http://felixonline.co.uk/archive/IC_1979/1979_0530_A by Ravi Pall

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Six Czechoslavak human rights activists are going on trial next Monday and may face heavy prison sentences. 'British Amnesty'will mount a vigil adjacent to the Czechoslovakia Embassy, 25 Kensington Palace Gardens, W8 (nearest tube station, Notting Hill Gate), on Wednesday, 24th October, from 07:00 to 22:00 hours. It is U R G E N T that there is a large turnout. P L E A S E A T T E N D ! THE

NEWSPAPER

IMPERIAL

COLLEGE

F r i d a y , O c t o b e r 19, 1979

UNION

Issue N o . 5 3 0

OCCUPATION Last

Tuesday's

U G M decided,

the narrowest

majorities, to b e g i n a n o c c u p a t i o n o f the S e n i o r D i n i n g R o o m (on level 2 S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g ) . T h e o c c u p a t i o n is i n p r o t e s t t o t h e G o v e r n m e n t ' s

policies

a n d aims i n E d u c a t i o n , in particular their attitude towards overseas students a n d t h e i r a v o w e d

i n t e n t i o n to charge the

'full e c o n o m i c cost' ( p r o b a b l y a b o u t ^2500) to s u c h students. Because

the a c t i o n

is a i m e d

at t h e G o v e r n m e n t

and

i n t e n d e d to elicit a response f r o m the student m o v e m e n t a n d t h e m e d i a , t h e S D R w a s c h o s e n , a site w h i c h d o e s n o t d i s r u p t c o l l e g e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , w h i c h is b a s i c a l l y s y m p a t h e t i c , o r academic The

teaching.

occupation

is p l a n n e d

to c o n t i n u e

through

the

w e e k e n d a n d into next week. B y W e d n e s d a y the U n i o n h a d m a n a g e d to o r g a n i s e a n e f f i c i e n t shift s y s t e m w h i c h left a b o u t

Dramsoc's Change of Venue

Bo Goes on Display

50 students i n o c c u p a t i o n t h r o u g h o u t the d a y a n d night.

The Dramatic Society's autumn production of "The Devils" will not now take place in the Great Hall. Instead, the production will be staged in the Union Concert Hall from the 5th to the 8th of December. CINA

The Guilds' motorized mascot, Bo, is to take part in the Amazing Bugattis exhibition at the Royal College of Art. As part of the exhibition, between twenty and t h i r t y B u g a t t i s are to be displayed on IC property, this Sunday afternoon, and Guilds motor club, who are providing marshalls for the event, are intending to display Bo as well.

V a r i o u s recreational activities, i n c l u d i n g table tennis, bridge a n d l i s t e n i n g to classical m u s i c , a l l h e l p to o c c u p y the t i m e o f the students i n t h e S D R . T h e G u a r d i a n m e n t i o n e d t h e o c c u p a t i o n i n its W e d n e s d a y E d i t i o n a n d there has been a l u k e w a r m response f r o m the B B C . ( t h e y b r i e f l y m e n t i o n e d us o n a r a d i o n e w s b r o a d c a s t ) . A

letter

Downing

explaining I C U ' s position was delivered

t o 10

Street,

Roger

Thursday

afternoon,

Stotesbury, a n d the c h a i r m a n of the A C C , S u k i K a l i r a i . A telegram was received from the U L U President, w i s h i n g the U n i o n e v e r y success. T h e R e c t o r has h a d a letter f r o m t h e University

Grants

Committee

explaining

that

Overseas

S t u d e n t s lees w i l l rise t o m o r e e c o n o m i c l e v e l s f o r t h e 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 CINA

NOBEL PRIZE FOR IMPERIAL COLLEGE PROFESSOR Professor Abdus Salam, 53, won the Physics Prize for his work in developing a formula to join together the weak nuclear and electromagnetic forces in the atom. Professor Salam shares the ÂŁ88,500 prize with two Harvard University Professors in america. Prof. Salam is the first Moslem to win the prize.

Union Hall Places in Jeopardy A meeting of the ICU PWP on Monday, discussed plans to abolish all union places in hall. This included withdrawal of the automatic allocation of a place for sabbatical officers, though aftei a long discussion, it was generally agreed that the Deputy President was " the only p e r s o n who warranted a room in hall. Letters are to be sent out to all current holders of union-allocated rooms, asking them to justify why their successors should have a place in hall. The next PWP meeting will analyze the replies and will decide whether to put a motion to the next U G M on the subject.

ICRN

Disappointing Turnout for D E S Picket Only one hundred people turned out for last Friday's picket of the D E S and fifteen of them were from IC. The protest was abandoned after a few speeches and slogan chants, only an hour after it started. The protest was against the current DES attitude to overseas students and against the 32% increase in their fees this

CINA

, ICRN

Dear C o l i n , W e w o u l d just like to correct s o m e facts wrongly written in last week's F E L I X , u n d e r M a l c o l m B r a i n ' s article. Surely, t h e p u r p o s e of a duty officer is to ensure that there is no t r o u b l e in the bar and when there is ( a n d not before!) correct the situation. It is also t h e duty officer's responsibility to assist the h e a d barman in a n y way possible. It is not their duty to effect trouble (perhaps by c a l l i n g the police) w h e n no trouble has been caused. W e w o u l d also like to point out that the e x - R S M U m e m b e r quoted in the article did N O T m a k e any c o m m e n t in verbal form to the duty officer that evening. T h u s an o r d i n a r y citizen of the street, as a guest of an IC student was thrown out of the bar for no reason at all. A duty officer must have the t o l e r a n c e a n d integrity to handle a situation - let alone handle one's own emotions. T h e q u e s t i o n of abuse o n that particular evening is grossly exaggerated, i n fact invented. ' T h e final incorrect point c o m e s in the first p a r a g r a p h of this topic, whereby, it states that the " m a t c h having been arranged mainly by R S M U . " Since no union money w a s spent o n t h e arrangements a n d that n o n - s t u d e n t s also a s s i s t e d in these, we don't think it is right to q u o t e R S M U as t h e organizers. Y o u r s sincerely, R S M U Exec C o m m

Dear Colin, Y o u r letters page is p r o b a b l y not the best place t o air my views on the R a g M a g , but I feel I must reply to last week's letter, w h i c h g r o s s l y misrepresents the facts. Firstly, I protest strongly to the label "blatantly s e x i s t " - I have s t u d i e d it t h o r o u g h l y a n d c a n find nothing which discriminates except against either s e x p o s s i b l y the c r o s s - w o r d , w h i c h I s u p p o s e c o u l d be d e s c r i b e d as ' d e g r a d i n g ' to men. (Indeed J u s t i n N e w l a n d ' s i n c r e d i b l e story last week w a s a t h o u s a n d times more sexist.) A s for it b e i n g racist, here are the facts: it c o n t a i n s one ' R a s t u s ' joke, m e n t i o n s t h e w o r d ' w o g ' once, a n d has a series of l i g h t h e a d e d j o k e s - eight J e w i s h (not i n c l u d i n g the V o l k s w a g e n ' joke, w h i c h I'll m e n t i o n later), nine Irish jokes a n d o n e S c o t s - not to mention several a i m e d at t h e E n g l i s h . P l e a s e let me stress that these are Jokes a n d I d o u b t if t h e Irish us w o u l d label us among " b i g o t e d " for s u c h f u n - p o k i n g . T h i s is far less racist than t h e average R a g M a g .

However, o n the s i c k jokes, I agree, they are depraved, very sick a n d I personally find them totally unfunny (though many disagree o h this). What's more ( t h e 'Volkswagen', several M o o r g a t e a n d Aberfan jokes in particular) are offensive, a n d C h r i s , M a l c o l m a n d I did all in our to stop them being power included. Unfortunately, we failed, w h i c h is w h y w e d i s s o c i a t e d ourselves s o that all c o m p l a i n t s etc. s h o u l d g o to t h e p e r s o n responsible Steve M a r s h a l l . I certainly have never made the e x c u s e "....that by the time I realized what w a s h a p p e n i n g it was t o o late." - perhaps if the writers of last week's letter had tried to find out the facts of the case, they wouldn't have made s u c h mistakes. A far greater error, however, is to state that "....such a n o b v i o u s l y talented p e r s o n as M r M a r s h a l l s h o u l d have p r o d u c e d a R a g M a g without foreseeing the obvious c o n s e q u e n c e s . " I agree he h a s talent - one only has to glance at the layout of this M a g , or the R C S H a n d b o o k to see that, but he most certainly d i d foresee, if not actually e n c o u r a g e the " o b v i o u s as throughout consequences", p r o d u c t i o n he took t h e attitude, firstly, that he was the Editor and not even I C U E x e c had the right to curtail hs editorial freedom a n d s e c o n d l y , that this R a g M a g s h o u l d be as depraved a n d o b s c e n e as he c o u l d make it without it a c t u a l l y being prosecutable. A l s o , just for t h e record, I d i d c o n s i d e r a c t i ng to stop it being printed, but felt I hadn't the power to d o s o , without c o n s u l t i n g at least my committee, if not a U G M . P e r h a p s this is a fault of mine that I w o u l d try t o represent the views of those w h o elected me, as o p p o s e d t o those w h o s i m p l y use their posts to give power to their own personal opinions.... R a c h e l S n e e ( N O T Ms!) Rag Chairman P S - A s w e have s o far been c o n c e r n e d with the bad points of the M a g , may I also put forward the g o o d : it is s u p e r b l y laid out, excellently printed, contains many very funny jokes and s o m e of t h e best c a r t o o n s I've seen. M a n y c o n s i d e r it easily the best R a g M a g they've ever read. Dear Sir, I k n o w that this is the permissive age, a n d I c o n s i d e r myself t o b e fairly b r o a d m i n d e d , but there are limits! I a m of c o u r s e referring to the R a g M a g . A p a r t from the c r o s s w o r d , w h i c h is blatantly o b s c e n e , there are s o m e jokes w h i c h are s o m e w h a t offensive also. O n e w h i c h particularly c o m e s to m i n d is the o n e referring to the n u m b e r of J e w s that c a n get

into a V o l k s w a g e n . A n y , indeed every J e w has the absolute right to be deeply offended by s u c h a 'joke', a n d for that matter, s o has the V o l k s w a g e n c a r c o m p a n y . I realize that the staple diet of R a g M a g h u m o u r is sex, and the type of remarks that c o m m e n t on the intelligence of the Irish etc., but s o m e level of d e c e n c y must be m a i n t a i n e d . If n o t , t h e n it degenerates from being a h u m o r o u s p u b l i c a t i o n into one of unmitigated filth a n d as s u c h d a m a g e t h e reputation of the College. In h i s editorial, Steve M a r s h a l l attempted to says: "I have p r o d u c e a R a g M a g that is actually different to A L L others." In this respect, he h a s most certainly s u c c e e d e d , as I am sure that there is not a great many R a g M a g s that have been refused by a publisher on g r o u n d s of obscenity, and has been d i s o w n e d by the President, Deputy President and R a g C h a i r p e r s o n of its o w n C o l l e g e Union! I therefore t h o r o u g h l y e n d o r s e the views of Aftab Gujral et al ( F E L I X , 12 Oct). Phil M e r r y m a n

