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NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

F O U N D E D IN 1 9 4 9

F r i d a y 14th N o v e m b e r , 1975

N o . 401

Girl raped Police seek witnesses LAST a

MONDAY

student

was

night,

between

forcibly

10.30pm

raped

at

and

knife

Police

are

anxious

to

11.00pm,

point

l a d i e s toilet i n the U n i o n B u i l d i n g o p p o s i t e Lounge.

interview

in

two

T h e y a l s o w i sh to interview

a man of the

young

following

20 - 23; height 6ft; of West Indian

or

A f r i c a n o r i g i n ; medium b u i l d ; medium brown c o m p l e x i o n , hair

-

and

soft

Black

raincoat, stripe pair of

Afro

spoken.

style; The

deep

man

a light brown V

around

the

neck,

a

set

was

eyes;

wearing

- n e c k jumper light

coloured

small a

with

tan

a green

shirt

and

a

dark c o l o u r e d corduroy t r o u s e r s .

Will any person ( i n c l u d i n g the two l a d i e s above) who material please

nose

light

was

time, contact

i n the v i c i n i t y of or the

Internal T e l e p h o n e

who

has

Security

any

mentioned

the t o i l e t s information

Officer

at at

immediately

2741 or c a l l at the Security

FREE!

M s C o w e l l to visit I C The Senior Catering Adviser to the Department of Education and S c i e n c e and the U n i v e r s i t y Grants Committee, Ms Cowell, is to v i s i t S o u t h s i d e r e f e c t o r y next T u e s d a y , 18th N o v e m b e r . s h e w i l l be It a p p e a r s c o n d u c t i n g a one d a y e n q u i r y into the running of the refectories.

She w i l l also attend a special Refectory

Committee meeting being h e l d o v e r a s n a c k l u n c h in the Penthouse dining room in S o u t h s i d e .

When M s C o w e l l u n d e r t o o k a s i m i l a r e n q u i r y for K i n g s College she twisted her ankle s l i p p i n g down a set of s t a i r s . She s u b s e q u e n t l y w r o t e a report b a s e d o n h e r t w o hour stay there u n t i l her m i s h a p .

the

the ICWA

l a d i e s who v i s i t e d the t o i l e t s during t h i s p e r i o d .

description: Age

P 2 P 5 p8 P 4 p 9 P 3 P 11

the all, on

Office.

Cuts Action In t h e next few w e e k s s t u d e n t s w i l l be s t e p p i n g - u p action against education cuts i n their own areas.

Action will involve picketing local authority offices, r a l l i e s , marches and holding conf e r e n c e s and t h e c u t s .

London students are demonstrating on 20th November against the I L E A ' S proposals to cut down the number of o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s in London's colleges. The e f f e c t of t h i s , w o u l d in s o m e cases, l e a d t o c l o s u r e of that particular college and i n o t h e r s , t h e s l a s h i n g of courses.

T h e N U S i s c a l l i n g on

Heroine foils City raid L a s t Friday five 'heavies' from the City University made an unsuccessful bid to relieve the Royal School of Mines of their mascot Davy. However, the unlucky raiders were not only thwarted in their attempt, but were in fact trying to make-off with the defnnct mascot which had been left in the window of the Mines Union office. was this exhibitionism It which the City raiders thought to tame. t Tbe saga began at about 5.00pm in the evening when a non descript student arrived in the RSMU office to enquire if there were any Rag Mags for sale.

Martyn 'Norma' L e v y who was holding the fort, the Mines brain cell and a F l a s h Gordon comic at the time, then sold a Rag Mag to the student.

Having the transaction, the student asked if the Davy on display and was was heavy

all students to lobby p a r l i a m e n t o n 26th N o v e m b e r in support of t h e North West R e g i o n of t h e T U C a g a i n s t unemployment.

A second lobby on 28th N o v e m b e r , i s being held to protest against the c u t s i n t h e number of teacher training places.

Colleges facing closure w i l l b e taking wreaths with them t o the lobby a n d a funeral service is planned.

In a d d i t i o n , a p e t i t i o n w i l l be presented to t h e D E S p r o t e s t i n g at t h e c u t s a n d a deputation will go to the ILEA to protest against rationalisation m e a s u r e s for the infer London area. rewarded with a positve reply (after a l l , it i s full of concrete!)

The student left only to return five minutes later, this time accompanied by four others and asked for more Rag Mags. A s Norma turned to find the Rag Mags, he was pounced on by two of the group whilst the other three made off with Davy.

Norma being an experienced voyeur reacted quickly to the situation. He smacked one of the raiders in the teeth and broke free from his boundage.

He then rushed out of the office and immediately came face to face with another one of the five raiders.

Without batting an eyelid, he sank the raider with a 17% degree Arkwright — the raider didn't bat an eyelid either.

In two bounds he had caught up with the selfappointed Davy bearers, deftly throttled one and checked the others' bags with h i s mining boot. Thus to steal the the attempt Mines ex-mascot was foiled.

H a l l Dinner in the Sherfield Lounge s u i t s .

Friday 14th City

and G u i l d s

Ruskin

Spear'

Carnival:

p l u s 'Andy

'Viv

Stanshall

Thunderclap

Newman'.

&

Greysers', Jazz

Band,

'Roger Disco

and F i l m s h o w . 8.00pm i n the U n i o n B u i l d i n g . A d m : £1.50.

T i c k e t s from C & G U o f f i c e .

Q E C : R a g B a l l w i t h ' G O A / Z A L E S ' . F a n c y d r e s s . 8.00pm in the C o u r t a u l d H a l l . A d m : 8 0 p a d v , £1.00 at t h e d o o r .

Building.

7 . 0 0 for 7.30pm

Dress:

Wednesday 19th IC F o l k C l u b p r e s e n t s ' M a g i c L a n t e r n ' i n the U n i o n L o w e r R e f e c t o r y a t 8 . 0 0 p m . A d m : members 2 5 p , no n- m e m b e r s 4 5 p .

Membership 6 0 p .

Thursday 20th

Saturday 15th

ICWA G e n e r a l M e e t i n g . i n the I C W A l o u n g e at 1 2 . 3 0 p m .

ICWA S o c i a l e v e n i n g for o v e r s e a s a n d P o s t g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s at 6.30pm in t h e I C W A l o u n g e .

R a g P r o c e s s i o n : M e e t i n Imperial I n s t i t u t e R o a d at 1 0 . 0 0 a m .

R a g C o n c e r t : 'GONG'.

8.00pm in the Great H a l l .

Monday 17th

A s s o c i a t e d S t u d i e s : L u n c h - h o u r C o n c e r t . T h e L i b r a r y , 53 P r i n c e ' s Gate.

F i l m s : O n e M a n ' s C h i n a ; 3 . ' T h e P e o p l e ' s A r m y ' , 4 . " E i g h t or N i n e i n the M o r n i n g ' i n T h e a t r e A , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm.

F i r s t S t e p s i n S c i e n c e : J e s u s or A r c h a e o l o g y ? P r o f D o n W i s e m a n P r o f e s s o r of A s s y r i o l o g y , U L . T h e a t r e B , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm. (IC C h r i s t i a n U n i o n ) .

IC U n i o n C o u n c i l m e e t i n g at 6.00pm i n the U n i o n S C R .

Friday 21st

Sunday 16th C h e l s e a : F i l m s : - ' D a y at the R a c e s ' a n d "Marx W e s t ' . 7.00pm i n the L i g h t f o o t H a l l . A d m . 1 5 p .

Brothers

Go

Tuesday 18th Careers Opportunities T a l k s : ' T h e Graduate and A c c o u n t a n c y '

by M i s s S D u n n , I n s t i t u t e of C h a r t e r e d A c c o u n t a n t s . E l e c E n g 408 at 1.30pm.

A s s o c i a t e d S t u d i e s : T h e I n d u s t r i a l A r c h a e o l o g i s t a t Work: 3 . T h e Sound of I n d u s t r i a l A r c h a e o l o g y by D e n i s S m i t h , C h a i r m a n , Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society. Theatre B , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm.

What i s B a r o q u e ? M r s H e l e n L a n g d o n of t h e C e n t r a l S c h o o l of A r t and D e s i g n t a l k s about B a r o q u e P a i n t i n g . T h e a t r e A , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g . a t 1.30pm.

IC F i l m S e c p r e s e n t s ' I v a n T h e T e r r i b l e ' i n M e c h E n g 2 2 0 at 7.15pm. A d m i s s i o n by m e m b e r s h i p c a r d o n l y . M e m b e r s h i p £1.50.

IC E n t s ' A l m o s t ' F r e e D i s c o i n the U n i o n L o w e r R e f e c t o r y starting 8.00pm. Great sounds — A d m : 1 0 p .

Saturady 22nd IC E n t s p r e s e n t ' G e o r g e M e l l y ' p l u s B u r l e s q u e In a s u p e r entertaining concert d e s i g n e d to blow your mind?! Great H a l l .

8 . 0 0 p m . A d m : I C adv 7 0 p , a d v 8 0 p , at the door £1.00.

C h e l s e a : " M a g n a C a r t a ' i n c o n c e r t i n the L i g h t f o o t H a l l , M a n r e s s a R o a d SW 3 . Start 8 . 0 0 p m . A d m : 6 0 p .

Essay C o m p e t i t i o n o n F r u i t Juices The Eighth International Fruit Juice Congress will take place in Merano, Northern Italy, from May 17 to 22, 1976.

In order to stimulate interest in the Congress and in the field of fruit juices, the organising committee of the International Fruit Congress invites students of departments of food science or similar departments of universities, technical colleges and polytechnics to participate in an essay competition. Papers submitted must deal with one or more aspects of fruit juices (eg chemistry, technology, economics, nutrition, legal aspects etc), may not be longer than 6,000 words and must be typed in one of the Congress languages (English, French, Italian or German) on one side

Refectories

Telix

" Speci al i ty of the house: vast piles of grey, mushy c h i p s " . That is the opinion of the Sennet reporter, John Ryan, when he visited the refectories at IC." In fact, in the survey which covered four other colleges and U L U , we come out bottom of the list.

It is for this very reason that the refectories are suffering from a decrease in turnover thus making it almost certain that there will be a further increase in refectory prices at Christmas. Or will the College take the drastic step of closing one of the refectories? If so which one? T h e Union Lower Refectory?

There has been a lot of talk, most of it sensible, if somewhat impracticable, on the ways we might try to solve the refectories problem. One snch idea, was put forward by Mr Williams (see F E L I X no. 399). I agree that if there existed an air of mutual co-operation between the opposing factions then we would have a basis for progress.

I. further agree that the Union, in the person of Mr Teague

of the page only, using double spacing and having a wide margin at the sides. The jury is composed of members of the Scientific-Technical Commission of th e International international Federation of Fruit Juice Producers and Its decisions are final. The six best papers will be published in the Congress Proceedings. The authors of the three best papers will be invited to attend the Congress.

