course was very f a s t , the first 22 runners b r e a k i n g 30 m i n s . a n d i n c l u d i n g s u c h famous a n d n o t o r i o u s a t h l e t e s a s Rob A l l i n s o n i n 8th p l a c e (28.37 m i n s ) , S p e e d S t e v e Webb i n 12th (29.17) a n d not o n l y but a l s o P a u l C l a r k e 22nd ( 2 9 . 5 9 ) . J u s t o u t s i d e the 30 m i n - P a y n e b a r r i e r w e r e A l f G a r n e t and the much battered a n d m a l i g n e d (by B e a n s ? ) c a p t a i n J a n H I l i s. Dave Jones was spaced out at 30th l e a v i n g a Y o - H o - H o a n d a pint of Y o u n g s J i m Lad-Webster to l e a d the 2nd team home. T o n y Weir f o l l o w e d i n 39th p o s i t i o n a n d the T r a c t o r c o u g h e d a n d s p l u t t e r e d i n at 4 4 t h j u s t b e h i n d the s p e c i a l guest artist P A . B a x t e r . R i c h H a r r i n g t o n , a s s p a c e r for the 2nd team, t a c k l e d this task w i t h great v e r v e a n d no a p l o m b , p r o v i d i n g a s p a c e o f 21 p l a c e s c o m i n g in at 6 5 t h . T h e 3rd team then g u s h e d i n l e d by N e i l B o a g a n d D a v e P a y n e . It w a s f i n a l l y f l u s h e d out by J o h n Shearer, A n d y D a v e y a n d Andy F a i r h e a d . A l l t h s e ^ o o d runs, i n c l u d i n g many p e r s o n a l b e s t s were weD c o m p e n s a t e d for by some e q u a l l y good p e r s o n a l w o r s t s r e c o r d e d by the A l l Star C a s t . F o u r t h team l e a d home by Wilf Welford i n 8 5 t h . P e t e J o h n s o n , who h a d to get up early that m o r n i n g , w a s a very c r e d i t a b l e 87th . O u r ' t h r e e man l i f t ' exp e r t , B o b I g n a c i n k was 90th h o t t l y p u r s u e d by P a d D o n n e l l y . Dave Hunter w a s conne d i n t o r u n n i n g for u s a g a i n a n d n e a r l y beat P a d who t r i e d to make a l l manner o f e x c u s e s . I C f i r s t team won the match by 7 p o i n t s from B a r t s t h u s j u s t f a i l i n g to w i n the l e a g u e . In D i v I I , I C II w e r e first, I C III 2nd and 1 C I V , 1 1 t h . T h i s m e a n s that there are now 3 I C teams i n D i v I m a k i n g up !4 o f the t o t a l ! In the i n d i v i d u a l championship, R.Allinson was 2 n d . S t e v e Webb 6th a n d Ian E l l i s 8th i n D i v I and N e i l B o a g 2nd R i c h H a r r i n g t o n 4th M i k e Welford 6th and H u r r i c a n H o u l b r o o k l e 8th in D i v II. T h e L e a g u e A G M , medal p r e s e n t a t i o n a n d p i s s up w i l l b e at I C o n March 17 th . T h e w e e k e n d w a s the c l u b ' s b u s i e s t so far, w i t h r a c e s on both Saturday a n d Sunday . 3 c o l l e g e teams c o m peted i n N o t t i n g h a m U n i v e r s i t y ' s 5 x 3 m i l e road r e l a y , o n a c o u r s e round the c a m p u s c o n s i s t i n g of a l o n g b o r i n g stretch o f dual c a i n a g e n a y and two n e a r - v e r t i c a l h i l l s , one i n each d i r e c t i o n . T h e first stage saw a minor selectoral mishap when Dave Jones, representing the s e c o n d t e a m , d e c i s i v e l y beat A l f Garnett, r e p r e s e n t i n g the first team. T h i s s i t u a t i o n was however rectified l a t e r in the r a c e . A n o t a b l e a p p e a r a n c e w a s made for the third team by V . M o o n e y , in h i s f i r s t r a c e

