http://felixonline.co.uk/archive/IC_1979/1979_0533_A by Ravi Pall

THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION

Friday, November 9th,

1979

Issue No.

533

EXEC EXHAUSTED AFTER 8 MONTHS OF CONTROVERSY FELIX EDITOR DISPUTE FINALLY SETTLED COLIN PALMER RATIFIED

Gary Dearmer speaking at the UGM

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Palm,

ICU LEADS THE WAY O n W e d n e s d a y afternoon, the U n i o n ' s 'Death to British E d u c a t i o n ' C o f f i n led the N U S m a r c h o u t s i d e the Department of E d u c a t i o n a n d S c i e n c e . At this stage the N U S E x e c were playing ultra c a l l o u s by o r d e r i n g U n i o n b a n n e r s not to be raised. Yet earlier they had amongst, almost c h a o s , s a n c t i o n e d a m a r c h a l o n g the pavements from Malet Street without full p o l i c e a p p r o v a l . T h u s , as the 400 s t r o n g d e m o p a s s e d the D E S there were no p l a c a r d s a n d no banners, a feature of any s u c c e s s f u l d e m o . T o a p p l a u s e a n d c l a p p i n g the coffin was b r o u g h t out from Waterloo tube e n t r a n c e direct from IC a n d a c r o s s the r o a d . It w a s held h i g h a n d b e c a m e the central f o c u s of the m a r c h . That, however, was as far as it went as the c o n t i n g e n t now c r o s s e d the T h a m e s , in g r o u p s of ten to l o b b y m e m b e r s of Parliament. H a v i n g left the coffin in safe k e e p i n g (ie in the o p p o s i t e H a r l e q u i n r e c o r d s h o p ) P h i l i p C o l e , Ian G r e e n w o o d a n d R o g e r S t o t e s b u r y then went on to join the lobby q u e u e . At 6 p m , Peter B r o o k e , the M P for this area, e m e r g e d from the c h a m b e r a n d d i s c u s s e d for 25 m i n u t e s the p r o p o s e d e d u c a t i o n cuts.

BRIGHTON 79 a driver's view A n o p p o r t u n i t y to drive in the L o n d o n to B r i g h t o n Veteran C a r R u n is a u n i q u e experience, a n d I feel privileged to have been given the o p p o r t u n i t y to drive B o a n e r g e s in this a n n u a l event. T h e b u i l d - u p to 4 N o v e m b e r was nerve-racking to say the least, and preparations had been in h a n d for a g o o d two months. W a k i n g up at 6am to a c o l d a n d wet day d i d nothing to s u b d u e my spirits so I d r e s s e d in what I thought w o u l d be n e c e s s a r y to keep out the c o l d , a n d then d o u b l e d it. After a final c h e c k at the garage, we l o a d e d up the c a r and set off for H y d e Park, a l o n g with Sir H u g h F o r d , the G u i l d s M o t o r C l u b President, a n d J o A r m i t a g e , t h e G u i l d s U n i o n President, were Peter M o o d y a n d V i c t o r i a Westgarth w h o were to share the c o - d r i v i n g . T h e e n o r m o u s c r o w d in H y d e Park i n c l u d e d a brave b a n d of pyjama c l a d G u i l d s s u p p o r t e r s w h o sent us off with a hearty B o o m a l a k a . But before we w e r e out of the Park, we were carved up, as usual by the e n o r m o u s M e r c e d e s , that starts just b e h i n d us, and for the next ten mile, we w e r e c o n t i n u a l l y p a s s i n g , a n d b e i n g p a s s e d by, the 1902 D e n n i s from w h i c h Leslie C r o w t h e r was (continued on page 3)

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Dear S i r H a s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e o n o n e of IC's more notorious p u b l i c a t i o n s (no, not the B l u e B o o k . That's a notorious Oxford publication. Or U S A F ) been c l o s e d , or c a n I be s t u n n i n g l y o r i g i nal a n d fly off at a t a n g e t from previous correspondence?

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C o n s i d e r the R a g M a g - here we have a situation where the U n i o n c o u l d find itself liable in court for the a c t i o n s of an individual (if Mary Whitehouse were to prosecute), despite having strongly o p p o s e d those actions. Sorry, but the U n i o n w o u l d find it h a r d to d i s o w n the R a g M a g .

NAT WEST BANK Dear C o l i n I read with great interest M r but we do believe that we are W h i t e h o u s e ' s l e t t e r " to y o u taking a real step forward with our plans to provide a d r a w i n g attention to the long present waiting periods that h e Servicetill adjacent to the main e x p e r i e n c e s from time to time in li fts on Level T w o as s o o n as the our b r a n c h in the C o l l e g e . A s he Post Office c a n provide a line and quite rightly says, at certain times the ne c e s s ar y preparations have our p r e m i s e s are very c r o w d e d been made. T h i s will be available indeed a n d it is a s o u r c e of to o u r c u s t o m e r s to provide cash i n s t r u c t i o n s for c o n c e r n to us that we are not able ' a n d a c c e p t to provide the s p e e d of service c h e q u e b o o k s and statements on a twenty-four hour basis. This has w h i c h we w o u l d like. A s M r W h i t e h o u s mentions, we not previously been p u b l i c i s e d as have i n t r o d u c e d a Q u i c k Service it is unlikely that the work involved T i l l a n d Mail B o x , w h i c h I c a n be c o m p l e t e d until well into appreciate has not solved the 1980. In the m e a n t i me perhaps I c o u l d p r o b l e m but I do believe they have attention to the Cash m a d e s o m e c o n t r i b u t i o n . A s far as draw the M a i l B o x is c o n c e r n e d , it is D i s p e n s e r w h i c h is situated by the now the c a s e that s o m e c o r r i d o r parallel to that w h i c h c u s t o m e r s w h o otherwise w o u l d leads to the bank premises from One and from which have waited c a n deal with their Level a m o u n t s of ten p o u n d s can be business immediately. There are obviously major drawn. problems involved i n a n y Y o u r s sincerely e x t e n s i o n of the bank's premises B D Hunt J P even if the s p a c e were available, . M a n a g e r

REACTION

Dear S i r A l t h o u g h I am not at your college, I had the misfortune to read a c o p y of y o u r students i paper entitled F E L I X t h r o u g h a friend of mine at Imperial. T h e paper itself was of admirable quality, w h e n I c a m e a c r o s s an article w h i c h struck near to my heart. I refer to the article by a certain J a n C z e r n u s k a on R h o d e s i a - Z i m b a b w e . T h e article was written with s u c h gross and u n b e l i e v a b l e errors, that one c a n o n l y s u p p o s e it was written from either sheer i g n o r a n c e or a w i c k e d deceiver. I am a third-generation R h o d e s i a n , a n d as s u c h as m u c h a

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Now, before Ruth (this is y o u r mention), Rae, T a n s y a n d other intellegent y o u n g things leap to my feet, objecting that in future the R a g M a g Editor will be a n s w e r a b l e - sorry girls, but the R a g M a g is just one example of ICU's continued policy of m u d d l i n g t h r o u g h on the a s s u m p t i o n that it will all c o m e c l e a n in the w a s h , rather than an isolated abberation. The c h a n g e s in R a g C o m m i t t e e structure are just another e x a m p l e of I C U

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bolting the horses after the d o o r oh well, y o u k n o w what I mean; specific s o l u t i o n s to specific problems, usually too late. C o m e on I C U - generalise; after all, the c o n s t i t u t i o ns remain as full of l o o p h o l e s as a sieve (if m i x e d metaphors are g o o d e n o u g h for Bill Shakespear(e), w h o am I to argue?). Now, this year I C U is privileged to have a strong P W P w h o have pledged themselves to great things, not to m e n t i o n leaping tall buildings, so how about it, M x s Berry, H e p t o n et al? W h y not have a go at m a k i n g IC's n u m e r o u s c o n s t i t u t i o n s as foolproof as a d u c k ' s eyelid? If y o u d o not see the need for s u c h action, I a m s u r e that J o h n Tidy will be pleased to explain in greater depth. After all he k n o w s y o u r addresses. Y o u r s fably K J Fenning Somewhere-Outside-Devizes P S - A s I recall last year's U K concert, the 'Walkout' was c a u s e d by an ugly r u m o u r that B r e n d o n had c a l l e d last orders, rather than the group's m u s i c a l abilities.