Participants resident in Great Britain, who must be younger than 25 on May 1, 1976. are invited to send their papers to Dr I- Vi Heech, Research Station, Long Ashton, Bristol, BS18 9 A F , before January 15, 1976. Successful candidates will be notified individually before March 1, 1976.

appears to be defeatist in its attitude to the problem.

However, I would contend that Mr Teague and other leaders of this Union enjoy grass-roots support. Where were the grass-roots at the first UGM of this session when the refectories problem was being discussed?

I feel that a solution to this problem would be for the Union to take over the running of the Union refectory.

It could then employ an outside catering concern to run it and charge prices that would compete with Mr Mooney's prices. T h i s would thus break the monopoly that Mr Mooney has on the catering in this College.

I look forward to seeing some reaction to this idea.

H a l l s of R e s i d e n c e Mr Te.ague in his 'Peter Patter' last week asked for some reaction to bis comments on refectories and halls of residence cleaning. I am glad to see that there has been some response (see latters to the editor, page 6), albeit only a meagre one. Although I would lend my support to the suggestions put forward by our two correspondants this week, the matter is not so easily resolved. The suggestion that we cut down on cleaning would mean' a reduction in cleaning staff and as far as I am aware the other Union involved, N U P E , has not been consulted as yet regarding this. But this does not detract from the fact that students in halls of residence get it too damn good.

3

FILIX

The Girl Next Door

Cynthia Rogers,

PROFILE:

r

CYNTHIA R O G E R S i s the k i n d of g i r l w e a l l w i s h l i v e d next door d u r i n g our c h i l d h o o d : v i v a c i o u s , fun to be with, always with a w i l l i n g ear and a n al most t i t i l l a t i n g s p a r k l e i n her e y e s . S h e i s this year's Coordinator of Nightline, the confidential o r g a n i s a t i o n w h i c h i s run by s t u d e n t s from a l l o v e r L o n d o n for students w h o are in t r o u b l e , l o n e l y , b o a r d , fed up or j u s t f i n d i n g it d i f f i c u l t to cope with things. Running Nightline ;s a f u l l - t i m e j o b and the post therefore c a r r i e s a s a b b a t i c a l y e a r . T h e work i s not e a s y , but s h e e n j o y s the immense satisfaction which the job g i v e s h e r b e c a u s e s h e gets to meet "...lots of i n t e r e s t i n g p e o p l e : not only the c a l l e r s , but the N i g h t l i n e r s whom I work w i t h and the Student U n i o n s in t h e L o n d o n a r e a w h i c h I h a v e to a p p r o a c h to get them involved in Nightline". • Cynthia is twenty-two, unattached, comes from B o r e h a m Wood in H e r t f o r d s h i r e , got her B S c in N u t r i t i o n from Queen Elizabeth College, L o n d o n , in J u n e 1974 a n d instinctively jumps at the sound of a t e l e p h o n e . B e f o r e b e c o m i n g the N i g h t l i n e C o ordinator s h e s p e n t a y e a r at G arnett Teacher Training College.

She s p e a k s g e n u i n e l y a n d sincerely and avoids using tones more s u i t e d to e i t h e r a c o n f e s s i o n a l or a p a s s i o n a t e c r u s a d e . T h e r e i s no f e e l i n g of exaggerated friendliness run amok to the point of g u l l i b i l i t y or d o g m a t i c fervour r a n t i n g up i t s o w n o r i f i c e . B u t s o much e a s i l y recognisable than d e f i n a b l e a n d d e f i n i t e l y w a r r a n t s more • than, a q u i c k Roget's thumb through

T h e s a u r u s in a n attempt to crystallise the blend of honesty, dedication, patience, u n d e r s t a n d i n g and m i s c h i e v o u s gorgeousness.

The o r i g i n s of N i g h t l l n e g o b a c k to 1971 when it w a s felt that the C o l l e g e ' s student s u i c i d e rate w a s b e c o m i n g a major cause for concern.

S t o r i e s of s t u d e n t s jumping out of S o u t h s i d e , l e a p i n g off Queen's T o w e r and t a k i n g p o i s o n w e r e fast b e c o m i n g a a moribund f o l k l o r e . A s i m i l a r w a s * being run by scheme s t u d e n t s at E s s e x U n i v e r s i t y , so Imperial C o l l e g e w a s q u i c k to r e a l i s e the p o t e n t i a l b e h i n d the i d e a of p r o v i d i n g p r e m i s e s in P r i n c e ' s G a r d e n s w i t h an external telephone. Whilst I C ' s w a s o n l y the s e c o n d N i g h t l i n e to be s e t u p , today s i m i l a r . s c h e m e s a r e run by s t u d e n t s colleges, at n e a r l y a l l t h e universities and polytechnics throughout the c o u n t r y ; but it i s o n l y in t h e L o n d o n a r e a that a s a b b a t i c a l i s p r o v i d e d by a l l the colleges actually subs c r i b i n g to t h e s c h e m e . T h i s was considered necessary because so many p r e v i o u s Coordinators had failed their e x a m s d u e to t h e i r N i g h t l i n e committment.

How many do you

How volunteers

N i g h t l i n e have helping

you?

"About sixty-five s t u d e n t s drawn from a l l o v e r London."

How

many

calls

do you

get

per

night? " O n average, three a n i g h t . "

about

Do

abusive

you

ever

get

any

callers?

"Rarely."

Do

ever

you

callers?

How receive running

have

any

hoaz

"Never." much money do you to cover the costs of Nightline? " I t i s run

on a s h o e - s t r i n g

budget."

Km The Balloon P i c t u r e a hot a i r b a l l o o n c o a s t i n g h i g h a b o v e t h e earth w i t h four p e o p l e in i t . T h e b a l l o o n b e g i n s t o tear Itself away from • the b a s k e t , t h e l at t er b e i n g t o o h e a v y . If t h e b a l l o o n i s e v e r to r e a c h the ground s a f e l y three of t h e p e o p l e i n it w i l l h a v e to be ejected, t h e person remaining b e i n g the one w h o s e c o n t i n u e d c a n be deemed existence most e s s e n t i a l to the community i n w h i c h he or s h e l i v e s .

T h i s w a s the s i t u a t i o n i n which N i c k Brayshaw (RSMU R i z Shakir (ICU President), D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t ) , Ian J o w e t t ( I C C A G Chairman) and myself

C y n t h i a Rogers

Debate

found o u r s e l v e s l a s t T u e s d a y evening during ICWA's second debate, a B a l l o o n debate.

The first round of t h e debate Involved slandering e v e r y o n e e l s e on t h e platform and p r o j e c t i n g o n e ' s o w n r o l e a s v i t a l to I C .

R i z saw himself a s being to Union most essential members b e c a u s e — w e l l l e t ' s f a c e It — h e ' s got the k e y s to the U n i o n B u i l d i n g . V e r y few p e o p l e w e r e i m p r e s s e d by that l i n e of argument, h e n c e R i z w a s f i r s t to be e j e c t e d from the balloon.

Ian s a w h i s j o b a s o n e of helping people whether in

does

one

become

a

Night-

line volunteer? " F i r s t off they h a v e to c o n t a c t u s . We then have a c h a t to them to try a n d d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r the p e r s o n ' s motive for b e c o m i n g a Nlghtllner seems reasonable. T h e person then h a s to be t r a i n e d to c o p e w i t h t h e m u l t i t u d e of different s i t u a t i o n s w h i c h c a n a r i s e d u r i n g a n e v e n i n g at Nightline."

What qualities in a potential

do you Nlghtliner?

look

tor "They

h a v e to be e a s y t o t a l k t o .

G e n e r a l l y they a r e p e o p l e w h o are not preoccupied with t a k i n g s o u p to the v a g r a n t s of C h a r i n g C r o s s or s u p e r v i s i n g adventure playgrounds. Y e s , w e thought, v e r y n i c e t o o but what about h e l p i n g IC s t u d e n t s ? T h u s Ian q u i c k l y f o l l o w e d R i z to an u n t i m e l y 'death'.

T h a t left N i c k and m y s e l f , both of u s h a v i n g c o n v i n c e d those present during the first t w o rounds of our w o r t h w h i l e c o n t r i b u t i o n to the q u a l i t y of l i f e . In the f i n a l round I w a s c a l l e d on to s p e a k f i r s t a n d warmeo t o my t a s k by numerous g l a s s e s of s h e r r y , I portrayed my j o b of b e i n g o n e w h i c h had massive I m p l i c a t i o n for t h e w h o l e of h u m a n i t y . It w a s a pity nobody e l s e thought s o a s I t o o went t u m b l i n g out of the balloon leaving Nick Brayshaw a s the b a l l o o n ' s a f f a b l e a n d deserving captain.

The debate w a s l i v e l y , good humoured a n d w i t t y (even If, t h a n k s to J o h n D o w n s , most of the w i t d i d come from t h e

themselves."

J u s t then the telephone r i n g s . She d a s h e s from w h e r e w e a r e s i t t i n g into another room w h e r e t h e 'phone i s , c a l l i n g out a s s h e g o e s , " I f I'm more than two m i n u t e s , it c o u l d take s o m e t i m e " . It d o e s .

I understand.

"Anyone wishing to contact Nightline, for whatever reason, should go along to 8 Prince's Gardens, or phone Int. 2468 or GPO 581 2468 between 6pm and 9am.''

floor!) and o u r t h a n k s g o e s t o those who attended a s w e l l a s t h o s e w h o took part.

W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g s a w the s t a g i n g of one of t h e z a n l e s t parties in College — the ICWA 2 0 ' s R e v i v a l P a r t y . It w a s a m a z i n g t o s e e s o many people floating around in costumes w h i c h were pure Scott F i t z g e r a l d .

L i m b s w e r e q u l c k l y loosened by t h e ( a l m o s t ! ) c o p i o u s p u n c h and It w a s not long before the floor was full of enthusiastic charlestoners.

MargetSMmmlng(IF President) Margaret Slimming (IF P r e s i d e n t ) and J o h n K e a r n s ( C a r n i v a l C o - o r d i n a t e r ) judged the . C h a r l e s t o n competition w h i c h p r o v e d a hard t a s k , the champagne finally being awarded to a g a i l y bedecked girl called O l i v i a who d i s a p p e a r e d b a c k into t h e c r o w d before we could discover Continued

m

page

4

4

FELIX

Continued

from

page

3

T h e B a l l o o n Debate a n y t h i n g of h e r o r i g i n s . T h e New C h e l s e a Ragtime Band c o n t i n u e d to p l a y w h i l s t everyone adjourned to the Quad with s p a r k l e r s , returning later to f i n i s h off what w a s left of the f o o d .

The r e s p o n s e to the Idea w a s very e n c o u r a g i n g and w e w o u l d l i k e to thank e v e r y o n e w h o h e l p e d make the e v e n i n g a success.

ICWA

Diary

Tuesday, 18th Nov: ICWA L o u n g e 7 . 0 0 p m , ICWA d e b a t e ; 'This house believes that women w h o a r e raped a s k for if.

