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A l l proceeds to R A G N E W S P A P E R OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION F O U N D E D IN 1949

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Union goes it alone on AP A s i g n i f i c a n t stage towards m a k i n g the U n i o n ' s A l t e r n a t i v e Prospectus ( A P ) editorially independen t o f C o l l e g e w a s reached at C o u n c i l on Monday e v e n i n g . T h e c o u n c i l gave the A P a n a d d i t i o n a l £1,300 .to e n s u r e that n e x t y e a r ' s e d i t i o n is completely Union financedIn d o i n g s o C o u n c i l r e j e c t e d a p r o p o s a l by t h e A c a d e m i c Affairs Officer (AAO) Paul Ekpenyong that the e x t r a f i n a n c e s h o u l d be s o u g h t from the^College's Societies' Fund.

The need for more cash (£2,600 i n s t e a d of £1,300) came a s a r e s u l t of p o l i c y changes in the printing industry.

C o u n c i l f e l t that b y g o i n g to C o l l e g e for the money it would put next y e a r ' s A P i n an editorial stranglehold, s i m i l a r to that w h i c h t r o u b l e d t h i s y e a r ' s (and debut) e d i t i o n .

T h e n the C o l l e g e A d m i s s i o n s Policy Committee .(APC) ordered that the P r o s p e c t u s be r e - e d i t e d m i d - w a y through printing.

N e x t y e a r ' s A P w i l l be t h e f i r s t one to be f u l l y c i r c u l a t e d to s c h o o l s , s i n c e l a s t y e a r ' s , w h i c h a r r i v e d two w e e k ' s a g o , i s — due to the A P C o r d e r e d reprint — o n l y f o r i n t e r n a l distribution.

C o p y d e a d l i n e f o r the next e d i t i o n i s F r i d a y J a n u a r y 14th.

A l l e n t r i e s s h o u l d be s u b mitted to A A O P a u l E k p e n yong, c / o The I C Union office.

Overseas Sudent fees T o d a y M rs S h i r l e y W i l l i a m s , S e c r e t a r y of State o f E d u c a t i o n , r e c e i v e d 1000 l e t t e r s o f protest from t h e s t u d e n t s o f Imperfal C o l l e g e . T h e l e t t e r s concern the i n c r e a s e in Overseas Students F e e s a n d P o s t Graduate F e e s recently announced.

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NUS-You'll decide IC students will be given the chance to vote in a referendum on whether to remain affiliated to NUS. The referendum will be held in March, at the same time a s college-wide ballot elections for the sabbatical officers of IC Union. This was decided at yesterday's Union General meeting, the first to be quorate in two years.

It w a s a l s o d e c i d e d a t the U G M by a 3 to 2 majority, that I C U s h o u l d not. r e a f f i l i a t e to the London Students Organisation.

r The d e c i s i o n to organise a referendum w a s r e a c h e d after a noisy debate. Thig resulted from a n attempt to move straight to a v o t e o n the main motion (to h a v e a referendum) i m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r the p r o p o s e r ' s s p e e c h w i t h o u t any opposin g s p e e c h .

This procedural motion (that a v o t e b e t a k e n ) w a s c a r r i e d by a lar g e m a j o r i t y , but uproar f o l l o w e d w i t h c r i e s of ' n o t d e m o c r a c y ' a n d c l a i m s for the r i g h t o f o p p o s i t i o n speech.

Mr N i c k B r a y s h a w , I C U P r e s i d e n t , pointed out t h a t by right t h e p r o c e d u r a l m o t i o n s h o u l d s t a n d , but s e n s i n g the mood of the opposition, quashed it, and allowed a r e p l y to the p r o p o s i t i o n .

T h e r e p l y took t h e form o f an a t t a c k o n the r a i l r o a d i n g ' t a c t i c s o f the r i g h t w i n g ' b y an unidentified speaker. T h i s RCSU V P Steve prompted Braud to c a l l for a card check of U n i o n members. A c h e c k was t h e n h e l d .

T h e m e e t i n g then c a l m e d d o w n a n d " the vote r e s u l t e d in a c l e a r majority i n favour of a referendum.

O A t the L S O d e b a t e Mr T r e v o r Phillips, L S O secretary, (and e x - P r e s i d e n t I C U ) s p o k e a g a i n s t w i t h d r a w a l from L S O , p o i n t i n g o u t that L S O w a s a n organisation designed to to help smaller colleges d e v e l o p through a i d s u p p l i e d by larger members.

He e m p h a s i s e d that L S O was a young organisation and that large colleges which stayed outside last year have n o w j o i n e d . H e s a i d 'ICU

would be going against the trend' i f i t w i t h d r e w a n d that 'we owe it to smaller organisations to play our part'.

Despite h i s eloquence, 'ICU has little to show for membership of LSO' s a i d Mr Hugh Barrett (proposer). ' O b j e c t i v e l y - w e pu t £500 a y e a r i n a n d w h a t d o w e get?

T r e v P h i l l i p s a n d n o t much else'.

T h e m o t i o n not to r e a f f l i a t e w a s c a r r i e d by 2 1 0 v o t e s t o 1 4 1 , w i t h 26 a b s t e n t i o n s .

I C U h a s b e e n a member o f L S O s i n c e i t s formation two years ago , a n d joined during Mr P h i l l i p s ' term a s I C U President.

However the question of I C U ' s affiliation h a d . n e v e r b e e n p u t to a U G M , t h i s w a s r e c t i f i e d at y e s t e r day's meeting.

Benefaction given new life The anonymous benefactor w h o o f f e n e d I C £ 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 to b u i l d a n e x t e n s i o n to L i n s t e a d H a l l h a s e x t e n d e d the d e a d l i n e on h i s b e n e f a c t i o n to J a n u a r y 1978.

A n original condition o f the g i f t w a s that t h e C o l l e g e be 'in a position to start building on the ( e x t e n s i o n s i t e

by J a n u a r y 1 9 7 7 ' . T h i s b e c a m e impractical when Westminster City Council rejected a College plans for the site five weeks ago.

After debating the i s s u e at a G o v e r n o r ' s m e e t i n g o n N o v e m b e r 1 9 t h , the C o l l e g e h a s d e c i d e d not t o a p p e a l a g a i n s t the d e c i s i o n , n o t t o oppose the ' a l t e r n a t i v e ' Knightsbridge Residents A s s o ciation's plans, and to consider commissioning a new design for the e x t e n s i o n , d e p e n d e n t u p o n the v i e w o f the Fine Arts Commission,

Dep.Reps. to stay A p r o p o s a l that t h e D e p a r t ment Representatives be r e m o v e d from C o u n c i l w a s d e f e a t e d b y the l a t t e r a t i t s meeting o n Monday. T h e proposal came from the Union's Permanent Working Party ( P W P ) , whose s p o k e s man R o s D a r l i n g s a i d the Reps were superfluous a n d presented no useful business to C o u n c i l .

Opposing the recommendation External Affairs Officer H u g h B a r r e t t s a i d that D e p R e p s w e r e more r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of s t u d e n t s t h a n the P W P , w h o along w i t h O l d Students reps and Constituent College Academic Affairs Officers s h o u l d be s t r u c k o f f C o u n c i l .

C o u n c i l rejected the P W P p r o p o s a l bu t d i d n o t v o t e o n a n y other p r o p o s a l s t o d i m i n i s h C o u n c i l ' s s i z e . A more s u c c e s s f u l r e s o l u t i o n from t h e P W P , that t h e U n i o n - E x e c utive — a s the D i s c i p l i n e C o m m i t t e e — must s i t w i t h i n 10 d a y s o f a n a l l e g e d d i s c i p l i n e o f f e n c e i n s t e a d o f .the present 2 , w a s adopted a s Council policy.

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letters to the editor Inconsiderate societies D e a r S i r , — I am sorry if t h i s article consumes a precious p a g e of y o u r a l r e a d y s t u f f e d magazine. But I find t h i s paper a suitable mouthpiece to e x p r e s s some o p i n i o n s , w h i c h I think need immediate attention.

Every year, when the C o l l e g e re-opens in October, w e w i t n e s s many f u n c t i o n s , e x h i b i t i o n s , e t c N e w students become aware of various societies existing in this c o l l e g e T h e o r g a n i s e r s of the many s o c i e t i e s show much interest in enrolling new m e m b e r s ; but h o w m a n y of t h e m take the c a r e of l e t t i n g their new friends know about the societies' forthcoming e v e n t s , so that the l a t t e r may participate?

Of course, one c a n see posters hung up here and there; but t h e s e are few and f a r b e t w e e n * Is it not p o s s i b l e to s e n d i n d i v i d u a l i n v i t a t i o n s to every member in his d e p a r t m e n t ; after a l l i t c o s t s nothing? T h e Indian S o c i e t y i s o n e , w h i c h d o e s n ' t c a r e to n o t i f y i t s n e w m e m b e r s of their a c t i v i t i e s . Such o r g a n i s a t i o n s should c e a s e to e x i s t .

My s e c o n d r e q u e s t i s for a c o m m o n room for a l l P o s t G r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s w h e r e they c a n w a t c h the T V or r e a d

n e w s p a p e r s ^ b o t h from home and abroad, w h i l e h a v i n g their l u n c h or e n j o y i n g d r i n k s . Of c o u r s e , the H a l d a n e L i b r a r y k e e p s n e w s p a p e r s , but t h e n we c a n ' t eat food there. I w i s h the respective authorities would be kind enough to consider this.

F i n a l l y , I w o u l d l i k e to m e n t i o n s o m e t h i n g a b o u t the e x o r b i t a n t t u i t i o n f e e s to be i m p o s e d upon t h e o v e r s e a s students f r o m next y e a r . W i l l not it a f f e c t the i n t e r n a t i o n a l nature of t h i s w o r l d f a m o u s C o l l e g e ? We a l l k n o w that o n e t h i r d of the s t u d e n t s a r e from o v e r s e a s . I hope I C U n i o n w i l l not r e m a i n a p a s s i v e s p e c t a t o r .

Yours sincerely, Mr R A M E N D R A G U H A , P o s t Grad Atmospheric P h y s i c s

Censorship degenerate films needed for D e a r S i r , - O n S u n d a y the 2 1 s t of N o v e m b e r w h i l s t a t t e n d i n g the " S C A B Evening" a s u i t a b l e name for w h a t w a « to e n s u e — i t w a s my m i s f o r t u n e to w i t n e s s the most r e v o l t i n g d i s p l a y of p e r v e r s e , not to mention warped, sexual a c t i v i t i e s it h a s e v e r b e e n my m i s f o r t u n e to c r o s s p a t h s w i t h . I am of c o u r s e r e f e r r i n g to the o r g a n i s e d 'Blue Movie'

s h o w i n g w h i c h w a s p a r t of the above mentioned evening,, I am u n a w a r e a s to w h a t e x t e n t the U n i o n may i n t e r j e c t into organised showings of t h i s t y p e , but a c a s e c l e a r l y exists for the censorship b y some n e u t r a l b o d y of s u c h depraved filth. Commonsense o n the p a r t of the o r g a n i s e r s , c o u p l e d w i t h a modest amount of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a n d a m o d i c u m of good t a s t e , w o u l d h a v e made censorship obsolete.

None of these q u a l i t i e s w a s evident, so I consider it a n e c e s s a r y a n d prudent s t e p to r i d the C o l l e g e of a n y f u t u r e threat of o b s c e n e s h o w i n g s .

T h i s a i m s h o u l d be s t r i v e d for with a fabian zest!

I a m a w a r e that the d e f i n it i o n of o b s c e n e v a r i e s g r e a t l y from p e r s o n to p e r s o n , but under no circumstances would I concede that SCAB'S blue movies s e r v e d a u s e f u l p u r p o s e to t h i s c o l l e g e , e x c e p t to c o r r u p t the minds of the supposedly intelligent students here. I v i e w b e a s t i a l i t y and m a s t u r b a t i n g — t h e s e were e x p l i c i t l y shown — with the utmost contempt.

I c o n c l u d e by s t a t i n g that i n r e t r o s p e c t I f e e l h a r d done by at p a y i n g 25p to be p r e s e n t at s u c h a degenerate d e b a c l e .

T h e money may be g o i n g to a g o o d c a u s e but a m e a n s t o an end doesn't transform into r i g h t .

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S i r , - Is F E L I X p r o p h e t i c , o r am I confusing cause a n d effect? I am referring to the apparently controversial College issues you keep r a i s i n g ; for e x a m p l e the l a t e s t one b e i n g the r e j e c t i o n s of the Linsteatt extension plans.

U n l e s s we c a n mobilise our f r i e n d s , the s t u d e n t body a n d o t h e r members of I C , i t s e e m s p o i n t l e s s to p r o t e s t a t • the p l a n ' s r e j e c t i o n . A l l Students w i t h whom I have instigated a d i s c u s s i o n ' on this topic either believe' it to b e no c o n c e r n o f t h e i r s or f e e l .that they are p o w e r l e s s to d o a n y t h i n g . the s a m e w e must remember t h a t the b e n e f i t s of new h a l l s w i l l be future s t u d e n t s , a b l e to work in reasonable accommodation , at a f a i r rent, c l o s e to C o l l e g e .

Perhaps Professor Wiggins' b l o c k s c o u l d be r e a r r a n g e d a r o u n d the s i d e s of a s q u a r e t o g i v e a d e c e n t , better l i t area w i t h tennis courts and c a r p a r k i n g s p a c e i n the o p e n part of the s q u a r e . So a c h i e v i n g h i g h s t u d e n t numbers a n d f r e s h a i r a n d l i g h t for e v e r y o n e .

Yours faithfully MATTHEW CLEMENTS Physics 2 13 N o v e m b e r 1976

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T h e c h a n c e f o r e v e r y o n e to v o t e on our c o n t i n u e d m e m b e r s h i p o f M S i s to be w e l c o m e d . U G M ' s h a v e come to b e regarded a s f a r c i a l a s f a r a s representation goes; a college-wide b a l l o t d e c i s i o n i s the o n l y true w a y to judge o p i n i o n .

T h e m o v e , on M o n d a y , t o e n s u r e that t h e A P i s n o t r e l i a n t o n f u n d s d i r e c t l y from C o l l e g e i s , I b e l i e v e , the right s t e p . T h e A P s h o u l d p r e s e n t the student v i e w a n d f e e l a b l e to put t h i s a c r o s s f o r c e f u l l y , without h a v i n g to s e e k C o l l e g e a p p r o v a l . L e t u s hope that t h i s y e a r the A P b e c o m e s a true a l t e r n a t i v e .