FELIX PROBLEMS Dear Sir We therefore had mixed We agree that F E L I X has had feelings regarding a certain more than its fair share of p h o t o g r a p h on page nine of problems this year. T h i s F E L I X no. 532. Its o n l y s a v i n g doubtless e x p l a i n s why an article g r a c e was the c a p t i o n ' J e z o n the on J e z e b e l handed into the F E L I X road?'. Office b e f o r e t h e c o p y d e a d l i n e o f F o r t h o s e interested, the a n s w e r the Freshers' F E L I X has still not is N O ! This is a picture of a 1914 been printed. m a c h i n e w h i c h is o w n e d by above article D e n n i s Brothers of G u i l d f o r d . Without the having been seen, we are grateful Y o u r s faithfully for any further p u b l i c i t y w h i c h c a n T h e R C S U M o t o r C l u b be given to the rebuild of J e z e b e l ' s P S - W h y no credit for the photo engine. o n the back p a q e ?

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R h o d e s i a n as any other man born survivors were fired u p o n . A g e s ? in our country. I w o u l d like to T w o girls aged four and eleven, point out a few facta as a reply to seven w o m e n a n d one m a n . After this gentleman's fabrications or w h i c h not content to admit it as an trash (is there any other way to a c c i de n t their gallent leader went d e s c r i b e the article?). on T V to laugh a n d snigger at this 1. The torture a n d suffering b l o o d y affair suffering! brought to the p e o p l e is to the 2. Of c o u r s e over 9 5 % of our most extent c a u s e d by c a l l o u s c o u n t r y is u n d e r martial law. M o s t a n d b l o o d thirsty butchers, w h o are w h e n u n d e r Seiger from without conscience slaughter n e i g h b o r i n g countries. We get hundreds of innocent men, wild c l a i m s of ' d e m o c r a c y ' a n d women a n d c h i l d r e n of any -'justice' from these states, where c o l o u r , c r e e d or religion, to satisfy they c l a i m their peoples live in their desires. A s in the c a s e s of the p e a c e and harmony. In family of twenty-three b u r n e d to M o z a m b i q u e there hasn't been an death while l o c k e d in their home, election s i n c e c o l o n i a l days a n d or of the c r a s h e d c i v i l i a n plane of w h e n there will be, o n l y one party w h i c h t e n of t h e e i g h t e e n will be able to s t a n d ! In Z a m b i a ,

the bastion of d e m o c r a c e y in the area, Dr K a u n d a eliminates his o p p o n e n t s by c h a n g i n g c o n s t i tution to allow no one to stand against h i m . Of c o u r s e the c o u n t r y is not perfect, very few are, but if the peoples inside were a l l o w e d to look after ourselves we'd have one of the most p r o s p e r o u s a n d peaceful states in A f r i c a . Before people s a i d we were Britains responsibility, n o w its a c c e p t e d , y o u r j u d g e d as biased, w h e r e are all these double standards c o m i n g from? F r o m p e o p l e a n d c o u n t r i e s w h o c a n least afford to be e x a m i n e d themselves. Yours sincerly Karl A n d e r s o n P S - Let p e o p l e speak k n o w l e d g e , not i g n o r a n c e .

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Last M o n d a y saw the first M i n a n d Met S o c lecture of the term all those w h o d i d turn up were treated to a very i n t e r e s t i ng a n d a m u s i n g talk by the E d i t o r i a l D i r e c t o r of the Mining Journal.

gesticulating wildly. S o m e w h e r e in B r i x t o n , a nasty n o c k i n g noise was traced to the bonnet being loose, but we p r o c e d e d at a fair pace although we thought we were slightly d o w n on power. Finally twenty miles out, w e g r o u n d to a halt in a c l o u d of white s m o k e and di scovered with no real s u r p r i s e that the t r a n s m i s s i on brake was b i n d i n g a n d t o o hot to t o u c h . After s o m e of the gentlman o c c u p e n t s had found relief, we l o o s e n e d the brake a n d set off at a t r e m e n d o u s pace, maki ng up a lot of time that we h a d lost.

T h e first R a g c o l l e c t i o n went q u i t e well despite'the fact that it w a s p i s s i n g with rain. Star collector was o n c e again John M a c p h u r s o n of M i n i n g 1, w h o c o l l e c t e d £45.491/2.

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The huge c r o w d s that usually line the route, from start to finish were s o m e w h a t depleted by the steadyrain, but o n e of the pleasures of the drive was finding time to return the friendly waves to all the people w h o f o u n d s o m u c h pleasure in s e e i n g us all drive past. F r o m y o u n g c h i l d r e n to pensioners, they put up with the rain a n d enjoyed themselves.

Earlier o n T u e s d a y there is g o i n g to be a R S M U G M (Union G e n e r a l Meeting) at 1 2 " in G 2 0 (turn right as y o u enter the h . is going to be an important meeting, being just before R a g Week, s o please turn u p . Yet more dates: W E D 14 N O V - M O R P H Y D A Y T H U R S 15 N O V - I N T E R C C U B O A T R A C E FRI 16 N O V - R S M A A N N U A L D I N N E R , R A G A N D D R A G D I S C O 7:30pm J C R SAT 17NOV - R A G P R O C E S S I O N See y o u tonight in the U n i o n , Superslob

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MINES After last week's marathon article I've d e c i d e d to give y o u all a rest a n d make this one shorter (basically b e c a u s e I'm feeling bloody lazy). T h e H a l l o w e e n Party c a m e a n d went, j u d g i n g by the state of the J C R it was a great success.

B R U C E WILLIS WANTEDS

IC AMNESTY G R O U P

SUB-WARDEN, SELKIRK HALL A p p l i c a t i o n s are invited for the post w h i c h will be vacant o n 1 J a n u a r y 1980 d u e to the departure from C o l l e g e of the present S u b Warden, N i c k y Barrett. T h e Hall is one of the S o u t h S i d e H a l l s of R e s i d e n c e with at present, 28 w o m e n and 44 m e n students.

O n T h u r s d a y l u n c h t i m e (15 Nov) Cosmos Desmond, recently a p p o i n t e d Direcotr of the British S e c t i o n of A l , will be c o m i n g to speak at I C . H e w i l l be c o n c e n t r a t i n g on the situation in S o u t h A f r i c a a n d in view of the U n i o n ' s present c o n f u s i o n and shameful lack of policy in this area, I hope that the meeting is well attended. C o s m o s D e s m o n d first went to S o u t h A f r i c a as a F r a n c i s c a n Priest in 1959. In 1970,

he p u b l i s h e d the influential book 'The D i s c a r d e d People', w h i c h e x p o s e d the suffering a n d death resulting from the 'resettlement' p r o g r a m of the S o u t h A f r i c a n government. A s a c o n s e q u e n c e he w a s served with a five year b a n n i n g a n d h o u s e arrest order and a year later he was a d o p t e d as a prisoner of c o n s c i e n c e by A m n e s t y . M r D e s m o n d is a very g o o d speaker and I expect that he will attempt an analysis of the situation as well as a straightforward d e s c r i p t i o n .

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I N T E R E S T E D IN F O R M I N G A MICROCOMPUTER CLUB? Please contact S J a m i e s o n via P h y s i c s 2 letter racks.