U p h o l d i n g the m o t i o n ; J a c k G r a t u s (author of ' T h e V i c t i m ' o p p o s i n g the m o t i o n ; Margaret A l l e n (features e d i t o r for ' T h e T i m e s ' ) Thursday

20th

Nov:

ICWA

Lounge 12.30pm.

ICWA General Meeting ICWA L o u n g e 6 . 3 0 p m . O v e r s e a s and P G S o c i a l e v e n i n g .

Meditation an d Science: East meets W e s t T R A N S C E N D E N T A L MEDITATION (TM) was brought to the West 16 y e a r s ago by M a h a r i s h i M e h e s h Y o g i . is a simple technique It of deep m e d i t a t i o n w h i c h i s p r a c t i c e d for 1 5 / 2 0 m i n u t e s t w i c e a day s i t t i n g c o m f o r t a b l y w i t h the e y e s c l o s e d .

As opposed to other methods of meditation or self development, it does not requi re any c o n c e n t r a t i o n or contemplation, belief, faith, changes of diet, standing on the head or any change in one's life style. • O v e r the l a s t 5 y e a r s , there h a s been a great d e a l of interest i n the technique among research scientists.

Over 300 experiments have been published to date, which i n d i c a t e that d u r i n g T M a d e e p s t a t e of integrated rest is achieved.

A t the same t i m e , b r a i n w a v e a c t i v i t y , a s measured by E E G ( e l e c t r o e n c e p h a l o g r a p h ) , become more orderly.

Research findings after mediation show a greater c o o r d i n a t i o n between body and m i n d , improved health, improved social relations and an increase in learning ability and a c a d e m i c performance.

The transcendental M e d i t a t i o n t e c h n i q u e c a n be learnt in s e v e n e a s y s t e p s , the f i r s t of w h i c h i s c o m i n g to an Introductory Talk h e l d by S o c every T h u r s d a y at 1.15pm in Room 407A in the E l e c E n g department. are a l s o regular There meetings for members o f T M Soc e v e r y T u e s d a y at 5.45pm. be Any enquiries should a d d r e s s e d to C h a r l e s O s b o r n ( E l e c E n g 3).

N U S Women's

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Political diatribe and lesbianism Dani Salvadori Moira Robinson A t s i x o ' c l o c k on Saturday m o r n i n g , before the r e s t of IC had recovered from Friday night, t w o brave delegates s e t off for B r i s t o l t o attend the N U S Women's Conference.

T h i s w a s part of the N U S women's campaign which w a s set up In 1972 to promote both the a w a r e n e s s of w o m e n ' s issues amongst t h e student and hopefully provide body, some solutions to problems r a i s e d by t h e s e I s s u e s .

The c o n f e r e n c e , w h i c h w a s p a c k e d , w a s opened by M a r i a Loftus, the guest speaker from I s l i n g t o n T r a d e s ' C o u n c i l , s p e a k i n g on how the T r a d e s Unions a n d the N U S c o u l d further the w o m e n ' s c a m p a i g n .

This speech was largely i r r e l e v a n t s i n c e it c o n s i d e r e d o n l y the c a s e of the T U C a n d women w o r k e r s .

It seemed far removed from any a s p e c t s of student l i f e , a n d the s p e a k e r d i d l i t t l e to t i e In the e x p e r i e n c e of the T U C w i t h that of the NUS. In common w i t h many p o l i t i c i a n s s h e a l s o s p o k e for longer than w a s necessary.

These i d e a s d i d not r e a l l y come into the conference a g a i n . In fact the r e s t of the time revolved around two themes: the problems that ' women had s e t t i n g up c l o s e d g r o u p s , b e c a u s e under the N U S , a f i n a n c e d group i s not a l l o w e d to be c l o s e d , and the f o u n d a t i o n of the N e t w o r k .

This was started in order to c o m b i n e all the w o m e n ' s g r o u p s in colleges throughout the country s o that they work t o w a r d s a common i d e a l .

The f i r s t of t h e s e i d e a s w a s

brought out very strongly in one of the workshops w e a t t e n d e d on ' S e t t i n g up a w o m e n ' s c a m p a i g n in a s m a l l college'.

Many women felt that they c o u l d not run . an e f f e c t i v e w o m e n ' s group w i t h men present.

This was a rationale that we d i d not really understand s i n c e Ideas cannot be changed unless everybody is educated. B e s i d e s w h i c h very few men I know w o u l d enjoy sitting listening 2 0 women d i s c u s s their to problems for 2 hours.

A common experience was that w o m e n ' s g r o u p s w e r e most e f f e c t i v e w h e n t i e d to s o c i a l activities, which made me t h i n k that perhaps ICWA i s the perfect solution; an established body bringing wornens i s s u e s to the fore!

w i t h many s m a l l c o l l e g e s w e felt that a r e a s s h o u l d h a v e delegate status.

This was narrowly defeated (after 3 r e c o u n t s ! ) w h e n It c a m e to a v o t e . We a l s o voted against autonomous women's groups it was an feeling that impractical and patronising view, especially in this College!

T h e b u s i n e s s got through in t h e afternoon was continually being Interupted by the m i l i t a n t l e s b i a n s w h o challenged everything that was said and s u n g loudly through many p e o p l e s s p e e c h e s .

Feelings at the conference were very > s t r o n g l y against them, and for u s , at l e a s t , their activities proved so boring w e were on the point of w a l k i n g o u t . O u r o v e r a l l impressions on leaving the conference were ones of d l s a t l s f a c t i o n at the r u d e n e s s of many p e o p l e present a n d the I r r e l e v a n c e of much that was s a i d .

lunch, the s e s s i o n After began w i t h a t a l k on N A C , which raised the same points as the conference h e l d in college a few w e e k s ago.

These have already been fully reported In FELIX. T h e main argument c o n c e r n i n g There w a s then a n attempt the network was whether by the l e s b i a n s p r e s e n t , to p e o p l e sent from a r e a g r o u p s throw the men o ut , w h i c h should have delegate or r e s u l t e d in uproar (a common o b s e r v e r status.

This may s t a t e d u r i n g the c o n f e r e n c e ) seem a petty p o i n t , _but In and 9 0 % of the p e o p l e there fact Involves the question voting against them.

T h e of s m a l l c o l l e g e s w h o c a n n o t r e s o l u t i o n s were then d e b a t e d . afford to s e n d d e l e g a t e s to T h e s e brought out v i v i d l y the a conference, and therefore two themes of the c o n f e r e n c e must be r e p r e s e n t e d by t h e i r and In fact v e i w s were s p l i t a r e a s .

The points against a l m o s t in h a l f . T h e m o t i o n s t h i s were that a r e a s are not c o v e r e d the network, the i s s u e s w o r k i n g e f f e c t i v e l y at present women f a c e and the d i v i s i v e and that a r e a s s h o u l d pay for nature of autonomous w o m e n ' s s m a l l c o l l e g e s t o s e n d d e l e g a t e s . groups.

C o m i n g from a part of L o n d o n

WELLSOC Crime, and how to get away with it Alan

Lodge

Here beginneth another advice-laden m i s s i v e from W E L L S O C , t h i s time r e p o r t i n g on our meeting on Monday 10th November.

We w o u l d have l i k e d to h a v e printed a full t r a n s c r i p t i o n of D r Shaw's informative lecture, but they wouldn't let u s .

(And the editor of this learned journal wouldn't approve e i t he r .) B u t to h e l p y o u , I w i l l t e l l y o u a s much a s I t h i n k I c a n get away with.

If y o u want to g o into crime, you have a reason.

(If you don't, you're a psychopath.)

These reasons are e i t h e r fame or f o r t u n e .

If y o u want fame, not g e t t i n g found out i s a b i t a w k w a r d , as AI Capone could teli y o u . B u t In t r u t h , most of us want the fortune side of c r i m e , and w i t h t h i s D r

Shaw, p r o f e s s i o n a l scientist and amateur c r i m i n a l , will be able to h e l p u s . Dr Shaw g a v e u s some d e f i n i t i o n s .

A professional is a person who professes to d o i n g a job ( i n the l i t e r a l sense), w h i l e a n amateur i s s o m e o n e who l o v e s d o i n g s o m e t h i n g , if y o u d e f i n e the word from the Latin root.

Thus, all criminals in the fortune group are a m a t e u r s . Q . E . D .

Now what branch of c r i m e d o y o u want to g o i n t o ?

According to the Home Office list (they're very o b l i g i n g , are the H o m e O f f i c e ) there are 107 to c h o s e from, but there are o n l y really three main popular types, namely L o o t , S e x a n d d r u g s , and Sudden death.

Even t h e s e three are s u b j e c t s to o c c u p y a l i f e t i m e of s t u d y , the f i r s t subject, so only was covered in any Loot,

depth.

We are very lucky at IC if w e are i n t e r e s t e d in t h i s s e c t i o n , a s not a hundred y a r d s from here i s a rather superb national art c o l l e c t i o n , the V & A .

A c c o r d i n g to D r S h a w , t h e thing to go for are the Chinese brass items, of which he considerately showed us photographs. He d e c l i n e d to be more s p e c i f i c about things like security guard r o u n d s , w h i c h w a s a p i t y . N o w If any of y o u h a v e shares in N a t West, sell them. Although I didn't quite u n d e r s t a n d the d e t a i l s , but our s p e a k e r h a s a very good method for e x t r a c t i n g money from the b a n k ' s c o m p u t e r .

I wish I could tell you more, but I have t o g o n o w .

D o n ' t forget the f i l m next week: Phase 4 is coming!

A l l right, officer, I ' l l come quietly.

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FF.LIX

POOH'S CO*1M£ft Refectory prices : The Cynics are Defeatists In my article on refectories two weeks ago ("The Refectory Price Syndrome: Trust is needed"), I suggested tentative proposals which, if endorsed by the College and the Students Union in a spirit of unprecedented cooperation, might ease the refectory price escalation (not "solve the refectory economic crisis at a stroke" as one 'silly billy' (if you'll forgive the pun) put it) and improve the quality ot the meals and the service available in the refectories, especially Southside. I sketched out a rough embryo of an idea declaring that it would still need to be developed by both the College and the Union officials if it were to emerge as a mutually viable proposition.

I am pleased to record the groundswelI of support for the idea amongst not only IC students (-some of those who approached me were total strangers) but also the College refectory staff, the Bar staff and the highest echelons of the College administration.

I further stated "Doubtless smug little cynics ... will point out the difficulties." Mr Peter Teague and Mr Bill Gerrard (see F E L I X last week) have clearly identified themselves as such. Frankly, I am sickened by their defeatism'.