Dear Sir, I think it is time that several U n i o n officers spent more time w o r r y i n g about matters of direct to the majority of concern students ie, a c c o m m o d a t i o n a n d c o l l e g e catering, rather than worrying themselves about foreign students' fees. I w o u l d like to draw y o u r attention to s o m e facts about foreign s t u d e n t s fees, as p u b l i s h e d in the ' F i n a n c i a l T i m e s ' of 10 A u g . T h e government currently s p e n d s £100million o n s u b s i d i e s for foreign students. It must be c o n s i d e r e d w r o n g that 6 0 % of the average unit cost of a foreigners further e d u c a t i o n is met by the U K taxpayer. T h e i n c r e a s e of 7 7 % for 1977/78 a n d the p r o p o s e d increase of 3 3 % this a u t u m n still doesn't go far e n o u g h . In order for a foreign u n d e r g r a d u a t e to pay the full cost of his e d u c a t i o n a further 2 5 % i n c r e a s e is required t o bring t h e fees up to the true cost of £2,350. T h i s year government cuts require £200million to be t r i m m e d off e d u c a t i o n expenditure. What better w a y of d o i n g this than to r e d u c e t h e current £100million subsidy. A b o u t 6 0 % of foreign students c o m e from countries w h o c o u l d easily afford the large s u g g e s t e d i n c r e a s e in fees. T h i s increase need not n e c e s s a r i l y r e d u c e the n u m b e r of foreign students, w h i c h current ly s t a n d s at 82,000. I d o not wish to prevent students from poor countries from s t u d y i n g here, but I think that

c o u n t r i e s s u c h as t h e rich o i l p r o d u c i n g A r a b countries, w h o don't k n o w what to d o with a l l their money, s h o u l d pay a realistic price rather than expect the British t o s u b s i d i z e them. I a m p r o p o s i n g a 'means test' to be a p p l i e d to their native country. D o people not realize that t h e £100million government s u b s i d y d o e s not c o m e out of a bottomless pit, but out of everybody's pocket. Y o u r s sincerely, J C Pearson

Dear Sir, T h o u g h the recent U G M was my first, I feel it necessary to c o m m e n t o n the way in w h i c h the o c c u p a t i o n m o t i o n was passed. T h e s u p p o r t e r s of the motion, were o b v i o u s l y e x p e c t i n g to take part i n t h e o c c u p a t i o n that afternoon, already prepared themselves t o miss a l l lectures until further notice. T h e o p p o s e r s however, as the sit-in w o u l d not directly involve them, felt they c o u l d not afford to miss their lectures. T h u s as the actual vote w a s t a k e n after 2:30pm, t h e majority of the p e o p l e r e m a i n i n g in the hall were t h o s e s u p p o r t i n g the m o t i o n . T h e r e f o r e t h e resulting vote c a n n o t be s a i d to be a true representation of t h e feelings of IC students I w o u l d also suggest that the union e x e c were too c o n c e r n e d in being the first u n i o n to take any sort of positive a c t i o n and let their impatience take priority o v e r a f a i r debate a n d vote. Y o u r s sincerely, J o n M a r s d e n / J o n Fewtrell ME1

Dear C o l i n , W e feel that after this letter, J u s t i n N e w l a n d will strike us as a very articulated y o u n g m a n . However, with reverence to h i s article in F E L I X 529, a n d indeed in the w o r d s of P h i l i p B l i s s (18381876), viz., " H o l d the fort, for I a m c o m i n g , " might one not waiver in the j u x t a p o s i t i o n of s u c h relentless verbosity with a simplistic and linguistically u n a d v e n t u r o u s d i s c o u r s e o n the a n t i c s a n d a n i m a d v e r s i o n s of t h o s e catalytic y o u n g freshers? some Indeed, w a s Beaujolais psychic predecessor of t h e concpiscent Anne? Is J u s t i n N e w l a n d merely a g n o m e d e p l u m e for s o m e semantically m e r c u r i a l m e s s e n g e r with c o r n of plenty? Yours, Two Third-year Mathematicians ( n a m e s ' a n d addresses d e n i e d on request)

UGM REPORT U G M 16TH O C T O B E R O n e thing about Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n meetings is that y o u can't a c c u s e them of being totaUy predictable. T h e o n e o n Tue s da y was m a n a g i n g quite nicely (at being predictable that is) until a rather interesting sting in the tail, but more o n that later. At the start of the meeting the c r o w d h a d mainly a m a s s e d t o ensure that n o undu e criticism of apartheid w a s made (after all it is many miners bread a n d butter). B u t d u r i n g the debate o n s p o r t i n g links with S o u t h Africa, the miners did make their true c o n c e r n felt for the o p p r e s s i o n of b l a c k s a n d c o l o u r e d s in S A by s h o u t i n g " A h " whenever it was referred to. Despite this, the final result was deleting all u n i o n p o l i c y o n S o u t h A f r i c a . The p o l i c y n o w reads that S o u t h A f r i c a is a place of equal merit t o work or play rugby in as anywhere else (except p e r h a p s it's sunnier!). T h e next motion d i s c u s s e d , c o n c e r n e d the 'sick a n d blatantly racist' R a g M a g . After revealing that o n c e s t a m p e d with the n a m e of the printers the mags were in fact legal, the meeting d e c i d e d that raising money for charity was more important than either the image of Imperial C o l l e g e or the risk of offending the d i s a b l e d people that the c a s h is for. S o the R a g M a g will be s o l d ! T h e most h u m o r o u s part of the d i s c u s s i o n o c c u r r e d after a heckler sited the I rish putting b o m b s under people's cars as justifying Irish racism. T h e speaker o n the floor replied, " W h y then always make them out to be s t u p i d ? After all it's pretty clever to put b o m b s

under some people's cars!" The motion o n e d u c a t i o n cuts a n d o c c u p a t i o n having been m o v e d forward on the agenda, t w o a m e n d m e n t s were debated. T h e first s u g g e s t e d o c c u p y i n g the H o u s e of C o m m o n s in preference to the college. S e a n O ' B o y l e k n o c k e d that o n e o n the head as he highlighted how difficult it is to penetrate into the H o u s e of C o m m o n s . H e o n c e had his rag c a n taken off him as an illegal w e a p o n w h e n attempting to enter! T h e C o n s e r v a t i v e A s s o c i a t i o n received a r o u g h ride from the c r o w d w h e n they moved the s e c o n d amendment. However, Mark C l e g g , m a g n a n i m o u s as ever, admitted that overseas students make some c o n t r i b u t i o n to e d u c a t i o n in Britain. In the e n d a wonderful e x a m p l e of leadership by the executive e n c o u r a g e d the r e m a i n i n g four h u n d r e d people at just g o n e 2:30pm to vote in favour of the motion, u n a m e n d e d . A n d off they rushed to o c c u p y the staff d i n i n g r o o m ! Well at least it e n s u r e d that the only disruption is to the c o c k r o a c h e s !

COMMEMORATION DAY There will be a College half-holiday for students on the afternoon of Thursday, 25th October, so that they may take part in the Commemoration Day celebration. ALL

L E C T U R E S WILL C E A S E

AT 12:30.

SNOOKER CLUB INTERESTED This year's freshers' tournament was w o n by t h e n u m b e r o n e seed, C h r i s T r i p p (Maths 1). H e defeated the n u m b e r two seed, S h a u n A r m s t r o n g (Metallurgy 1) in the final. In fact, he d i d not lose a single frame d u r i n g the w h o l e tournament, a n d made several breaks over twenty. I w o u l d like to thank everybody w h o took part, e s p e c i a l l y Dave S i m m o n d s w h o sat patiently for five h o u r s t o play his first frame, w h i c h was, unfortunately for h i m , against T r i p p . I w o u l d also like to thank Steve J e a n s , A l a n L e c l e z i o and T o m M c C l e l l a n d for all their help. T h e next c o m p e t i t i o n is tomorrow. It is the pot-luck d o u b l e s ' tournament. In this c o m p e t i t i o n , d o u b l e s pairs will be d r a w n at r a n d o m , s o if y o u d o not have a partner, it d o e s not matter. A n y b o d y w i s h i n g to take part s h o u l d be in the s n o o k e r l o u n g e by 10:30am. E n t r a n c e fee is 25p members, 50p non-members. I am contemplating a snooker club outing to P r e s t o n to see the U K professional c h a m p i o n s h i p . T h i s w o u l d take place at the end of November, I w o u l d be grateful if any of y o u w h o w o u l d like to go on this trip w o u l d let me k n o w by Wednesday, 24th O c t o b e r . I a m in the s n o o k e r l o u n g e every lunchtime. Finally, a reminder that ourfirst lessons will be o n M o n d a y at 5:30. Rastus Adolf Napoleon Odinga Odinga (Prez)

BRIBES PROBE It has now been revealed that.earlier this week, four members of IC's 'elite' 4th hockey squad were accosted by a man acting on behalf of a Surrey hockey club. This man, obviously an expert, spotted the talent latent In these four players and immediately Invited them to join the club. Among Inducements put forward were free beer, free transport and the promise of plenty of girls. In addition, the agent attempted to buy the foursome a pint of REAL ale (I) and offered free transport to an evening of "....free booze and women." No fees were discussed for the players, but they were told that the agent would contact them and would (quote) "....make It worth your (the players) while to play for this club."(Nudge, nudge, say no more.)

