http://www.felixonline.co.uk/archive/IC_1980/1980_0544_A by Ravi Pall

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Friday, February 15th, 1980

REFECTORY MINUTES C O O K E D ? The internal mail last Wednesday brought some surprises for the student representatives on the College Refectory Committee. Along with a copy of the minutes of the last meeting came a notification that the next meeting, (scheduled for Thursday 21 February) had been cancelled "as there are no issues which require the immediate attention of the Refectory Committee". 1

The element of surprise was further increased when o n reading through the minutes of the last meeting the student delegates were amazed to find the phrase " . . . say in three months time" croping up with reference to the scrutiny of processed information from the new tills, and presumably discussion o n altering the service the outlets offered. What is more, they found no reference to the " o n e m o n t h " all five of them thought they r e m e m b e r e d b e i n g s a i d b y the R e f e c t o r y Committee C h a i r m a n , D r R R Schroter. A t a meeting o n Friday of all the student reps plus the Complaints Committee reps, Chris F o x reported that his conversation with D r Schroter had yielded no real information except that the turnover for the last few weeks had increased ' relative to last year, (even taking into account price increases). O n e of the reasons he went o n to

suggest might be responsible for this was the " m a t u r e " attitude the Union had taken, (ie, not b e i n g s t r o p p y ) . T h i s attitude h a d b e e n a deliberate policy from the beginning of the new session which coincided with a new a n d more reasonable C h a i r m a n . T h e feeling of the' student reps was that their patience was being somewhat tried. T h e reps, along with the P W P , are therefore attempting to prepare a full reply to the Refectory Committee, in which they hope to put forward some positive ideas, something so far missing from the Refectory Committee.

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PRESIDENT MEETS HEATH C h r i s F o x t o o k a 2 , 0 0 0 signature petition to the R T . H o n E d w a r d H e a t h , M B E , M P . T h e t h e m e of the petition was, ' O v e r s e a s students are of c u l t u r al a n d e c o n o m i c benefit to the U n i t e d K i n g d o m a n d w e believe the c u r r e n t government's p r o p o s a l s concerning t h e m are not only detrimental t o t h e possible e c o n o m i c r e c o v e r y of this c o u n t r y , but w r o n g . ' M r H e a t h was i m p r e s s e d by the large n u m b e r of signatures from college staff.

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STATEMENT A signed petition was received on Tuesday night calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss business left over from the last U G M and a motion proposing a referendum o n N U S affiliation. T h u s , as U n i o n Secretary, I was compelled to organise a meeting within three College weeks. D u e to the conjested timetable of events, the date chosen is Tuesday 26th February at 1:00pm in the Great Hall. T h e required fourteen days n o t i c e of U G M s is not s t r i c t l y adhered to. This I have considered not necessary, as the meeting is really a continuation of the adjourned previous meeting.

NOTICE P a p e r s for the p o s t s of t h e President, Secretary, Deputy President and F E L I X Editor will go up o n the U n i o n Noticeboard, L o w e r Lounge, U n i o n Building at 10:00am on Monday 18th February. T h e y will be removed at 5:30pm o n Friday 29th February.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STOIC T E N years old this week Magnus'Pike being interviewed on S T O I C

PS Don't forget to be in Beit Q u a d o n Tuesda y lunchtime for the Pancake Race.

Roger Stotesbury Union Honorary Secretary

LETTERS Dear Colin Tony C o x ' s letter must inevitably be a n s w e r e d , b u t it is with a sigh that I d o so, as I c a n d o little m o r e t h a n reiterate m y r e a s o n s for p r o p o s i n g the bye-law c h a n g e w h i c h will d i s s o l v e I C W A if p a s s e d o n t h e second hearing. In d i r e c t r e p l y t o T o n y , I w o u l d like t o m a k e t w o things clear about the lounge. Firstly, the I C W A L o u n g e is r e s e r v e d for t h e u s e of w o m e n d u r i n g every weekday lunchtfme and is n o t a v a i l a b l e f o r n o r m a l u n i o n b o o k i n g d e s p i t e the fact that the S C R o f t e n h a s t o be d o u b l e b o o k e d . S e c o n d l y , the I C W A C o m m i t t e e were the first t o a s k t h a t t h e C r a s h P a d

be m o v e d o u t of the L o u n g e a s it w a s i n c o n v e n i e n t a n d t h u s it w a s m o v e d t o the S C R . A l s o , I a m well a w a r e that to reduce I C W A ' s grant does not r e q u i r e a bye-law c h a n g e a n d I d i d s a y t h i s at t h e U G M , m a k i n g no further c o m m e n t a b o u t m o n e y . I a m s o r r y that T o n y h a s fallen into the t r a p of m a n y others a n d has been u n a b l e t o s e p a r a t e m e f r o m the C C U s a n d c o u l d n o t resist a n u n c a l l e d for d i g at the C C U VPs. A s T o n y says, representation s h o u l d be the m o s t i m p o r t a n t f u n c t i o n of I C W A . B u t t h e w o m e n in College are not reached by I C W A a n d nor are

Dear Sir In r e s p o n s e t o T o n y C o x ' s letter last w e e k , I w o u l d like t o p o i n t o u t t h a t it is h a r d l y s u r p r i s i n g that m o s t of I C W A ' s s u p p o r t e r s a r e m e n . It c e r t a i n l y deserves no support from w o m e n , because every time one of t h e six a c t i v e m e m b e r s of I C W A opens her m o u t h , she insults m o s t of t h e w o m e n in C o l l e g e . M o s t w o m e n are quite a b l e t o get o n i n a n a t m o s p h e r e where they are in a minority ( i n d e e d , a lot of w o m e n get o n m u c h better t h e n t h e y w o u l d i n a m o r e even one), a n d so they do n o t like t o h e a r I C W A telling t h e m that t h e y c a n ' t . T h o s e w o m e n w h o have gone a long way in College o r the U n i o n do n o t like t o h e a r I C W A i g n o r i n g this fact a n d s a y i n g s u c h things are impossible. A s for t h e I C W A L o u n g e — . s u c h a large r o o m is entirely u n n e c e s s a r y for s u c h a s m a l l group. T h e y have never had m o r e t h a n fifteen p e o p l e at a n y of their m e e t i n g s ( a n d f o u r of t h o s e o n l y w e n t t o h a c k l e ) e x c e p t for the m e e t i n g t o d i s c u s s c l o s i n g t h e m d o w n . T h e r o o m c o u l d be put t o m u c h b e t t e r u s e by, s a y ,

the o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s , w h o s e c l u b s are s u p p o r t e d by large n u m b e r s of m e m b e r s . T o n y C o x s a i d that I C W A o n l y u s e it w h e n it is not b e i n g u s e d for a n y t h i n g else, but as t h e y h a v e first r e f u s e d o n it, it c a n n o t be u s e d for a n y t h i n g else w h e n they are u s i n g it. In fact, they are refusing t o let a n y o n e else u s e it. T h e s e s i x w o m e n fr equ en tly infest the M a t h s C o m m o n R o o m a n d will probably continue to do so w h en t h e I C W A L o u n g e b e c o m e s the Upper Lounge.

Dear Colin I w o u l d like t o u s e F E L I X t o tell m e m b e r s of the C & G U n i o n t h a t t h e y a r e the m o s t a p a t h e t i c a n d u n g r a t e f u l lot of s t u d e n t s I've h a d t h e m i s f o r t u n e to k n o w . N e x t time y o u go to a Halloween party, Valentine's party, or just about anything that's w o r t h going to, spare a t h o u g h t for t h e s m a l l g r o u p of p e o p l e w h o h v e g i v e n u p their t i m e t o o r g a n i s e it! W h a t a m I o n about? Well, 9 9 % of y o u l a z y lot w o u l d n ' t k n o w , I refer t o t o d a y ' s U G M , w h i c h , i n fact, w a s n ' t . It w a s c a n c e l l e d b e c a u s e o n l y 20 o r s o s t u d e n t s c o u l d be b o t h e r e d to t u r n u p , what h a p p e n e d to

t h e y c o n t r i b u t i n g their v i e w s t o t h e I C W A P r e s i d e n t . It i s therefore u n r e a l i s t i c t o believe that the I C W A P r e s i d e n t c a n r e p r e s e n t the w o m e n i n C o l l e g e . T h e m e r e e x i s t e n c e of a w o me n 's association does not m e a n the p r o b l e m s are s o l v e d a n d yet I a m often t o l d " w o m e n a r e O K , t h e y ' v e got I C W A , " w h i c h is not the c a s e . T o n y is l o o k i n g at I C W A f r o m the o u t s i d e , he is k i n d l y s a y i n g , w h y n o t let the w o m e n h a v e their little r o o m a n d o r g a n i s e their little f u n c t i o n s (I m i g h t a d d h e r e that I C W A h a v e c u t their s o c i a l f u n c t i o n s b y half this y e a r a n d s u p p o r t for t h o s e r e m a i n i n g is h a r d t o c o m e b y ) . It w o u l d help if h e knew w h a t I C W A d i d r a t h e r

t h a n k n o w w h a t he thought I C W A d i d . H e is t a l k i n g a b o u t I C W A in t h e o r y n o t I C W A i n p r a c i t c e a n d his c l o s i n g p a r a g r a p h p u t s this i n a n u t s h e l l : " t o sweep away an established t r a d i t i o n a l a n d dignified o r g a n i s a t i o n " is all well a n d g o o d b u t I w o u l d a d d " t h a t c a n n o longer define its r o l e , n o r identify a n a r e a of C o l l e g e life i n w h i c h f u n c t i o n a n d , c o n s e q u e n t l y , that does nothing". I believe that the d i s s o l u t i o n of I C W A will give w o m e n the c h a n c e to re-establish their s t a t u s a s i n d i v i d u a l s i n s t e a d of apathetically allowing themselves t o be r e p l a c e d b y a n outdated institution. Jo Armitage

T o s a y that I C W A r e p r e s e n t s a n y o n e , e i t h e r o n C o u n c i l or o t h e r w i s e , is totally r i d i c u l o u s . M e r c h e C l a r k e represents only the six a c t i v e m e m b e r s of I C W A (she d o e s n o t b o t h e r t o find o u t the v i e w s of the o t h e r 400 or s o women). By contrast, Katy T a t c h e l l r e p r e s e n t s 150 w o m e n a n d K i r s t e n P r a t t r e p r e s e n t s 60. A l s o , C o u n c i l certainly has more t h a n 10% w o m e n — t r y c o u n t i n g t h e m s o m e t i m e . T h e r e are m o r e w o m e n i n v o l v e d i n just a b o u t anything y o u can mention than t h e r e are i n I C W A . W h y s h o u l d y o u a s s u m e that w o m e n n e e d special representation anyway

