http://felixonline.co.uk/archive/IC_1976/1976_0408_A by Ravi Pall

Disaffiliation Debate 19th Feb

NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

F O U N D E D IN 1949 N o . 408

23rd J a n u a r y 1976

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Wonderland mas cot ry MASCOTRY took an u n u s u a l twist last Tuesday afternoon when t h e C o ' l e g e r e v e r b e r a t e d to t h e s o u n d o f t w o j u b i ' a n t C C U factions celebrating, in traditional s t y l e , the capture of t h e o t h e r ' s m a s c o t . T h e two C C U ' s i n v o l v e d w e r e t h e Royal College of Science and City and G u i l d s . In a b i d to r e j u v i n a t e their u n i o n m e e t i n g s , the p r e s i d e n t s of R C S U a n d C & G U h a d g i v e n the go-ahead for ' a mascot swop- T h e i d e a o f exchanging mascots w a s that o f D a v e Dodge, the T h e t a Bearer. He, together with Steve Brightman (President RCSU), Steve H o y l e (President C & G U ) a n d R i c h a r d G u n n e r s b y (Spanne r B e a r e r ) s i g n e d a truce e n a b l i n g the e x c h a n g e t o take p l a c e . Martin K e s s l e r , e x - V P R C S U , St eve Booth, Theta Bearer, Keith Ahlers, ex-President C & G U and the above mentioned four w e r e t h e o n l y p e o p l e w h o

k n e w o f the s w a p p r i o r t o both meetings. T h e m a s c o t s , w h i c h were to be e x c h a n g e d originally o u t s i d e C o l l e g e at 12.45pm, were eventually s w o p p e d at 1.01pm. It w a s a c l o s e t h i n g w h e t h e r t h e s w o p took p l a c e because Mr Dodge found difficulty i n a s s e m b l i n g the four sections of Theta and had t o c a l l i n Mr K e s s l e r to him. The mascots were later re-swopped outside College after both m e e t i n g s h a d e n d e d . Initial reaction to the exchange w a s unsympathetic; many loyal supporters, on both sides, were upset at this betrayal of faith b y their Union presidents. Nevertheless, both m e e t i n g s d i d g e t o f f to a g o o d start a n d b y the e n d of the d a y many o f those u p s e t at b e i n g d u p e d h a d b e g u n to see the funny s i d e o f the epi sode.

Last Wednesday evening, following detailed discription a y o u n g man w a s found i n t h e o f the y o u t h . H e i s about 5 feet Chemistry B u i l d i n g apparently 8 i n c h e s t a l l , o f medium b u i l d , t r y i n g to s e t f i r e to i t . T h e short b r o w n i s h h a i r , d a r k e y e s , youth, aged about 1 6 , h a d and h a s - a t h i n f a c e w i t h a spread an organic solvent s har p n o s e . o v e r t h e w o o d e n floor o f t h e A t the t i m e , he w a s w e a r i n g Harwood Laboratory. H e w a s a light blue track suit decorated discovered i n t h e doorway with numerous bad.ges one of the l a b o r a t o r y by D r F l e e t . of w h i c h bore the i n s c r i p t i o n T h i s d i s c o v e r y w a s made at Kamasaki. He was also about 9 . 3 0 p m . It w a s a t i m e l y w e a r i n g what w a s thought t o discovery because h a d the be a h e a r i n g a i d b u t c o u l d fire taken h o l d it w o u l d h a v e have been a transistor radio s p r e a d to many g a l l o n s o f h i g h l y ear p i e c e . inflamable materials and This followed a less i n d e e d the b u i l d i n g w o u l d h a v e serious incident i n the H u x l e y burnt l i k e m a t c h w o o d . B u i l d i n g w h i c h took p l a c e the The youth w a s discovered preceding' Monday night. crouched over the b l a z i n g R e m a i n s o f a burnt d i s p l a y r e m a i n s o f a labor at or y c o a t . p a p e r were d i s c o v e r e d at about He immediately extinguished 11.20pm b y o n e o f the s e c u r i t y and walked out the f lam e s guards. N o serious damage of the l a b o r a t o r y a n d i n t o the r e s u l t e d . corridor accompained by D r The Security officer would F l e e t . T h e latter w a s attempting be most interested i n any to q u e s t i o n the offender w h e n information in connection he b o l t e d d o w n the c o r r i d o r w i t h e i t h e r o f t h e s e i n c i d e n t s . and e s c a p e d v i a a s e t o f The police have been stairs. a n d there i s no informed The Security Officer h a s circumstantial evidence to put out n o t i c e s g i v i n g the l i n k the t w o .

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F r i d a y 23rd IC E n t s H o p s and D i s c o with CAROL GRIMES AND THE LONDON BOOGIE BAND in in the Union Concert H a l l . 8.00pm A d m 5 0 p . IC Film Society presents " D O N ' T L O O K N O W " in the G r e a t H a l l . 7 . 1 5 p m . A d m by membership only. D i g b y Stewart C o l l e g e D i s c o . 8 . 0 0 - 1 1 . 3 0 p m . A d m 20p ( w i t h NUS card). Q E C : Concert with DORRIS. N e w Common Room B a r 8.00pm. Adm F R E E .

T u e s d a y 27th Associated Studies: A P l a i n M a n ' s G u i d e to A r c h i t e c t u r e . 2. Romanesque and Gothic Architecture. DR A N N P O W E L L . Theatre A , Sherfield B u i l d i n g . 1.30pm. Christianity and C o m p a r a t i v e R e l i g i o n . P R O F SIR N O R M A N ANDERSON.Theatre B.Sherfield B u i l d i n g 1.30pm. H a l l D i n n e r in the* S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g . 7 for 7 . 3 0 p m . T i c k e t s £1.35 from J e n in the U n i o n office.

M o n d a y 26th IC U n i o n C o u n c i l : A l l star c a s t h e a d e d by Peter Teague — d o n ' t m i s s it! U n i o n S C R . T e n 5 . 3 0 p m . Start 6 . 0 0 p m . A l f ' s Imperial A r m y : A Bloody Battle. Q u e e n ' s T o w e r . 1.30pm. A l l l o y a l men a n d true s h o u l d a s s e m b l e in the U n i o n lounge at 1.00pm for a b r i e f i n g by Gen Direction B a n k s . W e l l s o c : E G M and S i r B e r n a r d M\\eson"TheSyllabusSuffocates' M E 2 2 0 . A d m by m e m b e r s h i p o n l y (25p). 7.30pm

Wednesday 28th IC F o l k C l u b presents B I L L CADDICK. 8.00pm. Union Lower Refectory. Adm 30p m e m b e r s ; 50p n o n - m e m b e r s . T h u r s d a y 29th Associated Studies: Film — The Space Between Words 1. D i p l o m a c y . . Theatre A, Sherfield Building 1.30pm. The Clockwork Image. Prof DON MACKAY, Granade. Research Professor of Communication, Keele University, Theatre B, Sherfleld Building 1.30pm. Lunch-hour concert — The L i b r a r y , 53 P r i n c e ' s G a t e . IC E n t s f i l m " L I T T L E B I G M A N " . Mech E n g 220 6.30pm. A d m 10p. F r i d a y 30th IC E n t s D i s c o U n i o n L o w e r R e f e c t o r y . 8 . 0 0 p m . A d m 10p. . IC Film Soc: " K W A I D O N " , M e c h E n g 2 2 0 . 7.15pm A d m by membership only (£1.50).

NOTICE Information i s now a v a i l a b l e o n : The new Sex Discrimination Laws, Student discounts, N H S charges. Legal problems, Y o u r r i g h t s under the R e n t A c t , at the Student W e l f a r e C e n t r e . O p e n 12.30 - 1.30pm M o n - F r i . T o p of the U n i o n B u i l d i n g .

SPORTS P A R A C L U B T h i s c l u b has s h o w n no l i f e for s o m e t i m e now a n d it h a s been suggested that the Club should be officially k i l l e d . W o u l d anyone i n t e r e s t e d in the c o n t i n u e d e x i s t e n c e of t h i s c l u b p l e a s e c o n t a c t the H o n S e c of R C C .

Sunday 25th I C C a t S o c : A t a l k on " T h e A p a t h y of L a i t y " by B R U C E K E N T , D i r e c t o r of P a x C h r i s t i at More H o u s e . 7 . 3 0 p m . IC Sunday S e s s i o n presents: BROWN-RICE BAND (Mainstream jazz band). Union L o w e r lounge Adm F R E E .

IC F O L K C L U B presents: BILL C A D D I C K Wed. 28 Jan.

8:00pm

WARNING The Union Bar is to be little disinfested of nasty animals (cockroaches) on F r i d a y n i g h t and b e c a u s e of t h i s the B a r w i l l not be open on Saturday l u n c h t i m e . PARIS TRIP Annual joint IC/IF frolic l e a v i n g the morning of F r i d a y 20th F e b and returning the following Monday evening. Cost approx £25 (includes transport, accommodation, food, sightseeing trips, etc.) If i n t e r e s t e d c o n t a c t A D R A I N SUDWORTH via RCSU office or IC U n i o n o f f i c e . JEWISH S O C I E T Y K o s h e r L u n c h e s are s t i l l being, held in Southside Lower R e f e c t o r y . S o , if y o u want to eat a three c o u r s e m e a l for 50p, why not j o i n u s ? A c t i v i t i e s at H i I lei House 1/2 E n d s l e i g h Street, WC1 T u e s 27th J a n : J e w i s h M y s t i c i s m 8.00pm Wed 28th J a n : " S o c i o l o g y of A n g l o - J e w r y " - Neighbourhood and C l a s s - led by D r B a r r y Kosmin 6.00pm. Thurs 29th Jan: Discussion " T h e anti-Zionist Resolution in the U N and i t s s i g n i f i c a n c e " le d by B e n n y Wenger, B r i t i s h Histadrut Representative.8.00pm

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T h e C h r i s t i a n U n i o n i n v i t e s y o u to A S e r i e s of 4 t a l k s g i v e n by D R P E T E R M A Y in the U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l at 6.15pm Monday: J e s u s Christ! A n a p p r a i s a l of the h i s t o r i c a l e v i d e n c e Tuesday: M a n : a n i m a l , v e g e t a b l e or m i n e r a l ? A n i n v e s t i g a t i o n into the nature of man Thursday: H e l l and a G o d of love Is G o d a s p l i t p e r s o n a l i t y ? Friday: Mere C h r i s t i a n i t y — a p o s i t i v e new l i f e s t y l e T h e T h u r s d a y t a l k w i l l be c h a i r e d by P e t e T e a g u e ( P r e s i d e n t of I C U ) , and the T u e s d a y and F r i d a y t a l k s w i l l be c h a i r e d by P a u l E k p e n y o n g ( F e l i x e d i t o r ) . A talk give n by P a t r i c k Sookhdeo i n t h e U n i o n S C R at 1.00pm on W e d n e s d a y : J e s u s the r e v o l u t i o n a r y Two associated studies lectures in Theatre B S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g at 1.30pm Tuesday: C h r i s t i a n i t y and comparative r e l i g i o n — Prof. Sir J N D Anderson ( D i r e c t o r of the i n s t i t u t e of A d v a n c e d L e g a l S t u d i e s ) Thursday: T h e clock-work image — c h r i s t i a n p e r s p e c t i v e on s c i e n c e — P r o f . D o n a l d M a c k a y ( P r o f e s s o r of C o m m u n i c a t i o n at K e e l e U n i v e r s i t y ) O v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s are i n v i t e d to a free informal d i n n e r in the U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l at 6.30pm on Wednesday w i t h g u e s t : P a t r i c k Sookhdeo / Arthur Katz and the Raggae Band "New Life"