P u b l i s h e d by t h e - E d i t o r on behal f of theImperlalCollegeUnion Publications Board. Printed offset-litho on t h e Union premises.

Editor — C l i v e Dewey Sports E d i t o r — Howard Cheetham A s s i s t a n t Editor (Business) — Duncan Suss A s s i s t a n t E d i t o r ( T e c h n i c a l — Marke K u s e Hon. Production Editor — G i l l McConway Ian M o r s e E d i t o r i a l Staff — D a v e C r a b b e , A n d r e w Evans, Mukozoke.

T e c h n i c a l / P a s t e Up Staff - A l l i s o n C a n n , Jim Richardson, Chris Palmer, Terry Westoby.

Business— K . H . Chan Photographers — D i c k Hope, Trevor P o o l e , S t e v e E a r l y , B o b de Wardt, Phillip Utting.

Critics — Paul Ekpenyong (Films) Thomas Stevenson ( P l a y s ) , Eric Stovell ( P l a y / F i l m s ) Hie (Records) Cartoonists — Mike Slone-Murphy, John Lorraine, Tony Jones.

Morale Dept — J e n Hardy-Smith, C h r i s Palmer.

F E L I X O f f i c e , Imperial C o l l e g e Union, Prince Consort Road, L o n d o n SW7 2 B B T e l 01 589 5111 ext. 1 0 4 8 / 1 0 4 2 / 1 0 4 3 Int. 2881

Brunei raid IG unions Raids at the weekend on Guilds and I C Union indicate that Brunei University a r e eager to r e g a i n t h e i r lost m a s c o t , I z z y — a s i x foot h i g h f i b r e g l a s s dinasaur.

The first signs of this were w h e n G u i l d s a r c h i v i s t Iain Cairns s a w strangers loading the G u i l d s pedal c a r i n t o t h e b a c k of a v a n o u t s i d e the Mechanical Engineering building.This was mid-evening Sunday; he telephoned I C U Deputy President Derrick E v e r e t t w h o c a l l e d the P o l i c e .

B y t h i s time t h e v a n h a d b e e n l o a d e d , l o c k e d , b u t not driven away.

The Police o p e n e d t h e v a n a n d removed the p e d a l c a r , w h i c h h a d b e e n taken from the G u i l d s s t o r e -

cupboard i n Mech E n g , C o l l e g e officials believe that t h e A S S A lock to the cupboard had b e e n p i c k e d , A different method w a s u s e d to s e a r c h t h e . U n i o n b u i l d i n g f o r I z z y t h e same n i g h t ; the U n i o n b e l i e v e s that a C o l l e g e m a s t e r key w a s u s e d to o p e n t h e l o c k s h e r e . T h e search w a s first discovered w h e n t h e D P n o t i c e d many u s u a l l y l o c k e d doors open.

T h i s i s not the only o c c u r e n c e of this type o f incident recently.

Two weeks ago Brunei University said they were uninterested in regaining I z z y f r om I C a n d r e f r a i n e d from m e e t i n g ransom demands for the m a s c o t .

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L a s t F r i d a y s a w the a n n u a l purge of i l l e g a l p o s t e r s from the U n i o n b u i l d i n g , 104 p o s t e r s w e r e found t o be c o n t r a v e n i n g the U n i o n ' s r u l e s for p u b l i c i t y .

The offending societies resp o n s i b l e f o r the p o s t e r s , w i l l now b e c h a r g e d £ 2 f o r e a c h o f f e n d i n g p o s t e r ; the money s o r a i s e d w i l l go towards r e p a i n t i n g the U n i o n ,

Union C o u n c i l agreed o n M onda y t o s e t up another major-sub committee o f i t s e l f to c a t e r for O v e r s e a s S t u d e n t s , A c o n s t i t u t i o n put forward b y the O v e r s e a s Students A c t i o n Group was a l s o a c c e p t e d .

The Council decision follows l a s t month's revival of interest in Overseas Student a f f a i r s by E A O H u g h Barrett a n d A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s Officer Paul Ekpenyong, (Felix 434). Both expressed themselves happy w i t h t h e current' d e v e l o p m e n t s .

C RCC General Committee M e e t i n g d e c i d e d to c l o s e d o w n the H i s t o r i c a l R e - E n a c . t m e n t S o c i e t y . A n y propert y f o r m e r l y u s e d by t h i s c l u b must now be returned to R C C .

C o n t a c t the H o n S e c r e t a r y , M E l l i o t t v i a the U n i o n l e t t e r rack, .

d A file of those requiring l i f t s (by c a r ) t o I C a n d t h o s e p r e p a r e d to o f f e r them i s n o w being compiled.

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Seven delegates have been e l e c t e d to r e p r e s e n t t h e C i t y of L o n d o n P o l y a t t h e N U S conference, of whom a T o r y topped t h e p o l l . ( P E P Y S ) S i x out of nine d e l e g a t e s from L e e d s P o l y are c o n s e r v a t i v e s t o o , (Leeds Student)

I.C CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY DR. K E I T H HAMPSON M.P TALKS ON

T H E PROSPECTS FOR H I G H E R EDUCATION O N TUESDAY 7th D E C E M B E R AT 12.45 I N M E C H . ENG. 664 (All Welcome) G Sheffield University have ' b e e n t o l d that there w i l l be no Rag processio n next year u n l e s s the p o l i c e get a ' s t o p p o l i c e ' sign — normally found on t o p of p a n d a c a r s — b a c k .

The p o l i c e b e l i e v e the s i g n was stolen by students during R a g Week, (Dart)

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Newcastle University's transport operations research group h a s b e e n a w a r d e d a £ 3 2 , 0 0 0 grant b y t h e S c i e n c e R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l to i n v e s t igate practical m e t h o d s of improving the o p e r a t i o n of urban b u s r o u t e s , (THES)

4 - F E L I X , D E C E M B E R 3rd 1976

Sxecutwc Congratulations on still actually being w i t h y o u r s e l f somewhere w i t h i n y o u r brain cavit y.

G o d , w h a t a R a g Week! I'm e x h a u s t e d !

H o w e v e r , I do have one t e e n s y w e e n s y l i t t l e c o m p l a i n t a n d that i s that M o r p h y D a y j u s t w a s n ' t dirty e n o u g h . T h e r e w a s , n e v e r t h e l e s s , the c o n s o l a t i o n o f n o t o n l y g e t t i n g into H a r r o d s u n h a r r a s e d , bu t a l s o b e i n g s e r v e d o n the f o u r t h . f l o o r (!) r e s t a u r a n t — the perfumery department w i l l never b e t h e same a g a i n .

WHITE LIES

by John White IC Union Hon.Sec. I hope y o u a l l e n j o y e d y o u r s e l v e s ; my p i c k l e d brain i s s t i l l bubbling away to r y t h m i c p l e a s of " w h e n c a n I h a v e s o m e sleep?"

Notwithstanding a l l this, back to reality and —

t n A t the moment two major a r e a s o f c o n c e r j i to u s a l l , n a m e l y A c c o m m o d a t i o n a n d F i n a n c i a l C o n t r o l of U n i o n R e s o u r c e s , are i n d e s p e r a t e need o f some form of permanent o v e r s e e i n g .

T h e former p o s t , that o f Student R e s i d e n c e Officer, i s concerned directly with accommodation matters.

He is c h a i r m a n o f the I C U n i o n A c c o m m o d a t i o n C o m m i t t e e , and s i t s o n t he U n i o n F i n a n c e O v e r the l a s t two y e a r s , i f not f o r a much longer p e r i o d , I C U n i o n h a s b e e n looking very critically at its own s t r u c t u r e . 18 months a g o the (Working P a r t y on Union R e s o u r c e s ' , c h a i r e d by G o r d o n J a c k s o n , p r o p o s e d the c r e a t i o n of a n e w s a b b a t i c a l p o s t , r e p l a c i n g t h e present Deputy P r e s i d e n t . T h e new o f f i c e r w o u l d be c h a i r m a n o f both H o u s e and F i n a n c e committees.

T h e n l a s t y e a r w e s a w the ' W o r k i n g P a r t y on U n i o n R e s p o n s e % T h i s l o o k e d critically a t the p r e s e n t committee structure, and rejected the i d e a of enlarging Union Council to form a 'Student Representative Council' as a d v o c a t e d by P e t e T e a g u e .

T h i s y e a r we have the n e w P e r m a n e n t W o r k i n g P a r t y , a revamped F l o o r R e p s c o m m i t t e e , w h i c h i s l o o k i n g further a t the C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d Structure of the U n i o n .

That structure has e v o l v e d over half a c e n t u r y , but the form s u m m a r i s e d i n the d i a g r a m b e l o w h a s r e m a i n e d a l m o s t u n c h a n g e d s i n c e the late 1 9 6 0 ' s , the d a y s of P i e r s C o r b y n , a n d o f the r e f e r e n d u m on U n i o n S t r u c t u r e , w h i c h d e c i d e d t o a f f i l i a t e to N U S a n d not t o d i s b a n d the C C U s .

So here's a quick rundown, a s one h a c k s e e s it o f the p r e s e n t a r r a n g e m e n t .

T h e s o v e r e i g n body i s the Union Geneial Meeting, at w h i c h a l l F u l l ( i e c u r r e n t student) members m a y v o t e , a n d L i f e members may s p e a k but not v o t e . It d e c i d e s a l l major p o l i c y m a t t e r s , i n particular our p o l i c i e s o n external affairs, residence and refectory p o l i c y .

T h e format, for those o f y o u w h o have never attended (slap your w r i s t s ,

Committee, a n d the U n i o n Welfare C o m m i t t e e . F o r h i s s i n s he a l s o s i t s o n the f o l l o w i n g C o l l e g e C o m m i t t e e s : - the Student H a l l s C o m m i t t e e a n d the Student H o u s e s C o m m i t t e e . A s p a n be s e e n , t h e post does entail a fair amount o f c o m m i t t e e w o r k but n e v e r t h e l e s s most of the w o r k i s done at g r a s s root l e v e l i e dealing with people.

T h e l a t t e r p o s t , that of H o n J u n i o r T r e a s u r e r , i s a p o s t not i n d i r e c t c o n t r o l of the o v e r a l l f i n a n c i a l p i c t u r e of the U n i o n — this c o n t r o l i s v e s t e d w i t h the Union Finance Committee a n d i m p l e m e n t e d by the H o n S e n i o r T r e a s u e r , D r K e n W e a l e (who i s a w o n d e r f u l p e r s o n , a r e a l l y great guy a n d p l e a s e s i g n t h a t c h e q u e for my C h r i s t m a s break i n t h e S e y c h e l l e s , K e n ! ? ) . K e n would currently l i k e to k n o w where h i s J u n i o r T r e a s u r e r actup'l" i s ' The j o b generally entails a s s i s t i n g the I C U S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r i n many w a y s and, more specifically, keeping a w a t c h f u l e y e over the e x p e n d i t u r e o f Union Committees, co-ordinating the p r e p a r a t i o n of the a n n u a l U n i o n e s t i m a t e s for s u b m i s s i o n to the C o l l e g e , m a i n t a i n ing the i n v e n t o r y of U n i o n e q u i p m e n t , c o l l e c t i n g a n d b a n k i n g o f m o n e y , a n d the c o m m i t t e e work t o o ( o n l y U n i o n F i n a n c e Committee in h i s c a s e ) .

If a n y o n e i s i n t e r e s t e d i n e i t h e r o f t h e s e p o s t s ( p l e a s e note that d e s p i t e my p h r a s e o l o g y , y o u d o n ' t have to be a " h e " t o take up e i t h e r p o s t ) then p l e a s e , p l e a s e c o n t a c t me a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e .

S T h i s scheme h a s not b e e n i n v o l v e d i n the current c r a s h of N U S T r a v e l a n d i s s t i l l f u n c t i o n i n g . The s e c o n d b a t c h o f c a r d s h a v e i n fact a r r i v e d . F o r a l l t h o s e l o v e l y p e o p l e dow n a t S i l w o o d (I k n o w y o u ' r e there but y o u s t i l l h a v e n ' t sent me a p o s t c a r d ) I h a v e s e n t y o u down a conseignment of Discount C a r d s a n d t h e s e a r e a v a i l a b l e from y o u r C o m m i t t e e ( I C U S P C ) . S e e J o h n Mumford ( C h a i r m a n ) or M a r t i n H a l l ( H o n S e c r e t a r y ) for d e t a i l s .

S A l t e r the N U S E x e c u t i v e d e c i s i o n the c u r r e n t state o f a f f a i r s i s : (i) N U S T r a v e l L t d h a s c e a s e d trading and is being wound u p . (ii) E n d s l e i g h P r i n t i n g Services ( U n i is Executive you naughty people) reports, elections, motions, and any other b u s i n e s s . If y o u want to c o m p l a i n about F e l i x ( s a y ) , or R e f e c t o r y p r i c e s , or the r e d u c t i o n i n c l e a n i n g i n h a l l s , dr or t o c a l l for my r e s i g n a t i o n for w r i t i n g s u c h d r i v e l i n F e l i x , —(Verbal D i a r r h o e a - T y p i s t ) — t h e n t h i s i s the forum in w h i c h to do i t .

T h e execution of t h e s e d e c i s i o n s i s then up to (I) the P r e s i d e n t , w h o m a y d e l e g a t e matters to other members o f

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Derrick Everett IC Union Deputy President the Executive: a n d / o r ( i i ) Council, i n particular regarding the financial i m p l i c a t i o n s o f the d e c i s i o n . . C o u n c i l may o n l y refer a matter b a c k to a U G M o n c e , a n d is a n a l a g o n s to the H o u s e o f L o r d s i n this r e s p e c t . U s u a l l y C o u n c i l w i l l refer matters f o r further debate t o one o f i t s s u b - c o m m i t t e e s .

If the d e c i s i o n of U G M or of C o u n c i l a f f e c t s the u s e of U n i o n r o o m s , e g o r g a n i s i n g a c o n f e r e n c e or a j u m b l e

print) h a s c e a s e d trading and i s being wound up. (iii) Soate a n d B l a c k w e l l L t d ( P h o t c m e c h ) h a s gone i n t o l i q u i d a t i o n .

