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L A S T J U N E a Working P a r t y R e p o r t r e c o m m e n d e d that a l l the U n i o n p e r s o n n e l s h o u l d work o n t h e same f l o o r o f the building —referring specifically to the U n i o n Receptionist, Mrs Pamela Vohnstone. A c c o r d i n g l y , the maintenance department in Sherfield Building were notified, for the first time, l a s t September. T h e y were notified again in November, twice in December, and again in January.

Two internal phones have been transferred, and a l s o the PA S y s t e m , but t h e three most important fixtures, the Union Receptionist's n o t . We telephones, have believe that the E s t a t e s Secretary i s t r y i n g to arrange a speedy transfer.

NUS Travel T a k e o f f to f a r a w a y p l a c e s w i t h the N U S T r a v e l R o a d s h o w o n at U L U , M a l e t Street, WC1 from 11.00am to 6.00pm today.

Displays, exhibitions, movies, m u s i c - l i g h t s h o w s , mammoth p r i z e s o f return f l i g h t s to the far E a s t , U S A a n d C a n a d a .

Sport prizes: Free return trip to E u r o p e , American beer, Australian lager, travel b a g s and L P s from Virgin Records.

A l l students i n v i t e d .

A l s o a v a i l a b l e n o w i s the N U S brochure ' H o l i d a y 7 6 ' .

It c o n t a i n s i n f o r m a t i o n o n a range o f i n c l u s i v e two w e e k h o l i d a y s i n the s u n . T h o s e wishing to book places s h o u l d d o s o soon b e c a u s e p l a c e s are g o i n g f a s t .

COPY D A T E A l l c o p y that m i s s e s the d e a d l i n e w i l l be z a p p e d to s m i t h e r e e n s j C o p y d e a d l i n e i s Monday 16th a t 2.00 p m .

A M A N w a s arrested on F r i d a y night for the a l l e g e d theft of a handbag, f o l l o w i n g a s c u f f l e with p o l i c e in the U n i o n Building'.

A t about 11 o ' c l o c k , i n a d i s c o h e l d i n the U n i o n Lower Refectory, a girl noticed a man taking her f r i e n d ' s h a n d b a g . She w a t c h e d h i m c a r r y the b a g o u t o f the disco a n d i n t o the m e n ' s toilet.

H e emerged again, w i t h o u t the b a g a n d w a n d e r e d into the L o w e r L o u n g e . T h e g i r l then t o l d the p e r s o n o n the door what h a d h a p p e n e d .

He immediately recruited

s e v e r a l w i l l i n g h e l p e r s from B a r , w h o then the Union c o l l e c t i v e l y apprehended a n d detained the c u l p r i t and three o f h i s friends. The suspect w a s searched and f oun d to be i n p o s s e s s i o n o f a n i n o r d i n a t e amount o f small change a n d a l o t of note s .

The police were then c a l l e d and half-a-dozen plain clothes policemen quickly on the scene.

A arrived scuffle broke out during q u e s t i o n i n g o f the suspect b y the p o l i c e a n d s e v e r a l c h a i r s i n the L o w e r L o u n g e

Overseas students being discriminated against MR CHRIS KOUROUNIOTIS, opening the General Meeting of O v e r s e a s Students last Wednesday, said "the increase i n o v e r s e a s student f e e s i s not just an attack on overseas student , but part o f the g e n e r a l p o l i c y to rationalise higher e d u c a t i o n " .

The meeting w a s being h e l d to discuss the campaign against these fee increases and to adopt t a c t i c s f o r the campaign.

A l s o present at the meeting was Mr T r e v o r Phillips, NUS Vice-president with responsibility for oversea s s t u d e n t s . H e s p o k e o f the "vicious press campaign against a particular section o f the s t u d e n t b o d y , ( o v e r s e a s students)".

There were five basic lies being p r o p a g a t e d , he s a i d , i n the media in a n attempt to divide public a n d student opinion about overseas students.

It w a s not true, for i n s t a n c e , to i m p l y that a l l overseas students were rich as the ' D a i l y E x p r e s s ' h a d suggested in i t s article on May Y a h m a n i ' s a c c e p t a n c e to Oxbridge.

Three-quarters of

were k n o c k e d over.

The man w a s identified, by the g i r l i n B e i t Q u a d a n d w a s c h a r g e d at G e r a l d R d police station the next morning. the d i s c o , p e o p l e After were told to check that their b e l o n g i n g s were safe and i t t r a n s p i r e d that s e v e r a l h a n d b a g s were m i s s i n g . T h e following day, numerou s wallets and purses wer e d i s c o v e r e d i n a c i s t e r n i n the men's toilet, a l t h o u g h the handbag seen taken has not y e t b e e n f o u n d .

It i s thought that this i n c i d e n t m a y be c o n n e c t e d with a s e r i e s of thefts i n various colleges a n d the prompt a r r i v a l o f the p o l i c e w o u l d s e e m to i n d i c a t e t h i s .

T h a t same e v e n i n g a h a n d b a g w a s s t o l e n from B e i t H a l l , and a r t i c l e s have been taken from p r e v i o u s d i s c o s . T h e r e is bound to b e stricter control o f entry at t h e s e i n future, a s the events thief was from outside Imperial College and only card-carrying students are supposed to be admitted.

One of the wallets recovered w a s owned by FELIX staff member, I a n M o r s e . A l l money h a d b e e n removed from the w a l l e t , w h i c h w a s s t o l e n l a s t term; but s i x t i c k e t s f o r a " l O c c " concert next week wer e in place, though a still l i t t l e d a m p . H e h o p e s they w i l l dry o u t i n time.

ELECTIONS Trev Phillips overseas students finance and only a themselves further 7 % c a m e from w e a l t h y O P E C countries.

Although many distinguished peers and influential educationalists have spoken out a g a i n s t the i n c r e a s e i n overseas students fees, is going the Government ahea d w i t h i t s p l a n s to do s o .

A n official policy group o f the C a b i n e t w h i c h h a s b e e n l o o k i n g i n t o the q u e s t i o n has recently recommended Continued on back page

Papers forthe sabbatical posts a n d the p o s t o f D P w i l l be c o m i n g d o w n next F r i d a y , 20th February, Candidates wishing to h a v e p u b l i c i t y p r i n t e d b y F E L I X s h o u l d h a n d i n ait w o r k by 9 am F r i d a y , 20th F e b r u a r y .

RAG COMMITTEE Imperial C o l l e g e R a g c o m m i t tee w d u l d l i k e to e x t e n d t h e i r t h a n k s to the P a k i s t a n S o c i e t y for h o l d i n g a c o l l e c t i o n for R a g last Saturday.

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AERO F r i d a y 13th IC Film S o c present " O L U C K Y M A N " . Great H a l l .

A d m by membership o n l y .

Ents disco.

U L R 8.00pm.

A d m I Op. Q E C : St V a l e n t i n e ' s D a n c e WITH " P A L M B E A C H E X P R E S S " p l u s d i s c o . 8.00pm New Common Room B a r .

Adm 40p.

OPSOC: " U T O P I A LIMITED"

by Gilbert & S u l l i v a n . U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l . 7.30pm. T i c k e t s 60p & 8 0 p .

IC B A N G L A D E S H SOCIETY: G e n e r a l M e e t i n g at 5.30pm i n the J C R ( S o u t h s i d e ) . N e w members w e l c o m e .

Saturday 14th L a s t n i g h t of the O p e r a t i c Society's performance of "UTOPIA LIMITED" by Gilbert & S u l l i v a n i n the Union Concert H a l l . 7.30pm.

T i c k e t s 60p & 8 0 p .

I C E n t s present " B O Y S O F T H E L O U G H " and R I C H A R D D I G A N C E i n support. Great H a l l . 8.00pm. A d m : 7 0 p I C a d v ; 8 0 p a d v ; £ 1 . 0 0 at the door.

Sunday 15th IC Catholic Society: Folk E v e n i n g at More H o u s e , 53 Cromwell Road.

7.30pm.

Musicians especially welcome.

Adm F R E E .

Monday 16th I C T M S O C : T a p e meeting.

E l e c E n g 6 0 6 . 5. 45pm .

WELLSOC: " T H E SCIENCE OF SPIRITUAL ENERGY".

A talk by OWEN K W A T E R S , (The Aethenus Society).

Mech E n g 220. 7.30pm.

I C IS S O C : D i s c u s s i o n group— " T H E POLITICS O F I S " speaker NIGEL COWARD. 1 2 . 3 0 - 1 . 3 0 p m . N e w H u x l e y 540 T u e s d a y 17th ASSOCIATED STUDIES: The Strangers N e x t Door 2 . T h e Royal Geographical Society.

SIR DUNCAN CUMMING, President R G S . Theatre A , S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g . 1.30pm.

The P o l i t i c s o f South-East Asia 2. Changing Patterns in Foreign P o l i c y — J O H N

TUSA, Broadcaster and commentator o n A s i a n P o l i t i c s .

Theatre B , Sherfield B u i l d i n g .

1.30pm.

S O C I A L I S T S O C I E T Y : Open meeting " W H Y WE BOYCOTT", a film about Mexican grape pickers in California, will be shown.

Discussion afterwards with a representative from the U n i t e d Farm Workers. Mech E n g 3 4 2 . 1.00pm A d m l O p .

HALL DINNER in the Sherfield Building 7.00 for 7.30pm. S e e P a t i n the Union Office by 1 2 . 0 0 noon today.

T M S O C : Introductory t a l k .

E l e c E n g 606. 5.45pm.

JEWISH SOCIETY: "WHAT IS Z I O N I S M ? " - A t a l k by N A H U M S H E N , E m i s s a r y of Mapam, Israel Labour Party.

M e c h E n g 6 6 4 . 1.20pm.

IC R A I L W A Y S O C I E T Y . " T H E RAILWAY PRESERVATION S O C I E T Y O F I R E L A N D IN 1975" A t a l k by Mr L MCALLISTER. Mech E n g 6 6 4 . 5. 40pm .

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COMPETITIONS PHOTOGRAPHIC

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Prints or Slides B/W or Colour Aviation Subjects Only lOp per entry

Plastic scale Models Any Standard Scale 25p For 1st Entry 20p For 2nd Entry lap Each Thereafter.

For R u l e s and D e t a i l s Contact Nigel Williams ( A e r o 2)

Adrian Jones ( A e r o 2)

L a s t D a t e F o r E n t r i e s : M a r c h 12th O p e n to e v e r y o n e i n C o l l e g e .