GOING

EXPEDITION? Imagine the scene. It's late M a r c h , a party of geologists are w a l k i n g a n d s q u e l c h i n g t h r o u g h the mud-flats of the W a s h in p o u r i n g driving rain. T h o u g h t s turn away from t h e b i o m a s s of a mussel bank to dwell o n the thoughts of warmth a n d comfort, to ideas of doing something more exciting than c o u n t i n g sea-shells. "How about....going to O m a n ? " G u y s u d d e n l y a s k e d me. I s t o p p e d c o n t e m p l a t i n g the pint of bitter I w a s g o i n g to murder that evening and d e c i d e d to h u m o u r him. A n o t h e r one of his weird a n d wonderful ideas, I thought. " W h e r e ? " " O m a n . It's in A r a b i a - there's m o u n t a i n s there a n d I'm told there are granites with s o m e fossils in t h e m . " O h well, Ithought, it seems more likely than our previous idea of s t u d y i n g earthquakes in Outer Mongolia. F r o m these i m p r o b a b l e b e g i n n i n g s s o m e s e m b l a n c e of a n e x p e d i t i o n has emerged. There are eight of us at the moment all d e d i c a t e d to getting out to O m a n in a u t u m n of next year a n d , believe it o r not, this is not a glorified geologists' holiday. With the assistance of a few eminent geologists w e have raised this project to the status of a serious scientific e x p e d i t i o n . Now, we have a p r o b l e m , it is our intention to take two long wheel base four w h e e l drive landrovers overland to O m e n , drive t h e m a r o u n d the m o u n t a i n s there a n d baring t h e m back again. A n estimated 10,000 miles. F o r this we need a m e c h a n i c . So, if y o u (or a n y b o d y y o u know) are interested in g o i n g o n an e x p e d i t i o n from N o v e m b e r 1980 to J a n u a r y 1981 a n d y o u are a g o o d e x p e r i e n c e d m e c h a n i c c a p a b l e of mai ntai ni ng these vehicles please c o n t a c t either G a r y N i c h o l s ( G e o l o g y 3, Beit 129) or

LADIES HOCKEY Last W e d n e s d a y , IC Ladies' H o c k e y team had their first o u t i n g of the season. R e s t i n g on their laurels from the seven-a-side tournament s u c c e s s , the ladies were eagerly looking forward to their first full length m a t c h of the s e a s o n . It took a while for both teams to settle into the g a m e a n d after a lot of d i s o r g a n i z e d play, Ro y a l H o l l o w a y f o u n d the back of the net.

One disturbing aspect of the affair was that the agent seemed to feel that IC hockey players were all 'beer-swilling louts' and so could be bought for free beer and women ( n o t n e c e s s a r i l y in t h a t order).

A s the match settled d o w n , IC began to use the field more with s o m e nice t h r o u g h balls from J u l i a T o w n s , p l a y i n g well at centre-half. T h e defence played we|| together a n d the halves were able to feed the forwards plenty of g o o d s . Unfortunately, the finishing power upfront left a lot to be desired.

However, it Is expected that the players will turn down the move, mainly on financial grounds - it costs 80p return to Wimbledon station, where the transport is laid on.

However, IC drew level just before halftime, w h e n Shirley C o u r s e took the ball up the left w i n g and C a r o l T h o m a s p i c k e d up her cross to score, despite the c l o s e m a r k i n g of the H o l l o w a y defence.

CYCLISTS make it safe to leave a bike at College. Come to a meeting at 1:00pm, Tuesday 23rd October, in the Senior Dining Room and let's C A T C H T H E THIEVES!

D u r i n g the s e c o n d half, both teams h a d plenty of c h a n c e s to score, but it w a s R o y a l H o l l o w a y that m a d e t h e m count, a n d the final score was 2-1 to the h o m e team. T h e IC team was: J u l i a T o w n s (Capt), C a r o l T h o m a s , S h i r l e y C o u r s e , F a y H o o d , Hilary Carter, K a r e n J o n e s , D a n a Clark, C a r o l i n e Brown, Catherine Crossley, Alex Burnip, and Averl H o r t o n . A l i s o n O v e r s b y w a s the umpire. Hay F o o d ! 3

Dear Sir, T h e presidents of the C C U s were quite correct in their a s s u m p t i o n that freshers will have formed their o w n o p i n i o n s of the C C U s , I am a fresher a n d I have. I sat t h r o u g h the absurdity of the RCSU meeting o n O c t 1st, o b s e r v i n g antics more often seen in s e c o n d - r a t e c o m e d y shows, c u l m i n a t i n g in a m o c k trial w h i c h took place because the president was not wearing the presidential underwear! T h e o c c a s i o n seemed not to be d e m o c r a t i c , but chaotic, a platform from w h i c h a n y h a m actor c a n boost an elephantine ego to O l y m p i a n heights. M o r e seriously, we were a s k e d to vote representatives into u n i o n posts, w h i c h were ill-defined, without knowing a n y t h i n g about the candidates, which is surely against the spirit of d e m o c r a c y .

Dear Editor, W a n d e r i n g d o w n Q u e e n ' s Gate T e r r a c e (you know, the road between mathematics a n d the Queen's), I noticed a s i g n tied to a parking meter w h i c h s a i d : " P e o p l e d u m p i n g r u b b i s h here are liable to p e r s e c u t i o n . " Is this a new word f o r ' a t t e n t i o n by t h e l a w ' ? L G Kirby Sir, The letters from Michael O ' C o n n o r a n d Frank J a m e s got stuck o n my shit filter as I read F E L I X last week, s o I felt I had to reply to them. Mr O'Connor's "intelligent, r e s p o n s i b l e a n d s o c i a l l y aware b e h a v i o u r " already o c c u r s , or is s u p p o s e d to, within I C U . I C U U G M s are also incredibly boring, but fortunately, attendance is o p t i o n a l . Y o u don't have to g o to C C U U G M s either.

I w o u l d c o n s i d e r a n y b o d y to be l a c k i n g in " s o c i a l development" if A n o t h e r point the presidents raised, was that all the first week's they were unable to let their hair d o w n in s o m e way. G u i l d s people activities were well attended, w h i c h w a s true, s i n c e they were a have plenty of work to do, a n d new phenomena to many between lectures, tutorials, labs freshers. Yet to me, there s e e m e d a n d s o o n , . m a n y like to relax in to be a credibility gap between the an energetic fashion. N o b o d y has incoherent inebriates I s a w at the to g o to a G u i l d s U G M , but people R C S U bar night a n d s u p p o s e d l y do, t h r o u g h o u t the year, and I for r e s p o n s i b l e u n i o n officials. T h e one don't feel in the least entire evening w a s devoted to the d e g r a d e d . (I don't g o to M o r p h y belief that to drink to e x c e s s a n d day.) Y o u s a y that this kind of m o u t h o b s c e n i t i e s is the pinacle behaviour must s o u r the p u b l i c of joy, w h i c h the R C S U officials against students; surely it is better must believe, s i n c e they arrange for us to play in M e c h E n g 220 everything. than at h o m e or in the street, where the p u b l i c c a n in fact S E E T h e many g o o d points t h e . us ? presidents d i d mention c a n easily T h e C C U s A R E a "centre for be t a c k l e d by a reformed body o r g a n i z i n g a c t i o n " , s o m e of it on a n d s o c a n n o t be an argument in academic affairs, freshers' their defence. d i nne r s , etc., but an awful lot on B u t m y most b a s i c c r i t i c i s m is R a g . If y o u have any d o u b t s about that the s y s t e m forms a self- the beneficial effect o n R a g of perpetuating clique, while many internecine C C U rivalry, c o n s i d e r of Britian's quaint l i t t l e two matters: anachronisms, glorious at a 1. T h e a m o u n t of extra money distance, but w h e n viewed closely often c o l l e c t e d just to beat reveals its d e c a d e n c e and decay. a n o t h e r C C U ' s total. It is time this 'spoilt infant' w a s 2. A s a c o m m e r c i a l parallel, the brought k i c k i n g a n d s c r e a m i n g steamroller s u c c e s s of G e n e r a l into the e c o n o m i c a n d s o c i a l M o t o r s ' v a r i o u s competing realities of 1979. di vi si ons. Y o u r s sincerely, A s for the strange g a m e played S D Goulder with c o i n s : I thought it a bit o d d too. B u t c a n y o u honestly carp about the waste of time? Have y o u never sat in front of a television w h e n y o u didn't have to, or had Dear Sir, five minutes' extra morning D u r i n g T u e s d a y ' s U G M , I was for t h e hell of it? snooze a m a z e d to find that despite heated d i s c u s s i o n o n t w o controversial notions, the o n l y b r e a c h of the p e a c e w a s c o m m i t t e d by o u r President, C h r i s Fox. M r F o x flew into a tantrum at the sight of s o m e u n i o n m e m be r s leaving before the debate o n o c c u p a t i o n a n d let forth a tirade of incoherent abuse a n d foul language. His anger a n d frustration were understandable, but his behaviour w a s d i s g u s t i n g and reprehensible. Y o u r s sincerely, L. Hunt

M r J a m e s : y o u strike me as a puritan, a bore or both. D i d y o u really think that y o u r abolition was s u g g e s t e d s e r i o u s l y ? Y o u r total lack of h u m o u r d e m o n strates h o w pathetic these I C U p e o p l e are.... I think that y o u are d o i n g more to enforce conformity t han a n y n u m b e r of beer-swilling latent h o m o s e x u a l s (personally, I prefer S c o t c h , beautiful cars a n d fast w o m e n ) . A C C U is a n e x p r e s s i o n

of individuality a n d enterprise (not to mention insanity) to w h i c h it's great to feel y o u belong (to 'borrow' a slogan). Before c o m i n g up to IC, I e x p e r i e n c e d a broad range of s o c i a l situations, from d i s c u s s i o n s o n n u c l e a r energy at 2am to learning to d a n c e (while inebriated) at a r o c k a b i l l y concert. W h e n I came here, I chose G u i l d s as my soci al m e d i u m - all by myself. It d i d involve thought; it did not involve coercion. Y o u suggest that C C U s s h o u l d exist solely for sports a n d academic affairs. S u r e l y this w o u l d make them automatically superfluous, as sports have their o w n hierarchy, a n d a c a d e m i c affairs already have I C U committees. M e g a l o m a n i a is alive and well a n d living in S o u t h Kensington! Y o u r postscript seems to betray a somewhat smug and childish attitude: somewhat antiintellectual, I would say. T h i s has been rather a long letter, but my b l o o d boils no longer. Y o u may note that I c a n write w o r d s of more t han o n e syllable, a n d that I consider "above average intelligence" to be an insulting understatement for a n u m b e r of people at IC. Y o u r s faithfully, Kenneth R Strachan