Mr Gerrard s ambitious "repudiation" is a mochery of fact when he says "Mr Teague put the basic idea Mr Williams was suggesting to these people last summer! V T h i s is just not true'. Did Mr Teague at that time offer to campaign to fill the refectories if the College kept the prices down? No. Therein lies the vital difference. Mr Teague and the other leaders of this Union have the power to do this because they enjoy the grass-roots support of this Union. It is therefore almost the ultimate carrot to dangle in front of the College. It's an excellent bargaining standpoint and I wonder if Peter realised this when he discussed the matter with the College last summer; I wonder if he realises this now. After all, in order to negotiate successfully one has to have something of value, to offer.

It is up to the Union's leadership to recognise that it does have something to bargain with.

As for Mr Gerrard's idealogical objections, I am unable to endorse his philosphical pretensions. When the whole of the education sector is under financial attack from the government, I believe that it is inappropriate to look at Imperial College as an Us v.

Mutters Arising

The Haldane Library and the Union

D i d y o u know that the U n i o n s u p p l i e s the c a s h for the b u y i n g of " f i l e under popular" records and fictional recreational books? Y o u did not — oh d e a r ! Well w e do and so the moral of the story i s — if y o u want a p a r t i c u l a r p i e c e of p l a s t i c , f i l l in the request form w h i c h i s a v a i l a b l e i n the L i b r a r y . T h a t i s the o n l y way that our book and record c a n f i n d out what buyers you w a n t .

Xmas Hall Dinner This mad extravaganza w i l l take p l a c e on T u e s d a y 9th D e c e m b e r .

It i s a D J affair a n d for a mere £2.55, a f i v e c o u r s e s p e c i a l c a n be y o u r s . F o r m s are a v a i l a b l e form J e n or P a t in t h e U n i o n o f f i c e and it i s f i r s t c o m e first serve! Oh y e s ! Y o u w i l l be l i m i t e d to n i n e g u e s t s , s o try not to b r i n g the w h o l e f am i ly along; just your father's s i d e .

Them (ie Union v. College) kind of confrontation.

"College provides the refectory service, so it's up to them to solve its problems" - this is an attitude I cannot support. The NUS is telling Student Unions to stand together with local Trade Unions so that they (the Student Unions) will be able to apply greater pressure to the Colleges and Universities. Has anyone ever thought of standing together with the Colleges and Universities themselves. For that is exactly what I believe this Union should be doing. Often in the past (take Norm Sayles" year as President, for example) the Union has approached the College practically cap in hand asking for this, that and the other. More often than not, College has coughed up the goods. So isn't it about time that this Union began to show its appreciation just a little, instead of spiking it with nails and recklessly perpetuating the refectory account loss?

Sorry, Mr Gerrard. I'm unconvinced. I must however applaud the fact that you are prepared to air your views explicitly and foster discussion on this controversial issue.

Mr Teague on the other hand appears to have adopted a disappointingly low profile on the subject.

I am glad to see that he does not want the refectories to be closed. Pity he cannot recognise that he is accelerating things to that situation. We appear to agree that the first obstacle is the quality of food.

Fair enough. But just because Mr Mooney refuses to admit that there is room for improvement in Southside meals does not surely mean the end of the matter. I I believe that this Union is entitled to expect from its elected leadership some determination and a measure of negotiating ability. This Union should not have to tolerate .such morbidity as "Well I'm sorry, but Mr Mooney refuses to admit that the food served in Southside is below par, so there's little we can really d o . " That is just shying away at the first fence because if looks a little high. If Mr Teague could convince the Rector that Southside food is substandard, do you believe that Mr Mooney would stick to his story? Try it and see.

When one of the refectories does close, it will be principally IC students who will suffer as well as the associated refectory staff who will lose their jobs. Today's defeatists will turn to the College, say "It is your fault for making excessive price increases" and waggle their fingers at Mr Mooney. tie in turn will face this Union and say "It's your own fault for pinching my customers. You have succeeded in making staff redundant and seriously inconveniencing your own Union members." Give it some thought. Write and tell F E L I X what you think.

And as for J J Stuart of Maths 1, write on!

MIKE WILLIAMS

Floor reps T h e r e i s a c e r t a i n m o t l ey crew w h o are s u p p o s e d to represent the v i e w s of the F l o o r at C o u n c i l , U G M ' s e t c .

T h i s o o e s not mean that they the maintenance represent department, but that if a n y o j "ordinary" (horrible word) members f e e l that s o m e t h i n g should be d i s c u s s e d , the F l o o r r e p , h a v i n g no s p e c i f i e d field o l responsibility, should be the p e r s o n t o r a i s e that t o p i c w i t h . T h e y c a n then take it further if n e c e s s a r y .

This year's elite are:-

UGM This takes place next T h u r s d a y and our d e l e g a t e s to NUS conference must be elected at this meeting.

M o t i o n s g o i n g to c o n f e r e n c e , e s p e c i a l l y those with amendments tabled by IC also have to be discussed.

A s s u m i n g that- I c a n s t a g g e r through the rest of R a g Week, I hope that I w i l l s e e y o u at the U G M — e i t h e r that, or s e n d me a w r e a t h .

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T h o s e i n t e r e s t e d In g o i n g p l e a s e forward y o u r name to M i s s H i l a r y B u r g e s s i n S h e r f i e l d 5 4 6 B . Int. 4 1 8 0 .

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T h e paper from I L E A i n d i c a t i n g m a s s i v e c u t s in the number of O v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s a l l o w e d into L o n d o n C o l l e g e s . a d d under I n s t r u c t i o n s 17 A n d to o p p o s e c u t b a c k s i n the n u m b e r s of o v e r s e a s students.

(5) M o t i o n 136 D e l e t e a l l a n d insert C o n f e r e n c e n o t e s (i) T h a t i n t h e referendum of 1973 a large maj ori ty of the p e o p l e of N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d v o t e d t o r e m a i n i n the U K .

Conference believes (1) T h a t a s long a s the majority of p e o p l e in N o r t h e r n Ireland want to remain part of the U K , then N o r t h e r n Ireland should remain s o .

(2) T h a t a s long a s N o r t h e r n Ireland r e m a i n s a part of the U K , the B r i t i s h G o v e r n m e n t i s under an o b l i g a t i o n t o defend i t .

(3) T h a t no support s h o u l d be e x t e n d e d by the N U S to to t e r r o r i s m i n the U K w h e t h e r c o m m i t t e d by l o y a l i s t or R e p u b l i c a n o r g a n i s a t i o n s or i n d i v i d u a l s .

(6) M o t i o n ( N U S S ) a d d after " t h a t s c h o o l s t u d e n t s " , " o v e r t h e age of s i x t e e n y e a r s " delete conference believes 1 and 5 under c o n f e r e n c e b e l i e v s 6, d e l t e " n o n - a c a d e m i c .. c o m m u n i t y " .

L a s t W e d n e s d a y , a n o p e n m e e t i n g of the U n i o n E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s C o m m i t t e e w a s h e l d to d i s c u s s a m e n d m e n t s for the N U S A u t u m n c o n f e r e n c e . A t t e n d e n c e w a s rather d i s a p p o i n t i n g , but s i x a m e n d m e n t s w e r e p r o d u c e d and most of the m o t i o n s d i s c u s s e d . T h e s e a m e n d m e n t s h a v e now gone to the N U S .

N o m i n a t i o n p a p e r s for c o n f e r e n c e d e l e g a t e s (and for U n i o n p o s t s ) a r e o n the n o t i c e board i n the U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e . I urge y o u to s t a n d ; a n d if y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n a t t e n d i n g c o n f e r e n c e s , of w h i c h there a r e many, or in l o o k i n g after r e l a t i o n s b e t w e e n I C and other c o l l e g e s , I s u g g e s t y o u s t a n d for t he E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s C o m m i t t e e . A t p r e s e n t , w e are e s p e c i a l l y in n e e d of a secretary, a p u b l i c i t y officer and public relations (press) officer.

F o r t h o s e of y o u w h o d o not a l r e a d y k n o w , there a r e t w o g e n e r a l c o n f e r e n c e s o r g a n i s e d by N U S e v e r y y e a r , w h i c h d e t e r m i n e the p o l i c i e s o f the U n i o n for that y e a r . A n o t h e r c o n f e r e n c e of i n t e r e s t i s the U n i v e r s i t i e s s e c t o r a l c o n f e r e n c e , w h i c h w i l l be h e l d in J a n u a r y .

T h e f o l l o w i n g m o t i o n s w i l l be d i s c u s s e d , t i m e p e r m i t t i n g , at the U G M n e x t w e e k : -

Amendments (1) M o t i o n 1 1 0 to be put a s a n amendment w i t h 111 ( N U S Constitution); Delete conference affirms: " w h i c h i s b e s t . . . " to e n d .

A d d under c o n f e r e n c e r e s o l v e s that (i) C O ' s s h o u l d e l e c t d e l e g a t e s to N a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e from a g e n e r a l m e e t i n g of the U n i o n in order to e n s u r e representative delegates; (ii) d i s c u s s i o n at s o m e l e v e l on t h e c o n t e n t of N U S N a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e a g e n d a s h o u l d i n c l u d e the w i d e s t p o s s i b l d numbers w i t h i n the C O . A l l s t u d e n t s s h o u l d be i n v i t e d to p r e s e n t m o t i o n s a n d a m e n d m e n t s p r e f e r a b l y at a U G M .

M o t i o n 119 ( O v e r s e a s S t u d e n t s ) to a d d our s u p p o r t .

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I n C l a u s e 2 3 ( 2 ) i n s e r t a f t e r ' e l e c t i o n s ' i n t h e t h i r d l i n e 'The r e g u l a t i o n s g o v e r n i n g N a t i o n a l B a l l o t i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h C l a u s e 2 1 A ( i ) a l t h o u g h c o n t a i n e d i n t h e e l e c t i o n r e g u l a t i o n s , s h a l l be s u b j e c t t o c h a n g e o n l y i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h C l a u s e j6 n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f C l a u s e 34".

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N a t i o n a l U n i o n w h i c h was

s u b m i t t e d to

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"No p o l i t i c a l g r o u p i n g s h e u l d be s c a r e d o f m a k i n g t h e s t r u c t u r e more r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , i f t h e y a r e i t r e f l e c t s a f e a r that the c u r r e n t p o s i t i o n i s u n r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of existing student .opinion and f e a r of an i n a b i l i t y to win s t u d e n t s to a p o l i t i c a l p o s i t i o n " .

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i a time NUS.

2.

T h a t any t a l k o f d e m o c r a c y i n C o l l e g e s t h r o u g h S t u d e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i o n on A c a d e m i c B o a r d s and G o v e r n o r s ' B o a r d s i s made n o n s e n s i c a l a s i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t s h a v e n o d i r e c t w a y o f e l e c t i n g t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t s t u d e n t C o m m i t t e e o f a l l - t h e NUS E x e c u t i v e .

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5.

That d i r e c t democracy w o u l d s t r e n g t h e n NUS a n d d i r e c t e l e c t i o n s o f t h e E x e c u t i v e w o u l d e n c o u r a g e more i n v o l v e m e n t o f t h e M e m b e r s h i p i n the process of d e c i s i o n making i n the N a t i o n a l U ni o n.