— that is as insulting as t o a s s u m e that t h e y are i n c a p a b l e of o p e n i n g d o o r s for t h e m s e l v e s or standing up o n buses. H o w about having someone on C o u n c i l to represent men? T h e y s a y they d o n o t w a n t to b r e a k a 59 y e a r o l d t r a d i t i o n , b u t t h e r e are a lot of o t h e r traditions w h i c h they w o u l d not like to see b a c k — for i n s t a n c e , the I C W A L o u n g e w a s f o u n d e d at a t i m e w h e n w o m e n w e r e n o t a l l o w e d i n the U n i o n B a r — d o I C W A really w a n t t o g o b a c k t o those days? Every hypocritical statement that t h e s i x a c t i v e m e m b e r s of I C W A m a k e is a l m o s t totally false. T o give a few e x a m p l e s : 1. T h e y say t h e y will r u n several things, including p l a y g r o u p s yet I C W A r e f u s e d to have anything to do with the c r S c h e for t h e C h i l e a n Women's Conference which I C C A G ended up running i n s t e a d . N o n e of t h e m h a v e ever b e e n t o H o l l y S t r e e t either or G r e a t O r m o n d Street Hospital (both I C C A G projects with children). 2. T h e y c l a i m t o believe i n a " w o m a n ' s right t o c h o o s e " ,

yet they d e n y a n y w o m a n the right t o c h o o s e w h e t h e r to be in I C W A o r not. 3. A l t h o u g h t h e y c l a i m to s t a n d for the i n te r e s ts of all w o m e n , they r e f u s e d t o h a v e a n y t h i n g to do w i t h the German measles publicity c a m p a i g n , ( p r e s u m a b l y bec a u s e it c o n c e r n e d w o m e n w h o d i d not w a n t a b o r t i o n s ) . In s h o r t , I C W A is a g r o s s insult t o all w o m e n , a n d d e t r i m e n t a l to their i n t e g r a t i o n into the C o l l e g e . A s m e n k n o w v e r y little a b o u t I C W A a n d it d o e s not c o n c e r n t h e m a n y w a y , I a p p e a l t o t h e m to a b s t a i n f r o m v o t n g — as M e r c h e a n d C o . are so against m a l e s u p p o r t , they s h o u l d not a c c e p t your votes anyway. T o paraphrase I C W A — a w o m a n needs I C W A like a fish n e e d s a b i c y c l e . Y o u r s i n disgust Fiona Sinclair Maths 2 P S : If they really w a n t t o b e l o n g t o a c l u b w h e r e w o m e n are in the m a j o r i t y , I c o u l d suggest L a d i e s R u g b y , or e v e n O p s o c (65% female, as a n y o n e w h o s a w The Sorcerer this w e e k will h a v e noticed).

the c o u p l e of h u n d r e d that went to the v a r i o u s things o r g a n i s e d b y the U n i o n , is what I want to k n o w . T h e m e e t i n g w a s to h a v e discussed a constitutional c h a n g e w h i c h will effect the w a y n e x t y e a r ' s r e s p o n s i b l e few will be e l e c t e d . A g a i n few qf y o u will k n o w w h a t I'm t a l k i n g a b o u t , as s o few of y o u c a m e t o the last U G M . In a vain a t t e m p t , t h e r e f o r e , I will t r y to e x p l a i n , i n brief s o a s not to t a k e u p t o m u c h of y o u r v a l u a b l e t i m e , the t w o m a j o r changes involved were: 1. E x e c p o s t s will be v o t e d for b y s e c r e t ballot. 2. S t a n d d o w n s will be limited

t o the t o p t h r e e p o s t s ( p r e s i d e n t , vice p r e s i d e n t a n d h o n o r a r y secretary). I w i l l n o t p a s s c o m m e n t o n the first p a r t as this s e e m s to be a generally a c c e p t e d i d e a . A s for the s e c o n d p a r t , I will firstly agree with what J o has already said, that i s , that it is a c o m p r o m i s e b e t w e e n t h o s e w h o w a n t to k e e p s t a n d d o w n s , as t h e y feel w h a t few i n t e r e s t e d p e o p l e t h e r e are in the U n i o n will be lost f r o m the E x e c if t h e y are n o t a l l o w e d t o r u n for a s e c o n d p o s t , a n d t h o s e w h o feel that if y o u t h i n k that y o u ' r e g o o d e n o u g h for o n e p o s t , t h e n y o u ' r e n o t the b e s t p e r s o n for a n o t h e r . T h e real r e a s o n for t r y i n g to

d r o p s t a n d d o w n s is a n a d m i n istrative one. H o w e v e r , by a l l o w i n g limited s t a n d d o w n s these p r o b l e m s c a n be o v e r c o m e b y s p r e a d i n g o u t the e l e c t i o n s for t h o s e p o s t s . In m y o p i n i o n the b e s t s o l u t i o n is t o d e c i d e w h i c h if a n y , of the E x e c p o s t s r e q u i r e a p e r s o n of similar c h a r a c t e r to d o t h e m well. S t a n d d o w n s c o u l d t h e n be l i m i t e d to these p o s t s only. I d o h o p e I've i n s u l t e d y o u all e n o u g h t o raise s o m e sort of r e a c t i o n , e v e n if it is a g r o a n , a n d that you will try a n d drag y o u r s e l v e s a l o n g t o the n e x t U G M . B e t h e r e or I'll s e n d the boys round. S M Cox Y o u r s very annoyed C C D 3

R C S T h e m o s t e x c i t i n g event last w e e k w a s u n d o u b t a b l y the R C S R u g b y S e v e n s w h i c h t o o k p l a c e o n S u n d a y o u t at H a r l i n g t o n . W i t h o n l y t e n t e a m s in all it w a s Life S c i e n c e s t u r n t o be indifferent whilst P h y s i c s m a d e u p for their p o o r s h o w i n g (ie n o s h o w i n g ) in the S o c c e r Sixes by entering three teams, including t w o f r o m P h y s i c s 2 (alright, so o n e w a s a v e r y silly t e a m , but it's b e i n g t h e r e a n d joining in that c o u n t s ) . W e l l , the a f t e r n o o n f o l l o w e d its n a t u r a l course and M a t h s 3 showed a marked t e n d e n c y to d e s t r o y m o s t t e a m s a n d inevitably met the s e r i o u s P h y s i c s 2 t e a m in the final. In a h a r d f o u g h t , g r i p p i n g , nailbiting, knife-edge m a t c h M a t h s 3 a l m o s t lost c o n t r o l in the first n a n o - s e c o n d but q u i c k l y r e c o v e r e d their c o m p o s u r e t o w i n n a r r o w l y by lots to n i l . S t i l l , that's the w a y it c r u m b l e s , c o o k y - w i s e a n d we c e r t a i n l y enjoyed ourselves a n d want to thank R a g for o r g a n i s i n g the a f t e r n o o n a n d e v e r y o n e else for p r o v i d i n g o p p o s i t i o n . T o n i g h t is the f a m o u s inter-CCU V a l e n t i n e s P a r t y a n d t h e r e will a l m o s t c e r t a i n l y be no a d m i s s i o n w i t h o u t a ticket. D r o p into the R C S U t o d a y a n d b u y o n e for o n l y 50p w h i c h i n c l u d e s free a d m i s s i o n to the R C S V a l e n t i n e s R a g S t u n t t o m o r r o w . Be in the RCSU b e t w e e n 9:30 a n d 10:00 to collect a r a g c a n to r o b f r o m the K n i g h t s b r i d g e r i c k and give to deaf k i d d i e s v i a y o u r e n t h u s i a s m . D o u b t l e s s all the c a n d i d a t e s for the f o r t h c o m i n g R C S e l e c t i o n s will be there if t h e y ' r e w o r t h their oats (or e v e n y o u r vote) s o w h y not c o m e a l o n g to find out w h o will be r u n n i n g your u n i o n a n d s p e n d i n g your m o n e y n e x t y e a r . T h e f i r s t of t w o R o y a l C o l l e g e of S c i e n c e A s s o c i a t i o n S h e r r y P a r t i e s is n e x t T u e s d a y 19th F e b r u a r y . If y o u are a t h i r d y e a r p h y s i c i s t or m a t h e m a t i c i a n c o m e a l o n g t o the S e n i o r C o m m o n R o o m a n d help the R C S A reduce their ongoing s h e r r y l a k e c r i s i s . Y o u m a y e v e n find o u t all the p e r k s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h R C S A membership. T i c k e t s are n o w o n sale for a f o r m a l four c o u r s e d i n n e r o n the last d a y of t e r m . T h i s is the J e z D i n n e r a n d is b e i n g h e l d t o c o m m e m o r a t e the firing of J e z last t e r m . W h y r u s h off h o m e o n F r i d a y w h e n y o u c a n enjoy a d i n n e r w i t h m o r e c o u r s e s t h a n the F r e s h e r s ' D i n n e r s a n d m o r e w i n e t h a n the A n n u a l D i n n e r a n d m o r e fire engines t h a n the S i l w o o d B a l l . T h e r e is e v e n a b a r e x t e n s i o n a n d d i s c o a f t e r w a r d s . A l l this for o n l y £6, yes not £ 1 0 , n o t £ 9 , n o t e v e n £7 b u t £ 6 t o a n y o n e , a n d o b v i o u s l y the perfect w a y to r o u n d off the s e c o n d t e r m . #

Finally, as everyone k n o w s , S u n d a y e v e n i n g is t r a d i t i o n a l l y the R C S N i g h t - I n T h e - B a r , s o I'll l o o k f o r w a r d t o s e e i n g y o u all there this S u n d a y .

I C R u g b y C l u b are h o l d i n g a 2 4 h r s p o n s o r e d i r o n . S t a r t i n g at 12:30pm W e d n e s d a y 2 0 t h F e b r u a r y i n the U n i o n C o n c e r t H a l l . W e will i r o n a n y b o d y ' s

c l o t h e s free of c h a r g e , just b r i n g t h e m a l o n g t o the C o n c e r t H a l l . T h e r e will a l s o be a c o l l e c t i o n a n d d e l i v e r y s e r v i c e f r o m the halls a n d h o u s e s .

\ C ¥ 4 ICWA BARNITE o n S u n d a y 17th F e b r u a r y f r o m 8 : 0 0 p m in the U n i o n B a r B a r r e l s after 10:30pm.

CITY A N D GUILDS Guilds promotions proudly present: T O N I G H T in t h e J C R . . . T h e joint C C U Valentine Party. Together with IF, we p r e s e n t this a s t o u n d i n g e v e n t for y o u r delight. R e m e m b e r that it is a t i c k e t o n l y p a r t y , s o get y o u r t i c k e t s f o r m G u i l d s Office t o d a y .