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DEBATING SOCIETY The Debating Society held its freshers' debate on Thurday, 11th October, tt was decided that it should take the form of a balloon debate. Each speaker was to speak for three minutes on his chosen character, explaining why he should not be ejected from the imaginary sinking balloon. First was Nick Ajderian, who spoke as himself, a tolerance engineer. Next Richard Kicks spoke as Tony Benn, explaining that he believed in free speech, as long as you agreed with him. Adrian Black also spoke as himself, explaining that he was the lightest. Next was Mark Jeffcock, who spoke as Eugene Ferdinad, commander of Apollo 17, the last man on the moon. Then Jonathan Briggs, doing an excellent 'kissy-kissy' spoke as Miss Piggy. There followed John Murphy as a pregnant Elkie Brooks. Tom Owen spoke as Martin Luther King, claiming he should be saved in order to be assassinated. Philip Greenstreet claimed to be that great Victorian social reformer, Jack the Ripper, Finally, Ken Mann s p o k e as D o c t o r Crippin. Questions and comments then came from the floor, such as the morbid observation that a pregnanat Elkie Brooks could not stay aboard the balloon since, strictly speaking the rules only allowed one person to remain. Finally a vote was taken, and Ken Mann was the winner, thus becoming eligible to drink from the freshers debating pot in the Union Bar. If anyone out there would like to attend debates or help with the society generally, scour FELIX for our notices and look for our posters.

COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP TASK FORCE There are over 10,000 old people living alone in Kensington, many of whom never go out and have very few visitors. Some of them do not claim (or even know about) the benefits that they are entitled to, such as 'meals on wheels' and home helps and others regard these as 'taking charity' and would rather starve to death. They may be persuaded to stay alive if their life was made worth living. Volunteers are needed to visit them regularly, to talk to them, to take them for walks {in a wheelchair if necessary), and to make sure that they are claiming enough to live on. There are some pensioners who are being turned into vegetables by the institutional attitudes and staff shortages in some old people's homes. Some are literally dying of boredom and others are going senile. This could be prevented by volunteers visiting them, and keeping the old people alive (mentally at least). Those who have always led full and active lives can not stand the thought that they are now useless, and lose the will to live when they start losing their faculties. If you would like to help these people, please contact: John Whitehouse (ICU office or I C C A G room), Surila Nimalasuriya (Maths 2) Simon Chandler (Red Cross Members'Group leader, Maths) or anyone wearing an I C C A G badge. We also do work with more active pensioners such as taking dogs for walks, taking people to the seaside (in the summer), digging gardens for people who can manage all right otherwise, etc. I C C A G alos works with young people, children, anyone else in need - tell us if you know of anyone. C o m e to our room at the top of the Union Building any lunchtime and John Whitehouse will give you a cup of coffee. Soup runs as usual - Tuesday and Friday at 10:30pm.

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A n o t h e r week g o n e a n d I still haven't l o o k e d at a tutorial sheet. W h y ? Well, the pub crawl o n T u e s d a y was great fun with a gallant band of G u i l d s m e n a n d w o m e n m a k i n g the trip to W a n d s w o r t h to s a m p l e as m u c h Y o u n g s as possible. C r a w l was the right w o r d as W a n d s w o r t h H i g h St h a d pubs every fifty yards! E v e r y b o d y m a d e it back home, although not as s o b e r as w h e n they set out. (Wandsworth n o w k n o w s the Boomalaka.) T h e r o a d s h o w o n S a t u r d a y was great with lots of m u s i c a n d an almost p a c k e d J C R . A big raspberry to all of y o u w h o forgot to come. N o w to what's g o i n g to happen. Saturday 20th, is the annual Silly Sports outside H a r r o d s , where G u i l d s have a bit of fun c o l l e c t i n g m o n e y for rag and i n d u l g i n g in s o m e light amusement, s u c h as three or more legged, wheelbarrow, p i g g y b a n k a n d c a m e l races and a n y t h i n g else N a b thinks of. B e at the G u i l d s office at 9:30am to c o l l e c t y o u r bits and pieces a n d then off to w a k e S o u t h s i d e with a b o o m a l a k a . Freshers' di nners; as y o u read this I will be recovering from m y o w n departments, however there is still C C D o n 29th O c t o b e r and M e c h E n g o n 1st N o v e m be r, s o hurry up a n d b u y y o u r tickets. Have fun! Bryan Guilds' Publicity Officer

Two freshers' dinners have been and gone; the Ladles' and Geology. All those who went to the Ladles' Dinner thoroughly enjoyed themselves, but the Geology Dinner could have been better supported. This leaves two dinners, which are:FRI 19 O C T - MET & MAT SCI FRI 26 O C T - MIN RES E N G We meet In the Union Bar before going up for the actual dinner at 7:30pm. Afterwards, there Is a yard-drinking contest and at closing time, we all adjourn upstairs for a couple of beers and unusual games. Please bring a change of clothing and stay for the afterdinner activities, if only to see your friends make arses of themselves. At the election U G M yesterday, the candidates for President, Vice President and Hon Sec were unopposed and should have been ratified. The posts are filled by Bernie Pryor, Simon Cocker and Trev Fletcher respectively.

Firstly, let me say that a great time was had by e v e r y o n e w h o went to the C h e m i s t r y Dinner. T h e quality of the after-dinner s p e a k i n g was quite magnificent, in fact, material provided by o n e of the speakers may be u s e d at the S m o k i n g C o n c e r t . S o , if y o u m i s s e d that one, y o u ' d better buy a ticket for o n e of the other three. O n c e again the dates are: M a t h s tonight P h y s i c s o n 26th O c t o b e r Life S c i e n c e s o n 2 n d N o v e m b e r T h e R a g M a g selling trips w o u l d have been a rip-roaring s u c c e s s h a d S u s s e x University not d e c i d e d to ban the w h o l e c o n c e p t of R a g . Even so, we m a n a g e d to sell about two h u n d r e d a n d fifty before the S u s s e x U n i o n r o u n d e d us up. T h e r e will be no more trips until f u r t h e r n o t i c e d u e to m i n o r technicalities preventing the sale of o u r publication. T h e inaugral meeting of the R a g Float B u i l d i n g R a b b l e was unable to start building the R a g float d u e to an acute lack of building materials (i.e. c a r d b o a r d ) . If y o u have any spare boxes lying a r o u n d d o i n g no t hi ng in particular, please bring t h e m to the R C S U n i o n O f f i ce as s o o n as p o s s i b l e .

Dates for your diary, back of envelope or empty fag packet:25 Oct - Commemoration Day 31 Oct - Joint C C U Halloween Party In J C R 4 Nov - the Nottingham 6s and 7s have been postponed.

T h e r e will be a four-legged race d o w n O x f o r d Street t o m o r r o w for R a g . B e in the R C S U at 9:30, if y o u want to m a k e a fool of yourself for charity.

9 Nov - Aussie Bamight in Union Bar 10 Nov - Lord Mayor's Procession (In which we have a float) 14 Dec - Mines Ball. Tickets will be on sale during the coming week.

Yet another p l e a for help, in the way of articles, G e s t e t n e r i n g , or just coffee-making, for this c o m i n g edition of that w e l l - k n o w n p u b l i c a t i o n 'Broadsheet', this W e d n e s d a y afternoon.

BRIDGE CLUB EVERY LUNCHTIME UNION 3rd FLOOR

THREE'S A P R O B L E M Mistakes abound in both the bidding and play of hands in contract bridge. These lead to many intriguing results. The bidding on the folowing hand from a duplicate, at love all and N o r t h as d e a l e r , is g i v e n below:

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Fourteen month old Jerome lay in the hospital cot, almost lifeless, dressed only in a napkin with the fan playing on his hot little body. He'd been like that for a couple of days - would the drugs work? We sat anxiously watching him for any sign of real life. He'd caught meningitis and we had rushed tiim the twenty miles to Truro Hospital. "We'll have to make some tests to see what is causing the pain - it could be meningitis. If it is, we need to know the virus," the house doctor informed us. Tests confirmed meningitis, and the next day the virus was known too. We were told that the treatment may have some side effects but the alternative - alternative? - was likely to be death. Gradually he showed signs of life, but what we remember most were his eyes; dull, lifeless and unseeing, so unlike the sparkling eyes of our baby, but even they came back to life again and soon he was home again - almost as good as new, except that he was deaf! We didn't learn that he was deaf though for a few months, as he didn't learn to talk or respond to a call. At four and three-quarters he went to a partially hearing unit in a school at Honiton, twenty-five miles from our new home on the edge of Dartmoor, unable to hear properly and unable to speak. The devoted attention from the staff of the partially hearing unit together eith the NHS hearing aids worked wonders. Soon he was talking so that at least we could understand him, even if strangers couldn't until they became 'tuned-in' to his strange intonation. Jerome and most of his eleven friends atthe PHU, although with differing degrees of deafness, were blessed with the ability to learn. So with sheer hard work from the staff, not to mention from mums and dads coping with homework most nights, they have maintained a high academic standard at the primary level, and probably more important, they can mix without embarrassment with children their own age. But the deaf world is very demanding and Jerome began to become conscious of his body-worn hearing aids. He would cover them over in public, so they couldn't be seen - and so cut down their ability to pick up sounds, indeed they picked up the sound of coats and pullovers rubbing together. The danger signs of withdrawal into the deaf world were showing. It was at this stage that the phonic ear made its presence felt in Devon. One little girl's life was

JEROME'S LIFE WAS

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transformed by her ability suddenly to hear with the aid of a phonic ear. This piece of gadgetry is a radio receiver/hearing aid worn by the child, tuned into a radio transmitter worn by a teacher or whoever. Teacher can be up to a hundred yards away, while those who are talking face to face with the aidwearer can still be heard with the hearing aid part. The key to its success is that it amplifies magnificently, but will not amplify beyond a certain level, those frequencies that could harm any residual hearing that may be. The phonic ear seemed to be an answer to the problem of teaching beyond primary school age. A willing teacher wearing a microphone could talk whilst writing on the board and still be heard by the deaf child. But at £750plus each, Devon Education Authority couldn't see their way to buying them. Over a period of a year Rotary Lions and other groups of generous local people provided the youngsters with a phonic ear each, for school use. Their rate of learning increased appreciably. While strain on the teachers decreased. Outings were no longer a nightmare for the staff and more were arranged, even to London. There was one major drawback however, the built-in rechargeable batteries would last during the school day, so in the evenings and over the weekends it was back to the good, but inferior, ordinary body-worn aids - and the growing embarrassment with them. One or two youngsters were even provided with their personal Phonic Ear for home use, and it was at this time, in March 1979, that RCS stepped in and held-up' and busked their way to the £750 for Jerome's phonic ear. What a difference that has made! From the elementary language he has been using he now has started speaking 'colloquially' (as the euphemism has it). Mum can call him from another room without having to rush around and find him, while a device enables him to listen to the television without the rest of us being deafened. But the greatest advantage is that he is no longer embarrassed by the receiver on his chest - on the contrary he is proud of it! So now we have a more confident, happy boy and the withdrawal has been reversed. Oh yes, he has a speaking part, albeit small, in the local amateur dramatic society production of the 'Caucasion Chalk Circle'. "Be quiet will you, I'm learning my lines." Our thanks to IC.