Wednesday 18th IC FOLK CLUB: Union L o w e r Refectory. 8.00pm.

N e w s p a p e r o f Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n

T h u r s d a y 19th ASSOCIATED STUDIES: The Documentar y F i l m Movement Films: NIGHT M A I L and NORTH S E A . Theatre A, Sherfield B u i l d i n g .

LUNCH-HOUR CONCERT. The Library, 53 P r i n c e * s Gate.

ENTS FILM: " T A L E S FROM T H E C R I P T " . Mech E n g 2 2 0 .

6. 30pm A d m l O p .

F r i d a y 20th IC FILM S O C : present "NADA".

Mech Eng 220.

7 . 1 5 p m . A d m by m e m b e r s h i p IC E N T S H O P : " S P A R R O W " plus disco. Union Concert H a l l . 8.00pm A d n 5 0 p .

Saturday 21st ENTS CONCERT: "KURSAAL FLIERS" plus support.

Great Hall.

8.00pm. A d m : IC adv 9 0 p ; a d v £1.00; at the door £ 1 . 2 0 .

l JEZEBEL DINNER w i t h guest s p e a k e r LORD MONTAGU OF

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and a show o f veteran v e h i c l e s F r i d a y 27th F e b : R a l l y 6.00 D i n n e r 7.00 for 7 . 3 0 Queens Tower Sherfield T i c k e t s (inc rally): C3.00 R C S , £ 4 . 2 0 others from Soc. Reps or R C S U O H i c e Dress: Lounge Suit or Equivalent

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CHINESE SOCIETY I C C S S A W in the C h i n e s e New Y e a r last w e e k with a social gathering which went off w e l l despite the late t e a and a f i l m e n t i t l e d " L o n g Way F r o m H o m e " a f i l m about the d i f f e r e n t l i f e s t y l e s of a group of Chinese students going to America to study.

The s u c c e s s of the e v e n i n g w a s e v i d e n c e d by t h e enjoyment of a l l w h o a t t e n d e d .

In the next f e w w e e k s , the i n t e r c o l l e g i a t e games between the C h i n e s e s o c i e t i e s of the colleges forming LUCSCS, take p l a c e . We a r e c o m p e t i n g in a number of games a n d sports.

Practice for t h e s e forthcoming games i s b e i n g in the form of a provided competition within ICCS — an Inter-year Games If you are competition. r e a s o n a b l y good at p l a y i n g

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various games, including table tennis, c h e s s , squash e t c , or a r e j u s t out for some f u n , then p l e a s e c o n t a c t t h e Sports S e c r e t a r y — w e n e e d p l a y e r s for the i n t e r - c o l l e g i a t e games.

In a d d i t i o n to the a b o v e , ICCS h a s arranged a day t r i p to B a t h at a c o s t of £2 per p e r s o n . T h o s e i n t e r e s t e d in t h i s o u t i n g s h o u l d c o n t a c t ICCS as soon a s p o s s i b l e .

L a s t but by no m e a n s l e a s t is Angles, the LUCSCS bi-annual maqazine. A r t i c l e s , stories, opinions and s o on in both E n g l i s h and C h i n e s e w o u l d be most w e l c o m e for the next i s s u e .

Information and e n q u i r i e s on a n y of the a b o v e c a n be o b t a i n e d from the C o m m i t t e e lunch and at our T u e s d a y are times meetings which still being held in Elec Eng 606.

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" It's your Union, it's up to you."

P R O F I L E : Peter Teague A F R I E N D o n c e remarked that he f i r s t met Peter in t h e i r first ever Mathematics l e c t u r e at I C , and h i s immediate i m p r e s s i o n was that P e t e was d e s t i n e d to be a l e a d e r . T h i s was in September • 1972 when Pete arrived, a green Brummy f r e s h e r s i n c e t h e n , he h a s not look e d b a c k .

However, he disarmingly denies that it w a s e v e r h i s i n t e n t i o n e i t h e r to be R C S p r e s i d e n t or I C U p r e s i d e n t ; "I c a m e to C o l l e g e and I w a s g o i n g to get a f i r s t , pure and s i m p l e . I w a s g o i n g to enjoy my M a t h e m a t i c s , and that w a s g o i n g to be my l i f e s t y l e . I a l s o wanted to take part in the s o c i a l l i f e — that i s when I s t a r t e d to do t h i n g s in the H a l l of R e s i d e n c e . " His p l a n s were f i n a l l y shattered at the end of h i s f i r s t term. "It s o o n k n o c k e d into me that I w a s n ' t g o i n g to get a f i r s t , and a l s o that M a t h e m a t i c s at U n i v e r s i t y w a s very much d i f f e r e n t from the M a t h s I'd done at s c h o o l , far more i n t e n s e , and I c o u l d n ' t s p e n d a s much time on it as I'd initially thought".

S o , P e t e s e t t l e d down to t a k e part fully in C o l l e g e l i f e and thoroughly e n j o y e d h i m s e l f , a p r o c e s s that h a s been c o n t i n u o u s to today in h i s r o l e a s I C U P r e s i d e n t - " a job that i s not e n t i r e l y what a lot of p e o p l e t h i n k " .

A s he s e e s it, it i s a m u l t i - f a c e t e d job , but he h a s found one a s p e c t of it rather d i s a p p o i n t i n g : the length of h i s term of o f f i c e .

"Any CCU president should be there, in my o p i n i o n , first and foremost a s C C U p r e s i d e n t , and s e c o n d l y a s V P of I C U " . " O n e of the f i r s t t h i n g s I learnt w h e n c o m i n g i n t o o f f i c e w a s how short a y e a r i s . I went to the B r i s t o l S a b b a t i c a l Officers' Conference and the first t h i n g I r e a l i s e d w a s how l i t t l e I c o u l d c h a n g e in a y e a r , how few c o n c r e t e t h i n g s I c o u l d look b a c k on and s a y , "that's b e c a u s e of m e " . T h a t has been r e - e n f o r c e d by the f a c t that a lot of t h i n g s c o m i n g to f r u i t i o n t h i s y e a r were s t a r t e d by Norman S a y l e s two y e a r s a g o . But I enjoy the job.

"I've found, though, that it is a lot of work, and a lot of it r e v o l v e s around the o f f i c e . Y o u tend to get t i e d to the o f f i c e very m u c h " . C o n s e q u e n t l y , h e h a s not been a b l e to meet a s many p e o p l e a s he w o u l d h a v e w i s h e d . In t h i s s e n s e , he f e e l s he w a s better off a s R C S U p r e s i d e n t — a role w h i c h i s d r a s t i c a l l y different from that of I C U P r e s i d e n t , a l t h o u g h I C U i s very important, a c o m i n g together of the C C U ' s , h e s t i l l f e e l s that " a n y C C U p r e s i d e n t s h o u l d be there, in my o p i n i o n , f i r s t and foremost a s C C U p r e s i d e n t , and s e c o n d l y as V P of I C U " .

Pete received a traditional education; he went to the l o c a l primary s c h o o l — in the n e x t road — and then on to a l o c a l grammar s c h o o l , w h e r e , i n c i d e n t a l l y , he took O-level m u s i c and art. A bright s t u d e n t , he p a s s e d out of grammar s c h o o l w i t h four A - l e v e l s , in M a t h s (2) E c o n o m i c s and P h y s i c s . H e then h a d to c h o o s e between M a t h e m a t i c s and E c o n o m i c s — he took the former - a c h o i c e w h i c h he s o m e t i m e s w o n d e r s about.

S i n c e c o m i n g to IC he h a s not been

a b l e to pursue m u s i c or art, although he s t i l l s i n g s , o c c a s i o n a l l y , in the c h u r c h c h o i r when he g o e s home. (He u s e d - to play the s a x o p h o n e in the s c h o o l o r c h e s t r a , but he gave up on coming to IC.) "The only extracurricular activity I've p u r s u e d s i n c e c o m i n g to IC w a s D r a m s o c , w h i c h I j o i n e d in my f i r s t y e a r . T h a t ' s how I got to know J o h n D o w n s — w e both s t a r t e d in D r a m s o c at the s a m e time as f r e s h e r s " . would l i k e to think I c o u l d "...I reasonably s u c c e s s f u l " .

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An organisation Pete was actively i n v o l v e d w i t h for many y e a r s i s the B r i t i s h R e d C r o s s S o c i e t y , of w h i c h h e i s s t i l l a member (he j o i n e d when he w a s ten y e a r s o l d ) . A s an o f f i c e r of the B R C S he v i s i t e d F i n l a n d on an international w o r k - c a m p , and he h a s m a i n t a i n e d c o n t a c t w i t h h i s f r i e n d s in the B R C S - t h i s E a s t e r they are off on a barge t r i p around North W a l e s .

H i s i m m e d i a t e a m b i t i o n , on l e a v i n g I C i s , a s h e puts it, " t o c a r v e m y s e l f the b e g i n n i n g s of some sort of c a r e e r and s e t t l e down to l i v i n g in L o n d o n o u t s i d e of C o l l e g e . " "As for long term p r o s p e c t s , it i s d i f f i c u l t to t e l l u n t i l y o u ' v e g o n e out and s e t t l e d d o w n , but I w o u l d l i k e to t h i n k that | c o u l d be r e a s o n a b l y s u c c e s s f u l , " he s a y s .

P e t e l i k e s to enjoy h i m s e l f , and is w e l l known a s a s o c i a l i t e throughout College.

His reputation has landed h i m in o n e or two unfortunate s i t u a t i o n s , the most memorable of t h e s e b e i n g at last y e a r ' s Smoking C o n c e r t .

E a r l i e r , he and A l Littleford (a great friend) had d e c l a r e d " a l l out war"— s u g a r in b e d , U— b e n d s , e t c — on e a c h o t h e r . A t the S m o k i n g C o n c e r t , P e t e e x e r c i s e d what he terms " p r e s i d e n t ' s prerogative" and became somewhat says, inebriated in an attempt, he "to m a k e the e v e n i n g a l i t t l e bit different."

He was subsequently ' p u s h e d — d r a g g e d ' o n t o the s t a g e w i t h the s t r i p p e r , w h o then s a i d s h e w o u l d l i k e s o m e o n e e l s e on s t a g e , and P e t e d u t i f u l l y o b l i g e d by s i n g l i n g out A l to her, and he too made h i s impromptu debut. " W h e n he ( A l ) got h a l f w a y up on s t a g e I s a i d , 'there y o u a r e , A l , you a s k e d for w a r , you got w a r . ' A f t e r S m o k i n g C o n c e r t we d e c i d e d to c a l l a permanent truce."