L t d(NUS (iv) E n d s l e i g h Marketing Marketing i s continuing trading. (v) E n d s l e i g h I n s u r a n c e s ( B r o k e r s ) L t d is continuing trading.

Matters w h i c h w o u l d s e e m to be l i k e l y to be of d i r e c t r e l e v a n c e to I C s t u d e n t s w i l l , I h o p e , be c o v e r e d b y the f o l l o w i n g : (a) If y o u have b o o k e d w i t h N U S T r a v e l , they w i l l t r y a n d g e t y o u o u t on t h e s a m e s c h e d u l i n g but may not be a b l e to do s o . S h o u l d y o u not w i s h to t r a v e l b y the n e w s c h e d u l i n g y o u c a n c l a i m a refund.

— calculators, (b) N U S M a r k e t i n g s l e e p i n g b a g s , e t c are s t i l l g o i n g , a s ( i v ) s t a t e s , h o w e v e r in a m a i n m a i l from N U S it s a y s : ' / f is our belief that it was too early to a s s e s s the current viability of Marketing, and therefore that it should as normal."

T h e decision over continue t h i s must therefore by y o u r s . T h e forms for M a r k e t i n g are s t i l l a v a i l a b l e i n ' t h e Union Office. (c) E n d s l e i g h I n s u r a n c e i s s t i l l v a l i d a n d the c o m p a n y appears t o be d o i n g o k .

h A l t e r the t o l d i n g ot the N U S T r a v e l Centres B r i t i s h R a i l are now retailing the R a i l C a r d s d i r e c t t o s t u d e n t s . T h e method b y w h i c h t h i s m a y be a c h i e v e d is as follows: (i) Write to B r i t i s h R a i l f o r a n a p p l i c a t i o n form (or c a l l i n ) a t the a d d r e s s given below. Send a S A E . (ii) F i l l i n the a p p l i c a t i o n form a n d get i t s i g n e d by y o u r S e n i o r T u t o r or s i m i l a r ( i t ' l l p r o b a b l y be b e s t i f y o u get a n o f f i c i a l s t a m p o n it too) (Hi) Send the completed form, two p a s s port s i z e p h o t o s , a n d a c h e q u e for £ 6 . 5 0 made p a y a b l e t o British Rail, not NUS Travel, to the a d d r e s s g i v e n b e l o w and y o u w i l l r e c e i v e the R a i l C a r d by post.

T h e neares t p l a c e to w r i t e to i s P a d d i n t o n S t a t i o n a n d the a d d r e s s i s : C h i e f P a s s e n g e r Manager, B r i t i s h R a i l Western, HQ O f f i c e s , Paddington Station, LONDON W21HA T h a t ' s a l l for n o w , take c a r e a n d s e e you around. sale or whatever, arrangements a r e d i s c u s s e d by H o u s e C o m m i t t e e .

This committee a l s o d i s c u s s e s the redecoration and furnishing o f the U n i o n a r e a s , the b o o k i n g o f rooms a n d the a l l o c a t i o n of rooms a n d e q u i p m e n t for maximum e f f i c i e n c y . B y i t s v e r y nature it c o n t r o l s a large c h u n k , (on average about 8%) of the U n i o n ' s income.

More g e n e r a l l y . C o u n c i l may r e f e r matters for f u l l e r d i s c u s s i o n to ( i ) t h e Permanent Working Party, ( i i ) the E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e , or ( i i i ) a n a d h o c Working P a r t y .

Various sectional interests are r e p r e s e n t e d o n C o u n c i l by the c h a i r m e n of the four (perhaps s o o n t o be s i x ) major s u b - c o m m i t t e e s , the P r e s i d e n t o f I C W A , the c h a i r m a n of t h e P o s t g r a d u a t e Group a n d the A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s O f f i c e r s of the C C U s .

T h e dept reps a l s o r e p r e s e n t , to some e x t e n t , C C U i n t e r e s t s on C o u n c i l , a s d o the P r e s i d e n t s o f C C U s . T h e latter c o m p r i s e h a l f of t h e Executive Committee.

B e t w e e n them the c h a i r m a n o f the jiiajor s u b c o m m i t t e e s reprent a b o u t 100 S o c i e t i e s , the part o f the U n i o n w i t h w h i c h most r e a d e r s w i l l be m os t f a m i l i a r .

It w o u l d be i m p o s s i b l e for o n e p e r s o n to c o - o r d i n a t e the r u n n i n g o f a l l t h e s e s o c i e t i e s , a l t h o u g h other l a r g e U n i o n s have c r e a t e d a s a b b a t i c a l p o s t for t h i s purpose.

Co-ordination e x i s t s between these major s u b c o m m i t t e e s by m e a n s o f the principal officers (President, D P , H o n Continued on page 11

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The Whys.Buts & Ifs of Xmas Social Security T h e i r h a s been a c e r t a i n amount of c o n f u s i o n over the present situation regarding v a c a t i o n b e n e f i t s . When t h e new grant c a m e into e f f e c t i n September ' 7 6 , the c o m p o s i t i o n of the grant w a s c h a n g e d , increasing the vacational e l e m e n t , w h i c h i s only p a y a b l e during the C h r i s t m a s a n d E a s t e r v a c a t i o n , to £ 1 1 . 3 5 , t h i s amount being d e d u c t e d from any supplementary B e n e f i t c l a i m made.

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w The basic a l l o w a n c e is for £10.15 per w e e k if you are not a h o u s e h o l d e r ; to t h i s a rent a l l o w a n c e of £1.20 i s a d d e d .

Rent i s paid in f u l l if y o u a r e r e s i d i n g at your permanent a d d r e s s . If y o u g o home but s t i l l h a v e t o pay for y o u r term a c c o m m o d a t i o n , y o u s h o u l d c l a i m an E x c e p t i o n a l C i r c u m stances Addition towards this cost.

B o n j o u r young l a d i e s at I F !

Ici c ' e s t notre p a g e , N o u s s h o u l d print s o m e t h i n g every week — L a i s s e z - m o i en l a r g e . . .

dut from I F there wer e few I'm g e t t i n g s i c k of w r i t i n g this A n d I d a r e s a y you d o n ' t find it s c i n t i l l a t i n g reading

R a g Week h a s now taken place, C a a i d e de bon r e l a t i o n s , C ' e s t bon to s e e y o u a l l join i n , Quelle participation!

The R a g & Drag w a s jeudi s o i r , On f a i s a n t d e s b e t i s e s , Avec A . R . M. Alayrangues et moi comme juges IF won — q u e l l e s u r p r i s e !

Our Soc Sec r e i g n s a s " R e i g n du R a g " With c r o w n and gown and tears (well a l m o s t ) , T h e n f o l l o w e d tous l e s dr a g a r t i s t e s — What a bunch of q u e e r s !

S a m e d i s a w the R a g P r o c e s s ion

by IC Union Welfare officer John Morgan

evidence of y o u r assets, bank statements (savings up to £1200 w o n ' t a f f e c t y o u r claim), together with your e x p e n s e s s u c h a s rent b o o k s .

If your c l a i m i s s a t i s f a c t o r y , payment c o m m e n c e s o n the pay d a y after y o u r form B 1 has been r e c e i v e d . T h e amount and d u r a t i o n of y o u r b e n e f i t w i l l be printed on forms B 2 / 3 w h e n y o u next s i g n o n a t the Unemployment Benefit Office.

C l a i m s c a n o n l y be made when y o u a r e a v a i l a b l e for w o r k , s o you must try and f i n d work; g o f i r s t to your l o c a l J o b C e n t r e w h e r e they w i l l try and p r o v i d e y o u w i t h e m p l o y ment. It w i l l b e c o n s i d e r e d u n r e a s o n a b l e if y o u turn dow n general e m p l o y m e n t , but y o u w o u l d n ' t be e x p e c t e d t o under take heavy p h s i c a l w o r k o r unsocial hours.

If y o u f a i l to g e t a j o b after h a v i n g made an e f f o r t , y o u s h o u l d a s k the c l e r k at the J o b C e n t r e to r e g i s t e r y o u unemployed.

He will then d i r e c t y o u to the U n e m p l o y m e n t B e n e f i t O f f i c e to r e g i s t e r . A t t h i s s t a g e a s k for form B 1 , a s w i t h o u t t h i s y o u w i l l be unable t o r e c e i v e S u p p l e m e n t a r y Benefit ( i e y o u w i l l get nothing).

When y o u h a v e c o m p l e t e d form B 1 , post or take it to your local Department of Health and Social Security ( D H S S ) . A l s o make a n a p p o i n t ment for a n i n t e r v i e w t h e r e .

When y o u go to the i n t e r v i e w make l i f e e a s y a s p o s s i b l e by taking along documentary

On e c r i t d e s c h o s e s w h i c h have o c c u r e d , En v a c a n c e s , chez vous, or here So get yer plumes out a l l of y o u , L e t s keep it up t h i s y e a r

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A s t h e s i n g l e non h o u s e holder s c a l e rate i s t h e s a m e a s t h e v a c a t i o n a l elem en t of your grant, it i s u n l i k e l y that y o u w i l l r e c e i v e any b e n e f i t if y o u go home a n d a r e not p a y i n g for your term a c c o m m o d a t i o n ( i e a s IC h a l l s a n d houses\.

Nevertheless, •the i s that y o u important fact should still c l a i m a s the D H S S h a v e made n o c o m p e n sation for the parental contribution.

The situation c a n be d i f f i c u l t t o c o m p r e h e n d s o if y o u h a v e any p r o b l e m s , p l e a s e contact the Welfare Centre any l u n c h t i m e b e t w e e n 12.30 and 1.30; the C e n t r e i s on t h e 3rd floor of the U n i o n B u i l d i n g .

e i t h e r , s o I'll s t o p t r y i n g t o make t h i n g s r h y m e . My m u s e isn't exactly raining inspirat i o n dow n on me at the m o , .

T h e r e must be a b l o c k a g e o n the C e l e s t r i a l A i d L i n e . I hope y o u ' v e a l l got the g i s t

Are you able to cope with a rape crisis?

Imagine a s i t u a t i o n ; y o u are at home on y o u r o w n , and a c l o s e friend comes i n . She may be h y s t e r i c a l a n d i n c o herent, or s h e may be s o c a l m and c o l l e c t e d that y o u h a v e never seen h e r that w a y b e f o r e . Y o u g i v e her a c o f f e e and e v e n t u a l l y s h e t e l l s y o u that s h e t h i n k s s h e h a s been r a p e d , and s h e d o e s not know what to d o .

So n o w y o u h a v e to h e l p her; but d o y o u know what s h e s h o u l d d o ? S h o u l d s h e go t o the P o l i c e S t a t i o n and report it, o r s h o u l d s h e g o d i r e c t l y to a d o c t o r ? If s o , how s o o n ?

If s h e g o e s to the P o l i c e , s h e may h a v e to go through h o u r s of q u e s t i o n i n g , a n d y o u c a n s e e that s h e i s i n n o s t a t e t o be a b l e to c o p e w i t h t h i s .

B e s i d e s , s h e only s a i d that s h e thought s h e had been r a p e d . A s s h e i s r e l u c t a n t to talk about what actually h a p p e n e d , how do y o u find out w h o take a s a d i s t i c d e l i g h t in r e t a l i a t i n g to I F O n l i e s .

T h e y g o under t h e f a l s e name of T . P . — o b v i o u s l y t r y i n g t o i m p r e s s by s h i e l d i n g t h e m s e l v e s under the i n i t i a l s o f a w e l l r e s p e c t e d (? - T y p i s t ) e x - p r e s i d e n t of I C (now at L S O ) . A l t h o u g h their e d u c a t i o n

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W e l l there i s a g r o u p that y o u c a n phone u p , a n d t a l k t o , c a l l e d the R a p e C r i s i s C e n t r e .

They w i l l talk to y o u , share experiences, give y o u legal advice, g o to the P o l i c e S t a t i o n w i t h y o u . If y o u d e c i d e to p r e s s c h a r g e s , w i l l g o t o court w i t h y o u .

Most of t h e women at the centre have themselves been through t h i s e x p e r i e n c e , a n d try to h e l p other rape v i c t i m s by o p e r a t i n g a rape h o t l i n e (emergenc y no. 3 4 0 6 1 4 5 ) On T u e s d a y D e c e m b e r 7 t h at 7pm K a t h r y n M u l l e r w i l l be c o m i n g to t a l k about the c e n t r e So if y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d c o m e a l o n g then to the ICWA L o u n g e .

Sherry will be provided.

This talk is jointly organised by ICWA, and Women in S c i e n c e .

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P h y s i c s II. FELIX h e a d l i n e r s , s o that o n e ' s o u t . W e ' v e had s u g g e s t i o n s of I F U d o , I F U d o n ' t , P r l F a b r i c a t i o n , and, of c o u r s e , a l l t h e sundry c r u d i t i e s that a l w a y s s e e m t o c r o p u p from certain sectors. W e l l . . .

J e s u s i s p r e s s e — got t o go, B y e bey then me a m i s , B e a u c o u p de t e s t e s ont lieu demain, So t h a t ' s y e r oot — F I N I ! l o t s of l o v e , Julia ,

I of what I'm o n about a n y w a y , and a l l articles will be a c c e p t e d a n d s o m e of them even g r a t e f u l l y .

With t h e r e - a p p e a r a n c e of I F . O n l y y o u may n o t i c e a c e r t a i n rather s o r d i d c o l u m n creeping back into FELIX. N o w for a i l of y o u w h o d o n ' t know what I m e a n , y o u w i l l doubtless discover within the next f e w w e e k s , that there are c e r t a i n young men at IC

issomewhat lacking, especially in the E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e , t h e r e i s a c e r t a i n " j e ne s a i s q u o i " about t h e i r a r t i c l e s .

W e ' r e a l s o t h i n k i n g of a new name for t h i s ' e r e l i t e r a r y masterpiece I F R U 1e seemed a good i d e a ^Institut F r a n c a i s du R o y a u m e - U n i - P r e m i e r f o r a l l the monolinguists who are u n a w a r e of our t i t l e ) , but there was some e x c u s e mumbled about no r a i s e d l e t t e r s o n t h e

Graffitti, have a limited number o f d e s k c a l e n d a r s , printed i n 5 colours using the latest screen printing tech. niques available to us i n college. Covering tie academic y e a r from O c t o b e r 1976 t o J u n e 1977 they w i l l i n i t i a l l y be f o r s a l e a t 2 0 p from t h e Graffitti Workshop, situated i n the U n i o n B u i l d i n g , l e v e l 2 b e h i n d the G y m . If y o u w o u l d like a calendar, or w i s h t o

6 - F E L I X , D E C E M B E R 3rd 1976 A s o m e w h a t gloomy p i c t u r e for Imperial College was painted by the R e c t o f , S i r Brian F l o w e r s , in h i s annual a d d r e s s to U n i o n C o u n c i l on Monday e v e n i n g .

