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Issue No. 511

Friday, 2nd March. 1979

T H E N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E UNION

RECTOR SAYS NO ON FEES ISSUE The Rector has stated that accepting the demands of IC Union's tuition fees campaign is "not on", but he could support a "sensible national campaign" on the issue.

IC Union is asking College not to increase tuition fees next year and to charge overseas students the same fees as home students. The cost to the College would be around ÂŁ440,000, a sum which the Rector said is just not available.

External Affairs Officer Sheyne Lucock, organiser of the campaign, commented afterwards that he had realised that it was unlikely that College would agree to the Union's demands in full.

He now hoped that a hardship fund for students suffering financial difficulties because of fee increases could be set up. The campaign would continue as it was also aimed at trying to influence Government.

He welcomed the Rector's support.

The Rector was answering questions at Monday's IC Union Council meeting on a variety of issues at the forefront of students' minds.

Asked about refectories he said he had personally experienced food being served not hot enough, and sympathised with students' complaints. He was trying to improve matters.

availability of associated studies, the Rector made it clear that departments had a high degree of autonomy and he could not lay down a common policy on several matters.

Student accommodation was the subject of another question.

The Rector outlined the efforts College was making to increase the number of places in students residence. The Linstead extension was expected to be ready in 1980, but otherwise the College was concentrating on converting older properties.

Asked about recruitment for jobs in^South Africa, a subject of recent concern to the Academic Affairs Committee, the Rector agreed that it was reasonable for the Union to communicate its views but it should not intimidate the students involved.

In response to aquestion on the failure of most postgraduate research students to finish their degrees in three years he stated that it had always been College's view that three years was long enough. The problem would be looked into very carefully.

He was against College having a policy not to allow firms to recruit for South African work in College, but would not allowthem to distribute racialist literature.

The College Careers Advisory Service could not be expected to help the Union put forward its views.

The Rector was very much in favour of increasing the number of women students in College but was not prepared to lower entry qualifications for women. He believed College had to be made more attractive to women and he strongly supported the existence of ICWA.

Academic Affairs Officer Roger Stotesbury told a FELIX reporter afterwards that he still believed it was wrong for College to allow its resources to be used to help firms which prop up a racialist regime.

Sheyne Lucock said College should recognise that the Union represents the views of the students and take note of its policy on South Africa.

Answering several questions on details such as exam resits, provision of coffee machines and

Asked finally whether he ever regretted becoming Rector of IC, Lord Flowers answered "never".

Battle of the Mine

MINES BEAT

'bottle" rugby match

CAMBORNE

L a s t S a t u r d a y , at H a r l i n g t o n , M i n e s beat C a m b o r n e b y 15 p t s to 3. T h e r u g b y m a t c h was d e s c r i b e d b y one p l a y e r as the h a r d e s t n o n - d i r t y g a m e that he h a d ever p l a y e d . B e f o r e a n y p o i n t s h a d been s c o r e d M i n e s suffered a m a j o r s e t b a c k w h e n t h e i r centre, S. A n d r e w , h a d to be t a k e n o f f w i t h a b r o k e n nose.

H o w e v e r , J o h n C o a t e s was o n target w i t h f o u r p e n a l t y g o a l s a n d one d r o p goal. C a m b o r n e m a n a g e d to s c o r e one p e n a l t y g o a l a l t h o u g h i n the last m i n u t e s o f the g a m e they c a m e close to s c o r i n g a t r y but M i n e s h a d the s t r e n g t h to r e p u l s e t h e i r attack.

It h a d been a h a r d game w i t h constant pressure from b o t h sides. E a c h t e a m was positive that it w o u l d w i n a n d M i n e s were o v e r c o n f i d e n t at the start of the m a t c h , but by the second h a l f M i n e s h a d C a m b o r n e r e e l i n g back o n their heels a n d M i n e s k n e w that by k e e p i n g u p the pressure they w o u l d w i n . R S M were h e l p e d to v i c t o r y by the vociferous support o f over 150 people i n c l u d i n g m a n y staff. It was p l e a s i n g to note that d u r i n g a l l the penalty kirks there was silence f r o m b o t h sets o f supporters. O n e m e m b e r of the c r o w d descri bed the game as m o r e like a ' b a t t l e ' m a t c h t h a n a bottle m a t c h .

T h e e m o t i v e a t m o s p h e r e is difficult to describe but for everyone w h o e x p e r i e n c e d the game the M i n e s w i n w i l l be l o n g remembered. T h e rugby captain S. P o t t e r was c o n g r a t u l a t e d for l e a d i n g M i n e s to a m e m o r a b l e vi ctory over C a m b o r n e .

Before the rugby, M i n e s p l a y e d C a m b o r n e at football. T h e game opened w i t h a n o w n goal scored by the C a m b o r n e defence a n d by h a l f time M i n e s scored a n o t h e r to m a k e it 2-0. T h e s u p r e m a c y of R S M led m a n y of the supporters to expect a n easy v i c t o r y . T h e

second h a l f saw a c o m e b a c k from C a m b o r n e w h o d r e w level w i t h a goal a n d a p e n a l t y . M i n e s w e r e u n l u c k y no.t to score several times a n d left it to the last m i n u t e to score the w i n n i n g goal m a k i n g t h e result 3-2. " R S M a r e m a g i c . . . C S M are t r a g i c . " shouted the supporters a n d sadly there was almost a tragic e n d to the game for C a m b o r n e . T h e C a m b o r n e goalkeeper was i n j u r e d w h i l e t r y i n g to save M i n e s ' w i n n i n g goal.

In the e v e n i n g a sports' d i n n e r conld. on back page

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D e a r J o h n . - F o l l o w i n g the article c o n c e r n i n g L i b e r a l Students on the b a c k page o f F E L I X last week. I feel a lew points need some clarification.

I c e r t a i n l y d o not believe in voluntary memberships ol student unions within the f r a m e w o r k o f society as it is presently s t r u c t u r e d , but such a concept is perfectly c o m p a t i b l e with Liberal p r i n c i p l e s ol i n d i v i d u a l freedom of choice.

C l e a r l y such p r i n c i p l e s have to be c o m p r o m i s e d w i t h the e q u a l l y valid principle of collective responsibility, a n d at present the l a t t e r m u s t s u r e l y be the d o m i n a n t factor.

L i b e r a l policies s h o u l d always be seen i n the context of s t r i v i n g for a n i d e a l L i b e r a l society - a n d I stress ' i d e a l ' - a n d I believe that e v e n t u a l l y , if e n o u g h progress c a n be m a d e , v o l u n t a r y m e m b e r s h i p o f student u n i o n s w o u l d fit neatly into such a new society structure w i t h far m o r e emphasis o n , freedom o f choice l o r i n d i v i d u a l s .

A t present, however, it w o u l d IK completely unworkable, and student u n i o n s w o u l d n o ! be able l o p r o v i d e the w i d e range ol s p o r t i n g , r e c r e a t i o n a l , represent a t i o n a l a n d other services w h i c h they d o n o w . a n d w o u l d cease to exist i n a n y effective m a n n e r . I'd be h a p p y to elaborate o n this at a later date, but I thought it i m p o r t a n t to clarify m y position a n d indeed L i b e r a l Students' position - now. before any m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g c o u l d arise.

Y o u r s sincerely.

Sheyne L u c o c k -

S i r . - I a m p r o m p t e d to write, by the a r t i c l e o n the b a c k page of today's e d i t i o n c o n c e r n i n g the f u n d i n g of Student U n i o n s 'a m a t t e r o f great c o n c e r n to F E L I X itself. I a m sure).

It w o u l d a p p e a r from y o u r article that a n officer of the I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n , indeed the i n c u m b e n t of a post w h i c h I once filled myself, a n d one who aspires to h i g h responsibilities, has been a d v o c a t i n g the policies of M r s . Thatcher and a minority o f the C o n s e r v a t i v e P a r t y , of w h i c h I believe he is not a m e m b e r ( I a m p r e p a r e d to Incorrected i n this belief).

It might at first appear inconsistent l o r a n i n d i v i d u a l of l i b e r t a r i a n convictions, such as myself, to oppose the concept of a " c l o s e d s h o p " i n industry, but to support a n a p p a r e n t l y s i m i l a r situation in the student community.

But such a c o m p a r i s o n w o u l d be unrealistic.

T h e S t u d e n t s ' U n i o n is not o n l y a representational body, a n d in that role it is not easily d e m a r c a t e d from the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f the C o l l e g e. It is, however, m o r e easilv " d e t a c h a b l e " as the p r i n c i p a l source of social a n d s p o r t i n g life at I C .

O n e m a y be able to r e m a i n aloof from the " p o l i t i c a l " activities of I C U a n d apathetic towards the sports and recreational clubs, but I w o u l d o p i n e (posh, prose, eh, J o h n ? ) that each m e m b e r of a c o m m u n i t y has an obligation to contribute towards the facilities p r o v i d e d lor the whole c o m m u n i t y ; a n d as the American Revolution was supposed to prove, those contributions are inseparable from the representation of the contributors.

C a n one evaluate either (a) the m a r g i n a l cost o f p r o v i d i n g the facilities per a d d i t i o n a l student (alter c a p i t a l e x p e n d i t u r e on such items as the U n i o n b u i l d i n g , c o m m o n rooms. Sports C e n t r e .

Boathouse. their fixtures and p r o v i s i o n of heat, light, etc. to t h e m ; or the L n i o n print unit h o w m u c h w o u l d you charge for F E L I X to non-members. J o h n ? ) or (b) the m e a n cost per student ol the entirety? If so. w h i c h of these does M r . L u c o c k propose to separate from t u i t i o n lees i n order that such a p o r t i o n should Involuntary?

T h e v o l u n t a r y m e m b e r s h i p of Student U n i o n s is a p o l i c y w h i c h has been c o n d e m n e d by L i b e r a l Students for m a n y years a n d vigorously opposed w i t h i n the C o n s e r v a t i v e P a r t y by F C S .

I have the h o n o u r . S i r , to r e m a i n y o u r most obedient a n d devoted reader, D e r r i c k Everett Spectroscopy PG., Blacket t L a b o r a t o r y D e a r S i r , - I c e r t a i n l y do not c l a i m to be the world's greatest m a t h e m a t i c i a n , but I a m fairly sure that 6 does not e q u a l 14.

H o w e v e r , some people are apt to disagree.

D o w n i n Southside Refectory, deep i n the heart ol M o o n e y l a n d , extra vegetables arc c h a r g e d 14 p. F a i r enough, this is consistent w i t h the general h i g h prices encountered there. But, if y o u have just the meat dish a n d chips, o n l y 6 pence is d e d u c t e d from the price of y o u r m e a l .

Then, as if enough salt has not been r u b b e d into the deep w o u n d inflicted by refectory price policies, if you are fool e n o u g h (as I was, to substitute y o u r cooked vegetable w i t h coleslaw ( w h i c h is o n l y grass a n d grease) a n o t h e r 15 p is slapped onto y o u r m e a l price.

T h i s means that the cost of lasagne, chips a n d coleslaw is a sky-high 80 p. the latter b e i n g a n enormous 21 p. T h e consequence o f this, of course, is that whenever students choose to eat a selection of food that deviates from the meals listed o n the price-list.

M o o n e y profit margins soar to even d i z z i e r heights. If you extrapolate this ' b u y i n g a n d selling' price p o l i c y further, y o u w o u l d expect to pay 2 8 - p . for w a l k i n g past the t i l l w i t h a n e m p t y plate!

With such inconsistencies w i t h i n a n d between refectory prices (80 p. w o u l d b u y y o u a far m o r e wholesome m e a l i n the Sherfield Lower refectory) I cannot u n d e r s t a n d the m e n t a l i t y of such M o o n e y p h i l e s as Peter Kirkham, who confessed to b r e a k i n g the boycott a n d a c t u a l l y stated in his letter to F E L I X that he found the q u a l i t y "quite r e a s o n a b l e " . E v e n w i t h o u t the issue of the use of the regulator, I have enough ill-feelings to support every future boycott the U n i o n decides to stage as w i l l , I am sure, the overwhelming majority of I.C. students w h o c a n c e r t a i n l y do w i t h o u t the likes of Peter K i r k h a m .

Y o u r s faithfully.

M a r t i n Sladdin B o t a n y 3. antiDear S i r , - A l l the abortionists who have put f o r w a r d their beliefs in F E L I X so far have been male, a n d this, c o u p l e d w i t h other factors, has actually produced . a strong enough reaction in me to m a k e me get oil m y apathetic backside a n d feply.

A lot of w o m e n w h o are pregnant a n d do not wish to have a c h i l d , do not want it from before the m o m e n t it was conceived a n d wish to have it aborted as early as possible.

T h e r e is a form of a b o r t i o n called Menstrual Extraction w h i c h c a n be c a r r i e d out up to 17 days after a missed p e r i o d . It uses a s m a l l e x t r a c t i o n tube (like a syringe).

It is done without anaesthetic, a n d most w o m e n o n l y have a m i l d c r a m p i n g sensation afterwards.

It is n o r m a l l y used before the 10th day the period's late so the w o m e n wouldn't know if she was pregnant a n y w a y . So it c a n be done w i t h o u t a n y heads b e i n g t h r o w n in buckets of bits of bodies etc.

80% of abortions take place before 12 weeks, w h e n the b a b y is about 3 " l o n g w i t h its knees bent upII the w o m a n does decide after c o n c e p t i o n that she does not want the c h i l d , it is for a good reason.

Abortion is a traumatic experience; it is not s o m e t h i n g she wants to go t h r o u g h for the sheer hell of it.'

I do not like society the way it is a n d therefore believe strongly in not b r i n g i n g a c h i l d into this w o r l d , because I w o u l d n ' t be able to b r i n g it u p in the way I w o u l d want to. X o w o m a n s h o u l d be forced to have c h i l d r e n if she is not c a p a b l e of b r i n g i n g t h e m u p i n the way she w o u l d want to. A n d if she. doesn't want a c h i l d she is the last person who should be b r i n g i n g u p part of the next generation. O v e r h a l f of the 140.000 legal abortions each year are c a r r i e d out on single w o m e n , w h o p r e s u m a b l y do not feel they

are c a p a b l e of b r i n g i n g a c h i l d up properly.

Have the anti-abortionists considered the case of a w o m a n b e c o m i n g pregnant after rape?

O u g h t she to be forced to carry that c h i l d for 9 months?

F i n a l l y I object to anyone d e c i d i n g that it is not m y right to decide whether I have a c h i l d or not.

Kirsten Pratt D e a r S i r , - I a m referring to Jamie S h e l t e r ' s letter in F E L I X 510 a t t a c k i n g h o m o s e x u a l i t y in the name of the bible.

H e admits that he c o u l d n ' t see a reason lor prohibiting h o m o s e x u a l i t y by l a w u n t i l he h a d read the bible. U n f o r t u n a t e l y yet a n o t h e r latent o p e n - m i n d e d person is forced into the shakles of ignorance using the fallacious a r g u m e n t of a u t h o r i t y .

Nothing makes the bible absolutely 'true'. Interpretation of the b i b l e is also a m a t t e r of personal perception. I believe that where there is love; there is good. T h e feelings of a t t r a c t i o n w h i c h we cannot e x p l a i n or understand are there to be enjoyed - i f we are brave enough to face them.

Y o u r s faithfully, M r . Raque Zaidan 19 L i n d e n G a r d e n s L o n d o n W2 4 H D (01) 229 3787

D e a r S i r . - I have read w i t h interest and in some cases a n n o y a n c e the letters that have appeared on your pages c o n c e r n i n g , amongst other things homosexuality and abortion, from students with strong religious convictions. T h e letter from M r . Shotter has finally p r o m p t e d me to m a k e some comments on the matter.

Personally I have no strong objection to, or support for homosexuality. A s far as I c a n see if one bloke wants to bugger another in the privacy of wheresoever they choose w h o are we to obect? It's c e r t a i n l y not the way I w o u l d ' choose to spend an e v e n i n g but if it does not a i l e d me i n a n y way then w h y s h o u l d I say " n o . you must not do t h i s " ? W h a t does a n n o y me is G o d s q u a d members w h o quote vast c h u n k s of the B i b l e (with references), a c c o m p a n i e d by c o m m e n t s such as " l o o k ! G o d says y o u must not do t h i s " . W h y is the B i b l e treated as such a n absolute s t a n d a r d , a n d considered to be correct on a l l matters, w h e n large parts of it arcincorrect, contradictory and unproven?