IC B A N G L A D E S H S O C I E T Y General Meeting i s being held on Friday 30th January at 17.30 a b o v e the T V L o u n g e in S o u t h s i d e . A l l members are r e q u e s t e d to a t t e n d . A l l o t h e r s i n t e r e s t e d are w e l c o m e . -

I C South E a s t A s i a S o c i e t y (1) Commonwealth Institute D i s p l a y U n i t ( U n t i l 4 F e b . 1976) Sherfield B i d i n g , level 1 concourse (2) D i s c u s s i o n G r o u p in C o m m i t t e e R o o m , (Room at the Top) Union Building, Be t Quadrangle Thursday 5th Feb. 1976 Time 13.15 hrs 14.00hrs. ;

IC A S T R O L - Soc Lectures, visits, observatory ( S i l w o o d ) t f i p s a n d m u c h more c o m i n g up v e r y s o o n . W a t c h out for p u b l i c i t y in I C D i a r y and e l s e w h e r e in c o l l e g e . Charlie Radley Q-2 and A l i s t a i r J e n k i n s Q—2. THE STUDENT WELFARE C E N T R E i s there to h e l p you Info. a v a i l a b l e ' on topics r a n g i n g from a c c o m m o d a t i o n to c o n t r a c e p t i o n . If w e d o n ' t k n o w the a n s w e r w e ' l l f i n d o u t . Student C o u n s e l l o r i n a t t e n d a n c e T u e s d a y s and T h u r s d a y s . O P E N MON F R I 12.30 1.30pm. at the top o f the U n i o n Building.

BALL

In the p r e s e n c e of H M Queen E l i z a b e t h the Q u e e n Mother on F r i 6th F e b . 9.00pm - 6 . 0 0 a m at U L U , Malet Street, W C 1 . T i c k e t s from U L U £2.00 w i t h s u p p e r and c a b a r e t £3.50 Dress optional

Free tickets available from J e n , U n i o n o f f i c e , for B a c h — St M a t t h e w P a s s i o n . P a r t I T h u r s d a y 2 9 t h J a n . 2.15pm P a r t II F r i d a y 30th J a a 6 . 4 5 p m at M a i d a V a l t S t u d i o s , D i i a w a r t R o a d W9. F i r s t c o m e , f i r s t served,

P a t F r a m p t o n w o u l d l i k e it to be known that he i s not a dirty player, d e s p i t e comments in l a s t w e e k ' s F E L I X .

NOT ENOUGH!!!!!! T E R R Y would i i k e it to be known that he d i d not h a v e enough a d v e r t s for t h i s s p a c e .

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IN T H E L A S T issue of F E L I X , the Women's Studies Course diary was published; papers discussion prepared for cover a wide variety of topics of general interest as well as areas specific interest to the women in C o l l e g e . Subjects range from 'Women and the Law' to their cross cultural roles. T he discussions will take place at 12.30pm during Wednesday lunch times in the ICWA lounge. Our own society recently acknowledged women as the equals to their male counter parts, a s specified by the Sex Discrimination A c t . It is important, if the Act is to work successfully, that everyone, men and women, understand the law. Leaflets giving a short guide to the Sex Discrimination A c t will soon be available from both the Welfare office and the ICWA lounge. For final year students at least, this is interview frenzy time of year and it would be of interest to have some kind of record of what of members Intend doing on With this leaving College. idea In mind, we propose sending a questlonalre to third year women to find out how ambitious and aspirations have altered since coming to College and the types of careers they now intend pursuing. T he results could be of use in stimulating interest in

sixth form girls to read for science and engineering degrees, so please complete and return the questionaires. On a lighter note, the Easter Ball is to take place on Friday, March 5th and will comprise of a five course meal with sherry, wine and port plus after dinner entertainments until 4.00am. Tickets can be bought from myself (Beit 121), Alison Halstead (Beit 124) and Isobel Donnelly also in Beit, for £11.50 a double. If you are 5'5" tall or over, and wear size 10 or 12, you hjave the opportunity of helping to raise money for the creche. Lady Flowers is holding a manequin parade in early March and requires several models to sport clothes designed by students from a London fashion school. If you fit the above description and would like to help finance the creche, please write to Lady Flowers or myself stating your height, s i z e a n d where you can be contacted. Now then, at the risk of starting the election fever even sooner than usual, I would l i k e , to point out that within six weeks the nomination will be posted for papers ICWA offices for the session 7 6 - 7 7 . T h i s year we would like to see all posts fiercely contested by hoards of dynamic enthusiastic people.Do consider It and If you want to know more about what the jobs involve, this years officers will be happy to tell you. Don't dismiss it - Union work is at once exciting ' and rewarding.

There are living expenses ( £ 1 7 . 7 5 per week for a married couple; £10.90 tor people paying rent or In hall or £ 8 . 7 0 for others), rent; perhaps a sum for special expenses; a sum to cover the prescription charge plus 30p. If all these amount to more than you can claim for exemption or refund of prescription charges. Forms are available at the Welfare Centre or Post O f f i c e s .

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Sue's 'Super 1. Going for Free:(a) Prescriptions A s a student you are entitled to free prescriptions on the National Health if (I) your net Income Is lower than the supplementary benefit l e v e l . The Income Is calculated by first adding together your grant and the parental or spouse's contribution. Then, deduct the element of the grant for books and equipment, travel allowance, any the National Insurance contributions and your rent. You may also subtract any special expenses such as those for childminding. The remainder is divided by the number of weeks per year you - attend college to give the weekly Income. The supplementary benefit level Is set by considering your weekly requirements.

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If you are In lodgings then a refund Is possible if your Income is l ess than £ 3 . 8 0 per week after deducting your board and other sums mentioned above; (ii) you are suffering certain as medical conditions, such diabetes mellltus, set out in the NHS leaflet EC91 (available at the Welfare Centre); (III) you are recovering supplementary benefit or family income supplement; (Iv) you are an expectant mother; (v) you are a woman with a child l ess than a year o l d . (b)

Dental and Optical charges A l l NHS dental treatment Is free for people aged between 16 and 21 (who have left school) apart from dentures and alterations to dentures. You may qualify at any age for completely free treatment If you receive either supplementary benefit, family income supplement, free prescriptions or free milk and vitamins because of low income only. The Income calculations are the same as those given above. Expectant mothers and women with children younger than one year are also exempt from dental charges.

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Discounts Numerous shops and restaurants in London give special discount rates to students. The NUS Discount Directory gives a complete list and is available for consultation at the Welfare Centre. Discounts are available on hi—fi, cameras, clothes, rent bikes, jewellery etc

and you can have your hair doee for F R E E . For further information on this and the items in part one come to the Welfare Centre which is open 12.30 1.30pm Monday Friday at the top of the Union B u i l d i n g See you there. Sue K a l i c i n s k i Welfare O f f i c e r

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More to religion than ceremony H o w e v e r , meeting h i s friends, who p r o f e s s e d a p e r s o n a l b e l i e f in C h r i s t and s e e i n g the g o o d q u a l i t y of t h e i r l i f e made him r e a l i s e that " t h e r e w a s more to r e l i g i o n than c e r e m o n y " . With an open mind he s e t out to look into C h r i s t i a n i t y (he w a s c h a l l e n g e d by h i s f r i e n d s ) and began to read the N e w T e s t a m e n t at the rate of a c h a p t e r a night — a t a s k that took n i n e months and left him more c o n f u s e d than b e f o r e . • "I had thought that after one read through o f the N e w T e s t a m e n t I w o u l d be a b l e to c o m e to an i n t e l l i g e n t , adult d e c i s i o n about t h i s b u s i n e s s and d i s m i s s it o n c e and for a l l " , he s a y s . B u t t h i s w a s not the c a s e and it w a s not u n t i l h e had w a d e d through the N e w T e s t a m e n t three t i m e s that he b e c a m e c o n v i n c e d of the truth of C h r i s t i a n i t y . It w a s at t h i s t i m e that he e n t e r e d the R o y a l F r e e H o s p i t a l , T h e r e w e r e then v e r y f e w C h r i s t i a n s at the h o s p i t a l , but w i t h i n 18 months of h i s . a r r i v a l the number had grown to o v e r 5 0 . S i n c e then he h a s been a n a c t i v e and p r a c t i c i n g Christian. H e b e l i e v e s that C h r i s t i a n i t y i s more r e l e v a n t than e v e r to modern s o c i e t y , especially to counteract the "social l a c k of c o n c e r n " . T h e r e i s a lot of confusion between religion and

NEXT WEEK, the Imperial College C h r i s t i a n U n i o n are h o l d i n g a s e r i e s of t a l k s to be g i v e n by D r P e t e r M a y a s part of t h e i r w e e k of a c t i o n . T h e w e e k of a c t i o n , the f i r s t for s i x y e a r s , i s d e s i g n e d to a w a k e n p e o p l e s i n t e r e s t in C h r i s t i a n i t y . M e m b e r s of the U n i o n w i l l be c i r c u lating freely within the C o l l e g e a n d e n g a g i n g them in d i s c u s s i o n o v e r the i s s u e of C h r i s t i a n i t y . . Dr P e t e r M a y , pictured right, is a t r a v e l l i n g s e c r e t a r y for the U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e s C h r i s t i a n F e l l o w s h i p and i s a d v i s e r to the C h r i s t i a n u n i o n s in R e a d i n g S o u t h a m p t o n , and S u r r e y u n i v e r s i t i e s , a a w e l l a s h a l f the c o l l e g e s in U L U — o n e Of t h e s e b e i n g I C . A n a m i a b l e a n d s i n c e r e m a n , he s a y s that he f i r s t s t a r t e d to t h i n k s e r i o u s l y about C h r i s t i a n i t y w h e n h e w a s 17 y e a r s o l d . H e h a d c o m e to q u e s t i o n the b a s i s of the m o r a l s w h i c h h i s p a r e n t s w e r e k e e n to p a s s on t o h i m a n d found that p a r e n t s h a d no b a s i s f o r t h e i r b e l i e f s . T h i s left him in a s t a r e of u n c e r t a i n t y . U p t i l l then he h a d o n l y r e c e i v e d the u s u a l run of the m i l l r e l i g i o u s e d u c a t i o n a n d h a v i n g f e w C h r i s t i a n f r i e n d s , tended to d i m i s s C h r i s t i a n i t y on " s e c o n d - h a n d opinion". This, he says, left him "agnostic, and when the moon was shining, atheistic".