COUNTRY since last year's Newlands P a r k R e l a y , and r u n n i n g c o n s i d e r a b l y faster than the rem a i n d e r o f tfie team. O u r f i n i s h i n g p o s i t i o n s are u n k n o w n , a s the promoters f a i l e d to publ i s h the r e s u l t s before c l o s i n g time: h o w e v e r i t w a s n o t i c e d that the start / f i n i s h w a s v e r y s p a r s e l y p o p u l a t e d when the t h i r d team f i n i s h e d . T h e e v e n i n g w a s spent s a m p l i n g some l o c a l v a r i e t i e s of r e a l a l e , t h e more d e d i c a t e d m e m b e r s f i n i s h i n g by j o i n i n g an old-folk's sing-song in a Y o u n g ' s h o u s e i n ' A c k n e y (the spotty c e n t r e o f the metropolis). A m a z i n g l y , It p e o p l e m a n a g e d to get up o n Sunday morn i n g i n time for another race, s t a r t i n g a t 1 l a m . T h i s w a s the London Fire Brigade 4 x 3 m i l e relay, each stage being 2 l a p s of a c i r c u i t o f L a m b e t h and V a u x h a l l b r i d g e s a n d the embankments b e t w e e n . T h e o r g a n i s e r s had l i m i t e d the e n t r i e s from e a c h e s t a b l i s h m e n t to 2 teams, a n d a s a r e s u l t the l i s t of e n t r i e s w a s g r a c e d by 2 teams from the R o y a l C o l l e g e o f M u s i c . A f t e r h a l f o f the f i r st s t a g e a f e e l i n g o d deja v u e w a s present a s D a v e J o n e s ( I C 2) h a d a 20 y e a r l e a d o v e r Ian E l l i s ( IC 1); h o w e v e r the o r d e r h a d b e e n r e v e r s e d a t the e n d o f the s t a g e . B o t h t e a m s performed e x c e l l e n t l y , the first team (Ian E l l i s , 1 5 : 1 3 ; S t e v e Webb, 15:03; P a u l C l a r k , 15: 16; Rob A l l i n s o n , 14:19) fini s h i n g 11 th i n 5 9 ' 5 1 , c l o s e b e h i n d teams from s o m e o f t h e b e s t c l u b s i n the S o u t h - E a s t . T h e s e c o n d team ( D a v e J o n e s , 15:21; A l f G a r n e t t , 15:45; N e i l B o a g , 1 5:58; D a v e H o u l b r o o k e (everybody's favourite m i s p r i n t ) , 15:52) w e r e 20th in 6 2 : 5 6 . A m e a s u r e o f the c l u b s improvement t h i s y e a r i s that

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Huckle: 15:30 for t h i s c o u r s e , and our P.Nair; A.Turner; P Mowell; t e a m s h a v e r e c o r d e d t i m e s of J.Brownridge; D.Balderson; c 6 5 m i n u t e s i n the l a s t two I.Read; C.Parker; A.Brewster; C.Hardy. years. T h e motley c o l l e c t i o n o f m u s i c i a n s f i n i s h e d 31st a n d 40th r e s p e c t f u l l y , i n c l u d i n g a p a r t i c u l a r l y g o o d run by the r e m a i n s o f Ian I s h e r w o o d . N o n e o f the times h o w e v e r aumpare very favourably w i t h T h e p a s t few w e e k s h a v e the 13:17 recorded by o n e A . seen the annual shoot-out beSimmons of L u t o n , who k n o c k tween G u i l d s , R C S a n d , m u c h ed a n enormous chunk o f f the to e v e r y o n e s (at l e a s t i n the stage record. 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B o t h G u i l d s and R C S n o t e d that the team h o l d i n g the were f i e l d i n g strong teams; M i n e s w e r e r e p r e s e n t e d by away m a t c h on F e b 19th w a s some very d u b i o u s t a l e n t s , B R U N E L , not B R U N C H . thus f o l l o w i n g a t r a d i t i o n that g o e s b a c k a l m o s t u n b r o k e n for many y e a r s . T h e trophy g o e s to the f i r st c o l l e g e to w i n two rounds, a n d t h i s year w e n t to G u i l d s o n w i n n i n g two rounds to R C S ' s . R o u n d O n e w a s a narrow v i c t The L o n d o n Inter - C o l l e g i a t e T a b l e T e n n i s l e a g u e h ; i ^ s t a r t ory to R C S , after h o l d i n g , a n d l o o s i n g most of, a c o n s i d e r a b l e ed t h i s term, (a l i t t l e l a t e m a y b e , but it h a s s t a r t e d ) , and both l e a d at first. R o u n d T w o went our t e a m s are d o i n g e x t r e m e l y w e l l . to