M a n y thanks to all those w h o h e l p e d b u i l d the float for the L o r d M a y o r ' s P r o c e s s i o n , w h i c h will actually take place t o m o r r o w .

Rag Week starts with a b a n g on T u e s d a y 13 with R A G A R A M A , a fete o r g a n i s e d by C h a p s C l u b in the U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e starting at 6:30pm. P r o c e e d s will g o to R a g

Finally, I w o u l d like to s a y a big t h a n k - y o u to e v e r y o n e involved in m a k i n g S u n d a y a m e m o r a b l e day.

B U N A C - A r e y o u interested in w o r k i n g in A m e r i c a next s u m m e r ? Details from G r e e n C o m m i t t e e R o o m 3rd F l o o r U n i o n . Fridays 12:30 to 1 30pm.

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B y now the film trip to see the Life of B r i a n on M o n d a y 12 s h o u l d be s o l d out but there may be o n e or two tickets left - e n q u i r e at the R S M U Office.

T h e final ten miles were somewhat d e p r e s s i n g . We spent a long time sorting out a b a d misfire, a n d in torrential rain we crawled along in endless traffic jams, until we eventually s a w the sea. T h e final h u n d r e d yards al o ng the p r o m e n a d e brought us to the finish line a n d a h u n d r e d G u i l d s m e n w h o c o l l a p s e d in a heap as the fence gave way. After a B o o m a l a k a to let B r i g h t o n k n o w that B o had arrived, we retired, wet a n d c o l d , to the hotel for a pint or three and a s l a p - u p meal after a journey time of four a n d three quarter hours.

DESPERATELY N E E D E D for S C A B night, Sat 17 November, the loan of T o p a m p s for bass guitar and electric guitar (fairly meaty). Helpful owner will of c o u r s e recieve free a d m i s s i o n , a few drinks a n d the loan of a n y equipment we o w n or may p u r c h a s e at a later date. C o n t a c t Eric Jarvis, D r a m s o c 4, R y z l a r d Klos, P h y s i c s 2. T h a n k s , you've saved the future of British R o c k Music.

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DO YOU WANT TO EARN SOME CASH? P o l a r o i d require bright, attractive people to demonstrate a n d sell their cameras in stores in the Greater L o n d o n area d u r i n g December. £13 basic per day plus £1 travelling a l l o w a n c e and £2 c o m p l e t i o n payment. There are vacancies at L o n d o n b r a n c h e s of Boots, A l l d e r s , C r o y d o n , A s d a . R e a d i n g , Pearsons. Enfield and Cartier Sports and Leisure C l u b , S t r o o d , Kent. Please phone Marie J e n k i n s or A n n e M o o r e o n St A l b a n s 59191 o r c o m e a l o n g t o t h e Hotel C e n t r a l Park, Q u e e n s borough Terrace, L o n d o n W2. on 7 November between 9:00am a n d 5:00pm.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE COLOUR SLIDE COMPETITION HELD LAST WEEK. THEY WERE: 1st JANVIER BOURGES (MATHS PG) 2nd N EARP (MINING 2) 3rd PETE UNSTEAD (GEOLOGY 2) THERE WILL BE A PRINT COMPETITION (COLOUR OR B L A C K AND WHITE) ON NOVERMER 27th AT 7:00pm. FOR FULL DETAILS SEE PHOTOSOC NOTICE BOARD. ARE YOU A G O - E R ? T h e G O C l u b will meet on Tue s da y evenings at 7:00pm in the S o u t h s i d e U p p e r Lounge (above Stan's Bar) starting next Tuesday 13 November. T h e first two meetings are F R E E ! Everyone is w e l c o m e to c o m e a n d play and expert tuition will be available for beginners s o c o m e al o ng a n d find out what its all about or contact Denis H o w e (Physics 1). FOR S A L E P U C H M A X I - S 5 0 c c M O P E D . In good condition, K reg, 13,500miles, taxed a n d M O T . £60 Please contact: Stephanie O l d k n o w , B o t a n y 3. T e l e p h o n e 947-6935 (evenings). H O N D A 250K4 M O T O R - B I K E E x c e l l e n t c o n d i t i o n , K reg P r i c e £270 negotiable. Please c o n t a c t 228-1147 a n d a s k for Rooven Kapochinski.

REACTION TO THE ZIMBABWE ARTICLE Dear Jan Czernuska I felt I had to correct a few inaccuracies in your article entitled 'Zimbabwe'. I presume you in fact mean ZimbabweRhodesia, but this is a minor mistake, as is calling Bishop Muzorewa's party the VANC, when it is the U A N C and has been for several years. Perhaps a misprint in- t h e marxist publications you so obviously get your information from. Mass murder by Muzorewa and his minions? When and where? The only murderers are Nkomo and Mugabes' bandits, who kill any innocent African unfortunate to be in their way as they rape and rob across the country. F l o o d s of r e f u g e e s into Mocambique? Your sense of direction has gone. If you were on

WHY O N L Y P O L I T I C S ? Dear Sir I feel I must lend my support to Mr Pearson's letter in last week's FELIX. ICU seems to have the policy that IC's reputation for academic excellence will attract students no matter how bad other matters become, hence ICU's bigwigs can get on with what they enjoy: messing around with politics. This seems to be rather far distant from the basic aims of a students' union, which are surely to represent the interests of its members. If external politics are

that border you would see groups of Africans risk death in the minefields to escape starvation and 're-education centres' in Mocambique. And if those were refugee camps we attacked in the front line states, why were those refugees armed and dressed in camouflage? Muzorewa was elected by 60% of the votes cast (in a large percentage poll) and will be the victor in any democratic election as the last one was. He will win because African politics is tribal and the Bishop's tribe is by far the largest. Of course the Patriotic Front want 50% control of the transitional committee, by the time elections come about only one of them would be left to contest it, the one who had been only of minority interest, they should be given only minor attention. How about ICU tackling the food problem? I paid ÂŁ5.50 to go to a freshers' dinner, but I'm sure I could have cooked better myself. How about accommodation? Having attempted to sleep on concrete outside the Sherfield Building while queueing for Lexham Gardens this year, I am not convinced that anybody really wants us to have anywhere to live. As for Frank James: perhaps he should do something useful, rather than writing smart letters

'ILL I N F O R M E D ' C A M B O D I A M O T I O N Dear Sir I am writing to correct the illinformed motion, preposed by John Whitehouse on Cambodia, published in the last Exec News. The view that the Cambodia disaster has been caused by the appalling Pol Pot government is extremely shortsighted. Like any other disaster of this nature it has been caused by prolonged war, instability and violence perpetrated most recently by the nazi-style expansionist aims of Soviet backed Vietnam. The only solution for Cambodia is peace, and this will only come when the Vietnamese invaders are driven back to where they belong. There is every probability that the present puppet regime of Heng Sam Rin in Phnom Phen is just as bad as that of Pol Pot, its blatant disregard for human life being demonstrated by its deliberate expulsion of ethnic Chinese as a result of which half a million have drowned at sea. By recognizing the present regime we would be falling straight into the hands of Vietnamese propaganda. The

recognition issue is totally irrelevant to that of aid, this being conclusively by the statement from Phnom Penh that aid would now be accepted without strings. Furthermore recognizing Heng San Rin would further encourage the V i e t n a m e s e to i n v a d e Thailand, which they already seem to be considering and thus spread famine, tragedy and domination to yet another proud nation. While realizing the urgent need to send aid to Cambodia, we must attack the Vietnamese aggressors with every weapon we have, for their actions, encouraged by the Soviet Union, are no better than those of the Nazis. Thus the government must be encouraged, not only to send food to Cambodia and the refugee camps in Thailand, but also to militarily strengthen T h a i l a n d against invasion a n d to support Cambodian freedom fighters, so that a great nation may rise up and throw off the conqueror and live once again. William Cortazzi Chem Eng 1