RESEARCH/TRAVELLING T H E T R E N T R I V E R T R U S T is p r o p o s i n g to a w a r d o n e or more r e s e a r c h or t r a v e l l i n g s c h o l a r ships, up to the v a l u e of approximately £ 6 0 0 , for any one or more of t h e f o l l o w i n g research subjects: the t e c h n i c a l , a d m i n i s t r a t i v e and legal aspects of pollution control, fisheries, river management, river engineering, flood a l l e v i a t i o n , hydrology, river modelling, and r i v e r - b a s e d a m e n i t y and recreation. O t h e r f i e l d s of r e s e a r c h may be c o n s i d e r e d by the T r u s t e e s . T h e

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titbits m S u r p r i s e , s u r p r i s e , S t e l l a G o d f r e y a g r e e s w i t h q u i t e a f e w of our c o m m e n t s on I C W A . We c o n c u r w i t h a few of h e r s t o o : n o t a b l y that women h a v e c o n s i s t e n t l y proved t h e m s e l v e s to be m a n ' s equal. S t e l l a a c k n o w l e d g e s that ' I C W A n e e d s a k i c k in the p a n t s ' . Our a r t i c l e w a s i n t e n d e d to h e l p p r e c i p i t a t e t h a t . B y the w a y S t e l l a , t h a n k s for the c o m m e n t s about I C U ; w e ' l l l o o k into it and report b a c k l a t e r . All—female exec? S t i l l , w e doubt w h e t h e r w o m e n ' s l i b . w i l l h a v e m u c h to grumble a t , w h a t w i t h R C S U l i k e l y to h a v e an a l l - f e m a l e e x e c , next y e a r . N o t to m e n t i o n that F i o n a C a s s i d y ' s s t a n d i n g for RSMU President! M s G o d f r e y ' s r e p l y l e a d s u s to o u t l i n e the a i m s of ' T i t b i t s ' . T h e c o l u m n e x i s t s to s t i m u l a t e d i s c u s s i o n on r e l e v a n t IC t o p i c s and to inform s t u d e n t s of w h a t ' s h a p p e n i n g in the h i g h e r ' c l i q u e ^ - s o c s ' of t h e i r u n i o n . We b e l i e v e t h e I C W A a r t i c l e s u b s c r i b e s to t h i s d e f i n i t i o n . Titbits i s w r i t t e n by a number of s t u d e n t s w e l l a t u n e d to IC a f f a i r s . T o p r e s e r v e j o u r n a l i s t i c m o b i l i t y we f e e l that w e m u s t a p r e s e n t remain a n o n y m o u s . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to a l l i n v o l v e d on the R C S U and C & G U m a s c o t s w o p . C e r t a i n l y a n o v e l i d e a w h i c h brough both u n i o n m e e t i n g s a l i v e . A s S t e v e B r i g h t m a n c o m m e n t e d 'It r e a l l y i s a s h a m e that some p e o p l e h a v e not t a k e n it w i t h the s p i r i t w i t h w h i c h it w a s c o n c e i v e d ' . C o u l d t h i s p o s s i b l y be the s t a r t of an I C W H O , w i t h c o - o p e r a t i o n between t h e C C U s ? Mascot swop Somebody w h o d i d n ' t s h a r e S t e v e ' s e n t h u s i a s m for t h e s w o p w a s h i s V P , C h a l k i e 'I want to be I C U H o n S e c ' W h i t e , w h o ' s ' i n c h a r g e ' of R C S U m a s c o t r y , but w a s n ' t t o l d of the s w o p u n t i l after the m e e t i n g . C & G U e x e c c a n ' t e x a c t l y be s a i d to be u n i t e d o v e r the i s s u e e i t h e r ; f i r e w o r k s s h o u l d be f l y i n g from t h a t c o r n e r s o o n . A t p r e s e n t both u n i o n s l o o k l i k e t a l k i n g the matter to E x t r a o r d i n a r y G e n e r a l M e e t i n g s in t h e h o p e that o r d i n a r y u n i o n members c a n v o i c e t h e i r v i e w s on t h e i r p r e s i d e n t ' s a c t i o n s . Titbits h o p e s that t h i s w i l l s e e an e n d to the m a t t e r . In the m e a n w h i l e d o n ' t forget y o u r t i c k e t for G u i l d s D i n n e r and D a n c e n e x t F r i d a y . A s u s u a l it l o o k s l i k e b e i n g a h i v e of e l e c t i o n a c t i v i t y w i t h a l l p o s s i b l e I C U c a n d i d a t e s m a k i n g an effort to i m p r e s s .

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Model Aircraft Club ! T H A S B E E N s u g g e s t e d that aeromodel lers are merely f r u s t r a t e d p i l o t s . T h i s i s not true at a l l ; a e r o m o d e l l e r s are just plain chicken. I have never understood why any s a n e IC s t u d e n t w o u l d w i l l i n g l y risk his neck in the Dart when s i m i l a r s a t i s f a c t i o n is attainable with two feet safely planted in d e e r dung on R i c h m o n d P a r k . IC Model A i r c r a f t C l u b has b e e n a b l e to p u r c h a s e r a d i o control equipment for which we have built a glider. T h e craze has spread throughout the club w i t h the resultthat we now h a v e four m a c h i n e s . T h i s h a s brought an u n e x p e c t e d b o n u s to the c l u b . We c a n now offer a keep-fit s e s s i o n on Saturday mornings known as " m a k e l i k e a towline w i n c h " . The club is traditionally s t r o n g on c o n t r o l l i n e combat flying. This has largely g i v e n w a y to r a d i o and indoor RTP flying. Future projects in t h i s f i e l d i n c l u d e , I h o p e , a s p o t of o u t d o o r f l y i n g . ( R T P for the uninitiated means round â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the p o l e . Anyone who has ever visited the M o d e l E n g i n e e r E x h i b i t i o n will remember those things w h i c h f l e w in c i r c l e s around ones h e a d . Our f i r s t o u t i n g t h i s term was in fact to the Model Engineer expo'. Here the crowd were treated to the s p e c t a c l e of s e v e r a l t h r i l l i n g crashes when one of our members (embarassment forces him, me, to remain anonymous) attempted to c o m p e t e in t h e R T P c o m p e t i t i o n . After demolitioning several models, I temporarily conceded d e f e a t a n d f l e w o n e of the exhibition models instead. Club meetings are held every Thursday lunchtime in the Southside lounge. Any stray aeromodel lers, defectors from G l i d i n g C l u b and o t h e r s

External Eclairs I'M SORRY about t h i s , but t h i s i s g o i n g to be a s e r i o u s a r t i c l e for a c h a n g e . I hope t h i s i s not g o i n g to prevent those few readers I s t i l l have from p e r s e v e r i n g to the end ol my c o n t r i b u t i o n . S i n c e some p e o p l e s e e m u n a b l e to d i s t i n g u i s h b e t w e e n s a t i r e and s i n c e r e i t y I s h a l l try to be blunt and explicit. F i r s t l y , I hope y o u ' v e a l l read the e x c e l l e n t a r t i c l e s in F E L I X about the recent N U S conferences. I wonder, with the E d i t o r of F E L I X , about the " r e l e v a n c e of s u c h t i m e consuming motions" and I agree that c o n f e r e n c e s h a v e become a " f o r u m for p o l i t i c a l theorists to express their grandiose ideas". This is not b e c a u s e I d i s a g r e e w i t h the politics of the N U S leadership, which I d o , but b e c a u s e I d i s a g r e e w i t h the p r e s e n c e of s e c t a r i a n p o l i t i c s ; I do not t h i n k that s t u d e n t s want to pay one pound per head per y e a r to s u b s i d i s e an a m a l g a m a t i o of d e b a t i n g s o c i e t i e s and to provide p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i s t s with office facilities, expense a c c o u n t s , e t c . If a n y o n e w a n t s to t a k e p o l i t i c a l a c t i o n , then s h e or he s h o u l d damn w e l l pay for it and not e x p e c t the money to c o m e from s t u d e n t s who have no interest in politics. I am not against p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i t i e s in C o l l e g e , indeed I would encourage the d i s c u s s i o n of local or within international issues political s o c i e t i e s and even at U n i o n m e e t i n g s , s o long a s the s t u d e n t s w i s h to d i s c u s s t h e s e i s s u e s . But a s far a s the NUS is concerned, I w i s h they w o u l d d e v o t e t h e i r e n e r g i e s to p r o v i d i n g a d v i c e , services and information to s t u d e n t s and to t h e i r U n i o n s . will be w e l c o m e d handcuffs. Nick

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of Parliament who provide competition for each other, and the S e a l e d K n o t S o c i e t y Ltd., which fights itself. P o l i t i c s , in a l l s e n s e s , tend to be u n p o p u l a r , the c a u s e being fairly academic. Everybody i s there to enjoy t h e m s e l v e s . At the larger gatherings the p u b l i c i s c h a r g e entry to w a t c h the b a t t l e s . T h e money o b t a i n e d h e l p s to c o v e r the c o s t of o r g a n i s i n g the b a t t l e , any profit g o i n g to a c h a r i t y , n o r m a l l y s p e c i f i e d before the b a t t l e . T h e K i n g s A r m y h a s an a n n u a l p a r a d e in W h i t e h a l l , to commemorate the e x e c u t i o n of Charles I. T h i s y e a r it is being held on S u n d a y , 1st February, starting at about 2 . 0 0 p m . A l l are w e l c o m e to w a t c h , and if y o u want to j o i n in t h i s or any other of the societies activities, please contact S Shaw, Chem. E n g . II.