6.

T h a t a c t i v e p a r t i c i p a t i o n and involvement a r e s e r v i n g t h e i r r i g h t s and t h a t t h i s i s b e a * s e r v e d members o f C o n s t i t u e n t O r g a n i s a t i o n .

7.

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e s s e n t i a l i f s t u d e n t s a r e t o be by a l l d e l e g a t e s b i i n g d i r e c t l y

one o f the most b u r e a u c r a t i c o r g a n i s a t i o n o f i t s k i n d b y m a n y a s a s tep t o w a r d s a p o l i t i c a l c a r e e r .

8.

T h a t t h e o n l y way f o r w a r d f o r t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n i s secret ballot cpen t o a l l i n d i v i d u a l s t u d e n t m e m b e r s o f

to have a l l the NUS.

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119

Policy

Heading:

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Conference 1.

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Bradford

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CVCP S t u d y G r o u p o n P o s t g r a d u a t e

p a p e r o f 135/75 S t a n d i n g A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e f o r t o <i I s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s .

The r e c e n t opposition

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believes

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3.

The I L E A document w h i c h p r o p o s e s t h a t thenumber o f o v e r s e a s d r a s t i c a l l y r e d u c e d , a n d t h a t t h i s w o u l d mean t h e c l o s u r e o f a t d e p a r t m e n t s , and t h e t e r m i n a t i o n o f c o u r s e s i n e v e r y c o l l e g e . k. its

Universities

the recent increase in t u i t i o n fees. t h e new i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f t h e I m m i g r a t i o n L a w s , w h i c h h a s r e s u l t e d i n numbers o f s t u d e n t s b e i n g f a c e d w i t h d e p o r t a t i o n . t h e w i d e n i n g d i f f e r e n t i a l b e t w e e n h o s t e l f e e s f o r 'home s t u d e n t s ' a n d overseas students.

c) The

S o u t h Dank P o l y t c h n i c ,

notes:

a) b)

2.

Students

s t u d e n t s i n I L E A c o l l e g e s be l e a s t one c o l l e g e , o r s e v e r a l

Further Education Conference

reaffirms

that:

1.

The p r e s e n t a t t a c k s c o n s t i t u t e a d e l i b e r a t e and s y s t e m a t i c a t t e m p t to e x c l u d e from p o s t - s c h o o l e d u c a t i o n , o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s who a r e n o t p r i v a t e l y w e a l t h y o r b a c k e d b y G o v e r n m e n t o r b u s i n e s s i n t e r e s t s , and t h a t t h e c o n s e q u e n c e o f t h i s i s to r e s t r i c t e d u c a t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t y to the r u l i n g e l i t e i n those c o u n t r i e s .

-

2.

T h a t t h e s e a t t a c k s a r e a r e f l e c t i o n o f t h e way i n w h i c h t h e educational expenditure are r e s t r i c t i n g educational opportunity

g r a n t s system in Britain.

and

the

cuts

in

3.

That o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s a r e b e i n g a t t a c k e d b e c a u s e t h e i r i s o l a t i o n and the r e s t r i c t i o n s on t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s make i t d i f f i c u l t f o r t h e m t o w a g e a c a m p a i g n ; a n d t h a t t h e s e a t t a c k s a r e o n l y p r e c u r s o r s t o a t t a c k s on t h e r e s t o f t h e s t u d e n t b o d y . k.

That the ILEA p r o p o s a l s demonstrate the need f o r u n i t y between a g a i n s t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s d i r e c t l y a f f e c t s home s t u d e n t s .

Conference

further

believes

students,

because

discrimination

that:

1.

The presence of overseas students i n B r i t a i n i s a p a r t i c u l a r l y v a l u a b l e form of overseas a i d ; and t h a t t h a t n i d s h o u l d be a v a i l a b l e t o a l l s e c t i o n s o f s o c i e t y i n t h o s e c o u n t r i e s , n o t j u s t t h o s e w i t h w e a l t h and i n f l u e n c e ; t h a t f u r t h e r d i s c r i m i n a t i o n o n l y r e s t r i c t s o p p o r t u n i t y more and more t o the w e a l t h y .

2.

That students

overseas students contribute s i g n i f i c a n t l y to the broadening and to the b u i l d i n g o f a m u l t i - c u l t u r a l s o c i e t y i n B r i t a i n .

3.

That the G o v e r n m e n t ' s p r o m i s e i n t h e 1975 W h i t e be no d i s c r i m i n a t i o n i n e d u c a t i o n s h o u l d be a d h e r e d f e e s and h o s t e l f e e s w o u l d u n l a w f u l .

of

British

Page on R a c i a l D i s c r i m i n a t i o n t h a t t h e r e to c o m p l e t e l y , i e t h a t d i s c r i m i n a t i o n i n

should tuition

Conference c a l l s on the Government to adhere to the s p i r i t and to end d i s c r i m i n a t i o n a g a i n s t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s .

C o n f e r e n c e condemns t h e v i e w t h a t t h e s h o r t a g e making students pay f o r that shortage, whether s h o u l d t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h a t s h o r t a g e be

of

and p r o v i s i o n s

the

of

experiences

the

White

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o f f i n a n c e i n e d u c a t i o n c a n b e i n a n y way s o l v e d b y t h r o u g h d i s c r i m i n a t o r y f e e s o r any o t h e r manner; n o r d i r e c t e d at a m i n o r i t y group l i k e overseas s t u d e n t s .

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Paper. increases

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a day

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on

differential

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to

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d i s c r i m i n a t o r y fees

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of

in

their institution.

action.

Wardenship of the Hamlet and Cambridge Gardens Flats.

T h e present Warden of the H a m l e t and C a m b r i d g e Gardens Head Tenancy Scheme i s resi gni ng w i t h effect from 3 1 s t D e c e m b e r 1 9 7 5 .

A p p l i c a t i o n s are Invited from s t u d e n t s of the C o l l e g e to f i l l the p o s i t i o n w i t h e f f e c t .from 1st J a n u a r y 1 9 7 6 .

T h e s u c c e s s f u l a p p l i c a n t w i l l be a married p o s t g r a d u a t e , who h a s been a student at the C o l l e g e for about a y e a r .

H e s h o u l d h a v e s o m e e x p e r i e n c e of h a n d l i n g s t u d e n t a f f a i r s , a n d be l i k e l y to be at IC for another two y e a r s .

Rent-free accommodation, and a n entertainments a l l o w ance.

A p p l i c a t i o n forms are a v a i l a b l e from the U n i o n O f f i c e , and the R e s i d e n c e O f f i c e . A p p l i c a t i o n s w i l l c l o s e on 20th N o v e m b e r 1 9 7 5 .

From 25 years ago...

From

FELIX

issue

no.

12,

3rd

Nov.

1950

22nd O c t o b e r 1950 S i r , â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In a c c o r d a n c e w i t h y o u r i n v i t a t i o n for m o d i f i c a t i o n of the form for the letter home, may I s u g g e s t that t h e p h r a s e ' y o u r e r r i n g s o n ' be c h a n g e d to ' y o u r e r r i n g s o n / d a u g h t e r ' .

A f t e r a l l , there are at l e a s t 42 d a u g h t e r s in t h e C o l l e g e at the moment a n d t h e i r i n t e r e s t s s h o u l d not be n e g l e c t e d .

Yours faithfully, N Raged.

(ICWA) (Hear, h e a r ! A n d if M i s s R a g e d w i l l let me h a v e her ' p h o n e number, I w i l l s e e that her i n t e r e s t s are not n e g l e c t e d - E d )

mix

Utfan to tfai The Future Sir, — Friday evening should have been r e s t f u l , but then I read Lord Rothschild's s p e e c h in F E L I X 4 0 0 !

The kindest descriptions of it w o u l d be " s i l l y " , or "childish", or perhaps " n a i v e " . B u t c a n one a p p l y such terms, without censure , to the p u b l i c p r o n o u n c e m e n t s of s o important a figure i n o u r establishment?

I think not.

F o r it Is t r o u b l i n g t o s u s p e c t s u c h l i m i t e d a w a r e n e s s in a man Of i n f l u e n c e .

L e t me s u m m a r i s e my r e a c t i o n s . ( t i t l e of "The Future" the s p e e c h ) i s a matter not j u s t of i n t e r e s t , a s it h a s a l w a y s b e e n , but of profound and f u n d a m e n t a l c o n c e r n on the part of a great many people.

T h e prospects for humanity, or indeed the biosphere, seem bleak indeed, and a s p e e c h w h i c h f a i l e d t o i n j e c t humour or c o m p a s s i o n might a t into the subject l e a s t h a v e afforded it a more serious and mature c o n s i d e r a t i o n . A s it w a s w e were presented with various technocratic oddments, real imagined, such as " e x t a s i n " , a p l e a s u r e drug, or (another t r a v e s t y of a s e r i o u s matter) a dabble J n the implications of g e n e t i c e n g i n e e r i n g .

T h e major " f o c u s " s e e m e d to be p o p u l a t i o n g r o w t h . W h i l e I am n o great expert o n t h i s s u b j e c t , I d i d p a r t i c i p a t e In t he World P o p u l a t i o n Conference in B u c h a r e s t last y e a r , a n d in several preceding on p o p u l a t i o n , conferences and I w o u l d at l e a s t c l a i m t o be f a m i l i a r w i t h the w o r k s of experts in this field, as w e l l as with the f e e l i n g s of activists in organisations concerned with population phenomena in Britain and abroad. From this viewpoint, Lord Rothschild's words s e e m n o t h i n g s h o r t of c r a s s .

Producing and c a r i n g for c h i l d r e n i s a most i n t i m a t e and p r e c i o u s part of human life, a n d t he p r o b l e m s of growth a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n of t he t o t a l p o p u l a t i o n i s not h e l p e d or c l a r i f i e d by d e h u m a n i s i n g it through a b s u r d a n d e m o t i v e e x t r a p o l a t i o n s of growth r a t e s .

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In f a c t I w o u l d a s s e r t that t h e "numbers" approach is b a n k r u p t , both m o r a l l y a n d a s a . h e l p i n d e f i n i n g what Is meant by a p o p u l a t i o n p r o b l e m , or even " t h e " population problem.

T h e r e s t of my r e a c t i o n s form a rag-bag of a s e t that s e e m s f i n i t e but u n b o u n d e d : the specious beginning — "The most important members this audience have only of recently started their adult

lives";

t h e pompous

vacuity

— e g "...the H-bomb, which, incidentally, I predict will not intentionally be used in whew!, your lifetime" -

thanks L o r d R , a n d t o t h i n k S'd been w o r r y i n g about i t a l l t h i s t i m e ! ; a n d s o it g o e s o n — t h e s e e x t r a c t s are j u s t from the f i r s t t w o p a r a g r a p h s .