H A M S O C

Dear Colin Perhaps you think I should be grateful to you for finally printing something from Hamsoc, but considering the tooth-grinding cock-up you put in the last FELIX, I would have been happier if you "Apartheid has not ceased"! had let it drift into the same limbo W o r d s fail me, d o e s J a n that our freshers article slipped Czernuska seriously believe racial discrimination exists in a country into. For the scores of students where the President, the Prime wondering what I'm going on Minister, most members of about, I'll explain. Some weeks ago, I wrote an Parliament and 80% of the securtiy forces are black? Come Amateur Radio Society article on Jan, visit the country before explaining what we're getting up giving forth in support of a power to this term, and inviting people to hungry mob of gangsters. Who come up and see us. Nothing knows, you might even learn the unusual, or too obscene, just a normal sort of 'Societies' article, truth? in fact. This was given in before I am a Zimbabwe-Rhodesian. the Monday deadline (incidenLionel Batty tally, is it true that the FELIX editor Chem Eng 1 turns back into a pumpkin after and promoting the Temperance 5:30pm Monday?), yet when, on Seven. I shall spare you my the following Friday, I scanned my A n t i - FELIX in the hope of a narcissist t r e a t i s e on 'Is sex intellectual?', quite apart from 'Is thrill at seeing my article in print, I was disappointed. It seems that ICU Tribal?'. arms were twisted and knuckles Yours faithfully rapped so that the issue was Ken Strachan mainly concerned with the union Mech Eng 2 occupation. I can only echo P E DO WE WANT E D U C A T I O N ? Mills' sentiments on that score and add that I too was fobbed off Dear Colin with "It'll be in next week." As one of the few surviving Next week arrived, with its members of the Union's Working double dose of 'Societies' articles. Party which looked into the And just look what you'd done. In subject of 'Higher Education in the bottom of the final column you the 1990s' and as a direct result of tacked in an unfinished fragment the recent d i s c u s s i o n s on of the intended Hamsoc article, education cuts, I believe that a few and not the important timetable, relevant facts need to be stated. either, just the introduction. What The Union's response to the the hell were you playing at? Had government discussion docu- you lost most of the article? If you ment basically reaffirmed two had, surely it must have been ideas: blatantly obvious that the sheet of 1. That everyone with the ability to paper you had was not the whole progress to Higher Education thing, or perhaps the editorial eye should have the opportunity to. was tired and bleary from 2. That the HE sector should planning these 'foreign assignexpand to accommodate the ments' that we've been hearing bulge in university students about. predicted to arrive in the late Maybe you decided to edit it, 1980s. since you were running short of 3. The expansion in the HE sector space. If this was so, wouldn't one and subsequent expansion of of Steve Marshall's excellent facilities should be used after the cartoons have been infinitely bulge has passed on for perhaps better than the clumsy hatchet job the establishment of more four published? year university courses. At any rate, thank you for not fastest in removing the opposition and his partner. Rather an unbiased British Governor and British peace-keeping force than a UN force which is not known for its neutrality.

At present large members of the public do not fully appreciate the effect the present education cuts will have on the HE sector at a time when it should be expanding! We must ask ourselves, and the rest of the general public, do we want education or do we want increase pay packets as a result of decrease taxation ? Yours Bernard Smith Physics 3

attaching my name to it, but for the several people who knew who had written the Hamsoc piece, please publish this incoherent tirade, so they can stop thinking, My God, isn't that Savage character a git!' or at least go on thinking so for other reasons than Strange Behaviour on Elec Eng Roof. Thank you. Yours faithfully J Savage Physics 2

Dear S i r I feel sufficiently moved by M e r c h e C l a r k ' s i n n u e n d o in the last letters' c o l u m n of F E L I X to write c o n c e r n i n g the vote o n the 'taking of the banner' at the last ICU Council. T h e reason I m o v e d that t h e banner s h o u l d not b e taken o n the T U C m a r c h is that I C U ' s a b o r t i o n p o l i c y is a total farce. It c o n s i s t s of the entirety of M e r c h e ' s o w n m o t i o n at last year's A G M a n d part of Barry A u s t i n ' s amendment, the two being in absolute c o n t r a diction of e a c h other. H e n c e , I C U A b o r t i o n p o l i c y states, o n the o n e hand, that we s h o u l d "instruct the N H S to treat m e d i c a l p r o b l e m s of p r e g n a n c y positively a n d always

act with the intention of s a v i n g both mother a n d c h i l d " a n d o n the other h a n d , "we believe that a b o r t i o n s h o u l d be available free on d e m a n d up until the date w h e n the foetus w o u l d be able to survive independently of the mother." It d o e s n o t t a k e much i m a g i n a t i o n to see that these t w o items of p o l i c y are mutually exclusive, leaving aside a n y d o u b t s as to w h e n exactly a foetus/baby w o u l d be able to survive i n d e p e n d e n t l y of the mother. In short, I feel there is an insufficient basis here to d e c i d e whether we are for or against the C o r r i e bill a n d h e n c e I C U s h o u l d

FELIX BIAS ? Dear C o l i n R e a d i n g P h i l i p C o l e ' s attack o n " F E L I X bias", I w a s a s t o n i s h e d to rind that this i n c l u d e d the c a r t o o n on the front page of F E L I X , 26 October, "obviously directed against those o p p o s i n g the c u t s . " A s the o r i g i nal author of s a i d c a r t o o n , I feel o b l i g e d n o w to explain it to M r C o l e . I s u p p o s e I s h o u l d a p o l o g i s e for its l a c k i n g

clarity. It d o e s in fact support a c t i o n against the cuts (I even drew it whilst in o c c u p a t i o n of S C R ) . T h e s y m b o l i s m of c o u r s e being that u n l e s s e n o u g h is d o n e we will all eventually get to feel drastic effects. Invisible axe: non-public p r o c e e d i n g s , c h a n g e s in T o r y manifesto p o l i c y , etc, etc. Of

I C U BANNER not be represented o n a m a r c h like the T U C ' s until s u c h time as the p o l i c y is clearer. I have been badly m i s q u o t e d by M e r c h e a n d i n fact s a i d n o s u c h t h i n g as " A b o r t i o n is a moral i s s u e " at t h e C o u n c i l meeting. (I did, however, s a y this two days' later to a certain M s Atten b o r o u g h - could there be some connection?) For M s C l a r k ' s i ns t r uc t i o n, here is t h e full text of my s p e e c h against her motion to take the banner:

7 feel that it would be a misrepresentation if the ICU banner were to be taken on this march. The Corrie Bill is not antic o u r s e it is taken to an extreme c a s e - the w h o l e idea is to s h o c k people into c o n s i d e r i n g the l o n g term effects. I w o u l d also like to point out that the o r i g i n a l w a s donated a n o n y m o u s l y to F E L I X (I'm not into e g o - t r i p p i n g myself) and that I'm not about to start w a n d e r i n g type into a n y S H u t c h i n g s

abortion in that abortion under twenty weeks is still not an offence. I therefore feel that it would be best to discuss the matter at a UGM in order to determine clearly whether we are for or against the Corrie Bill.' T h e r e is no d o u b t that C o u p c i l d i d m a k e its d e c i s i o n 'without d u e c o n s i d e r a t i o n ' ; there s h o u l d have been m u c h more d i s c u s s i o n , but I feel that M e r c h e w o u l d have d o n e better to move o n e of the many p r o c e d u r a l m o t i o n s available to her at the time rather than directly d i s o b e y the ruling of C o u n c i l a n d 'swipe' the b a n n e r from the U n i o n Office. R i c h a r d Earl Physics P G hysterical law cases versus Pau' W i l l i a m s ( w h o m a d e a better job oi the d r a w i n g anyway, Tal). M y m a i n point of course, is that M r C o l e might be better listened to, if he resisted the temptation to s p e n d four p a r a g r a p h s s l a n g i n g FELIX. Yours sincerely Julia Musgrove Chem Eng 3