*7 Malcolm Brain Deputy President

Roger Stotesbury Hon. Secretary

Frank James S C C Chairman

Jon Firth Pub Board Chairman

Suki Kalirai A C C Chairman

Jo Armitage President C&GU

Bernie Pryor President RSMU

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JANE AND THE BELVEDERES Now potentially nasty, sarcastic reviewers like me like nothing better than a few flaws in a show to play on, without which the reviews tend to be boring. So now I'll have to be just that, because Jane Aire deserves to be raved about. Never in my two years at IC have I seen a crowd as crazy as this one, nor for ten years or more has such a good sound filled an IC concert hall. Jane came on and took them by the ecstasy chords and she and the band played them up, up and up, until people were mounting each other and bopping two high. The tension escalated until near hysteria broke out when the set ended, cheers for encore were deafening and Jane Aire rose to the occasion with a magnificent finale to a truly excellent, musical original and above all emotional set.

It must have been the shell-shock. Three hundred persons feeling the urge to twitch a big-toe after the initial impact of the colourful support band, T h e Opposition', opened on a lively number with lively lighting and lively action - no sleeping bags on this set. The tracks were not introduced by either band on â&#x20AC;˘ this occasion, so I can't really recount any, but the band were professional, very competent and coupled with a smooth, easy chat here and there this calm, untroubled air flowed from stage to an almost spell-bound audience. Best described as new-wave/mild heavy metal, these successful four used, quiet, pensive themes to great effect in even very loud tracks with a style not dissimilar to certain Zeppelin numbers. Cheers persisted through to the end and an encore was certainly demanded by a now active and eager crowd. Encore.

This time her music was free - next time you'll have to pay through the nose for it, if their performance here was anything to go by because this act are bound for stardom. Nigel Tooby

Jane Aire at IC Photo by Nigel Tooby

CHESS CLUB IC played their first game ofthe new season in the premier division of the Middlesex League against Wood Green 1 on Thursday, 11th October. The start was at 7:00pm, but due to a misunderstanding, the opposition arrived fifteen minutes late, claiming the start was at 7:15pm. It turned out that we were right and so they started the match with a time disadvantage. The match was over eight boards. On board one, Philip Maguire had a bad opening and lost quickly to a very strong opponent (graded 225). On board two, Jon Freeman had a quiet game and drew fairly easily. Due to the misunderstanding over the start Pete Anderson's opponent on board three, turned up over half an hour late and so Pete won by default. On board four, Tong had a reasonable game until both players reached time trouble and Tong blundered and eventually lost. On board five, I had a good opening winning a pawn and achieving what should have been a won position. Unfortunately, two moves later, I dropped a rook for a bishop and was eventually ground down to a lost position, which was adjourned, but has now been resigned. On board six, J . Bacon played a passive game, obtaining no counter chances on the queen side and lost to a devastating king side attack, resigning on a checkmate in one. On board seven, S. Rouhani dropped a pawn early on in a c o m p l i c a t e d c o m b i n a t i o n , eventually regaining it with good chances and then agreed a draw. On board eight, Chris Callow went into a combination on move eight and realized on move eleven that it dropped a piece for two pawns. He played on gallantly, adjourning in a double-edged position, but after some home analysis decided it was lost and resigned, making the final score: IC1 2, Wood Green 1 6 Bob Coles

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GO CLUB At a general meeting of the Recreational C l u b s Committee on T h u r s d a y , 11th October, It was decided to declare the G O Club as dormant; hence the club's grant has been frozen and any financial transaction made on the Club's behalf will not be recognized by R C C . However, anyone who wishes this club to continue and Is prepared to take over Its running is requested to contact the R C C Exec (via letter r a c k In V l n l o n O f f i c e ) . If no one Is prepared to take on responsibility for this club, then a decision may be made to close it down altogether at one of the R C C meetings early next academic year, but If someone Is prepared to take on the responsibility then the club may be declared active and Its grant will be unfrozen. J O H N TIDY R C C Chairman

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ORIENTEERING Several hundred orienteers descended on the unsuspecting inhabitants of Hampstead last S u n d a y morning, for the G L C championships on Hampstead Heath. This provoked considerable interest among those enjoying more leisurely and traditional pastimes. One man who was out walking his dog, demanded, "What are you people doing? You're not even all running in the same directions!" A lady sunning herself on a park bench was heard to remark, "I shall die of curiosity in a minute: why is everybody running about, holding those leaflets'?" Members of the IC Orienteering Club attempted courses of 5.0, 8.3 or 10.0km. The tough 10km course was made even more difficult, because some base person, or maybe somebody's dog, removed one of the controls. Despite being hindered by this, Ken Warren clocked a respectable 75mki 41 sec. This was the IC's first outing on a Sunday this season, and generally speaking our times reflected a lack of practice. In some cases they also reflected the effects of Saturday night parties. We look forward to improving as the term goes on. Nigel Ward

CANOE CLUB TAKES ON THE ALPS T h i s s u m m e r in m i d - J u l y , IC C a n o e C l u b set off o n its first ever trip to the F r e n c h A l p s . It took t h e c l u b t w o days to travel to the first river to b e p a d d l e d , the Isere. T h e c l u b set u p c a m p next to the river at B o u r g St M a u r i c e , where a s l a l o m c o u r s e is always available on the river. T h i s c o u r s e provided a great deal of excitement d u r i n g the stay there, particularly b e c a u s e of its c l o s e n e s s to the c a m p . T h e c l u b a l s o p a d d l e d three d o w n river stretches o n the Isere below B o u r g St Maurice. These sections w e r e of c o n s i d e r a b l y v a r y i n g difficulty and thus there was water suitable for everyone o n the trip. T h e first s e c t i o n from B o u r g St M a u r i c e d o w n to L a n d r y w a s of moderate difficulty and t h o r o u g h l y enjoyed by most of the c l u b m e m b e r s . T h e next s e c t i o n from Landry to B e l l e n t r e w a s the easiest and was p a d d l e d by all c a n o e i s t s o n the trip. T h e last section between Bellentre a n d A i m e w a s b y far the most difficult but was s u c c e s s f u l l y completed by t h e m o r e e x p e r i e n c e d paddlers. After five days in B o u r g St M a u r i c e , the c l u b m o v e d S o u t h to the D u r a n c e . T h i s river was p a d d l e d in t w o stages. T h e first from St C r e p i n d o w n to S t C l e m e n t , w a s the easier of the t w o . A t S t C l e m e n t , a change-over took p l a c e a n d the s e c o n d g r o u p carried o n d o w n to t h e f a m o u s r a p i d , the R a b i o u x , near C h a t e a u r o u x . T h e c a n o e i s t s w h o h a d not p a d d l e d , then h a d their turn to follow the others t h r o u g h the R a b i o u x . T h i s rapid e n g r o s s e d t h e c l u b for s o m e time, with some particularly s p e c t a c u l a r l o o p i n g by s o m e paddlers. T h e next river attempted w a s by far the most difficult e n c o u n t e r e d by the c l u b . T h e U b a y e w a s o n l y attempted b y the most e x p e r i e n c e d paddlers, but even so, two c a n o e s were lost in a very short distance.

After this a n d other difficulties, the c l u b was forced to a b a n d o n this river. T h e c l u b then c r o s s e d to the Massif C e n t r a l , where a day a n d a half Was spent relaxing o n the banks of the m u c h quieter Ardeche. T h e c l u b then travelled north to t h e Allier. T h i s river was p a d d l e d from M o n i s t r o l to Langeac. T h e river was rather a d i s a p p o i n t m e n t , as there was very little water flowing, but w o u l d have great potential as there o b v i o u s l y h a d been earlier in the year. This o n l y left the t w o days travel back to London.

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T h e q u e s t i o n as to w h e t h e r o r not y o u need to b u y your o w n television l i c e n c e if your parents have already got o n e s e e m s to be s h r o u d e d in c o n f u s i o n . T h i s c o n f u s i o n is entirely d u e to the totally i n c o m p r e h e n s i b l e g o b b l e d e g o o k printed o n t h e a p p l i c a t i o n form.

In the c o u r s e of the m a d s c r a m b l e to find s o m e w h e r e to live, y o u may have paid money to flat agencies. If they didn't find y o u a n y w h e r e to live, then y o u s h o u l d be entitled to y o u r m o n e y back. U n d e r the A c c o m m o d a t i o n A g e n c i e s A c t 1953, a flat a g e n c y c o m m i t s a c r i m i n a l offence if it takes y o u r money without giving to live in r e t u r n . you somewhere If y o u w o u l d like more information o n this (or a n y t h i n g else for that matter), y o u c a n always c o m e u p to the welfare centre, w h i c h is situated o n the third floor of the U n i o n B u i l d i n g a n d is o p e n from 10:00am until 5:30pm every weekday.

N o w , l o o k i n g towards t h e future, c a n o e c l u b is o p e n to a n y o n e in c o l l e g e with a n interest in c a n o e i n g , regardless of ability. T h e c l u b meets regularly at t h e s w i m m i n g p o o l every T u e s d a y evening (6:30-8:00) a n d in Stan's B a r at 8:30. T h e trips for this term have been p l a n n e d for the w e e k e n d s of 10 a n d 11 November to the River W y e a n d 24 a n d 25 N o v e m b e r to the River U s k . It is also h o p e d to organize a surfing trip to B u d e near the e n d of term.