Presumably Mr. Shotter does not believe the w o r l d to have been created in seven days so w h y then s h o u l d he belives. without question, that if " a m a n c o u l d , on page 3

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Election

Editorial

B y n o w y o u m a y have noticed a l l the " w a l l p a p e r " s p r i n g i n g u p a r o u n d college a d v e r t i s i n g the v a r i o u s m e r i t s of the e l e c t i o n candidates. Posters are one o f the ways in w h i c h they c a n m a k e t h e i r v i e w s a n d i n t e n t i o n s k n o w n to t h e e l e c t o r a t e . It t a k e s a l o t o l t i m e c o v e r i n g t h e c a m p u s w i t h p o s t e r s so p l e a s e d o n ' t t a k e t h e m d o w n . If y o u w a n t to d e c o r a t e y o u r r o o m w i t h e l e c t i o n p u b l i c i t y please wait u n t i l after the v o t i n g has t a k e n place. T h e n I ' m s u r e t h e c a n d i d a t e s w i l l b e o n l y t o o p l e a s e d to h a v e t h e i r p o s t e r s r e m o v e d lest t h e y a r e f i n e d .

A n o t h e r w a y o f g e t t i n g to k n o w a p r o s p e c t i v e s a b b a t i c a l is b y l i s t e n i n g to o r w a t c h i n g t h e i r I C R a d i o o r S T O I C p r o m o t i o n s .

These are broadcast r e g u l a r l y a n d are generally m o r e detailed t h a n a poster c o u l d be. M a n i f e s t o s also a p p e a r i n this a n d next w e e k ' s issue o f F E L I X . F o u r c a n d i d a t e s c h o s e to p u t t h e i r m a n i f e s t o s i n t o d a y ' s issue, t h e rest w i l l a p p e a r n e x t w e e k .

P l e a s e m a k e use o f a l l t h e m e d i a t o a i d y o u r c h o i c e . It is

i m p o r t a n t t h a t y o u r v o t e is a n i n f o r m e d o n e a n d n o t just a guess.

H o w e v e r , it is v i t a l t h a t y o u d o v o t e . A c o l l e g e - w i d e b a l l o t t a k e s p l a c e o n M o n d a y 12th a n d T u e s d a y 1 3 t h M a r c h . A l l y o u n e e d is y o u r U n i o n c a r d .

Hustings T h e H u s t i n g s U G M is a m e e t i n g d e v o t e d a l m o s t e n t i r e l y to t h e c a n d i d a t e s m a k i n g s p e e c h e s a n d a n s w e r i n g q u e s t i o n s . It t a k e s p l a c e i n t h e G r e a t H a l l at 1:00 p m o n T h u r s d a y M a r c h 8th. A f t e r n o o n lectures from 2:30 to 3:30 w i l l be c a n c e l l e d that d a y so p l e a s e d o a t t e n d .

Credits M a n y t h a n k s to e v e r y o n e w h o h a s h e l p e d o r c o n t r i b u t e d t h i s week e s p e c i a l l y A n i t a for t y p i n g a n d I a n for p r i n t i n g . F u n n y h o w t h e l i t h o p l a y s u p just as t h e t y p e s e t t e r settles d o w n !

E s p e c i a l t h a n k s to I a n A l v e y for t h e H y d e P a r k R e l a y r e p o r t a n d P h o t o S o c . for t h e p r i n t s . C h e e r s , John

SMALL ADS I FOUND

WANTED

COMPETITION

Ladies watch. Handed in to the Guilds Soccer Sixes Organisers at Harlington, Sunday 25th.

C O N T A C T : M. Harrison Chem.

Eng. 3

Students to take part in a research project on man-computer interaction. It takes about 1/2 -3/4 hr, and volunteers will be paid one pound. If interested, please see the notice in Eiec. Eng. Foyer (level 2, on walkway) Where the full details and signing up forms can be found; or C O N T A C T : T. J .

Goodman, Room 1106, Elec. Eng, (Int. 3154)

I.C. Photo Soc. Annual competition where you may enter up to 5 photos in each of the following (cash prizes in each)

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CONTACT: Jeanette Drysdale (int. 2033) FOR S A L E Professional quality squash rackets at a low price. C O N T A C T : P. O ' K e l l y M a t h s 3 o r 9 6 5 2455(Evenings)

eontd. from page 2. lies w i t h a male as w i t h a w o m a n , b o t h of t h e m have c o m m i t t e d a n abomination"?

Previous to w r i t i n g this letter I thought very h a r d a n d tried to come u p w i t h a single reason w h y . if this act is c a r r i e d out in p r i v a t e by c o n s e n t i n g a n d responsible adults, it s h o u l d be w r o n g . I was u n a b l e to do so. I challenge M r .

Shotter to give me just one reason w h y it is w r o n g , that does not refer to the B i b l e .

O n a s m a l l t e c h n i c a l p o i n t , if G o d is so m u c h against " m e n l y i n g w i t h m e n " w h y d i d he design the b o d y in such a w a y as to make it possible? M r . Shotter, as a n engineer, must surely be aware ol' the advantages oi' d e s i g n i n g a structure in such am a n n e r as to prevent its use i n a way other t h a n that for w h i c h it is intended.

I look f o r w a r d

to h e a r i n g a

Spanish-speaking volunteers to help on excursions with Chilian Refugees.

Anyone interested, please C O N T A C T : John Bearsley, Mech. Eng. 2 (Int. 2751) or 7, Beit Hall orDave Shukker, Chem. PG(int. 4126).

reply from any of God's representatives on E a r t h .

Y o u r s faithfully.

T o n y Cox Physics 2

D e a r S i r . - W e wish to reply, o n b e h a l f of m a n y r e g u l a r customers, to the letter p u b l i s h e d i n last week's issue of " F E L I X " c o m p l a i n i n g about the s t a n d a r d of service in the U n i o n B a r . It is not so much the specific c o m p l a i n t i n v o l v e d (about a hotd o g , the story of w h i c h the b a r m a n gives a rather different a c c o u n t of t h a n that given in the letter), but rather the a c c u s a t i o n that "college bars are very keen lo lake your money and offer yon no service in return,no pleases or thankyous" w h i c h we feel must be answered.

It is w o r t h r e m e m b e r i n g that the prices in bars are d e t e r m i n e d

by Refectory Committee and have n o t h i n g to d o w i t h the b a r stall'. It is the o p i n i o n of countless

1 B/W Prints....Open 2 B/W Prints....Portraits 3 B/W Prints....Sport 4 Col Prints

Open

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MEETING T h e Tana River Expedition' Nigel Winster (leader). Monday 12th March.

iregular customers, including ourselves, that the staff d o a difficult j o b very w e l l . W e suggest that the a u t h o r of the letter m a y care to ask someone w h o has w o r k e d b e h i n d the b a r just h o w difficult a job it is before he complains again.

Y o u r s sincerely, Malcolm Brain Chris Fox Andy Lewis Mark Corrigan D e a r S i r . - I write in reply to Jamie Shotter's letter in last week's F E L I X , c o n c e r n i n g his view on C h r i s t i a n i t y a n d homosexual i t y.

Perhaps he w o u l d like to consult the other (n-1) C h r i s t i a n s before p e r t a i n i n g to state t he i r views. S u r e l y there as m a n y gods a n d facets of r e l i g i o n as there are people.

H e takes a n e x a m p l e f r o m L e v i t i c u s in support of his v i e w that h o m o s e x u a l i t y is a sin a n d

6.00pm Room.

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CONGRATULATIONS Shirley Roberts, on your 21st birthday and best wishes from all in the Botany Department.

TALK 'Buddhism in Daily Life' given by Ven Piyathissa; Friday 9th March at 2.30pm in Room 408, Elec. Eng. FOR HIRE Set of four vacuum gauges suitable for use on any multicarbed, 4 stroke, J a p a n e s e motocycle. C O N T A C T : Andrew Carpenter Mining 2

a b h o r a n t to G o d (whose?). L i t e r a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of the B i b l e is •dangerous g r o u n d - what of the Genesis version of the C r e a t i o n , the laws of hygiene necessary l o r a n o m a d i c dessert life, or the imagery of R e v e l a t i o n s ? T h e r e are m a n y other e x a m p l e s .

A literal interpretation of selected parts of the B i b l e m i g h t be very well as a "first and last line of defence in ally mailer of dispute", but it ignores the c o n d i t i o n s i n w h i c h it was w r i t t e n , or the deeper, often h i d d e n , m e a n i n g s a n d lessons. A n intelligent informed approach is more p r o d u c t i v e , even if it requires more effort.

A b a n d o n m e n t of the intellect a n d a slavishness to the w r i t t e n w o r d s h o u l d not be necessary lor p a r t i c i p a t i o n in s p i r i t u a l matters.

Y o u r s , w i t h faith, hope a n d charity lor the cerebral hemispheres.

J a n H . K o o l (Life Sci.II)

G.G. Spectacular T h i s year's C u s t o m C a r s h o w opened at A l e x a n d r a Palace last Saturday. It's b o u n d t ob e another m a s s i v e success i f attendance i s anything to go b y . L a s t year 110,000 p e o p l e t u r n e d u p t o see c u s t o m s , v a n s , r o d s a n d b i k e s a n d this year's looks like b r e a k i n g that r e c o r d .

M o d i f i c a t i o n s to cars i n c l u d e a n y t h i n g f r o m decorative paintwork a n d murals to complete redesigning, b u i l d i n g and fitting.

S u c h a d d i t i o n s as h o o d s c o o p s , r e p l a c e m e n t s t e e r i n g w h e e l s , s p o i l e r s a n d i n t e r i o r fittings a r e f a i r l y c o m m o n . M u r a l p a i n t i n g is a l m o s t a d y i n g a r t a n d c e r t a i n l y m o r e a e s t h e t i c t h a n it u s e d t o be.

M o r e extreme examples included c h r o m i n g the engine a n d j a c k i n g u p the rear.

O v e r t h e l a s t t e n y e a r s o r so t h e t e c h n i q u e s f o r t u r n i n g a m o t o r c a r i n t o a t r a v e l l i n g w o r k of a r t h a v e s p r e a d o v e r f r o m A m e r i c a a n d d e v e l o p e d i n this c o u n t r y . N e w m e t h o d s a n d ideas w i t h m a n u f a c t u r e r s ' r e c o g n i t i o n o f the d e m a n d has resulted i n a huge i n c r e a s e i n t h e p a s t i m e o f c u s t o m i z i n g . It h a s a l s o b e c o m e b i g business. Its p o p u l a r i t y w a s i n d i c a t e d b y t h e n u m b e r s at t h e s h o w last w e e k e n d .

"Th e Pn s o n er" O n a r r i v i n g at the e x h i b i t i o n it was n o t i c e a b l e t h a t m a n y cars i n t h e free p a r k w a r r a n t e d a p l a c e i n s i d e . It w a s a l m o s t w o r t h g o i n g t o l o o k a r o u n d a t these e n t h u s i a s t - o w n e d v e h i c l e s .

T h e e x h i b i t i o n i t s e l f w a s d i v i d e d (so I l e a r n e d a f t e r w a r d s ) four sections: c u s t o m , vans, rods a n d bikes.

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If, o n e n t e r i n g , t h e g l i t t e r i n g s t a r - s p a n g l e d s t a n d s d o n ' t k n o c k y o u f o r s i x t h e n j u s t w a i t t i l l y o u see s o m e o f t h e m o r e o u t r a g o u s 'jobs',

If you know any on e wit h a Ford Zephyr

for sale...

T h e s t a n d a r d of t h e m u r a l s w a s g e n e r a l l y v e r y h i g h , t h o u g h t h e c h a n c e t o see t h e m c l o s e - t o g i v e s o p p o r t u n i t y t o c r i t i c i s e more rigourously.

Page 5 T h e r e were m a n y vehicles w h i c h originated from '32 u p w a r d s that h a d been completely rebuilt w i t h c h r o m i u m engines, l e a t h e r , velvet o r f u r u p h o l s t e r y , j a c k e d u p w i t h w i d e tyres b u t o n e w a s m u c h t h e s a m e as a n o t h e r .

T h e vans p r o v i d e d some interest a n d novelty. W i t h t i n t e d glass, c o c k t a i l c a b i n a t e s , T V g a m e s a n d r e v o l v i n g f r o n t seats, s c i e n c e fiction b e c o m e s r e a l i t y i n t h e c u s t o m w o r l d .

II y o u d o n ' t a p p r e c i a t e o b v i o u s c u s t o m i s i n g , t h e r e w e r e plenty of examples of the subtle a p p r o a c h , a n d one C a p r i that d i d n o t a p p e a r to h a v e b e e n t o u c h e d .

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A l s o n o t a b l e w a s " M u c h a B l i g e d " a M a r i n a v a n u s e d as a n advert for a business p r a c t i c e i n m u r a l w o r k .

G e n e r a l l y m u r a l p a i n t i n g c a n b e c r i t i c i s e d f o r its l a c k o l o r i g i n a l i t y a n d there w e r e few e x a m p l e s that went against s u c h c r i t i c i s m , b u t ' M u c h a B l i g e d " w a s i n a c l a s s o f its o w n .

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A l l i n a l l it is a g r e a t e x p e r i e n c e . It's w e l l w o r t h t h e effort r e q u i r e d to get u p t h e r e e v e n i f ( l i k e m e ) y o u ' r e n o t a m a d e n t h u s i a s t . It's less c o m m e r c i a l t h a n I h a d first i m a g i n e d a n d a t ÂŁ1.30 n o t a t a l l b a d v a l u e .

Also unique was the ghastly H u r l i n g e r , a sickly pink b a t m o b i l e w i t h a s i m i l a r o w n e r w h o p o l i s h e d it w i t h g r e a t c a r e a n d a t t e n t i o n .... j u s t a n o t h e r g i m m i c k to a t t r a c t a n a u d i e n c e .

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T w o h o u r s is a m p l e t i m e to see e v e r y t h i n g w o r t h l o o k i n g a t .

T a k e s o m e s o u n d a d v i c e i f y o u s h o u l d c h o o s e to g o t h i s w e e k e n d . G e t t h e r e as e a r l y as p o s s i b l e b e c a u s e it gets c r o w d e d by late m o r n i n g .

T h e easiest r o u t e b y p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t is b y t u b e to F i n s b u r y P a r k t h e n c a t c h a W 3 b u s w h i c h stops r i g h t o u t s i d e t h e d o o r .

O h , keep y o u r p a w s off t h e e x h i b i t s 'cos there's lots o f n e w p a i n t that isn't q u i t e h a r d e n e d .

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T H U R S D A Y 8th

F R I D A Y 2nd March

March

FILM

DISCO E N T S DISCO A N D BAR - 8.30. Union Lower Lounge.

E N T S F I L M - M u r d e r by Death. 6.30 p.m. M . E . 220. 30 p.

10 p.

FILM

C L U B ACTIVITY

I.C. FILM S O C - presents Robin and the Seven Hoods. 7.00 pm. M E .

220. Members free. Non members 20 p.

M O P S O C L E C T U R E - by Prof. M R C M c D o w e l l (R.H.C.) ' C o n f l i c t s in Traffic'. 1-15. P h y s i c s L.T.2.

I.C. C H I N E S E S O C I E T Y - A n n u a l G e n e r a l M e e t i n g a n d A n n u a l E l e c t i o n . 1 p.m. M e c h . E n g . 220.

MISCELLANEOUS I.C. RADIO - Broadcasting to Southside Halls on 301 m medium wave.

Stans Bar and Linstead Bar. 5.00 p.m. - Good Evening. 6.00 p.m. Boogie Time. 7.00p.m.-Viewpoint. 9.00p.m. -Roundabout 11.00p.m.

- through midnight.

SATURDAY

3rd M a r c h

CONCERT UK A N D S U P P O R T - 8:00.

Union Cards required.

Great Hall, Sherfield Building.

S U N D A Y 4th

Student

March

MISCELLANEOUS I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N G E N E R A L M E E T I N G (Hustings) - 1.00 p.m.

Great Hall, Sherfield B u i l d i n g .

S e e the s a b b a t i c a l e l e c t i o n c a n d i d a t e s live o n stage! Y o u r c h a n c e to ask t h e m q u e s t i o n s a n d get an hour free from l e c t u r e s . . " L U N C H B R E A K " S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N - 13.00 repeated 18.00 (except in J C R ) . U n i o n T V L o u n g e , J C R , S o u t h s i d e Halls ( E x c e p t Tizard). S o u t h s i d e L o w e r T V L o u n g e (Nr Stan's Bar).

I.C. P H O T S O C S H O P - 12.45 - 1.15 p m . L i n s t e a d Hall R o o m 532.

I.C. R A D I O - s a m e as T u e s d a y e x c e p t 5.00 - 7.00 p.m. G o o d E v e n i n g .

A S S O C I A T E D S T U D I E S E V E N T - 1.30 p.m. T h e M u s i c R o o m . 53 P r i n c e s ' G a t e . L u n c h - h o u r C o n c e r t . T h e A d e l p h i S t r i n g Quartet.

MISCELLANEOUS I.C. RADIO-8.00a.m. Wake Up with Harvey. 11:00 The Wibbly Wobbly Wireless Show. 1.00-Groovin. 4 . 0 0 - roundtable. 5.00 - Folk Music.