MUST FELIX BE TURNED INTO A LITERARY BATTLEGROUND TO REVIVE OLD GROUSES Dear Colin It is tempting to over-react to Shlomo Godsi's letter. It is perhaps more tempting not to write at all - must FELIX be turned into a literary battleground to revive old grouses? The sad fashion in Imperial College Union this term appears to be for many of its most able and dedicated membeis to dissipate their energies fighting each other - to the ultimate detriment of the w h o l e . T h i n g s are r a p i d ly reaching the stage where a portion of any muck slung at one sticks, unless one screams one's innocence as loudly as possible. Instead, I will apologise. No member of IC Union who has made the effort to attend a U G M should EVER feel that the Chairman had deprived him or her of a fair hearing or misjudged the mood of ihe meeting. Inapropriate though I consider this medium for discussion of such technicalities, I would bring to everyone's attention the existence of Procedural Motion 20

(xiii) - 'a challenge to the Chairman's Ruling'. I never heard one on Tuesday 16 October - it is to be hoped that the majority of those attending the U G M on that day felt that I was correct in my treatment of the procedural motions I accepted and the one I rejected. After' all, the act of acceptance by the Chairman merely gives the meeting a chance to decide for itself (definitions of ' d e m o c r a c y ' become twisted when one feels those attending the meeting to be acting 'undemocratically'). Clause nine of the Standing Orders for ICUGMs states that a motion, after being proposed, "shall be open to discussion subject ot Standing Orders." Procedural Motion No. 20 (i) is: that the question now be put'. P r e s u m a b l y this c o n c l u d e s 'discussion' and that was my interpretation (as was my right, and in fact my duty, under Standing Order 28, even though it now appears this was at variance with an addendum to Clause 20 on

P r o c e d u r a l M o t i o n s ) . I quote C l a u s e 10: " A t t h e t e r m i n a t i o n of s u c h d i s c u s s i o n , the p r o p o s e r of the motion or a m e n d m e n t ie C h r i s Fox, has the right of reply, IMMEDIATELY after w h i c h the q u e s t i o n shall be put. " A n y w a y , as I hope e v e r y o n e n o w knows, if y o u feel y o u c a n h e l p m e c h a i r t h e meeting .more fairly, the m e c h a n i s m s exist - be they v i a points of order, or information of, or a c h a l l e n g e to, the C h a i r . Again, I apologize for the t e c h n i c a l content of this letter, a n d I think it will be a p p r e c i a t e d that, in the midst of this intricate web of detail, the last t h i n g the C h a i r m a n has time to c o n s i d e r is his o w n p e r s o n a l viewpoint. T h i s b r i n g s me to the treatment of this meeting in F E L I X no. 530. S u c h s a r c a s t i c c o m m e n t s as " m a n y M i n e r s ' bread a n d butter" (Apartheid), "off they r u s h e d to o c c u p y the S e n i o r D i n i n g R o o m ! " a n d " m a g n a n i m o u s a s ever" (of a speaker) are hardly consistent with the a i m s of factual a n d a c c u r a t e reporting. O n e expects

to find s u c h personal views in ' o p i n i o n ' articles (with the author's name attached) or in editorials (sadly m i s s i n g from that, a n d previous editions), but this appeared under ' U G M Report'! C o m e o n I C U ! W h y waste energy o n internal b i c k e r i n g at a time when B r i t a n n i a must c o n s i d e r h o w best to tighten her girdle (sorry Merche) - after a l l , issues n o w face the U n i o n w h i c h make personal vendettas look pretty trivial. If a U n i o n of nearly 5,000 m e m b e r s c a n n o t p r o d u c e the machinery for reaching majority d e c i s i o n s (which are infinitely more important than the individual o p i n i o n s of M e s s r s Brain, Fox, G o d s i or Berry), then w h o c o u l d blame an o n l o o k e r w h o pronounced that "serious c o n s i d e r a t i o n s h o u l d be given to its a b o l i t i o n " ? I remain, Sir, defiantly impartial M i c k Berry C h a i r m a n I C U G e n e r a l Meetings 1979-80

MATURITY

FRANK JAMES WE LOVE YOU Dear Colin Yes the controversy continues! I do not accept that C C U s are either tribal' or 'anti-intellectual' and suggest that one reason why no one has bothered to answer these allegations is because they are totally irrelevant. C C U s are groups of supposedly intelligent students and if there is anything wrong with the C C U s , then the fault is inherent in the students and nothing will be achieved by abolishing C C U s . I believe that there are contributing factors:

two

1. IC being entirely science based (in the broadest sense of the word) lacks the enrichment of ideas from students studying more human matters. 2. Due to the fairly high standard of entry to IC it is probable that many students will be accepted as a result of having spent large amounts of time studying at school and who will thus have developed very narrow minds.

I suggest that it is a result of these influences that C C U s have developed as they are, almost as an escape from reality. If I may be excused the use of a most distasteful expression I'd like to say that the letter from Steve Hutchings got right up my nose. OK I don't know the facts, but it seems to me that from the tone of his letter he appears to be a power mad prat. Surely a simple and absolutely trivial matter like that can be solved without threats? If not, what hope for the world? I'd like to claim the prize for spotting the deliberate mistake on page four of last week's F E L I X : MONDAY 04 NOVEMBER for the copy deadline! Incidentally, how about a hitchhike competition to see who can get the furthest in one day, anyone interested? I have the pleasure to be lan Hodgson Elec Eng

Dear S i r T h e subject of m y letter is 'maturity'. Maturity is a wonderful thing, it s h o u l d progress at its o w n speed, not t o o fast a n d not t o o slow. There is n o t h i n g in this w o r l d as bori ng as s o m e o n e w h o has 'matured' faster than those a r o u n d him, s o m e o n e w h o is out of place, w h o has matured t o o early in life, i a m twenty-three years o l d , older than the average undergraduat e and I like to think I a m not t o o mature to have a few d r i n k s a n d enjoy myself in a lively a n d exuberant m a n n e r after the

stress built up in a n average hard w o r k i n g week. Mr J a m e s , however, has in m y o p i n i o n lost t o u c h with the average student. H e is t o o o l d a n d boring to take seriously, why d o e s he not realize h o w m u n d a n e his p a t r o n i z i n g attacks o n institutions, w h i c h keep the rest of us sane, are, insitutions he is too estranged to u n d e r s t a n d . I hope to be as 'mature' as M r J a m e s w h e n I a m sixty, perhaps. Yours P Dunleavy

Dear C o l i n In reply to Frank J a m e s ' reply to m y letter about his first o n e (this is getting interesting). He stated that we were s h o u t i n g past e a c h other, but he is the worst offender. I d i d not a n s w e r his c r i t i c i s m s because I s u b s t a n t i a l l y agreed with them; it was his c o n c l u s i o n s that I thought were w r o n g . Certainly, there are many faults in the C C U s ; but he appears to be c o n f u s i n g n o n intellectual with anti-intellectual. M y c o m m e n t was that the ' n o n intellectual' activities of the C C U s actually h e l p s t u d e n t s to concentrate better o n their 'intellectual' activities ( s u c h a s d r i n k i n g o r a n g e j u i c e ? ) , by p r o v i d i n g a release from the

pressures of work. N o n e of the C C U activities are c o m p u l s o r y , s o if a n individual feels that they do not wish to take part in one, or even any, events then that is their own personal decision. Few, if any, of the C C U s ' faults w o u l d be c o r r e c t e d by a m a l g a m ating t h e m into a single central o r g a n i s a t i o n (ie by a b o l i s h i n g them); further p r o b l e m s w o u l d be created a n d many of their g o o d qualities w o u l d be lost. Sincerely Jeremy Nunns PS - Frank James clearly m i s u n d e r s t o o d me last time -1 do drink beer, but only b e c a u s e I can't afford a n y t h i n g better.