May I f i n i s h o n t h e good L o r d ' s l e v e l , by s p e c u l a t i n g that h e ' d t a k e n a drug w h i c h he forgot t o m e n t i o n : " N o n s i n " , the effects of w h i c h a r e r e v e a l e d by t he s p e e c h . T h e question I s , s h o u l d it be banned?

Yours sincerely, JOHN SHADE, Physics P G

S i r , — A number of p e o p l e s e e m t o e n t e r t a i n the i d e a that a s o l u t i o n t o the w o - i d ' s p o p u l a t i o n problem l i e s i n t h e export of p e o p l e t o s o m e w h e r e off t h i s p l a n e t .

I w a s very g l a d t o s e e that L o r d R o t h s c h i l d in h i s Commemoration day speech, The Future, printed in F E L I X issue. no.

400'., strongly i n d i c a t e d t he a b s u r d i t y of t h i s n o t i o n , at l e a s t for a long time t o c o m e . I w o u l d l i k e to d r i v e the point home w i t h some s i m p l e c a l c u l a t i o n s .

L e t u s be very o p t i m i s t i c and s u p p o s e that the. growth the present world's of population of around 4000 million i s reduced to 1% per year.

That means 40 million, y e s forty mi i I i o n , In one y e a r . new people.

T h a t means 110 t h o u s a n d a day or about 4600 chaps and chapettes born every hour.

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problem!!

Yours faithfully, DORI S C H M E T T E R L I N G .

Dept of C h e m i s t r y .

Cleaning Sir, — Since Peter Teague is awaiting a reaction to h i s c o l u m n of t he 7th of N o v e m b e r : here it i s . r H a v i n g c o l l e c t e d a s many o p i n i o n s a s p o s s i b l e o n t he hall of residence matter, I feel that most students w o u l d be q u i t e happy h a v i n g their rooms cleaned only once a week and m a k i n g their own beds, pr<«.'iding t h i s w o u l d c u t t h e c o s t of residence.

The prices paid in our h a l l s a r e not h i g h by London s t a n d a r d s ; but it s e e m s a p i t y t o w a s t e money on a f u n c t i o n w h i c h i s l a r g e l y unnecessary, instead of leaving it i n t h e s t u d e n t s ' pocket.

Yours faithfully, 1st y e a r , D i v i s i o n of L i f e S c i e n c e Sir, — I am writing in response to P e t e r T e a g u e ' s a r t i c l e i n F E L I X N o . 4 0 0 r e g a r d i n g t he effect the cleaning staff's w a g e s have on hall b i l l s .

It. s e e m s t o me that one cleaner per l a n d i n g is a luxury most s t u d e n t s c a n n o t afford. I would suggest one c l e a n e r per s t a i r c a s e per h a l l , thus c u t t i n g t he c l e a n e r s a n d their wage bill to a third at a stroke. The cleaners duties s h o u l d be r e d u c e d t o p o l i s h i n g o r ^ h o o v e r i n g t he floor of e a c h of the three l a n d i n g s o n c e a week.

T h e three sets of toilets, shower a n d bath w o u l d s t i l l be c l e a n e d d a i l y a s at p r e s e n t . T h e c l e a n e r s c o u l d a l s o c o l l e c t up d i r t y l i n e n a n d d i s t r i b u t e t he c l e a n ones.

S t u d e n t s w o u l d then d u s t their rooms, clean their s i n k s , and make their own beds.

Once a week, dirty l i n e n s h o u l d be left f o l d ed on the c o r n e r s of t he bed ready for c o l l e c t i o n by t he c l e a n e r s .

The students would then remake t h e i r beds w i t h the clean linen.

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e i t h e r t a k e mu6h effort or t a k e up much of t h e s t u d e n t s ' t i m e , nor w o u l d t h e w o r k l o a d of t he staircase cleaner by a n y g r e a t e r t han that of e i t h e r of the p r e s e n t l a n d i n g c l e a n e r s .

Yours sincerely, RSL WILKS. 316 F a l m o u t h H a l l ,

Bar

prices

S i r , — It i s w i t h some c o n c e r n that I note that t h e b a r p r i c e s are about t o be I n c r e a s e d once again.

O v e r t he past t w o y e a r s w e have s e e n a s t e a d y e r o s i o n in t he price differential between t h e C o l l e g e B a r s a n d local Public Houses.

This latest price rise h a s produced the s i t u a t i o n w hereby this differential has become n e g l i g i b l e or e v e n in some In a n cases, non-existent. effort to maximise profits and t h u s offset a n y refectory deficit, the B a r Committee have opted for the I ay mans way o u t , m i s s i n g t he point that p r i c e s a n d turnover a r e inter-related.

It i s by no means certain that higher p r i c e s w i l l produce a higher are profit.

Indeed sales a Ir e a d y down on the corresponding period last session.

Students will no longer t r a v e l Into C o l l e g e for a d r i n k on t h e b a s i s of p r i c e alone.

It i s a l s o time to p o i n t out that t he large -number of o u t s i d e b o o k i n g s g o i n g through the C o l l e g e enjoy the p r i v i l e g e of d r i n k i n g a t 'the normal IC r a t e s . S u r e l y if t he p r o f i t s a r e to be I n c r e a s e d then t he n o n C o l l e g e p e r s o n s u t i l i s i n g t he bars s h o u l d be c a l l e d upon to pay a r e a l i s t i c p r i c e after dinner s e r v i c e s .

I would urge the B a r Committee, and especially the s t u d e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s t o r e c o n s j d e r the p r i c i n g p o l i c i e s By looking for Increased p r o f i t s from t he s t u d e n t s they are In d a n g e r of k i l l i n g t he bars a n d t u r n i n g l a s t y e a r ' s s m a l l profit Into a l o s s .

I r e m a i n S i r , your o b e d i e n t servant, KEITH N A H L E R S President C & G U .

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B i d a d i e u to the S t a c k r i d g e of o l d .

L a s t S a t u r d a y ' s g i g in the Great H a l l s a w a m i s h - m a s h of the o l d a n d the new.

T h e s a y i n g " Y o u c a n t e a c h an o l d d o g new t r i c k s " s p r a n g to my m i n d h a l f w a y through t h e i r s e t — it seemed a p p r o p r i a t e t the t i m e . A l l t h i s w a s a p i t y , a s the support band, a c h i r p y l i t t l e outfit c a l l e d " S p a r r o w " , had done enough to set the s c e n e for a r e a l l y a s t r a l (one up on cosmic) concert.

Sparrow are a u s e f u l f i v e man band w h o are o b v i o u s l y never g o i n g to m a k e it b i g , but w i l l a i w a y s go down w e l l in c l u b s or a s support a c t s . T h e i r a c t i s a l i t t l e too p o l i s h e d , and they had an a n n o y i n g h a b i t of a l l g o i n g " d o o - w a h " at the end of a number-ugh! M u s i c a l l y they s h o w e d tremendous v e r s a t i l i t y — the lead g u i t a r i s t c a n " r e a l l y lay d o w n some mean t r a c k s , m a n " (from the row b e h i n d me).

They s o u n d l i k e a n up-dated B a r r o n K n i g h t s - what do y o u mean, w h o ' s B a r r o n K n i g h t s ? T h e y d i d s i n g some of t h e i r own c o m p o s i t i o n s a n d one c a l l e d " O D o c t o r " , w h i c h i s out now and

"buddling

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was

concert.

This is invalid, especially in a t i m e of h i g h i n f l a t i o n — that Is, when r e c o r d s are b l o o d y e x p e n s i v e . We c o u l d hear e v e r y w o r d of S p a r r o w ' s s e t .

Not s o w i t h S t a c k r i d g e .

B e y o n d t h i s g e n e r a l comment, t h e i r old songs, light-hearted " s o f t " rock, w e r e g r e a t . " F i s h in a G l a s s " featured some l o v e l y s a x p l a y i n g w h i l e " G o o d Looking" had most people tapping t h e i r feet l i g h t l y on the f l o o r . T h e i r musical pieces were interesting — not b e i n g v o c a l , one d i d not have to try and p i c k up the w o r d s . " S l a t e r ' s W a l t z " began w i t h a q u i e t p i a n o s o l o , then g r a d u a l l y in came s a x , g u i t a r and m e l l o t r o n . A l l in a l l , q u i t e breathtaking.

On the other hand, " C o n i s t o n W a t e r " , in w h i c h w e w e r e a s k e d to v i s u a l i s e " t h e w a v e s l a p p i n g on the s h o r e " , the t r e e s in the w i n d " , and a tramp h a v i n g * * • * , w a s a f a i l u r e .

very

enjoyable.

One of the h i g h l i g h t s of the e v e n i n g w a s t h e i r r e n d i t i o n of some B e a c h B o y s m e l o d i e s w h i c h they d i d w i t h m a r v e l o u s h a r m o n i s a t i o n . T h e y ended the set w i t h a medley of " o l d i e s but g o o d i e s " w h i c h had a s t o m p i n g f i n i s h . T n i s h a d the a u d i e n c e c l a m o u r i n g for more and s o we had an e n c o r e !

"Great", I thought.

O b v i o u s l y the band w e r e e i t h e r under orders to get off q u i c k and s t o p h o g g i n g the l i m e l i g h t , or they o n l y new one other s o n g , e i t h e r way it w a s unfortunate that w e w e r e s u b j e c t e d to a t r u l y n a u s e a t i n g p i e c e d a t i n g from t h o s e sugary d a y s of the a l l - A m e r i c a n k i d c a l l e d " G r a d u a t i o n D a y " . T h i s i s d e f i n i t e l y not one for l i s t e n i n g to - to quote the l a d y ( ? ) on my right, " I t ' s the M i k e Summers S i n g e r s " .

N o n e t h e l e s s , a good set from S p a r r o w .

A n d so the S t a c k r i d g e " . H a v i n g done my best to get h i g h on Swan lager (Australian goats piddle), I sat back, g i r d l e d my l o i n s , a n d w a i t e d to be z o n k e d out.

T h e B a n d , o v e r a l l , were too l o u d , and s e e m e d to f a l l into t h e t r a p w h i c h s o many " b i g " ba nd s d o . T h e a s s u m p t i o n that e v e r y o n e in the a u d i e n c e k n o w s the words to the s o n g s and t h a t , therefore, we d o not have to hear them at the

Pink F l o y d p l a y t h i s sort of stuff some w h a t better, and b o r r o w i n g s o m e of t h e - r i f t s from C r i m s o n ' s " " L i z a r d " d i d not ' e x a c t l y e n d e a r itself- to y o u r s t r u l y . The e n c o r e was- a r o u s i i f g v e r s i o n of " Y o u r Mother S h o u l d K n o w " . More l i k e it w o u l d have been a p p r e c i a t e d .

O n the w h o l e t h e n , Sparrow p l a y e d w e l l — Stackridge were a l s o present.