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C a n o e c l u b must give s p e c i a l thanks to Bill Scurry, w h o d i d all the o r g a n i z i n g for the trip.

the not strictly relevant, but usually topical club N o s u b s c r i p t i o n s ! Free a d m i s s i o n to meetings! Free coffee a n d biscuits at every meeting! N o n - t e c h n i c a l talks about a n y t h i n g slightly relevant to e n v i r o n m e n t a n d a t m o s p h e r e - weather forecasters, experts o n planetary atmospheres, p e o p l e to a n s w e r questions on (government) energy policy....and m a n y other topics! C h e e s e a n d wine parties! P e o p l e from all departments are w e l c o m e to o u r first meeting, w h i c h is b e i n g held o n M o n d a y , 2 2 n d O c t o b e r with p r o b a b l y ten to fifteen meetings this year. C o m e a l o n g to a n y t h i n g that interests y o u . M o r e information a n d a p p l i c a t i o n s for m e m b e r s h i p c a r d s are available from R B r u g g e ( A t m o s P h y s P G ) or R G r a h a m (Phys U G ) v i a letter racks.

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T H O R P E RETIRES T h e former liberal leader M r J e r e m y T h o r p e a n n o u n c e d that he w o u l d not be s t a n d i n g for Parliament at the next election. His d e c i s i o n , likely to be greeted with relief by the party leadership, was met with 'deep regrets' by the local liberals.

MRS T H A T C H E R ' S A P P E A L • M rs T h a t c h e r m a d e a personal appeal to ordinary u n i o n members to put their families and country first if called u p o n to strike this winter. S h e urged e v e r y b o d y to see one another's point of view, to widen the c o m m o n g r o u n d o n w h i c h they stand. With the winter r o u n d of pay c l a i m s c o m i n g up, she p r o m i s e d the government w o u l d c o n t i n u e to talk to unions and listen to views

NEW DETENTION C E N T R E S Mr W h i t e l a w n a m e d two detention centres where a tougher regime will be i n t r o d u c e d to give y o u n g offenders a 'short, sharp, s h o c k ' advocated by the conservative election manifesto.

CHINESE S T U D E N T S P R O T E S T Students of the People's University of P e k i n g took to the streets yesterday ,to c o m p l a i n about their living c o n d i t i o n s in the latest e x a m p l e of the recent revival of unofficial protest in C h i n a , s h o u t i n g , " G i v e us back our s c h o o l . " 2,500 students m a r c h e d from D e m o c r a c y Wall to the headquarters of the C o m m u n i s t party.

WALL S T R E E T S h a r e prices p l u n g e d for the third s e s s i o n in a row, in p a n i c trading on Wall Street in the heaviest v o l u m e of business ever at the N e w York S t o c k E x c h a n g e . S i n c e the Federal Reserve B o a r d a n n o u n c e d i n c r e a s e d interest rate N Y stock e x c h a n g e has d r o p p e d 48.29 points a n d one broker c o m m e n t e d : " T h e a t m o s p h e r e resembles restrained terror."

THURSDAY 11th 'WAR ON W A S T E ' C U T S A report by S i r Derek Rayner, the b u s i n e s s m a n a p p o i n t e d by M r s T h a t c h e r to lead Whitehall's war on waste, is e x p e c t e d to identify savings of £70miliion a year in the civil service enterprises e x a m i n e d so far. US A R M S WARNING T h e A m e r i c a n c a m p a i g n to persuade its N A T O partners to agree to m o d e r n i z e their nuclear w e a p o n s in E u r o p e was stepped up. President Carter's national s e c u r i t y adviser, M r B r e z i n s k i gave a w a r n i n g that failure to do so c o u l d lead to political intimidation by the U S S R a n d 'even war at the most'. N O B E L PRIZE WINNER Dr G o d f r e y H o u n s f i e l d inventor of EMI's controversial body scanner, was n a m e d as the w i n n e r of this year's N o b e l prize for medicine. The invention has earned £200million in exports. CAMBODIAN REFUGEES A b o u t 20,000 refugees have c r o s s e d the border from C a m b o d i a to T h a i l a n d s i n c e Tuesday, following an assault by V i e t n a m e s e - b a c k e d troops. They are largely underfed a n d ill civilians, but i n c l u d e u n a r m e d g u e r i l l a cadres.

EEC T h e C o m m o n Market is to be told that Britain c a n n o t go on p o u r i n g c a s h into the E E C at the present rate. At the E E C budget talks in D u b l i n next m o n t h the government will insist in a fairer s y s t e m of c o n t r i b u t i o n s . FLUORIDATION AND C A N C E R Reports of a p o s s i b l e link between fluoridated water a n d c a n c e r have brought requests from D r V a u g h a n , for the experts to take a new look at fluoridation. Dr Burk, an A m e r i c a n scientist has reported that c a n c e r deaths in U S cities, w h e r e fluoridation of water s u p p l i e s had been i n t r o d u c e d , have been i n c r e a s i n g in the last five years.

SATURDAY 13th UK N U C L E A R P R O G R A M M E T h e government is to a n n o u n c e a major long-term nuclear p r o g r a m m e next month involving the b u i l d i n g of up to twenty nuclear reactors by the e n d of the century to meet more than half of Britain's electricity needs. T h e plan has the enthusiastic b a c k i n g of the PM. FLUORIDATION T h e government is preparing legislation to force water authorities to a d d fluoride to d r i n k i n g water despite allegations that c a n c e r deaths in B i r m i n g h a m rose after fluoridation. BL R E D U N D A N C Y PLANS R E J E C T E D Shop stewards from BL rejected overwhelmingly the r e d u n d a n c y p r o g r a m m e drawn up by S i r M i c h a e l E d w a r d s . This involves the loss of 25,000 jobs and the c l o s u r e or contraction of thirteen B L plants over the next two years. G R A N T S AND O V E R S E A S S T U D E N T S Universities are likely to have their grants cut in direct proportion to the n u m b e r of overseas students they admitted this year. A b o u t 12% of university students are from overseas. In the first year the plans mean a 3 or 4% cut, but w o u l d build up to 12% within three or four years. T O R T U R E OF CHILDREN Torture is c o m m o n l y p r a c t i s e d on c h i l d r e n to obtain information about m e m b e r s of their families, says a report by Amnesty International. In twenty-one countries, h u n d r e d s of c h i l d r e n have been held as political prisoners or m a s s a c r e d .

SUNDAY 14th BR EFFICIENCY D E A L B R and the three rail u n i o n s are to embark on an efficiency deal w h i c h c o u l d lead to the loss of 40,000 jobs, over the next four years. This is in return for t h e ' r a i l w a y man's charter' c o s t i n g t h e i n d u s t r y - £ 3 0 0 m i 11 i o n . ZIMBABWE/RHODESIA T h e fate of the d e a d l o c k e d Rhodesia conference in L o n d o n may be d e c i d e d in the next two days, after s p e c u l a t i o n a b o u t the surprise arrival of the military c o m m a n d e r L i e u t - G e n Peter Walls. G e n e r a l Walls flew in from S o u t h A f r i c a to join the B i s h o p M u z o r e w a delegation apparently at the B i s h o p ' s request. A s p o k e s m a n s a i d that the general had been a s k e d to c o m e as a c l o s e adviser in c a s e the c o n f e r e n c e r e a c h e d the issues of ceasefire and interim security arrangements before i n d e p e n d e n c e . ARMS EXPENDITURE World military spending totalled $425,000million last year, a c c o r d i n g to a new report by a U S arms c o n t r o l specialist. S p e n d i n g on a r m a m e n t s has o u t p a c e d inflation for the seventh s u c c e s s i v e year, a n d is now 7 0 % higher than in 1960.

MONDAY 15th ZIMBABWE/RHODESIA T A L K S L o r d C a r r i n g t o n barred the Patriotic Front from any participation in talks until it a c c e p t s the British c o n s t i t u t i o n al p r o p o s a l . H e will now move ahead with talks with the B i s h o p on the implementation of the c o n s t i t u t i o n . IRA SURVEY A major survey, c a r r i e d out by a government s p o n s o r e d b o d y in the Irish R e p u b l i c , s h o w s that 2 0 % of the p o p u l a t i o n support the provisional IRA's activities a n d that 4 2 % s y m p a t h i z e with the I R A ' S motives.

TUESDAY 16th BP HOLDINGS The government ended Monday's s p e c u l a t i o n by p u b l i s h i n g details of its p r o p o s e d £1 billion sale of state o w n e d assets, w h i c h i n c l u d e s revenue of £200300million from sale of 10% of B P shares. LEYLAND C U T S Leaders of B L u n i o n s d e c i d e d to recommend acceptance of S i r M i c h a e l E d w a r d ' s plan to c l o s e thirteen plants and s h e d more than 25,000 jobs. He will ask Mr M i c h a e l that the ballot w h i c h B L intends to c o n d u c t a m o n g the workforce be a joint affair fun by both sides. PAKISTAN E L E C T I O N S G e n e r a l Z i a u l - H a q has c a n c e l l e d the general elections p r o m i s e d for N o v e m b e r 17th, b a n n e d all political parties a n d i m p o s e d press c e n s o r s h i p . 13

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ON Fri 19 Oct T H E S H O R T L I F E H O U S I N G G R O U P will meet in the S C R at 12:45pm. I C C A G C O M M I T T E E M E E T I N G in I C C A G r o o m at 5:30pm. A l l w e l c o m e . I S L A M I C S O C F R E S H E R S ' P A R T Y will be held in the U n i o n Lower Refectory at 6:00pm. T e a and biscuits will be served free. L I V E B A N D , ' L O N D O N Z O O ' with s u p p o r t i n g d i s c o will be playing in the Bedford C o l l e g e U n i o n C o m m o n R o o m at 8:00pm. It costs a p p r o x £1 and S U cards are required. D I S C O with ricochet d i s c o will be held in H u g h e s Parry Hall, Cartwright G a r d e n s at 8:15pm. It costs 50p to n o n - m e m b e r s and S U c a r d s are required. (Nearest tube R u s s e l l Square.) A D I S C O will be held between 8:00-12:00pm in Nutford H o u s e , B r o w n St., L o n d o n W1. A d m i s s i o n 40p. A free glass of w i n e is offered before 9:30pm. IC C H R I S T A I N U N I O N will hold a lecture, 'Friday Night a n d S u n d a y M o r n i n g ' by R o g e r M i t c h e l l in the m u s i c r o o m , 53 P r i n c e s Gate.