career Computers ? Scotland offers an all째i n one experience F e w companies c a n offer new G r a d u a t e s the k i n d of challenge and leisure opportunities that m a k e U n i v e r s i t y life such a h i g h l y satisfying experience. T h a t ' s why we believe that a c a r e e r in Scotland c a n help bridge the gap between student and w o r k i n g life. Y o u couldn't ask for a r i c h e r , m o r e v a r i e d experience than that w h i c h Scotland has to offer you. The picturesque scenery, leisure and sporting acti vi ti es and excellent residential areas a l l add up to the perfect setting for e n r i c h i n g the whole quality of your life. C u m b e r n a u l d , home of one of our Scottish plants is no exception and allows easy access to some of the most b r e a t h t a k i n g r u r a l spots in the country. It is also one of Scotland's newest towns and, w i th its e m p h a s i s on building for the future, has created just the right e n v i r o n m e n t for i m p l e m e n t i n g our own far-sighted policies. The success of these policies, r e s u l t i n g i n the w o r l d w i d e distribution of such h i g h l y powerful products as the latest s m a l l - s c a l e B80 c o m p u t e r s y s t e m designed and developed at C u m b e r n a u l d , has proved to us that Scotland is the i d e a l place for i n d u s t r i a l and c a r e e r growth. O u r c o n t i n u a l and generous expenditure on r e s e a r c h and

development together w i t h the freedom we g i v e o u r people to be responsibly c r e a t i v e has led to the introduction of some of the most ingenious.design concepts our i n d u s t r y has e v e r seen. A n d as we continue to expan d we need m o r e q u a l i f i e d m e n and women w i t h the intelligence a n d foresight to m a i n t a i n our high level of innovative design. A s part of one of our c o m p u t e r s y s t e m and p e r i p h e r a l equipment design teams y o u ' l l be i n v o l v e d i n the design and development of the d r i v e and control c i r c u i t r y of a range of inbuilt p e r i p h e r a l s u s i n g both a n a l o g i c a n d d i g i t a l techniques. Y o u ' l l also have the chance to w o r k on the development of power supply strategy in s m a l l computer systems. If you're a graduate w i th the talent for generating new ideas and the experience and s k i l l to m a k e t h e m work, then w e ' d like to meet y o u . O u r s a l a r i e s are good and conditions of e m p l o y m e n t are excellent and include relocation expenses. We' re convinced that the c o m b i n a t i o n of a Scottish way of life and a progressive career w i th B u r r o u g h s is one y o u ' l l find h a r d to beat. F i n d out m o r e by c o n t a c t i n g y o u r c a r e e r s office, or by m e e t i n g us at our i n t e r v i e w i n g sessions.

FILM REVIEW

MONTY PYTHONS 'LIFE OF BRIAN'

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really need to be t o ld what to do; " Y o u ' r e all i n d i v i d u a l s ! " he cries. " Y e s , we're all i n d i v i d u a l s ! " t w o t h o u s a n d voices e c h o in unison. F o r those w h o haven't heard yet the film has h a d an a m a z i n g reaction in the dear o l d U S A . Several religious g r o u p s have objected violently to its release a n d have even formed a ' C i t i z e n s A g a i n s t B r i a n ' g r o u p . Personally, I didn't c o n s i d e r it remotely b l a s p h e m o u s . It is made very clear that C h r i s t a n d B r i a n are two very different people. A n y c o m p a r i s o n s made c a n o n l y be p e r s o n a l . However, if y o u h o l d very strong religious c o n v i c t i o n s y o u may find the treatment of s u c h things as crucifiction offensive, s o be w a r n e d . R e m e m b e r y o u d o have the c h o i c e of whether to see it or not. O t h e r w i s e I w o u l d strongly r e c o m m e n d this as the funniest film in years. It's P y t h o n at their g l o r i o u s best - s o m e t h i n g w h i c h most of y o u will not want to miss. Mark Smith

B y now y o u will no d o u b t realise that this is the title of the l o n g awaited biblical r o m p from the M o n t y P y t h o n team, released yesterday for an e x c l u s i v e p e r i o d at the P l a z a , P i c c a d i l l y C i r c u s . Set in J u d e a at a r o u n d the s a m e time as t h e life of Christ, it tells the strange a n d p r e v i o u s l y totally forgotten tale of B r i a n C o h e n , a J e w i s h l a d living in a R o m a n o c c u p i e d land. B r i a n turns out to be the illegitimate s o n of a legionnaire ( N a u g h t i u s M a x i m u s ) w h o at birth was mistaken for the infant C h r i s t by three (supposedly) w i s e men. Well, I s u p p o s e it's a n easy mistake to m a k e s e e i n g as B r i a n just h a p p e n e d to be born o n o r a r o u n d 25 D e c e m b e r in a stable, c o i n c i d e n t a l l y situated in B e t h l e h e m . T t n m a i n s a g a begins w i t h t h e adult B r i a n and his domineering mother Mandy w i t n e s s i n g the s e r m o n o n the mount. U nfortunately M a n d y w o u l d rather g o to a s t o n i n g but before they leave B r i a n spies J u d i t h , a beautiful revolutionary a n d m e m b e r Front of J u d e a (an of the People's o r g a n i s a t i o n d e d i c a t e d to the overthrow of the R o m a n E m p i r e within five months). U p o n d i s c o v e r i n g his p a r e n t h o o d he joins the P F J (not, of c o u r s e , to be c o n f u s e d with the J u d e a n People's Front) a n d meets their leader, R e g . In s o m e hilarious s c e n e s set in a R o m a n amphitheatre, S t a n (a c o n f u s e d revolutionary) d i s c u s s e s w i t h R e g his desire to b e c o m e a w o m a n a n d have babies; " B u t Stan, y o u haven't got a w o m b ! " e x c l a i m s R e g "where's t h e foetus g o n n a gestate t h e n ? A r e y o u g o n n a put it in a b o x ? " In the m o u t h of J o h n C l e e s e this is s o m e of the finest P y t h o n ever written. T h e P F J (not, of c o u r s e , to be c o n f u s e d with the C a m p a i g n for Free G a l i l e e either) a c c e p t B r i a n after d a u b s the s l o g a n , " R o m a n i ite D o m u m " all over P o n t i u s Pilate's palace. T h e R o m a n s are not a m u s e d a n d d u r i n g B r i a n ' s attempts to e s c a p e p u n i s h m e n t , he has several adventures c u l m i n a t i n g in h i m b e i n g mistaken o n c e again for the M e s s i a h . B r i a n , howe"er, wants none of it. H e really wants J u d i t h a n d trys to c o n v i n c e the multitude w h i c h follows h i m that they don't

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Carrie Canterbury Tales Adventures of Barrle McKenzie Soldier Blue Convoy Jabberwocky The Song Remains the Same Midnight Express Catch 22 The Eiger Sanction If American Graffitti 39 Steps Holocaust 2000 79 - 80 Young Frankenstein 9 Lives of Fritz the Cat The Strange Affair Pink Panther Laserblast Confessions of a Driving Instructor All films in Mech Eng 220 at 6:30 E X C E P T American Graffitti which is In Maths 213.