The C o l l e g e , like other educational institutions, had been l e d t o b e l i e v e that i t s grant from the G o v e r n m e n t ' s University Grants Committee ( U G C ) w o u l d be c u t by 4 0 % for next y e a r . T h e R e c t o r s a i d that t h i s c u t w o u l d probabl y m a t e r i a l i s e a s 6 % , a n d that this could be e x p e c t e d t o last u n t i l 1 9 8 0 .

Although the exact value of I C ' s grant from t h e U G C was unclear, the Rector reiterated the need for e c o n o m i e s ; new v e n t u r e s w i l l w i l l o n l y be s t a r t e d at the e x p e n s e of o l d .

H o w e v e r , a 6% c u t w o u l d

Invited questions from C o u n c i l . In a n s w e r t o o n e o n ' I C U ' s e f f e c t i v e n e s s ' by R o s D a r l i n g , S i r Brian commented 'The Union has become a step more effective every year I've been associated with it.' H e a l s o p r a i s e d S T O I C and F E L I X who got better and better e a c h year.

o L a t e r on in C o u n c i l N i c k B r a y s h a w a n n o u n c e d that the R e c t o r h a d turned down a Union request for another sabbatical officer (to look after ICU's buildings and f i n a n c e work — i e a s a b b a t i c a l D P ) . In a l e t t e r t o t h e I C U President the R e c t o r said that he thought t h e U n i o n a l r e a d y had a g e n e r o u s a l l o c ation of sabbaticals (at present t h r e e ) .

kouncil kapers A report on Monday night's Council meeting impose a need for r e d u n d a n c i e s g r e a t e r than the normal w a s t a g e . T h e paradox here, w a s , s a i d the R e c t o p , h o w could c o l l e g e s make staff redundant — s o p a y i n g them redundancy money — w h i l s t cutting back on overall e x p e n d i t u r e . T h i s problem w a s f a c e d by a l l u n i v e r s i t i e s a n d would have t o be s o l v e d nationally.

s Sir B r i a n went on to e x p r e s s disappointment a t the n e w c o u r s e fees for next y e a r . T h e Government's decision was 'the worst p o s s i b l e c h o i c e ' ; both he and the C o m m i t t e e 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 were a g a i n s t d i s c r i m i n ation against overseas students. They would rather see discrimination between undergraduates and post graduates. N o w the Government had b o t h .

T h e o n l y n o t e of c o n s o l a t i o n w a s that t h e drop i n v a l u e of £ might l e s s e n the e f f e c t of f e e s i n c r e a s e s t o overseas students. the Rector Afterwards

Other matters d i s c u s s e d at Council were:- T h e size of c o u n c i l ( s e e front page)., a new O v e r s e a s student major (see front sub-committee p a g e ) ; a p r o p o s a l that t h e I C U B o o k s h o p or t h e U n i o n s e l l q u i c k turnover g o o d s s u c h a s s l o p shirts and sports equipw a s referred to the ment Permanent Working P a r t y .

s C o u n c i l heard that a l e t t e r s o p p o s i n g the new f e e s i n c r e a s e s w o u l d be s e n t t o E d u c a t i o n Secretary Shirley W i l l i a m s on F r i d a y . T h e letters w o u l d b e duplicated by IC Union, signed by students and deliever in bulk to Mrs Wi I l i a m s .

A p r o p o s a l from t h e H o n a r y Secretary that main Union o f f i c e r s submit interim reports (on t h e i r work s o f a r ) to t h e next C o u n c i l w a s c a r r i e d .

A t the m e e t i n g R C S U n i o n were a w a r d e d £400 t o c o v e r overspending on last y e a r ' s handbook , R S M U n i o n ' s P G Group w a s g i v e n £120 and STOIC £100 t o c o v e r i n creased studio b i l l s .

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V.I.P. plus kilt Joan of A r c , Newton, Faraday and Darwin have s o m e t h i n g i n common (apart from b e i n g d e a d , that i s ) .

T h e y a r e a l l very important Persons — to Prof. Scorer of the M a t h s D e p t at a n y r a t e .

At last Monday's Wellsoc l e c t u r e he t r i e d to s h o w that h i s V I P ' s are only produced by a v o i d i n g the e s t a b l i s h e d educational p r o c e s s — the o n l y w a y that p e o p l e c a n g r o w to ignore traditional up authorit y and thus to break new ground i n t h e i r c h o s e n f i e l d .

Prof S c o r e r — d r e s s e d in a red, blue a n d green kilt, m a t c h i n g t i e , s p o r r a n e t c (but NO dirk!)

— included a s u r v e y of the E a r t h ' s h i s t o r y and s h o w e d h o w v i t a l the p r e s e n c e of l i f e i s t o t h e c o m p o s i t i o n of the a t m o s p h e r e .

He then looked at Homo Sapiens himself, and tried to j u s t i f y h i s l a b e l of ' C l e v e r M o r o n s ' by p o i n t i n g out that,

iewA Due to the l a c k of r e s p o n s e we have d e c i d e d to c a n c e l the ICWA T r e a s u r e Hunt a n d return a l l entry f e e s . F o r the s a k e of the ignorant I s h a l l e x p l a i n the c l u e s a n d a l s o g i v e y o u t h e fourth c l u e a n d s e e if y o u c a n manage t o s o l v e that o n e .

1st Clue:The capital w a s Lisbon whose money is e s c u d o e s . Not b l a c k but w h i t e means s w o p the B for W; c o n f u s e d g i v e s W i l s o n who i s a l s o the M P w h o i s i n v e s t i g a t i n g t h e d e a l i n g s of the city.

So simple, it m a k e s you feel a fool doesn' t it.

2nd Clue:T h e answer w a s Bowers which w a s s o simply I can't really s a y any more.

3rd Clue:Well unless y o u never went to s c h o o l before you came here the a n s w e r — Scott A s h was simple M a d e l e i n e to e x p l a i n .

If a n y b o d y h a s a n y c o n f i d e n c e in t h e i r o w n a b i l i t y left then h e r e ' s the fourth clue:For what you seek you all

although s c i e n c e and technology a r e a l l very well, Society engages in only short term v i e w s of the w o r l d .

Hence the population, mineral r e s o u r c e and energy c r i s e s . Indeed, by c o m p a r i s o n with locusts, he s u g g e s t s that the E a r t h i s s u f f e r i n g from a p l a g u e of h u m a n i t y . T h e r e a c t i o n to t h i s s h o w s up i n politics as demands for d e v o l u t i o n in t h i s c o u n t r y and s e p a r a t i s m in Q u e b e c , B a v a r i a e t c a s the i n d i v i d u a l b e c o m e s i n c r e a s i n g l y s w a m p e d by t h e e x p o n e n t i a l l y i n c r e a s i n g population.

E v e n for those who d i s agreed w i t h some of h i s p o i n t s t h i s w a s a thought p r o v o k i n g talk. Further talks this year include 'Extraterrestial life,' ' C u l t s of U n r e a s o n ' , ' V i k i n g s and Martions' and ' C l i m a t i c change; Global Catastrophe?

GRAHAM RENNIE can find opposite a temple, unless you're blind beside a Wellington - (not Paddington bear's) Its there to see for he who cares.

J u d g i n g by the a n s w e r i n g a b i l i t y on the p r e v i o u s c l u e s I'll g i v e y o u ' T i l l E a s t e r t o t h i n k about it and u n t i l summer to think about the a n s w e r ! ! !

A I must a l s o a p o l o g i e s to p e o p l e w h o turned up for the ICWA d i s c o but it w a s c a n celled. T h e d i s c o scheduled for D e c 1 1 t h h a s a l s o b e e n c a n c e l l e d but they w i l l be b a c k next term.

The C h r i s t m a s L u n c h e o n , to be h e l d o n T u e s d a y D e c 14th at 1 2 . 3 0 i n U n i o n D i n i n g Hall, will cost 75p. The menue c o n s i s t s of a portion of home-cooked c h i c k e n , s a u s ages, s a l a d , sweet corn s a l a d , jacketed potatoe, mince p i e , satsuma and cider.

Tickets are on s a l e from a l l ICWA reps or R o o m 9 8 or 112 B e i t Hall.

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P h o t o s ( T h i s page): P a u l K u r o w s k i c u t s ( ? ) the c o o k e d c o w at the B a r b e c u e on T u e s d a y (23rd N o v . ) in the U n i o n Q u a d r a n g l e (top left); C o m p e t i t o r s in the 3—legged P u b C r a w ( m i d d l e left); R S M V P S t e v e P a t e r s o n (Squaddy) i m i t a t e s the stripper at Thursday's Smoking C o n c e r t , (top right) (bottom row L to R) A p a r t i c i p a n t i n W e d n e s d a y ' s Morphy D a y r e l a x e s in H a r r o d ' s cafeteria afterwards; ICU Hon S e c C h a l k y White & I F ' s J u l i a R o s s enjoy a c u p p a in H a r r o d s 'Way In' c a f e t e r i a a f t e r Morphy D a y ; T h e s t r i p p e r e n g a g e d in a bit of h a r m l e s s fun w i t h a w i l l i n g v o l u n t e e r at S m o k i n g C o n c e r t .

Photos (Back Page): London C o l l e g e of D a n c e & Drama ( C C D D ) e n t e r t a i n the a u d i e n c e at S m o k i n g C o n c e r t (top r i g h t ) ; (bottom row L to R) A g i r l from C C D D in a n ' i n t r i c a t e ' d a n c e r o u t i n e ; More fun for some lucky lad w i t h S m o k i n g Concert's stripper.

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Guilds' Carnival It's d i f f i c u l t to w r i t e a r e v i e w of G u i l d s C a r n i v a l , t h e r e ' s s o much and s o l i t t l e y o u c a n s a y — s o much good ent ert ainmen t and bugger a l l to grumble a b o u t .

Alan White made me g l a d I'd gone to C a r n i v a l ; it w a s n ' t that h i s s o n g s a r e o r i g i n a l — t h e y ' r e not — but it w a s the e n t h u s i a s m and c h a r a c t e r he put into them that c o u n t e d .

B r o a d l y s p e a k i n g h e ' s a folk a r t i s t that e n j o y s h a v i n g a good t i m e , j o k e s around a f a i r bit, a n d t a k e s the p out of x x x x x x x l i k e D a v e L o r d . H e went down e x t r e m e l y w e l l and warmed e v e r y o n e up w i t h the odd ' c h o r u s ' .

Squeeze were a d i f f e r e n t k e t t l e of f i s h . U n l i k e A l a n W h i t e they d i d n ' t h a v e to a d - l i b to c h a n t s & i n - j o k e s of e e l s and a l s a t i a n s . T h e y ' r e a down to earth band — not s o much as the F e e l g o o d s — w h o c o u l d j u s t i f i a b l y fit into the r e s p e c t a b l e end of the punk rock s e c t i o n . B a s i c & u n p r e t e n t i o u s , they h a d many p e o p l e d a n c i n g before the end of their s e t .

By the time Sassafras c a m e a l o n g I w a s r e a l l y into the party mood, c o u r t e s y of the d i s c o and the g e n e r a l c r o w d at t h i s extraveganza.

More s o p h i s t i c a t e d and t a l e n t e d than t h e i r p r e d e c e s s o r s , Sassafras proved worthy bi 11-toppers. I'd s e e n them down a t R e a d i n g in the summer, when I thought they w e r e just b r a s h and a b r a i s i v e enough to H e a r t e n a f e s t i v a l a u d i e n c e .

L a s t F r i d a y they were s o m e w h a t tamer. T h e r e w a s more a t t e n t i o n to the f i n e g r i s s l y d e t a i l , and I c o u l d hear the v o c a l s for o n c e . T h e i r repert oir e w a s a m i x e d bag of i n t e l l e c t u a l r o c k and hard h i t t i n ' t r u c k i n g m u s i c . A lot of it c a m e from the b a n d ' s l a t e s t v i n y l effort 'Riding High' on C h r y s a l i s .

A s the night p r o g r e s s e d S a s s a f r a s b o o g i e d a lot more, t a k i n g w i t h them a now g u l l i b l e c r o w d . T h e y f i n i s h e d up w i t h a c o u p l e of B e a t l e s numbers - a pity s i n c e t h e i r own m a t e r i a l is q u i t e o r i g i n a l .

A p a r t from the f i l m s , the beer , the d i s c o e t c , that w a s C a r n i v a l . It c a m e o v e r rather w e l l and there w a s c e r t a i n l y a f a i r w h a c k of good o r g a n i s a t i o n b e h i n d it. T a very much G u i l d s .

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ORANGE MOLE S e c ) w h o are e x - o f f i c i o members o f t h e s e a n d a l l other C o u n c i l s u b - c o m m i t t e e s ; the P r e s i d e n t a n d H o n S e c a r e s a b b a t i c a l officers.

Office facilities, ie typing,duplicating, stationary supplies for these s o c i e t i e s are p r o v i d e d by the H o n S e c a n d t h e i r equipment i s bought from the e q u i p m e n t fund administered by the Finance Committee ( o f f i c e e q u i p m e n t , s u c h a s f i l i n g c a b i n e t s , i s a l l o c a t e d by H o u s e C o m m i t t e e from a n o t h e r f u n d ) .

So w h a t d o e s C o u n c i l do a p a r t f r o m listen to t h e s e sectional interests, B i t c h a t e a c h other a n d f i g h t e a c h other for s p a c e , money a n d p r e s t i g e ? W e l l , i t meets a b o u t ten(?) t i m e s e a c h y e a r t o to c o n s i d e r reports a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s from t h e s u b - c o m m i t t e e s a n d c r i t i c i s e their a c t i o n s i f n e c e s s a r y .