M I N E S By the time y o u read this two c o a c h l o a d s of m i n e r s will be o n their way d o w n to C o r n w a l l to d o b a t t l e w i t h R e d r u t h P o l y t e c h n i c M i n i n g D e p a r t m e n t (?) L a s t F r i d a y s a w the C h a p s C l u b I n d o o r Fete in Stan's Real Ale Bar. Everybody who w e n t a l o n g e n j o y e d t h e m s e l v e s ; if y o u didn't go t h e n y o u m i s s e d a g o o d night. O n T u e s d a y the R S M A C u r r y S u p p e r t o o k p l a c e . It w a s b o t h a n i n f o r m a t i v e a n d e n t e r t a i n i n g e v e n i n g for those w h o went. F u t u r e e v e n t s are: T h i s T u e s d a y , 19th F e b r u a r y : G e n e r a l C o m m i t t e e M e e t i n g . If you a r e o n this c o m m i t t e e t h e n turn up. A n y o n e else will be w e l c o m e . S a t u r d a y 1st M a r c h : N o t t i n g h a m 6s a n d 7s T o u r n a m e n t . W e are p u t t i n g o u t t h r e e s i x e s a n d four s e v e n s . S u p p o r t e r s , as a l w a y s , will be v e r y w e l c o m e . If y o u w a n t a p l a c e o n the c o a c h please see D a v e R h o d e s (rugby captain) or S t e v e H i n d e ( s o c c e r c a p t a i n ) as s o o n as possible. M o n d a y 3rd M a r c h : Inter C C U S w i m m i n g G a l a . If y o u c a n s w i m / d r i f t t h e n y o u will be n e e d e d . F u r t h e r details will follow. W e d n e s d a y 5th M a r c h : M o d s a n d R o c k e r s Barnight. Say no more. Cheers, B o b the S l o b

T u e s d a y 19th F e b r u a r y . . . T h e F i e l d C u p . T h i s e v e n t is o n e of the highlights of the C o l l e g e y e a r a n d the idea is . . . Y o u a s s e m b l e in the U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e at 6 : 3 0 p m i n t e a m s of five o r more ( r e m e m b e r that the p o i n t s c o l l e c t e d a r e d i v i d e d b y t h e n u m b e r i n the t e a m ) a n d collect y o u r c l u e t o the identity of the first p u b a n d a list of the t r e a s u r e to be o b t a i n e d . T h i s c l u e is c r y p t i c a n d if y o u s u c c e s s f u l l y find this p u b y o u will be g i v e n a c l u e for the n e x t o n e . W h i l e i n the p u b points c a n be collected by pleasantly i m b i b i n g lots of d r i n k s of the a l c o h o l i c variety. T h e t r e a s u r e c o n s i s t s of v a r i o u s articles s u c h as split c r o t c h p a n t i e s , 30ft lengths of scaffolding a n d m a n y o t h e r deviant t h i n g s . P o i n t s will be g i v e n for the t r e a s u r e as w e l l . ( B r i b i n g the m a r s h a l l s in the p u b s is f o r b i d d e n , w e l l , m a y b e a little bit.) Sunday 24th . . . T h e Guilds S o c c e r S i x e s . T h e s e m a t c h e s will be p l a y e d at H a r l i n g t o n a n d l i q u i d p r i z e s will be a w a r d e d . T e a m lists s h o u l d be g i v e n to Giles B r e r e t o n , M E 3 or U n i o n Office. T h e r e will be free c o a c h e s t o H a r l i n g t o n for t e a m s a n d s u p p o r t e r s a n d b o t h m e n s a n d ladies t e a m s are w e l c o m e . R e m e m b e r t h a t t h i s is t h e t e r m of elections for the G u i l d s E x e c u t i v e . T h e r e a r e l o t s of j o b s t o b e f i l l e d a n d j o b d e s c r i p t i o n s will be p r i n t e d in n e x t w e e k ' s Guildsheet. C o m e a n d see us i n the office o r bar if y o u w a n t to s t a n d for a n y of the posts. Cheers, Bryan. 3

A N O P E N L E T T E R T O DR R C S C H R O T E R (Chairman of the Refectory Committee) In a letter to the President of the U n i o n , Chris F o x , y o u wrote: " W e are going to look very seriously at the general catering policy in the C o l l e g e " . Y o u r good intentions are very 'welcome, but not enough. A n investigation into the catering policy is needed so that substantial changes and economies can be made. We realise that such an investigation takes time, and we have been willing to give you time. W e did not openly criticise the price increase of 7.5% which came into effect on 1st January and the regulator increase of 1% per month. W e kept quiet because we knew that demand would have fallen and so you would have had less scope and time to implement changes. However, now we find: 1. Still nothing has been done about producing 'comprehensive breakdowns on the nature of o u r b u s i n e s s ' f r o m the c o m p u t e r i s e d till machines. These were introduced in the middle of last term a n d instantly provided the means to enable a breakdown of sales. Misinformation has not been utilised. W e conclude that no one was sure what was wanted from the printouts or what was involved in the collating of the statistics. A golden oportunity to provide a basis for better service is not being seized upon. 2. Recent recommendations by the Refectory Complaints and Suggestions Committee have not been implemented (eg: there are still no clear price lists or menus in Southside). 3. T h e time scale y o u proposed for implementing changes which we understood as being one month (from mid-January) has been extended to three months.

Dear Colin If t h e b e s t G a r y N i c h o l l s ( F E L I X last w e e k ) c a n d o in front of his t y p e w r i t e r is t o m a k e s n i d e remarks about a m a n in a virtually impossible position whilst offering n o c o n s t r u c t i v e s u g g e s t i o n for t h e s o l u t i o n of L d r d A n n a n ' s dilemma other t h a n p u r e v a n d a l i s m of t h e w h o l e s a l e c l o s u r e of the s m a l l colleges w h i c h f o r m a n i m p o r tant p a r t of the d e l i g h t f u l d i v e r s i t y of o u r u n i v e r s i t y , t h e n h e s h o u l d r e t u r n t o the p o i s o n pen letters, w h i c h , one imagines f o r m the m a j o r p a r t of his s t o c k in-trade. I a m s o r r y if that s e n t e n c e w a s overlong, but this mindless f a t u t o u s c r i t i c i s m of h o n o u r a b l e a n d intelligent m e n p e r f o r m i n g difficult j o b s as well as t h e y c a n be d o n e , a n n o y s m e . Tom Owen Physics 1 Dear Colin I wish to make a few comments on J o h n Passmore's article last week o n the autonomy of student unions. A s I see it autonomous student unions would be an attempt to have the advantages of being an ordinary trade union and also those of being a body whose members had their subscriptions paid o u t of public funds. It is therefore

4. Y o u are claiming, because the volume of sales has gone up, that the service is adequate. Y o u do not take into account our 'cooperative silence'. At a recent meeting of U n i o n Refectory representatives, we undertook to carry out a daylong survey of the J C R outlet. This complemented the proposal made at a recent Refectory i Committee meeting to " k e e p a finger on the pulse of d e m a n d " . The aim was to try to provide a factual foundation on which proposals for specific improvements could be made. (This in turn would highlight any existing inefficiency.) W e conducted the survey on Tuesday 12th F e b r u a r y , w h e n the following n u m b e r s of customers used the buttery. Period Hours N o of customers Morning 10:31 — 11:30 184 Lunchtime 12:06 — 14:00 546 Afternoon 15:00 16:30 160 There was no adequate price list or display of opening times. T h e closing time at 11:30am went against an agreement made with the Refectory Manager at a previous meeting. T h e c u s t o m e r flow i n c r e a s e s c o n s i d e r a b l y at 1 1 : 2 5 a m , so the c l o s i n g is w r o n g o n an economic basis. It has been sugested that the J C R buttery might become a cold food outlet' only. O n e h u n d r e d a n d n i n e t y - n i n e o u t of the 546 l u n c h t i m e c u s t o m e r s h a d hot f o o d — a significant b u s i n e s s is d o n e in h o t m e a l s . During the survey period eighteen centrally prepared salads were sold. T h e low level of s a l a d sales d o e s not justify the i n t e r n a l accounting difficulties caused by making salads available in the J C R . (While o n the salad issue

necessary to examine whether such a situation is possible and if not which is preferable. T h e third alternative of students paying their own subscriptions seems to me to be a non-starter since we all know that the general apathy in this college would preclude the working of such an idea. It is therefore apparent that student union finance must originate in some manner from public funds. It m u s t be r e m e m b e r e d , c o n t r a r y to s o m e p e o p l e ' s imagining, that a student's union is different from a trade union, in that the latter does not have to finance and support the vast range of cultural, athletic and social activities which a student union does. I would therefore suggest that student unions are a unique class of corporate body, and need to be considered as such. N o corporate body, in a modern society, can be truly autonomous, divorced from the rest of society. T h e question which should then naturally arise is to which institution s h o u l d a student u n i o n be a c c o u n t a b l e : the college, local government, central government, etc. F i n a l l y , the college has a student union which is autonomous from the college is perfectly entitled to r e m o v e

we noted that salad is available in all refectory outlets in a different form, is there not a best way to sell salad?). Many of the above poir.ts apply to the sale of fish (eight portions sold on Tuesday). T h e r e is no clearing area in the J C R as in all the other outlets. The range of drinks is adequate. However the major problem seemed to be the use of the tills. W e were astonished to see only the one till operating at the busiest part of the day (12:15pm — 12:30pm), the second till was used between 12:30pm and 1:10pm and again between 1:38pm and 2:00pm when the money was counted. W e want to see both tills operating between noon and 1:00pm. The J C R sells many confectionary items that can be found in the Southside Shop. W e have asked if the confectionary for both outlets is bought from the same place (ie the cheapest). U n f o r t u n a t e l y n o t , was the r e p l y , but we understand that changes are imminent. This survey was conducted using limited r e s o u r c e s a n d so g a v e a f a i r l y n a r r o w sampling. Yet four of us achieved in one day more than has been achieved by your full-time staff with the aid of computerised till machines (sic) in four months. It is up to you to instigate action to resolve all t h e i m m e d i a t e p r o b l e m s a n d t h e i r underlying causes. W e call for a meeting of the Refectory Committee, at the earliest date. Y o u r s sincerely, Chris F o x , Roger Stotesbury, Malcolm Brain, Tansy Hepton, J o h n Passmore, L i z Lindsay, J o h n A n d e r s o n ( I C U representatives on the refectory committees) M a r k Clegg (Secretary of the P W P ) .