y e a r , but I'm s u r e he w i l l do T h e r e f o r e w e s h o u l d be d o i n g s o if n e c e s s a r y . I b e l i e v e that s o m e t h i n g about it, e v e n if a s J o h n w i l l s o o n be p r o d u c i n g P e t e T e a g u e s a y s , w e may an a r t i c l e on l e g a l a d v i c e and h a v e to b e c o m e , in a s e n s e , l e g a l a i d in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h political ourselves. S u e K a l i c i n s k i and the U n i o n The question of setting solicitor. The most useful up a t r a v e l s e r v i c e i s rather s e r v i c e p r o v i d e d by the N U S a c a d e m i c s i n c e the existing i s p r o b a b l y the l e g a l a i d fund N U S s e r v i c e s are a v a i l a b l e to referred to by Mr B a r r e t t , w h i c h n o n - m e m b e r s , they n e e d our i s a v a i l a b l e to h e l p s t u d e n t s trade; e s p e c i a l l y at p r e s e n t ! who h a v e been r e f u s e d l e g a l H o w e v e r , if N U S T r a v e l s h o u l d a i d by the state. This is e v e r go to that great p a c k a g e only available if the NUS tour c e n t r e in the s k y , we c o n s i d e r that the s t u d e n t h a s might have to think about a good c a s e . something, admittedly rather modest, to take its place. A s Mr B a r r e t t w e l l k n o w s , I There i s a s u c c e s s f u l and a l s o b e l i e v e that w e s h o u l d independent travel centre at u s e a l l m e a n s at our d i s p o s a l B r a d f o r d and we c o u l d p e r h a p s to make the NUS more produce something along r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of i t s O r d i n a r y those lines in conjunction m e m b e r s , and he a l s o k n o w s with Brunei U n i v e r s i t y . that I h a v e been i n v o l v e d in m o v e s to institute a direct My point about the v o i c e ballot for the election of of an independent IC w a s o n l y the National Executive. I s l i g h t l y t o n g u e - i n - c h e e k . When hope to pursue t h i s at the IC w a s the o n l y University next c o n f e r e n c e . C o l l e g e N U S it w a s not Y o u may not be a w a r e that known for the v i e w s of Imperial N U S Executive have a C o l l e g e U n i o n to be quoted in th< the of encouraging the House of Commons. (No p o l i c y central representation of doubt the_ C o H e g e archivist Universities such c a n p r o v i d e the r e f e r e n c e s to c o l l e g i a t e H a n s a r d if a n y o n e i s int erest ed) . a s that of L o n d o n . T h a t i s , discourage individual I'd be i n t e r e s t e d to h e a r how ro from sending often the opinions of the colleges to conference. N U S are q u o t e d in P a r l i a m e n t a r y delegates T h e l a t e s t s t e p in t h i s p o l i c y debates. their decision not to I agreed e n t i r e l y w i t h M r s w a s G e r r a r d that we s h o u l d try to a l l o w the c o l l e g e s of O x f o r d change the p o l i c i e s of the and C a m b r i d g e to u s e the new N U S and a l s o try to m a k e the C o n f e r e n c e s u b s i d y f u n d , w h i c h is designed to assist the most of their sevices. In of small colleges fact I w i s h w e c o u l d get our U n i o n s who c a n n o t afford to s e nd m o n e y ' s worth out of them. I'm to Conferences. sure J o h n D o w n s w o u l d h a v e d e l e g a t e s been grateful for some information I do not t h i n k it w i l l be l o n g on N U S H e a d q u a r t e r s s e r v i c e s before they r e f u s e to a c c e p t delegation from Imperial from M rs Gerrard a little a e a r l i e r in t h e y e a r . A s f ar C o l l e g e u n l e s s we d o s o m e t h i n g a s I c a n t e l l , J o h n h a s not about it. D e r r i c k ( T h e Mole) E v e r e t t used these s e r v i c e s once this

Refectory Complaints IN A L L R E F E C T O R I E S p o i n t s a r i s e w h i c h m e r i t c o m p l a i n t . H o w e v e r , a l l t o o f t e n c u s t o m e r s a r e r e l u c t a n t to a i r it publicly (for f e a r t h a t n o t h i n g w i l l be d o n e ? ) , and the c o m p l a i n t is not c o r r e c t e d . T h e C o m p l a i n t s S u b - C o m m i t t e e is c o n t i n u i n g the s y s t e m its by w h i c h c o m p l a i n t s w i l l b e put r i g h t q u i c k l y , b u t e f f e c t i v e n e s s d e p e n d s u p o n t h e a c t i v e s u p p o r t of r e f e c t o r y users. I f e e l t h a t a r e s t a t e e t e n t of t h e s y s t e m c o u l d be h e l p f u l . W e d i v i d a c o m p l a i n t s into two c l a s s e s : 1. Direct complaints (particular meals, dirty cutlery etc.) C o m p l a i n t s s h o u l d be m a d e to t h e c o u n t e r s t a f f ; if t h e y are u n h e l p f u l a s k for the C h e f or the S u p e r v i s o r . E n t e r t h e c o m p l a i n t in t h e C o m p l a i n t s B o o k e v e n if it w a s r e c t i f i e d , s t a t i n g w h a t a c t i o n (if a n y ) w a s t a k e n . 2. General complaints and suggestions: Enter these in t h e ' C o m p l a i n t s B o o k . C o m p t e i n t s B o o k s h a v e b e e n i s s u e d t o all pay d e s k s t h a t t h e y a r e to be a v a i l a b l e o n with, the i n s t r u c t i o n s d e m a n d . If y o u r d e m a n d i s r e f u s e d , s e e t h e S u p e r v i s o r o r the C o m p l a i n t s O f f i c e r . T h e s e a r e : Union Building Steve Kimmins P h y s i c s 3 S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g N ick B r a y s h a w R S M U Southside G u n j it S i n g h E E 2 E m e r g i n g c o m p l a i n t p a t t e r n s c a n then be s e e n q u i c k l y and corrective action taken. G o o d p o i n t s a r e e q u a l l y i m p o r t a n t . If y o u n o t i c e a n y t h a t s h o u l d b e a d o p t e d in o t h e r r e f e c t o r y a r e a s , b e a s q u i c k to t e l l u s a s y o u a r e t o c o m p l a i n . It c a n a l l h e l p t o I m p r o v e the s e r v i c e g i v e n . F i n a l l y , p r i c e l i s t s are b e i n g put up b e f o r e the c o u n t e r s e r v i c e and at e a c h pay d e s k .

( ItXUw to tfa SMttn TitbitsI C W A President replies S i r , — M a y I be permitted to comment on s o m e of the p o i n t s made in t h e a r t i c l e ' T i b i t s ' in F E L I X , No 407. F i r s t l y , FELIX has not witnessed s c e n e s of h y s t e r i c a l r e j o i c i n g from the I C W A front s i n c e the introduction of the Equal Rights Act for one simple r e a s o n . Women h a v e not o n l y known themselves to be e q u a l to t h e i r m a l e c o u n t e r p a r t s for some c o n s i d e r a b l e t i m e , they h a v e c o n s i s t e n t l y proved themselves to be s o . The f a c t t h a t the law has only j u s t c o m e to r e a l i s e t h i s i s more a n e m b a r r a s s m e n t to it t h a n a c a u s e for c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s . True, it i s a long a w a i t e d milestone in the campaign for e q u a l r i g h t s for w o m e n , but, whereas l a w s c a n be changed with relative ease, it t a k e s a f a r more c o n s c i o u s effort to e r a s e t h e c e n t u r i e s ' long c o n d i t i o n i n g whic h still p e r v a d e s much of our s o c i e t y .

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Secondly, w h e r e , we ask o u r s e l v e s a r e " t h e h o a r d s of y o u n g men v a l i a n t l y k n o c k i n g on I C W A ' s d o o r " . M e n , far from being excluded from the a c t i v i t i e s that I C W A o r g a n i s e s , have always been keenly welcomed. T h e a r t i c l e ' then g o e s on to t r i t e l y sum up ICWA a s if it w e r e on E n t s s u b - c o m m i t t e e , a " s o c i a l off s h o o t of I C U " . Perhaps a complete list of ICWA activities would help show that this i s not the case. In addition to those stated in the a r t i c l e , I C W A has organised a Flat-share s c h e m e o p e r a t e d p r i o r to the autumn term and for which ICWA w a s f o r m a l l y t h a n k e d by Council; debates have ICU been h e l d ; a w e e k l y d i s c u s s i o n group is run; informative t a l k s h a v e b e e n g i v e n by g u e s t s p e a k e r s and a P G and O v e r s e a s Students evening has been o r g a n i s e d . F o r t h i s term more t a l k s h a v e been a r r a n g e d a s has a. v e r y comprehensive women's studies course.

S i r , — M a y I remind the a u t h o r s of " T i t b i t s " ( F E L I X N o . 407) t h a t oh N o v e m b e r 2 0 t h , 1 9 7 5 a l l m a l e s t u d e n t s at I C w e r e g i v e n the o p p o r t u n i t y of j o i n i n g the ICWA Committee as "Mr ICWA" (a perfectly serious post, despite its title). There were just three c a n d i d a t e s , o n e of whom w a s a u l y e l e c t e d . Therefore, by my calculations, (admittedly

A s to the IC E x e c u t i v e or the Carnival Committee(?) organising these events, I w o u l d i m a g i n e that they w o u l d reply that they had quite e n o u g h to do a l r e a d y . T h i s was the r e a s o n for setting up the I C W A c o m m i t t e e in the f i r s t p l a c e and t h i s i s true of all Union committees. Some I C W A members h a v e a l s o v i s i t e d their old s c h o o l s to g i v e t a l k s to s i x t h form g i r l s in the hope of e n c o u r a g i n g them to s t u d y h e r e . * I C W A , ' a per pet ua l monument to the IC s e x r a t i o ' — I c o u n t e r by a s k i n g ' I s any other group w i t h i n the U n i o n d o i n g more to r e l i e v e the problem?/ T h a t s o m e of our members do not w i s h to b e l o n g to ICWA i s no maxim for d i s b a n d i n g ICWA; if this were s o w e w o u l d h a v e to start q u e s t i o n i n g the continued existence of not o n l y the C C U s . a s w e l l a s I C W A . but indeed I C U i t s e l f . T h a t ' y o u c a n ' t p l e a s e a l l the people all the time' was r e a l i s e d by a far more a b l e President than I. Whilst I share this sentiment, I do not w i s h to be shot for it! O n e point I w o u l d l i k e to m a k e c l e a r i s that w h i l s t e v e r y member of the Women in A c t i o n G r o u p i s a member of J C W A , the reverse i s not true^ and in a i r i n g t h e i r v i e w s they are not s p e a k i n g for the w h o l e of I C W A . F i n a l l y , it i s one t h i n g to s a y to a P r e s i d e n t i a l c a n d i d a t e that ' I C W A n e e d s a k i c k in the p a n t s ' , it i s another t h i n g a s P r e s i d e n t to do it. I w o u l d a g r e e that it i s e n t i r e l y n e e d e d and go on to i n c l u d e not j u s t I C W A , but t h e w h o l e of I C U . The appalling turnout at U n i o n General Meetings bears w i t n e s s to t h i s . T o c o n c l u d e , s u g g e s t i o n s and new i d e a s for improving I C W A are always w e l c o m e d , p l e a s e take a d v a n t a g e of t h i s . Yours sincerely, STELLA GODFREY, ICWA P r e s i d e n t . o n l y t h o s e of a m a t h e m a t i c i a n ) , trie "hoards of young men v a l i a n t l y k n o c k i n g on I C W A ' s dopr" consist of precisely two* p e r s o n s . Having made t h i s trivial p o i n t , I w o u l d l i k e to s a y how s t i m u l a t i n g I found the rest of the a r t i c l e a n d I look forward to h e a r i n g other r e a c t i o n s to it. Yours faithfully AC PRESTON Maths 1