Records Bruce Springsteen -

"Born to Run" (C

B e f o r e p u t t i n g record to t u r n t a b l e , B r u c e S p r i n g s t e e n w a s just an A m e r i c a n s o n g s m i t h to me w h o , by a l l a c c o u n t s , had the p r o s p e c t of a b i g future as the rev i t a l i s e d s u c c e s s o r to D y l a n . H e w a s s i g n e d to C B S by J o h n Hammond who introduced such artists as B i l l i e Holiday B o b D y l a n , and A r e t h a F r a n k l i n to the m u s i c p u b l i c , s o if past e x p e r i e n c e and present e x p e n d i t u r e on the promotion of S p r i n g s t e e n is a n y t h i n g to go by, great t h i n g s are e x p e c t e d in the next few y e a r s .

Once, in the g r o o v e s , the i n i t i a l impact are the r a s p y v o c a l s - a mixture of R o g e r C h a p m a n , J o e C o c k e r and at t i m e s L e e M a r v i n ; if a s u f f i c i e n t l y - e f f i c i e n t g r o i n s q u e e z e r c o u l d be p r o d u c e d . T h e o p e n i n g t r a c k , " Thunder road" r e s e m b l e s the e a r l y ' L i t t l e F e a t ' product — s i m p l e t r u c k i n g m u s i c w i t h p r i m i t i v e beat and .light, T o n k y p i a n o - N o f r i l l s . I t ' s q u i c k l y apparent that w h a t e v e r s t r e n g t h the s o n g s have l i e s in the l y r i c s rather

Climax Blues Band: Stamp Album

than the m u s i c , w h i c h r e m a i n s r e l a t i v e l y p e d e s t r i a n throughout the a l b u m apart from the o c c a s i o n a l s a x or p i a n o f i l l e r .

T h e l y r i c s on the other h a n d , much in the D y l a n m o u l d , are s t r o n g a n d w e l l - b a l a n c e d to carry a c r o s s the intended p u n k / s t r e e t life a m b i e n c e w i t h maximum c l a r i t y and force.

A t f i r s t there s e e m s s t r o n g e v i d e n c e to s u g g e s t that R o y B i t t a n i s the f i r s t f u l l y programmable k e y b o a r d s p l a y e r , s o monotonous i s h i s c o n t r i b u t i o n for the b u l k of the r e c o r d , but life s e e m s e v i d e n t w h e n h e very o c c a s s i o n a l ly s t e p s o u t s i d e the b e a t . Indeed the best moments are c o n s i s t e n t l y the f i r s t few bars of e a c h t r a c k , where some s c o p e i s p r o v i d e d for i n v e n t i o n before the a l l - c o n s u m i n g beat moves in to render i n a c t i v e any p o s s i b l e f i n e s s e that might g e r m i n a t e .

"Blackstreets" a l r e a d y V» into s i d e 1, p r o v i d e s the f i r s t punch of the a l b u m , w i t h l i n e s s p a t rather than s u n g , and a

p i a n i s t w h o f i n a l l y s t a r t s to p l a y . T h i s i s f o l l o w e d , on s i d e 2, by the t i t l e - t r a c k and current s i n g l e but r e m a i n s the same o l d story - good l y r i c s , m e d i o c r e m u s i c . T h e f i r s t t a s t e to a p p e a r d o e s s o p a i n f u l l y late on "Meeting

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s o f t e r , more c o m p l e t e s o n g , f i l l e d w i t h imaginative m u s i c i a n s h i p emerges, c a r r i e d a l o n g on a w a v e of p i a n o a n d g u i t a r . F o r s u p e r i o r q u a l i t y than the r a n t i n g s of p r e v i o u s numbers ."Jungleland", the c l o s e r , i s a l s o i m p r e s s i v e — fine l y r i c s w e j d a d to a s u b s t a n t i a l r o c k e r p r o v i d i n g the b e s t s a x s o l o of the s e t .

"Born to run" i s an a l b u m of e v o c a t i v e , pungent l y r i c s set to u n e x c e p t i o n a l m u s i c by an a r t i s t t i p p e d to be one of C B S ' s major m o n e y s p i n n e r s . F o r t h o s e w h o want to c r o w n a new D y l a n , be it on t h e i r own h e a d s , b e c a u s e e s s e n t i a l l y B r u c e S p r i n g s t e e n is a product of t h e i r m a k i n g .

(BTM)

T h e r e i s a l w a y s a d i f f e r e n c e between groups who p l a y a n d s i n g t h e i r o w n s o n g s and t h o s e who are j u s t v o c a l groups l i k e F a i t h H o p e and C h a r i t y .

T h e C l i m a x B l u e s B a n d have b l e n d e d good and e x c i t i n g new together a s o u n d w h i c h c a n o n l y be described as soul-rock.

T h e g u i t a r work on the f i r s t t r a c k , 'Using the power', on s i d e one of t h i s a l b u m is a s good a s some I've heard on what i s u s u a l l y d e s c r i b e d a s h a r d rock records.

T h e a l b u m i s f u l l of g o o d s o l i d rythms and t h i s i s more than r e f l e c t e d in the s e c o n d t r a c k , 'Mr Goodtime'.

This track shows the group at t h e i r most i n n o v a t i v e — a c o m p l e t e l y new s o u n d In s o u l w h i c h e x t e n d s and

amplifies the u s e of i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n and the b a s i c v o c a l s / r y t h m c o m b i n a t i o n of t h i s g e n r e . T h e i r m u s i c s e e m s to be d r a w n from a l l the best s c h o o l s of j a z z , r o c k , b l u e s , s o u l d and r o c k ' n ' r o l l T h e j a z z y type r o c k i s e x p r e s s e d In '/ am Constant' which tails off b e a u t i f u l l y in a kind of ragtime b l u e s sound.

F o r s h e e r d e l i g h t f u l funk, h o w e v e r , one h a s to l i s t e n to 'Running out of time'.

T h e s e c o n d t r a c k on s i d e two Nail/The

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b e i n g toned d o w n w i t h an i n t r o d u c t i o n of s o u l r y t h m s . T h e next t r a c k , ' L o o s e n u p ' , b e a r s a b s o l u t e l y no r e s e m b l a n c e to the other s o n g s on the a l b u m . It s o u n d s more like a rag-time blues number

t h a t ' s been s t r i p p e d of i t s b a s i c s o u l origins.

'Spirit Returning' i s more r e m i n i s c e n t of the r e c e n t soft s o u l era that s e e m s to have faded for the moment. T h i s t r a c k h a s somewhat more depth and s h o u l d c a t c h on In d i s c o s If a n y o n e ever c a r e s to p l a y It. On the w h o l e the s e c o n d s i d e i s a d i s a p p o i n t m e n t after the f i r s t s i d e In w h i c h the group r e a l l y e x c e l l e d . T h e noticeable t h i n g about the a l b u m i s the w a y In w h i c h the m u s i c r e v o l v e s round the i n s t r u m e n t s w h i c h are w e l l p l a y e d . It i s a l m o s t a s If t h e y a r e s p e a k i n g out the m u s i c .

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T h e a l b u m i n c l u d e s the hit s i n g l e 'Jive Talkin' w h i c h h a s proved to be j u s t about the best t h i n g the group h a s d o n e . H o w e v e r , the a l b u m k i c k - o f f s w i t h t h e i r l a t e s t s i n g l e 'Nights on Broadway' w h i c h h a s not yet Droken into M M ' s s i n g l e s C h a r t but i s c l i m b i n g through the U S s i n g l e s c h a r t . I w o u l d s a y that t h i s t r a c k w a s far s u p e r i o r to the former a l t h o u g h not q u i t e In the same d i s c o classic class.

S t i l l , on w i t h the a l b u m , 'Wind of Chance' i s a very p l e a s a n t t r a c k s t i l l c a r r y i n g the o v e r t o n e s of funk w h i c h underlay most of the a l b u m w i t h the exception of Songbird' which is a t y p i c a l top of the pops a v e r a g e s m o o c h y .

The most beautiful, pleasant and contemporary song on the a l b u m is 'Fanny

(be

tender

with

my

love)'.

described as quite good.

'Country L a n e s ' t a k e s one b a c k to when they had 'Massuchusetts' a s a hit s i n g l e and It Is s u r p r i s i n g that w i t h v a r i a t i o n in arrangement the fundamental s o u n d h a s not aged v e r y m u c h .

In fact after the first sidethey completely s h a k e off the funky side previously prevalent and slide into t h e i r more c o n v e n t i o n a l s t y l e a l t h o u g h they h a v e Improved t r e m e n d o u s l y In t h i s s p h e r e . C e r t a i n l y if I had to recommend any of the a b o v e three albums, I would reccommend t h i s one as the best v a l u e o v e r a l l . Indeed, it i s q u i t e different e x p e r i e n c e of the B e e Gees at p o s s i b l y t h e i r b e s t .

to t h i s a l b u m w h i c h i s p r o d u c e d , arranged and c o n d u c t e d by V a n ' H u s t l e ' M c C o y .

It's c e r t a i n l y f u l l of good t h i n g s but s u f f e r s from c h r o n i c s u p e r f i c i a l i t y and c o m m e r c i a l i s m . T h e t r a c k s w o r t h y of note are the f i r s t t w o on s i d e one v i z ; 'Let's 'Disco

It of is

Faith Hope & Charity: Faith Hope & Charity (RCA)

A f t e r d i s m i s s i n g the f i r s t t r a c k on s i d e two — It probabl y went to t h e i r h e a d s w i t h a t i t l e l i k e 'All This Making L o v e ' ! - the rest of t h i s s i d e c a n be

m u s i c i s out of s i g h t s i n g t h i s t r i o of two f e m a l e s and one male and by some s t r a n g e c o i n c i d e n c e he i s H o p e . W e l l , I o n l y got a s far a s my room to l i s t e n

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H o w e v e r , t h i s i s not s u r p r i s i n g s i n c e M c C o y u s e s a re-hasfted v e r s i o n of the ' H u s t l e ' arrangement in i t . C e r t a i n l y the H u s t l e rythms are most n o t i c e a b l e throughout but on ' T o Each His Own' the t e m p t a t i o n p r o v e s to be too m u c h .

T h i s a l b u m i s u n l i k e l y to make it in B r i t a i n a l t h o u g h some of the t r a c k s if r e l e a s e d a s s i n g l e s s t a n d a v e r y good c h a n c e and in t h i s c a t e g o r y one w o u l d i n c l u d e 'Mellow Me' an e x c i t i n g s o n g w i t h good use of the v o c a l t a l e n t of the group — they d e f i n i t e l y do not l a c k in t h i s f i e l d . D e f i n i t e l y an e a s y l i s t e n i n g a l b u m but u s e f u l at p a r t i e s to g i v e the D J a r e s t !

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In suffering the first de f e at t h i s s e a s o n , league IC p l a y e d t h e i r best h o c k e y this term, although two defensive errors c o s t them the match.

Ettessa, who have s c o r e d on a v e r a g e f i v e g o a l s per game in the L e a g u e , s t a r t e d the match a s t h i s form suggests, showing sharpness in a t t a c k .