6.00 - G o o d evening. 8.00 - I.C. Radio Live. 10.30 - through midnight.

Social

Cultural and M O N D A Y 5th

March

C L U B ACTIVITY

Amusements.

C O M M U N I S T PARTY M E E T I N G WITH S P E A K E R - 6.30 p.m. ICWA Lounge. Union Building. Malcolm Cowell, Communist Party Election Agent on "Electoral Reform". Al! welcome.

Board

SCAB FRIDAY

MISCELLANEOUS I.C. F O L K C L U B - presents Les Barker and Mrs. Ackroyd Mad Poet and Dog. 8.00 pm. Union Lower Refectory.- Members 30 p. Others 60 p.

Performers and Singers are very welcome and get in Free.

I.C. RADIO - same as Friday except: 6:00 Focus On. I.C. P H O T S O C S H O P - 12.45 - 1.15. Linstead Hall Room 211.

TUESDAY

6th

March

FILM EVENING - 6.00 p.m. Mech. Eng. 342. Free. Title of Film: "My Son, My Son". Organized by I.C. Christian Union.

C L U B ACTIVITY I.C. P H O T O G R A P H I C S O C I E T Y T A L K - 7.00 p.m. RSM 1.02. "Bird Photography in the Inner Hebrides" by C.W. Bruce M P S . & A.R.P.S. L A B O U R C L U B M E E T I N G - 1 . 0 0 pm. Maths 340. Brian Sedgemore M P speaking on: "The use and abuse of power in British society".

RIDING C L U B - Information, Bookings and U L U Riding Club News.

13.00- 14.00. Electrical Engineering Dept. Room 1110. Level 11. All welcome.

SOCIALIST S O C I E T Y DISCUSSION - 6.15 pm. Huxley 340. Topic: "Socialism or Reformism".

ENTS Disco SATURDAY E N T s C o n c e r t . U . K. a n d S u p p o r t in the G r e a t H a l l . A d m i s s i o n £2.00 o n d o o r . £1.50 in a d v a n c e . T i c k e t s from Ents R o o m in U n i o n .

MONDAY Folk C l u b present Les B a r k e r a n d M r s . A c k r o y d , o n e m a n a n d his d o g , an u n p r e d i c t a b l e d u o . U n i o n L o w e r Refectory at 8.00 p.m. A d m i s s i o n 60 p. M e m b e r s 30 p.

TUESDAY D e b s o c M i n i Debate. M o t i o n : - T h i s H o u s e Believes S c i e n t i s t s A n d T e c h n o l o g i s t s s h o u l d be able to c o m m u n i c a t e m o r e effectively . 1.15 p.m. in M e c h . E n g . 340.

WEDNESDAY J a z z C l u b present " J e l l y ' s last roll", their p o p u l a r trad J a z z B a n d live in S t a n s B a r 8.30 - 11.00. A d m i s s i o n Free.

THURSDAY T h e Ents Film " M u r d e r by D e a t h " . In M e c h . E n g . 220. A d m i s s i o n 30 p.

FRIDAY T h e Ents D i s c o .

MISCELLANEOUS " O N E S M A L L S T E P " - Stoic transmission. Repeat of 'Horizon' History of Space Travel. 13.00. J C R , Union TV Lounge, Southside Halls (Except Tizard), Southside Lower T V Lounge.

I.C. RADIO - 12.00-2.15 p.m. - Midday Spin. Evening same as Friday except: 6:00 p.m. - Thats Jazz.

A S S O C I A T E D STUDIES E V E N T - 1.30 p.m. Read Theatre, Sherfield Building. "In the company of Scientists...." M.J. Davies, Secretary of Imperial College.

A S S O C I A T E D STUDIES E V E N T - 1.30 p.m. Lecture Theatre 1, Chem.

Eng. Dept. Engineering in the Ancient World. 3. Greek and Roman Water Raising Devices, Dr. John Landels, Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences, Reading; Author of "Engineering in the Ancient World," etc.

W E D N E S D A Y 7th

March

C L U B ACTIVITY W O M E N IN S C I E N C E A N D T E C H N O L O G Y - 12.30 p.m. ICWA lounge.

Speaker from the Anti-Nazi League. Subject to confirmation - see posters nearer date.

MISCELLANEOUS I.C. RADIO - 6.00 p.m. Good Evening. 6.40 p.m. 301 N e w s l i n e . S e e Friday for Rest of Evening.

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE There will be a written quiz for all those who have put their name down for the IC team in the n e x t s e r i e s of University Challenge. The test will take place on Monday 5th at 6pm in the Union Dining Hall.

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Do You Take It For Granted?

A l t h o u g h it is i m p o r t a n t to p u b l i c i z e g r a n t a n o m a l i e s t h r o u g h o u t the student p o p u l a t i o n , a p p r o p r i a t e a u t h o r i t i e s a n d the general p u b l i c , it is a b s o l u t e l y v i t a l to keep sight o f the b a s i c issue, the m a i n rate. O f c o u r s e , cases o f i n d i v i d u a l h a r d s h i p m u s t be p u r s u e d v i g o r o u s l y a n d , i n p a r t i c u l a r , c o m m o n p r o b l e m s , s u c h as those a r i s i n g f r o m the M e a n s T e s t , need s p e c i a l attention. H o w e v e r , the m o s t i m p o r t a n t g r a n t issue for m o s t B r i t i s h students is the m a i n rate a n d , for IC, the L o n d o n rate.

T h i s year the N U S are a s k i n g the G o v e r n m e n t for a n increase of 27% on the m a i n rate, w h i c h is at present ÂŁ1100. T h i s is based o n a n estimate of 12% for inflation a n d a revised assessment of students' costs.

Several aspects of this revision are specially relevant to IC students. T h e most i m p o r t a n t of these are the rent a n d food elements. In recent years, these b o a r d a n d l o d g i n g rates have increased disproportionately c o m p a r e d to the o v e r a l l rate. F o r L o n d o n students in p a r t i c u l a r , this has meant even less m o n e y for e v e r y t h i n g else. R e n t s i n ' the private sector i n L o n d o n have increased a l a r m i n g l y a n d C o l l e ge a n d U n i v e r s i t y residence rents are fixed according to the a p p r o p r i a t e element i n the grant.

H e n c e the residue for travel, pocket money, books, clothes a n d entertainment has become smaller p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y , l a g g i n g b e h i n d i n f l a t i o n.

T h e other major element of the grant w h i c h is of interest to I C

T h e

students is is travel. e r e is travel. TI hhere is a c e r t a i n a m o u n t (ÂŁ34) in the grant for this purpose, a n d any e x t r a incurred through commuting, a n d travel from home, is generally p a i d by the L E A at the e n d of the year. T h i s system means that m a n y students have a lot of m o n e y tied u p i n season tickets u n t i l the end of the year, w h i c h is obviously an unsatisfactory situation.

The National Grants D e m o n s t r a t i o n is next F r i d a y , 9 t h M a r c h , a n d includes a float from I C . E v e r y o n e interested i n the grants issue, w h i c h means a l l I C students s h o u l d take part a n d anyone p r e p a r e d to help w i t h the float s h o u l d contact me.

T i m Hillyer External Affairs Committee

Brain Drain

POSTERS I've had c o m p l a i n t s from s o m e societies that people are t a k i n g their posters d o w n , in s o m e c a s e s p r o b a b l y to put o n their o w n walls. Posters c a n cost a lot of money, and removing t h e m is a d i s c i p l i n a r y offence; if y o u want o n e for y o u r wall, have a bit of p a t i e n c e a n d wait until the event being advertised has h a p p e n e d , then y o u c a n take as m a n y as y o u want.

NOISE I'm sorry that I've h a d to be so s t r o p p y at parties and c o n c e r t s in the U n i o n of late, but we have been visited by the p o l i c e recently b e c a u s e of the noise a n d s o m e l ocal residents have been t h r e a t e n i n g to take the U n i o n to court b e c a u s e of it. Hopefully, the use of the G r e a t Hall for c o n c e r t s in the future will help the situation, a n d later o n in the year I will be a p p l y i n g to C o l l e g e for help to n o i s e p r o o f s o m e rooms, but in the m e a n t i m e if y o u ' r e o r g a n i s i n g an event in the U n i o n , please turn the m u s i c d o w n w h e n I tell y o u , otherwise we might be s t o p p e d altogether.

REFECTORIES I notice that there was a letter in last weeks F E L I X from s o m e o n e w h o did not s u p p o r t the recent refectory boycott b e c a u s e he finds "the quality and price quite reasonable". T h e a u t h o r of this letter appears to have given s o m e t h o u g h t to the issue (unlike, I s u s p e c t , the other people w h o broke the boycott) and I a p o l o g i s e to h i m for any c o m m e n t s I made in a previous article. S i n c e he finds the quality of food satisfactory, it is p r e s u m a b l y the s t a n d a r d he was a c c u s t o m e d to before c o m m g to I.C. I w i s h to offer, o n behalf of the vast majority of students at I.C., o u r s i n c e r e s y m p a t h y for the pains his alimentary c a n a l must have suffered over the years a n d h o p e that the resulting s t o m a c h u l c e r s are not fatal.

THANKS T h a n k s are d u e to R u g b y C l u b for m a k i n g an excellent j o b of w a s h i n g d o w n the U n i o n B u i l d i n g , and A d r i a n , M i k e a n d H o w a r d f o r v a r i o u s help over the past week.

Malcolm Brain ICU Deputy President

Elk's

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E L E C T I O N S (of the Sabbatical kind) T h e s e tributes to the d e m o c r a t i c structure of Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n are t a k i n g pl ace by c o l l e g e wide ballot o n the 12th and 13th March (Monday and Tuesday). T h e point of this little bit of p r o s e is that if y o u k n o w for s o m e reason that you're not g o i n g to be in c o l l e g e o n those days (and it has to be a g o o d reason) then y o u c a n have a ' p o s t a l ' vote.

T h e details of this haven't been w o r k e d out yet, but if y o u c o m e up and tell me next week, I s h o u l d be able to tell y o u what y o u have to do.

A n d t a l k i n g of s a b b a t i c a l elections, we need people to man ballot boxes o n 12/13th M a r c h for 1 p o u n d /hr. from 1 0 a m - 5 p m , i f y o u fancy e a r n i n g s o m e easy money, just c o m e up to the U n i o n Office a n d tell J e n .

HUSTINGS T h e hustings for the s a b o a t i c a l e l e c t i o n s o c c u r o n Thursday 8th March at 1 pm in the Great Hall. It's easily the best way of f i n d i n g out w h o are the best c a n d i d a t e s for the various p o s i t i o n s a n d I urge y o u to attend. Y o u c a n ask any c a n d i d a t e any q u e s t i o n y o u might think relevant, so it's an o p p o r t u n i t y not to be m i s s e d ! L e c t u r e s , lab, s e m i n a r s etc. for the 2:30 - 3:30 period are all c a n c e l l e d so y o u c a n stay until 3:30.

If you're not certain w h o to vote for - m a k e s u r e y o u don't miss it!

STV N o it doesn't s t a n d for Sex T e l e v i s e d V e r t i c a l l y or S o u t h e r n Te l e v i s i on it s t a n d s for s i ng le transferable vote and it is a m e t h o d of voting by w h i c h instead of voting for o n e p e r s o n y o u p l a c e all the c a n d i d a t e s in an order of preference, u s i n g n u m b e r s 1,2,3 etc.... I'll explain the full ramifications (what?) of it all next week...same time, same channel).

Mike Elkin ICU Hon. Sec.

MARY MUTTERS E v e r since Sonia has been v i s i t i n g m e to collect news s t o r i e s she has p i n c h e d a l l the useful information.

Now I can't sound very important by w r i t i n g about a l l the w o n d e r f u l t h i n g s I have been doing (well at least not w i t h o u t r e p e a t i n g w h a t is el sew her e i n F E L I X ) .

O t h e r than h i d i n g under my desk every time the m e d i a appear, a n o t h e r s o l ut i on to this p r o b l e m is for me to investigate new topics a n d tell interesting stories.

M y first new story is the full u n e x p u r g a t e d facts (why s h o u l d M i k e have a l l the sex stories?) of the m e e t i n g held between myself, four members of the U n i o n ' s Permanent Working Party (who?), C a p t a i n L i n d l e y (College Domestic Secretary).

Mr. (Refectory Manager) Mooney a n d three managers of i n d i v i d u a l refectories.

experiment.

2. F r i e d eggs w i l l be i n t r o d u c e d into the U n i o n L o w e r Refectory.

3.

The i n t r o d u c t i o n of a " s t u d e n t s ' s a l a d " (i.e. a c h e a p one) w i l l be investigated for Southside refectory.

4. A l l vegetables a n d fruit are brought fresh from Covent G a r d e n M a r k e t on Tuesday a n d T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g (except some frozen veg.)

5. C u s t a r d i n S h e r f i e l d L o w e r refectory m a y not c o n t a i n e n o u g h sugar a n d is tŠ be investigated.

6. N e w suppliers of beefburgers are b e i n g looked into, after complaints.

7. O v e r h e a d infra-red heaters are to be introduced in some refectories in the next 2-3 weeks, i.e. food may be too hot! (cheap) main 8.

Vegetarian courses w i l l be looked into.

We discussed a fascinating report p r e p a r e d by P . W . P . based on surveys of the refectories they d i d before C h r i s t m a s . T h e report c o n t a i n e d such gem c o m m e n t s as "About 50% of those asked were satisfied that the quality of food teas up to the standard expected from Inirersity refectories. However, the majority agreed there to be room fin improvement. Apparently many of the "satisfied" 50% were actually only "resigned" to the fad that they could expect no belter".

It was quite a useful m e e t i n g a n d we hope in future that the c o m p l a i n t s a n d suggestions subcommittee of the Refectory committee will meet more regularly a n d i n f o r m a l l y in order to take u p specific c o m p l a i n t s .

Lots of useful i n f o r m a t i o n a n d hopeful developments came out of the meeting. These i n c l u d e d :

Don't forget Hustings on , T h u r s d a y . Y o u get u n t i l 3.30 p . m . off from lectures. See y o u o n the I Great H a l l .

M a r y Attenborough I C U President

l . C o l e s l a w in the U n i o n L o w e r refectory w i l l c o n t a i n onions (to give it more taste) in future as an

T h e o n l y t h i n g I s h o u l d end o n is a w a r n i n g about c o r n i s h pasties . A p p a r e n t l y they are specifically designed to have as little meat content as possible! So don't c o m p l a i n .

M o r e stories next week.

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Day By Day 1 A R O U N D - U P O F L A S T W E E K ' S N E W S Jilt? ,«5 SfSlft

Wednesday 21st British Leyiand use Biggs for advert T h e latest poster advertising the M i n i states that t h e M i n i nips i n a n d o u t like R o n a l d B i g g s . T h e advert is part of a £400,000 advertising drive b y B r i t i s h L e y i a n d . A u s t i n M o r r i s d e n i e d c h a r g e s that t h e c a m p a i g n glorified c r i m e .

T h e B i g g s poster is o n e of three being e x h i b i t e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y o n 30 0 sites. T h e other t w o s a y "More gripping than Agatha Christie" a n d "Better in jams than strawberries."

R o n a l d B i g g s w a s involved in " T h e G r e a t T r a i n R o b b e r y " that took p l a c e o n 8th A u g u s t 1963.

Thursday 22nd Budget will be tough A budg e t d e s c r i b e d in W h i t e h a l l as " s t r i c t " is t o b e u n v e i l e d by the C h a n c e l l o r o n A p r i l 3rd. Increases in the p r i c e of t o b a c c o , d r i n k a n d petrol are e x p e c t e d , w h i c h c o u l d a m o u n t to at least 3 0 p o n a bottle o f w h i s k y , I p o n a pint of beer a n d 2 and a half p. o n a packet of cigarettes.

N U P E urge rejection of 9% T h e e x e c u t i v e of N U P E , w h i c h represents at least half of t h e c o u n c i l w o r k e r s , r e c o m m e n d e d rejection of t h e fatest p a y offer. M r . A l a n Fisher, general secretary, r e c o m m e n d e d a c c e p t a n c e of the offer, w h i c h a p p l i e d t o l o c a l government, health s e r v i c e and ambulance workers.

G e t a degree for £10! ...with a r e d u c t i o n of £2 if t w o d e g r e e s are r e q u i r e d . T h i s is p r o v i d e d by a firm i n S a n F r a n c i s c o . T h e U n i v e r s a l Life C h u r c h at Modesto in California enables school caretakers o r d u s t m e n w h o f ancy b e c o m i n g b i s h o p s o r even c a r d i n a l s to d o s o for as little as £2.50.