NUS - do you care? S i r , — It i s strange that the last national conference of NUS c o u l d - be attacked in F E L I X for not b e i n g d i r e c t l y r e l e v a n t to s t u d e n t s on one page and then h a v i n g q u i t e a g o o d report of a l l the many issues discussed in the centre pages. U s i n g the " n o t r e l e v a n t to students" argument the d i s c u s s i o n i s now turning to w h e t h e r or not we need an NUS. T h e i s s u e of n e e d i n g travel, welfare, entertainments and other s o c i a l ' a c i l i t i e s on a national level has already been a d e q u a t e l y d e a l t w i t h by o t h e r s . T h e main n e e d , h o w e v e r is for an organisation to represent our needs and v i e w s at a n a t i o n a l l e v e l . If there i s n o t h i n g that y o u want to c h a n g e , if y o u d o n ' t want higher grants, if you d o n ' t mind e d u c a t i o n a l c u t b a c k s , if y o u d o n ' t c a r e a b o u t the e c o n o m i c s i t u a t i o n in B r i t a i n and if y o u d o n ' t c a r e what h a p p e n s in any other part of the w o r l d then y o u may a s w e l l l e a v e N U S . If y o u want to change anything at all, t h o u g h , y o u must s e e the need for a student o r g a n i s a t i o n . It w o u l d be i m p o s s i b l e to e v e n d e c i d e on the g r a n t s c l a i m , let a l o n e run a c a m p a i g n in support of it without some sort of n a t i o n a l c o o r d i n a t i o n . In f a c t we w o u l d be o p t i n g out in the w o r s t p o s s i b l e way if w e admit that on one hand students need a national o r g a n i s a t i o n and on the other to s a y w e are not prepared to make our c o n t r i b u t i o n t o w a r d s it. It has been c l a i m e d by members of IC U n i o n that a l a c k of d e m o c r a c y ( w h i c h h a s lead to a B r o a d L e f t " c l i q u e " ) has invalidated the present n a t i o n a l u n i o n . A n d yet what p o l i c i e s are t h e s e s e l f s t y l e d reformers and protectors of democracy putting forward? T h e i r main argument s e e m s to be "most students are apathetic" (ie a lot of IC s t u d e n t s are a p a t h e t i c ) w h i c h proves that if a national union e x i s t s it ought to be apathetic too. If it is no student p o l i c i e s y o u want then I w o u l d s a y l e a v e N U S — but

I don't b e l i e v e anyone would want c o m p l e t e student a p a t h y . If you do want student i d e a s put forward y o u must protect N U S a s an a c t i v e u n i o n . T h e p r i n c i p l e of e l e c t i n g a n a t i o n a l executive at a national conference is central to a c t i v e d e m o c r a c y — w e must have an executive that is responsible to a body that can mandate it and e n s u r e that it follows the policy d e c i d e d . If it i s the p o l i c i e s of N U S y o u d i s a g r e e w i t h , it i s both the p o l i c i e s a n d . l e a d e r s h i p that y o u must c h a n g e through putting forward alternative policies at a national conference. Of course you c o u l d t ake the s o u r g r a p e s a t t i t u d e of D e r r i c k E v e r e t t — N U S w o n ' t f o l l o w our p o l i c i e s s o we w i l l leave it. But I s a y if y o u a g r e e to the n e e d for a n a t i o n a l u n i o n y o u must s t i c k w i t h it e v e n w h e n it d o e s n ' t p a s s e v e r y t h i n g y o u in p a r t i c u l a r agree w i t h and hope to c h a n g e it at s o m e o t h e r conference. F i n a l iy, on international p o l i c i e s . P e o p l e s a y — why Chile, Angola, worry about or anywhere else, they do not d i r e c t l y a f f e c t u s . It i s in the nature of students e x i s t e n c e h o w e v e r that they think about issues, because that i s what e d u c a t i o n i s a l l about (though on c o n s i d e r i n g IC s t u d e n t s I become l e s s c o n v i n c e d of t h i s ! ) Y o u c a n n o t s t o p p e o p l e from w a n t i n g to consider and e x p r e s s views about any i s s u e they f e e l to be important. If you do not c a r e a b o u t the rest of the w o r l d then p e r h a p s it i s about t i m e y o u d i d . What h a p p e n e d in C h i l e c o u l d h a p p e n h e r e , a p a r t h e i d in South A f r i c a has its foundation in r a c i s t i d e a s that w e h a v e here int B r i t a i n . B u t e v e n , if it c o u l d n e v e r h a p p e n to y o u the f a c t that f e l l o w members"of h u m a n i t y are s u f f e r i n g in many p a r t s of the w o r l d n e e d s e v e r y p e r s o n to s p e a k out , because w h a t e v e r y o u do not c o n d e m n y o u are in s o m e way c o n d o n i n g . Yours sincerely, MARY ATTENBOROUGH, Maths Deo R e c Continued

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Rape and the Law 'WHY does a man feel a need to rape a woman ? and 'How do we improve the current rape s i t u a t i o n b e y o n d new l e g i s l a t i o n ? ' T h e s e w e r e two outstanding questions at the end of the ICWA d e b a t e on ' R a p e and the L a w ' , l a s t Tuesday. O n e s o l u t i o n to the s e c o n d question favoured by the National Council for Civil (NCCL), is the Liberties e s t a b l i s h m e n t of R a p e C r i s i s Centres throughout Britain. These already exist in the USA, providing a 24-hour phone-in service offering m e d i c a l and l e g a l a d v i c e to rape victims. They also provide a more sympathetic e a r to v i c t i m s than the p o l i c e do, claimed Jean Cousins from N C C L . O n e s u c h c e n t r e was set up in London a month a g o . A n o t h e r s o l u t i o n c a m e from Jack Gratus, author of a recent a r t i c l e on rape in the m a g a z i n e ' O v e r 2 1 ' and a book 'The V i c t i m ' . He suggested that s o c i e t y n e e d e d r e - e d u c a t i n g on its a t t i t u d e s to women and rape. Growing numbers of women involved in the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of law (women s o l i c i t o r s , women j u d g e s etc) would help to change the situation. Both speakers outlined the current legal situation on rape and a g r e e d on the current problems. They agreed to d i f f e r in the c a u s e s of the problems and how to tackle them. Whilst both a p p r e c i a t e d the n e e d to s t r i k e a b a l a n c e b e t w e e n the r i g h t s of rape v i c t i m s and d e f e n d a n t s , Ms C o u s i n s felt the latter were w e l l protected after a recent Law L o r d s ruling. The ruling, supported by NCCL, says that a man c a n n o t be c o n v i c t e d of rape if he h o n e s t l y believes his victim • consented to interc o u r s e , e v e n w h e n her w i s h e s wer e the c o m p l e t e o p p o s i t e . ' The meeting went on to

welcome the acceptance of the Heilbon Commission's R e p o r t on current R a p e L a w s . Its proposals, published in December, are incorporated in a private members bill, sponsored by MP Robin C o r b i t t . T h e b i l l s h o u l d get its second reading in P a r l i a m e n t during F e b r u a r y . M s C o u s i n s a n d Mr G r a t u s both opposed the current practice of defence lawyers t r y i n g to b l a c k e n rape v i c t i m s ' characters with questions such as, ' A r e y o u on the Pill?', ' H o w many l o v e r s h a v e y o u h a d ? ' , ' H o w many men h a v e you h a d ? ' , ' H o w many men have y o u s l e p t w i t h ? ' , ect. T h e y f e l t that t h i s g a v e the impression that the rape v i c t i m w a s on t r i a l , and not her a s s a i l a n t . A l l the s a m e both s t r e s s e d the difficulties of j u r i e s in rape t r i a l s . Often they had to d e c i d e whet he r the man or the woman w a s little telling the truth w i t h corroborative evidence. Ms C o u s i n s a l s o attacked another common l i n e of d e f e n c e , 'She d i d not r e s i s t e n o u g h ' . If a g i r l f o r c e d to h a v e s e x at k n i f e or p i s t o l - p o i n t , s h e s a i d , it might not be in her b e s t i n t e r e s t s to r e s i s t . In the e n s u i n g d i s c u s s i o n , A A O , R i c k Parker, suggested that the m e d i a f a l s e l y d e f i n e d the average man's sexual y a r d s t i c k a s that of a s u c c e s s f u l playboy. Perhaps rapists w e r e men l a c k i n g s e x e s t e e m , who bemoaned t h e i r inability to l i v e t h i s p l a y b o y i m a g e . A lot of d i s c u s s i o n c e n t r e d around Mr G r a t u s ' s a r t i c l e in 'Over 21'. In it he a s k e d women to be c o n s c i o u s of current society and realise that in c e r t a i n c i r c u m s t a n c e s they might be a b l e to m i n i m i z e the c h a n c e of g e t t i n g raped or assaulted through sensible action. Several speakers felt the accent should be more on social and legal changes rather than this 'stop-gap' approach.

EDITORIAL T h e Q u e s t i o n of I C ' s d i s a f f i l i a t i o n w a s d i s c u s s e d at both the R C S U a n d C i t y a n d G u i l d s U n i o n m e e t i n g . B o t h d i s c u s s i o n s s e e m e d to be c h a r a c t e r i s e d by a l a c k of k n o w l e d g e of the s i t u a t i o n and in the G u i l d s m e e t i n g t h e y q u i t e r i g h t l y d e c i d e d not to take a d e c i s i o n o n the i s s u e . H o w e v e r , the R C S m e e t i n g d i d take d e c i s i o n in favour o f r e m a i n i n g w i t h i n N U S a n d p a s s e d a m o t i o n to that e f f e c t . T h e q u e s t i o n n o w i s not r e a l l y whet he r we s h o u l d d i s a f f i l i a t e or not but w h a t w e w i l l ' d o i f w e do s t a y i n . it i s e s s e n t i a l that a s i t u a t i o n i s not r e a c h e d w h e r e b y a l l t h o s c o l l e g e s d i s c u s s i n g the q u e s t i o n of d i s a f f i l i a t i o n d e c i d e to r e m a i n w i t h i n N U S and then do n o t h i n g to make N U S more r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f the v i e w s . A n d t h i s is the crux of the matter,. W i l l w e , w h e n we d e c i d e not to l e a v e N U S , j u s t s i t b a c k and content o u r s e l v e s w i t h the f a c t that the boat h a s b e e n r o c k e d a g a i n ? O n e s i n c e r e l y h o p e s n o t . F o r it i s o n l y by the i n d i v i d u a l student p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n N U S , m a k i n g h i s or her v i e w k n o w n w i t h i n the forum of the N a t i o n a l U n i o n , that any c h a n g e c a n be a c h i e v e d . V o t i n g to stay in s h o u l d not mean that we do not want to l o s e N U S T r a v e l e t c , but that we want to u s e our p o s i t i o n i n s i d e the N U S to try a n d m a k e it a body w h i c h r e p r e s e n t s not o n l y the s m a l l p e r c e n t a g e o f p o l i t i c a l ( m o s t l y extreme left w i n g ) a c t i v i s t s , but a l s o the m a j o r i t y of n o n - a c t i v i s t s t u d e n t s in its m e m b e r s h i p . It i s time we got off our a r s e and took a c t i o n i n s t e a d of b l e e t i n g about the f a c t that the N U S does not r e p r e s e n t u s . N o one w i l l l i s t e n to y o u u n l e s s y o u s a y s o m e t h i n g a n d the t i m e h a s c o m e for u s to s t a n d up a n d s a y i t . So s p e a k up a n d for g o o d n e s s s a k e , s p e a k up n o w a n d l o u d l y . Y o u w i l l remember t h a t N U S i s to set u p a n e w s p a p e r , N a t i o n a l Student ( F E L I X N o . 4 0 6 ) ; J e r e m y C l i f t , l a s t y e a r ' s Sennet e d i t o r , i s to h e l p out w i t h i t , o n a not e n t i r e l y v o l u n t a r y b a s i s . H e l e f t Sennet l a s t N o v e m b e r . T o get b a c k to I C , the e l e c t i o n w a g o n i s o n i t s w a y a g a i n — s o o n our e a r s w i l l be r i n g i n g to the c h a n t s a n d p r o c l a m a t i o n s o f c a n d i d a t e s for t h i s p o s t and t h a t . T h i s y e a r , y o u r e y e b a l l s w i l l s u f f e r t o o , a s the a m o u n t o f p u b l i c i t y i s e x p e c t e d to be greater and better t h a n e v e r . F E L I X w i l l be k e e p i n g a very c l o s e w a t c h on a l l the e v e n t s . So, r o l l o n , r o l l o n , roll o n . . .