"It l o o k s a s if IC w i l l d e c i d e to stay in ( N U S ) , but I think for all the wrong r e a s o n s " .

"Another time was when Stan A r n o l d , the infamous c a b a r e t artist, c a m e to do the ICWA f r e s h e r s d i n n e r l a s t y e a r , and s t a y e d in my room. A l had d o n e me in that night, taken my U—bend off. B u t then he ( A l ) had an u n u s u a l fit of c o n s c i e n c e and c l i m b e d b a c k into my room and s c r e w e d the U—• bend b a c k on a g a i n , but c o u l d n ' t get it on p r o p e r l y . Stan A r n o l d went off to my room after the c a b a r e t , and h e ' d got a s t i n k i n g c o l d . H a l f an hour later he d e c i d e s to take a c o u p l e of a s p i r i n s , turns the c o l d w a t e r tap f u l l o n , and g e t s water a l l o v e r h i s f e e t . Stan

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t a k e s h i s a s p i r i n s and l e a v e s a note on the s i n k , " D o not u s e t h i s s i n k — U—bend l e a k s . " " S o I got b a c k and went to b e d . I got u p , had a w a s h (in the bathroom) and d i s a p p e a r e d off to l e c t u r e s n e x t m o r n i n g . I t o l d Ian R e d w o o d that Stan w a s s l e e p i n g in my room, to w a k e him up and g i v e him a c u p of c o f f e e . S o , Ian went b a c k , but the s i g n had d i s a p p e a r e d from the s i n k . Ian w a l k s i n t o the room, and before Stan c a n s a y a n y t h i n g Ian h a s gone o v e r to the s i n k and turned the tap f u l l on — w a t e r e v e r y w h e r e . Ian turns the tap off and g o e s out to the l a n d i n g and b o r r o w s a s p o n g e from the c l e a n e r , and m o p s a l l the water up w i t h it. T h e n h e w r i n g s out the s p o n g e into the s i n k " P e t e b e c a m e a c t i v e l y i n v o l v e d in R C S U through h e l p i n g R o n K i l l b u i l d the R C S R a g F l o a t . T h e n , a s he p u t s it, he got " c o n n e d " into b e c o m i n g R C S E n t s c h a i r m a n , in h i s s e c o n d y e a r ,

by S & D P u p p e t e e r s — " t h e b i g e l e c t i o n r i g g e r s in R C S in t h o s e d a y s . T h e i r p l a c e h a s been t a k e n K J P r o d u c t i o n s this y e a r s . " B u t he f e e l s that e l e c t i o n s h a v e c o m e round a l l too s o o n . A l t h o u g h he w i l l be r e l u c t a n t to go, it i s important, he s a y s , that there i s a c h a n g e e v e r y y e a r , b e c a u s e it i s a job w h i c h c o n s t a n t l y n e e d s new i d e a s and a n e w approach — stagnation would otherwise be a p o s s i b i l i t y .

T h e U n i o n h a s been run t h i s y e a r in a very b u s i n e s s - l i k e manner, and t h i s , P e t e c o n c u r s , h e l p e d g i v e the U G C v i s i t a t i o n a good i m p r e s s i o n of the Union. The strategy of giving a c a d e m i c p r o b l e m s p r i o r i t y in d i s c u s s i o n s was something which pleasantly surprised t h e m . " T h e y wer e a l s o p l e a s e d to s e e that a s w e l l a s the a c a d e m i c s i d e , which apparently a lot of student u n i o n s d o n ' t t a l k about, w e w e r e not c o n s t a n t l y t h r o w i n g at them, to q u o t e S i r F r e d e r i c k D a n i t o n , the C h a i r m a n of the UGC, "the NUS line".

H i s o p i n i o n on the N U S t o p i c i s that " i t l o o k s a s if IC w i l l d e c i d e to s t a y i n , but I t h i n k for a l l the w r o n g reasons — these reasons being fears about l o s i n g N U S s e r v i c e s , s u c h a s T r a v e l . IC w o u l d a l s o s t a y in b e c a u s e they t h i n k that they n e e d , that s t u d e n t s need, a national negotiating body, which i s r i g h t . S t u d e n t s do b e l i e v e that. B u t I d o n ' t s e e that it n e c e s s a r i l y h a s to be a body w i t h the s t r u c t u r e of N U S at the moment. continued

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Legal aid: where to get it H O P E F U L L Y , we shall soon be g e t t i n g s o m e o n e to c o m e and g i v e l e g a l a d v i c e on a r e g u l a r b a s i s at the W e l f a r e Centre. M e a n w h i l e , here is how to go about getting help.

The Union has a solicitor who w i l l give advice over the ' p h o n e . If y o u w i s h to s p e a k to h i m , c o m e to the W e l f a r e C e n t r e or the U n i o n Office.

Many Citizens A d v i c e Bureaux will have a " s o l i c i t o r in a t t e n d a n c e or c a n refer y o u to o n e . A d d r e s s e s of l o c a l B u r e a u x are a v a i l a b l e from the Welfare Centre.

Recently neighbourhood law centres have been springing up.

The first opened in 1970 in Nort h Kensington. These will give free a d v i c e to anyone w i t h i n their catchment area and w i l l h e l p you if y o u n e e d to go to court or a t r i b u n a l . T h e i r object i s to make l a w y e r s more a c c e s s i b l e to people and to make p e o p l e a w a r e of t h e i r l e g a l r i g h t s . T h e r e are 13 of these centres in L o n d o n and t h e i r a d d r e s s e s are available from the Welfare C e n t r e .

External Eclairs Y O U M A Y remember that some time ago four r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of the National Union of S t u d e n t s went on a t r i p to B u c h a r e s t to s i g n a 17 page c o m m u n i q u e on " t h e State of the W o r l d " . Y o u may also know that a motion s u b m i t t e d

by I C U n i o n at the U n i v e r s i t i e s Conference at Durham in J a n u a r y i n s t r u c t e d the N U S to produce and distribute copies of this document i m m e d i a t e l y . We are now t o l d that it w i l l not be a v a i l a b l e until 20th February.

You might l i k e to know that the four return f a r e s to B u c h a r e s t c o s t £ 9 3 0 . 4 0 . It i s rumoured that a motion is being submitted to the next N U S C o n f e r e n c e by a number of c o l l e g e s a l o n g the l i n e s ; "This Union deplores the action of members of the Executive in signing a document in Bucharest which plainly adopts a Moscow view of world affairs".

On the s u b j e c t of m o t i o n s , I have received two from Manchester University Union w h i c h I w o u l d l i k e to d i s c u s s at the next U n i o n m e e t i n g ;

these are respectively on Sport, that i s , the i n a d e q u a c y of p r e s e n t f a c i l i t i e s and the i n e q u a l i t i e s between d i f f e r ent sectors of Education; and on d i s a b l e d s t u d e n t s . I hope that IC Union will p r i o r i t i s e both t h e s e s u b j e c t s for d i s c u s s i o n at the next NUS conference.

Teacher

Education

A s many of you w i l l know, the Department of E d u c a t i o n and Science intends to reduce teacher training plac e s in order to lower the proposed 1981 target from 510,000 to 480,000.

At least 22 colleges are combining to form n i n e or ten c o m p o s i t e institutions: another 17 are m e r g i n g w i t h c o l l e g e s of further e d u c a t i o n , and many p l a c e s w i l l d i s a p p e a r in the process of these mergers.

A l s o , at l e a s t 13 c o l l e g e s will c l o s e and about four c o l l e g e s w i l l be a b s o r b e d by Universities, for example, at L o u g h b o r o u g h .

In the West L o n d o n a r e a , s e v e r a l mergers are to take place this year; Borough

R o a d C o l l e g e are to merge w i t h M a r i a G r e y , and T h o m a s Huxley College will join Ealing Technical College.

More s e r i o u s l y , M a r i a A s s u m p t a C o l l e g e i s to c l o s e , h a v i n g taken its last intake this year.

N U S are c a l l i n g a n a t i o n a l day of action for today, F r i d a y 13th F e b r u a r y . T h e r e i s to be a d i s t r i b u t i o n of l e a f l e t s in K e n s i n g t o n H i g h Street t h i s afternoon and the Institute of Education are t r y i n g to arrange for a f l o a t , that i s , a lorry on w h i c h s o m e o n e w i l l stand and w a v e b a n n e r s . T h e r e w i l l then be a m e e t i n g at 3.30 at M a r i a Assumpta which will be addressed by speakers from v a r i o u s b o d i e s s u c h as the National Union of T e a c h e r s . N U S are s e n d i n g our friend M s Sue S l i p m a n s o p l e a s e c o m e a l o n g and a s k her some embarassing q u e s t i o n s . D e t a i l s about the "prance" in Kensington H i g h Street s h o u l d be a v a i l a b l e from me in the U n i o n O f f i c e .

Hope to see vou at the meeting.

Derrick Everett

Financial eligibility If you visit a private s o l i c i t o r who i s in the l e g a l help either free or at a reduced rate.

This help covers everything, including other experts' fees, short of a c t u a l court p r o c e e d i n g s .

E x t e n s i o n s of the £25 limj.t are possible in special circumstances. The solicitor calculates your financial eligibility and f i l l s in the d e t a i l s on the ' g r e e n form' which you s i g n .

The c a l c u l a t i o n is based on your w e e k l y ' d i s p o s a b l e income' and 'disposable c a p i t a l ' . T h e former i s y o u r gross income les s a l l o w a n c e s s u c h a s rent. T h e latter i s your gross capitalless allowancesfor debts. Husbands and wives finances are c o m b i n e d u n l e s s the d i s p u t e i s b e t w e e n them. A n y a r t i c l e under d i s p u t e i s not i n c l u d e d in your capital.

Your ' d i s p o s a b l e c a p i t a l ' must be l e s s than £250 ( p l u s e x t r a s for dependants).

Your d i s p o s a b l e income must be l e s s than £15 to get the advice free.

Between £15 and £29 you pay a c o n t r i b u t i o n to the c o s t .

N U S legal aid fund If

y o u r problem a r o s e out of any Union sponsored activity (eg demonstrations) the N U S l e g a l a i d fund may h e l p a l t h o u g h y o u must h a v e been refused State legal aid first.

Leaflets explaining all t h i s f u l l y are a v a i l a b l e from the Welfare C e n t r e w h i c h i s open Monday to F r i d a y from 12.30 to 1.30pm.