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DAY BY WEDNESDAY 31 C A L L A G H A N WINS INQUIRY V O T E Moderate L a b o u r M P s rallied r o u n d Mr C a l l a g h a n and his s h a d o w cabinet colleagues and voted in favour of the proposal that the National Executive s h o u l d reconsider the c o m p o s i t i o n of the s p e c i a l inquiry into the L a b o u r party a n d give strong representation to the Parliamentary L a b o u r Party. T h o u g h the N E C w o u l d c o n s i d e r this proposal, left wingers asserted that the c o m p o s i t i o n of the c o m m i s s i o n will not be altered. MOVE TO C U T E E C BILL F o l l o w i n g talks with C h a n c e l l o r S c h m i d t in B o n n , M rs T h a t c h e r said that efforts w o u l d be made during next month's meeting in D u b l i n to get the contribution made by Britain to the E E C cut. C h a n c e l l o r S c h m i d t said that Britain's d e m a n d for c h a n g e s in rules governing contributions was justified. Neither of the two leaders was prepared to guess as to h o w much from the £1,000million paid now w o u l d be saved if the d e m a n d was s u c c e s s f u l . DC10

CRASH

Fifty-six people were killed in a c r a s h w h e n a D C 1 0 c r a s h e d into a b u i l d i n g s o o n after t o u c h d o w n . T h e accident took place at M e x i c o C i t y w h i c h was c o v e r e d with thick fog. M e x i c o C i t y has n e o f the highest airports in the world at 7,300 feet, a n d is ringed with m o u n t a i n s and frequently has poor visability but is also one of the busiest L a t i n - A m e r i c a n airports.

THURSDAY 1 SPENDING C U T S A reduction of £3,500 million in the p u b l i c expenditure for 1980-81 planned by the L a b o u r party is a n n o u n c e d in a white paper. E d u c a t i o n cuts represent £412 million of this reduction and a c u t - b a c k in h o u s i n g , £302 million. A l s o affected are transport a n d roads, nationalised industries a n d the N H S . T h e defence, law and order and s o c i a l security budgets have been raised. INCREASE IN P O S T A L C H A R G E S The Post Office a n n o u n c e d their intention to raise the c h a r g e of both first a n d s e c o n d c l a s s letters by 2p. It hopes to m ake the increase in February, a month after the introduction of an increase in the c h a r g e for telephone calls. T h e Post Office blames the increase in postman's pay a n d other c o s t s and e x pl ai ns that without the increases the postal side w o u l d lose £35 million by M a r c h .

FRIDAY 2 UNION

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Leaders of the 10,000 strong Iron a n d Steel Trades C o n f e d e r a t i o n have drawn up a plan involving an overtime ban, a 24-hour national

strike and a mass lobby of Parliament w h i c h c o u l d 'cripple the steej industry and bring large parts of it to a halt' if e n d o r s e d by members of the T U C steel committee. T h i s was in response to British Steel C o r p o r a t i o n ' s p r o p o s e d c u t b a c k s in C o r b y , Northants. G A N G S T E R KILLED IN POLICE A M B U S H J a q u e s Mesrine, for ten years the most wanted c r i m i n a l in France, met his death when he drove into a police a m b u s h . H e was hit 18 times and his girlfriend, sitting beside him, was severely w o u n d e d . ZIMBABWE-RHODESIA Britain's plan for Z i m b a b w e / R h o d e s i a was p u b l i s h e d by L o r d C a r r i n g t o n a n d left little r o o m for manoeuvre by the Patriotic Front. In a substantially non-negotiable d o c u m e n t , the plan called for a British G o v e r n o r to c o n t r o l the election period using British political, military a n d legal advisers to run the territory using existing civil service and securtiy forces.

SATURDAY 3 M O U N T B A T T E N S U S P E C T HELD IN

A n IRA man, s u s p e c t e d of being c o n n e c t e d with Earl Mountbatten's death, is being held in U S A . T h e s u s p e c t was identified as M i c h a e l O ' R o u r k , and faces deportation p r o c e e d i n g s . O ' R o u r k e , w h o was living under the name of Patrick M a n n i o n in the U S , was the n a m e of Patrick M a n n i o n in the U S , was identified by p h o t o g r a p h s and fingerprints sent by the Irish police. BLISTERING

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T h e M o z a m b i q u e government accused Britain of a r r o g a n c e a n d b l a c k m a i l in its treatment of the Patriotic Front. This attack, w h i c h is b o u n d to c a u s e further tension at L a n c a s t e r H o u s e , has c o m e at a key m o m e n t as P F is still d e m a n d i n g huge c h a n g e s in Britain's plans.

SUNDAY 4 S T U D E N T S S T O R M US EMBASSY Four h u n d r e d students stormed the U S E m b a s s y in T e h e r a n a n d seized one h u n d r e d hostages w h o i n c l u d e w o m e n , U S marines, a n d e m b a s s y staff. The students want the S h a h to be sent back to Iran, from his hospital in N e w York, to face a M u s l i m C o u r t . A n improvised gallows was hoisted above the c r o w d and from it d a n g l e d the notice. ' F o r t h e Shah'. N U C L E A R P A C T OFFER Nato allies p r o p o s e to l a u n c h an arms limitation initiative s o o n . In a two part communique, Nato w o u l d a n n o u n c e a m o d e r n i s a t i o n d e c i s i o n i n c l u d i n g agreed n u m b e r of w e a p o n s , the c o u n t r i e s in w h i c h they w o u l d be installed a n d the deployment time-table a n d then it w o u l d spell out principles guiding Nato's approach to limiting E u r o p e a n nuclear weapons.

MONDAY 5 BRITISH EMBASSY O C C U P I E D Islamic students and revolutionary g u a r d s o c c u p i e d the British E m b a s s y in T e h e r a n for six hours today. The o c c u p a t i o n w h i c h ended peacefully at m i d n i g h t w a s strongly c o n d e m n e d by the s a m e Iranian authorities w h o had s u p p o r t e d the o c c u p a t i o n of the U S Embassy. M O U N T B A T T E N ' S MURDER C A S E T w o men appeared in D u b l i n ' s S p e c i a l C r i m i n a l C o u r t today c h a r g e d with the murder of Earl M o u n t b a t t e n on 27 A u g u s t . T h e Irish police, having f o u n d traces of gelignite, paint a n d s a n d , c a n s h o w that the men had been on the boat before it set off on its ill-fated fishing expedition. FAMINE T H R E A T TO ZAMBIA The Z i m b a b w e - R h o d e s i a n government are to i mpose s a n c t i o n s against Z a m b i a a n d half all supplies of maize. Z i m b a b w e - R h o d e s i a controls the only route from the maize s u p p l y i n g s o u t h into Z a m b i a . T h e reasons for the s a n c t i o n s are b e c a u s e President K a u n d a of Z a m b i a has failed to stop the infiltration of guerillas from his country. T h i s will c a u s e a critical situation in Z a m b i z as it had a very poor harvest.

TUESDAY 6 CHILDREN'S APPEAL A B B C TV appeal t h r o u g h the B l u e Peter programmed f o r s t a r v i n g p e o p l e in C a m b o d i a has raised £100,000 in two days. The response e x c e e d e d expectations as parents of y o u n g viewers sent in c h e q u e s for £5, £15 and more. T h e money will be used to buy an 18 ton lorry, seeds, rice, agricultural implements and fishing net. B A Z A R G H A N RESIGNS Ayatollah Khomeini accepted the resignation of PM Mehdi Bazarghan, a c k n o w l e d g i n g his ' b a c k b r e a k i n g service' and 'piety, honest and g o o d intensions'. He a s s i g n e d responsibility of government to the Revolutionary C o u c i l . This is d o m i n a t e d by the clergy a n d t h o u g h it c o n t r o l l e d policy it never had responsibility for administration. ZIMBABWE/RHODESIA The government is to present Parliament with an e n a b l i n g bill d e s i g n e d to provide ministers the authority to legalise Z i m b a b w e R h o d e s i a ' s present regime and to establish c o l o n i a l p o w e r s unde r a British G o v e r n o r . A major C o m m o n s row is expected over this bill as the L a b o u r party insisted that it s h o u l d have full information about proposed legislation before it was prepared to p u s h it t h r o u g h the C o m m o n s .

worried about failing in decreasing opportunites.