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W e d n e s d a y 28th IC F o l k C l u b presents B I L L CADDICK. 8.00pm. Union Lower Refectory. Adm 30p m e m b e r s ; 50p n o n - m e m b e r s .

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Residential-short term privately owned property H E R E IS good n e w s for a l l of y o u w h o c a n n o t afford to pay £12 a w e e k for a s i n g l e room in Ealing. Westminster City Council has a scheme, still in i t s e a r l y s t a g e s , for u s i n g short life privately owned p r o p e r t y , the o w n e r s of w h i c h a r e w i l l i n g to m a k e it a v a i l a b l e on a g r e e d t e r m s . T h e C o u n c i l ' s intention i s to accommodate mainly single people already living in Westminster. As w i t h many a u t h o r i t i e s , W e s t m i n s t e r h a s a l a r g e number of privately owned properties and w i t h t h e o b j e c t of p u t t i n g some of these properties back into occupation, its council on 29th September 1975 a p p r o v e d a s c h e m e for t h e i r short term u s e in c a s e s in which their owners are w i l l i n g to c o - o p e r a t e . The main points of the s c h e m e are a s f o l l o w s : 1. A r r a n g e m e n t s between Private Owners and the Council. a) Length of tenure. By negotiation with i n d i v i d u a l o w n e r s but w i t h a m i n i m u m p e r i o d of s i x m o n t h s for both unfurnished and furnished properties a n d with a minimum p e r i o d of notice of three months on either side.

Rent Fair rent less estimated r u n n i n g e x p e n s e s for r e p a i r s and management. c) Repairs O w n e r s w i l l be a s k e d to carry out initial repairs as n e c e s s a r y . R e p a i r s d u r i n g the Council's tenure (other than those which will be the tenant's responsibility) will be c a r r i e d out by the c o u n c i l . Such repairs will be done o n l y in c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h the owner who will have the o p t i o n if h e d o e s not a g r e e , of t e r m i n a t i n g h i s agreement w i t h the C o u n c i l . d)

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tick Scales ITS P R O B A B L Y a m i s t a k e t r y i n g to e v a l u a t e an a r t i s t ' s s u c c e s s potential on the e v i d e n c e of a debut p e r f o r m a n c e a s w a s the c a s e w i t h E l k i e B r o o k s a n d her n e w b a n d . H o w e v e r , I c a m e a w a y from S a t u r d a y n i g h t ' s c o n c e r t in the G r e a t H a l l f e e l i n g that the E l k may w e l l be m a k i n g the s a m e m i s t a k e s that h a v e c a u s e d w i d e s p r e a d a c c l a i m to s o far e l u d e her c o u n t e r p a r t in the feminist rock s t a k e s — M a g g i e B e l l . T h e m a i n f a u l t w i t h both l a d i e s i s in t h e i r c h o i c e of m a t e r i a l . W h e r e a s M s B e l l simply s e e m s u n a b l e to p i c k t h e s o n g s that do justice to her undoubted talent, Ms B r o o k s c h o o s e s , t h e s e d a y s , to c o n c e n t r a t e to s o m e d e g r e e on h e r o w n s o n g w r i t i n g

supposed harmonic v o c a l i s i n g sounded occassion. All particularly sharp on t h i s g a v e the g i g a d e f i n i t e f l a t n e s s that d i d n ' t p i c k up u n t i l t h e f i n a l quarter, the band up u n t i l then e a r n i n g a d e s e r v e d l y lame r e s p o n s e from the s i z a b l e c r o w d . ; As mentioned previously, m o s t of the material p l a y e d w a s that w h i c h f i l l s the g r o o v e s of h e r s o l o a l b u m , exceptions being Smokey Robinson's the B o b b y Womack tune 'Shop Around', 'Point of no Return' and w h a t p r o v e d to be her e n c o r e the o l d F a c e s h i t 'Stay with Me'. A n y w a y , the band h a v e p l e n t y of time to improve and j u s t i f y the money A M i s p l o u g h i n g into them in a hope that they w i l l reap the r e w a r d s of s u c c e s s in a c o u p l e of y e a r s . I w i s h them luck — t h e y ' l l n e e d it. T h e support band w e r e c a l l e d C h a r l i e . T h e y wer e l o u d . ;

Rati Karthigesu performs at IG S I N C E H E R childhood, Rathi Karthigesn has been inspired by the art of d a n c e . She with Madame studied ballet B l o k h a n s e n at the age of t w e l v e and w h e n H i m m a t S i n h w e n t to S i n g a p o r e In 1948 s h e l e a r n t the b a s i c s of Indian C l a s s i c a l d a n c e from h i m . In 1965 s h e found the opportunity of broadening her repetoire to include not only the South Indian s t y l e , but the North

Indian Kathak, and Manipuri d a n c e forms as well, when T h e Indian F i n e A r t s S o c i e t y was formed. She h a s g i v e n p e r f o r m a n c e s in S i n g a p o r e , I n d i a , A u s t r a l i a , and many o t h e r p l a c e s , a n d her p l e a s i n g s t a g e p e r s o n a l i t y and umdoubted s k i l l s m a k e h e r a success wherever she goes. To round off her copious a b i l i t i e s , she p l a y s the v i o l i n and on the V e e n a .

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Excuses, excuses... AT THEIR THIRD attempt the Cross Country Club finally found, on the s a m e d a y , both a r a c e a n d s o m e p e o p l e to run for t h e m . T h i s was for the third London Colleges League race held on B r u n e i ' s c o u r s e at R u i s l i p . Being represented by o n l y fifteen people in a l l , IC's third team w a s incomplete with only 3 runners; stars that they are. N a m e l y C o l i n D a l e , A n d y D a v e y and M i k e W e l f o r d at 8 8 , 7 8 and 7 6 r e s p e c t i v e l y , out of 9 7 . T h e c l u b i s d e s p e r a t e l y in n e e d of more r u n n e r s to f i l l these v a c a n c i e s and s o s a l v a g e the 3rd team w h o , d e s p i t e v a l i a n t e f f o r t s , are l a s t in t h e first division. The second team, however, strengthened i t s p o s i t i o n at about 7 ' t h w i t h R o m a n H a l e n k o l e a d i n g them in at 30'th, having found his fell-running style well suited to the hilly terrain. Tony W e i r found h i s s t r e n g t h (or w a s it s p e e d ? ) c o u l d not c o m p a r e w i t h R o m a n ' s o v e r t h i s short (long?) distance and he finished 32'nd. At 35'th, 48'th and 5 6 ' t h w e r e D a v e J o n e s , Rich Harrington and Ian Isherwood completing the scoring with A l a n Leakey a s spacer. The first team utterly failed to repea t its last p e r f o r m a n c e of f i n i s h i n g 5 in the f i r s t 15: i n s t e a d it had to w a i t u n t i l 19'th p l a c e to complete scoring. Rob A l l i n s o n once again led the team i n , though not f e e l i n g t o o p l e a s e d w i t h h i s p o s i t i o n of 3 ' r d . S t e v e Webb slotted himself into 6'th p l a c e and i n s i s t e d on t e l l i n g e v e r y o n e that h e ' d h a d an e a s y r u n . D a v e R o s e n a n d P a u l C l a r k e f i n i s h e d w e l l up in 1 2 ' t h and 1 6 ' t h p l a c e s but

f a i l e d to s a y a n y t h i n g worth reporting. A If Garnett was s p a c e r for the f i r s t team at 2 4 ' t h a n d the c u l p r i t at 1 9 ' t h was Ian Ellis, for whom Special Mention is reserved (as a l w a y s ) . On a pre-race warm-up/coucse-see he was tripped by an unrecognised constraint and had h i s b a s i s r e d u c e d p a i n f u l l y to that of s p r a w l i n g on the g r o u n d : t h i s may h a v e a f f e c t e d t h e f e a s i b i l i t y of a better p e r f o r m a n c e . In c a s e you don't believe this, he h a s p r o d u c e d a n a l t e r n a t i v e excuse (besides lack of that he training), claiming r e c e i v e d the p o i n t e d e l b o w of lanky Rob Allinson in his r i b s on the c r o w d e d ten-footw i d e path w h i c h w a s u s e d for t h e s t a r t of t h i s r a c e . D e s p i t e this drop in p e r f o r m a n c e it l o o k s a s if t h e f i r s t team w i l l r e t a i n f i r s t p l a c e in D i v 1 by an i n c r e a s e d m a r g i n of s e v e r a l hundred p o i n t s . The following Saturday, three of t h e c l u b t r a v e l l e d to Brighton for the South of Thames Champs disquised as runners for the HerculesW i m b l e d o n , W a l t o n a n d South London teams. Steve (this i s a r e a l race) Webb w a s 1 0 2 ' n d , f o l l o w e d by Ian ( a n y t h i n g for a pub-crawl) Ellis at 132'nd and D a v e (no comment) J o n e s at 1 7 4 ' t h out of 2 2 0 . T h e r e a l p u r p o s e of t h i s t r i p w a s a v i s i t to a nearby Y o u n g ' s P u b and t h i s w a s f i n a l l y r e a c h e d by a c i r c u i t o u s route f o l l o w i n g an i n c o r r e c t d e c i s i o n by the Navigating Committee. Meanw h i l e , D a v e R o s e n w a s running in the N o r t h of T h a m e s C h a m p s and the r e s t of the c l u b w e r e m a k i n g g o o d u s e of the t r a i n i n g facilities provided around Wimbledon Common.