student union representatives f r o m its college. Y o u r s sincerely Frank James

of his t i m e w r i t i n g s u c h letters. I a m , i n fact, quite c e r t a i n that he d o e s n ' t , but w h a t I a m getting at is that s o m e of the letters w h i c h are w r i t t e n are r a t h e r pointless. O n r e c o l l e c t i o n , he m a y have got this i m p r e s s i o n f r o m the e n d of m y s u m m i n g u p s p e e c h : " . . . . get Dear Colin I w o u l d like t o c l e a r u p a b a c k to the j o b of l o o k i n g after c o u p l e of p o i n t s a b o u t m y I C U , " a n d if that is the c a s e t h e n I m o t i o n o n m e g a l o m a n i a in the a d m i t that it m a y have b e e n a small error o n m y part. last U G M . In a U G M t h e r e are typically In the U G M r e p o r t ( F E L I X 8 t h F e b ) it w a s s t a t e d : " T h i s w a s , b e t w e e n 300 a n d 400 p e o p l e , a c c o r d i n g to M r M e r r y m a n , a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 0 % of t h e obviously a joke motion". The s t u d e n t p o p u l a t i o n of t h i s relevant s e n t e n c e f r o m my college. A lot don't c o m e s p e e c h w a s : " O n the face of it b e c a u s e they c o n s i d e r it to be a this is all a j o k e , b u t t h e r e is a w a s t e of t i m e . I h o w e v e r d o not s e r i o u s point that w e are t r y i n g n e c e s s a r i l y h o l d that v i e w , but I to m a k e " . A l t h o u g h the r e p o r t h a d s p o k e n to s e v e r a l pe o pl e c o n t i n u e s t o state m y p o i n t that w h o d o a n d w h o a l s o h o l d m y c e r t a i n letters w e r e futile, the o p i n i o n o n t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l i m p l i c a t i o n s e e m s t o be that the issues. I w a s t h e r e f o r e p u t t i n g a n w h o l e t h i n g w a s a j o k e , w h i c h is o p i n i o n w h i c h is h e l d by w h a t not the c a s e ; the s e c o n d half of m a y be a fair n u m b e r of pe o pl e m y s p e e c h b e i n g q u i t e s e r i o u s . I — if n o t the " s i l e n t m a j o r i t y " , also said that I a g r e e d w i t h a i d for c e r t a i n l y silent a n d w h i c h I felt the C a m b o d i a n s , w h i c h w a s part d e s e r v e d a n airing. W e are, after of the C a m b o d i a n M o t i o n , it was all, e n c o u r a g e d t o c o m e a n d / o r just the i n f e r e n c e that the P r i m e put m o t i o n s , t o U G M s in o r d e r M i n i s t e r w a s u n a w a r e of the to h a v e o u r say o n things w h i c h s i t u a t i o n a n d the s e n d i n g of the we d o a n d d o n ' t like. letter that I w a s c o n s i d e r i n g t o be P h i l M e r r y m a n ridiculous. P S : T h e Blue Peter C a m b o d i a n I w o u l d a l s o like to r e p l y to A p p e a l has n o w e x c e e d e d £ 3 ' / C h r i s F o x ' s c o m m e n t that I m i l l i o n . inferred that he s p e n t the w h o l e

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" T h e t i m e is 1:15, t i m e f o r I C N e w s r e e l . " — s p o k e n by A n d y F i n n e y , t h e s e w e r e t h e o p e n i n g w o r d s of the first S T O I C t r a n s m i s s i o n . It w a s 1 7 t h F e b r u a r y 1970, a n d w a s a pilot for a p o t e n t i a l s e r i e s of n e w s p r o g r a m m e s . In fact t h e r e w e r e o n l y t w o m o r e p r o g r a m m e s p r o d u c e d b y S T O I C d u r i n g 1970, one w a s a s e c o n d IC Newsreel, a n d the o t h e r w a s a p r o g r a m m e c a l l e d Pirates On The Medium Waves. T h e latter was an i n t e r v i e w w i t h M i k e R a v e n a f o r m e r pirate r a d i o D J , a n d at the t i m e a R a d i o O n e p r e s e n t e r . Pirates On The Medium W a n e s w a s r e c o r d e d i n M a r c h 1979 — S T O I C w e r e not to p r o d u c e a n o t h e r p r o g r a m m e for n e a r l y eighteen m o n t h s , a n a r t i c l e in F E L I X o n 13th M a r c h 1970 e x p l a i n e d t h e s i l e n c e by S T O I C : " A p p a r e n t l y the r e a s o n for t h e s u d d e n t e r m i n a t i o n of the J C R n e w s p r o g r a m m e last y e a r w a s that it w a s j u d g e d that . c a r r y i n g a m o n i t o r a n d r e c o r d e r (video tape) a r o u n d might not d o t h e m any g o o d . It is h o p e d , h o w e v e r , that n e x t y e a r this s e r v i c e will be r e s u m e d w i t h the aid of a c a b l e f r o m the s t u d i o t o the J C R , o b v i a t i n g the n e e d t o t r a n s p o r t the recorder."

D u r i n g the e i g h t e e n m o n t h s s i l e n c e , S T O I C w e r e p e r s u a d i n g the U n i o n t o s p e n d the m o n e y , r e q u i r e d t o link a m o n i t o r , to be installed in the J C R , t o the T V S t u d i o . In O c t o b e r t h e s a m e y e a r , t h e n e w c h a i r m a n of S T O I C , T i m D y e , w a s able t o a n o u n c e the i m m i n e n t installation of the link. O n 4 t h N o v e m b e r 1971 Topic, a fortnightly n e w s m a g a z i n e , t o o k to the air, w i t h a live thirty m i n u t e e d i t i o n . N o t a bad attempt, considering S T O I C had b e e n "off t h e a i r " for eighteen m o n t h s ! B e c a u s e of t e c h n i c a l d r a w b a c k s , a n d the fact t h a t t h e p r o g r a m m e w a s t r a n s m i t t e d live, there are no videotape archive programmes r e c o r d i n g s o f a n y Topic f r o m 1971 t o 1975. A point that S T O I C have r e c e n t l y c o r r e c t e d by a r c h i v i n g every news programme now made, e n a b l i n g t h e h i s t o r y of t h e college a n d s t u d e n t s i n v o l v e m e n t in the u n i o n t o be r e c o r d e d for p o s t e r i t y . F o r e x a m p l e , d o y o u k n o w w h o s t o o d for U n i o n elections in 1975? D o y o u k n o w w h a t t h e y said? S T O I C h a v e the a r c h i v e r e c o r d i n g s of the 1975 h u s t i n g s a n d e l e c t i o n meetin gs in the G r e a t H a l l . S u c h is the e x t e n t of the S T O I C a r c h i v e s that it is c u r r e n t l y being t r a n s f e r r e d t o a c o m p u t e r file s y s t e m .

V e r y little h a p p e n e d t o S T O I C b e t w e e n 1970 a n d 1974 — the U n i o n B u i l d i n g w a s c o n n e c t e d t o the T V s y s t e m , a l o n g w i t h the S o u t h s i d e T V L o u n g e a n d halls, J a m e s B u r k e a p p e a r e d o n the p r o g r a m m e — but there was nothing outstanding — until 1974. M a r k C a l d w e l l b e c a m e c h a i r m a n of S T O I C i n 1974 a n d d u r i n g his ' s t a y ' produced programmes with: M e l B r o o k e s , Barry Humphries, Christopher Lee, Dirk Bogarde, T i m Curry and Glenda Jackson, a n d m a n y , m a n y m o r e . T h e s e r i e s Film Talk w a s c r e a t e d , a n d is still p r o d u c e d occasionally. T h e series has included i n t e r v i e w s w i t h m a n y t o p film s t a r s , a l o n g w i t h e x t r a c t s f r o m their c u r r e n t releases. A c c e p t a n c e of the series by the I L E A T V s e r v i c e for b r o a d c a s t o v e r the L o n d o n c a b l e s y s t e m , gave S T O I C t h e biggest c o v e r a g e a n y s t u d e n t T V s e r v i c e h a s ever h a d . It a l s o e n a b l e d S T O I C t o h a v e use of a b r o a d c a s t quality T V s t u d i o a n d b a c k u p facilities free of c h a r g e .

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In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h the I L E A a u n i q u e series of p r o g r a m m e s w e r e p r o d u c e d . In M a r c h 1978 S T O I C t r a n s m i t t e d a pilot n e w s p r o g r a m m e c a l l e d London Lunchbreak, which was based on ICs programme Lunch Break. T h e p r o g r a m m e w a s s h o w n o n the I L E A ' s c h a n n e l s e v e n n e t w o r k a n d w a s b r o a d c a s t live. N e v e r i n t h e h i s t o r y of the n e t w o r k h a d a live p r o g a m m e b e e n b r o a d c a s t . A l l of its o u t p u t w a s either t a p e o r f i l m . T h e t h o u g h t of a live p r o g r a m m e f r o m o n e of its s t u d i o s t o o k t h e I L E A T V s e r v i c e slightly a b a c k . A live p r o g r a m m e p e r h a p s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but m a d e by s t u d e n t s ? T h e p r o g r a m m e w a s e v e n able to b o a s t the a p p e a r a n c e of B a r r y N o r m a n , w h o a r r i v e d o n l y just i n t i m e . A series of s i x p r o g r a m m e s w e r e p r o d u c e d b y S T O I C for t r a n s m i s s i o n o n the I L E A n e t w o r k , w h i c h p r i o r t o its c l o s u r e last year l i n k e d o v e r 1,000 s c h o o l s a n d 95 colleges of higher e d u c a t i o n i n L o n d o n . In fact the biggest c l o s e d c i r c u i t cable n e t w o r k in E u r o p e ! T h e c u r r e n t s e r i e s of n e w s p r o g r a m m e s in I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e n o w go u n d e r the b a n n e r of News Break a n d are b r o a d c a s t e v e r y T h u r s d a y at o n e o ' c l o c k a n d r e p e a t e d at s i x o ' c l o c k the s a m e d a y .

W i t h the r e c e n t u p d a t i n g of the college T V S t u d i o ' s e q u i p m e n t , S T O I C is n o w able to s h o w s o m e of its p r o g a m m e s in c o l o u r , a l t h o u g h t h e first S T O I C c o l o u r r e c o r d i n g w a s m a d e i n 1976 w h e n G l e n d a J a c k s o n w a s i n t e r v i e w e d . O n l y last t e r m was this i n t e r v i e w actually s h o w n in c o l o u r for the first t i m e . T h e c o m p l i c a t i o n s i n v o l v e d in p r o d u c i n g a typical interview are huge. S T O I C needs the following p e r s o n n e l : two studio c a m e r a m e n , one floor manager, one c a p t i o n c a m e r a m a n , o n e v i d e o t a p e suite editor, one s o u n d m a n , one vision engineer, o n e d i r e c t o r / v i s i o n m i x e r a n d finally o n e i n t e r v i e w e r . A t o t a l of nine p e o p l e t o get the i n t e r v i e w o n the air. W h e n S T O I C m o u n t s its a n n u a l m a r a t h o n of live c o v e r a g e of the hustings a n d e l e c t i o n m e e t i n g s later this

Variety

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m o n t h this figure will d o u b l e . A s last y e a r , the e l e c t i o n p r o g r a m m e will be p r o d u c e d in c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h I C R a d i o . S T O I C will m o u n t t h e p r o g r a m m e , b o t h in the s t u d i o and G r e a t Hall a n d an I C Radio presenter will j o i n S T O I C for the d a y t o p r o v i d e a s u m m a r y e v e r y t e n m i n u t e s , this b e i n g t a k e n b y I C R a d i o live o n air. T h e e v e n t s e e m s trivial but t e c h n i c a l l y it is the m o s t a m b i t i o u s e v e r t a k e n o n by S T O I C . S p l i t s e c o n d timing to enable I C R a d i o to take an insert s p o t o n q u e u e is n o m e a n feat! A l l i n all S T O I C is t r y i n g t o p r o v i d e t h e m o s t c o m p l e t e T V s e r v i c e for I C s t u d e n t s . W i t h the r e c e n t c o n n e c t i o n of L i n s t e a d H a l l T V L o u n g e , S T O I C ' s c o v e r a g e is a l m o s t complete, only G a r d e n a n d W e e k s Halls remain.

of.