Luxuries for The Queen A s p e c i a l toilet c o s t i n g £150,000 w a s installed for the Q u e e n ' s visit to a r a c e c o u r s e in Qatar.

Friday 23rd

e n e r g y centre. T h e radioactive material used in c l i n i c a l d i a g n o s i s c o u l d c a u s e c a n c e r a n d a s s o c i a t e d illness, a n d c o u l d be s p r e a d by p e o p l e t o u c h i n g c o n t a m i n a t e d surfaces.

There is, however, t ho ug h t to be n o i m m e d i a t e d a n g e r to health.

Man's abuse of world could change climate Scientists ended their w o r l d climate c o n f e r e n c e in G e n e v a with the w a r n i n g that significant c l i m a t i c c h a n g e s c o u l d o c c u r within 10 years if m a n k i n d c o n t i n u e s t o d i s r e g a r d his environment. If m a n c o n t i n u e s to burn fossil fuels a n d cut d o w n forests at the present rate, the i n c r e a s e d C a r b o n D i o x i d e in the air w o u l d g r a d u a l l y raise t h e planet's average temperature.

Saturday 24th Soviet naval threat to China S o u r c e s in T o k y o state that there has been a steady b u i l d - u p of the R u s s i a n P a c i f i c Fleet in t h e East C h i n a S e a . 11 R u s s i a n s u r f a c e fleet u nits are already at s e a after leaving their base at V l a d i v o s t o c k . M a n y n u c l e a r - p o w e r e d missile s u b m a r i n e s are o n patrol within sailing d i s t a n c e of V i e t n a m .

J a p a n e s e s o u r c e s believe that t h e threat exists that t h e K r e m l i n may lose patience with C h i n a ' s w a r against V i e t n a m a n d m a y d e c i d e itself to take " p u n i t i v e a c t i o n " against t h e C h i n e s e p e r h a p s by b l o c k a d i n g C h i n e s e s e a traffic.

Concorde bill written off T h e British A i r w a y ' s £160 m i l l i on bill for its fleet of five C o n c o r d e s has been written off by the G o v e r n m e n t . In return B r i t i s h A i r w a y s has a g r e e d to h a n d over to the T r e a s u r y 80 per cent of the r u n n i n g profits of C o n c o r d e flights.

Sunday 25th • USA criticises China over invasion C h i n e s e forces c o n t i n u e d to press s o u t h w a r d s o n three fronts in northern V i e t n a m .

Mr. M i c h a e l B l u m e n t h a l , t h e A m e r i c a n T r e a s u r y S e c r e t a r y w h o is visiting P e k i n g , sternly r e b u k e d his hosts for l a u n c h i n g t h e i n v a s i o n . H e d e c l a r e d that "even limited invasions risk wider wars and turn public transgressor." opinion against the

Owen angers strikers Dr. D a v i d O w e n s t r o d e a c r o s s a civil servants' picket line o u t s i d e t h e F o r e i g n Office, d e c l a r i n g "/ have great pleasure in crossing this picket line. This is one of the most irresponsible strikes I have ever seen."

The pickets were junior and middle-grade civil s e r v a n t s w h o w e r e h o l d i n g a 24 hour strike in s u p p o r t of a pay c l a i m .

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D i p l o m a t i c s o u r c e s in S o f i a a n d B e l g r a d e state that t h e R u s s i a n s have sent three a r m o u r e d d i v i s i o n s , e a c h c o n s i s t i n g of a b o u t 10,000 m e n , to B u l g a r i a . J o i n t R u s s i a n B u l g a r i a n m a n o e u v r e s were held in 1978 a n d a " s e a - b r i d g e " w a s recently c o m p l e t e d to link R u s s i a with B u l g a r i a a c r o s s t h e B l a c k S e a by m e a n s of h u g e ferryboats.

L i q u i d radioactive waste leaked from a c o n t a i n e r i n a store at E s s e x C o u n t y H o s p i t a l ' s radiotherapy department. H o s p i t a l staff are u n d e r g o i n g tests at H a r w e l l A t o m i c

Y u g o s l a v i a has reacted to the arrival of t h e t r o o p s by m o v i n g a r m o u r e d units to t h e B u l g a r i a n frontier.

Monday 26th Callaghan intends to hold on until the autumn T h e P r i m e M i n i s t e r w a s interviewed o n " P a n o r a m a " , this e v e n i n g . H e s a i d that a n election s h o u l d be held every five years, a n d that the G o v e r n m e n t ' s term w o u l d b e up in October.

S p e a k i n g about the strikes a n d their threat to the e c o n o m y . M r . C a l l a g h a n s a i d he w a s hopeful that the level of pay settlements this year w o u l d be lower t han last. T h i s w o u l d mean s o m e t h i n g below 15 per cent.

Scientists less interested in eclipse T h e last total e c l i p s e t o be seen in N o r t h A m e r i c a this c e n t u r y interested A m e r i c a n a n d C a n a d i a n c i t i z e ns but s c i e n t i s t s w h o have o b t a i n e d m u c h information from t h e S k l a b project w e r e less c o n c e r n e d about c a r r y i n g out e x p e r i m e n t s t han d u r i n g the last total eclipse.

P e o p l e in B r i t a i n ' s West C o u n t r y will s e e the s u n totally e c l i p s e d by the m o o n o n A u g 11, I999.

B B C urge Unions to accept news cameras N e w s c a m e r a s u s i n g video tape instead of film have been " b l a c k e d " by the B B C u n i o n s .

T h e great advantage of t h e lightweight electronic news-gathering equipment ( E N G ) is that it cuts o u t t i m e - w a s t i n g film processing.

Pictures are ready for t r a n s m i s s i o n as s o o n as the vidoo tape c a n be t r a n s p o r t e d b a c k to base.

T h e u n i o n s have objected b e c a u s e they fear that t h e u s e of E N G c o u l d ultimately m e a n loss of jobs. ITV, w h o deal w i t h a different U n i o n , have not been a l l o w e d even to b e g i n e x p e r i m e n t a l operat i on.

At Imperial C o l l e g e S T O I C have been using c a m e r a s u s i n g video tape f o r several years.

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Miners accept pay offer T h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n of M i n e w o r k e r s voted • 15-10 to a c c e p t t h e N a t i o n a l C o a l B o a r d ' s offer w h i c h c o u l d eventually b r i n g rises of upw ard s of 10 p e r cent. T h e settlement i n c l u d e s a productivity agreement.

Iran Oil from Monday Iran is to export oil again from M o n d a y . T h e new m a n a g i n g d i r e c t o r of the Iranian O i l C o . , Mr. H a s s a n N a z i h , a n n o u n c e d today that Iran w o u l d be s e l l i n g o i l at between $18 a n d $20 a barrel. T h i s c o m p a r e s with the present o p e c price of about $14 a barrel.

Woman sues over abortion failure A mother s u e d a H a r l e y Street s u r g e o n for damages for breach of c o n t r a c t a n d negligence because an abortion operation | did not work. i S h e c l a i m s that a s a result of h a v i n g t h e i b a b y s h e h a s suffered anxiety, distress a n d s o r r o w a n d w a s u n a b l e to c o n t i n u e a c o u r s e ;at a teacher's t r a i n i n g c o l l e g e .

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THE PANCAKE RACE

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Last Tuesday, 27th February, the Annual Pancake Race took place in Beit Quad. The race, between an Executive team and an ICWA team, is made more arduous by the simultaneous "testing" of the Union Building's fire hoses. The referee for the event is traditionally the FELIX Editor, who completes the final lap in case he/she has managed to remain dry until then!

T h e water started f l o w i n g at n o o n . H o s e s by the main entrance a n d from the D r a m s o c vantage point, outside their s t o r e - r o o m , c o v e r e d the front of the U n i o n B u i l d i n g , while the residents of new Beit, a r m e d with s a u c e p a n s a n d waste-pape r baskets s h o w e r e d bystanders on the S o u t h s i d e of the q u a d .

T a n s y H e p t o n had a h o s e to herself in the entrance to the U n i o n Bar, but the B o t a n y a n d Z o o l o g y s i d e s remained dry. T h i s was p r o b a b l y d u e to the fact that this year o n l o o k e r s were kept off the roofs.

T h e race itself started fifteen minutes late at 12:45. D a p h n e W e b s p e r a n d Mark C o r r i g a n were the first to run: the c o u r s e being o n e c o m p l e t e circuit of the q u a d starting from and returning to the centre. In addition to the hoses, o n e of the hazards e n c o u n t e r e d o n the route was a d u s t b i n - w i e l d i n g B r u c e Willis.

I C W A c h e a t e d first by taking a short-cut to o n e c o r n e r of the q u a d f r o m the centre. T h e i r advantage was lost, t h o u g h , w h e n s o m e of the E x e c , team " h e l d - u p " the I C W A runners by Beit A r c h w a y . Despit e a pact between D a p h n e and A n d y Lewis to dead-heat, I C W A finished first. T h e race is, however, traditionally a draw s i n c e both teams usually manage to get disqualified .

After the event the two teams retired for a s h o w e r and p a n c a k e s before the E x e c , left for the U G M at 1:30 p.m. O n e late-comer, Mr. R o n N a s h of the Nat. West B a n k , thinking it was safe to enter the q u a d was duly d r e n c h e d and has s w o r n that he "will

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An Alternative Society I n (his a r t i c l e w e a p p r o a c h y o u not as c i t i z e n s o f o n e c o u n t r y b u t as w o r l d socialists s p e a k i n g t o f e l l o w meml>ersol t h e w o r k i n g class. O u r a p p e a l is based o n the r e c o g n i t i o n that c a p i t a l i s m is w o r l d - w i d e a n d that the w o r k e r s o f the w o r l d h a v e a m u t u a l interest i n t a k i n g a c t i o n to a b o l i s h it a n d e s t a b l i s h S o c i a l i s m .

T h e Socialist P a r t y o f G r e a t B r i t a i n is a n i n d e p e n d e n t o r g a n i s a t i o n o p p o s e d ic the B r i t i s h L a b o u r P a r t y a n d a l l o t h e r p a r t i e s i n this c o u n t r y . It is associated w i t h c o m p a n i o n Socialist P a r t i e s a n d g r o u p s i n A u s t r a l i a . C a n a d a , J a m a i c a , I r e l a n d .

N e w Z e a l a n d , the U . S . A . a n d A u s t r i a .

T h e i n d e p e n d e n c e o f t h e S o c i a l i s t P a r t y o f G r e a t B r i t a i n a n d its c o m p a n i o n p a r t i e s rests o n t h e fact that o u r object a n d o u r v i e w s o n e c o n o m i c a n d polite a l questions a r e q u i t e different f r o m those o f o t h e r p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s w h i c h c l a i m to be socialist.

Capitalism or Socialism W e l i v e i n a system o f society k n o w n as c a p i t a l i s m .

U n d e r c a p i t a l i s m w e get t h e t h i n g s w e n e e d i n o r d e r to live - food, c l o t h i n g , h o u s i n g , t r a v e l , e n t e r t a i n m e n t etc. - o n l y b y b u y i n g t h e m . T h e y a r c a l l p r o d u c e d i n o r d e r t o Ix* s o l d at a profit. W h a t e a c h i n d i v i d u a l c a n b u y d e p e n d s o n h o w m u c h m o n e y he has. T h e life o f leisure a n d l u x u r y e n j o y e d b y the r i c h few is far removed f r o m t h e l a b o r i o u s a n d insecure existence o f the great m a j o r i t y . U n d e r c a p i t a l i s m this contrast o f riches a n d p o v e r t y is u n i v e r s a l . T h e p r i v i l e g e d m i n o r i t y , either through direct ownership of property, o r through n a t i o n a l i s a t i o n o r State c a p i t a l i s m (as i n m a n y c o u n t r i e s i n c l u d i n g R u s s i a ) , share i n t h e pr o c e e ds o l the e x p l o i t a t i o n o f the mass o f the p o p u l a t i o n i n every country i n the w o r l d .

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T h e object o f t h e S o c i a l i s t P a r t y o f G r e a t B r i t a i n , i n c o m m o n w i t h its c o m p a n i o n p a r t i e s , is t o r e p l a c e c a p i t a l i s m b y a w o r l d - w i d e s o c i a l system S o c i a l i s m - i n w h i c h t h e m e a n s o f p r o d u c t i o n a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n w i l l cease to be . p r i v a t e l y o w n e d a n d w i l l pass t o the w h o l e c o m m u n i t y . T h i s w i l l b r i n g to a n e n d the present c o m p e t i t i o n l o r m a r k e t s a n d sources of r a w m a t e r i a l s b e t w e e n the different c o u n t r i e s w h i c h causes i n t e r n a t i o n a l r i v a l r i e s a n d leads to w a r . I n a ' socialist society a r t i c l e s w o u l d be p r o d u c e d solely for the use o f m a n k i n d . A l l forms o f i n c o m e d e r i v e d f r o m e x p l o i t a t i o n (rent, interest a n d profit) w o u l d d i s a p p e a r . T h e p r o b l e m to be t a c k l e d b y a socialist society w o u l d be that ol o r g a n i s i n g t h e a b l e - b o d i e d p o p u l a t i o n to c o - o p e r a t e i n * p r o d u c i n g food, c l o t h i n g , houses a n d a l l t h e a r t i c l e s a n d services n e e d e d for the full life of h u m a n b e i n g s . A H w i l l h a v e free access to t h e t h i n g s n e e d e d , p r o d u c t i o n a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n b e i n g i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e socialist p r i n c i p l e : " F r o m e a c h a c c o r d i n g to his a b i l i t y : t o e a c h a c c o r d i n g t o his n e e d " .

T h e w o r l d y o u live i n , like the o n e y o u r forefathers l i v e d i n , b r i n g s y o u little m o r e t h a n h a r d w o r k , insufficient wages a n d i n s e c u r i t y . Is this a l l y o u w a n t , a l l y o u a r e p r e p a r e d to b e q u e a t h to y o u r c h i l d r e n , w h e n a w o r l d free f r o m those a n d o t h e r p r o b l e m s is w i t h i n y o u r grasp? L e a v i n g the job o f u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d a c t i n g to others gets y o u n o w h e r e .

T h o s e w h o w o u l d be free o f i n s e c u r i t y a n d the t r i b u l a t i o n s o f c a p i t a l i s m must themselves u n d e r s t a n d a n d j o i n w i t h t h e i r f e l l o w - w o r k e r s to take the a c t i o n that w i l l o b t a i n t h e i r m u t u a l e m a n c i p a t i o n . It is the o n l y effort t h a t w i l l b r i n g w o r t h w h i l e results.

A t the f o r m a t i o n o f the S o c i a l i s t P a r t y o f G r e a t B r i t a i n a n O b j e c t a n d D e c l a r a t i o n o f P r i n c i p l e s were d r a f t e d a n d a d o p t e d as the basis of the o r g a n i s a t i o n . A d m i s s i o n to m e m b e r s h i p is d e p e n d e n t o n a c c e p t a n c e a n d u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f the O b j e c t a n d P r i n c i p l e s . T h e o r i g i n a l draft has been r e t a i n e d w i t h o u t a l t e r a t i o n because n o c h a n g e has t a k e n p l a c e i n the s t r u c t u r e o f c a p i t a l i s m c a l l i n g for a c h a n g e i n the statement of the socialist a i m a n d principles.

Where We Stand Socialists b e l o n g to a single w o r l d m o v e m e n t for the a c h i e v e m e n t o i S o c i a l i s m b y m a j o r i t y d e m o c r a t i c a c t i o n t h r o u g h the b a l l o t . Socialists d o not s u p p o r t o r c o l l a b o r a t e w i t h a n y o f the g o v e r n m e n t s o r p o l i t i c a l parties of c a p i t a l i s m , a n d refuse to take sides i n c a p t i t a l i s t w a r s a n d q u a r r e l s w h i c h set w o r k e r against w o r k e r . T h e r e is o n l y o n e w o r k i n g class a n d o n l y o n e socialist a t t i t u d e .

D i s p u t e s a b o u t frontiers, c a m p a i g n s to c a p t u r e m a r k e t s for e x p o r t s o r to restrict i m p o r t s , a n d d e m a n d s for b a r r i e r s i n the w a y of i m m i g r a t i o n o r e m i g r a t i o n a r e c a p i t a l i s t issues. Socialists d o not a l l o w themselves to be d r a w n i n t o such c a p i t a l i s t q u a r r e l s as those a b o u t frontiers - b e t w e e n East a n d West G e r m a n y , I t aly a n d A u s t r i a . N o r t h e r n a n d S o u t h e r n I r e l a n d , Israel a n d E g y p t .