G u i l d s by an e q u a l l y narrow T h e 1 st team i s top of d i v . m a r g i n , but the G u i l d s team I. a n d unbeaten e v e n though a n d then U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e . s h o t a very c o m m e n d a b l e averThe s e c o n d team, S t e v e i t ' s composition i s a little unage of 96 o u t o f a p o s s i b l e D e s b r u s l a i s , B r i a n C l a r k and p r e d i c t a b l e due to the v a s t 1 0 0 . T h e teams t h u s went i n t o Graham H e a l y , h a d s i m i l a r l y number o f g o o d p l a y e r s we Round Three l e v e l . B o t h sides have .Starting w i t h a walk-over had no m a t c h e x p e r i e n c e u n t i l w e r e u n a b l e to m a i n t a i n the against Q M C ; G . K i n g , A . B e a l recently. Despite losing their form o f p r e v i o u s rounds b u t a n d C . 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Nevertheless, our of:team went to C h e l s e a c o l l e g e D u e to the arrangement of G.Bale Civ Eng PG a n d beat t h e i r s e c o n d team t h i s l e a g u e , (by me, under preD.Lea Chem Eng III 9 - 1. s s u r e ) , the p l a y i n g of m a t c h e s J Partridge Mech Emg I i s v e r y m u c h i n the a i r , a n d T h e f o l l o w i n g week G K i n g , Areo HI VLC.Phillips some c o l l e g e s are c o l l e c t i n g a C . T o o and S . G u n a s i n g h a m , JA.Weiner Elec Eng PG m a s s i v e b a c k l o g . E v e n so beat a s t r o n g B e d f o r d 1 st team Sc-ores: I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e a p p e a r s to be 7 - 3 ; t h e i r c l o s e s t match s o Round I Round 2 Round 3 s h o w i n g i t ' s u n d o u b t a b l e , (by f a r . T h e crunch s h o u l d come Geg 477 480 476 me a n y h o w ) , s t r e n g t h at t h i s i n the n e x t fortnight w h e n t h e y , RCS 479 478 473 sport. ( h o p e f u l l y ) , meet C h e l s e a I RSM

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D u r i n g m i s e r a b l e w e a t h e r some fine h a n d l i n g a n d rugby s k i l l s were e x h i b i t e d by both s i d e s in t h i s c l o s e game b e t w e e n two c l o s e l y m a t c h e d t e a m s . S t . E d m u n d s s t a r t e d the m a t c h w i t h 14 men but I C found i t d i f f i c u l t to c a p i t a l i s e o n t h i s i n i t i a l a d v a n t a g e . In fact St E d m u n d s took the l e a d a f t er 20 m i n u t e s from a penalty j u s t o u t s i d e the twenty-five. F i v e minutes referee w a s fair but s l i g h t l y l a t e r an O x f o r d b a c k w a s forchampered by h i s n e e d to c o n e d to l e a v e the f i e l d , temport i n u a l l y tuck h i s p e n s i o n book a r i l y i n j u r e d , a n d during h i s into h i s shorts thus k e e p i n g a b s e n c e I C gained the l e a d . him a b o u t 20 y a r d s (sorry 18.76 T o t h e i r s u p r i s e the forwards metres) behind play. However won q u i c k s e c o n d - p h a s e b a l l h i s age d i d not affect h i s tonnear the O x f o r d l i n e a n d an i n gue i n the bar a n d to B . A u s t i n s i t i a l break by o u t s i d e - h a l f Ray d i s c o m f o r t r e l a t e d t h e age, H u g h e s r e s u l t e d i n a f i n e try h e i g h t , a n d s e x o f every E n g by M . C o t t e r , B F i n n e y c o n v e r t l i s h Internation from 1948 oned. wards. A t h a l f - t i m e an e x t r e m e l y At half-time Arthur w a s c o u r a g e o u s event o c c u r r e d seen ' a y i n g d o w n p e s t i c i d e o n w h e n three s p e c t a t o r s emerged the p i t c h but w a s t o l d that the from H a r l i n g t o n bar to b r a v e s l u g s w e r e i n f a c t the I C front the w e a t h e r