T h e last t e n y e a r s of S T O I C h a v e b e e n c o n d e n s e d i n t o a fifty m i n u t e p r o g r a m m e c a l l e d Happy Birthday To Us!. The p r o g r a m m e is p r e s e n t e d by D a v i d G h a n i a n d follows S T O I C f r o m its first p r o g r a m m e in 1970, t h r o u g h its u p s a n d d o w n s t o the p r e s e n t d a y . Happy Birthday To Us will be s h o w n o n T u e s d a y 19th F e b r u a r y at o n e o ' c l o c k w i t h a r e p e a t at s i x . Involvement with S T O I C has enabled m a n y s t u d e n t s t o e n t e r t h e f i e l d of broadcasting as a career. M a r k Caldwell r e c e n t l y w o r k e d o n B B C T V ' s Film '80 a n d is n o w w i t h B a r r y T o o k o n Points Of View. E x - S T O I C m e m b e r s are w o r k i n g for: Thames, L o n d o n Weekend, and Anglia T V , as well as s e v e r a l m o r e in B B C T V a n d Radio. If y o u h a v e b e e n i n t e r e s t e d by this article o n S T O I C a n d y o u w o u l d like t o t a k e p a r t in t h e activities, t h e n e i t h e r c o m e i n t o t h e C o l l e g e T V S t u d i o on T u e s d a y s or T h u r s d a y s at 1 : 0 0 p m o r W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g s f r o m 4 : 3 0 p m till late, w h e n N e u j s Break is b e i n g r e c o r d e d .

Another

satisfied

couple

For Valentine's Day, what could be better than a romantic comedy? "10"

(X, Dir. Blake Edwards)

O n e of the m o s t u n e x p e c t e d success stories of the past year has been this feature from the director of the Pink Panther series. Starring Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews and the m u c h heralded B o D e r e k , it concerns the comic misadventures of c o m p o s e r G e o r g e W e b b e r as he confronts middle age. George is successful, well-off and is having a steady relationship with Sam, played by Julie Andrews. He finds himself attracte d more and more to younger women, grading the objects of his desire on a scale from one to ten (hence the mysterious title).. His analyst treats this as an effct of middle age, but when George sees a stunning young beauty called Jenny (Bo Derek), he cannot resist pursuing her. The fact that she is just setting out on her h o n e y m o o n doesn't seem to bother him at all. Dudley Moore is superb in the main role; his face is his fortune and his comic skills are indisputable. He utilises his skills as a pianist as well, proving that diversity is an underrated virtue nowadays and also providing a few musical interludes. This regulates the pace of the film, which tries to maintain a fairly mild comic flavour. T h e o t h e r s t a r of the film is undoubtably newcomer Bo Derek. Presented intially as a glossy toothpaste/bra advert type beauty, she turns out to be a modern, liberated woman, which doesn't quite match up to George's sexual fantasies. A s an a c t r e s s M s D e r e k may have limited talents (although it's difficult to tell from the film alone), but she is definitely a most attractive woman. It is interesting to note though that she is given an intelligent, liberated role and not limited to a 'dumb blonde' image. This could set a further trend in the ever diminishing area attributed to 'sex symbolism'. The surprise casting of the film is Julie Andrews as Sam. The fact that she is M r s Blake Edwards may be no surprise, but I do feel that the part was not quite for her. C a n you really imagine this ex-singing, flying nun mouthing words like "whore" and "screw"! I'd go back to doing what I was good at, if I were her. This apart, I found 10 an amusing and interesting film; it's very funny at times and also more than a little sexy. Mark Smith 8

Dud takes a dip

A LIFE a new play by Hugh Leonard D a l k e y , a s m a l l t o w n in C o u n t y D u b l i n , p r o v i d e s the s e tti n g for this light-hearted c o m e d y , w h i c h r e v o l v e s a r o u n d the lives of t w o c o u p l e s : D e s m o n d a n d D o r o t h y and L a r and M i bs (Mary). B y moving b a c k a n d f o r t h in time it s h o w s t h e m as t h e y w e r e i n their early t w e n t i e s , a n d the p e o p l e t h e y n o w a r e forty y e a r s later. D e s m o n d , w h o was* a b o y b e a t e n into l e a r n i n g b y his s c h o o l m a s t e r father, tries to e d u c a t e M a r y ( w h o is m o r e i n t e r e s t e d in g o i n g to the l o c a l ' h o p ' ) to m a k e h e r m o r e like himself, b u t s h o w s n o t h i n g b u t c o n t e m p t for L a r (a c h e e r f u l l a y a b o u t w h o a l s o b e s t o w s his affections o n M a r y ) a n d D o r o t h y (one of M a r y ' s friends). In fact, he hates the t o w n , a n d clearly sees himself fitted for h i g h e r things F o r t y y e a r s later, D e s m o n d ( m a r r i e d to D o r o t h y , a n d i n a job as " k e e p e r of r e c o r d s " in the l o c a l C i v i l S e r v i c e ) visits L a r a n d M a r y for the first time after a quarrel. H e behaves with bluntness which u p s e t s L a r a n d offends M a r y , a n d he o n l y retains their f r i e n d s h i p w h e n he tells M a r y that he h as o n l y a few m o n t h s to live. F r o m a s l o w first a c t , the p a c e of the h u m o u r steadily i n c r e a s e s ; C y r i l C u s a c k ' s p e r f o r m a n c e as the irritable D o n a l d D r u m m is full of wit a n d feeling a n d M a u r e e n T o a l (Mary) obviously enjoys h e r r o l e ( s h e s e e m e d to be h a v i n g difficulty i n k e e p i n g a straight face). T h e c a s t all m a k e the m o s t of the p a r t s they h a v e t o play â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it w a s a pity that the stage lighting w a s n ' t similarly s p o n t a n e o u s . A Life, w h i c h was first p r o d u c e d in â&#x20AC;˘October last y e a r at the A b b e y T h e a t r e in D u b l i n , is b e i n g s t a g e d at the O l d V i c as p a r t of L o n d o n ' s A Sense Of Ireland F e s t i v a l O f Irish A r t s . It's p r e s e n t r u n e n d s o n 16th F e b r u a r y , b u t it is possible that it will be t r a n s f e r r e d to a W e s t E n d Theatre.

Dud gets what he deserves

Simon Hodgson

BCG (tuberculosis vaccination) N e a r l y t w o t h o u s a n d p e o p l e die of t u b e r c u l o s i s e v e r y i n year i n G r e a t B r i t a i n , b u t f o r t u n a t e l y this s e r i o u s d e a t h rate is b e i n g steadily r e d u c e d by v a c c i n a t i o n against t u b e r c u l o s i s with B C G . Tuberculosis germ

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not?

B y m e a n s of a tuberculin test â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a tiny d r o p of t u b e r c u l i n injected into the s k i n . T h i s is quite painless. If the s k i n b e c o m e s r e d w i t h i n t h e s p a c e of two t o s e v e n d a y s (a positive r e a c t i o n ) , it m e a n s that a natural resistance has developed, and no B C G v a c c i n a t i o n is n e e d e d . If n o t h i n g h a p p e n s after t h e test (a negative r e a c t i o n ) , t h e n B C G v a c c i n ation is g i v e n t o p r o v i d e the m a r g i n of safety n e e d e d . F o r t h o s e w h o a r e negative to the t u b e r c u l i n test, B C G v a c c i n a t i o n is of the u t m o s t i m p o r t a n c e . T h e v a c c i n a tion is n o t h i n g t o w o r r y a b o u t . T h e v a c c i n e is i n j e c t e d into the s k i n , a n d in a b o u t t h r e e w e e k s a small r e d spot a p p e a r s . T h i s m a y o o z e a little, b u t it heals quite normally, leaving a v a c c i n a t i o n m a r k . T h e spot is not painful u n l e s s a c c i d e n t l y k n o c k e d . O n c e v a c c i n a t e d a p e r s o n is p r o t e c t e d against later infection with tubersulosis. V a c c i n a t i o n d o e s n o t g u a r a n tee h e will never d e v e l o p the disease, but t h e c h a n c e s of this o c c u r i n g are very slight.

service. Both attended.

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Patricia Kilshaw, Principal Nursing Officer