Next week I w i l l d i s c u s s what h a p p e n s if you have to Welfare O f f i c e r

"Kitchen fee"-an adamant rejection S i r , - With r e f e r e n c e to l a s t w e e k ' s " P e t e r P a t t e r " , Mr Teague asked for some suggestions concerning the College refectories.

It s e e m s to u s , that the first two suggestions, v i z , that all students, or just members of S o u t h s i d e H a l l s of Residence should pay s o m e form of " k i t c h e n f e e " , in order to cover fixed c o s t s , i s b a s e d on u n s o u n d reasoning.

In our experience this y e a r , it i s a fact that a s i g n i f i c a n t number of s t u d e n t s in T i z a r d H a l l e i t h e r c o o k t h e i r own m e a l s or e l s e eat o u t s i d e the C o l l e g e r e f e c t o r i e s , for i n s t a n c e at one of the Hotpots, b e c a u s e they get more e n j o y a b l e food and'or better value for m o n e y .

It is interesting to note that t h e s e p e o p l e go to c o n s i d e r a b l e trouble to a v o i d a ' M o o n e y ' , and it i s u n l i k « l y that they would use the refectories even if they had to pay the " k i t c h e n f e e " .

Surely, it is unfair to expect these people to s u b s i d i z e t h o s e who would s t i l l u s e the r e f e c t o r i e s .

O n e c a n o n l y a s s u m e that this will take us a l o n g a path, given a further deterioration in q u a l i t y and hence numbers of people eating in the refectories, that would lead to fullys t a f f e d , but empty r e f e c t o r i e s .

T h o s e who w o u l d a n s w e r u s w i t h the s u g g e s t i o n , that by c h a r g i n g t h i s f e e , s t u d e n t s in Southside would be

o b l i g e d to u s e the r e f e c t o r i e s in order not to w a s t e the fee, would find that they had not i n c r e a s e d the number of m e a l s s e r v e d , but i n s t e a d , created a great deal of ill-will.

Though one sympathises w i t h the p r o b l e m s f a c e d by the catering staff in the present situation, nobody gains by maintaining artificially, a level of s e r v i c e that is not r e q u i r e d that although we realise the d e s i g n of the r e f e c t o r i e s i s s u c h that e c o n o m i e s not involving redundancies are d i f f i c u l t if not i m p o s s i b l e .

However, the last of Mr Teague's suggestions may turn out the most realistic alternative.

It is p o s s i b l e that by c l o s i n g the r e f e c t o r i e s o v e r the w e e k e n d and in the e v e n i n g s , and operating a smaller s e r v i c e in S o u t h s i d e . or if that i s not p o s s i b l e , in the U n i o n , then the f i x e d c o s t s may be reduced hence making the fee u n n e c e s s a r y .

It i s unfortunate that what appears to be the most reasonable suggestion was given so l i t t l e explanation in " P e t e r P a t t e r " , p e r h a p s it has already been ruled out!

It s e e m s that o n c e a g a i n , the a u t h o r i t i e s are t r y i n g to t a k e the e a s y wav out. and are g o i n g to make the s t u d e n t s that they pay more money can ill afford, rather than makinq the system more efficient.

We are adamant in our rejection of the suggestion of a " k i t c h e n f e e " - i n s t e a d , that every we propose effort be made to reduce these costs, rather than i n f l i c t t h i s burden upon the student.

Yours sincerely, T J D P Y E , Chem Eng 2 M C G M A C G A R V I N . "!oology 1

More on NUS Sir, - Never have I seen such concentrated irrelevance a s c o n t a i n e d in Mr B r o w n e s ' letter which appeared in F E L I X on F e b r u a r y 6 t h .

T o c l a i m that a n a t i o n a l student s t r i k e w o u l d h a v e any more affect than a ' o r a l one must be tota b a l d e r d a s h .

Whereas m i n e r s c a n n a m , trie w h o l e country by s t r i k i n g , s t u d e n t s can o n l y harm their own c a r e e r s . P e r h a p s s t u d e n t s at IC are e i t h e r too a p a t h e t i c or a i m i n g to get d e g r e e s , to r a l l y to a c a l l for a n a t i o n a l strike in any c a s e .

In a i l . only one s e n t i m e n t w a s e x p r e s s e d with w h i c h I could in any way agree w i t h : Stay in the N U S .

Yours, faithfully, DAVE APPLETON Physics I Anothei letter is on the back page

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The Government, en t h e recommendation of t h e Committee of V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r s and P r i n c i p a l s (CVCP), has proposed a 30% i n c r e a s e i n t h e f e e s f o r next y e a r . T h i s i s an of £30 f o r "Home S t u d e n t s " and £100 f o r Overseas S t u d e n t s , b r i n g i n g t h e Overseas f e e to £4L6.00 per y e a r . T h i s w i l l mean i n c e a s e d h a r d s h i p and lower standard s o f l i v i n g f o r a l l s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g s t u d e n t s , m a i n l y those from abroad.

The f e e s i n c r e a s e must be seen as p a r t o f t h e Government's a t t a c k on Higher E d u c a t i o n , t h e E d u c a t i o n Cuts p o l i c y .

A t t h e same t i m e , t h e Home O f f i c e , i n c o n t r a d i c t i o n t o t h e p o l i c y o f t h e M i n i s t r y f o r Overseas Development, i s imposing i n c r e a s i n g l y s t r i c t r e g u l a t i o n s f o r t h e renewal o r e x t e n s i o n o f v i s a s t o overseas s t u d e n t s , r e f u s i n g , f o r example, v i s a s t o s t u d e n t s who were admitted t o h o s p i t a l , and t h e r e f o r e were n o t r e g u l a r l y a t t e n d i n g t h e i r c o u r s e s .

WHY M U S T WE O P P O S E T H E F E E S

INCREASE?

The main r a t i o n a l e behind the d i s c r i m i n a t o r y f e e s s t r u c t u r e and f u r t h e r f e e s . i n c r e a s e s i s t h a t they a r e needed t o h e l p b o l s t e r up t h e e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s which a r e i n a f i n a n c i a l l y d i f f i c u l t p o s i t i o n because of t h e economic c r i s i s . The l a c k of a b a s i s f o r such an argument can be seen from t h e f a c t t h a t h e r e , a t I m p e r i a l , t h e t o t a l proposed f e e s i n c r e a s e r e p r e s e n t l e s s than 1.2% o f t h e t o t a l C o l l e g e e x p e n d i t u r e .

The i n c r e a s e i n overseas s t u d e n t s ' f e e s amounts t o 0.56% o f t h i s e x p e n d i t u r e . That o f s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g s t u d e n t s , B r i t i s h and O v e r s e a s , i s about 0.4% o f t h e t o t a l e x p e n d i t u r e , an amount s m a l l e r than t h e n e t d e f i c i t of t h e r e f e c t o r i e s and b a r s d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s year.

Thus, any i n c r e a s e would have a n e g l i g i b l e e f f e c t on t h e f i n a n c i a l r e s o u r c e s o f t h e C o l l e g e . On t h e o t h e r hand, such i n c r e a s e s would cause g r e a t h a r d s h i p t o overseas s t u d e n t s . Even i f t h e f e e s i n c r e a s e s c o u l d h e l p t o support t h e e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s , we do not see why overseas s t u d e n t s i n p a r t i c u l a r , o r f o r t h a t m a t t e r , any o t h e r group of s t u d e n t s , should pay t o s o l v e t h e economic c r i s i s .

The Government i s spending many m i l l i o n s o f pounds o n " d e f e n s e " , t o keep m i l i t a r y bases i n Cyprus, t r o o p s i n Oman and elsewhere.

T h i s money c o u l d more u s e f u l l y be spent on e d u c a t i o n , w i t h o u t endangering the s e c u r i t y o f t h e B r i t i s h p e o p l e .

F i r s t of The presence of overseas s t u d e n t s i n B r i t a i n b r i n g s many m a t e r i a l t o i t . a l l , overseas s t u d e n t s b r i n g a t l e a s t £1,200 each every year t o c o v e r t u i t i o n f e e s and l i v i n g expenses. There a r e a l t o g e t h e r 96,000 o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s who, t o g e t h e r , b r i n g

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A v e r y l a r g e number o f overseas s t u d e n t s , e s p e c i a l l y i n p l a c e s l i k e I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e , are d o i n g r e s e a r c h which i s o f g r e a t v a l u e t o B r i t i s h i n d u s t r y , (and o f t e n o f v e r y l i t t l e v a l u e t o t h e i r own c o u n t r i e s ) . There a r e 15,151 overseas s t u d e n t s d o i n g p o s t graduate s t u d i e s i n B r i t a i n , o f w h i c h , 675 a r e a t I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e .

Overseas s t u d e n t nurses c o n t r i b u t e a g r e a t d e a l t o t h e N a t i o n a l H e a l t h S e r v i c e .

There a r e 19,877 overseas s t u d e n t nurses w o r k i n g i n B r i t i s h h o s p i t a l s . A l s o , overseas s t u d e n t s p r o v i d e 4,502 language a s s i s t a n t s i n u n i v e r s i t i e s and s c h o o l s .

We see t h a t o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s o f f e r many d i r e c t and i n d i r e c t b e n e f i t s t o B r i t a i n , i n r e t u r n f o r t h e i r e d u c a t i o n a t "non-economic" f e e s . I f we now l o o k a t some o f t h e reasons which make overseas s t u d e n t s come t o B r i t a i n f o r t h e i r s t u d i e s , we w i l l see t h a t i n most c a s e s , B r i t a i n has a duty t o educate these p e o p l e .

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Everthing you always wanted to know about the F E E S INCREASE

B r i t a i n has r e c o g n i s e d h e r mora l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y and has pledged h e r s e l f t o h e l p t h e d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s , from where a p p r o x i m a t e l y t h r e e - q u a r t e r s o f t h e overseas s t u d e n t s come. We understand t h i a t o mean a i d t© t h e people o f these c o u n t r i e s t o develop t h e i r economies, not a i d t e s u b s i d i a r i e s »f B r i t i s h companies, o r i n t o t h e " p o c k e t s " o f t h e e x i s t i n g e l i t e s i n these c o u n t r i e s .

These m«ral o b l i g a t i o n s o f B r i t a i n must be seen i n proper h i s t o r i c a l and economic c o n t e x t . B r i t i s h c o l o n i a l r u l e o r economic d o m i n a t i o n , f o r example, i n Greece o r L a t i n America, a r e i n many cases t h e cause o f t h e economic underdevelopment o f these c o u n t r i e s , which i n t u r n i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e l a c k o f e d u c a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s .