and w a t c h the five. A good-time w a s h a d by w h o l e o f the s e c o n d h a l f on a l l o n t h e r e s u l t i n g pub c r a w l the touch l i n e . T e n m i n u t e s i n back to the U n i o n b a r . B . A u s to t h i s h a l f St E d m u n d ' s fiftin d e c i d i n g that he had not t e e n t h p l a y e r a r r i v e d (and i n suffered enough at the referfact w a s their c apt ai n) w h i c h e e ' s mouth, w a l k e d out o f the considerably strengthened Q u e e n s a n d w a s c a s h e d over their s i d e . However I C stuck the head w i t h a n u m b r e l l a to their j o b a n d d e s p i t e the w h i c h was w i e l d e d in the h a n d l o s s o f J j G i l b e r t , who h a d to o f a depraved S c o t s m a n . L a t e r retire w i t h a badly b r u i s e d he thought it might h a v e been shin, good tackling and detersomething he s a i d . m i n a t i o n from I C h e l d the Team : Head Case, Not Slow, s c o r e i n t h e i r f a v o u r ti 11 the Lots of Smiles, Rupert, His final w h i s t l e . Wall, Hedge, Heather, SLVGCOMMENTS: gish. Peanuts (see above) WatA w e l l deserved victory ergate, Four on the trot. Papw h i c h c o m p l e t e s a double o v e r erless, Last minute. Corrupted, St E d m u n d s after b e a t i n g them Huge asset. away 1 8 - 1 2 l a s t y e a r . T h e

Extras T h e l a s t m at ch o f the s e a son for the e x t r a s w a s a g a i n s t E a l i n g R F C . B o t h s i d e s had 15 men a n d a good game w a s had. F o r the f i r s t 10 m i n s the e x t r a s defended t h e i r try l i n e w h i l e the o p p o s i t i o n p r e s s u r i z e d us continually .Winning most of the set b a l l the e x t r as fought back and then the break came. E a l i n g ' s F u l l back hoisted a h i g h b a l l w h i c h M . S p e n c e r ( p l a y i n g full back for the first l i m e i n 5 y e a r s ) caught, k i c k e d a n d then c h a s e d i t . The Ealing F u l l B a c k , didn't have the same s u c c e s s with i t a n d M . S p e n c e r k i c k e d the b a l l a l o n g the deck o v e r the l i n e and d i v e d on it for an e x c e l l e n t try. T h e E a l i n g pl ayers c a m e back h a r d a n d though they h a d the advantage o f the ref . l o s i n g h i s pen w h e r e h e l d b a c k . H a l f time 4 - 0 • • In the S e c o n d h a l f the ext r a s returned the p r e s s u r e and were finally awarded a penalty w h i c h M . S p e n c e r k i c k e d (7 - 0) . S . C h u d y d e c i d e d to go for tea a n d b i s c u i t s a n d M . S p e n c e r dropped a g o a l from 30 y a r d s . T h e game c o n t i n u e d in much the same manner b a c k -

w a r d s and forwards and the f i n a l w h i s t l e w e n t w i t h the score 10 - 0 for I C . Team: MSpencer (Why didn't you convert the try) M.Ranson '! was bloody unlucky"' M Gibson "Hope I play better for Ireland Next week ' S.Ladle "Typical of the capt. to go off for a wank" CWhiteley (I can't stay out late drinking) J.Hughes (The man with gut ache) R.Trecise "Didn't I play well" R.Doyle "UVh WOT" S.Hayle "There hooker had badbreath" R.Beddoes "I feel like a puke" (You look like one) P.Jeffs "Refefuckingsee" R.Sutton "Should have played No£" J Smith "I would have scored but I thought I'd give Paul his Ist touch of the ball" (2nd half) P.Tulley (Got his hair ruffled) S.Chindy "What' 11 you do without me next Season" The Ref - "I'm that as well Sutton" I'll 'are you T h i s w a s a good e n d to a good season in w h i c h the extra l o s t o n l y 3 games a n d I think drew o n e . P l a y e r s p l a y e d in