N o r t h a n d S o u t h V i e t n a m o r a n y o t h e r o f the s o - c a l l ed n a t i o n a l i s t , r e l i g i o u s o r l a n g u a g e conflicts that d i v i d e the w o r k i n g class. S o c i a l i s t s d o not s u p p o r t a n y of the g r o u p i n g s o f the c a p i t a l i s t w o r l d - B r i t i s h C o m m o n w e a l t h , E u r o p e a n E c o n o m i c C o m m u n i t y , A m e r i c a n , Russian or Chiense power-blocs. T h e enemy is c a p i t a l i s m i n a l l c o u n t r i e s .

S o c i a l i s t s a r e o p p o s e d to the senseless v i o l e n c e o f r i o t i n g , b o m - t h r o w i n g a n d g u e r i l l a w a r f a r e , w h i c h serve n o interest except that of the c a p i t a l i s t r e a c t i o n .

If y o u w o u l d like to discuss a n v of the a b o v e please c o m e to a m e e t i n g " S o c i a l i s m o r r e f o r m i s m " i n H u x l e v 3 4 0 at 6-15 p . m . o n T u e s 6 t h M a r c h .

A r r a n g e d b y I C Socialist Society.

S o c i a l i s m c a n n o t b e b r o u g h t a b o u t i n s i d e t h e c a p i t a l i s t system. O n e s o c i a l system must b e r e p l a c e d b y t h e o t h e r a n d S o c i a l i s m is necessarily w o r l d - w i d e .

T H E SOCIALIST P A R T Y O F G R E A T BRITAIN OBJECT:

Social Reforms do not lead to Socialism T h e r e is o n l y o n e r o a d to S o c i a l i s m , a n d t h e p o l i c y o f d e a l i n g w i t h s o c i a l p r o b l e m s o n e b y o n e is useless f r o m t h e socialist s t a n d - p o i n t . T h e object of socialists is t o a c h i e v e a f u n d a m e n t a l c h a n g e i n the basis o n w h i c h society is c o n s t r u c t e d . W h a t e v e r elfect reforms m a y h a v e i n a m e l i o r a t i n g p a r t i c u l a r evils t h e v fail because they c a n n o t b r i n g a b o u t the necessary f u n d a m e n t a l c h a n g e .

The establishment of a system of society based upon the common ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of the whole community.

A m o n g t h e p r o b l e m s f a c i n g t h e w o r k i n g class a r e u n e m p l o y m e n t , r i s i n g p r i c e s , t h e i n s u f f i c i e n cy o f w a g e s a n d the s h o r t a g e of decent h o u s i n g . T h e s e same p r o b l e m s w e r e also h a r a s s i n g w o r k e r s 5 0 a n d a 100 years a g o . T h e w o r k e r s ' struggle t o i m p r o v e t h e i r l i v i n g s t a n d a r d s goes o n b u t the p r o b l e m s w i l l never be solved u n d e r c a p i t a l i s m .

The Socialist Party of Great Britain holds:

T h e S o c i a l i s t P a r t y o f G r e a t B r i t a i n recognises the i m p o r t a n c e of k e e p i n g u p the s t r u g g l e o v e r w a g e s a n d w o r k i n g c o n d i t i o n s b u t this is not e n o u g h ; it still leaves u n c h a l l e n g e d t h e h o l d o f the c a p i t a l i s t s o n the m e a n s o f p r o d u c t i o n a n d distribution.

T h e S o c i a l i s t P a r t v o f G r e a t B r i t a i n does not s u p p o r t n a t i o n a l i s a t i o n , p r o p e r l y c a l l e d S t a t e c a p i t a l i s m . N a t i o n a l i s a t i o n is not S o c i a l i s m a n d does not l e a d to Socialism.

The Road to Socialism S o c i a l i s m c a n n o t c o m e a b o u t u n t i l t h e m a j o r i t y u n d e r s t a n d a n d desire it a n d d e m o c r a t i c a l l y t a k e t h e steps necessary to a c h i e v e it. T h e socialist m a j o r i t y , u s i n g t h e v o t e to g a i n c o n t r o l of t h e p o l i t i c a l m a c h i n e , w i l l use that c o n t r o l to i n t r o d u c e t h e f u n d a m e n t a l s o c i a l c h a n g e s r e q u i r e d i n the interests of the h u m a n r a c e . T h e c o n t r o l o f t h e S t a t e m a c h i n e necessary tor S o c i a l i s m c a n n o t be a c h i e v e d b y strikes, g e n e r a l strikes, o r i n s u r r e c t i o n .

B e c a u s e s o c i a l r e f o r m s c a n n o t l e a d to S o c i a l i s m , (he S o c i a l i s t P a r t y of G r e a t B r i t a i n restricts its m e m l x * r s h i p to those w h o a r e c o n v i n c e d socialists, a n d does not a d m i t p e o p l e w h o a r e interested m e r e l y i n lessening the evils o f the c a p i t a l i s t system.

The S.P.G.B. and Leadership T h e b r e a k i n g o f e l e c t i o n p r o m i s e s b y o t h e r p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s is i n e v i t a b l e w h i l e c a p i t a l i s m lasts, b u t e v e n i f a l l t h e i r p r o m i s e s w e r e kept it w o u l d still leave capitalist exploitation intact.

T h e S o c i a l i s t P a r t v o f G r e a t B r i t a i n has n e v e r m a d e promises that it w o u l d solve t h e p r o b l e m s o f t h e w o r k i n g class w i t h i n c a p i t a l i s m . $

N o r does t h e S o c i a l i s t P a r t y o f G r e a t B r i t a i n o i l e r to a c t as leaders. L e a d e r s c a n n o t s o l v e t h e w o r k e r s " p r o b l e m s . T h e w o r k e r s h a v e to solve t h e i r o w n p r o b l e m s b y m a k i n g t h e e l l b r t necessary to u n d e r s t a n d h o w c a p i t a l i s m w o r k s , a n d h o w it must b e r e p l a c e d b y S o c i a l i s m .

W h a t is r e q u i r e d is not trust i n leaders a n d t h e i r p r o m i s e s b u t a n a t t i t u d e of sel f -rel i ance a n d t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n t o u n d e r s t a n d the n a t u r e o f the p r o b l e m s themselves. T h e w o r k i n g class, the vast m a j o r i t y of p e o p l e , has the great task of a c h i e v i n g S o c i a l i s m a n d thus e n a b l i n g the h u m a n r a c e to t k e a step f o r w a r d i n s o c i a l progress.

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1 T h a t S o c i e t y as at present c o n s t i t u t e d is based u p o n the o w n e r s h i p o f the m e a n s o f l i v i n g (i.e.. l a n d , factories, r a i l w a v s , etc.) b y the c a p i t a l i s t o r m a s t e r class, a n d the c o n s e q u e n t e n s l a v e m e n t o f the w o r k i n g class, b y whose l a b o u r a l o n e w e a l t h is p r o d u c e d .

2 T h a t i n society, therefore, there is a n a n t a g o n i s m of interests, m a n i f e s t i n g itself as a class struggle, b e t w e e n those w h o possess but d o not p r o d u c e , a n d those w h o p r o d u c e but d o not possess.

3 T h a t this a n t a g o n i s m c a n be a b o l i s h e d o n l y b y the e m a n c i p a t i o n o f the w o r k i n g class f r o m the d o m i n a t i o n o l the m a s t e r c l a s s , b y the c o n v e r s i o n i nto the c o m m o n p r o p e r t y of society of the m e a n s o l p r o d u c t i o n a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n , a n d t h e i r d e m o c r a t i c c o n t r o l by the w h o l e people.

4 T h a t as i n the o r d e r o f s o c i a l e v o l u t i o n the w o r k i n g class is the last class to a c h i e v e its f r e e d o m , the e m a n c i p a t i o n of the w o r k i n g class w i l l i n v o l v e t h e e m a n c i p a t i o n o f a l l m a n k i n d w i t h o u t d i s t i n c t i o n of race o r sex.

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T h a t this e m a n c i p a t i o n must be the w o r k o f the w o r k i n g class i t s e lf

6 T h a t as the m a c h i n e r y o f g o v e r n m e n t , i n c l u d i n g the a r m e d forces o f the n a t i o n , exists o n l y to conserve the m o n o p o l y b y the c a p i t a l i s t class of the w e a l t h t a k e n f r o m the w o r k e r s , the w o r k i n g class must organise c o n s c i o u s l y a n d p o l i t i c a l l y for the conquest of the p o w e r s of g o v e r n m e n t , n a t i o n a l a n d l o c a l , i n o r d e r that this m a c h i n e r v , i n c l u d i n g these forces, m a y b e c o n v e r t e d f r o m a n i n s t r u m e n t o i o p p r e s s i o n i n t o the agent o f e m a n c i p a t i o n a n d the o v e r t h r o w of privilege, aristocratic a n d plutocratic.

7 That as a l l p o l i t i c a l parties a r e b u t the expression oi class interests, a n d as the interest of the w o r k i n g class is d i a m e t r i c a l l y o p p o s e d to the interests of a l l sections of the master class, the p a r t v s e e k i n g w o r k i n g - c l a s s e m a n c i p a t i o n must be hostile to every o t h e r p a r t y .

8 T h e Socialist P a r t y o f G r e a t B r i t a i n , therefore, enters the field o f p o l i t i c a l a c t i o n d e t e r m i n e d to w a ge w a r against a l l o t h e r p o l i t i c a l parties, w h e t h e r a l l e g e d l a b o u r o r a v o w e d l y c a p i t a l i s t , a n d calls u p o n the m e m b e r s o f the w o r k i n g class o f this c o u n t r y to m u s t e r u n d e r its b a n n e r to the e n d that a speedy t e r m i n a t i o n m a y be w r o u g h t to the system w h i c h d e p r i v e s t h e m o f the fruits o f t h e i r l a b o u r , a n d that p o v e r t y m a v g i v e p l a c e to c o m f o r t , p r i v i l e g e to e q u a l i t y , a n d slavery to f r e e d o m .

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D u r i n g the last t w o w e e k s there has been a spate of this type of o f f e n c e a n d o n o n e o c c a s i o n four wallets w e r e stolen at t h e s a m e time from o n e u n a t t e n d e d laboratory in a Department.

C h e q u e b o o k s a n d c h e q u e c a r d s s h o u l d a l w a y s be s e p e r a t e d a n d never left in a situation w h e r e both c o u l d be stolen together.

A. D. Dawson Chief Security Officer.

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U G M Supports Cannabis and G a y Rights IC U n i o n has c o m e out i n f a v o u r o f l e g a l i s i n g pot a n d is to affiliate to the " L e g a l i s e C a n n a b i s C a m p a i g n " .

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U n i o n Secretary M i k e E l k i n , p r o p o s i n g his m o t i o n o n c a n n a b i s , s a i d that there was no evidence that s m o k i n g pot was h a r m f u l , n o r that it led to the use of h a r d drugs. Q u o t i n g several G o v e r n m e n t reports i n f a v o u r of its legalisation he a p p e a l e d to U n i o n m e m b e r s to support the m o t i o n lor the sake of the 5 m i l l i o n people w h o , he s a i d , h a d tried c a n n a b i s a n d l iked it.

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Speak-In Successful Last Sunday saw the opening shots in IC Union's tuition fees campaign with a 5 and a half hour "speak-in" at Speakers' Corner.

Fourteen people mounted the soap box in turn to put the Union's case for charging overseas' students the same rate as home students and keeping fees at their present level.

T o e m p h a s i s e the c a u s e of overseas' s t u d e n t s there w e r e s p e e c h e s in C h i n e s e , H i n d i a n d D u t c h , as well as E n g l i s h .

T h e r e w a s no press r e s p o n s e but plenty of people a p p e a r e d to be l i s t e n i n g and the s p e a k e r s received s o m e attention from regular h e c k l e r s .

A n amusing incident occurred w h e n S c o t t M u r r a y a n d R i c k Ellis d e c i d e d that M i k e E l k i n w a s t o o

s m a l l and went to rectify the situation by " b o r r o w i n g " a n o t h e r s p e a k e r ' s s o a p box.

A p r o b l e m arose w h e n the other s p e a k e r d i s c o v e r e d the loss a n d s o u g h t to retrieve his property, r e s ul t i ng in M i k e E l k i n b e i n g literally swept off his feet.

T h e o r g a n i s e r of the s p e a k - i n , Ext erna l Affairs Officer S h e y n e L u c o c k , s a i d that it had been a w o r t h w h i l e e x e r c i s e in that the s p e a k e r s h a d b e c o m e m o r e aware of the a r g u m e n t s a n d issues. H e had not e x p e c t e d to c o n v i n c e a lot of p e o p l e but c o n s i d e r e d the action a success.

T h e t u i t i o n fees c a m p a i g n is c o n t i n u i n g with daily l o b b i e s of M P s d e s p i t e a recent d i s c o v e r y by S h e y n e that P a r l i a m e n t is not sitting until M a r c h 5th b e c a u s e of the d e v o l u t i o n referendums.

COUIlCil A l l departmental representatives are to be g i v e n p o t s i n following the Union bar lengthy discussion at M o n d a y ' s IC U n i o n C o u n c i l Meeting.

T h e U n i o n is to b u y the p o t s at the r a t e o f t h r e e e a c h y e a r a n d the o r d e r o f a w a r d i n g t h e m is to be d e c i d e d b y lottery.

A l present o n l y the Physics representative has a pot w h i c h was presented by his d e p a r t m e n t Council several years ago. defeated an i n i t i a l m o v e to remove the Physics pot from the bar until all departmental representatives h a d pots.

HALDANE

LIBRARY

C o u n c i l passed a m o t i o n setting u p a c o m m i t t e e to deal w i t h the

The meeting erupted into hilarity when Barry Austin, s p e a k i n g aginst parts of the motion referred to school education on gay rights as "ramming it down their throats". H e d i d not a p p e a r to u n d e r s t a n d the joke.

B a r r y A u s t i n also referred to tobacco i n his speech against the m o t i o n p o i n t i n g out that before the w a r t o b a c c o was thought to be harmless.

He was concerned about the effect of pot o n d r i v i n g .

Despite a speech by Tony L e e c h w h o , referring to the B i b l e , claimed that homosexual relationships were w r o n g , the motion was almost entirely carried.

Only a section s u p p o r t i n g the right to " A I D " (artificial i n s e m i n a t i o n by d o n o r ) for lesbians p r o v e d u n a c c e p t a b l e to the U n i o n a n d was defeated.

M i k e E l k i n m a i n t a i n e d that there h a d been extensive research on c a n n a b i s . O n a vote the m o t i o n was c a r r i e d .

GAY RIGHTS T h e m o t i o n o n gay rights, proposed by I C G a y Society C h a i r m a n B o b R i g b y , c a l l e d for school sex e d u c a t i o n to i n c l u d e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t gay r e l a t i o n ships a n d opposed the b a n o n G a y News by W . H . S m i t h .

It also c a l l e d for a n e n d to the refusal of some newspapers to print advertisements for gay organisations a n d asked I C U n i o n to place such an advertisment to see w h e t h e r it was accepted.

T h e c a l l for H a l d a n e L i b r a r y to stock G a y N e w s was a d d e d by U n i o n President M a r y A t t e n b o , rough.

Report•

b u y i n g of books a n d records, for the Haldane Library.

The will replace the committee student book b u y e r a n d r e c o r d buyer.

C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n w i l l be the D e p u t y President, a U n i o n M e e t i n g w i l l elect two m e m b e r s and I C R a d i o will appoint a , f o u r t h, as they are recognised to have considerable experience w i t h records. T h e President a n d H o n o r a r y Secretary w i l l be exofficio m e m b e r s .

STUDENT

The meeting defeated an a m e n d m e n t proposed by C o l i n P a l m e r . H e was against the legalising of c a n n a b i s because not e n o u g h was k n o w n a b o u t its l o n g t e r m effects. T h e r e were e n o u g h legal d r u g s , like t o b a c c o a n d alcohol already.

RESIDENCE

Discussion took place o n a p r o p o s a l to be put to C ol l ege's Student R e s i d e n c e Committee that selection o f 3 r d a n d 2 n d year new a p p l i c a n t s for places i n College residence should be random.

COMMITTEE

A l l College Social Representatives are to be ex-officio m e m b e r s of Rag Committee.

Council agreed to a c h a n g e i n the R a g Committee Constitution which will b r i n g the Committee m e m b e r s h i p u p to a b o u t 100 people.

DEPUTY

POLICY

P o l i c y of three years ago w i l l n o w be b r o u g h t to the a t t e n t i o n of a U n i o n m e e t i n g . It w i l l be a u t o m a t i c a l l y ratified unless a n y a m e n d m e n t s are put f o r w a r d , i n w h i c h case discussion w i l l take place at a subsequent m e e t i n g .

T h e m e e t i n g a d j o u r n e d at 2.35 p m l e a v i n g two m o t i o n s o n the a g e n d a , one o n " T i m e a n d C e l t i c D i s c r i m i n a t i o n " , the o t h e r o n J o b R e c r u i t m e n t for S o u t h A f r i c a .