SMALL ADS FOR S A L E One way plane ticket to T o r o n t o , C a n a d a for 3rd November, 1979. Cheap at £40. See John M a c F a r l a n e in B o t 2 6 o r p h o n e e x t 2215. Olympus O M Fit Zuiko 100mm F2.8 lens, with case and hood. £75 ono. L i n s t e a d 217. ACCOMMODATION One place, shared room, L e x h a m G a r d e n s . First come, first served. C o n t a c t C o l i n Batchelor, M e c h E n g or S u e in the a c c o m m o d a t i o n office. House to let, suitable P h D student a n d family. T h r e e bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, lounge, d i n i n g r o o m a n d garden. W i m b l e d o n . A v a i l a b l e for three years. £55 per week. C o n t a c t M i c h a e l in the welfare centre. EVENING

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WEEKEND

Dresser Atlas of K n i g h t s b r i d g e are l o o k i n g for a n u m b e r of students for w e e k e n d and/or evening work. T h e work will entail processing tapes containing geological information on a computer. H o u r s by arrangement a n d appr o x i m at e ly £2.50 per hour is offered. For further details please telephone: Mr CookeY a r b o r o u g h , 01-584-7681, ext 69.

Oct

P O T L U C K D O U B L E S T O U R N A M E N T will be held in the s n o o k e r lounge at 10:30am. A d m i s s i o n 25p to members and 50p to n o n members. Oct

E N V I R O M E N T A L S O C I E T Y M E E T I N G in Env T e c h Centre, level 4 at 1:00pm. A T A L K by Mr D A M Gilbert (Civ E n g Dept) on 'Enviromental Evaluation of Transport Plans' will be given in lecture theatre 719 in the H u x l e y B u i l d i n g at 5:30pm. COMMUNIST SOCIETY MEETING on Z i m b a b w e in I C W A L o u n g e at 6:30pm. The s p e a k e r w i l l be M a r g a r e t L i n g f r o m International Defence and A i d . Tues 23

Oct

T H E R I D I N G C L U B meet between 1:002:00pm in R o o m 1110, E l e c E n g , level 2. ASSOCIATED STUDIES LECTURES 1. 'A Plan M a n ' s G u i d e to Industrial P o l i c y ' given by Dr Derek M o r r i s in the Re a d Theatre, Sherfield B u i l d i n g . 2. 'The Scientific Investigation of A n t i q u e s ' by A n d r e w O d d y in the P i p p a r d Theatre, Sherfield B u i l d i n g . IC A M N E S T Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L GROUP M E E T I N G will be held in the G r e e n C o m m i t t e e R o o m , third floor, U n i o n at 5:30pm. R A I L S O C M E E T I N G in M a t h s 340 at 5:40pm with M r R H o p e s p e a k i n g on 'Electrification Prospects'.

ADVANCE WARNING National Blood Transfusion Service will be visiting IC on M O N 20 and T U E S 21 NOV T h e y will be in the U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l and they need 8 donors every 15 minutes BE THERE!

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T A B L E TENNIS C O A C H I N G for every standard starts M O N 22 between 6:00-7:00pm in the T a b l e Te nni s R o o m (Top of Union)

FILM SOCIETY Imperial's film society has in the past provided weekly shows of films not o n general release. T h i s year it needs YOUR help to form a committee so these can be continued. Projectionists are also required, college for work for other societies. Y o u will be paid for this. T r a i n i n g is given on the use of the projector. If anyone is interested - whether experienced of not please contact me, P a u l Fletcher, S c a b H o n Sec, c/o U n i o n Office or see me there any T h u r s d a y lunchtime.

L I B E R A L C L U B M E E T I N G with B e c k y B r y a n to speak on e d u c a t i o n , will be held in the U n i o n Lower Refectory at 6:30pm. A U D I O S O C M E E T I N G with P a u l M e s s e n g e r talking about 'front ends', will be held in the I C W A L o u n g e at 7:00pm. D A R K R O O M D E M O N S T R A T I O N with basic black a n d white developing a n d printing at 7:00pm. Meet in U n i o n A r c h . L I B R A R Y O F SCI-FI C L U B meeting in Stan's Bar, U p p e r L o u n g e at 7:30pm'. Thurs 25

Oct

WANT TO START A VEGETARIAN S O C I E T Y ? Meet in 340, Huxley B u i l d i n g at 1:00pm. PRESENTATION CEREMONY IN THE R O Y A L A L B E R T H A L L with Sir Monty Finniston as s pe c i al visitor at 2:30pm. Students' without tickets w i s h i n g to attend will be admitted before 2:15pm at the main door on p r o d u c t i o n of their u n i o n card. M O P S O C L E C T U R E on ' S p e e c h R e c o g n i t i o n by C o m p u t e r ' given by Dr G R D o w l i n g (City University) at 1:15pm in P h y s i c s Lecture Theatre 3. E N T S F I L M , ' T H E A N D R O M E D A S T R A I N ' , in M e c h E n g 220 at 6:30. A d m i s s i o n 30p. Sat 27

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INDIA S O C I E T Y - DIWALI F U N C T I O N will be held in J C R at 7:30pm. A d m i s s i o n £1 to members and £1.30 to non-members. Live band, live Indian c l a s s i c a l m u s i c and disco till late. Refreshments available.

SCI-FI A N Y B O D Y ? Bedford College Sci-Fi Soc are producing a magazine, which they plan to circulate (eventually) round the whole of the University. It is NOT a 'fanzine', but they hope to have a cartoon strip, short stories, articles, poetry and pictures. All contributions are welcome, and may be passed on via myself - Ken Strachan (Mech Eng 2).

THE

H I T C H HIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

This is a long awaited book, by me and every otr r fan of the immensely popular (the book cover says famous) Radio Four series of the same name. The book is based on the series, which was first broadcast in March 1978 and has since had two repeats. It covers the first four episodes, but with minor differences throughout - the plot diverging significantly at the end. 5

For non-initiates into such mysteries as Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters and the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, the story starts at the West Country home of Arthur Dent (a local radio employee), which is just about to be demolished to make way for a bypass. When the earth is subsequently destroyed by the Vogons to make way for a new hyperspace by-pass Arthur and his friend Ford Prefect, who turns out to be from a small planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse and not from Guildford after all. hitch a lift with the Vogons' cooks. The book follows the highly improbable events ofthe next few days in the course of which Arthus and Ford are r e s c u e d from c e r t a i n death by an experiment?! ship with the new Infinite Improbability Drive, crewed by Zaphod Beeblebrox - the three-armed, two-headed, renegade Galactic President, Trilliam - a girl

Arthur once completely failed to get off with at a party in Islington, and the intensively depressive and (depressing) robot Marvin nicknamed by the humans 'the Paranoid Android'. The next day they reach the legendary Magrathea, home of luxury planet builders and, after escaping certain death, meet Slartibartfast, who gives them some important information concerning earth history. The story continues and before long they are facing certain death again. At this point the book differs from the radio series and they are not blasted through time to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. To find out what happens you will have to buy the book The book is highly enjoyable throughout, this being in no small part due to the frequent inclusion of passages from the electronic book, "The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy' for which Ford is a field researcher, and which, as he says, tells you everything you need to know about everything from towel to God to small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. The book retains the ironical humour of the series with equal success although, on the whole, I preferred it on the radio. Even so the book is definitely worth going*without two pints for tonight, so you can afford it. T J Tuggey

FILM REVIEW "BREAKING AWAY" R e a d i n g t h r o u g h the p r o d u c t i o n notes of " B r e a k i n g A w a y " b e f o r e s e e i n g the s c r e e n i n g of this, 20th C e n t u r y F o x ' s latest offering, I noted with interest the return of Peter Yates, w h o after his s m a s h i n g s u c c e s s with the film, " T h e Deep", ends u p directing " B r e a k i n g A w a y " . N o w y o u may think that " T h e D e e p " was not s m a s h i n g , a n d who am I to a r g u e ?

" B r e a k i n g A w a y " then is t o ' b e released in late N o v e m b e r and is an a m u s i n g and likeable film to take granny to s e e o n a wet W e d n e s d a y afternoon, I'd count o n the film to sink without trace, a n d if it doesn't then the British c i n e m a goer loses all street credibility a n d 20th C e n t u r y Fox slyly laugh all the way to the bank. F o u r out of ten to Peter Yates, a n d I'm off to s e e the "Life of B r i a n " . Harvey Nadin

However, if 20th C e n t u r y Fox think they are on to a winner with this film, they are living in a fantasy world.

G i r l s will be girls, and a jealous friend (with friends like that w h o needs enemies?) rings up her steady boyfriend a n d he arrives in the M e r c e d e s to p r o c e e d t o beat up C y r i l , t h e guitar a c c o m p a n y m e n t . R e v e n g e e n s u e s in the students u n i o n next day, as C y r i l gets his fingers stuck in a b o w l i n g ball (where isn't there a student u n i o n without it's o w n b o w l i n g alley?) a n d strikes with g o o d effect to skittle out the o p p o s i t i o n just before the c o p s arrive. It's another c o n t e m p o r a r y c o m e d y about a set of four break-away students and their capers d u r i n g their first year o u t s i d e high s c h o o l . For one reason or another they have not taken the opportunity to g o to Indiana University, but instead are content to go s w i m m i n g in a d i s u s e d a n d flooded quarry, and generally drive r o u n d t o w n in a careless fashion. T h e main star a n d subject of the plot is b l o n d and i n n o c e n t - l o o k i n g Dave, played by D e n n i s C h r i s t o p h e r . H i s a m b i t i o n is to be an Italian bike r a c i n g c h a m p i o n a n d s o he buys a n Italian phrase book a n d drives his ' p a p a ' a n d ' m a m a ' up the wall. T h e s e antics are c a r r i e d further, to climax in a very funny scene, as the father (quite a key figure in the plot) a n d well acted b y Paul D o o d e y , finds Dave s h a v i n g his legs in the b a t h r o o m !