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M O N D A Y night saw the f i n a l s of this p r i z e d c o m p e t i t i o n . E i g h t y e a r s ago the F r e m l i n B r e w e r y , l a t e r taken o v e r by WhitFremlin", to Imb r e a d , p r e s e n t e d the p o t ; now known a s "The p e r i a l C o l l e g e . L a s t Monday saw the c l i m a x o f t h i s y e a r s comp e t i t i o n w h i c h b e i n g the F j n a l n i g h t c o n s i s t e d of t h e quarterf i n a l s , s e m i - f i n a l s and the final . T h e quarter finals w e r e C r o o k a n d B a r r y Shurety the played with twice winner B o b o u t c o m e b e i n g that e x p e r i e n c e B a r l e y l o s i n g d r a m a t i c a l l y to c o u n t s , so B a r r y w o n . H o w e v e r newcomer D a v e C r o o k . T h i s the s e c o n d s e m i - f i n a l w a s w a s f o l l o w e d by M i k e (I want b r i l l i a n t . T h i s of c o u r s e w a s to be Darts Club President b e t w e e n P a u l a (Hiya Fellas) next year) G i b s o n l o s i n g to W h i t l o c k and M a i (Supercap) B a r r y Shurety in a manner reR a n s o n . It w a s a h a r d fought m i n i s c e n t of a l l g r e a t c l u b game w i t h P a u l a e a s i l y p i s s P r e s i d e n t s . N e x t came the i n g ( oops sorry E d ) on h i s m a t c h between P a u l W h i t l o c k " f r i e n d " the c a p t a i n i n the a n d P a t Shurety; after a b i t of first g a m e . T h e f o l l o w i n g game a hassle and cries of " r e f saw P a u l a completely bewilde r e e " P a u l sfotled home the ered as Supercap streaked w i n n i n g double . T h e l a s t through the game i n 16 d a r t s . q u a r t e r - f i n a l m at ch w a s to The l a s t game w a s r e a l l y the have been b e t w e e n M a l e a n t i c Umax of what s e e m e d l i k e (Supercaptain, "we've only a c e r t a i n w i n for Supercap .1 lost one match this season") n e e d say no more than P a u l R a n son a n d D e r e k (Superfuzz) won. Forbes .However Superfuzz F i n a l l y , the f i n a l w a s p l a y f a i l e d to turn up w i t h an o b e d ( e x c u s e the pun ) T h i s w a s vious attack of nerves a hard game w i t h P a u l o b v i o u s (apathy?) o r w a s it fear a n d s o ly s h o w i n g h i s c o n f i d e n c e of Supercap humbly w e n t through play b e a t i n g Barry(Where were to the s e m i - f i n a l s . The s e m i the doubles) Shurety with e a s e . f i n a l s started w i t h a hard Obviously h i s confidence came fought c l a s h b e t w e e n D a v e from b e a t i n g S u p e r c a p . S e r i o u s l y t h o u g h , many c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s must be g i v e n to P a u l v a r i o u s p o s i t i o n s u s u a l l y deW h i t l o c k for w i n n i n g the F r e m s i g n a t e d o n the way to the l i n P o t in o n l y h i s first y e a r g r o u n d . P e o p l e w e r e dragged at I C . from t h e i r b e d s a n d v o l u n t eered into p l a y i n g . P l a y e r s T h a n k s must a l s o be given d e v e l o p e d o v e r the s e a s o n and to B r e n d a n C l e m e n t s for a l l I think I C rugby, though s m a l l hi s h e l p and a d v i c e i n running on S a t u r d a y s w i l l have no prot h i s c o m p e t i t i o n to i t s s u c c e b l e m i n a d m i t t i n g how good it ssful c o n c l u s i o n . is . A l l I c a n say now i s any t a k e r s for n e x t y e a r s c o m p e t i T h a n k s to a l l t h o s e w h o tion and where was the support p l a y e d for us t h i s s e a s o n , w e l l done a n d good l u c k to t h o s e from the Darts Club members this year!? who l i k e me are l e a v i n g t h i s y e a r . I h o p e y o u carry on p l a y Male Ranson i n g w h e r e v e r y o u go . (President, Darts Club.)