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IC's FIRSTS began this term's league fixtures with this fine away w i n over K i n g s . Playing against a strong w i n d in the f i r s t h a l f IC w e r e p i n n e d b a c k in d e f e n c e . H o w e v e r , t h e team" fought hard and covered well restricting K i n g s to f e w g o a l s c o r i n g c h a n c e s . Even when Kings did get through they f o u n d g o a l k e e p e r K e v A l l e n in g o o d f o r m . T o w a r d s the e n d of the h a l f , IC c o u n t e r attacked well with Terry Lindon making some blinding runs d o w n the right w i n g . I C w e r e t h e r e f o r e r e l i e v e d to hear the h a l f - t i m e w h i s t l e w i t h the s c o r e sti II at 0—0. T h e s e c o n d h a l f w a s a far more e v e n l y c o n t e s t e d affair w i t h IC f a i l i n g to m a k e r e a l u s e of the w i n d a d v a n t a g e . Nevertheless they clinched the game w i t h the o n l y g o a l of the game f o l l o w i n g a q u i c k

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C STARTED this match rather i nd i f f eren t l y . C o n s e q u e n t ly I n d i a n G y m g o t on top from the s t a r t , t a k i n g m o s t of t h e b a l l n midfield and creating many c h a n c e s . In a ten m i n u t e spell mid-way through the first half they scored three goals, two of which were obviously illegal. However this i s the p e n a l t y a t e a m p a y s if for v a r i o u s r e a s o n s they c a n p r o v i d e no u m p i r e . H o w e v e r at t h i s point I C w o k e up and b e g a n putting p r e s s u r e on the Indian G y m g o a l , r e s u l t i n g in s o m e g o o d saves from their keeper. With H a r r y M a g n a y p r o v i d i n g the f o r w a r d s w i t h s o m e e x c e l l e n t p a s s e s , t h e p r e s s u r e p a i d off when Bob Middleton scored from c l o s e in at the end of the h a l f . A f t e r the b r e a k , IC kept up the pressure and were u n l u c k y not to s c o r e a l m o s t

straight away when a certain left winger missed again (not q u i t e a s bad a s C h a r i n g Cross, but Close). However g o o d p l a y by I C ' s ' a d o p t e d ' right w i n g e r a n d M i k e I s l e s l e d to M i k e s c o r i n g I C ' s s e c o n d g o a l . A t t h i s point the game opened up and the play moved q u i c k l y from e n d t o e n d , both t e a m s c o m i n g c l o s e to s c o r i n g the vital goal. However n e i t h e r s i d e a d d e d further to the s c o r e s h e e t . T h e game e n d e d on a h i g h note w i t h J a s p e r pursuing their inside right with murderous intent a f t e r h e h a d c h o p p e d d o w n from behind. This was a good performance from the whole team in the second half especially Harry, Mike and C h r i s T e a m : - R Hutson, J Marshall, J Cook, C Parker, H Magnay, K Houlden, AN Other, P Nowell, Mr(& Mrs) Middleton, M Isles, C Parker.

A game of tricks Time: 2.30; Wednesday; P l a c e : H a r l i n g t o n C h a r a c t e r s : IC L a d i e s team (or most of them) and five opposition (reputed to b e l o n g to U C ) . O b v i o u s l y w i t h a 2—1. m a j o r i t y of p l a y e r s IC could not but t hrash their opponents. So U C frightened by this prospect, conceded the match (to g i v e u s t w o p o i n t s in the l e a g u e ) , borrowed s o m e of our p l a y e r s a n d p l a y e d in a f r i e n d l y ' manner. H o w e v e r , after demoralising us by s c o r i n g umpteen g o a l s in t h e f i r s t 5 m i n u t e s they s p r a n g t h e i r next t r i c k by p r o d u c i n g six more p l a y e r s (who h a d found some difficulty in locating the ground) . So they took b a c k the t w o p o i n t s and we began a g a i n . T h i s

t i m e not s o f r i e n d l y , a l t h o u g h they still de-moralised us by s c o r i n g u m p t e e n g o a l s in the f i r s t f i v e m i n u t e s ! H o w e v e r at h a l f t i m e w e p l a y e d a t r i c k o n them by m a g i c a l l y c h a n g i n g our g o a l k e e p e r i n t o a g o a l s c o r i n g f o r w a r d . T h i s t i m e it w a s o u r turn t o be t h e d o m i n a t i n g s i d e , a n d it n e a r l y w o r k e d . B y the e n d of t h e m a t c h w e h a d 3 g o a l s to our c r e d i t w h i c h w a s v e r y p l e a s i n g a n d marred that U C only by the fact had 8 ! O h w e l l w e n e a r l y got 2 points for our efforts. T e a m : L McLardte, L Couchman, C Forsyth, F Delargy, R White, S Horn, J Hawson, D Mousey (Capt), J Dracott, E Hammersley. Goals: J Hawson; J Draoott (2).

counter attack. A King's forward shot against the p o s t , the b a l l w a s c l e a r e d , T e r r y G r i m w a d e m o v e d it o n to S t e v e G e e w h o b r o k e c l e a r and l o b b e d t h e b a l l o v e r the a d v a n c i n g k e e p e r ' s h e a d and i n t o the net. S o o n a f t e r w a r d s an excellent save by the King's goalkeeper prevented IC from g o i n g further a h e a d . However, due to a splendid team e f f o r t , I C h e l d on to win. Steve Bates deserves special mention for an outstanding display in the heart of the d e f e n c e , a n d for his incesant chanting of " E i V e e v o " w h i c h h a s been an inspiration to the team throughout t h e s e a s o n . Team:K Allen, C Howell, S Bates, C Dooley, J lley, G Roberts, T Grimwade, P Singleton, T Lindon, D Rudd, S Gee.

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D E F E N C E S had a hard time on t h i s bumpy p i t c h where a hard h i t pass could bounce a l a r m i n g l y . S o , a s the s c o r e reflects, the attacks had most of it t h e i r own way. C h a l f o u t , on t h e i r home g r o u n d , and obviously u s e d to the c o n d i t i o n s , found t h e i r rhythm quicker than I C , and went into the l e a d . B o b M i d d l e t o n l e v e l l e d the s c o r e s w i t h a w e l l taken reverse-stick f l i c k . T h e p l a y m o v e d from e n d to e n d , m a i n l y due to inability to cut out p a s s e s . IC took the l e a d from a p e n a l t y ' f l i c k ' by Kim Houlden, but Chalfout q u i c k l y came back, and .went 5—2 u p . IC r e c o v e r e d from the

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s h o c k , and a l t h o u g h t h e y had the b e s t of the game from then o n , only one goal came — B o b Middleton s c o r i n g again after good p l a y b y S i g G o l d i n g . A s throughout t h e s e a s o n , the m a i n I C f a i l i n g w a s poor play at short corners. If t h i s i s i m p r o v e d , t h e r e i s no reason why disappointing results shouldn't be left behind, especially considering the good performances by Alan Brown, Bob Middleton, and S i g G o l d i n g . T e a m : - R Hutson, J Marshall, J Cook, J Andrews, A Brown, KHoulden, SGolding, R Fatania, B Middleton, A Ross, C Hardy.

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A F T E R T H E previous w e e k ' s d e f e a t IC L a c r o s s e C l u b n e e d e d a restorative tonic. This m a t c h p r o v e d to be j u s t what the d o c t o r o r d e r e d . O n c e a g a i n IC trooped off to d a r k e s t O r p i n g t o n , a c o u p l e of p l a y e r s s h o r t , but in good spirits a s they had b e a t e n L e e about t w o months b e f o r e , a g a i n w i t h a d e f i c i t of p l a y e r s . Imagine IC's delight when, on t a k i n g to the f i e l d of p l a y , L e e p r o v e d to h a v e one p l a y e r less. T h e match itself w a s really quite enjoyable, as IC for o n c e d i d not h a v e a n u p h i l l b a t t l e . M o s t of the p l a y w a s in L e e ' s half, w h i c h proved a m i t e b o r i n g for I C ' s d e f e n c e , and l e d to them m a k i n g many runs into the a t t a c k . It w a s good to see the forwards b u i l d i n g up t h e i r a t t a c k s rather t h a n r u n n i n g s t r a i g h t at g o a l . Derek S e n n e r and Martin Smeaton set up s o m e v e r y good m o v e s a n d , if not for good g o a l k e e p i n g , would have

s c o r e d more often than they, d i d . D e n n i s K e h o e , who w a s did playing his first match, extremely w e l l , drawing his d e f e n c e man out from in front of g o a l , and o n c e g e t t i n g on the score sheet. Richard Forster, while playing only his second game, showed that he c o u l d d e v e l o p into a very useful and powerful player, scoring four times. Crosby's equivalent of the thing from the pit d i d h i s usual stuff and s c o r e d and s c o r e d , greedy b u s t a r d . P a u l J e p s o n and B i l l J a c k s o n in d e f e n c e , d i d a l l o t of running about a n d q u i c k l y terminated m o s t of L e e ' s a t t a c k s . M e a n -while the goalkeeper and c a p t a i n , w h o s e name I forget, let in three g o a l s . We ought to h a v e m a t c h e s l i k e t h i s more o f t e n . T e a m : - Bob Strangeway (Capt), Bill Jackson, Paul Jepson, Quasimodo; Derek Senner, Richard Forster, Dennis Kehoe, Martin Smeaton.

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T h i s m o r n i n g s match yet a g a i n s h o w e d t h a t , in m o s t c a s e s , youthful verve, growing e x p e r i e n c e and c o n f i d e n c e , and and h a n g o v e r s are no m a t c h for the age a n d w i s d o m of a c l u b side. With no p l a y e r s l o s t to upper t e a m s , the s i d e . w a s s t r o n g although l a c k i n g some regular players. In the f i r s t twenty m i n u t e s we c a u s e d our own t r o u b l e , p l a y ' n g w e l l but not t o g e t h e r l e a v i n g our own ' h a l f . When eventually our line was c r o s s e d 't w a s due to, a s in the following, 'our tires, missed t a c k l i n g , 'h m o v e s l e a d i n g up to the s c o r e . O u r problem w a s g r e a t e s t in not b e i n g a b l e to p r o v i d e the b a c k s w i t h good b a l l from the s e t s c r u m e v e n though T o n y F i t z g e r a l d w a s hooking. The Osterley grey h a i r e d r o n t row s p l i t ours apart leaving nothing for u s to push a g a i n s t . B y , the end of t h e f i r s t half w e had s t a r t e d to m a t c h O s t e r l e y but no more. f

H o w e v e r , the s e c o n d h a l f , saw a complete turnabout w i t h the A ' s p u t t i n g a lot of pressure on, as the front eight w o r k e d more a s a u n i t . This work rate eventually brought its rewards and a good handling move, from a l o o s e m a u l , by f o r w a r d s and backs, squeezed Bob Leeson into the c o m e r . A f t e r that the pressure dropped allowing O s t e r l e y to Improve on t h e i r l e a d . E v e n though w e m a t c h e d them, they w e r e h a n d e d p o i n t s by b e i n g a l l o w e d to run and throw the b a l l a r o u n d . The result was disappointing a s the team w o r k e d hard a n d earnestly, but hopefully we have benefitted from this match. Thanks must go to Ian McLean for his excellent r e f e r e e i n g a n d to a l l p l a y e r s for t u r n i n g up on t i m e . T e a m : - R Pullen, A Gregory, C Becque, R Leeson, S Kegs, J Thomas, G Sweatman, R Oyler, T Fitzgerald, S Downing, R Porter, C Cuthbertson, N Wiltshire, R Jenner, S Braurid.