A t C o u n c i l Welfare, Academic affairs, External affairs a n d P u b l i c a t i o n s are p r o b a b l y the four m a i n a r e a s o u t s i d e the E x e c r e p o r t s . U n d e r the f i r s t t w o h e a d i n g s a r e a m u l t i t u d e of s i n s , s u c h a s H e a l t h , Safety, A c c om m ondat ion , thf Alternative Prospectus, Representation on C o l l e g e C o m m i t t e e s , a n d new c o u r s e s or c h a n g e s i n s y l l a b u s e s .

C o u n c i l a l s o e l e c t s r e p r e n t a t i v e s to

Nights at Waterloo M i s s P a t Simmons retired last F r i d a y , h a v i n g a n s w e r e d 43 0 m i l l i o n ' p h o n e c a l l s in the l a s t thirteen y e a r s . A t t h e Y o u n g V i c in T h e C u t , near W a t e r l o o S t a t i o n , a d o u b l e b i l l of p l a y s by T o m S t o p p a r d has opened.

The connection between those two s e n t e n c e s i s the p l a y / / You're Glad, I'll be Frank, w h i c h o p e n s the Y o u n g V i c evening. Based on a c l e v e r i d e a , w h o s e f o r c e i s spent i n t h e o p e n i n g m i n u t e , a n d a c o n t e m p l a t i o n of t h e nature of t i m e , the play h a s , a s i t s c e n t r a l c h a r a c t e r , the g i r l w h o t e l l s y o u the time if y o u d i a l T I M (or rather 1 2 3 in t h e s e d a y s of t e c h n o l o g i c a l s u c c e s s ) .

Natash Pyne plays Gladys, presiding o v e r the m u l t i p l e s e t from h e r p e r s p e x b o o t h , m u s i n g about t h e d i f f e r e n c e s b e t w e e n time m e a s u r e d in s e c o n d s a n d m i n u t e s and T I M E m e a s u r e d in a g e s a n d a e o n s . R o y Hudd a p p e a r s a s h e r h u s b a n d F r a n k , a bus d r i v e r , c h a s i n g up t h e e c h e l o n s of the P o s t O f f i c e t o the F i r s t

s i t o n the many C o l l e g e C o m m i t t e e s on w h i c h it h a s been a l l o w e d representa t i o n . T h e c o - o r d i n a t i o n o f t h e s e reps i s t h e n t h e b u s i n e s s o f the P r e s i d e n t .

Improvement o f t h e i r r e p o r t i n g p r o c e d u r e s a n d a c c o u n t a b i l i t y i s a matter w h i c h C o u n c i l h a s recently b e e n d i s c u s s i n g .

n L o o k i n g a t the U n i o n s o f o t h e r c o l l e g e s , we f i n d a number o f d i f f e r e n c e s .

M a n y a r i s e from our C C U s t r u c t u r e , w h i c h is almost the same as the J C R s y s t e m at R e a d i n g , Y o r k or L a n c a s t e r , a l t h o u g h the p h y s i c a l d e l i n e a t i o n o f t h e C o n stituent C o l l e g e s has almost disappeared ( l o o k at N e w H u x l e y ) . O u r E x e c c o m m i t t e e i s m u c h s m a l l e r t h a n a t m o s t other U n i v e r s i t i e s and h a s l e s s p o w e r .

We h a v e f e w e r sabbatical Union officers p e r c a p i t a l than other U n i o n s , and s o matters are s t i l l delegated b y C o u n c i l to a P l e t h o r a of sub-committees, a n d e f f e c t i v e l y to t h e i r c h a i r m e n .

One consequence i s that fewer o f f i c e r s a r e e l e c t e d by c a m p u s - w i d e b a l l o t (4) t h a n a t m os t other l a r g e U n i o n s .

A n o t h e r i s that the r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o n one C o l l e g e c o m m i t t e e a r e o f t e n i n i g n o r a n c e o f e v e n t s at other c o m m i t t e e s until the.next C o u n c i l meeting. Perhaps more power i n f e w e r h a n d s f s the a n s w e r — i t w o u l d a l s o m a k e greater c o m p e t i t i o n for p o s t s , most o f w h i c h a r e u n o p p o s e d , and s o p r o d u c e a more r e p r e s e n t a t i v e Council.

T h e r e are three a r e a s w h i c h , i n many large U n i o n s , a r e r e p r e s e n t e d o n t h e

L o r d , w h o reveals the secret of T I M to h i m .

Glad/Frank Originally a radio play, s e r v e s a s a c u r t a i n - r a i s e r to t h e m a i n boat of the e v e n i n g — T h e R e a l I n s p e c t o r H o u n d , a g l o r i o u s s e n d up of t h o s e pretentious critics who endlessly ( " T h e finest compare performances c y n t h i a s i n c e the w a r " ) .

Mr Hudd a p p e a r s a g a i n a s t h e c r i t i c B i r d b o o t , e v e r l a s t i n g after the l e a d i n g l a d y , w h i l s t h i s c o m p a n i o n Moon ( G e o f frey H u t c h i n g s ) d r e a m s of b e c o m i n g t h e f i r s t s t r i n g c r i t i c of h i s p a p e r . T h e p l a y they have c o m e to s e e i s a s p l e n d i d l y ham performance of a t h r i l l e r in the " W h o k i l l e d t h i n g ; noone w i l l l e a v e t h e h o u s e " v e i n . M y s t e r i o u s l y the c r i t i c s a r e drawn i n t o the performance i n a w a y w h i c h it w o u l d be c h u r l i s h of me t o r e v e a l . S u f f i c e it t o s a y that the d o u b l e b i l l i s d e l i g h t f u l l y presented a n d w e l l worth a v i s i t .

M e a n w h i l e b a c k at the r a n c h - h o u s e , or rather t h e L y t t e l t o n a u d i t o r i u m a t t h e National Theatre, Thomas Bernhard's The Force of Habit i s p l a y i n g in t w o a c t s . T h e first compares favourably with B e c k e t t ' s Waiting for Godot in t h e boredom s t a k e s , a l t h o u g h t h i n g s begin to brighten up i n t h e s e c o n d , by w h i c h time t h e a u d i t o r i u m l o o k e d c o n s i d e r a b l y

Council a n d often directly o n the E x e c u t i v e ; these are E n t e r t a i n m e n t s , P u b l i c a t i o n s , and Transport. A t I C , probably for h i s t o r i c a l r e a s o n s , t h e E n t s C o m m i t t e e h a s b e e n treated a s a society and has little 'political' weight.

P u b l i c a t i o n s i s a n a r e a that t h e U n i o n i s just beginning to n o t i c e , a n d through P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d the m e d i a are c o m i n g c l o s e i n t o the U n i o n s t r u c t u r e .

T r a n s p o r t i s a thorn i n t h e U n i o n ' s s i d e , s i n c e i t h a s never b e e n o r g a n i s e d c e n t r a l l y i n the U n i o n , a l w a y b e i n g l e f t to o n e o f the major s u b c o m m i t t e e s ( o r two o f y o u i n c l u d e c o a c h h i r e ) . T h e r e are many p r o b l e m s i n t h i s a r e a — a s k any member o f C o u n c i l o r o f rfte A C C a n d R C C general committees!

I hope that t h i s a r t i c l e h a s g i v e n some o f my r e a d e r s ( h e l l o — h a s a n y o n e r e a c h e d the e n d o f the a r t i c l e ? ) ( t h a n k the good c h a p a b o v e - y e s T y p i s s s t ) , a n i n s i g h t i n t o the U n i o n w h i c h runs the s o c i e t i e s t o w h i c h t h e y b e l o n g , a n d w h i c h p u b l i s h e s this n e w s p a p e r .

I n o w hope y o u ' l l put y o u r p e n s t o p a p e r and make a f e w c r i t i c i s m s o f t h e U n i o n e i t h e r d i r e c t to t h e P e r m a n e n t W o r k i n g P a r t y , or through the l e t t e r s c o l u m n o f F E L I X . ( M a y they p l e a s e b e , short, sweet a n d l e g i b l e - T y p i s t ) . considerations Eds note:- Owing to space Felix is unable to reproduce the diagram enclosed with this article.

Nevertheless the article renders the diagram almost superfluous.

e m p t i e r . T h e play i s s e t i n t h e d e c r e p i t c a r a v a n home of a c i r c u s R i n g - m a s t e r .

Outside the caravan the characters a r e Juggler, Tight-rope dancer, C l o w n and L i o n tamer, but i n s i d e , w i t h the R i n g m a s t e r , they a r e t o perform t h e Trout Quintet of S c h u b e r t ; o r rather r e h e a r s e it, s i n c e the R i n g m a s t e r ' s o n l y h o p e i s t o keep h i s troupe together long e n o u g h for them to become p r o f i c i e n t musicians.

What improves the s e c o n d a c t i s that the instruments a r e out a n d t h e a c t o r s s h o w t h e m s e l v e s t o be not a t a l l b a d musicians.

Oliver Cotton's Clown d o l e f u l l y d r a w s the T r o u t theme o u t on h i s b a s s , w h i l s t Warren C l a r k e ' s L i o n tamer g o e s through agonies on the piano, h i s hands bandaged after a m a u l i n g from a l i o n . Imperturbably i n the m i d d l e i s t h e R i n g m a s t e r , P h i l i p L o c k e , f u l l of l e g e n d s of h i s hero P a b l o C a s a l s , r e m i n d i n g h i s p l a y e r s that a l l w i l l be better " i n A u g s b u r g t o m o r r o w " .

T h e i n g e n i o u s s e t t i n g , d e s i g n e d by Timothy O'Brien and Tazeena Firth contains, besides the open-sided c a r a v a n , a large lorry a n d a n e n o r m o u s number of empty b e e r - c a n s , w h i c h a r e k i c k e d about m e r c i l e s s l y by t h e d e p a r t i n g actors.

Thomas Stevenson

Satre tradgedy flies back to IC E r i c S t o v e l l p r e v i e w s the forthcoming D r a m s o c production ' T h e F l i e s '

T-SHIRTS now available from the Felix office ONLY £1.50

On four n i g h t s next w e e k (Wednesday D e c e m b e r 8th to Saturday D e c e m b e r 11th at 7.30pm in the U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l ) Imperial C o l l e g e D r a m a t i c s o c i e t y a r e presenting Jean-Paul Sartre's 'The Flies'.

T h e plot is l o o s e l y b a s e d o n t h e G r e e k tragedy of O r e s t e r s , w h o returns home after a n a b s e n c e of f i f t e e n y e a r s w i t h high i d e a l s of a v e n g i n g h i s f a t h e r ' s murder. B u t the h o s t i le r e c e p t i o n h e g e t s from the d i f f i d e n t t o w n s f o j k a n d , i n d e e d , from h i s s i s t e r E l e c t r a , c h a n g e h i s m i n d .

T h i s story w a s of p a r t i c u l a r i n t e r e s t to Sartre b e c a u s e h e wrote it d u r i n g t h e e a r l y d a y s of t h e l a s t w a r w h e n F r a n c e had been overrun by H i t l e r ' s t r o o p s , but h a d not y e t formed a n u n d e r g r o u n d resistance.

S a t r e ' s v e r s i o n of t h e s t o r y r e v e a l s some of t h e i d e a s t o be found in h i s other p l a y s a n d b o o k s , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n O r e s t e s s t r u g g l e f o r freedom from t h e i n f l u e n c e a n d c o n t r o l of the g o d Z e u s .

T i c k e t s , which for students are only 40p, otherwise, 6 0 p , are a v a i l a b l e either at the d o o r , or from t h e D r a m a t i c S o c i e t y s t o r e r o o m o n t h e t h i r d f l o o r of t h e U n i o n B u i l d i n g : A b o v e the Union Office ( i n t . phone number 2 8 5 4 ) .

12 - F E L I X , D E C E M B E R 3rd 1976

IC 'perversion' - fact or fantasy?

The Rector a n d C o l l e g e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n are i n f o r q u i t e a s h o c k w h e n they s e e n e x t month's p r e s s cuttings (for I C ) , if t h i s m o n t h ' s e d i t i o n of Lovebirds i s a n y t h i n g to go b y .

F o r sandwiched in between the s t u c k p a g e s of t h i s n e w b a s t i o n of l i g h t - p o r n i s a n a r t i c l e o n the s e x l i f e o f u s s t u d e n t s a t I C . N o t that I mind w h e n s o m e o n e d o e s a feature o f my p r i v a t e f a n t a s i e s , but w h e n the l a d y c o n c e r n e d calls the r e s u l t a n t article ' T h e imps of perversion popp i n g i t off i n South K e n ' , then I do s t a r t to take n o t i c e .

In p o i n t o f f a c t I d i d n ' t h a v e a n y t h i n g to d o w i t h t h i s a r t i c l e , our e x - p r i n t e r s j u s t h a p p e n e d to d r o p F E L I X a copy. However, if y o u c a n i d e n t i f y ' H o r n y J i m ' y o u may be a b l e t o s h e d some l i g h t o n this amusing story.

J i m i s the o n l y I C s t u d e n t interviewed in Lovebirds, although publisher and editor M a r y M i l l i n g ton s a y s that s h e t a l k e d to more s t u d e n t s w h e n s h e came here 18 months a g o ( E d s note — T h e m a g a z i n e i s new and hence works a fair bit i n a d v a n c e ) .

What prompted h e r t o w r i t e about the s e x l i f e of s t u d e n t s ?

"Well, most students are pretty a r t i c u l a t e a n d i n t e r e s t ing people, and I wondered w h y nobody h a d b o t h e r e d to find out what their sex l i v e s were for,' In the 2 page a r t i c l e w e

l e a r n that J i m i s t a l l a n d dark w i t h a w i r y b o d y . H e comes over as a conceited s t u d , 'When word got round that 1 was hot stuff you should have seen the numbers of girls that flocked around me.

1 was the screw of the year as far as some of them were concerned and I never lacked a girl to take to bed with me', says J i m .

Then something changed h i s a t t i t u d e to s e x a n d h e became a 'maute male, with plenty of kinky sex habits'.

U p t i l l then J i m h a d h a d 'straight sex', bu t n o w s t a r t e d d a b b l i n g i n group s e x .

T h e r e s t of the a r t i c l e i s a rather graphic portrayal of J i m ' s f i r s t group s e x e x p e r i e n c e at R o m f o r d , E s s e x , w i t h t w o bisexua l girls — one a n e x g i r l f r i e n d w h o a l s o g o e s to I C .

'Well that was horny Jim ...students are sexy', s a y s M i s s M i l l i n g t o n a t the e n d .