On t h e o t h e r hand, the c o l o n i a l e x p l o i t a t i o n of n a t u r a l and human r e s o u r c e s has c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e development o f t h e B r i t i s h e d u c a t i o n a l system.

Even today, B r i t a i n c o n t i n u e s to have n e o - c o l o n i a l l i n k s w i t h many d e v e l o p i n g c o u n t r i e s such as M a l a y s i a and many A f r i c a n s t a t e s . B r i t i s h companies o p e r a t i n g i n these c o u n t r i e s e x t r a c t , i n t h e form o f p r o f i t s , much more than t h e £50M a year t h a t i t t h e o r e t i c a l l y c o s t s to educate overseas s t u d e n t s i n B r i t a i n .

CONCLUSION

The d i s c r i m i n a t o r y f e e s s t r u c t u r e does n o t p r o v i d e any s i g n i f i c a n t f i n a n c i a l revenue to t h e e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s . There i s no j u s t b a s i s f o r any f u r t h e r i n c r e a s e i n overseas s t u d e n t s f e e s . Such d i s c r i m i n a t o r y p o l i c i e s , as h i g h e r f e e s and i m m i g r a t i o n r e s t r i c t i o n s , must be seen i n t h e i r proper c o n t e x t .

A campaign t o a b o l i s h d i s c r i m i n a t o r y f e e s and t o oppose f u r t h e r f e e s i n c r e a s e s must be launched i n a l l c o l l e g e s and u n i v e r s i t i e s .

B r i t i s h s t u d e n t s must t a k e an i m p o r t a n t p a r t i n t h i s campaign-the f e e s i n c r e a s e s a r e j u s t p a r t o f t h e E d u c a t i o n a l Cuts p o l i c y and t h e d e c r e a s i n g l i v i n g s t a n d a r d s f o r a l l s t u d e n t s . I f t h e Government succeeds i n i s o l a t i n g one s e c t i o n o f t h e s t u d e n t body, i t w i l l have weakened t h e whole s t u d e n t movement.

p y A L L S T U D E N T S attend the meeting

by Q U E E N ' S T O W E R on W E D N E S D A Y 18TH F E B R U A R Y at 12.30pm OVERSEAS STUDENTS ACTION G R O U P

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Questionaire on Flats and Bedsits.

At the b e g i n n i n g of the p r e s e n t academic year many s t u d e n t s had g r e a t d i f f i c u l t y i n o b t a i n i n g accommodation i n f l a t s , houses and b e d s i t s .

T h i s was m a i n l y because the

accommodation of t h i s type used by l a s t y e a r ' s f i n a l year s t u d e n t s had been l o s t t o s t u d e n t s a t the end of the summer term.

T h e r e f o r e to h e l p people l o o k i n g f o r

accommodation next September, I would l i k e t o draw up a l i s t of studen t r e s i d e n c e s b e i n g v a c a t e d at the end of t h i s s e s s i o n . t h i s year or are abandoning reasons p l e a s e f i l l

I f you are t h i n k i n g of l e a v i n g C o l l e g e

your accommodation over the summer v a c a t i o n f o r f i n a n c i a l

i n the accompanying q u e s t i o n n a i r e and e i t h e r r e t u r n i t to me

the Union O f f i c e or drop i t i n t o your department undergraduate where I w i l l p i c k i t up.

l e t t e r r a c k under

'R'

DAVE RAWNSLEY Student Residence

SECTION A: PERSONAL DETAILS(Please

Officer

d e l e t e where a p p l i c a b l e )

1. Name

2. Department

3. Undergraduate/Postgraduat e 5.

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4. Year 6.

Male/Female

Married/Single

SECTION B: ACCOMMODATION 1. Term-time address

2. Telephone number 3. What i s your type of accommodation at p r e s e n t ?

4. How 5.

l o n g have you been l i v i n g i n your p r e s e n t accommodation?

What i s the average amount per week t h a t you spend a) Rent

on:-

Fuel ( i f paid separately)

b) Rent and f u e l where f u e l i s i n c l u d e d i n the r e n t c) Rent, f u e l and food where these are i n c l u d e d i n the r e n t 6.

Name of l a n d l o r d

7. L a n d l o r d ' s address 8. L a n d l o r d ' s telephone number 9. Does the accommodation have the f o l l o w i n g r o o m s / f a c i l i t i e s ?

Please s t a t e i f these

are shared. a) S t u d y ( a p a r t from bedroom) c) Bathroom

b) Cooking

d) Shower

f ) H e a t i n g i n room

e) Laundry g) F r i d g e

h) T e l e v i s i o n t h a t i s not your own C o n t i n u e d on page 8

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10. Does t h e l a n d l o r d l i v e on t h e premises?

11. Would you recommend your accommodation t o a f e l l o w s t u d e n t ?

12. W i l l t h e l a n d l o r d have any more rooms a v a i l a b l e f o r IC s t u d e n t s next s e s s i o n ?

13. I f 'YES' how many more?

F o r how many s t u d e n t s ?

14. What meals a r e p r o v i d e d a t your accommodation?

15. How f a r i n m i l e s i s your accommodation from C o l l e g e ?

16. How do you t r a v e l t o and from your accommodation?

17. What i s t h e c o s t o f t r a v e l t o and from C o l l e g e p e r week?

18. How l o n g does i t t a k e you t o g e t i n t o C o l l e g e from your accommodation?

19. Can you p l e a s e s u p p l y any f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n or comment t o supplement

this

questionnaire?

2-4-6-8 Should we disaffiliate?

There will be a debate on the following motion in the Great Hall at 1.15 on Thursday 19th February; This House believes; (1). That the views expressed by the N a t i o n a l U n i o n of Students are unrepresentative of those of the bulk of the student members.

(2) T h a t disaffiliation from N U S is is the o n l y way to ensure that N U S becomes more representative o f the student members.

For the motion; I A N M I N N I S , President of Aston University Guild of Students.

Against the motion; C H A R L E S

CLARKE,

President of the National Union of Students.

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Reviews Don't make me laugh

Theatre C o m e d i a n s by T r e v o r G r i f f i t h s at Wyndham's T h e a t r e "LAUGHTER IS the synchronised co-ordination of neuro-physiological reflexes, with a semi-automatic impulse of mass inherited suggestionism".

Who said that?

Freud? Goebbels?

J u n g ? . N o , none of t h e s e , but G e o r g e R o b e y , p r o b a b l y better known for b e i n g the c a u s e of laughter than the a n a l y s t of i t s c a u s e s .

I am indebted to the programme of Comedians for d r a w i n g my attention to that q u o t a t i o n , for it r e a l l y u n d e r l i n e s what T r e v o r G r i f f i t h s i s about in t h i s p l a y . If you want to earn your l i v i n g by m a k i n g p e o p l e l a u g h , it i s not enough just to t h i n k up a few j o k e s and then t e l l them w e l l . Y o u ' v e got to u n d e r s t a n d what it i s that you c a n g i v e your audience, that w i l l elicit the right reactions.

L a s t w e e k ' s L i s t e n e r c o n t a i n e d an by Wilfred article on J o h n C l e e s e , D e ' A t h , in w h i c h it i s r e v e a l e d that when they w e r e w r i t i n g F a w l t y T o w e r s , Mr C l e e s e and h i s w i f e d i s c u s s e d " . . .

B a s i l F a w l t y in terms of t r a n s a c t i o n a l a n a l y s i s : a s to whether, at c e r t a i n t i m e s , B a s i l w a s b e h a v i n g as a parent or a s a c h i l d " . It i s pretty c l e a r that e v e n if y o u c a n n o t spot the w i n n e r s e v e r y t i m e , you c a n make a pretty informed judgement a s to w h i c h r o u t i n e s wi 11 s u c c e e d .

Mr G r i f f i t h s s e t s h i s t h e o r i e s into a neat framework around the d e b u t s of six would-be stand-up c o m i c s . They h a v e a l r e a d y spent months p e r f e c t i n g t h e i r a c t s under the t u t e l a g e of an e s t a b l i s h e d c o m i c , p l a y e d by J i m m y J e w e l . T h e a u d i e n c e in the theatre i s c l e v e r l y u s e d a s the m e m b e r s h i p of the.

Manchester working men's c l u b where the a c t s are t r i e d o u t . It i s hard to gauge how the northern a u d i e n c e w o u l d take to the a c t s s i n c e t h e i r r e a c t i o n s must b e , in some w a y s , d i f f e r e n t from those p r o d u c e d in the w e s t e n d . T h e t a l e n t s c o u t h a s the hard j o b of h a n d i n g out c o n t r a c t s to a c t s w h i c h may have got a better r e a c t i o n in M a n c h e s t e r than they d i d in L o n d o n .

and in that of G e o r g e M c B r a i n , the d o c k e r from B e l f a s t . It w a s i n t e r e s t i n g to note that two of the b e s t r e c e i v e d gags c a m e from o u t s i d e the c o m i c team; the s c h o o l c a r e t a k e r w i t h the r e s u l t s of the k a r a t e c l a s s , and the i l l i t e r a t e Indian l o o k i n g for the ' R e a d i n g to L e a r n ' c l a s s a s a s o l u t i o n to h i s problem.

Thomas Stevenson

Comedians is a Nottingham P l a y h o u s e p r o d u c t i o n , and w a s s e e n in the N a t i o n a l T h e a t r e repert oir e at the O l d V i c . It h a s c o m e to my that the cheapest seats, notice b o o k a b l e in a d v a n c e , at the new N a t i o n a l T h e a t r e w i l l be £ 2 . 3 5 . A t the O l d V i c it i s p o s s i b l e to book s e a t s for a s l i t t l e a s 4 0 p . I d o n ' t s u p p o s e many s t u d e n t s w i l l be a b l e to queue on the day of the performance for the £1.00 and 50p s e a t s . A n y comments?

S t e p h e n R e a s t a n d s h e a d and s h o u l d e r s a b o v e the r e s t , both in h i s own performance

O P S O C : A sparkling performance UTOPIA

LIMITED

or T h e F l o w e r s of

Progress

by W.S. G i l b e r t and A . S . S u l l i v a n .