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LAST WEEK the 1st team c o m p l e t e d the f i r s t h a l f of t h e i r league programme with an a w a y g a m e at B S C a n d a home game a g a i n s t t h e Z o o . L a s t term w e had gone to BSC and beaten them 5-4 in the c u p in a very tough g a m e . T h i s t i m e h o w e v e r , they had a much better third player in t h e i r t e a m , and w e r e out for r e v e n g e . K a W e i w a s in v e r y g o o d form a n d w o n all his three g a m e s , but C o l i n a n d . I c o u l d n ' t k e e p up the s t a n d a r d , a n d a f t e r e i g h t s e t s the s c o r e w a s four a l l . In the f i n a l s e t t h e i r number o n e p l a y e r beat Colin in three games to c l i n c h the m a t c h . T h e match a g a i n s t the Z o o was very- different. O n our home groun d a n d s m a r t i n g from d e f e a t the p r e v i o u s e v e n i n g we s w e p t to a 7â&#x20AC;&#x201D;0 l e a d b e f o r e the Z o o m a n a g e d to w i n an enthralling eighth set which contained 5 nances. T h e w i n a g a i n s t the Z o o

left u s in s e c o n d p l a c e in the l e a g u e at the h a l f w a y stage having lost 2 games; one to top. p l a c e H a r r o w R o a d p o l i c e (unbeaten a s yet) a n d the o t h e r to fourth p l a c e B S c . C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s to William H o w h o l e a d s the d i v i s i o n a l a v e r a g e s w i t h 1QO% r e c o r d . T h e s e c o n d s s t i l l h a v e one game to p l a y to r e a c h the h a l f w a y p o i n t in t h e i r l e a g u e . If they w i n t h i s m a t c h they w i l l move into t hir d p l a c e w h i c h i s a v e r y good a c h i e v e m e n t c o n s i d e r ing they l o s t t h e i r f i r s t three league matches. Congratulations also to Y e e M i n Y i u w h o beat V l a d i m i r Pozdniakov i n the f i n a l of the o p e n k n o c k o u t at the end of l a s t t e r m . L e t s s e e if he c a n r e a c h the f i n a l of t h i s terms handicap knockout, (although I doubt it w i t h me deciding the handicap he receives!). T r e v o r Walker

SMASHING ALL previous records, the Orienteering C l u b d e s c e n d e d upon G r e a t W o o d , Potters Bar in undreamt of numbers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; f i f t e e n ! With s u c h numbers s u r e l y s u c c e s s must f o l l o w ? N e a r l y , but not q u i t e , a s our i n t r e p i d C a p t a i n D a v e R o s e n w a s p u s h e d into s e c o n d p l a c e on the ' A ' c o u r s e by Alistair Doyle (Captain, U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n C l u b ) . T h e rest of u s had Some very good e x c u s e s . . . . O n the 'A' course Alan Leakey, "I had a n arguement w i t h a rabbit hole", was 27th in 78 m i n u t e s , 20 m i n u t e s b e h i n d the w i n n e r . T h e e v e r i m p r o v i n g R o b A l l i n s o n f i n i s h e d in 8 7 minutes. Unfortunately he m i s s e d a control and s o was beaten by P e t e J o h n s o n (42nd) Ian Isherwood (51st) and S t e v e , "I got l o s t " , Webb (57th). B e t t e r

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l u c k next time R o b ! What about the other c o u r s e s , y o u may w e l l a s k ? W e l l on the 'B' c o u r s e Imperial did not bother to e n t e r a n y o n e , s o w e d i d not d o v e r y w e l l t h e r e ! T h e m a i n entry w a s on the 6km long ' C course which although shorter, was still technically quite difficult. Encouraging results here from Michael Bloom, placed 37th and James Sinclair, first 48th; whilst, on her attempt at Orienteering, B e v e r l e y Davis d i d w e l l to c o m p l e t e the ' E ' c o u r s e . Next Sunday, the c l u b hits Gallowstree Common near Reading where a 'National Badge Event' is being held. We w i l l be t a k i n g a m i n i b u s and h o p e t o d o e v e n b e t t e r than l a s t S u n d a y . Alan Leakey

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"Israel can never become a secular state T H A T W A S t h e s t a t e m e n t made by Mr H u c k f i e l d , M P for Nuneaton and C h a i r m a n of the "Labour friends of I s r a e l " , at I C last when speaking Tuesday. Mr Hucklefield was a late replacement for Mr E r i c Moonman who w a s o r i g i n a l l y i n v i t e d b y t he J e w i s h S o c i e t y to s p e a k o n t h e t o p i c " A s a n e p o l i c y i n t he M i d d l e E a s t " . Mr H u c k f i e l d a l t h o u g h not himself Jewish, declared h i s staunch support f o r Israel a s the o n l y d e m o c r a t i c s o c i a l i s t country i n the Middle E a s t . H e d i d not s e e I s r a e l a s a bulwark against Communism, or t h e S o v i e t U n i o n ; b u t rather as a p l a c e w h e r e " d e m o c r a c y w o r k s " and, "democracy looks as i f i t h a s e v e r y i n t e n t i o n o f surviving. Mr Huckfield expressed c o n c e r n at what h e s a w a s t he d r i f t o f p u b l i c o p i n i o n away

from I s r a e l . H e s u g g e s t e d tha* there s h o u l d be a n e w i n i t i a t i v e to solve the from Israel refugee p r o b l e m . T h e I s r a e l i Government should negotiate with any representative of the P a l e s t i n i a n s , " w h o h a v e as much r i g h t t o e x i s t a s a p e o p l e a s t he I s r a e l i s , " This i n i t i a t i v e , w h i c h might i n c l u d e the s e t t i n g - u p o f a W e s t - B a n k S t a t e , w o u l d form w o r l d p u b l i c opinion on the A r a b response. Rejecting the i d e a o f a secular, non-religous State of Israel, h e s a i d that it would produce a similar s i t u a t i o n to t h e L e b a n o n . If the P a l e s t i n i a n p r o b l e m w a s s o l v e d , he s a w a " s i m m e r i n g down", i n the M i d d l e E a s t , and e v e n t u a l l y , a n I s r a e l w i t h secure frontiers, peacefully co-exisint with neighbouring Arab States.

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R C S say no to disaffiliation T H E R C S U n i o n meeting on decided, by a majority of o v e r 2 to 1 w i t h a l a r g e number of abstentions, that ICU s h o u l d r e m a i n a f f i l i a t e d to the National Union of Students (NUS). T h e d e c i s i o n , embodied i n a motion p r o p o s e d by M r Brightman, President RCSU, came after t he i s s u e h a d b e e n d i s c u s s e d b y t he m e e t i n g . Mr B r i g h t m a n , s p e n i n g t he discussion, said that there had been growing discontent over t he y e a r s with N U S . aspects of "The political NUS are not in line with student thinking", he s a i d . He t h o u gh t that other u n i v e r s i t i e s might p u l l o u t of N U S i f I C w e r e to d o s o . S e v e r a l other s e n i o r o f f i c e r s o f Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n wer e a l s o at the m e e t i n g a n d g a v e their v i e w s . Mr R i z Shakir, I C U D P , u r g e d t he m e e t i n g to look at what N U Sdid. "The Executive (of NUS) only do things to further their political careers", he s a i d . Referring to t he c u t s in education spending, Mr S h a k i r s a i d that t he N U S h a d made no i m p a c t i n i t s attempts to h a v e t h e s e c u t s r e v e r s e d . What t he N U S s h o u l d b e d o i n g is to h e l p the w o r s e o f f s t u d e n t s s u c h a s the o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s , i n s t e a d of d a s h i n g off to s i g n 17-page c o m m u n i q u e s on the state o f the w o r l d â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

something which N U S knew nothing about. Ms Mary Attenborough, Maths D e p R e p , however, d i d not f e e l the same w a y . T h e s t a t e o f the w o r l d w a s important she s a i d , a n d c l a i m e d that the other s p e a k e r s w e r e a d o p t i n g a sour g r a p e s a t t i t u d e . T h e way to get things done w a s b y p u t t i n g i n m o t i o n s to n a t i o n a l c o n f e r e n c e â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I C d i d not d o so for the Scarborough Conference. Mr T o n y F i t z g e r a l d , P h y s i c s D e p R e p , s a i d that N U S h a d done a great d e a l f o r s t u d e n t s . "an effort is required to make it (NUS) more representative. It is up to the individual student to put their viewpoint in the forum of NUS" he s a i d . He concluded: "We must work hard and democratically to make NUS what we want it to be instead of sitting on our backsides". This was also the l i n e a d o p t e d e a r l i e r i n t he m e e t i n g Mr Derrick Everett, by External Affairs Officer. H o w e v e r , h e d i d n o t t h i n k that the time f o r a d e c i s i o n h a d a r r i v e d . H e w a n t e d t he d e c i s i o n d e f e r r e d u n t i l the 19th F e b r u a r y When C h a r l e s C l a r k e , P r e s i d e n t N U S and Ian M i n n i s , P r e s i d e n t A s t o n U n i v e r s i t y w i l l b e at I C for a debate o n N U S . r

Sue is Bo' Belle T H E C & G Union meeting started at 1.15pm w i t h t he E x e c rushing in with Theta. T h i s brought the w h o l e room to i t s feet a n d after a s h o w e r o f paper d a r t s the m e e t i n g b e g a n its b u s i n e s s . After a plug for the Engineers Dinner and D a n c e there f o l l o w e d t he " t r a i l " of M e s s r s D o y l e a n d F o s t e r , members o f t he E x e c , both a c c u s e d o f m i s s i n g the l a s t bar night. T h e two g e n t l e m e n , bound and gagged, pleaded a n d were s e n t e n c e d to guilty be d o w s e d b y a f i r e h o s e beside Queen's Tower. There followed a d i s c u s s i o n o n d i s s a f f i l i a t i o n from N U S a n d John Downs gave a short s p e e c h to o u t l i n e the f a c t o r s involved. This was followed by t he B o ' B e l l e election.

There was originally . only one female c a n d i d a t e , Sue Winterburn of C C D I, the other candidate was Tom Fisher of G u i l d s h e e t fame. A f t e r some o n t he s p o t r e c r u i t i n g , f i v e l a d i e s a n d o n e gent s t o o d for t h e p o s t . A s e x p e c t e d the vote w a s v e r y m u c h for T o m F i s h e r a n d S u e W i n t e r b u r n , the others receiving very little support . (John Downs gave ample support to n e a r l y a l l those w h o s t o o d ( h i s h a n d w a s up at l e a s t four t i m e s . ) was decided after a Jt c o u n t , . that T o m F i s h e r w a s elected Bo 'Belle. This d i s a p p o i n t e d the C C D c r o w d . However, after offering a f e e b l e e x c u s e a n d a n urge to tradition, T o m F i s h e r resigned and S u e Winterburn became Bo 'Belle;