After ten m i n u t e s they w e r e g i v e n a penalty w h i ch was e a s i l y c o n v e r t e d . A t t h i s point IC woke up and started contensting the control of midfield and beginning to put p r e s s u r e on the E t t e s s a defence.

Towards the end of the h a l f , IC w e r e awarded a p e n a l t y from w h i c h K i m Houlden scored.

After the break IC p l a y e d some very impressive hockey, taking the lead through an e x c e l l e n t goal by M i k e I s l e s . A t t h i s

by Jim Marshall point IC w e r e w e l l on top and had complete control of the g a m e . U n f o r t u n a t e l y two ' g i f t ' g o a l s In the s p a c e of two minutes completely destroyed IC's superiority and rhythm, p u t t i n g E t t e s s a in comand of the game though not by any great s k i l l on t h e i r part. T o rub salt into the w o u n d s , the umpire allowed a fourth goal to count, after the w h i s t l e had b e e n b l o w n for an o f f e n c e . T h i s completed the unrepresentive score l i n e In a game w h i c h IC at least deserved a draw, having two g o a l s d i s s a l l o w e d by t h e i r u m p i r e .

T e a m : - C Brown, K Houlden, J Marshall, I Hodgson, J Andrews, A floss, J Latter, M Isles, T Tutu, fl Fatania, A Brewster.

RUGBY Imperial College A ' s : After an uneventful j o u r n e y , four s e p a r a t e groups of runners met at Wye C o l l e g e , to form a r u n n i n g team of n i n e , p l u s a w i d e range of a s s o r t e d a c c e s s o r i e s , who had come " u n d e r the t h u m b " or j u s t for s o m e t h i n g to d o . We ran a g a i n s t three 16ths of the Wye team, including the latest antiE l l i s weapon.

The race progressed up and down the slope of the Wye College mountain (1600ft, 900ft, 400ft, 150ft ?), for about four m i l e s or f i v e and a h a l f m i l e s d e p e n d i n g on who w a s a s k e d . W h i l e c e r t a i n members s l o g g e d up and d o w n t h e s e v i r t i c a l s l o p e s , the a c c e s s o r i e s were h a v i n g a g u i d e d tour of the C o l l e g e , and a r r i v e d b a c k j u s t in time to see Ellis sprinting in, Ian against virtually non-existant

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The A ' s turned out f u l l of confidence and looking forward to a good game. T h a t kick-off was arranged for 11 o ' c l o c k (with T w i c k e n h a m in mind) but by that time B e l s i z e P a r k had ten men o n l y on the f i e l d and w e r e expected no more than another t w o . A s the referee for the E x t r a ' s game had turn up it was failed to decided that the r e m a i n i n g fourteen s h o u l d t a k e on the t w e l v e from Belsize Park.

A s s o o n a s that w a s s e t t l e d i n t e r e s t in the game w a n e d .

There was no real concentration at any time during the game and the play w a s very s c r a p p y . IC were w i n n i n g s o much b a l l that people were falling o v e r e a c h other in an attempt to score.

When half-time a r r i v e d IC w e r e o n l y 12 — 6 in the lead, having let B e l s i z e P a r k in for a try w h i c h they c o n v e r t e d .

The s e c o n d h a l f w a s a bit better.

AI Harery ran in the s e c o n d o f h i s u s u a l two t r i e s , and Hugh D u n c a n s c o r e d h i s s e c o n d try of the s e a s o n and that w a s c o n -

By Christopher Cuthbertson Belsize Park (II):

opposition from the antiEllis weapon ( " w e l l , Iran 6 miles last night, and 6 miles this morning, so I didn't bother").

After these two, there were six consecutive IC r u n n e r s , i n c l u d i n g an e x c e l l e n t run by " I ' m o n l y here for the training" "Isherwood, who has apparently been off the beer r e c e n t l y . T h e n f o l l o w e d a four minute gap before the f i n a l four runners a r r i v e d — d u r i n g t h i s time Mr D a v y s e e m e d to r e a c q u i r e h i s t a s t e for beer, w h i c h he l ost on that fateful Monday night a couple of weeks ago.

The final result was third team that only the w a s beaten by Wye, t h a n k s to a fine run by one of the imports, who c a m e in d u r i n g a short period after the race was thought to have

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finished.

The race was followed by the annual procession of masochists from the v i l l a g e to a p o i n t m i l e s up in the d a r k , w h e r e a b i g fire was burning.

There were added hazards to this excursion, due to various undersized juvenile firer i s h s who seemed to enjoy waving flaming around the p r o c e s s i o n .

The p r e v i o u s Wednesday, a g a i n , w i t h a much d e p l e t e d team, we v i s t e d the n o n event of the University College, 150th Aniversary Celebrations.

We came second in the r e l a y w h i c h w a s o r g a n i s e d , but s i n c e s o few p e o p l e w e n t , there s e e m s to be l i t t l e or no information on what h a p p e n e d . In f a c t , d i d an IC team r e a l l y enter this race?

verted. Jon Pitcher, preserving h i s energy for t h i s w e e k ' s game, r a n in the l a s t try to c o m p l e t e h i s h a t - t r i c k — the highlight of the afternoon.

(He thought d i f f e r e n t l y about it later w h e n he w a s p u s h e d up the s t a i r s to the bar to buy a jug.).

In the end IC ran out e a s y w i n n e r s by s e v e n t r i e s and one c o n v e r s i o n (30 points) to one converted try (6 p o i n t s ) . It w a s a game best forgotten. A n d how long are we g o i n g to p e r s e v e r e w i t h fixtures against Belsize P a r k (II) w h o have no f a i l e d turn up w i t h anything to like a full team on three occasions d u r i n g the last two y e a r s ?

N e x t w e e k the A ' s w i l l have to play a lot better, a s of c o u r s e they are c a p a b l e , if t h e y are going to put the same score past U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e (III).

T e a m : - M Gibson; L Davies; C Becque; B Leeson; J Pitcher; H Duncan; AI Harefy; B Bubb; T Fitzgerald; M Zawarotco; C Cuthbertson; K Hawkins; N Wiltshire; M Siomiak.

Badminton Imperial Mixed 1st Bedford 1st

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In this the toughest f i x t u r e of the y e a r , Imperial d i d w e l l to take e v en in two games. Helped by Bedford w h o had t o p l a y a normal s u b s t i t u t e man but h i n d e r e d by the absence of their c a p t a i n R H o p t o n , many games were c l o s e enough to a l m o s t make a difference to the s c o r e . S t i l l the g a m e s w e r e played in a f r i e n d l y , and j o v i a l atmosphere even when the S t a c k r i d g e r o a d i e s began moving their equipment into the G r e a t H a l l .

B e d f o r d , h a v i n g 5 or 6 players in the U L U team were d e s e r v e d w i n n e r s and will undoubtedly remain unbeaten throught the remainder of the s e a s o n .

Team:Lowe, Lim, Calhoun.

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Football On Saturday 25th O c t o b e r , Oxford resounded to W e l s h a c c e n t s and c r i e s of " N i c e , i n n i t ? " as J i m I ley's Red Army descended upon the u n s u s p e c t i n g c i t y . We w e r e there to play our a n n u a l f i x t u r e s a g a i n s t three p r i v i l e g e d colleges.

The second XI p l a y e d St J o h n ' s C o l l e g e and lost 6 - 1 . T h e t h i rd XI beat

Hertford C o l l e g e 3 — 2 and w e r e our o n l y s u c c e s s , a s the F i r s t s l ost to St E d m u n d ' s Hall, 4 2. T h i s was a rather i l l - t e m p e r e d 'friendly' (not our " f a u l t , of course), the f i r s t h a l f of w h i c h w a s conducted under police surveillance.

After the game the F i r s t s went b a c k to St E d m u n d ' s to make f r i e n d s with the opposition, and w a t c h e d " D o c t o r W h o " on the C o l l e g e t e l e v i s i o n (high spot of the day for s o m e , w a s n ' t it T e r r y ? ) .

T h e three teams met up a g a i n in O x f o r d that e v e n i n g to commence the serious b u s i n e s s of d r i n k i n g . H a v i n g tried t w o pubs we e v e n t u a l l y settled i n the Red Lion, w h e r e we c o m m a n d e e r e d about fifty per c e n t of the s a l o o n , and ignoring requests to "turn it down" etc, sat round d r i n k i n g and s i n g i n g .

Somehow w e a l l got b a c k to coach; thirty-odd steaming shapes in good v o i c e and looking forward to the C a m b r i d g e t r i p next t e r m .

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The Lord Mayor's Show w a s quite successful 1975 d e s p i t e a few m i s h a p s d u r i n g the d a y . H o w e v e r , t h e s e d i d not m a r a t h r o u g h l y e n j o y a b l e occasion in which one of the major land marks w a s B o a n e r g e s ' s u r v i v a l throughout the day with absolutely no need for a t t e n t i o n . S h e e v e n achieved ' f a m e ' by a p p e a r i n g on t e l e v i s i o n !

Unfortunately Guilds, who u s u a l l y manage t o s h i n e o n this o c c a s i o n , were unable to enter a f l o a t t h i s y e a r . T h e y d i d not have a n y m a t e r i a l s to b u i l d a float and being unable to b e g or borrow a lorry, d i d w i t h o u t one.

On the other hand, they n e a r l y put a s p a n n e r in the works with a fourteen feet long w o o d e n r e p l i c a of the real 'spanner'.

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w e r e the hordes t ha t r e p r e s e n t e d K i n g s C o l l e g e and t h e C i t y University both of whom together with Guilds are invited to join the procession each year b e c a u s e of t h e i r c l o s e t i e s w i t h the C i t y of London.

T h e r e w e r e many bands in the p r o c e s s i o n i n c l u d i n g the Drums a n d P i p e s of L o n d o n Irish r i f l e s !

If singing and marching w e r e not enough to k e e p p e o p l e warm, then w h i s k y certainly w a s — at l e a s t a b o t t l e of t h i s b u r n i n g l i q u i d w a s reported d o i n g t h e r a n k s of the B l u e s and R o y a l s - t h e h o r s e e v e n got a s i p ! ? !

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a f t e r the b e g i n n i n g of O r d i n a r y Conference but before the E x e c u t i v e the O r d i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e , i t s h a l l be f i l l e d b y t h e p e r s o n who a t shall p o s i t i o n b u t who h a s n o t y e t t a k e n o f f i c e .

A p e r s o n so c o - o p t e d Executive.

Clause

21B

(3)

and

insert:

" I f the vacancy s h o u l d o c c u r a f t e r the b e g i n n i n g o f O r d i n a r y Conference but b e f o r e the E x e c u t i v e election changeover at the end o f the O r d i n a r y C o n f e r e n c e , i t s h a l l b e f i l l e d b y t h e p e r s o n who a t w a s e l e c t e d t o t h a t p o s i t i o n b u t ltio h a s n o t y e t t a k e n o f f i c e .

A p e r s o n so c o - o p t e d s h a l l become a f u l l member o f t h e E x e c u t i v e .

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