F I R S T P E R F O R M E D in 1893 (when it ran for 245 performances), Utopia L i m i t e d h a s only b e e n , performed very r a r e l y s i n c e then and in t h i s d e l i g h t f u l p r o d u c t i o n , s t a g e d by the IC O p e r a t i c S o c i e t y , we s e e some of the r e a s o n s for t h i s . T h e o p e r a i s f a i r l y t o p i c a l and p o s e s t e c h n i c a l d i f f i c u l t i e s in i t s production, requiring no fewer than 18 s o l o i s t s - a rather large number for an o p e r a .

D e s p i t e t h i s and many other d i f f i c u l t i e s , and the o b v i o u s d r a w b a c k of a s m a l l s t a g e O P S O C have s u c c e e d e d where many o t h e r s might h a v e f a i l e d .

T h e o p e r a i s brought a l i v e by a cleverly designed stage (Dramsoc r ul e o k and some very imaginative and sinking costumes.

The props a s i d e , h o w e v e r , d e s e r v e d p r a i s e must go to the c a s t for a w e l l e x e c u t e d and sparkling performance.

Special mention must go to D E B O R A H K E M P ( L a d y Sophy) w h o s e !

PROF.

g u n can

Why, back home

BRENSSTRAHLUNG

G e e CcuS'Tv!

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D a m m i t Hi r a m

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b e a u t i f u l s i n g i n g w a s only m a t c h e d by the comical facial expressions of J O H N B A R R A T T ( K i n g P a r a m o u n t I), both of whom w e r e e x c e l l e n t in their r o l e s . R O G E R W O O D W A R D (Scaphio) and R O G E R N I C H O L S ( P h a n t i s ) , a s the two t y r a n n i c a l w i s e men k e e p i n g a w a t c h f u l e y e o v e r the K.ing, c o n s t a n t l y delighted the audience with their STEVE CHAYTOW (Lord 'routines'.

Dramaleigh, a British Lord Chamberlain) and D E L I T H B R O O K ( P r i n c e s s Z a r a ) added idiosyncracies and charm respectively to the p r o c e e d i n g s . M s B r o o k and Mr Barratt s i n g very w e l l in t h i s f i r s t n i g h t performanc e c o n s i d e r i n g that both had o n l y just r e c o v e r e d from tonsillitis.

T h e o p e r a i s a b i t i n g s a t i r e of the E n g l i s h way of l i f e and i t s i n s t i t u t i o n s .

T h i s i s h i g h l i g h t e d on two o c c a s i o n s .

F i r s t , w h e n the two younger p r i n c e s s e s mime on L a d y S o p h y ' s s o n g on " h o w a n a i c e y o u n g E n g l i s h lady s h o u l d c o n d u c t h e r s e l f " , that i s , how to turn o n e ' s n o s e up at an u n s u i t a b l e s u i t o r .

"Young ladies always toss" (to s e t t l e w h o g e t s the man), she c o n c l u d e s .

T h e s e c o n d i s a b u r l e s q u e of the D o w n i n g Street proceedur e a s it is

1

muj

Lab

is

presented "in accordance with the p r a c t i c e of St J a m e ' s H a l l " .

T h e music is liberally strewn with popular(?) pieces such as "Rule, B r i t t a n i a " and " t h e N a t i o n a l A n t h e m " which taken together with acting, result in very funny scenes.

The o v e r t u r e u s e d here i s one s p e c i a l l y c o m p o s e d by Max T a y l o r - S u l l i v a n ' s o r i g i n a l h a s not s u r v i v e d .

T h e o r c h e s t r a , ably c o n d u c t e d by DAVID CREED, played well and found time to laugh at the g a g s i n b e t w e e n p l a y i n g . A l l in a l l , a very e n j o y a b l e p r o d u c t i o n from O P S O C .

Paul

Ekpenyong

NOTICE Mr M e a c o c k gave 3 s t u d e n t s a l i f t to Westborne T e r r a c e on W e d n e s day 4th February and h a s s i n c e found two p e n s in the back of h i s car.

Would the students concerned please contact him, Room 307 Sherfield.

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Cross Country

So near...

Hockey

IC on form K i n g s t o n Grammar School 4 Imperial C o l l e g e 1st XI 2 K G S H A V E A r e p u t a t i o n for h o c k e y . M a k e no m i s t a k e , half a d o z e n international schoolboy caps a year speaks for i t s e l f .

So it w a s w i t h some t r e p i d a t i o n that I C left the c h a n g i n g rooms. T h e pre-match c h a t

by B i g J i m i n c l u d e d d e t a i l s of our n e w t a c t i c s ; man for man marking in the 2 5 , 4:3:3, with the centre back acting a s a sweeper.

A f t e r 15 m i n u t e s of p l a y n o - o n e had s e t t l e d to the new s y s t e m a n d w e w e r e two g o a l s d o w n , one a r i s i n g rocket of a shot that l e a v e s C h a r l i e w i s h i n g he h a d h i s f a c e m a s k on (at l e a s t ! ) , the other a p e n a l t y . O u r p l a y improved a s A l a n B r o w n and Alistair Ross took of the midfield, control w i n n i n g p l e n t y of b a l l and

distributing it well.

IC began to play w e l l and a break and c r o s s from the right met B o b M i d d l e t o n , w h o beat the g o a l i e at the near post.

Our improved play in the s e c o n d continued half, indeed we hit a 'purple patch' during which a c r o s s from the left a l l o w e d 'Superstar' to score a superb goal to m a k e it 2-2.

However, fate and the U m p i r e s w e r e not w i t h u s .

Many good c h a n c e s w e r e s q u a n d e r e d and IC s u c c u m b e d to d e f e n s i v e t a c t i c s for the last quarter. T h e defense p l a y e d w e l l , but a c o n t r o versial penalty and a penalty corner se:tled the i s s u e .

T e a m : C Brown, K Houlden, J Marshall (capt), J Cooke, A Ross, A Brown, H Magnay, Tutu, R Fatania, B T Middleton, J Latter.

IC saves a point Imperial C o l l e g e XI Smiths

2 2

IC GOT OFF to an e x c e l l e n t start a g a i n s t the L e a g u e L e a d e r s s c o r i n g two g o a l s in the f i r s t f i v e m i n u t e s .

Bob Middleton converted a Trev T u t u c r o s s and then A l i s t e r R o s s s l o t t e d the b a l l in from the e d g e of the 'D .'

T h e p l a y in the rest of the first half w a s even, with both sides coming close to s c o r i n g . H o w e v e r j u s t a s I C had s t r u c k q u i c k l y in the first half, so Smiths e q u a l i s e d with two s w i f t g o a l s j u s t after the interval.

Smiths then began to a p p l y i n t e n s e p r e s s u r e to the IC d e f e n c e but were u n a b l e to put the b a l l in the n e t . IC l o o k e d in t r o u b l e when the S m i t h s 1

umpire awarded his own s i d e a p e n a l t y after m i s s i n g a blatant obstruction by one of their p l a y e r s . H o w e v e r justice was done, when Charlie Brown p a l m e d the ball away and s a v e d IC a point.

S m i t h s , p r e s s i n g for p r o m o t i o n , were perhaps the more s k i l l f u l s i d e , but t h i s w a s b a l a n c e d by the running and work rate of I C ' s t w o inside forwards M i k e Isles and A l i s t e r R o s s . A S p e c i a l Mention must be made of John Andrews whose excellent umpiring was appreciated by a l l c o n c e r n e d .

T e a m : - C Brown, J Marshall (capt), K Houlden, N Woodgate, N Woodhouse, H Magnay, T Tutu, A Ross, R Middleton, M Isles, S Golding.

J Latter

T H E P O T H U N T I N G season b e g a n in e a r n e s t on W e d n e s d a y 4th F e b . L a s t y e a r at the St E dm un d Hall relay at Oxford IC managed the silver medal position, so t h i s y e a r they w e r e l o o k i n g for g o l d . T h e r e l a y c o n s i s t s of four l a p s of the 3 m i l e course around the gravel paths of the University p a r k s . S t e v e Webb ran the 1st l e g for the ' A ' team and " w a s e x t r e m e l y worried for the f i r s t mile or s o b e c a u s e A l f G a r n e t t running the 1st l e g for the ' B ' team w a s w e l l in front. H o w e v e r at the end of the l a p the t e a m s w e r e in c o r r e c t order but s e p a r a t e d by o n l y 20 seconds. David Rosen held 8th p o s i t i o n for the ' A ' t e a m , closely pursued by Paul Clarke for the 'B' team 12th position. retaining S t i l l s e p a r a t e d by o n l y 2 5 seconds R o b A l l i n s o n and A l a n L e a k e y took o v e r for the 'A' and 'B' teams r e s p e c t i v e l y . R o b a n x i o u s to avenge defeats by Alan at o r i e n t e e r i n g and spurred on a s the l e a d i n g teams b e g a n to f a d e , p u l l e d the ' A ' team up from 8th to 2nd p o s i t i o n w i t h a time of 1 4 . 0 0 (pity it w a s n ' t 1 3 . 9 5 e h ? ) .

That c o u l d be the f a s t e s t of the d a y ; (official lap conformation is still needed.

Alan consolidated the ' B '

yet so far THE MATCH l a s t Saturday e s s e n t i a l l y s t a r t e d at E u s t o n on F r i d a y l u n c h t i m e . T h e IC 1st team (minus Rob (unavailable Allinson) plus a f e w o.thers h e a d e d north disguised as a University of L o n d o n A team for the B r i t i s h Student C h a m p i o n s h i p s at S t i r l i n g . E i g h t h o u r s , a few bars a n d a c h i p s h o p later s a w them at S t i r l i n g U n i v e r s i t y .

T h e r a c e , 3 l a p s of a ZVi m i l e c o u r s e that w a s in e s s e r i s e j u s t a l a p of the campus w a s won by R a y Smedle y of Birmingham U n i v e r s i t y in 3 6 . 1 7 , who a s a r e s u l t , won half a ton of m e d a l s , c u p s , beer, w h i s k y p l u s a medal for the p e r s o n

Rowing

who had won the most m e d a l s . U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n A ' s were not s o s u c c e s s f u l the but narrowl y missed w o o d e n s p o o n , when a member of L S E o u t s p r i n t e d s o m e o n e for l a s t p l a c e .

T h e f i r s t 3 U L men home were IC runners, Steve Webb 1 1 2 t h , Ian E l l i s 149th, David Rosen 160th, then f i n i s h e d by P a u l C l a r k e .

T h e w e a r y team returned home on the Sunday by British Snail, who were having trouble deciding when to shut the bar. T h e weekend was characterised by a k e y word but there are essentially no prizes for g u e s s i n g what it w a s .