Monday 26th

C o u n c i l disagreed w i t h this suggestion a n d d e c i d e d to support C ol l ege's present p o l i c y of g i v i n g preference to final year students because it was their last c h a n c e of getting into h a l l .

RAG

OLD

E x t e r n a l Affairs O f f i c er S h e y n e Lucork proposed a motion d e a l i n g w i t h the u p d a t i n g of o l d U n i o n policies. T h e meeting agreed to his p r o p o s a l .

PRESIDENT

A n e w job d e s c r i p t i o n for the s a b b a t i c a l D e p u t y President was agreed by C o u n c i l a n d w i l l be put to the vote at the next U n i o n General Meeting.

T h e job includes r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for f i n a n c i a l matters as w e l l as a l l the tasks of the present D . P .

W O M E N INVITED F o l l o w i n g c o m p l a i n t s by Queen Alexandra House residents a b o u t noise f r o m the U n i o n Building, C o u n c i l decided to try to foster good relations between thefn a n d I C students.

Deputy President Malcolm B r a i n is to w r i t e to the residents, who are a l l w o m e n , i n v i t i n g t h e m to use I C U n i o n facilities a n d i n f o r m i n g t h e m of events.

SILWOOD

MEETING

C o u n c i l d e c i d e d to h o l d one m e e t i n g next t e r m at S i l w o o d .

The Union would provide transport but C o u n c i l m e m b e r s w o u l d have to pay for it. •

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Hyde Park Relay 79 I write this as I recover from the alcoholic haze induced by the celebrations on Saturday night following the completion of yet another successful race. The medals have been given to the right people (I hope!), and the trophies sent to their lawful resting places for this year. In brief this means that Loughborough and Borough Road Colleges (or as they prefer to be called, WLIHE) have shared out the prizes between themselves.

Well what of the race? The start, at 3.00 p.m. alongside the traditional lamp post, was its usual stampede as 120 runners carved a path for themselves through the Saturday afternoon crowds (no injuries have been reported, luckily).

The race was really on! O n the third lap Sebastian Coe of Loughborough, finding his team second, decided to alter placings with the leaders WLIHE. However, John Davies, had other ideas. The two of them proceeded to set the race alight. At the end of the lap John Davies stormed away from Coe to finish ahead. In fact this sprinting gave John the time of 13 mins 17 sees, a new record, for the three mile course. Sebastian Coe crawled in, defeated, in the second fastest time of the day.

The start of the Hyde Park

Relay

Later o n , in the final lap, L o u g h b o r o u g h finally a c h i e v e d their aim a n d got a h e a d of W L I H E . Incidentally L e e d s were third. T h e first foreign team h o m e was the K a t h o l i q u e Universitet L e u v e n (Belgium) in 9th place.

J u s t to s h o w y o u how keen s o m e of these foreigners are, o n e g u y from that team was r u n n i n g i n G e r m a n y o n S u n d a y afternoon h a v i n g c a u g h t the overnight ferry.

Dave Clarke

Concerning foreign teams w e were gratified b y t h e m a s s e d arrival of 2 0 s u c h teams.

(WLIHE)

r e c o v e r i n g from the sight of C o e a n d Davies n i p p e d r o u n d q u i c k l y t o h a n d over to Ian M o r t o n w h o ran, in his usual i n i m i t a b l e style, to finish off the team in 46th.

Well What about o u r o w n team? urn....er...Mick K e l l y was not o n his best form.

Steve Kirk ran s o m e w h a t better a n d G a r y L o n g h u r s t , w h o is still, i m p r o v i n g , ran a c r e d i t a b l y fast t i m e . H o w e v e r Geoff S h e r w o o d w a s not s o fast. B r y a n A c f o r d ,

M e a n w h i l e y o u r C a p t a i n , Ian Alvey, w a s r u n n i n g for the c o l l e g e old boys. (Yes I have retired). His time c a n be f o u n d o n the c l u b notice b o a r d .

Finally a w o r d of t h a n k s to Steve Kirk for d i s o r g a n i s i n g the foreign teams, to all c l u b m e m b e r s for h e l p i n g . A n d finally t h a n k s to L a d y F l o w e r s for p r e s e n t i n g the prizes, Mr. E r i c Ratcliffe " A s s i s t a n t R e g i o n a l D i r e c t o r of the national W e s t m i n s t e r B a n k " not m a n a g e r as stated (sorry!) for p r e s e n t i n g the Nat.West.

T r o p h y a n d to S t . M a r y s C o l l e g e T w i c k e n h a m for being s u c h g o o d sports, as w e c o u l d not give t h e m a t r o p h y w e d i d not have, but s h o u l d have had.

Keith Marshall

P. Joliffe (Thames Poly)

at The

Hyde Park Relay Results

T e a m Results 1) L o u g h b o r o u g h McGrath 13-54 Bristow 14-32

Individuals 1) J o h n Davies (WLIHE) 13-17 (New 2) S e b e s t i a n C o e ( L o u g h b o r o u g h ) 3) M. P r i n c e ( L o u g h b o r o u g h ) 4) D a v e C l a r k (WLIHE) 5) A . A r m i t a g e ( L o u g h b o r o u g h ) 6) R. H a c k n e y ( B i r m i n g h a m 'A') 7) Pete D a e n e r s (Leuven 'Belgium') 8) Nick Brawn (Oxford) 9=)T. H u t c h i n g ( L o u g h b o r o u g h ) 9 = ) G r a e m e Fell (Nottingham)

record) 13-26 13-32 13-33 13-35 13-39 13-41 13-43 13-49 13-49

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Ray

6 other runners c o m p l e t e d the 3 mile lap in u n d e r 14 minutes.

83-33

Coe 13-26 Batler 14-20 Hutchings 13-49 Prince 13-32 2) W L I H E

83-48

Lowe 13-59 Stevens 14-17 Davies 13- 17 Adams 14- 19 Clarke 13- 33 Capper 14-23 3) L e e d s

Old r e c o r d 13-21 jointly held S m e d l y a n d david M o o r c r o f t .

P.S. M a n y t h a n k s to IC P h o t o g r a p h i c S o c i e t y for the p h o t o g r a p h s t a k e n .

Ian Alvey (ret'd)

Presentation

85-15

Calvert 14- 21 McCullagh 13-56 Johnson 14-35 Irvine 14-01 Rothwell 14-01

Evans

14-15

4) B i r m i n g h a m 5) O x f o r d

86-16

86-18

6) Kent ( I N V I C T A )

86-33

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87-11

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87-21 87-46

10) L o n d o n University IC finished

46th

National Westminster I.C. O l d B o y s I.C. team

(94-53)

M i c k Kelly

16-12

Steve Kirk

15-20

Gary Longhurst

16-06

Geoff Sherwood Bryan A c f o r d Ian Morton

14th

56th

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President

CANDIDATE: Mick Maghar PROPOSER: Victor Corleone S u b t r a c t H a i r Before P e r u s i n g . " T o be great is to be m i s u n d e r s t o o d " R a l p h W a l d o E m e r s o n 1803-1882.

"Oh L o r d , please don't let me be m i s u n d e r s t o o d " - T h e A n i m a l s M i d Sixties.

N o w what m a d e a n o r m a l l y sentient a n d logical boy like me stand for I . C . President?

It's not exactly the k i n d of a c t i v i t y that most people associate me w i t h (when they associate me w i t h a n y k i n d o f a c t i v i t y at a l l ) .

Perhaps I can't find a job o r I ' m f a i l i n g m y degree a n d just want somewhere to h a n g a r o u n d for a year u n t i l I c a n fool some unsuspecting firm to take m e , w i t h the title p r o v i d i n g me w i t h a little more hope.

Perhaps I just want another pot i n the U n i o n b a r a n d to increase m y p u l l i n g power.

Perhaps I just want t h e j o b for the h a l l place it provides, or the grant w i t h o u t a n y lectures to go to. Perhaps I just want the fame.

These are a l l good enough reasons for s t a n d i n g , a n d I must a d m i t that a l l these crossed m y m i n d . I n fact if some o f these perks d i d n ' t exist y o u ' d find it h a r d to find a n y b o d y to stand w h o wasn't a n out a n d out masochist, whereas I ' m m u c h better k n o w n for m y sadistic tendencies. Nevertheless, a little genuine m o t i v a t i o n never d i d anyone a n y h a r m a n d I've got a scrap o f it somewhere. W i t h o u t b e i n g sentimental, I've really enjoyed the past three years here, a n d have always at least tried to get i n v o l v e d i n both I . C . U n i o n a n d the C . C . U . s . A year w i t h o u t lectures g e l l i n g i n the w a y of that involvement seems custom b u i l t . I ' m not a p o w e r l i e n d . the President does not r u n I . C . , he coordinates it. I k n o w I've got the a b i l i t y to d o t h a i . I hope I c a n m ake you believe that.

A n d w o u l d I lie to Mick

Hon. Sec.

CANDIDATE: Bernard Smith PROPOSER: Pete Davis O k a y then w h y vote for B e r n a r d ?

W e l l basically because he knows what the job entails, a n d he c a n do the job best. T h e H o n o r a r y Secretary has m a n y jobs to d o b u t fundamentally he r a n be seen as a n a d m i n i s t r a t o r . H e ' h a s to co-ordinate a l l the p a p e r w o r k of the U n i o n . H o w e v e r the H o n .

Sec. is a s a b b a t i c a l post a n d as such the students should get the most out of h i m . Af t er all we are p a y i n g his salary!

W e l l B e r n a r d should have little t r o u b l e w i t h the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n . H e knows exactly h o w difficult the j o b o f secretary c a n be: he was the R . C . S . U . R a g secretary i n his first year, a n d is R . C . S . U . A c a d e m i c Affairs secretary this year, as well as b e i n g Physics D e p a r t m e n t a l Representative, B e r n a r d is also able to work w i t h secretaries, very i m p o r t a n t i f reports on meetings are to be p r e p a r e d o n time.

FELIX Editor

Maghar

A s a s a b b a t i c a l the H o n . Sec. must be able to work w i t h C o l l e g e A u t h o r i t i e s . B e r n a r d is at present d o i n g this t h r o u g h his work o n the six college committees o n w h i c h he sits. So if y o u want a n H o n . Sec. w h o w i l l achieve s o m e t h i n g for students vote for B e r n a r d .

Pete D a v i s W e l l w h y me?

I believe I c a n do the job w e l l a n d I want to do a lot for the students at I m p e r i a l . I hope to see higher attendances at next year's U n i o n M e e t i n g s by getting the U n i o n to d o things w h i c h benefit the majority o f students. T h e U n i o n should be more interested i n the average student; it is they I want to help. I won't m ake a n y easy promises to y o u , except that I want to look at facilities for students i n five to ten years time. I believe i n l o o k i n g to the future. I hope y o u w i l l a l l use y o u r vote, one w a y o r another.

Bernard Smith

CANDIDATE: Colin Palmer PROPOSER: Jill Dawson R S M W i n Bottle M a t c h .... T h e news report i n today's F E L I X is i m p o r t a n t for Mines a n d especially the teams a n d supporters w h o experienced the m a t c h . A s E d i t o r of F E L I X I w i l l i n c l u d e m u c h m o r e space for the coverage of such events a n d w i l l make it a p r i o r i t y to i n c l u d e photographs to a c c o m p a n y the news stories.

At Imperial, after spending hours a t t e n d i n g lectures a n d w r i t i n g coursework, students need to relax. T h e D r a k e ' s Seven c a r t o o n is the most p o p u l a r feature i n F E L I X ! I u n d e r s t a n d the i m p o r t a n c e of i n c l u d i n g p o l i t i c a l articles a n d I w i l l m ake their layout attractive. T o b a l a n c e t h e m I w i l l i n c l u d e more lighter m a t e r i a l ... m o r e cartoons, a regular crossword a n d a m u s i n g news stories that cover the fun side of college life.

M y experience as a j o u r n a l i s t has i n c l u d e d w r i t i n g for m y l o c a l newspaper w h i l e serving a four year a p p r e n t i c e s h i p i n industry. I have

been a s c r i p t w r i t e r for S T O I C a n d a p p e a r on I C R a d i o by reviewing their review o f F E L I X . I've w r i t t e n m a n y news items for F E L I X c o v e r i n g events i n v o l v i n g students from overseas, stories from the halls of residence, r a g events a n d C C U activities. I write the D a y B y D a y page j o i n t l y w i t h Jill D a w s o n . It contains more than just headline news a n d I hope m a n y students enjoy r e a d i n g it. M u c h time is spent m a k i n g the layout ol the page as interesting as possible.

T h e r e aren't enough photographs i n F E L I X . D o z e n s of m y P o l a r o i d photos have been i n c l u d e d a n d w h e n elected E d i t o r I w i l l use the F E L I X c a m e r a a n d develop prints i n the college d a r k r o o m s as w e l l as using a few P o l a r o i d photos for i h e last m i n u t e news.

M y interests i n c l u d e c o m p o s i n g music by c o m p u t e r . A s F E L I X editor I w i l l m a k e sure that m u s i c a l events, at I m p e r i a l , w i l l receive the fullest coverage.

Colin Palmer

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Dep. President

CANDIDATE: Malcolm Brain PROPOSER: Sean O B o y l e T h e D e p u t y President is the most diverse a n d difficult job i n the U n i o n , a n d a good c a n d i d a t e must have a wide range of personal attributes. H e s h o u l d be able to c o m m a n d sufficient respect to c a p a b l y d e a l w i t h difficult d i s c i p l i n a r y situations in the U n i o n , whilst at the same time b e i n g a p o p u l a r a n d w e l l - k n o w n figure to w h o m people feel they c a n go a n d talk to easily. H e needs to have the a b i l i t y to speak well at various C o l l e g e committees in order to represent o u r interests. A b o v e a l l else, he must be sincere and trustworthy.

T h e post w i l l be s a b b a t i c a l next year, a n d w i l l i n c o r p o r a t e the job of H o n . J u n i o r T r e a s u e r a n d m u c h of the financial w o r k at present done by p e r m a n e n t staff a n d v o l u n t a r i l y by the H o n . S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r . T o ensure that this is done p r o p e r l y , we desperately need someone w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e k n o w l e d g e of the U n i o n .

T h i s year, M a l c o l m has p r o v e d he has the personality w h i c h had m a d e h i m a n excellent D . P . . a n d he u n d o u b t e d l v has the necessary

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experience. T h i s , together w i t h his ready sense of wit a n d good h u m o u r must surely make h i m the ideal c a n d i d a t e .

Gary Nichols N e x t year, I w i l l give priority to the f o l l o w i n g issues w h i c h s h o u l d be the D . P . ' s responsibility. L o n d o n S t u d e n t T r a v e l : M o r e attention must be given to L S T . both to protect o u r investment in it a n d to p r o v i d e a w o r t h w h i l e service.

D i s c o u n t Scheme: Since we c a n no longer use the N U S discount service, 1 propose to set up a l o c a l discount scheme.

R e d e c o r a t i o n : I i n t e n d to c o n t i n u e the p r o g r a m m e ol r e d e c o r a t i n g U n i o n areas ( m u c h of w h i c h 1 have i n i t i a t e d this year).

Safety: 1 w o u l d u n d e r t a k e to be the student representative on all College safety committees.

M o r e details of these a n d other matters w i l l be given in a leaflet w h i c h I shall be p u b l i s h i n g soon.

Malcolm Brain

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ENVIROMENTAL SOCIETY Elections for committee posts in t h e n e w l y constituted Environmental Society are to be held at a meeting at 1:00pm on March 12th in the centre for Environmental Technology, 48 Princes' Gardens.

Nomination papers will be available from Friday 2nd. March. We are particularly anxious that people < interested in e n v i r o n m e n t a l matters who are from outside the centre and who could help continue the activities of the society next year will stand. If you are interested, why not join now at the discount price of only 30p (with talks, films and field trips sti II to come), and if you wish to discuss the aims of the society and the r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s of committee posts come to the centre and talk to Paul Tomlinson, Ros Atkins or David TrevorJones.

T h e next Environmental Society talk is entitled 'Resources are What Really Matter' by Dr. E y r e , S e n i o r L e c t u r e r in Geography at Leeds and author of 'The Real Wealth of Nations', which will be held in the centre, 48 Princes' Gardens at 4.30 on Thursday March 8th.

DEBSOC So far, T h i s House' believes that T h e box is mightier than the bomb', that 'Mines freshers' dinners are Sexist' and that 'Presidents and Sex-Kittens are Mutually Exclusive'. It believes in Father Christmas, although not in Proportional Representation, it supports the C a m p a i g n for Homosexual Equality, and believes in Equal Opportunity. It is to be hoped that its views on N o r t h e r n Ireland, Infinity, Cannabis and the 'Role of Women' will soon come to be known.