T h e result? A g o o d a l l - A m e r i c a n c y c l e race to s h o w w h o is boss - our likeable tearaways or the k i n g pins from col l ege. D r a m a builds, the t h o u s a n d s of s u p p o r t e r s cheer, a n d the film reviewer falls asleep, only to awaken to the start of the 'Little 500' a n d the c o m p e t i n g thirty-three teams attempts for glory. O f c o u r s e Yates, famous for his direction of the c a r c h a s e footage in Steve excellent M c Q u e e n ' s film " B u l l i t t " d o e s a g o o d job and s o m e of the incidents in the race are excellently staged m a n a g e d .

THE BOOK W o u l d y o u like t o i m a g i n e a t a s c i n a t i n g little alien delicately d e c a p i t a t i n g y o u ? Far be it f r o m me to encourage such dreams/nightmares/fantasies/fetishes, but here is a review of ' A l i e n - the B o o k ' a n y w a y . T h e 'novelization' is by A l a n D e a n F o s t e r (who?). D a n O ' B a n n o n w r o t e the s c r e e n p l a y ; he al so w r o t e part o f the s c r e e n p l a y for J o h n Capenter's hilarious 'Dark Star'. The story? O h yes - I won't recount it as you've probabl y heard it at least o n c e by now. It gets off to a s l o w a n d pretentious start, but o n c e y o u have w a d e d t h r o u g h a few c hapt e r s , the pace warms u p quite nicely. V a r i o u s d i s t u r b i n g events serve to keep y o u r nerves o n e d g e as the alien gets into the s p a c e s h i p a n d p r o c e e d s to make itself at h o m e with a m a z i n g efficiency.

I'll leave y o u to see the film and thus the result of the race. B u t like all bland A m e r i c a n 'A' certificate films, a moral must at least he attempted, a n d g o o d o l d Dave starts c o l l e g e the next s e s s i o n , a n d loses his Italian a c c e n t well the bottom has d r o p p e d out of the i c e cream business anyway - to chat u p more c h a r m i n g girls, this time in c o n v e n t i o n a l tones.

T r u e story book fashion, he ends u p c h a s i n g after the g o o d - l o o k i n g K a t h e r i n e (played by R o b y n Douglas) with a textbook s h e has d r o p p e d off her scooter. H e chats her up, not in the c o n v e n t i o n a l Indiana student drawl, but in a heavy Italian accent. S h e thinks he is Italian a n d in an excrutiatingly funny s c e n e of h i s later s e r a n a d e to her o u t s i d e the halls of residence c o n v i n c e s her he must be a m a d b o y from 'Napoli'.

ALIEN

I was pleasantly s u r p r i s e d by the efficiency of the novel itself - one might expect that a horror thriller s u c h as this w o u l d lose a lot of its effect without s t u n n i n g visual impact, but even t h e words are quite effective. T h e 'alternative reality' of the s h i p ' s interior is generally c o n v i n c i n g , a n d the c h a r a c t e r s even that of the alien - are realistic too. I resented the intrusion of the ship's cat - I h a d horrible visions of t h e sentimental s l u s h w h i c h d r a g g e d d o w n 'Battlestar G a l a c t i c a ' but even t h e cat, has its role in the tale. Unfortunatley, the e n d i n g is a little c i i c h e d y o u get the feeling of 'Hell, how do y o u s t o p this novel?' - but this doesn't detract u n d u l y from a very g o o d m o d e r n thriller, w h i c h I certainly r e c o m m e n d . O n the P i c a d i l l y line, 626 c o m m u t e r s c a n hear y o u scream.... Ken Strachan

Cross Country Club

SPORTS SATURDAY Both 1st and 2nd rugby teams won convincing victories against Hayes at Harlington. Although the 1st football XI match was called off, the 2nd and 4th teams won theirs. Chris Trip was the winner of the freshers' snooker tournament. A soccer match between the 2nds and 3rds, saw the 2nds winning 4-0. WEDNESDAY IC 1st rugby team lost 21-7 to Q M C at home. While, the 2nds played an aggressive match, where a player was taken to hospital with two gashes in his head and a Q M C player dislocated his knee. , IC had two successful football matches, when the 4ths won 4-3 and the 2nds beat Q M C 5-1. Sadly the 3rd lost to Royal Holloway 2nds after a disputedjpenalty. The 5ths and 6ths also lost in their matches wiWi Charing Cross. Both RSM rugby Ist and 2nd teams won their' matches. The scores were 25-8 and 21-6 respectively. Gutterage C u p Westfield College and the Royal Dental Hospital were to have met on Wednesday to decide a preliminary round in the Gutterage Cup. But, due to the threatened rail strike, the match was called off and has been rescheduled for next Wednesday, the 24th of October, when IC wereduetoplay the winner of the match.

FOOTBALL CLUB IC 4ths vs L S E Sths IC 4ths took to the field this Saturday with a near complete side and proceeded to outclass and destroy the opposing team. Most of the damage was done out on the left wing by Ramsey Hawa (2 goals), ably supported by Martin Flynn and Steve Kaye. Paul Galvin on the right scored two fine opportunist goals and the ever-running Bob Dhillon also scored twice. Bob Mills scored a fine goal from a perfectly weighted thirty yard pass by Bob Dhillon, flicked on by Paul Galvin. Pride of place must go to Andy Hartland who score five times showing excellent finishing abilities. The defence controlled LSE's attack well, with Neil Redmagre playing another fine game at centre back. Steve Sims kept the midfield tidy, turning in his usual highly reliable performance. This promising start augers well for the forthcoming season, although it will take a few weeks yet to decide on the regular side. RN(SPORTS) I C

FELIX is published by the Acting Editor, on behalf ol the Imperial College Union Publications Board FELIX is printed on the Union Premises in Prince Consort Road, London SW7 Acting Editor: C R Palmer FELIX ISSN 0140-0711. Registered at the Post Office. Copyright FELIX 1979

After a promising intake of budding athletes at the freshers' fair, the crosscountry club has made an excellent start, to what could be a very successful season. The first race on our calender was the London University Trials, held at Parliament Hill on Saturday, 7th October. Evan Cameron, won the race easily, whilst Steve Kirk showed good form in being fourth home for UL, thus helping them to defeat a Blackheath Harriers team. The following Saturday, we returned to Parliament Hill for the University College Relay. Although the standard of the relay was lower than in previous years, several IC runners put up good performances, and helped the 'A' and 'B' teams to finish third and fifth respectively. The 'A' team, "who were leading at the half-way stage, won medals for their position. ICRFC 1ST XV 29 D DIVISION 10 The rugby season started off for ICRFC 1st XV with an away fixture against D division, Metropolitan Police. The weather was not conducive to fast, open rugby, but IC eventually achieved a comfortable win. 'Edwina' Budgen scored a personal tally of 21 points and this included two tries and two drop goals. His first try came from a clever piece of play between Ray Parkinson and himself in the first half. H e then added to the score with a drop goal after Ray (Old Man) Parkinson himself had scored.

With the score standing at 16-0 at half-time IC should have run out as easy winner, but they allowed the police to come back into they allowed the police to come back into the game and they promptly scored two tries. However IC replied with two opportunist tries, with the second being a good individual try from John Chandler. With the final score resting at 29-10, both sides were pleased to hear the final whistle and everybody adjourned to the bar. It was pleasing to see the new players in the team fitting in well and kthe season promises to be a successful one for IC Rugby. ICRFC 1ST XV 19 HAYES 6 The weather again played a part in the match on Saturday, when ICRFC 1st XV entertained Hayes. The newly purchased match ball was likened to a 'lump of soap' and poor handling from both sides turned the game into a very scrappy affair. Nevertheless the IC three-quarters looked dangerous when they received good ball. Consequently, in the first half both Ray Parkinson and Pat Dunleavy scored wellworked tries. Halfway through the second half a forceful run from Ray Parkinson led to a try from newcomer James Austin. Eddy Budgen then converted it to a goal. Hayes were allowed to score a breakaway try and eventually full-time was blown. It was generally agreed that this match should be forgotten quickly. Robin Davies

TABLE TENNIS The.match which everyone (?) had been waiting for since the seconds were promoted to division four last season, took place last Thursday evening - the 1st team vs the 2nds! (fanfare, exultant trumpeting amidst a cacophony of applause....fade to match report). The opening match, Pete (I'm a stoat!) Rutherford against Farzin (Ayatollah) Sobhanpanah, managed to warm up the ball, but not the small off-putting group of IC players/spectators. Pete won. There then followed a display of fine hitting and driving from Lakhani and Etheridge, the match being closer than the straight game result suggested. Lakhani won for the firsts, making the match score 2-0. In the third match, Kumar Singarajah (exist team captain) and Andy Tye (present 2nd team captain) slotted neatly into their respective roles as looper and blocker, the former winning by two sets to love. When not accusing the author of racist comments, 'Stingy' produced occasional glimpses of his true genius (which was as much as he's ever done). In the fourth match, Rutherford, despite displaying a total lack of smashing ability, nevertheless produced play bordering on the uncanny, when hitting the edge of the table almost at will, enabling himself to win in straight games against Etheridge. The fifth match, Kumar vs Farzin - one word - fast! Singalongarajah won in kthree games. Match six was Captain Lakhani vs Captain Tye. Andy won making the score 5-1, and Kartik didn't swear once - not even in Greek! Kumar reacted much the same as Lakhani, in the previous match, to the fact that the firsts had already won the tie, and lost easily to G a Pete then lost to Andy and it was 5-3, with the 2nds playing for a point, but the final match saw Farzin against Kartik, who, at last showing his form as IC's no. 1 player, proved too good on that day for our amiable Iranian Treasurer (hey, you're being complimented Farzin, perhaps your prospective girlfriend will see this!) and the final result was a 6-3 wm for the first team. The result was the second win for the first team and the second defeat for the second team (both teams played only two matches). Only one other match last week as the 4th team's opponents failed to appear - at their own clubhouse! The 3rds ate Sainsbury's 3 for breakfast, the 8-1 scoreline being a poor reflection on the merits of their dominant defence and rampant attack....by Zeus, an end to this" drivel! Hewkules We are arranging friendly mixed matches against other colleges - we have some ladles willing to play, but there is room for more. See us any Wednesday afternoon in the T T Room or most evenings. The first match is verses QMC - details not available yet. The Heap