B u t i s the a r t i c l e g e n u i n e . ' Y e s ' s a i d the former nude model when contacted by FELIX. C e r t a i n l y the p h o t o s the new H u x l e y outside B u i l d i n g of M i s s Millington are genuine, although s h e n e g l e c t s t o m e n t i o n the I C male/female ratio — bu t p u t s i n that we h a v e 4 , 0 0 0 s t u d e n t s — a n d mentions n o b a r s , e t c where she met s t u d e n t s . just r e m a i n s the • There q u e s t i o n of w h o ' H o r n y J i m ' i s .

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Excessive Absence D u e to the e x c e s s i v e number of a b s e n c e s d u r i n g the p a s t y e a r , it has become n e c e s s a r y to put the f o l l o w i n g new r u l e s a n d p r o c e d u r e s into o p e r a t i o n i m m e d i a t e l y :1. S i c k n e s s N o e x c u s e — t h e Department H e a d s w i l l n o longer a c c e p t your d o c t o r ' s c e r t i f i c a t e a s proof. We b e l i e v e that if y o u are a b l e to go to y o u r d o c t o r y o u are a b l e to a t t e n d w o r k .

2. D e a t h ( Y o u r O w n ) T h i s w i l l be a c c e p t e d a s a n e x c u s e . We s h o u l d l i k e t o h a v e two w e e k s n o t i c e h o w e v e r s i n c e we f e e l it i s your duty to train someone e l s e for your j o b .

3. D e a t h (Other than your O w n ) T h i s i s n o e x c u s e . T h e r e i s n o t h i n g y o u c a n d o for them and h e n c e f o r t h no time off w i l l be a l l o w e d for f u n e r a l s . H o w e v e r , i n c a s e t h i s s h o u l d c a u s e some h a r d s h i p to some e m p l o y e e s , there are those w h o might c a r e to note that on your b e h a l f the company h a s a s p e c i a l s c h e m e i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h the L o c a l C o u n c i l f o r lunchtim e b u r i a l s , thus e n s u r i n g that n o time i s l o s t from the j o b , 4 . L e a v e Of A b s e n c e F o r A n O p e r a t i o n We w i s h t o d i s c o u r a g e any thought y o u may have o f n e e d i n g a n o p e r a t i o n a n d h e n c e f o r t h no l e a v e of a b s e n c e w i l l be granted for h o s p i t a l v i s i t s . T h e management b e l i e v e s that a s l o n g a s y o u are a n e m p l o y e e h e r e , y o u w i l l need a l l o f w h a t e v e r you a l r e a d y h a v e a n d s h o u l d not c o n s i d e r any of it b e i n g r e m o v e d . We e n gaged y o u for your p a r t i c u l a r j o b w i t h a l l your p a r t s , and h a v i n g a n y t h i n g removed w o u l d mean that we w o u l d be g e t t i n g l e s s t h a n we n e g o t i a t e d f o r , 5 . V i s i t to T o i l e t s F a r t o o much time i s spent i n t h i s p r a c t i c e . In future the p r o c e d u r e w i l l b e that a l l p e r s o n n e l s h a l l go i n a l p h a b e t i c a l order F o r e x a m p l e , those w i t h their surname b e g i n n i n g w i t h the letter ' A ' w i l l go from 9.30 t o 9 . 4 5 a m , ' B ' w i l l go from 9.45 to 10am e t c .

Note T h o s e of y o u w h o a r e unable to attend a t y o u r a p p r o p r i a t e time w i l l have to w a i t u n t i l the next day w h e n your turn c o m e s round.

K A n y o n e w h o w a n t s to p l a y w i t h the F o l k B a n d w h o grace S t a n ' s B a r e v e r y Sat urda y i s a d v i s e d t o s e e Stan h i m s e l f .

L i q u i d r e f r e s h m e n t i n l i e u of payment w i l l be p r o v i d e d .

K Anybody willing to edit next year's It I Handbook s h o u l d get i n t o u c h w i t h J o h n IC Union Honorary White, Secretary, a s soon a s possible at the U n i o n o f f i c e

WANT TO WIN TWO TICKETS TO THE IC ENTS' 1. Which was the last 'Yes' album released in this country?

2. Who has played drums for Yes, King Crimson, and, more recently. Genesis?

3. What track takes up Side 2 of Pink Floyd's album Meddle?

4. Who left Pink Floyd after writing many of their early hits?

5. After the cancellation of the Flamin' Groovies Roundhouse gig last week, this will be their only London concert before returning to their home country. Where is this?

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s CONCERT, IN THE GREAT HALL, SAT. DEC. 8th

THEN JUST ANSWER THIS SIMPLE CONTEST & YOU COULD BE GOING FREE

Tickets for the Flamin' Groovies are available in advance from IC Ents in the Union Building, price £1.50 (IC advance £1.30)

F E L I X , D E C E M B E R 3rd 1976 - 13

FELIX SPORT Rugby

Gutteridge hopes fade in last minute burst It w a s a n e x c e l l e n t l y s t r u c k 30—yard p e n a l t y k i c k , j u s t o n f u l l - t i m e , that f i n a l l y r o b b e d I C o f v i c t o r y i n the s e c o n d round c u p - t i e a t H a r l i n g t o n .

Up until that moment the C o l l e g e s i d e h a d l o o k e d much better than Guy's H o s p i t a l , a n d . the c r o w d went a w a y f u l l y e n t e r t a i n e d 6y the a f t e r n o o n ' s rugby but c e r t a i n l y b e m u s e d a s to h o w G u y ' s h a d been a b l e t o s n a t c h the game away.

A f t e r some good a t t a c k i n g p l a y a t both e n d s , the v i s i t o r s scored first when a quick heel at a scrum enabled their w i n g e r to f i n d room a n d d i v e over the line, I C gradually fought t h e i r w a y b a c k i n t o t h e game a n d h i t a p u r p l e p a t c h that lasted throughout t h e first half.

Their dominance at scrum, ruck a n d m a u l , t h e p o w e r i n g runs o f L i p s c o m b e a n d the splendid support work of Aspden, Turley and McLean meant that I C w e r e c o n t i n u a l l y and exerting g o i n g forward p r e s s u r e o n the G u y ' s h a l f hacks

s Colter, kicked a penalty after a forward h a d h a n d l e d a t a ruck, A few minutes later P a r k i n s o n r a n i n a try c l o s e e n o u g h f o r C o t t e r to c o n v e r t .

A t t h i s s t a g e I C t h r e a t e n e d to run a w a y w i t h the g a m e . H o w ever, o n a quick attack the v i s i t o r s were r e w a r d e d w i t h a p e n a l t y when Waugh w a s a d j u d g e d to have s t r u c k t o o e a r l y for a b a l l In the s c r u m .

T h e n , iowards half time,

Imperial C 19 v G u y ' s H o s p i t a l 20 C o t t e r k i c k e d a n o t h e r 4 0 yard penalty to make t h e s c o r e 12-7, F r o m the r e s t a r t I C k i c k e d long a n d F o r b e s f o u n d t o u c h j u s t 10 y a r d s o u t . T h e b a l l w a s wo'n at the l i n e - o u t a n d i t went right a l o n g t h e t h r e e quarters before P a r k i n s o n w a s t a c k l e d , j u s t short o f the l i n e .

From the s c r u m , College h a r a s s e d the f l y h a l f w h o s e clearance w a s caught by D u n l e a r y o n the 2 5 , H e c h i p p e d a c r o s s - f i e l d a n d G r e g o r y beat the cover defence to the t o u c h d o w n by a f i n g e r t i p .

s 16—7 t h e n , y e t s o m e h o w G u y ' s c o n t i n u e d to c o n t e s t the game a n d f u l l y d e s e r v e d t o score t h e try w h i c h they created by a q u i c k l y ' taken p e n a l t y m i d w a y through the half. T h e result seemed beyond doubt w h e n D u n l e a r y k i c k e d a m a r v e l l o u s drop g o a l w i t h o n l y fifteen minutes to g o .

Further pressure nearly p r o d u c e d a n o t h e r try for I C but, u n f o r t u n a t e l y G u y ' s broke q u i c k out of d e f e n s e , t h e i r b a c k s burst through t w o t a c k l es a n d their right winger s p r i n t e d up to the 10 y a r d l i n e before c u t t i n g i n s i d e t o s c o r e under the p o s t s ,

5 With the conversn>i .i more formality, I C had five minutes to h a n g onto a i w o p o i n t lead. Our luck ran out when the referee became very unhappy about the f e e d into a

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s c r u m a n d he p e n a l i s e d the C o l l e g e to g i v e the w i n n i n g p o i n t s to the H o s p i t a l , So I C must w a i t a n o t h e r season to b r i n g back the G u t t e r i d g e C u p , a n d the s i d e i s left t o c o n s i d e r w h a t might h a v e b e e n . It w a s a tremendous p e r f o r m a n c e from a team g r e a t l y

t r o u b l e by i n j u r y a n d a l t h o u g h in the e n d p e r h a p s there w a s a l a c k of maturity, one hopes that the e n t h u s i a s m a n d commitment c a n be m a i n t a i n e d .

Team:Cotter, Gregory, Gilbert, Forbes, Parkinson, Dunleary, Hobbs, McLean, Waugh, Pullan, Lipscombe, Aspden, Siomiac, Turley (capt) Porter.

Invasion gets mixed response I C W a t e r - p o l o team i n v a d e d the M a l e t St p o o l l a s t T u e s d a y night t o t a k e part i n the U L U Handicap Knockout Competition w i t h a n all-time record of three t e a m s . A t o n e s t a g e it s e e m e d a s though the L o n d o n U n d e r g r o u n d w o u l d not be a b l e to c o p e w i t h the I C c o n t i n gency.

The Firsts H a v i n g f i n a l l y settled down to p l a y w a t e r - p o l o , I C 1, w h o started play against U C L with a five-goal deficit, gradually made u p t h e g o a l d i f f e r e n c e .

T h e teams w e r e l e v e l a t f u l l time; I C w o n the p e n a l t y c o m p e t i t i o n , but j u s t f a i l e d to r e p e a t the performance i n the second round.

The Seconds .

I C 2 were not quite s o s u c c e s s f u l . T h e y met a n d f e l l to a s t r o n g G u y s 1 t e a m , w h i c h c o n t a i n e d some f a m i l i a r f a c e s .

N e v e r t h e l e s s the I C team d i d have t h e i r m o m e n t s , S a m made h i s o w n c o n t r i b u t i o n t o the g a m e , a n d w a s s e n t out t w i c e i n a r o w . T h e n , t o the d e l i g h t of the c r o w d , he s c o r e d t h e

only goal for I C 2 . A n d Z e i n , i n g o a l for the s e c o n d h a l f , p r o d u c e d a s a v e that w o u l d h a v e done j u s t i c e t o a n y g o a l k e e p e r on d r y l a n d . a n d the T h i r d s T h e honours o f the n i g h t , h o w e v e r , went t o t h e I C T h i r d s .

T h i s team w a s c o m p o s e d o f the c l u b ' s n e w members ( w i t h one e x c e p t i o n ) , many o f whom were p l a y i n g i n their first m a t c h , Bu,t the h a n d i c a p p i n g d i d not r e f l e c t t h i s , a n d I C 3 went i n l e v e l . T h i s d i d n o t p e r t u r b the t e a m , w h o fought for e v e r y b a l l a n d c a m e a w a y having conceded a single g o a l . A g a i n , there w a s s o m e outstanding goalkeeping , this time from B r i a n D a v i e s , a n d J i m W i l l i a m s l o o k e d w e l l at home i n a t t a c k .

Teams:l s t A Abdulla, J Bagnall, I Bales, I Forrest, F Hindiet, R Lewis D Lowther.

2nd Z Abdulla, C Dale, S Frost, S Madden, I Shott, S Taylor, Y Tamir.

3rd Barnforth, J Chase, M Cherry, M Clarke, B Davies, J Downes, A Estrada, M Lambert, J Warner, J Williams.

Across I. M a s s rape of short g i r l , a n d you c a n t e l l w h e r e they (2) a l l c o m e from.

9 . A tree made a s h a r p r i d g e .

1 0 . S a i n t F r e d (28) h a s gone o n for a c t o r s .

I I . Boggy rawhide thong.

1 3 . Out 14. A s w e l l a s a b o v e .

1 5. L o t s of t a l e s make s a l i n i t y s m a l ler.

16. P a r t l y i n s a n e , partly f o o l i s h .

1 8 . J o y o u s r e p l y of f u s t r a t e d inserter.

20. A n e c c e n t r i c wheel make shinty s t i c k b a c k w a r d s .

23. Unaffected simplicity reversed affect on a wine.

2 5 . C o m m u n i t y C o m m u n i t y from from a , a hod h o d .

2 7 . D e a l e r from l a b o u r e r .

2 8 . A word of t h a n k s .

2 9 . S a m e a s 3 d o w n . Wind instrument's literary c o n n e c t i o n .

3 0 . A bode made from s u n d r i e d tricks.

3 1 . E l b o w in A m e r i c a n c o n trick backfiring.

32. F o r example C h r i s t m a s birth .was a p l u s , but j u s t t h e opposite.

Down 1. B i g f i g h t before more m u n dane C h i n e s e p o r c e l a i n makes for hot l o v i n g .

2. Canine skylight.

3 . See 29 a c r o s s .

4 . S i m i l a r to a m i n e r ' s b r a i n .

5 . S i m i l a r l y t o P a i s l e y , but of different ethnic o r i g i n .

6. F i n a l load 7 . T h e m e t a l . t a g of a s h o e l a c e (old l o w v o l t a g e ) 8 . Y o u n g c o d , in w h e r e it c o m e s from, and a day f o r a t t e s t a t i o n .

1 2 ) H u m a n i t y and e x p e r t D e n i s .

14. Fruit for a king or h i s opponent.

1 7 . S u m (Not 1 H i l a x ) 1 9 . Is u p .

2 1 . A n o d u l e or s o m e t h i n g more positive.

2 2 . What I d i d to g e t a word t o fit here.

2 3 . P a r t of infoot (not i n s t e p ) ? ?

2 4 . M i n e r (cf 4) 2 5 . A note gone u p . (Oh w h a t a give away!)

2 6 . A tenth not warmed up?

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by HILAX

14 - F E L I X , D E C E M B E R 3rd

1976

y Club Activities Orienteering C l u b : Lunchtime meeting. 12.40pm. Union Senior Common R o o m . C h e a p lunch available.