RAG

M A G WEEKEND

O n t h e first w e e k e n d i n M a r c h , Imperial C o l l e g e R a g are o r g a n i s i n g a R a g R a c e , the object of w h i c h is t o sell a b o u t 4,000 R a g M a g s . T h e idea is v e r y s i m p l e : w h e n t h e bell i n t h e U n i o n B a r rings t o call time at 2:00 o n F r i d a y 2 9 t h F e b r u a r y c o m p e t i t o r s leave C o l l e g e a n d t r a v e l b y any means at their disposal to a u n i v e r s i t y , p o l y t e c h n i c o r college i n t h e c o u n t r y , o r i n d e e d , the w o r l d , a r m e d o n l y with a Rag C a n and several Rag M a g s . T h e s e R a g M a g s are s o l d f o r a m e r e 25p and the competitor must return to the U n i o n B a r before t h e bell rings f o r time o n S u n d a y 2 n d M a r c h at 10:30pm. N o w t o m a k e it i n t e r e s t i n g there a r e four e x c i t i n g i s h p r i z e s : 1. T h e c o m p e t i t o r w h o sells the m o s t R a g M a g s within t h e specified time gets h i s / h e r fare r e f u n d e d o r a c a s h p r i z e (the value of which is to be decided) w h i c h e v e r is m a x i m u m . T h i s is s o that y o u are n o t p e n a l i s e d if y o u sell R a g M a g s at Q u e e n E l i z a b e t h C o l l e g e a n d w a l k e d t h e r e , c l a i m i n g n o fare. 2. A p r i z e f o r the m e t h o d of t r a v e l w h i c h , in the o p i n i o n of the j u d g e s w a s the m o s t original, i n s p i r e d , a n d / o r silly. 3. A p r i z e f o r t h e f u r t h e s t p o i n t f r o m Imperial College visited. Obviously adequate proof must be supplied. 4. A p r i z e f o r the highest n u m b e r of R a g M a g s s o l d p e r h o u r . T h i s is for the p e o p l e w h o c a n get r i d of a h u n d r e d i n t e n m i n u t e s a n d i n t r o d u c e s a n e w c o n c e p t of a r a c e into t h e c o m p e t i t i o n . T o qualify f o r a n y of these p r i z e s t h e c o m p e t i t o r m u s t sell at least o n e h u n d r e d Rag M a g s d u r i n g t h e r a c e . If a n y o n e w i n s m o r e t h a n o n e p r i z e ( b y r o l l e r - s k a t i n g t o T r i n i d a d a n d selling 1,000 R a g M a g s a n d is b a c k i n t h e B a r before 5:30pm F r i d a y evening) will n o t be a l l o w e d t o a c c e p t m o r e t h a n o n e of t h e m . W e l l , that just a b o u t s u m s it u p . N o w it's y o u r t u r n t o s p r e a d S u p e r a g a c r o s s the W o r l d . A b e r y s w y t h s t u d e n t s h a v e sold Rag M a g s in N e w Y o r k , G u i l d s m e n said they w e nt ' a u c o m m e d e s c r o i s s a n t c h a u d ' i n P a r i s a n d s o i t ' s really u p t o y o u r i m a g i n a t i o n a n d d e t e r m i n a t i o n to m a k e this a G r e a t I m p e r i a l R a g R a c e . RULES

A t e a m will b e c o m i n g t o the C o l l e g e o n T u e s d a y 2 6 t h F e b r u a r y a n d again o n T u e s d a y 4 t h M a r c h . S e s s i o n s will c o m m e n c e at 12:30 i n C o m m i t t e e R o o m 329, Sherfield a n d e n d a r o u n d 2:30pm. . It is available t o all staff a n d s t u d e n t s who have not been vaccinated previously o r w h o are doubtful about p r e v i o u s v a c c i n a t i o n a n d w h o w i s h to have a test. C o n s e n t c a r d s m u s t be c o m p l e t e d b e f o r e t h e s e s s i o n a n d c a n be collected from the College health

1. T h e c o m p e t i t i o n shall b e o p e n to all m e m b e r s of I C U : 2. C o m p e t i t o r s m a y e n t e r in t e a m s of not m o r e t h a n four m e m b e r s . 3. C o m p e t i t o r s m a y leave f r o m B o t / Z o o C o m m o n R o o m a n y time after 2 : 0 0 p m o n F r i d a y 29th F e b r u a r y a n d m u s t r e t u r n to the U n i o n B a r b y 10:30pm o n S u n d a y 2 n d M a r c h (ie before t h e b a r c l o s e s ) . 4. P r i z e s w i l l b e g i v e n f o r : f u r t h e s t distance travelled from I C ; greatest n u m b e r of R a g M a g s s o l d b y a n i n d i v i d u a l ; greatest n u m b e r of R a g M a g s s o l d p e r h o u r ; a n d m o s t u n u s u a l m e t h o d of t r a v e l . 5. A d e q u a t e p r o o f will b e r e q u i r e d of d i s t a n c e t r a v e l l e d t o b e c o n s i d e r e d for the

p r i z e f o r furthest d i s t a n c e t r a v e l l e d f r o m IC. 6. M o r e t h a n o n e h u n d r e d R a g M a g s must be sold per person to be considered for a p r i z e . 7. I n t h e e v e n t o f o n e p e r s o n b e i n g eligible f o r m o r e t h a n o n e p r i z e h e / s h e s h a l l forfeit t h e lesser prize(s). I n t e r p r e t a t i o n of these r u l e s shall b e at * the d i s c r e t i o n o f t h e judges, w h o s e d e c i s i o n i n a l l c a s e s shall b e final.

ARE

Y O U LUCKY!

T a k e t w o t y p e w r i t e r s , a c o u p l e of tables a n d a s m a l l i s h r o o m ; a d d o n e h a r a s s e d editor a n d a h a n d f u l of e n t h u s i a s t s a n d t h a t , i n a n u t s h e l l , is London Student. N o p r i n t i n g p r e s s e s , n o computerised typesetter, n o d a r k r o o m , no camera, n o platemaker, w h i c h b y the w a y of a s t a r k c o n t r a s t , a r e all i n t e g r a l p a r t s o f F E L I X . L o o k i n g at this in c o n t e x t reveals a startling imbalance; F E L I X , a l t h o u g h it h as a relatively large p r i n t - r u n of a r o u n d four t h o u s a n d c o p i e s p e r w e e k , is d i s t r i b u t e d o n l y a r o u n d I C . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , London Student at 20,000 c o p i e s p e r w e e k (and a s t a n d a r d eight page issue â&#x20AC;&#x201D; effectively t h e s a m e a s F E L I X ) is d e l i v e r e d t o a l m o s t e v e r y college in L o n d o n with a population greater t h a n 250. A s well a s the p r o b l e m s i n h e r e n t i n t h a t , London Student h as t o p a y its o w n w a y ; it is r e q u i r e d t o b e entirely s e l f - s u p p o r t i n g , u s i n g the r e v e n u e derived from advertising to also keep a house-trained sabbatical editor. If y o u k e e p a n e ye o n the g r i m y p o r t a l s of the F E L I X O f f i c e , y o u will see a c o u p l e of w e i g h t y b u n d l e s o f London Student d u m p e d there every T u e s d a y evening â&#x20AC;&#x201D; their w o r k i n g w e e k s t a r t s t h e s a m e d a y . B y c o m p a r i s o n , F E L I X s t a r t s its w o r k i n g week o n t h e M o n d a y , b u t after o u r finished product has appeared on T h u r s d a y night, they a r e still for ging ahead, working all day o n Sunday a n d finally finishing o n M o n d a y . O n e of their biggest p r o b l e m s is keeping people interested in w o r k i n g o n their paper, b e c a u s e their ac tivitie s a r e s o r e m o t e f r o m the ave r ag e s t u d e n t a n d c a n a p p e a r so l a c k l u s t r e . B y w a y of a s o l u t i o n t o this a n d financial difficulties, t h e n e w e d i t o r m a d e a fresh start b y c h a n g i n g the n a m e of the o l d Sennet t o London Student, b u t she still h a s t h e same p r o b l e m i n r e c r u i t i n g . F E L I X s u c c e e d s here b e c a u s e it gets a s u b s t a n t i a l grant a n d is p r o d u c e d c o m p l e t e l y o n U n i o n p r e m i s e s ; a l l it n e e d s is a little s t a m i n a o n T h u r s d a y nights to m a k e it a s o c i a l a n d i m m e d i a t e e v e n t . F o r London Student, folding, collating a n d delivery is all c a r r i e d o u t b y their p r i n t e r s . Student c a n be very W h e r e London useful is in giving p o i n t e r s for F E L I X ; t a k e a g o o d l o o k at the f o r m a t a n d c o n t e n t s . London Student h as a g o o d t w o p a g e s of n e w s a n d a s well a s r e g u l a r a r t i c l e s o n films, sport, e t c , features s o m e wellw r i t t e n r e v i e w s of t h e t h e a t r e , p l a c e s t o eat out, a n d s o o n : It s h o w s u p s o m e of the gaps a n d u n d e v e l o p e d p o t e n t i a l i n F E L I X , b u t l o o k o n t h e bright side; at least w e h a v e that p o t e n t i a l . Lars

Wernberg-Meller

(Left) Julian Pitt with his guest Neal Kay last time.

H E ' S B A C K A G A I N . . . and this time...

periaX

METAL

for MUTHAS

* * * * *

COLLEGE

DAOCO Mln

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T h i s H e a v y Metal compilation L P released by E . M . I this week deserve s at least five stars; it retails for £3.99.

Wave

T h e top two bands featured o n it are Iron M a i d e n a n d Preying M a n t i s (undoubtedly the most exiting groups to

I.C. Radio T o p Twenty 1

(7)

Peter

(8)

T h e Flying L i z a r d s

Gabriel

Games

(4),

T h e Buggies

(3)

B o o m t o w n Rats

(1)

Lene Lovich

(-)

Blondie

(-)

Silicon T e e n s

(9)

New Musik

(5)

Barclay J a m e s

(2)

Madness

(10)

Joan Armatrading J o n a n d Vangelis

(11)

(•)

(16)

Without

Frontiers

T V

- T h e Plastic A g e

11/2/80

- S o m e o n e ' s L o o k i n g at Y o u

The Jam

O n Sunday at 5pm on I.C. Radio you can hear an exclusive recording of The Jam, live at the 100 Club in early 1978, right at the start of their career. Family

Planning: part

two

our

be heard on M o n d a y night at 11pm.

- Living by N u m b e r s Harvest

T h e p r o g r a m m e is

to 2am.

Jasper's T h r o u g h Midnight p r o g r a m m e

now

Iron M a i d e n single

(-)

Dave Edmunds

(15)

(-)

Simple M i n d s

.19

(-)

The Chords

(•)

C r i s t i n a - Is that all there is?

Harvest).

- Singing the Blues

Specials

Too

Much

Selecter

- Three Minute H e r o

Too

T h i s will probably be your last c h a n c e to hear

these people for a long time; Iron M a i d e n are shortly to

Young

begin r e c o r d i n g their debut L P , a n d are off to J a p a n to tour with Praying Mantis a n d Neal K a y .

C h a n g el i n g - Maybe

• R u n n i n g F r e e (out o n E M I this

week), the Praying M a n t i s E P (out now - distributed by

Have Mercy Love

(13)

Paul Di'Anno - Lead vocals - Iron Maiden Tino - Lead vocals, guitar - Praying Mantis Chris - Bass guitar - Praying Mantis Malcolm Dome - Ace Reporter - Record Mirror Neal Kay - T o p D J at the Bandwagon, Music Machine; discoverer of Iron Maiden and Praying Mantis; concert compere and guiding light of the Metal for Muthas tour and L P .

M u s i c featured will include the M for M L P , the new

Now

- Tell that girl to shut up

Radio t o m o r r o w between 6 & 9 p m will be: .

m e a n s that I will sit d o w n a n d let t h e m get on with it.

Rosie

W h a t a c o i n c i d e n c e , or a

contrived way to tell y o u , that Special G u e s t s o n I.C.

M y role will be that of lynch pin a n d c o m p e r e (?), which

lasts for three hours from 11pm.

- I Hear Y o u

Holly & the Italians

series

This Saturday night I.C. R a d i o are extending their hours

L o v e o n the Line

• M y Girl -

four part

entitled ' C o n t r a c e p t i o n ' .