LIFE ON A PRECIPICE So the burly hurly of the Freshers Noshups, the Occupation, the Rag Mag, John Shuttleworth and Nervous Breakdowns has almost abated and the term is now on the wane. Rag Week is nearly on us and after that its Environmental Week, and much much more (I can hardly wait!). Which seems like a good time to do a bit of a review. It is obviously difficult for me to make comparisons as my perspective is very much different this year. But I would like to present one or two slightly contentious observations. Maybe I was spoiled by a good first year last year, maybe my C C U spex saw things differently or maybe this year's freshers aren't so prepared to get involved or are more

VANDALISM

Now just in case somebody still doesn't realise my attitude to this sort of behaviour, I'll explain what happens to people I manage to catch. The Union Disciplinary Committee has the power to make people pay for damage caused, and impose an additional fine, and suspend them from use of all Union facilities including clubs and societies) for an lite length of time, and to refer cases to College Disciplinary Committee. I do a lot of work keeping the Union running, and I take a strong personal dislike to the moronic

This might explain the reluctance of an R C S U G M to convict its President in a trial (unheard of), it might explain the way many Bernard Sunley House residents haven't even put their names on their doors, it might explain the poor numbers of people prepared to help ENTS and the fact that ICU still needs a publicity officer (desperate plug). Please don't take it personally and don't consider this to be in any way recriminatory, or if you are one of the people who has thrown yourself Into the fray don't give up. But do please review your own involvement in what can loosely be described as 'college life'. U G M BLUES I was very disappointed to see the quorum challenged by such a narrow margin at the end of Tuesday's U G M . The fact that there were only six people short ofthe required 300 and that people left immediately before and during the count leads me to believe that the meeting had been quorate during most of the bulk of the discussion.

Y O U HAVE B E E N WARNED!

Some money was stolen from clothes left in the gym changing rooms on Monday evening between 6:15 and 7:15. Anyone who saw anyone going into the gym during this period should contact me as soon as possible. And if I catch the person responsible, I don't think I'll bother wjth the disciplinary procedure; it's easier for me just to mention a name and department to those members of Rugby Club whose money was taken.

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CHRISSYPOOS BARS Despite a recent price increase from the brewers, bar prices are being kept down for a while at least. The only way we can maintain these prices is if the bars are well patronised, and our expenses are kept down. This means it is essential to reduce the loss of glasses through breakage and theft; glasses are expensive and each one lost represents a potential rise in prices. So HELP C U T C O S T S , R E T U R N T H O S E POTS!

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IC RAG PROCESSION Saturday 17th November We have a street collection license for this day, so even if you have never collected before, this is when we really need your help. This is a special collection .... proceeds of which will be used to buy radio hearing aids for deaf children within the next few months.

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REVIEWS LP REVIEW JOIN HANDS SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES (POLYDOR) I've been sitting here ten minutes and I still can't think of an original opening sentence. Phew, glad that's over. This album promises much but pre-judging from the tracks given radio-play ('Playground Twist' and 'Icons') would be a mistake. It's not that good. Ranging from the gentle melodic, music-box backed 'Mother* to the violent rage of 'The Lord's Prayer' there is something for every Banshees fan, but It's spread thinly. Whereas their debut LP, 'The Scream', was considered over their first year as a band, 'Join Hands' suffers from being made to order and does not sound as polished and refined. There are echoes of the first work but nothing here to match it. Good points include the Siouxsie vocals and John McKay (who, I'm sure you've heard by now if you're interested, together with drummer Kenny Morris, has done a bunk since these recordings were made)'s raunchy guitar work. These together with 'Playground Twist', an excellent single, although the majority of the r e c o r d - b u y i n g public obviously doesn't agree with me, 'Icons' and 'Mother' make the album worth a listen. But that fourteen minute 'Lord's Prayer' comes back to haunt you. I mean Zzzz boring!

BLUE BABY BLUE by GAY WILD (RCA) Gay was eleven when I first had the pleasure of seeing her. Even then she had big ambitions. Her debut single, 'Blue baby blue' may be an abysmal flop but never mind ... she looks good. It is rare for FELIX reviewers to say, "I'm not reviewing that load o f b u t say it they did. However, they did not spend enough time looking at Gay's publicity photo. Had they realised the energies that fire Gay's wild existence; then the piece of plastic spinning on their turntable would

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Record reviewers are urgently required to review awful records

It's all stylized, gothic, original, extreme, interesting, flawed, danceable (after a fashion) and I like most of it. But I wouldn't buy it. JON FIRTH

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR OLD VIC "In 'The G o v e r n m e n t Inspector' I d e c i d e d to gather into o n e heap everything rotten in R u s s i a as I then saw it. all the injustices w h i c h are perpetrated in those places a n d c i r c u m s t a n c e s w h e r e justice is most required of a m a n ; I d e c i d e d to h o l d u p everything to ridicule at o n c e . " N i c k o l a y G o g o l ' s play ' T h e G o v e r n m e n t Inspector' was s u p p o s e d to be about official c o r r u p t i o n but in the p r o c e s s he reinforces the age o l d p r i n c i p l e of authority being in the eye of the beholder. S m a l l town fiddling is n o t h i n g new these days but the c o m i c premise of authority, or lack of it, c o n t i n u e s to be a p p e a l i n g in this t h o r o u g h l y enjoyable p r o d u c t i o n .

have seemed irrelevant. Gay Wild cannot be captured on a mere single. Wait until RCA release an album. The cover pic will be enough .... forget what's inside. THE STUD

W h e n the officials of a s m a l l country town hear that a government inspector from St Petersburg is to m a k e an incognito a p p e a r a n c e a m o n g s t them, they panic as they realise what he will find. T h e hospital is squalid, the Judge has "been on the bench fifteen years a n d never yet seen a d o c u m e n t he's u n d e r s t o o d " , the s c h o o l is staffed by idiots a n d everyone from the M a y o r d o w n is taking bribes. 1

The worries increase when a y o u n g w e l l d r e s s e d m a n staying at the local inn starts o r d e r i n g e v e r y o n e about. T h e M a y o r a n d officials automatically a s s u m e this to be the Inspector a n d are a n x i o u s to appease h i m . Fortunately for the y o u n g m a n , in reality merely a clerk with d e l u s i o n s of grandeur, he c a t c h e s o n to the true situation before a n y o n e else a n d in a series of marvellous scenes sets about i m p r e s s i n g the a w e d o n l o o k e r s . B o a s t s of k n o w i n g various poets rapidly escalate to visits to the p a l a c e a n d very s o o n he is a c c e p t i n g financial 'loans' from the grovelling t o w n c o u n c i l .

Never d o e s the p e r f o r m a n c e by J o n R i c h a r d s o n of this s n o b b i s h , a u d a c i o u s , preposterous pseudo-Inspector become unbelievable a n d H u g h Sullivan as the greasy, s y c o p h a n t i c M a y o r (with Yorkshire accent, incidently - very Russian!) was also very fine. The b e g i n n i n g of the play must be m e n t i o n e d ; a stage o n wheels rolled out towards the a u d i e n c e with the leading players a b o a r d - a novel idea from this c o n s t a n t l y innovative O l d V i c c o m p a n y . A n d t h r o u g h o u t the play at intervals a spotlighted s y m b o l i c c o a c h , s u s p e n d e d above the stage a n d b e h i n d the b a c k c l o t h , brings the real Inspector towards the town. T h e p r o d u c t i o n of T o b y R o b e r t s o n is witty, pacy and stylish. T h e w h o l e thing fairly rattles al o ng and surely gains from this. 'The G o v e r n m e n t Inspector' is at the O l d V i c o n N o v e m b e r 1, 2 , 3 , 1 6 , 1 7 and D e c e m b e r 5, 6, 17 and 18. I r e c o m m e n d it! J O N FIRTH

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