IC L a t i n A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y ' L a t i n America Today' Speaker: Mr H u g h O ' S h a u g n e s s y ( F i n a n c i a l Times) 6.30pm. Lecture Theatre A Sherfield B u i l d i n g .

S w i m m i n g C l u b . 7—9pm. S w i m ming P o o l . Learn to swim improve y o u r s w i m m i n g , and learn t o play w a t e r p o l o .

Film IC F i l m s o c P r e s e n t 'Death in V e n i c e ' . Mech E n g 220. 7.30pm.

Miscellaneous R o y a l C o l l e g e of A r t (Dept of G e n e r a l S t u d i e s ) L e c t u r e by John C a r s w e l l : ' A P a s s a g e to India'. 2.00pm. R C A Lecture Theatre.

Overseas Students U C C F .

C h r i s t m a s P a r t y . 5.30pm.

O u t s i d e M e c h E n g then tube to Tottenham Court R d . Party fee, 50p r e t u r n . C h r i s t m a s m e a l , g a m e s , c a r d s . C o m e and enjoy yourself.

Disco IC E n t s D i s c o . 8 p m . U n i o n Lower Refectory.

Gigs Q E C C h r i s t m a s B a l l . 8pm 8am. Aitkins Buildings, Q E C , C o m p t o n H i l l , W8 ( T u b e : H i g h St K en ) £7 d o u b l e , £4 s i n g l e .

F e a t u r i n g M u n g o J e r r y , the P a s s a d e n a Roof Orchestra, not Ware, J o h n n y T h u n d e r a n d the E a r t h q u a k e s and D i s c o (til 4am) a n d F i l m s . T i c k e t s from s o c i a l s e c , Q E C Student U n i o n . E n d u e s buffet and breakfast. Formal dress please.

y Guilds: Year Rag Collections. . 9.30am. C & G Union O f f i c e .

Y e a r s to arrange t h e i r own s t u n t s and let D a v e Lord know a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e what they intend t o do and where they intend to d o i t .

y G u i l d s Rugby 7 ' s : 10.00. Union Arch.

Disco Q E C D i s c o . 8.00pm. Union B a r , C a m p d e n H i l l R o a d , W8 20p. SU cards required.

y S w i m m i n g C l u b : 1— 9 p m . S w i m ming P o o l . L e a r n to s w i m , play w a t e r p o l o or improve your swimming.

Miscellaneous L e c t u r e : T h e Modern C o m m u n i s t : Parties' Approach to Socialist D e m o c r a c y ' . 7 . 3 0 p m . ICWA Lounge. Speaker Jon Bloomf i e l d . ( N a t i o n a l student O r g a n i s e r of B r i t i s h C o m m u n i s t Party).

y Club Activities IC C h e m i c a l S o c i e t y present a B a l l o o n d e b a t e . 5.30pm.. C h e m istry T h e a t r e C . Members of s t a f f s u p p o r t i n g the 4 d i s c i p l i n e s of c h e m i s t r y ( O r g a n i c , i n o r g a n i c , p h y s i c a l and a n a l y t i c a l ) attempt t o j u s t i f y t h e i r e x i s t a n c e in the plummeting b a l o o n s i t u a t i o n . C o f f e e and b u s c u i t s @ 5 . 1 5 , c o s t 5 p .

R a i l w a y S o c i e t y : Mr M Sharman w i l l t a l k on ' O l d T i m e L o c o m o t i v e s ' . 5. 40pm . M e c h E n g 340.

Wine S o c i e t y , t a s t i n g . B e a u j o l a i s 5. 45pm . C h e m 2 3 1 .

Science Fiction Club: Tapss, t a l k and c o f f e e . 6 . 3 0 p m . L e v e l 4 P h y s i c s , t a p e : ' I n v a s i o n of the K r e l l ' s ' .

A d i s c u s s i o n organised jointly

by ICWA and Women in S c i e n c e .

7 p m . ICWA l o u n g e . K a t h r y n M u l l e r of the R a p e C r i s i s Gentre w i l l g i v e a t a l k f o l l o w e d by a d i s c u s s i o n about the C e n t r e . Sherry w i l l be p r o v i d e d .

Everyone is welcome.

J e w i s h Society Outing: T o Bloom's Restaurant. For H a u t e K o s h e r C u i s i n e and C e l e b r a t i o n s . Meet 6 . 1 5 p m .

Mech E n g F o y e r . Approx £3.

Contact Charles Caller (Civ E n g 2 or 202 0642) by T h u r s .

2nd D e c . T o book y ou r p l a c e .

Miscellaneous P o l i t i c a l T a l k : A t a l k by D r K e i t h H a m p s o n M P on ' T h e Prospects for Higher Education' 12.45pm. Mech E n g 664. A l l w e l c o m e . A r r a n g e d by C o n s e r v ative Society.

STOIC: Live transmission.

13.00. J C R Union Southside.

Bruce K e m p e r (Daily Express) and T r e v o r P h i l l i p s ( V i c P r e s .

N U S ) on Student P o l i t i c s .

Chairman: Mike Williams. Those i n t e r e s t e d i n t a k i n g part in the a u d i e n c e ring int. 2 6 3 7 .

R C S Xmas Union Meeting: Chem L T h . A (Old wing) S l i d e s , d e b a t e , E x e c mandate.

RSM G e o p h y s i c a l Soc Lecture 'Antarctica - Geopghysical and G e o l o g i c a l Research with the B r i t i s h A n t a r c t i c S u r v e y '

by R G R e n n e r B A S . 5.30pm.

Mining Geology Lecture Theatre ( R S M 3.14)

TO ALL CLUBS e e , e o n o took.

all

T e a before at 5.00pm i n C o n f e r e n c e R o o m (esm 3.10) G u i l d s General Committee M e e t i n g : 5.30 for 6 . 0 0 p m .

Union S C R .

H a l l D i n n e r : 7 for 7 . 3 0 p m .

Sherfield B u i l d i n g . £2.55. A l l a p p l i c a t i o n s to P A T by noon today.

y Club Activities I C F o l k C l u b present a C e i l i d h with Puddleduck 8.00pm. Union L o w e r R e f e c t o r y . Members 4 0 p , N o n members 6 0 p . I t ' s a sort of Barn D a n c e , w i t h an e x c e l l e n t band and a c a l l e r to t e l l you how to d a n c e . I t ' s a l s o great fun!

Theatre D r a m s o c p r o d u c t i o n of ' T h e F l i e s ' by J e a n - P a u l S a t r e . 7.30pn U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l . 40p (students 60p others.

Film Q E C F i l m S o c i e t y . 7.00pm.

Queen E l i z a b e t h C o l l e g e , C a m p d e n H i l l W8. 2 5 p . S U cards required.

Dear Mickey....

T h e H e a d of o n e of t h e country's bigger educational i n s t i t u t i o n s , a man o n £14,000 a y e a r , c a l c u l a t e d the other d a y that he might be better o f f out o f w o r k .

T h e s u m , he a d m i t s , i s f a i r l y rough a n d r e a d y , and there are no doubt c o m p l i c a t e d administrative provisions t u c k e d a w a y i n the s m a l l p r i n t w h i c h w o u l d thwart h i s p l a n .

B u t i t w o r k s roughly l i k e t h i s .

H e h a s three c h i l d r e n . N o w s u p p o s e h i s w i f e a n d the c h i l d r e n a l l g o to u n i v e r s i t y .

A n d s u p p o s e h e g i v e s up h i s job a n d goes to u n i v e r s i t y .

H i s wife and children would grants o f £675 e a c h — a s s u m i n g they l i v e d at home. H e , a s a mature s t u d e n t , c o u l d p e r h a p s e x p e c t grants t o t a l l i n g £ 2 , 1 6 5 . A d d it a l l together a n d i t c o m e s to £ 4 , 8 6 5 , a n d ovei "the t h i r t y - w e e k u n i v e r s i t y y e a r , that w o r k s o u t a £650 a month. A t t h e moment, after tax a n d superannuation h e g e t s £620 a m o n t h . A l l h e h a d to d o , he r e c k o n e d , w a s c o u n t i n the c o s t of h a v i n g t o buy business suits and t r a v e l l i n g to w o r k — a n d h e w o u l d b e betjpr o f f a t the head of a f a m i l y ' o f students. r

y Club Activities Model Aircraft C l u b , meeting.

1.00pm. S o u t h s i d e U p p e r L o u n g e A r t C l u b . 7—9pm. B i o l o g y Common R o o m — under union archway. Painting materials Required.

IC D a r t s C l u b - a b s o l u t e l y y ou r l a s t c h a n c e to enter the Whitebread Doubles C u p c o m p e t i t i o n . 30p non-members 10p members. E n t r i e s t o U n i o n Bar staff.

Film U L t n t s F i l m . Canterbury T a l e s ' . 6.30pm. Mech E n g 220.

15p. A ' c l a s s i c " comedy b a s e d on C h a u c e r ' s C a n t e r b u r y T a l e s . .

Winner of the G o l d e n B e a r a w a r d at the 1972 B e i l i n Festival.

Miscellaneous S T O I C Lunchbreak 13.00. J C R , U n i o n , S o u t h s i d e , R o u n d i n g up" the m o r e u n u s u a l a s p e c t s of IC C a r o l S e r v i c e of West L o n d o n C h a p l i n c y . 5. 30pm . H o l y Trinity, Prince Consort R d .

With R C M O r c h e s t r a .

S T O I C . R e p e a t of t h i s afternoon's ' Lunchbreak'. 6.00.

Southside, Union.

T Wanted U r g e n t l y — m a l e or f e m a l e student to t a k e c h a r g e of 3 b o y s a g e d 7 , 1 0 , a n d 1 2 years of a g e during Xmas V a c a t i o n f r o m : D e c e m b e r 20 — 2 4 , J a n u a r y 3 - 10th ( i n c l . ) No cooking involved, live in or out.

P l e a s e contact M r s N i c h o l s at 2 2 9 7469 d a y t i m e 584 2 8 8 5 e v e n i n g s Address: 169 Queensgate, L o n d o n SW7. (right nex t to C o l l e g e )

T h e winner of X—word n o .

3 in F E L I X no 4 3 4 w a s CAVIC > B A L E S of M e c h Eng 2 .

Ceilidh Presented by IC FOLK CLUB featuring

PUDDLEDUCK Wednesday December 8th at 8.00 pm Union Lower Refectory Folk Club members 40p Non-members 60p

F E L I X , D E C E M B E R 3rd 1976 - 15

FELIX SPORT Soccer

IG contain airborne medics IC 1st XI 1 v L o n d o n H o s p i t a l 1st XI 1

London Hospital, fielding half a dozen strapping s i x footers, proved s t i f f o p p o s i t i o n for this lightweight but tenacious I C s i d e .

The medics arrived at Harlington with a w e l l earned r e p u t a t i o n o f b e i n g o n e of the more robust and effective college sides in London. So it w a s w i t h some a p p r e h e n s i o n but a large m e a s u r e of r e s o l v e that our l a d s w e n t o u t onto the f i e l d .

— notoriously slow IC s t a r t e r s — w e a t h e r e d the e a r l y storm where L o n d o n e x p l o i t e d their aerial superiority with a s e r i e s of h i g h c u r l i n g c r o s s e s into t h e • b o x . B u t f o r the bravery of B r a b b i n a n d t h e e f f e c t i v e l o v e of H u n t i n g d o n I C may w e l l not h a v e s u r v i v e d t h i s early o n s l a u g h t .

S u r v i v e it they d i d h o w e v e r , and s l o w l y g a t h e r i n g c o m p o s u r e , b e g a n w i t h some d e f t i n t e r c h a n g e s to s e t up their o w n Hockey

attacks. A brief s k i r m i s h o n the edge of the L o n d o n a r e a involving Bates and Baker saw the o l d e r m a n , w i t h t y p i c a l n o n c h a l a n c e , s l o t the b a l l i n the n e t . A n u n e x p e c t e d w i n d f a l l for a hitherto bewildered IC side.

The second half s a w the game d e v e l o p into a fast e x c i t i n g s t r u g g l e for d o m i n a n c e , w i t h I C g r o w i n g i n stature w i t h e v e r y m i n u t e . In m i d f i e l d the b l o n d , e l e g a n t c a p t a i n of I C , Grimwade, contended the r i g h t s w i t h a l l the v e r v e a n d mastery of a n a c c o m p l i s h e d s t a r . A d d t o t h i s the d o g g e d d e t e r m i n a t i o n of h i s m i d f i e l d support a n d the p e r s i s t e n c e of L i n d o n a n d F r a m p t o n u p front a n d i t i s not d i f f i c u l t to see w h y I C — i n terms of team work at least — emerged s l i g h t l y the b e t t e r s i d e .

In terms of g o a l s h o w e v e r , London Hospital c a m e off w i n n e r s i n the 2 n d h a l f w i t h

an inevitable header.

A l a p s e o n the part o f the I C defense was punished severely with a almost clinically, remarkable example o f h o w to h e a d the b a l l . A n d s o t h e game e n d e d i n a s t a l e m a t e .

T h e game p r o v e d t o be a n i n t e r e s t i n g forerunner f or the forthcoming c u p c l a s h between the two c l u b s o n S a t u r d a y , I C a t l e a s t c a n draw s o m e small comfort from the e n c o u n t e r . T h e forte o f t h e i r opponents l i e s , s o t o s p e a k , i n the a i r . If I C c a n s t i f l e this undoubted talent then they w i l l be h a l f w a y t o r e g a i n i n g the c o v e t e d trophy which, incidentally, was last i n our p o s s e s s i o n d u r i n g the h a l c y o n d a y s of S m i t h & C o , in '72 - ' 73.

T e a m : - K Allen, C Howley, I Huntingdon, D Brabbin, R Young, T Grimwade, S Bates, A Baker, L Lindon, P Frampton, S Gee.

Rugby

Injury spoils good performance IC 2 v B a n k of E n g l a n d 2 The game s t a r t e d quite w e l l for I C , w h o managed t o absorbe the p r e s s u r e that B a n k put o n them w i t h o u t c o n c e d i n g a g o a l . O n the o f f e n s i v e they p r o d u c e d some good m o v e s a n d were u n l u c k y not to s c o r e o f f some of t h e m .

L a t e i n the f i r s t h a l f I C d i d manage to take the l e a d w h e n captain B o b Middleton knocked a c r o s s from e m e r i t u s c a p t a i n D a v e B a l d e r s o n i n t o the b a c k of the n e t .

