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Friday 7th March 1980

T H E N E W S P A P E R O F IMPERIAL C O L L E G E U N I O N

Issue Number 547

INSIDE FELIX THIS W E E K Page 2: Letters: Security, Finniston, London Student.

Page 3: Birkenhead kids at IC. Page 4: Muitigym, R C S voting.

Page 5: Bicycles.

Page 6: Heath at Imperial.

Page 7: R C S results.

Page 9: Reviews.

Page 11: P G Tips, Rag. Page 12: IC Radio, Clubs and Societies.

Page 13: Clubs and Societies.

Page 14: Hyde Park Relay. , Page 15: Sport.

O n Monday, Sir Monty Finniston spoke to College. It was a In the evening, the Union staged an open discussion of speech of authority, charm and wit, but through it showed his 'Educating Engineers Following Finniston'. Taking part were fears that the report would collect dust on some minister's Sir James Menter, F R S , L o r d Flowers, M r L Heard and Prof shelf.

Brown.

IC A N D FINNISTON A R E Y O U F I T T O L E A D A DUSTMEN'S STRIKE? T h e City and Guilds College Dean is chairing the College committee which will be responding to the Finniston Report.

O n Monday night he revealed his personal views. Professor Brown said: "I have sat down for ten hours with ten highly intelligent colleagues to try to consider how we reacted to the Finniston Report and we have agreed on six words which are " W e welcome the Finniston Report, but . . .". There, roughly speaking, we stick, because the things that we all fuss about are quite different.

What is the impact of all this on IC? Finniston proposes that there should be three streams of engineers. At IC we are not set up to educate the technicians, those on the proposed R Eng (Assoc) courses. S o one of Finniston's stream is not our direct education business. T h e other two streams are the graduate streams, the three year B Eng lot and the four year M Eng. Finniston proposes that twenty-five percent ought to be the M Eng lot who are going to be the elite and the leaders of industry. O n e has to pause and think about this twenty-five p e r c e n t . A b o u t fifty p e r c e n t of t h e engineering undergraduates are in polys and it seems likely . . . that if this system i s . set up M Eng courses will occur in a limited number of institutfons and pray to G o d they are universities, they may not be.

Making the simplifying assumption that they are, fifty percent of the universities

Sir Monry Finniston graduates now become M E n g fodder. In all modesty . . . our students are among the best in the country, we are able in all our departments to set a very high level of A level entry requirements and on the face of it, you would think, the whole of our intake ought to be in the top fifty percent of the university undergraduates in the country and so we ought to be able to say IC is an M Eng place.

W h e n we c a m e to talk about this, departments reacted in different ways to it.

Civ Eng has little hesitation to this . . . but other people were modest and said it's all very well, but this twenty-five percent of the total . . . are supposed to be destined to be the leaders of industry and X Y Z in our second years are not fit to lead a dustman's strike. S o we are not happy that all our intake . . . are really suited to be the leaders of industry.

The IC organised Hyde Park Relay was held last Saturday.

Groves (A full report appears on Page 14)

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People then guessed as to the proportion of their students who were qualified."

H e then explained the consequences of removing students after the first year and replacing them with new students who had inferior A level qualifications. H e stated " M a y b e academic superiority is not the right kind of r e q u i r e m e n t for leadership in industry." "If so, an M Eng set up at IC starts to look a little sick. Perhaps what we are looking for is personal qualities, and if so quite a lot of our intake hasn't got it! A s essentially we choose them on an academic basis even though all departments now interview (we look for some spark of being alive) Finniston says it can't be done at that stage."

H e went on to speak against the system by which both streams worked side by side.

T h e c o m m i t t e e h a d a g r e e d that entry requirements would not be lowered at IC — continuing at 3 B ' s . H e though there were no guidelines to the splitting of the first year into two streams and felt it was a socially bad thing to create second class citizens." There are e c o n o m i c a n d terrible p e r s o n a l problems of this system" he said.

IMPORTANT NOTICE If y o u will be away f r o m C o l l e g e o n M o n d a y a n d T u e s d a y y o u may v o t e i n the s a b b a t i c a l elections T O D A Y , b y g o i n g u p to the U n i o n Office.

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LETTERS Dear Colin Y o u m a y be interested to hear about an incident which occurred at about 1:20pm on Monday 25th February when M a r t i n S y m o n d s a first year student in the department of c o m p u t i n g saw two y o u t h s l o i t e r i n g at the r e a r of the Huxley Building where a large n u m b e r of p e d a l c y c l e s a r e kept. Having had his own cycle stolen from there only a few days previously he was naturally s u s p i c i o u s a n d r e p o r t e d the matter to us.

Together with Martin I spoke to the y o u t h s a n d b r o u g h t t h e m b a c k to m y office for questioning. Being dissastisfied with their answers I sent for the police and whilst awaiting their arrival one of the youths attempted to escape through my office w i n d o w but was p r e v e n t e d from d o i n g so by M a r t i n wh o h u n g o n to the youth's legs as he hung head first through the window about ten feet above ground level.

It s u b s e q u e n t l y transpires that the y o u t h s i n t e n d e d to steal a motor cycle and were in possession of implements for this purpose.

I am passing this information to you for publication because this is a classic example of the prompt passing of information can prevent a crime being committed. W e hope Martin's e x a m p l e will be followed b y others and we urge students and staff to contact us as quickly as p o s s i b l e w h e n e v e r t h e y see anything suspicious.