J u d y in Disguise

Focus Live Special:

p r o d u c e d by University R a d i o E x e t e r with the F . P . A . c a n

Angels

Atomic

J a n i c e Ian

have e m e r g e d for m a n y years.

A l s o , it is not

very often that a journalist appears o n radio, a n d since

Tomorrow

M a l c o l m appears at N e a l K a y ' s special request it all bodes well for the p r o g r a m m e .

The

I.C.

R a d i o C h a r t is c o m p i l e d by S a r a h

Suitable requests, dedications a n d maybe even live

Talbot

phone-ins o n Internal 3440.

f r o m the most played r e c o r d s d u r i n g the last two weeks.

WHAT'S FRIDAY 15th

FEBRUARY

IC C H R I S T I A N U N I O N meet in the Music R o o m , 53 Prince's G a t e at 6:30pm. V A L E N T I N E ' S D I S C O at 8 : 1 5 p m in the Hughes Parry Hall, Cartwright Gardens (nearest tubes Russell S q u a r e and Kings C r o s s ) . Admission 50p to non-members and S U cards are required. • R O C K GIG WITH GERAINT JARMAN presented by the University of L o n d o n Welsh Society at Q M C at 8:00pm. Tickets £1.75 on the door. L E C T U R E WITH M U S T A P H A M A T U R A (West Indian playwright) at Goldsmith's S c h o o l of A d u l t a n d S o c i a l S t u d i e s at 3 : 0 0 p m . Free admission.

S U N D A Y 17th

FEBRUARY

U N I V E R S I T Y C O L L E G E D I S C O in the Union S m a l l L o u n g e at 7 : 0 0 p m . C h e a p d r i n k s between 7:00 and 8:00pm. F I L M : NASHVILLE at Chelsea College at 7:00pm in the Hall. Admission 30p. LEWISHAM C O N C E R T BAND CONCERT with conductor J o s e p h Proctor and music from the ballet including Delibes and Tchaikovsky at 3:30pm. Students 50p.

MONDAY

18th

FEBRUARY

EXPLORATION SOCIETY INFORMAL M E E T I N G at 12:30pm in Southside U p p e r Lounge. F I L M S O C P R E S E N T INTOLERANCE {Director D W Griffith) in M e c h E n g 220 at 6:30pm. Admission 40p to non-members, members 25p. L I B E R A L C L U B D I S C U S S I O N o n Alternative G r o w t h , The Way Forward? with L a d y Nancy Seear and Roger C o w e in M e c h E n g 640 at 7:30pm. r

C H E L S E A C O L L E G E GIG WITH STRETCH at 8:00pm in the main building. N U S cards and guests only.

O N

Q E C DAY O F ACTION FOR OVERSEAS S T U D E N T S with reggae bands, disco and film.

F I L M : Chaplain's City Lights presented by the City of L o n d o n Poly Film S o c , Jewry Street, Main Lecture Theatre at 6:00pm. Admission 40p. LECTURE

Science

Institutions

D O R I N D A O U T R A M on

and

Patrons

in 18th

Century France at 7:30pm in the C o m m o n R o o m , Institute of Historical Research, Senate H o u s e , Malet St. Membership £1.00.

TUESDAY

19th

FEBRUARY

R I D I N G C L U B M E E T I N G between 1:00pm and 2:00pm in R o o m 1110 (level 11) Elec Eng to book rides and discuss club activities. P H O T O S O C S H O P in the O l d between 12:30pm and 1:30pm. ICWA Quad.

PANCAKE

RACE

Darkroom

1:00pm in Beit

S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N at 1 : 0 0 p m a n d 6:00pm with Happy Birthday To Us a S T O I C tenth anniversary special. IC

CHEM

Lasers

SOC/ICI

And Molecular

Bradley 5:30pm.

FRS

JOINT

LECTURE

Chemistry

in C h e m i s t r y

by Prof D J

Theatre

R A I L S O C M E E T I N G at 5:40pm in Maths 340 with J o h n D G a r d a m o n Modern Railway

Traction. ASSOCIATED STUDIES PRESENT: 1. C h i n a Since M a o : Does China Need Allies? by Professor Richard Harris at 1:30pm in the Read Theatre, Sherfield Building. 2. Architecture in Britain Since 1945:. The

Archigram

Opera

And

Julian Pitt

Its Influences

W i l l i a m C h a i t k i n in the f i p p a r d Sherfield Building at 1:30pm.

Theatre,

T H U R S D A Y 21st

FEBRUARY

S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N at 1 : 0 0 p m a n d 6:00pm with News-Break Tenth Anniversary

Special. ASSOCIATED STUDIES PRESENT: 1. Film: T h e World At War (Thames T V ) , episode seven Morning in the Great Hall at 1:15pm. 2. L u n c h - h o u r C o n c e r t with the E n d e l l i o n String Quartet in the Music R o o m , 53 Prince's Gate. 3. T h e Anti-Torture Campaign with D r Harold Hillman the South-East Organiser of the British section of Amnesty International in Lecture Theatre 1, C h e m E n g (arranged by IC Union Overseas Students Committee). GLIDING C L U B MEETING WITH FILM: DAWN FLIGHT at 5:30pm in A e r o 254. E N T S F I L M : IF in M e c h E n g 220 at 6:30pm. 30p entrance fee.

FRIDAY 22nd F E B R U A R Y IC C H R I S T I A N U N I O N in the Music R o o m , 53 Prince's Gate at 6:30pm. E N T S C O N C E R T : BERLIN and support at 7:30pm in the C o n c e r t Hall. Tickets only £1.00.

T U E S D A Y 26th F E B R U A R Y C O N S O R T W I N D E N S E M B L E in the Consort Gallery at 1:00pm. Admission free.

S U N D A Y 2nd

MARCH

M a r c h of the Slobs featuring Charlie Parka and starring Albertos Y L o s Paranoias and the Smirks at 7:30pm in the Great Hall. Tickets £1.25 availabe from Ents R o o m and R C S and Guilds Offices or £1.75 on the door.

W E D N E S D A Y 20th F E B R U A R Y EXPLORATION SOCIETY PRESENT F I L M : Journey To Tibesti at 6 . 0 0 p m Biochem 302.

A in

E N T S D I S C O S every Friday in the Union Lower Lounge at 8:00pm. Admission only 20p.

HOCKEY IC 3rds vs Thames Valley: 5—1 Last Saturday, IC thirds (well, mostly thirds) p l a y e d in the manner to w h i c h they w o u l d like to be a c c u s t o m e d . D o I hear t w o - o n e ? N o they cry, five-one or T o n y G r e i g would have said: " W e made them g r o v e l " . M o v i n g as if the oilfields of the Persian Gul f were at their mercy, the well-oiled forward Ifne drilled a g a p i n g hole in the T h a m e s Valley to begin a veritable d e l u g e that saw their o p p o n e n t s ' hopes g o d o w n the drain. After two minutes, Steve Wriggley riddled his way t h r o u g h the defence to s c o r e . Minutes later, J i m E b n e r found himself twenty-five yards out with only the goalkeeper to beat a n d , in a m o m e n t of extreme rashness, s c o r e d , a n d put himself o n the road to a jug. However, Thames Valley d a m p e n e d IC's now s o a r i n g spirits by s c o r i n g . R e c o g n i s i n g this blatant example of ungentlemanly c o n d u c t (in view of the fact that the thirds had just got used to playing on a pitch with grass and proper markings instead of c o n t o u r lines, ie the match was at Hariington), Steve Ridley again s h a t t e r e d t h e o p p o s i n g d e f e n c e to leave the goalkeeper wishing, in vain, that he was Dave M o y n h a m . For the s e c o n d half, IC s w o p p e d the advantage of Neil M a s o n ' s umpiring for his greater skill in p e r s u a d i n g our o p p o n e n t ' s key man to try his hand at umpiring. Incidentally, R o b y n M o r g a n hereby a p o l o g i s e s for the appalling low quality of IC's fourth goal wh ic h w a s an i n e x c u s a b l e e x a m p l e of o p p o r t u n i s m and w o u l d not have an allowed to mar an otherwise u n b l e m ished performance had it not improved Bird the g o a l d i f f e r e n c e . C h r i s attempted to improve u p o n K e n t u c k y Fried C h i c k e n by making the C h i p of the Y e a r ; u n f o r t u n a t e l y , he was outside the ' O ' at the time and so only the vision of what may have been r e m a i n s . G o r d o n wylie s t a k e d his cliam for a place in the team with a w e l l - t i m e d r u n l e a d i n t to I C ' s fifth goal. Altogether, this was a performance of s u c h polish, one regrets to have put it d o w n to wearing c l e a n , dry, cotton shirts instead of thsoe nasty, d a m p nylon ones. IC F O O T B A L L : H A R D L U C K

LADS

I w o u l d like to thank all those w h o played for the s e c o n d s last S a t u r d a y in the semi-final. Unfortunately it just wasn't o u r day. S p e c i a l thanks is d u e to the vociferous s u p p o r t given by a small b a n d of hardy s u p p o r t e r s , w h o even with a defeat t u r n e d the whole day into a m e m o r a b l e o c c a s i o n . M a y I also take this opportunity to wish the fourths the best of luck for the replay against K C H 2 (if the g a m e was played W e d n e s d a y I hope they won).

Cheers, Phil.

PARACHUTING

COURSE

If y o u e v e r w a n t e d to h u r l y o u r s e l f o u t o f a n aeroplane at 2,500ft, now is y o u r c h a n c e . T h e r e will be a talk a n d film o n T u e s d a y 26th F e b r u a r y at 6:00pm in E E 403a, explaining what it's all about. All welcome!