U n t i l h a l f - w a y through the second-half I C looked like increasing their l e a d . T h e n tradgedy struck when IC sweeper Malcum C a l l u n w a s i n j u r e d a n d h a d t o l e a v e the field.

T h e e n s u i n g c o n f u s i o n in the d e f e n c e a l l o w e d the B a n k to score twice.

I C sorted t h e m s e l v e s out a n d p r o d u c e d a hard f i g h t b a c k i n the attempt to equalise. The e n e r g y the team put in d u r i n g this period was rewarded when Dave B a l d e r s o n scored after a n e x c e l l e n t move down t h e right wing. T h i s provided a f i t t i n g e n d to a hard f o u g h t , even and enjoyable match.

T e a m : - / ? Hutson, M Callun, R Vaz, J Huckle, C Smith, C Parker, A McRobie, T Sethi.

R Middleton, D Balderson, Umpire A Creek.

JOHN HUCKLE

Gliding

Flying start The G l i d i n g C l u b has had a very s u c c e s s f u l term s o f a r , w i t h about 2 0 n e w members progressing with their training, some o f them n e a r i n g s o l o standard. F o r these people we w i l l be o r g a n i s i n g a c o u r s e d u r i n g the C h r i s t m a s v a c a t i o n , which weather permitting, w i l l produce the first crop of s o l o p i l o t s for t h i s s e s s i o n .

A group o f e x - s t u d e n t memb e r s o f the c l u b h a v e j u s t b e e n on a very s u c c e s s f u l trip t o S c o t l a n d , o n e of them c l i m b i n g to o v e r 2 0 , 0 0 0 f e e t i n l e e waves off the Scottish mountains.

We h a v e at l a s t taken delivery of o u r n e w h i g h performance glass-fibre glider and work is progressing r a p i d l y t o get it f l y i n g a s s o o n as p o s s i b l e .

If a n y b o d y w a n t s t o j o i n or s i m p l y t o f i n d o u t more about the c l u b , p l e a s e c o m e a l o n g t o one of o u r m e e t i n g s i n A e r o 254 a n y T h u r s d a y a t a b o u t 5.30pm.

HTM Tenpin Bowling

Extras overcome daunting Cornish IC E x t r a 1st 9 V L o n d o n C o r n i s h 2nd 3 I C w e r e not l o o k i n g forward to t h i s game a s , t h e y h a d a r r i v e d w i t h a team w h i c h w a s two m e n short a n d wer e l e f t with a daunting task. T h e r e w a s l i t t l e time f or r e f l e c t i o n and soon everyone had their work c u t out ( e s p e c i a l l y t h e six-man pack who began to show superior skill and managed to contain the Cornish pack.)

I C h e l d b a c k the C o r n i s h attacks with some great c o v e r i n g and started to look dangerous themselves when the b a c k s r e c e i v e d p o s s e s s i o n .

A l — though the I C p a c k w o n a f a i r share o f b a l l from l i n e outs and loose-rucks, it n e e d e d a l l the t e a m ' s energy and determination to defend w e l l a g a i n s t the c o n t i n u o u s Cornish pressure, which m a i n l y c a m e from s e t s c r u m s where t h e i r t w o man a d v a n t a g e w a s most t e l l i n g .

Eventually the Cornish s c o r e d from a p e n a l t y k i c k , g i v e n f or a n i n f r i n g e m e n t i n a r u c k . S h o w i n g great r e s i l i e n c e , IC went straight b a c k at Cornish who proceeded t o gave a w a y a p e n a l t y , w h i c h w a s d u l y put o v e r by P a t D u n l e a v y t o m a k e it 3—3 at h a l f time.

A l t h o u g h I C wer e b e g i n n i n g to f e e l the p a c e they n e v e r t h e l e s s took p l a y i n t o C o r n i s h ' s h a l f f or l o n g p e r i o d s i n t h e second-half.

After a little difference of opinion with an I C p l a y e r o n e of C o r n i s h ' s f o r w a r d s w a s sent .off. T h i s

gave I C a d d e d i m p e t u s a n d after staying in Cornish's 25—line f o r a l o n g s p e l l t h e y w e r e r e w a r d e d w i t h a try b y Ronnie Howard, who crashed through a c r o w d of d e f e n d e r s to p u t the b a l l o v e r the l i n e .

P a t Dunleavy converted to m a k e i t 9 - 3 f or I C .

C o r n i s h came b a c k i n a l a s t effort t o s a l v a g e s o m e t h i n g but i t w a s too late a n d they s t i l l c o u l d not p e n e t r a t e IC's defence.

The score r e m a i n e d 9—3 at f u l l - t i m e .

This w a s a really fine performance by the w h o l e team but particularly the forwards who played as though there w a s no tomorrow a n d p r o v i d e d the b a c k s w i t h a c h a n c e to r u n w i t h the b a l l .

T h e y ' often threatened to break through and were u n l u c k y not t o s c o r e a c o u p l e more t i m e s .

Team:Jenner, Rust, Mi 11, Gibson, Pettit, Dunleavy, Howard, Oyler, Fishburn, Downing, Foley, Wiltshire, Scott.

MIKE GIBSON (Captain)

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IC take off in airport competition T h e C o l l e g e ' A ' T e a m came t h i r d i n the 2 n d round o f t h e Airport Bowl's Inter-League Tournament l a s t Saturday. T h e competition included teams from B r u n e i U n i v e r s i t y , A v i s Truck Hire, Horiicks, and B r i t i s h A i r w a y s . T h i s p u t the team 4 t h out of the 3 6 t e a m s e n t e r i n g , t h e r e f o r e , w e w i l l go i n t o the f i n a l o h thp 4 t h December.

Simon Spurrier a n d P a u l Bartlett rolled 495 and 494 respectively; a n d were w e l l s u p p o r t e d by G r a h a m H i l l m a n and E f f e n d i A - R a h m a n . Simon only just failed to gain 'National 200' recognition with 199!

E a r l i e r i n the day hangovers from the G u i l d ' s C a r n i v a l wer e a match noticeable during a g a i n s t Southampton U n i v e r s i t y . T h e 2nds & 3rds e a c h t o o k a game from S o u t h a m p t o n , but the l s t s wer e narrowly b e a t e n w h e n the C a p t a i n h i t o n l y 5 p i n s i n the l a s t frame t o l e a v e the s c o r e a t 621 a g a i n s t 622. , The L a d i e s , with a depleted side, tried hard against overwhelming odds.

M or e L a d i e s w o u l d h e l p the c l u b t o be more c o m p e t i t i v e i n future m a t c h e s .

Anyone interested in Bowling should contact the Secretary via the Union.)

SIMON S P U R R I E R (Captain)

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Discrimination rules OK P r o p s a l s for devastating increases i n tuition fees for 1977 wer e a n n o u n c e d by M r s Shirley Williams, Education S e c r e t a r y , i n the C o m m o n s l a s t Thursday (25 Nov). T h e new p r o p o s a l s m o d i f y t h o s e made l a s t J u l y by F r e d M u l l e y , b e n e f i t i n g some home s t u d e n t s but a d d i n g to the f e e s o f overseas students. . O r i g i n a l l y the D E S a d v o c a t e d i n c r e a s e s i n f e e s from £182— £650 for university first degrees and £416-£750 f o r postgraduates. However Mrs Williams said she h a d been persuaded this would cause 'excessive difficulties' for Universities and colleges and self supporting students — therefore the f e e s for home s t u d e n t s w o u l d be £ 5 0 0 .

But she s a w no n e c e s s i t y i n r e d u c i n g f e e s for o v e r s e a s undegraduates particularly b e a r i n g i n m i n d the f a l l i n t h e pound. A l l postgraduates are subject to m a s s i v e increases £750 f o r home a n d £850 for o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s . Some

of the w o r s t h i t w i l l b e the two t h o u s a n d home p o s t g r a d u a t e s w h o are s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g .

Fears are growing that these increases w i l l result i n c l o s u r e s both of u n i v e r s i t y research departments and further education colleges, because of falling student numbers. B y i n c r e a s i n g fees the G o v e r n m e n t m a y w e l l b e denying the p o s s i b i l i t y of further e d u c a t i o n o f f i n a n c i a l l y poorer s t u d e n t s . A l o n g s i d e the r e c e n t p r o p o s a l s drawn up f o r c l o s u r e s o f further e d u c a t i o n c o l l e g e s i t w o u l d a p p e a r that the L a b o u r G o v e r n m e n t h a s (temporarily at least) abandoned i t s s o c i a l i s t p r i n c i p l e s of f r e e l y a v a i l a b l e e d u c a t i o n .

E v e n before the i n c r e a s e s were announced, Governors of s e v e r a l L o n d o n C o l l e g e s , including Bedford a n d Queen Mary had written to M r s Williams opposing any i n creases, and i n h i s annual s p e e c h t o the U n i o n C o u n c i l , the R e c t o r , S i r B r i a n F l o w e r s a l s o d e p l o r e d the p r o p o s a l s .

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73% of u n i v e r s i t y a n d c o l e g e students do not have t h e i r grants f u l l y made up b y their parents, a c c o r d i n g to D E S f i g u r e s , p u b l i s h e d this month. Students are forced to rely on vacation earnings, a v e r a g i n g £167 p a , a n d e v e n t h i s d o e s not c o v e r the £ 2 5 0 d e f i c i t of some s t u d e n t s . Mr O a k e s , M i n i s t e r of E d u c a t i o n expressed concern.

NUS has been making c l a i m s f o r some y e a r s n o w , a n d the G o v e r n m e n t a n n o u n c e ment c o m e s l e s s than a y e a r after the s h i f t

by Stella G r e e n a l l — former h e a d o f the N U S ' E d u c a t i o n a n d .Welfare dept - from N U S to the D E S .

U Imperial C o l l e g e and IJniversity C o l l e g e are being a s k e d by U L U to d i s i n v e s t from South A f r i c a i n a joint c a m paign with Oxford and Cambridge U n i o n s . Wye C o l l e g e , Queen Mary C o l l e g e , and Bedford C o l l e g e are already s e l l i n g their investm e n t s : U C L ' s i s e s t i m a t e d to be £'/2 m . (THES)

s A hard-up ex-teacher w h o w a n t e d a f e w hours w o r k e a c h day r e c e n t l y a n d i n n o c e n t l y put a p o s t c a r d it) the w i n d o w of a l l i t t l e t o b a c c o n i s t ' s i n South K e n s i n g t o n : " E x - t e a c h e r s e e k s part-time w o r k . P h o n e Diane..."

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Students at Middlesex a n d T e e s s i d e P o l y s are fihgting for t h e i r f o r e i g n q u a r t e r . T h e y are c u r r e n t l y o c c u p y i n g a d m i n istrative b l o c k s . T h i s happene d after a C e y l o n e s e s t u d e n t , T"ufT«o^ Pe€.Sapplying for a fourth y e a r , w a s a s k e d by the Home o f f i c e for d e t a i l s o f h i s bank s t a t e ment, a n d for a receipt f o r the medium w a v e b a n d . T h i s college fees p a i d . Meanwhile frequency w a s a l l o c a t e d b y his passport was withheld. the Home O f f i c e i n M a r c h , A departmental head h a s w h e n the s t a t i o n r e c e i v e d a a l s o b e e n a s k e d t o report o n 'test and development' the w o r k of two I n d i a n s t u d e n t s l i c e n s e f o l l o w i n g two y e a r s o f on h i s c o u r s e . negotiations between C o l l e g e A t T e e s s i d e 55 overseas a n d the Home O f f i c e . T h e I students a r e threatened w i t h C o l l e g e h a s a g r e e d to pay t h e U deportation f o r non-payment e s t i m a t e d £3,000 to s e t u p / , of f e e s . the s t a t i o n .

AIRBORNE IC Radio conducted i t s first test transmissions at Southside last weekend.

Station Manager John A l l e n s a i d that the t r a n s m i s s i o n , of a test tone, provided encoura g i n g r e s u l t s a n d that t h e station h o p e d to be f u l l y o p e r a t i o n a l by J u l y .

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S t u d e n t s at M i d d l e s e x P o l y are- j o i n i n g the 5 0 0 a d m i n i strative staff (members o f N A L G O ) i n their strikes against the c o l l e g e ' s p l a n s to f i l l f e w e r than 5 0 % o f the n o n t e a c h i n g p o s t s that f a l l v a c a n t .

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y When the N U S C o n f e r e n c e c o n v e n e s at B l a c k p o o l next month, the Federation of Conservative Students will c o n t r o l the d e l e g a t i o n s from Birmingham, H u l l , Nottingham, Edinburgh a n d Southampton Universities and Leeds Poly; a n d they w i l l be the l a r g e s t d i s t r i c t p o l i t i c a l group i n the Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle, R e a d i n g and U C L d e l e g a t i o n s .

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by L o u g h b o r o u g h s t u d e n t s i n the b i g g e s t U K rent s t r i k e o n r e c o r d . 8 5 0 s t u d e n t s have put t h e i r r e s i d e n c e f e e s into a fund s e t u p b y a rent s t r i k e committee.

Students want h a l l f ees r e d u c e d s o that they are i n t h e same p r o p o r t i o n t o the grant a s they wer e l a s t y e a r . T h a t m e a n s r e d u c i n g the £170 f o r f u l l b o a r d and l o d g i n g to £158 a term w i t h a s i m i l a r r e d u c t i o n for s e l f - c a t e r i n g s t u d e n t s . T h e Committee i s a l s o demanding more s t u d e n t i n v o l v e m e n t i n the f o r m u l a t i o n o f r e s i d e n c e fees.

T h e rent s t r i k e w a s e s c a l a t e d f o u r w e e k s a g o w h e n the University authorities persuaded people to pay their greatly inflated hall f e e s a s they c o l l e c t e d their grant c h e c k s , before r e c e i v i n g their b i l l s . A mass meeting of U n i v e r s i t y r e s i d e n t s w a s c a l l e d and over 300 p e o p l e v o t e d o v e r w h e l m i n g l y to go o n a rent s t r i k e a n d to s e t u p a ' r e n t f u n d ' . A Union General Meeting voted u n a n i m o u s l y to support t h e residents d e c i s i o n , indicating that the C o l l e g e s i n L o u g h borough also support the U n i v e r s i t y rent s t r i k e .