Last Thursday's motion was 'This House defends the right of every student to remain aloof from the activities of his/her Student Union' and was proposed by Chris Fox and Bernard Smith and opposed by Jo Armitage and Colin Palmer, both of whom made a gallant effort without finding any defence in which they really believed! The motion was duly passed after several floor speeches from the large audience (only one seat was empty).

Papers forthe 10committ.ee posts go up soon and the A G M is on March 22nd. See you at the last MINIDEBATE on March 6th.

Mick Berry, Chairman 1978-79

I C A u d i o Society I C A u d i o S o c i e t y n o m i n a t i o n p a p e r s are u p i n the l o w e r l o u n g e l o r posts on next vear's c o m m i t t e e . M e m b e r s w h o w i s h to s t a n d r e q u i r e a p r o p o s e r a n d two seconders (all society m e m b e r s ) . E l e c t i o n s , i f necessary, w i l l take p l a c e o n

Tuesday 6th March.

Posts avalablc are: Chairman Hon. Sec. Hon. Junior Treasurer

P u b l i c i t y Officer Ordinary Member

C&G Field Cup T h e C i t y and Guilds Field cup took place on T u e s d a y 20th F e b r u a r y . T h e object w a s t o v i s i t ten p u b s i n a p r e d e t e r m i n e d sequence, c o l l e c t i n g as m u c h t r e a s u r e as possible i n the process.

A t e a c h p u b the c o m p e t i t o r s w e r e g i v e n a c l u e to i n d i c a t e the next d e s t i n a l i o n . Y e t a g a i n the U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e was s t r e w n w i t h d e b r i s as it is a f t e r e v e r y F i e l d C u p . T h i s y e a r , h o w e v e r , a l o n g w i t h the n o r m a l treasure there d i d seem to be a great n u m b e r of bodies, there was someone asleep u n d e r the pool table, someone asleep i n a W a i t r o s e trolley, someone asleep u n d e r a b e n c h - w i t h s o m e o n e a s l e e p o n t o p of t h e s a m e b e n c h , not to m e n t i o n a c e r t a i n M r . H a l s e v w h o was c u d d l e d u p next to t h e j u k e b o x . A l l t h e s t o r i e s h a v e n ' t vet c o m e t o l i g h t , b u t a m o n g t h o s e t h a t h a v e i n c l u d e : h o w t h e M a r r a s m a n a g e d t o get e v e r y o n e else b u t t h e m s e l v e s b a n n e d f r o m t h e C r o w n a n d Sceptre, M a r y A t t e n b o r o u g h m a k i n g her o w n split-crotch p a n t i e s a n d p e e p - h o l e b r a . res g e t t i n g t h e w r o n g D a y v i l l e s p e a c h flavoured ice-creams, A l a n C a b l e w e a r i n g a kilt, Elec. E n g . I g e t t i n g the w r o n g p u b - w h e n sober, M a l c o l m B r a i n n e a r l y got arrested.

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E l e c t i o n papers are u p for a l l 8 G u i l d s E x e c , posts. Please see the relevant E x e c , m e m b e r a n d chat about the post. Y o u need the signatures o f a proposer a n d ten seconders.

FUTURE EVENTS Sat 3 r d M a r c h : - J O I N T CCU MONOPOLY. Where everyone gets a bus pass - t h e y ' l l get r e i m b u r s e d - a n d goes r o u n d the real places o n the m o n o p o l y b o a r d c o l l e c t i n g for r a g a n d s o l v i n g clues.

S u n 4th M a r c h : - E L E C T I O N B A R N I G H T . A l l the candidates need to t u r n u p for this one, T u e 6th M a r c h : - S W I M M f N G G A L A . Please come a l o n g a n d support G u i l d s a n d help t h e m w i n again.

Sat 10th: - E L E C T I O N R A G C O L L E C T I O N .

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Last S u n d a y saw six teams from five c o l l e g e s gather in the G r e a t Hall for the first Imperial C o l l e g e J u d o Invitation T o u r n a m e n t . Despite a s c h e d u l e d start of 10:00, the first m a t c h didn't get u n d e r way until 11:00. A g o o d thing too, s i n c e most of the IC contingent didn't arrive until 10:15.

There is a short guy from Mauritious, Whose snooker is tastefully delicious, He tries 24 hours a day to play, Perhaps wanting to beat Higgins one day, And that certainly is ambitious.

T h e t e a m s w e r e d i v i d e d i n t o t w o p o o l s of t h r e e , w i t h the t o p t w o f r o m e a c h p o o l g o i n g i n t o t h e s e m i - f i n a l s . In t h e f i r s t p o o l ( I C 2 n d s , K i n g s , C h e l s e a ) , K i n g s m a d e it a b u n d a n t l y c l e a r t h a t they w e r e after the t r o p h y . A l t h o u g h t h e y w e r e two m e n short, t h e y w o n b o t h t h e i r m a t c h e s 3 - 2 . T h e f i n a l m a t c h in t h e p o o l s t a r t e d w e l l for IC, w i t h D a v e B r o w n w i n n i n g his fight w i t h a fine h o l d d o w n . H o w e v e r , e v e n t he a p p e a r e n c e of B a r r y W a r e i n g ' s n a k e d l e g s w h e n h i s kit r i p p e d ( a n d o f S t e v e W r i g h t ' s a f t e r h e g e n e r o u s l y l o a n e d B a r r y his t r o u s e r s ) c o u l d n ' t s a v e IC; t h e y lost the r e m a i n i n g f i g h t s to g o d o w n 4 - 1 .

T h e s e c o n d pool (IC 1sts, Q M C , Q E C ) provided a completely different story. Imperial C o l l e g e a b s o l u t e l y a n n i h i l a t e d the o p p o s i t i o n . O w e n Tutty put IC into the lead against Q E C with a very g o o d s h o u l d e r t h r o w . T h e other m e m be r s of the team followed this up with a s u c c e s s i o n of h o l d d o w n s to win the m a t c h 50. A g a i n s t Q M C , O w e n again gave IC the lead, this time with a h o l d d o w n . B r i a n C l a r k e put IC two up with probably the most s p e c t a c u l a r w i n of the c o m p etition- a s u p e r b l y e x e c u t e d hip throw after less t han a minute. T h e rest of the team w o n their fights to give IC a s e c o n d 5-0 victory. With Q M C w i n n i n g their m a t c h against Q E C , the semi-final line up w a s K i n g s vs Q M C , C h e l s e a vs IC 1sts. #

R e a l i s i n g that there was a c h a n c e of f i n i s h i n g t h e t o u r n a m e n t before Stan's B a r c l o s e d , the t e a m s o p t e d to carry on straight away. T h e first s e m i final gave K i n g s their 3-2 victory, but the s e c o n d was more of a nail biter, with s o m e fine j u d o from b o t h s i d e s . In the e n d , w i n s

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I w o u l d like to than k all those w h o helped in the o r g a n i s a t i o n a n d r u n n i n g of the tournament, e s p e c i a l l y Steve O ' C o n n o r a n d Jeff W a l k e r for refereeing, timekeeping and scoring. Special thanks go to IC R e d C r o s s S o c i e t y for p r o v i d i n g the m e d i c a l cover.

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What You Will "As You Like It" by William S h a k e s p e a r e . A l d w y c h T h e a t r e b y the R o y a l Shakespeare C o m p a n y .

P e r h a p s I c o u l d he accused o f d o g m a I i s m : alter a l l . this is the t h i r d seventeenth c e n t u r y w o r k I have reviewed i n three weeks, but it was. o n the o t h e r h a n d , a very g o o d century for plays.

The p r o d u c t i o n is a r e t u r n to the rather m o r e t r a d i t i o n a l style, w i t h w e l l designed b a c k d r o p s a n d a great deal o f stage m a s k i n g : g i m m i c k s are kept to a bate m i n i m u m .

Inuendos based o n m o d e r n i n t e r p r e t a t i o n ol olde speech are non-existent a n d a genuine a p p r o a c h has been a d o p t e d , s t r i v i n g more towards accuracy than commerce. T h e music o f S t e p h e n O l i v e r ( T o m Jones. T h e Duchess o f M a l i ] etc.) is subtle a n d manages to convey a n atmosphere a p p r o p r i a t e to the era a n d the v a r i o u s scenes, a n d c o nf i r ms m y belief that [

there is really no substitute for live music w r i t t e n specifically for the work in question.

In this play. Shakespeare's wit is keen a n d q u i c k ; so m u c h so that by the time the intricacies o f one line have been mentally sorted, there have a l r e a d y passed several m o r e , a n d this is p a r t i c u l a r l y true o f the d i a l o g u e between J a q u e s a n d T o u c h s t o n e (once a g a i n the wit a n d fool duette) played w i t h masterful skill by someone w h o m the p r o g r a m m e just d i d n ' t quite- get r o u n d to m e n t i o n i n g (apparently) a n d A l a n D a v i d respectively). T o u c h s t o n e even h a d h a l f the a u d i e n c e j o i n i n g in w i t h the 'seven points of a n a r g u m e n t " . I wasn't sure what to t hi nk about that, but the fact is that at this point of the p l a y . R o s a l i n d , w h o has been p l a y i n g a counterfeit m a n . has gone o i l to change, l e a v i n g b o t h the characters (in the story) a n d the a u d i e n c e (in fact) w i t h n o t h i n g really to t h i n k a b o u t .

Hence important T o u c h s t o n e , i n line w i t h his profession, commences to e n t e r t a i n b o t h (so m u c h that J a q u e s , w h o must have been t h r o u g h it a l l m a n y times before, h a d difficulty getting his v

Cross Country Club At the start of the final race of the London College's League, last Wednesday, IC had a slender 29 point lead over both U C and LSE. The race was held over our home course at Petersham, in Richmond Park, and drew 120 starters. Yet again IC were dogged by injuries and illness causing t h e absence of key first team members. However, all was not lost, for help was at hand from th e Royal College of Music, as staff member Mick Fuller and Old Boy Stu Littlewood arrived.

D e s p i t e his a d v a n c i n g years, F u l l e r still has all the p o w e r a n d g r a c e of a w o u l d - b e superstar, a n d he shot off w i t h t h e leading b u n c h , a n d w a s l y i n g 2 n d at t h e half-way mark. F u r t h e r d o w n the field the r e m a i n d e r of t h e team, w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of G a r y L o n g h u r s t , started s l o w l y but w e r e s o o n f o r g i n g t h r o u g h t h e field in fine style. T h e c o n d i t i o n s underfoot w e r e nearly perfect and w e r e favourable to fast times. F u l l e r lost a p l a c e o n t h e final hill but still c a m e 3rd in 272 0 (thus g a i n i n g a m e n t i o n in t h e D a i l y Mail) Next h o m e w a s Ian M o r t o n in a n a s t o n i s h i n g 28-40 (14th place) s l a s h i n g o n e m i n u t e off his best for the c o u r s e . T h e trusty L i t t l e w o o d was o n t o p form a n d c a m e in 18th, just a h e a d of M a r k P i c k a r d 20th. Steve Kirk c a u g h t a b u g a n d h a d a p o o r r u n to c o m e i n 23rd completing the scoring 5 in the 'A' team. A short distance behind, Brian Acford and Mick K e l l y h a d p l o u g h e d t h r o u g h f r o m t h e back a n d c a u g h t the fith U C r u n n e r in t h e final 2 0 0 y d s , f i n i s h i n g 31st a n d 3 2 n d respectively.

G a r y L o n g h u r s t h a d the ' R u n of H i s Life' a n d c a m e h o m e 41st in what w a s o n c e a g a i n a p e r s o n a l best time. H e w a s c l o s e l y followed by t h e i m p r o v i n g Geoff S h e r w o o d in 48th.

M a u r i c e W i l s o n w a s m a k i n g yet a n o t h e r c o m e b a c k after injury a n d d i d well to c o m e in 55th, f o l l o w e d by Ian A l v e y i n 71st a n d Mark T h w a i t e s 77th, c o m p l e t i n g t h e ' B ' t e a m . Ian d i d p a r t i c u l a r l y well c o n s i d e r i n g that he had a l r e a d y r u n 10 miles in o r d e r to m a r k both the m e n s ' a n d w o m e n s ' c o u s e s . F o r o n l y the s e c o n d t i m e this y e a r w e fielded a ' C team which included the improving T i m Hayward 83rd, M i r i a m R o s e n ( w h o s h u n n e d the shorter L a d i e s ' race) 104th a n d the d e t e r m i n e d F r a n c i s S m i t h 115th.

In this race IC w e r e n a r r o w l y beaten by U C , but h a d e n o u g h in h a n d to w i n t h e league overall. O v e r the s e a s o n 28 e d u c a t i o n a l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s in t h e L o n d o n area have and victory w a s a fine competed a c h i e v e m e n t . J u s t to e m p h a s i s e o u r strength in depth, the ' B ' team finished 6th, w h i c h was a s u p e r b p e r f o r m a n c e . W o u l d w e have w o n without M i k e a n d S t u ? - Y e s , but o n l y by 3 points in 1900! Still a l l g o o d t h i n g s c o m e to an e n d , for IC put up a d i s m a l p e r f o r m a n c e in the H y d e Park R e l a y - b u t that's different story....

Bryan Acford

R C S Rugby Sunday saw the return of the R.C.S. Rugb, Sevens, after two years absence due to adverse weather. It was a beautiful day and the combatants were gathered early in Beit Quad, many of them suffering from hangovers owing to adverse drinking habits.

Nicky Morton, in particular, was still "fairly gone", having breakfasted on white shield.

T h e t o u r n a m e n t started at about twelve with nine teams w h o s e extravagant n a m e s varied from W e d g i e ' s W a n k e r s to Fox's H o u n d s . T h e teams were split into two g r o u p s a n d played o n a league basis. Early o n in the day the W a n k e r s f o u n d themselves in hot water against the e x p e r i e n c e d but p o n d e r o u s H o u n d s . T h e H o u n d s in turn f o u n d e r e d versus the expert life s c i " A l l s t a r s " , whilst the l u c k l e s s P h y s i c s 1 gave a brave but d o o m e d p e r f o r m a n c e in every m a t c h . M e a n w h i l e in the other group, w h e r e c o m p e t i t i o n w a s , I felt, a little more fierce, M a t h s 1 a n d R . C . S .

R u g b y C a p t a i n A n d y B a k e r ' s team (Baker's half d o z e n ) , rose to their o w n respective levels of i n c o m p e t e n c e . M y e r ' s M a e s t r o s ( C h e m 1) w o n all their m a t c h e s without c o n c e d i n g a s c o r e a n d easily qualified, for the semi-finals as d i d S e l k i r k Hall (led by J o h n Parkes) by virtue of a narrow w i n against M o r t o n ' s M o t l e y s . T h e M o t l e y s were u n d o u b t e d l y h a m p e r e d by a n inability to s c o r e (esp o n the wing).

lines out* afterwards, m o r e d u e to his o w n amusement t h a n that of the audience). B o t h of these characters w o u l d have " s t o l e n the show" h a d it not been for R o s a l i n d ( C h a r l o t t e C o r n w e l l ) . N o w , whatever 1 thought about " R o c k F o l l i e s " (I must a d m i t I thought it was a b y s m a l ) , it was almost u n b e l i e v a b l e for me to see such a superb performance from someone I h a d always associated w i t h a T V failure.

M i c h a e l B u l m a n , w h o sings more t h a n he speaks. (Shakespeare e v i d e n t l y understood that good actors a n d singers are seldom f o u n d in" single entities), is a very good A m i e n s a n d h a n d l e d the music of S t e p h e n O l i v e r w i t h apparent ease.

The one jar i n the w h o l e affair was the s u d d e n descent from the l l y tower o f a gaudy celestial c l o u d - l i k e c o n f i g u r a t i o n , w h i c h w h e t h e r intended to be realistic, s y m b o l i c or w hat ever r u i n e d (for about five minutes) a very tasteful set. In spite o f (his (insignificant) observation, this is a play 1 c a n strongly recommend).

David M . Weston

In the s e m i s t h e A l l s t a r s o v e r c a m e t h e S e l k i r k team, but o n l y just a n d the spirited C h e m 1 beat the, by n o w m u c h substituted, p a c k of Fox's. T h e final w a s a very c l o s e and e x c i t i n g m a t c h with the s c o r e tied at six all (one try a n d c o n v e r s i o n apiece) s o the o u t c o m e of the d a y was d e c i d e d o n " N e x t s c o r e w i n s " . E d d i e B u d g e n i mmedi at ely burst t h r o u g h with a fine r u n e n a b l i n g o n e of his colleagues (whose name unfortunately e s c a p e s me) to s c o r e , the Life S c i e n c e s A l l s t a r s t h u s w i n n i n g . Plenty of beer followed in the bar with almost e v e r y o n e having had a s u p e r b d a y out. L o n g live the S e v e n s !