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Rollocks , races and a party D O D G E M S . A poor mans r i v e r c r u i s e . G a m e s on the T h a m e s .

S l a u g h t e r on the w a t e r . A i r y o u r l i v e r on the r i v e r . T h e s e are a l l p o s s i b l e d e s c r i p t i o n s of the activities of the B o a t C l u b w h i c h i s now in full training for t h e ' H e a d of R i v e r r a c e s t h i s term and the regatta s e a s o n in the summer.

T h e f i r s t race of the term takes place at Reading It i s the H a r p tomorrow.

team run by h o l d i n g 12th position.

Ian Ellis (capt) set off on the l a s t l e g not far behind first position but w a s told by R o b in no uncertain terms not to attempt to c a t c h him, as the l a d now in 1 s t p o s i t i o n was another well known farmer from S L H . T h e t e a m s waited with baited breath for Ian to return, and w e r e d i s a p p o i n t e d to find he w a s in 3rd p o s i t i o n a s h e entered the l a s t half m i l e . H e w a s , h o w e v e r , o n the s h o u l d e r of the man in 2nd p l a c e , w h o was now looking rather worried.

At the appointed p l a c e 200m from home Ian o p e n e d up and smoothed h i s way into 2nd p l a c e to the cheers of the IC t e a m s .

D a v e J o n e s had h i s glory t o o , l i f t i n g the ' B ' team from 12th to a final position of 1 1 t h .

M e a n w h i l e the ' C team a rearguard were fighting action.

Mike Welford had led them off w e l l and P e t e J o h n s o n returning to f i t n e s s r a i s e d their p o s i t i o n to put them 24th and w e l l off the bottom.

Nigel Miller lost t h i s p l a c e by u n f o r t u n a t e l y taking the wrong turning, but Andy Davey feeling s t r o n g after a r e s t f u l w e e k h e l d 25th p o s i t i o n f i n i s h i n g the ' C team w i t h s t i l l 3 or 4 t e a m s b e h i n d them!

Larger competition which the first eight won last year; they hope to repeat that p e r f o r m a n c e . A l l e i g h t s are c o m p e t i n g i n c l u d i n g t h e women, s o it s h o u l d turn out to be a Memorable Occasion.

It i s a l s o rumoured that Tirian (the UL second e i g h t ) f a i l e d to form a p a i r and s o J o e S h r i n k n e c k h a s been c o a x e d b a c k after a years absence. The circum-

s t a n c e s of P a u l Languths' return are probably best left u n r e c o r d e d .

T h e s e c o n d eight c o n t i n u e to c a u s e a l a r m w i t h a t e n d e n c y to, w e l l , (how b e s t to put this?) t a k e a d v a n t a g e of tactical l e a d s when rowing the f i r s t s . What i s against c e r t a i n i s that the p o s i t i o n of 'fastest crew' will not a u t o m a t i c a l l y be left to the first eight. continued on page 9

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International Society P u b l i c M e e t i n g on " T H E MULTINATIONALS" Speaker: J O A N N A R O L L O C i v E n g 2 0 7 . T u e s 24th F e b 1.00-2.00pm.

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Rowing Last Saturday, having (ho! ho!) rowed past the second in a four minute piece, the f i r s t eight had q u i t e a f i g h t to p a s s the novice crew, who for a moment l o o k e d l i k e h o l d i n g the f i r s t off u n t i l the e n d .

T h e y w e r e beaten however due to the s i z e of the B r i t i s h Imperial Minute which b r a c k e r e d us a l l in the e n d !

Thankfully that was the last piece before l u n c h .

A n d t a l k i n g of tomorrow, t h e r e ' s a b i g party on in the boat h o u s e to w h i c h a l l are welcome.

Phil Goldsmith s a y s i t ' s g o i n g to be better than the l a s t one w h i c h w a s pretty M e m o r a b l e . — N B high t i d e i s at 4.30am so b r i n g your w e l l i e s !

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Wet, muddy and hard going THE F E W WHO have ever e x p e r i e n c e d 9am on a Sunday morning w i l l s y m p a t h i s e w i t h IC Orienteering Club as they journeyed to C a m b e r l y in the r a i n . T h e damp c a u s e d a few c o c k - u p s when we c o p i e d down map c o r r e c t i o n s and the c h e c k p o i n t s , d u e to the disintegration of the now s o g g y maps and b i r o s c e a s i n g to f u n c t i o n .

As to the e v e n t itself.

Well it w a s w e t , muddy and fairly hard g o i n g , due to c l u m p s of g o r s e b u s h e s and thick heather. A l a n L e a k e y had a reasonable run to finish in 9 4 m i n . for the 10.8km 'A' course.

Rob A l l i n s o n made a few d e t o u r s in h i s 1 0 8 m i n . run and P e t e Johnson did well for his 119min.

Our star orienteer D a v e R o s e n w a s performing in Stirling at the BUSF X—Country match as was S t e v e Webb. H i s p l a c e w a s taken by the indestructable Ian Isherwood who c h u n d e r e d round in C i r c a 1 6 8 m i n s . Wilf Welford thought the 'A course to be beneath him and s o ran the ' B ' and f i n i s h e d it in a l i t t l e o v e r two and a h a l f h o u r s . O u r o n l y woman a t h l e t e w a s D i a n e B e n g e who t r i e d the w o m a n s ' B ' c o u r s e but got lost. However she managed to make it to the pub f i r s t , a l o n g w i t h R o b and P e t e w h o gave up w a i t i n g for Ian and W i l f to c o m e b a c k . A p l e a s a n t pub c r a w l in the e v e n i n g w a s e n j o y e d by t h o s e who s t a y e d b e h i n d .

J Flywheel Transcendental Meditation F e d up?

T o o many u n s o l v e d problem sheets? E v e n if you're s t i l l h a v i n g the time of your l i f e , you will want to know s o m e t h i n g about T M .

So come to an Introductory T a l k o n T u e s 17th F e b i n E l e c E n g 6 0 6 at 5.45pm„

IC rout Barclays Bank Imperial C o l l e g e A ' s H A P P Y D A Y S are here a g a i n !

It w a s the A ' s b e s t p e r f o r m a n c e of the season.

The team needed some confidencebuilding after recent disappointments and that w a s p r o v i d e d in f u l l m e a s u r e

by M a r t i n C o t t e r . A l l through the match c o n f i d e n c e grew, r e a c h i n g a peak in the l a s t twenty minutes when four tries were s c o r e d .

T h e f i r s t half w a s fought closely.

Barclays Bank scored first. A penalty near the A ' s lin e gave them an e a s y try, w h i c h they c o n v e r t e d .

However, the A ' s had the m e a s u r e of the B a n k a l m o s t from the o u t s e t ; it w a s o n l y a matter of time before that w a s r e f l e c t e d in the s c o r e .

T h e f i r s t of M a r t i n C o l t e r ' s three p e n a l t i e s was q u i c k l y f o l l o w e d by a w e l l h a n d l e d move on the right w i n g w h i c h put D a v e B r a m l e y o v e r for

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one of h i s two t r i e s . T w o penalties, one for each s i d e , g a v e the A ' s a s l i m 1 0 - 9 lea d at half t i m e .

T|?e s e c o n d half s h o w e d how w e l l the A ' s c a n p l a y .

T h e b a c k s moved the b a l l around c o n f i d e n t l y , and the forwards won the ball, e s p e c i a l l y in the s c r u m s , w i t h consummate ease.

Dave B r a m e l y then got h i s s e c o n d try. B u t , the man who broke the B a n k w a s M a r t i n C o t t e r .

A f t e r h i s t hir d p e n a l t y the A ' s knew that it w a s their game.

In the last twenty m i n u t e s it w a s a q u e s t i o n o n l y of the number of p o i n t s the A ' s w o u l d be a h e a d at the end.

Play never left the B a n k ' s h a l f , w i t h the A ' s dominating completely. C h r i s Becque led the spree.

Exploiting a gap in the Bank's cover he nipped through to score.

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9 Cotter converted. Two tries followed.

A miss-kick by the B a n k ' s f u l l b a c k e n a b l e d the A ' s to e x p l o i t a m a s s i v e gap in the' d e f e n c e and C h r i s C u t h b e r t s o n to s c o r e e a s i l y . The final blow was s t r u c k by J o n P i t c h e r w h o made a good run on the left to c o l l e c t a w e l l - t i m e d p a s s from H u g h D u n c a n and s c o r e in the c o r n e r .

In the end the s c o r e w a s 3 3 . 9 . S u c h w a s the q u a l i t y of the teamwork that a s c o r e e v e n more f a v o u r a b l e to the A's would have been an e v e n more a c c u r a t e i n d i c a t o r .

It w a s a real team ef f ort.

T e a m : - Ft Pullen, D Bramley, C Becque, R Leeson, J Pitcher; M Cotter, H Duncan, W Bubb, A Fitzgerald, J Day, C Cuthbertson, S Downing, J Fisherburn, K Hawkins, N Wiltshire.

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I. F l u s t e r e d y o u n g lady led meat — a t a s t y d i s h (7,5) 8 . I'm North-east in the d i s u s e , upset by my f o e s (7) 9. R a i l w a y s c o n s u m e t h i s i t s gone for the w i n d (7) I I . A row around the s h i p for a p e r i o d (7) 12. T h r e e f o l d v a l u e from t h i s w a r n i n g h o u s e (7) 1 3 . Mary a tear in the s p r i n g (5) 14. H a s a hat and k e e p s in front of the f i e l d (9) 1 6 . M a d e to r i s e from vile s e a t - at t e a ? (9) 19. E x c l a i m that i t s y o u r s (5) 2 1 . N o n e in q u a g m i r e s but often in f a i r y s t o r i e s (7) 2 2 _ C o v e r s a foot and h i t s o u t ? (5,2) 2 4 . A m i t e a t e d u r i n g a rest period?(3-4) 2 5 . Shut up in c o n e , w i t h n o t h i n g to s p e n d (2,5) 26. Additional material to complete menial task, one p o i n t short (12) DOWN

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18th F e b r u a r y . T h e E d i t o r ' s d e c i s i o n w i l l be f i n a l .

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N i g h t l i n e are improvin g and u p d a t i n g their information on p r e g n a n c y , c o n t r a c e p t i o n , a b o r t i o n , V D , l e g a l a i d , d r u g s c o u n s e l l i n g , gay o r g a n i s a t i o n s , o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s , a i d c e n t r e s , m e d i c a l s e r v i c e s , mental h e a l t h , e n t s , p u b l i c transport and aII n i g h t s e r v i c e s .