IC WATER POLO CLUB O n T h u r s d a y 7th F e b r u a r y , IC firsts h a d t h e i r first m a t c h fo r t h e U L U l e a g u e , first d i v i s i o n . T h e y p l a y e d against St Mary's Hospital at the U L U s w i m m i n g p o o l in Malet Street. Mary's started the g a m e with a lot of enthusiasm a n d m a n a g e d to s c o r e a g o a l in the first minute. However, the goal shouldn't have c o u n t e d , be-, c a u s e the s c o r e r p u s h e d the ballunder the water before he shot. IC c a m e back q u i c k l y a n d Barry A s h w i n , p l a y i n g a g g r e s s i v e l y in t h e f r o n t , e q u a l i s e d b e f o r e t h e e n d of t h e quarter, after taking the ball from Phil Mills. In the s e c o n d a n d third quarters IC d o m i n a t e d the g a m e , s c o r i n g o n e g o a l in e a c h quarter. Pat Porter a n d Nick Last were playing creatively m i d p o o l a n d our attack was working efficiently. Barry p a s s e d the ball to Phil Thwaites a n d he s w a m up a n d s c o r e d o u r s e c o n d goal with a lob over the goal keeper's h e a d . Phil Mills s c o r e d our third goal with a long shot from a very difficult angle. T h e ball hit the near post a n d went into the opposite corner. In the -fourth quarter Mary's put all their effort to equalise, but our goalie. Dave Roberts didn't give them a c h a n c e . H e m a d e three magnificent saves, two of them from shots from the two yards line! Just before the end of the g a m e Nick B u c k l a n d attempted a hard shot a n d their goalie saved it, but t h e b a l l w e n t in f r o n t of P h i l Thwaites, wh o literally swam into the goal with it, to make the final s c o r e 41 to IC. It was a clear win for us and we fully deserved it. T e a m : Dave Roberts, N i c k B u c k l a n d , Phil Mills, Pat Porter, Nick Last, Barry A s h w i n , Phil Thwaites. Dimitri

TOUR MATCH EXCLUSIVE: IC Ladies Rugby vs Magor Maidens: 4—4 T h i s was the Welsh team's s e c o n d match of the w e e k e n d and proved to be a hard but friendly o c c a s i o n and provided us with the best ladies rugby we have yet s e e n . IC went s o o n d o w n to f o u r t e e n p l a y e r s w h e n ' S t i n k e r ' Wilton had to leave the pitch d u e to illness. Cornetto (Silvana) soon followed her off with a limp wrist but was revitalised e n o u g h to return after ten minutes. In the s c r u m s ' H a p p y H o o k e r ' B a b s was magnificent, taking about eighty percent of the o p p o s i t i o n ball although they were s o m e t i m e s driven off it by a well drilled M a g o r pack. In the b a c k s M a g o r s h o w e d superior organisation a n d , with s o m e excellent kicking from the fly half, put IC u n d e r s o m e pressure. T h i s led to a try for them

T A B L E TENNIS T h e results of the first team over the past three weeks have b ee n c r u c i a l a n d s u c c e s s f u l , (thank G o d , A l l a h , M a o , B u d d h a ) . First they defeated the s e c o n d s by the narrow margin of five sets to four, then G a i n s f o r d 8-1, a n d finally the only remaining threat to their division four c h a m p i o n s h i p hopes, I N C O by nine sets to nil! T h i s m e a n s that they have an almost i n s u r m o u n t a b l e lead, a n d the c u p s h o u l d be ours! (The first trophy for IC in recent years.) T h e s e c o n d s (see above) also defeated S a r a h S i d d o n s 7-2 to stay comfortably in the middle of the table. O f the lower teams, the t h i r d s c o n t i n u e d their relentless pursuit of the division 6b title, with 6-3, a n d 9-0 victories (who c a r e s w h o they played?). (It w a s S a i n s b u r y s 3 a n d I m p e r i a l T o b a c c o 1 actually.) T h e fourths (my shambles) m a n a g e d a p o o r d i s p l y to d e f e a t I m p e r i a l T o b a c c o 2 o n l y 7-2, but by a l s o d e f e a t i n g the s e c o n d p l a c e t e a m . F u l h a m by 6-3, still have an outside c h a n c e of the division 6a title (as l o n g as I stay out of the team). S p e c i a l praise to Pete, H o n g a n d Kartik, of the firsts . . . just keep it up for another m a t c h ! A n d finally a mention of a friendly match against D o w n i n g C o l l e g e — C a m b r i d g e U n n . T h e i r full strength s i d e was defeated i g n o m i n i o u s l y by a mixture of IC 2, 3 a n d reserves — what rubbish there is in these provincial polys! Y o u r s with the ruskies boycott the World T T championships, Petrov H e w k i n o v i t c h . P S : Lars J o s e f s s o n w o u l d be interested to know if a n y o n e has a spare Kjell J o h a n s s o n s m a s h , as his is faulty; Kit Nair thinks he's getting worse (even t h o u g h now we have to try w h e n we beat him!). O h , a n d S t e a n is having a little ball trouble.

after fifteen minutes. However, after twenty-one minutes IC's g o o d r u c k i n g five yards from the M a g o r try line led to a s c o r e w h e n ' A n i m a l ' Harrington c r a s h e d over the line. In general the match was hard but fait, with g o o d t a c k l i n g a n d g o o d running from both sides. S p e c i a l mention must go, however, to Fay ( ' H o t l i p s ' ) w h o w a s o u t s t a n d i n g as s c u m half. T h e final whistle went with IC putting M a g o r u n d e r c o n s i d e r a b l e pressure. We then adjourned to the bar where M a g o r M a i d e n s d e m o n s t r a t e d t h e i r e x p e r t i s e at s i n g i n g , drinking, a n d playing silly g a m es, as they had o n S a t u r d a y Night. Q u o t e of the dav from T h u n d e r t h i g h s " S n o o k , to C B S n e w s m a n : " W h y shouldn't w o m e n use their bodies in every way they c a n to enjoy themselves." SJG 11

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SOUTH SIDE 1 SHOP Opening Times Mon,

Tues, Thurs:

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G R O W I N G PAINS

Well, what is this alternative growth thing that Liberals talk about? It is quite simply a response to the situation we now find ourselves in; an industrial nation with c h r o n i c o v e r c a p a c i t y , inefficiency a n d waste in industry, and a falling share of world markets; a world of increasing strife and unemployment, a n d a n alienated, selfish and materialistic society. W e also have this p r o b l e m with e l e c t r o n i c technology which increases efficiency and unemployment at the same time. Like it or not, we are entering the postindustrial society. W e must clamp down on the waste a n d inefficiency of o u r c o n s u m e r society, at the same time developing good community facilities. The increasing lack of work creates tremendous opportunities for more time spent on leisure, education a n d community involvement. W e must develop, a spirit of cooperation, as opposed to the current confrontation, at the same time involving the individual in the running of his life. At last September's Liberal Assembly, a m o t i o n o n alternative g r o w t h was debated. IC Liberal Club are pleased to have as s p e a k e r s t w o p e o p l e w h o opposed each other on that debate, Lady Nancy Seear, a Liberal economics spokeswoman, and Roger Cowe, chairman of the Y o u n g Liberal Economics commission. They will be speaking at a discussion on alternative growth in M e c h Eng 640 at 7:30pm on M o n d a y 18th F e b r u a r y . If you would like to learn more, or simply raise your own points, please come along. See you Phil C o l e IC Liberal C l u b Secretary

Imperial College Third W o r l d Scholarship This scholarship is designed to fund one Third World student on a P G course relevant to the needs of his or her country of origin

ICU has collected £800 so far. £800 is equivalent to 17p per student. You can afford more There will be further

collections.

FUTURE

EVENTS

CITY A N D GUILDS together with ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY present THE APPLICATION O F M O D E R N AIRPOWER by G r o u p Capt R A Mason, Director of Defense Studies, R A F Staff College on T U E S D A Y 19th F E B R U A R Y 6:30pm C h e m Eng Theatre A (Tea at 6:00pm)

FIGHT B A C K AFTER UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE B B C World Service Quiz IC has a team consisting of one home • student and two overseas students to compete in a Quiz at Broadcasting House. This will take place in late May or early June and the team will compete five times (each time taking about two hours after all the messing around). If interested in an audition see Chris F o x , I C U Office (internal 3915).

FOR S A L E T H R E E STIFF LITTLE FINGERS T I C K E T S for the concert at the Hammersmith O d e o n on 23rd M a r c h . £3.25 each. Contact R M o r g a n , Maths 1. C H U C K B E R R Y G U I T A R S O L O S . If you still want one, be quick, there are only six left. £1.00 ono for the lot. Contact R M o r g a n , Maths 1.

E N J O Y V O D K A PARTIES? Interested in Polish culture? Come to the Pol Soc A G M on W E D N E S D A Y 20th F E B R U A R Y at 2:00pm in the G r e e n Committee Room of the Union Building. See you there!

HIGH Q U A L I T Y C A S S E T T E S (TDK SA, Hitachi, V D E X ) in bulk, and cheap. Contact G r e g L o t e n , C C D 1 or room 654, Tizard Hall. (Minimum order ten cassettes.)

WANTEDS IC J A Z Z C L U B P R E S E N T SP3, the Ayatollahs and Blue Max in Stan's Bar on Wednesday 20th Feb between 8:00pm and 11:00pm.

BCG (tuberculosis vaccination) A team will be coming to the College on T u e s d a y 26th F e b r u a r y and Tuesday 4th March. The sessions will commence at 12:30pm in Comittee Room 329 and end 2:30pm. There will be more details in FELIX next week.

OVERSEAS

STUDENTS

THE PHOENIX The magazine of Imperial College Union

ON SALE NOW! From Bookshop, ICU & FELIX Office

Price 20p COMMITTEE

INTERNATIONAL WEEK 18th to 22nd February Monday 18th: V O L U N T A R Y S E R V I C E O V E R S E A S Film and talk at 6:15pm in Chem Eng Theatre 1. Tuesday 19th: ' W E S T E R N C O U N T R I E S HINDER T H E P R O G R E S S O F D E V E L O P I N G N A T I O N S ' a debate with speakers including T R E V O R PHILLIPS at 1:00pm in Mech Eng 220. Wednesday 20th: I N T E R N A T I O N A L FAIR with wine, food, films and music from 12:30 to 5:30 in the J C R . Thursday 21st: C A M P A I G N A G A I N S T T O R T U R E , an Associated Studies Talk by Dr harold Talk by Dr Harold Hillman in association with Amnesty International at 1:30pm in Chem Eng Theatre 1. Friday 22nd: I N T E R N A T I O N A L E V E N I N G with dinner and disco from 7:30 to 2:00 in the J C R . Tickets £1.50 from the Union Office. Cash bar till 11:00.

S E C O N D H A N D B I C Y C L E W H E E L (larger than twenty inches) for third year project. Contact Mark Nathan, B e e Eng 3 or 01-994 2775. O N E B L U E A D I D A S S P O R T S B A G was stolen/lost from the Prince's Garden's Sports Centre containing jeans etc. V e r y important. If found, please return to T J Joslin, Z o o 2.

C O F F S O C FIRST M E E T I N G Thursday 21st February Beit 21. All welcome! GARDEN HALL NIGHT O U T Friday 15th February A visit to The Sun Holborn. Meet G H 7:00pm or The Sun 7:30pm IMPERIAL O P E R A T I C S O C I E T Y present The Sorceror with Cox and Box until Saturday 16th February Tickets available lunchtimes ground level Sherfield Building.

Simon — Brighton was great!

O V E R S E A S EXPEDITIONS

1981

The next meeting ot the Imperial College Exploration Borad will be held on Wednesday 26th November 1980. The Board is responsible for granting official recognition to expeditions and provides funding. Proposals should reach the Board by the above date. Further details from the Exploration Society which meets every Monday at 12:30pm in Southside Upper Lounge or ring Martin Judkins on internal 3184. Start planning now!