S p e c i a l credit must g o to L i z L i n d s a y for c o p i n g with the league tables a n d paperwork all afternoon. T h a n k s a l s o to the poor referees i n c l u d i n g C h r i s Fox, H u g h Barrett a n d Martin B l a c k . T h e d a y must have been m a d e the great s u c c e s s it w a s by its organisers Nick Morton and A n d y Baker.

Sean O'Boyle

ORIENTEERING CLUB A n u n u s u a l l y late s t a r t a n d a b r i g h t a n d s u n n y m o r n i n g c o n t r i b u t e d to I.C. O r i e n t e e r i n g C l u b ' s l a r g e t u r n o u t last S u n d a y f o r the ' C o n c o r d e C h a s e ' at Hermitage.

In the M 1 9 A course K e n W a r r e n r a n w e l l , but below his best, c o m p l e t i n g the course i n about 80 m i n s . , w i t h G a r y L o n g h u r s t finishing some 20 mins. b e h i n d h i m .

C l u b C a p t a i n , veteran A n d y Q i i i e k l a l l m o v e d u p to M 2 1 A w i t h great success, a p p a r e n t l y so d e m o r a l i s i n g Steve K i r k w i t h his speed that the latter retired.

S u n d a y ' s hero was p r o b a b l y N i g e l W a r d w h o broke 100 m i n s on M 2 1 B , w h i l e M i c k Berry c o m p l e t e d a n extensive t o u r o f the forest a n d a r r i v e d at the M 1 9 B finish as it was b e i n g taken d o w n - his time of 2 Ins was m a t c h e d b y A l a n M i n n e y w h o h a d to retire on the same course. Y o u lose some a n d y o u lose some!

M i c k Berry, T r a n s p o r t Officer, Orienteering Club

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S o r r y about not w r i t i n g this u p last week but y o u k n o w h o w it i s (?).

A g o o d w i n this b u t I can't r e m e m b e r m u c h about it since it was so l o n g ago.

A s usual w i t h c l u b sides S i d c u p l a c k i n g i n any real skill i n the backs out to be a p r e d o m i n a n t l y forwards fights etc. c u l m i n a t i n g i n one of their he was too- a real a n i m a l ! ) .

were heavy i n the forwards b u t a n d as a result this m a t c h t u r n e d game. T h i s resulted i n the usual forwards b e i n g sent off(thank G o d

W e h a d drafted i n H u w Price-Stevens a n d M i n e s ' skipper S i m o n Potter for the m a t c h due to a n o t h e r a b u n d a n c e of injuries a n d these two players m a n a g e d to retain quite a strong l i n e u p for us.

E a r l y o n i n the game H u w was injured a n d h a d to go off l e a v i n g the effervescent Steve D o b n e y to stand i n at scrum-half. A l t h o u g h Steve seems to e n d u p as u t i l i t y m a n i n these situations he p u t o n a n excellent display a n d one wonders whether o r not he should m a k e scrum-half his regular position. I c a n see his ' b e a r d ' s w e l l i ng as he reads this so I ' l l go on to other things!

I c a n ' t r e m e m b e r w h o scored so apologies to those w h o d i d , but I d o r e m e m b e r that the tries scored were a l l good ones- ie mostly team tries e n d i n g up w i t h the winger scoring etc. T o s u m u p , a good performance from everyone a n d i n p a r t i c u l a r f r o m S. Potter.

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After our original fixture against the A l l Blacks h a d been cancelled late o n (the cowardstypist) we were left w i t h the above opposition, a r r a n g e d at short

notice.

T h e game is not really w o r t h r e p o r t i n g since they were nowhere near o u r s t a n d a r d however they never gave u p a n d s u p p l i e d us w i t h hot-dogs a n d beefburgers i n , the b a r ! I w i l l ,

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Having said that, IC [dominated the whole o f the game a n d showed, at least i n the forwards, that they c o u l d not touch us. U n f o r t u n a t e l y the supporting play from the forwards was not as good as it s h o u l d have been, p a r t i c u l a r l y from the back r o w (mysell i n c l u d e d ! ) b u t this should be ironed out i n t r a i n i n g before the G u t t e r i d g e C u p Plate F i n a l o n Wednesday 28th F e b r u a r y .

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We maintained pressure t h r o u g h o u t the game a n d were 16-0 u p at h a l f time.

i therefore, o n l y m e n t i o n the point scorers.

E Budgen 3 tries, 6 conversions S. Townsend 3 tries B. Thomas 2 tries IT. Burgoyne 2 tries D. Lilley 2 tries J. Chandler / try P.S. T h e referee deserves, a m e n t i o n for d i s a l l o w i n g n ! tries l a n d b e i n g a complete idiot!

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W h a t d o y o u mean w h y are I C lsts p l a y i n g a fourth t e a m !

T h e facts b e h i n d the matter are that R o s s l y n P a r k brought the w r o n g team a l o n g - due to a m i x up between the fixtures secretaries the d a y before (Steve D o b n e y wishes to state that it was totally their fault!)

A n y w a y , as is to be expected w i t h top class clubs there is not m u c h difference i n the standards of their sides below the second team, so w e still h a d a h a r d m a t c h i n the offing.

T h e second half c o n t i n u e d m u c h as the first t h o u g h R o s s l y n P a r k r a l l i e d somewhat to keep the score respectable- w i t h the help o f the referee, w h o d i s a l l o w e d three tries.

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THIRDS OFF THE WINNING TRAIL I.C. Ill 2 vs Q.M.C. II 2 Sat 24th February O n S a t u r d a y the t h i r d s ' tour of s c e n i c s o c c e r g r o u n d s brought them to D i t c h l e y s , t h e Q . M . C . g r o u n d in deepest E s s e x . S k i p p e r Dave Hall was in s u c h a rush to breathe in t h e c o u n t r y air, that he took 2 goalkeepers a n d S t u D i l l o n with h i m by mistake. At 3 o ' c l o c k a car load of thirds players arrived to c o m p l e t e the team. T h e y h a d had trouble a s k i n g the way, as n o n e c o u l d speak, nor u n d e r s t a n d the local dialect!

A hard-fought g a m e f o l l o w e d with Q . M . C . s c o r i n g 3 minutes from the kick-off a n d 3 minutes from the final whistle. In between, M o M i s r a a n d Dave M c P h a i l s c o r e d the I.C. goals, with Dave also hitting the crossbar. I.C. d o m i n a t e d t h e s e c o n d half a n d this c a n be regarded as a point lost rather than a point g a i n e d !

Even S k i p p e r Hall is giving up hope of the league c h a m p i o n s h i p now!

Team: Barry Witts or George Okuniewski, Dave Hall, Des McGuckin ,Giles Brereton, Dave McPhail, Alan Donaldson, Bob Mills, Ken McPhail, Mo Misra, George Okuniewski or Barry Witts, Stu Dillon.

THIRDS BACK ON THE WINNING TRAIL I.C. Ill 3 vs. U.C. Ill 0 Wed. 21st February D a v e Hall called 'heads', a n d t h e fate of J o h n S h u t t l e w o r t h w a s d e c i d e d ; he was p r o m o t e d from the fourths to the thirds, to b r i n g their n u m b e r t o 8. 3 h o c k e y players w e r e q u i c k l y s i g n e d u p t o c o m p l e t e the team, a n d w e set off for that northern outpost of L o n d o n s o c c e r , Shenley . o n l y o n e real attack in t h e first Several h o u r s later: half. Fortunately keeper G e o r g e Dave Hall c a l l e d 'heads', a n d O k u n i e w s k i w o k e up in time to elected t o play uphill. T h e first 20 p u s h the ball against the post. minutes s a w the thirds trying a At half time, it w a s d e c i d e d , over d a r i n g n e w plan. T h e y attacked oranges, to c o n t i n u e with this rare instead of d e f e n d i n g ! T h i s s o c o n f u s e d U . C . that they m o u n t e d new p o l i c y of attack. Five minutes

I.C. 5ths 1:0 Birkbeck III f r o m these isolated incidents o f football, r u i n i n g w h a t c o u l d have been a very good c l o g g i n g m a t c h for B i r b e c k , p a r t i c u l a r credit must go to Steve M c P h a i l a n d i A d a m Esberger w h o p r o v e d not i o n l y adapt at p l a y i n g football but I also very h a n d y at m i x i n g it w h e n r e q u i r e d . A s for A l C a b l e , the T h e Fifth's took a n early lead Fifths m i l d m a n n e r e d sweeper w h e n a line r u n by M o M i s r a . i n a n d c a p t a i n , the whole game his debut game, c a r v e d u p the seemed a l o n g way r e m o v e d from B i r k b e c k defence a n d from the the n o r m a l Shakespeare r e c i t a l . resulting cross A l e d P h i l l i p ' s Before finishing, it must be b u r i e d the b a l l i n the back o f the m e n t i o n e d that M o M i s r a , a n d net. H a v i n g seen what the F i l t h ' s Russ G i l b e r t , i n goal, both were c a p a b l e of. if a l l o w e d to play p l a y e d e x c e p t i o n a l l y w e l l on their football. Birkbeek realised the debut games, a n d Steve, J a w s , best solution was to kick a n y t h i n g W a t s seem to cope a d m i r a b l y that m o v e d , a n d for m u c h o f the w i t h his s u d d e n change from rest o f the m a t c h were a l l o w e d to keeper to centre-half. A l l three do so by a fairly weak referee. h a v i n g just been p r o m o t e d to the Fifths from lower teams In the second h a l f a good goal

W i t h Steve V e a t s l o o k i n g c o m p l e t e l y i n c o n t r o l the o n l y d a n g e r to the F i f t h ' s a p p e a r e d to be J o h n H e a l y , b u t despite his usual erratic driving, eleven Fifth teamers a r r i v e d , intact, at B i r k b e c k ' s g r o u n d to do 'battle'.

from M o M i s r a f o l l o w i n g some clever interplay by M a r k C l e g g a n d Steve K a y e was d i s a l l o w e d In the referee w h o n o w seemed to be deteriorating r a p i d l y . A p a r t later, G i l e s Brereton scored.

Instead of fainting in amazement, the team played o n a n d J o h n Shuttleworth s c o r e d our s e c o n d .

O u r unimaginative opponents d e c i d e d they w o u l d c o p y us a n d try attacking themselves. After a few minutes of practice they b e c a m e quite g o o d at it, a n d hit the c r o s s b a r . Lito R i c h t h o u g h t they needed another d e m o n s t r a tion of how to score, and p r o m p t l y put the ball in their net. Full time i came, a n d it was hard to tell w h i c h

Team: Russ Gilbert, Steve McPhail, Steve haye, Al Cable (Caf>t), Steve Veals, Damion Telly. Adam Esberger, Mark Clegg, Aled Phillips, John Healy, Mo Misra. side was more s h o c k e d with t h e final score.

S a d l y ITV lost their r e c o r d i n g of this e p i c g a m e a n d had to s h o w the W r e x h a m v s . S p u r s cup-tie that e v e n i n g instead.

Team: George Okuniewski, Dave Hall, Des McGuckin, Giles Brereton, John Turton, Alan Donaldson, Adrian Leach, Ollie Pio, John Shuttleworth, Scott Murray, Lito Rich.

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IC S T U D E N T G E T S

NEWS IN BRIEF A C C O M M O D A T I O N

C o l l e g e has o b t a i n e d another house i n E v e l y n G a r d e n s w h i c h w i l l a c c o m m o d a t e a b o u t twenty students.

T h e house, n u m b e r 5 3 . was hough) out o f t h e s u r p l u s o n the College's residence account.

U n i o n president M a r y A t t c u I x i r o u g h hopes that students can m o v e i n i n O c t o b e r this year even il" l u l l c o n v e r s i o n w o r k is not completeAdditional accommodation a v a i l a b l e at that t i m e w i l l be t w e n t y five places at 9 P r i n c e s Gardens. T h e Linstead Hall extension, expected to be r e a d y in 1980. w i l l p r o v i d e space for a further 76 students.

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A N N O U N C E D

B a r o n F l o w e r s , o f Queensgate i n the C i t y o f W e s t m i n s t e r , is the full title chosen b y the R e c t o r , his e l e v a t i o n to the following peerage in the New Year Honours.

L o r d F l o w e r s , as he w i l l generally be k n o w n , received his W r i t o f S u m m o n s to a p p e a r before P a r l i a m e n t last week.

H e w i l l be i n t r o d u c e d to the House of Lords on M a r c h 28th in a c e r e m o n y i n w h i c h he w i l l a p p e a r dressed i n e r m i n e a n d s u p p o r t e d b y t w o peers o f e q u a l r a n k . A f t e r the S u m m o n s has been r e a d to h i m he w i l l have to b o w three times to the T h r o n e

w h i l e w a l k i n g b a c k w a r d s out oi the C h a m b e r .

U n t i l the c e r e m o n y he is not a m e m b e r o f the H o i i s e o f L o r d s .

W h e n he becomes a m e m b e r he w i l l not be a b l e to take part i n the proceedings u n t i l he has m a d e his m a i d e n speech.

H e h a d at first been considered i n e l i g i b l e a l t h o u g h his father h a d l i v e d i n this c o u n t r y lor seventeen years.

S i x other students affected, w h o have h a d t he i r fees w a i v e d by C o l l e g e , are no further i n t he ir grant a p p l i c a t i o n s .

H e hopes to m a k e his m a i d e n speech this year as soon as the will opportunity arises, a n d a t t e n d the H o u s e o f L o r d s w h e n he c a n . H e is. however, u n l i k e l y to have m u c h t i m e to d o so i n the next twelve months, he told a F E L I X reporter.

REFECTORIES

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CRASH PAD

C r a s h p a d is to close o n M a r c h 8 t h w h e n the r e m a i n i n g students m o v e into a U n i o n fiat.

T h i s year crash p a d has been o p e n almost c o n t i n u o u s l y since the b e g i n n i n g o f the year to a c c o m o d a t e students w h o were forced out o f t he i r fiats.

T h e I C W A L o u n g e is the r o o m used by the students, a fact w h i c h causes complaints from the Women in Science and T e c h n o l o g y g r o u p that the r o o m has not been a v a i l a b l e as a lounge for w o m e n .

The Lounge is t o be redecorated shortly.

ICWA President D a p h n e W e b s p e r is to discuss the details w i t h L a d y Flowers a n d come up w i t h a c o l o u r scheme.

GRANT

O n e o f the students refused a grant because of the change in the ordinary residence q u a l i f i c a t i o n has n o w been given one.

O v e r h e a d infra-red heaters are to be installed above service counters in the refectories d u r i n g the next lew weeks i n a n attempt to solve the p r o b l e m of food getting c o l d .

T h i s is one of several proposals for i m p r o v i n g food q u a l i t y to c o m e out of a m e e t i n g between representatives of I C U n i o n a n d l h e refectories. DetaiIs of t he ot her deisions c a n be f o u n d i n M a r y A t t e n b o r o u g h ' s article elsewhere in F E L I X .

JOINT UNIONS

MEETING

I C L I n i o n a n d four other of the live trade unions in C o l l e g e held a joint m e e t i n g on M o n d a y at w h i c h representatives decided that it w o u l d be useful for t h e m to get together to exchange i n f o r m a t i o n on issues ol m u t u a l concern.

The unions i n v o l v e d were A S T M S . N U P E . N A L G O . and the e l e c t r i c i a n s' u n i o n E E P T U .

T h e lecturers' u n i o n A U T d i d n ' t

conld. from front page was held in Southside. M r .

H o d d i n o t , m i n e s H o n Sec, h a d to m a k e the speech because M r .

L e w i s was " v e r y o v e r c o m e by the o c c a s i o n . " 8 barrels were d r u n k a n d I was c o n s u m e d , (a b i l l w i l l be sent to C a m b o r n e ) . T h e d i n n e r e n d e d in the early hours of the morning.

Rugby team Braincell Adams, Mecklenhergg, Spot, P. Woodentop, Fatman, R. Paseoe, Bat, Goal, I). Ho/fmeyer, Hoppy, '/•(..

'Vision" /.. .V. .Andrew (deceased), A. Armstrong, Chris Rule, h.B. (used), B. Jones (reserved). names s u p p l i e d by next m o n t h ' s (Jit of the m o n t h . attend on this occasion but may attend future meetings.

The m a i n issues raised were refectories a n d the day nursery.

STUDENT

RESIDENCE

A m e e t i n g of College's Student Residence Committee on Wednesday decided not to change C o l l e g e p o l i cy of g i v i n g preference to final year new a p p l i c a n t s for places in C o l l e g e residence.A proposal to i n t r o d u c e r a n d o m selection of 2 n d a n d 3 r d vear students was defeated.

NEW TREASURER T h e Social Clubs Committee has a new S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r . H e is D r . H e n r y R z e p a , a chemistry research fellow a n d s u b - w a r d e n of Weeks H a l l . H e take over from D r . L . P h i l l i p s w h o is l e a v i n g College.

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