T h e information h a s to be c h e c k e d s o we h a v e r e c e n t l y v i s i t e d the B r i t i s h P r e g n a n c y A d v i s o r y C e n t r e , F P A , a l a w c e n t r e , a d a y c e n t r e for p s y c h o t h e r a p y , an i n f o r m a t i o n a i d project and a d r u g p r o j e c t c e n t r e .

We w o u l d w e l c o m e any good c o n t a c t s or the a d d r e s s of an o r g a n i s a t i o n y o u c a n p e r s o n a l l y r e c o m m e n d . A l s o if you h a v e had a bad e x p e r i e n c e w i t h a w e l f a r e o r g a n i s a t i o n p l e a s e let us know s o we c a n e n s u r e that it i s on our l i s t of p l a c e s to b e a v o i d e d .

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1. A M e x i c a n w i l l k e e p it smooth runn ing (7) 2. Beginning to get the a n s w e r (7) 3. A sentimental occasion to s l i n g that a r o u n d ? (4,5) 4. Put it to rest the w r o n g w a y - y o u ' l l h a v e to pay for it (5) 5. " L ' e t a t c'est moi" c l a i m s the g i r l (7) 6 . A c r o s s the border to r e v e a l the p l a n ? (7) 7 . Shut in the dark but g e t s a c l u e ? (4,8) 1 0 . F a t i m a : j u s t about m a d after the d a y i s gone sout h (6,6) 15. T r y opinion of feeling after the c r i c k e t m a t c h ? (4,5) 1 7 . S i x b e a r s g i v e up s o u t h e a s t , to f i n i s h t h r o b b i n g (7) 18. P o l i t i c i a n i s hit for s u c h a l i t t l e d e v i l ! (4,3) 2 0 . A r t i s t g o e s b a c k d o w n the lanes to the munition's y a r d ? (7) 2 2 . Iron alloy forms the c e n t r a l c y l i n d e r (5)

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NUS-growth union THE NUS revealed this w e e k , that d e s p i t e the r e c e n t disaffiliation of some U n i v e r s i t i e s , their membership h a s r i s e n by a quarter of a m i l l i o n s i n c e 1971.

This i n c r e a s e , • at first sight startling, is mainly due to two r e c e n t d e c i s i o n s .

T h e f i r s t i s that . c o l l e g e s of education have been offered lower subscription fees to the National Union since J a n u a r y 1st. T h e s e c o n d i s that, for the first time, part-time students are entitled to use some of

Letter S i r , - I t h i n k i t i s t i m e that a p o s t g r a d u a t e o p i n i o n o n the c o n t r o v e r s y about N U S m e m b e r — ship was heard.

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D o w n 1 9 . P i c k a p l a c e to r e s t . W o r r i e d about a i r m a n ' s s e a t ? (7)

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N U S Travel's flights, from w h i c h they were p r e v i o u s l y excluded by international charter flight regulations.

In 1971 there were 712 Student U n i o n s b e l o n g i n g to the N U S , at p r e s e n t there are 805.

It i s hoped to eventually expand the m e m b e r s h i p of the U n i o n to a l l f u l l and part-time s t u d e n t s in B r i t a i n , although because of their richer Student Union, Universities and Polytechnics will still p r o v i d e the l a r g e s t portion of N U S ' s income. to not b e i n g r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of student o p i n i o n , w o u l d quite easily a p p l y to I C U ( a n d e s p e c i a l l y more so to the C C U s ) . T h e major d i f f e r e n c e b e i n g , of c o u r s e , that N U S i s d o m i n a t e d by the B r o a d Left while the "Broad R i g h t " rule supreme at I C T h o s e g e n e r a t i n g the anti— N u s h y s t e r i a s e e m to h a v e turned a completely blind e y e to the l o c a l s i t u a t i o n .

E v e n if these a c c u s a t i o n s w e r e true, the f a u l t for t h i s s t a t e of affairs lies with the apathy — r i d d e n student both, both locally and nationally.

The mechanism a n d s y s t e m for m a k i n g d i e N U S and C O s ( c o n s t i t u e n t o r g a n i s a t i o n s (of N U S ) ) more truly representative, already e x i s t s . T h e o n l y c r i t e r i o n for i t s f u l f i l l m e n t i s that s t u d e n t s get off t h e i r b a c k s i d e s a n d start e x e r c i s i n g their l e g i t i m a t e franchise.

Yours Sincerely, TOM ABRAHAM.

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Profile: Peter Teague

" A f i r s t step t o w a r d s m a k i n g N U S more r e p r e s e n t a t i v e would be to adopt some of the E l e c t o r a l Reform S o c i e t y ' s s u g g e s t i o n s , made in their new famous l e t t e r to C h a r l e s C l a r k e " .

"I'd like N U S to becom e more representative.

I personally believe in ' r e p r e s e n t a t i v e d e m o c r a c y ' . " N U S , h o w e v e r , i s b a s e d on ' a c t i v e d e m o c r a c y ' — where delegates are e l e c t e d to conference — activists elect a c t i v i s t s , w h o then e l e c t the N a t i o n a l E x e c u t i v e , w h o a r e , therefore, h i g h l y a c t i v i s t , and w h o o b v i o u s l y do not r e p r e s e n t the m a j o r i t y of s t u d e n t s . ' A f i r s t s t e p towards m a k i n g N U S more r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , , " h e s a y s , " w o u l d be to adopt some of the E l e c t o r a l Reform S o c i e t y ' s s u g g e s t i o n s , made in t h e i r n o w famous letter to C h a r l e s C l a r k e .

Initially this would mean electing delegates to N U S Conferences by s e c r e t c o l l e g e - w i d e b a l l o t , and e l e c t i o n of the V P s of N U S by S T V . T h i s w o u l d at l e a s t e n s u r e that the V P s were representative of the crosss e c t i o n of p e o p l e at c o n f e r e n c e . T h i s i s not he s a y s , the c a s e at p r e s e n t .

T h e next s t e p w o u l d be to e l e c t the four s a b b a t i c a l o f f i c e r s of N U S by national ballot.

Photographic | Society Competition Categories Section General Landscape Natural History Slides Colour Prints General General Portraits B&W Prints Candid The competition is open to all members. Prints may be mounted or unmounted. Entry is free and there will be about £ 3 5 in prize money. Entries should be handed to;- Phil Hunkin <j)3, Phil Dean (FELIX office) or the Photsoc Shop by 2.D0 pm March 1 s t . Information will be sent by internal mail.

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the foreign students fees s h o u l d be i n c r e a s e d by at least twice and preferably by f i v e t i m e s the n e w r a t e s of £416 for s t u d e n t s o n a d v a n c e d It was ' particularly i n t e r e s t i n g to n o t e , he s a i d , that Britain, and Eire, were two of the f e w c o u n t r i e s d i s c r i m i n a t i n g b e t w e e n home and foreign students.

Both are the o n l y members o f the E E C who d i s c r i m i n a t e a g a i n s t foreign students in this w a y .

" W h e t h e r it w i l l a c t u a l l y h a p p e n or not i s a d i f f e r e n t matter. T h e p a r t i c u l a r p o l i t i c a l group in power at the moment, the Broad Left, obviously doesn't want to l o s e that power, s o they are g o i n g to r e s i s t the c h a n g e . P e r s o n a l l y , I think i t s time they w e r e put out of power — they h a v e been there, more l e s s , s i n c e 1968, and in t h o s e or s e v e n y e a r s , their a c h i e v e m e n t s and trade record h a v e not e x a c t l y been the g r e a t e s t you c o u l d h a v e hoped for.

I think that they n a v e now become bankrupt of i d e o l o g i e s , of new c a m p a i g n s , of new i s s u e s , a n d , more than a n y t h i n g el^p, bankrupt o' new tactics for s . u o e n t s to u s e to get what they want.''

" T h e y (the Broad L e f t ) s p e n d too much time t r y i n g . t o work out how they are going to stay in power, rather than working out where s t u d e n t s s h o u l d be g o i n g . . . " H e f e l l s that the B r o a d L e f t h a s b e c o m e too much a p o l i t i c a l m a c h i n e ; "they spend too much time trying to work out how they are going to stay in power, rather than working out where students should be going.

The big argument in their favour is that they v e very, very dedicated people, and work very hard."

W i t h i n I C , h e f e e l s that there i s not enough awareness amongst IC

c o u r s e s a n d £260 for those on non-advanced courses w h i c h are to be i m p l e m e n t e d in September.

T h e r e i s to b e a n a t i o n a l d a y of a c t i o n o n W e d n e s d a y 18th F e b r u a r y a n d a l s o a meeting of all I C students by the Q u e e n ' s T o w e r . T a c t i c s to be e m p l o y e d i n t h e c a m p a i g n include lobbying of the College Governors, leafletting l o c a l residents and sending of resolutions to L E A ' s and c o l l e g e s .

s t u d e n t s o f what I C U d o e s for them.

D e s p i t e the large number of p e o p l e i n v o l v e d in the U n i o n , the U G M s are still poorly a t t e n d e d , a l t h o u g h t h e s e are not the w h o l e of ^e U n i o n . A s far a s Union meetings go, P e t e would l i k e to think that the low turn o u t s r e f l e c t a s a t i s f a c t i o n w i t h the w a y the U n i o n i s b e i n g run.

However, as a academic exercise, h e h a s often c o n s i d e r e d m e a s u r e s to t e s t t h i s — s u c h a s p u t t i n g the U n i o n ' o n s t r i k e ' , and s u s p e n d i n g a l l U n i o n a c c o u n t s . "I know one of the f i r s t t h i n g s that w o u l d happen — the f i r s t Wednesday afternoon, I would have about 200 s p o r t s m e n k n o c k i n g on my d o o r s a y i n g " w h e r e the b l o o d y h e l l i s our c o a c h ? " Y e t s o many p e o p l e d o n ' t realise these are provided by the Union."

If, on the other h a n d , there w a s no uproar, then he w o u l d c o n c l u d e that p e o p l e d i d not c a r e about thr U n i o n , a n d that C o l l e g e i s w a s t i n a £80,000 on it.

His final comments were, "It's your Union; it is the Students' Union. what it does for Just try and realise you, and, more than anything else, take part in it — whether in a club, whatever, or society, or at the UGM or just try and take part. A lot can be done, but it's the Students themselves, in the end, who must do it. There's no one going to help you out. it's up to you."

Interview by P a u l

Ekpenyong

E d i t e d by D u n c a n S u s s