T h e r e is a s e q u e l to this incident. Two days afterwards M a r t i n was w a l k i n g d o w n Gloucester Road, when he saw a p e d a l c y c l e c h a i n e d to the railings which he recognised as being one which was stolen some days earlier f r o m o n e of his colleagues. A telephone message to Kensington Police and the stolen machine was restored to its rightful owner.

Crime prevention is body's business.

Yours sincerely A D Dawson Chief Security Officer

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Dear Sir I see that two hundred sheets of A 4 paper is now 99p in the IC Bookshop. Since it only costs 69p in Unimart, this means that either Unimart are making a loss or the IC Bookshop is profiteering. A n y comments?

Yours faithfully Michael Hartz Elec Eng 3

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Dear Colin/Roger C a n you kindly correct the error in my last article (issue 546): the word is A L - L A H n o t A L I - T A H and I inserted the dash as a pause exists there.

Yours Y El-saie ' Islamic S o c Dear Roger M o n d a y ' s F i n n i s t o n events represented an unusual opport u n i t y for e v e r y o n e h e r e at Imperial College to discuss the future of engineering with those who endeavour to change it. Sir M o n t y himself d e f e n d e d the • relevance and importance of his committee's report to students here. It is this point that merits laboring: the Finniston Report is relevant to everyone who hopes to work in British industry and no one can afford to ignore it now.

The future of every IC student hangs in b a l a n c e — the accelerating economic decline of the last fifteen y e a r s r e s t s precariously by the point of no return. Sir Monty is campaigning to swing the balance back in Britain's and, thus your, favour.

His grim forecasts ;and complex solution is of vital importance to every reader of this letter — Y O U are the future leaders of " B r i t i s h I n d u s t r y — his d i r e prophecy is Y O U R dire prophecy. It is thus your responsibility to turn your attention J o what Sir Monty is telling you.

The Finniston Report proposes to change engineering, industry, and engineering education in Britain today — all these affectyou and the significance of these changes leave you no alternative but to explore them. Heed the advice of the Rector at Monday night's panel discussion and take the time to read the report. Find out about its indirect and direct" effects on you (your department may have already begun exploring a course of change) and formulate a knowledgeable opinion.

Britain today is at a crossroads and Finniston is pointing the way ahead. Don't let Sir Monty be a modern day Cassandra — listen, think, and A C T — before it's too late.

Sincerely Rick Woldenberg C h e m Eng 2 Dear Sir I have noticed my name appearing along the walkway in connection with the sabbatical e l e c t i o n s . I a m n o t , to my knowledge, standing for election.

Yours faithfully Ravel

Dear F E L I X Editor We would like it to be known that Henry Curwen (ME3) is the Pedal C a r Manager for City and Guilds College Union. Not only is he the manager, he is also the mechanic and has done all the maintenance work on our pedal cars. Without his enthusiasm and help, we would not now have so many people interested in p e d a l l i n g a n d in the B r i s t o l Twenty-four Hour Pedal C a r Race. We had a great achievement at Bristol this year and this would not have been possible without Henry being available at all times to complete repairs.

T h e r e f o r e we w o u l d like to express our gratitude to Henry for all his work and encouragement. Thanks.

S i g n e d by the whole of the C & G U pedal car team.

Dear Colin In amongst all the argument concerning the apartheid issue, many people are missing the lesson of the E G M , ie, why wasn't it possible to obtain a quorum, despite such important m o t i o n s (issues w h i c h the signatories of the petition, myself included, obviously thought important enough to require the E G M in the first place). A r e there just not three hundred or so people in the college who think* J h a r Apartheid, N U S , etc, are important, I think not. A r e the meetings badly publicised, or are they%t a bad time? I think that the answer to the first question must be a n e m p h a t i c " n o ! " , you'd have togo around IC blind, and deaf not to hear about it.

H o w e v e r , I t h i n k that it is unfortunate that the meetings clash with Associated Studies activities (which are deemed important enough to attempt to make sure that tutorials could be arranged for other times).

Wouldn't Monday lunchtime be better? A l s o , perhaps E x e c N e w s c o u l d be released o n Friday, so that would-be participants would be aware of what they were going to discuss in more detail (or even have it included in FELTX). I sincerely hope that another opportunity will arise to discuss the Boat Club tour to South Africa. I feel that every opportunity should be taken to put pressure on that government, even if to some people the Boat C l u b might seem pretty small fry. Perhaps these people might feel differently if they had to work in cities miles away from their families, seeing them perhaps once a month, and couldn't use many of the 'Whites Only' amenities in the cities built

by their own sweated labour.

There have been recent reforms, but t h e s e have b e e n m e r e window dressing, and pressure must be continued to bring about real reform and end apartheid.

Yours sincerely Lee Paddon Physics 1 Dear Sir T w o i t e m s in last w e e k ' s F E L I X (no 546) have aroused my wrath. Firstly, isn't it about, time someone somewhere in the Union actually decided on a policy regarding sport and then stuck to it. A t the moment, at the slightest hint of a boycott of the Olympics there is a cry of " k e e p sport out of p o l i t i c s " , whilst mention South Africa and there is horror at the thought of links. C o m e on, play fair. If you b o y c o t t S o u t h A f r i c a for its oppression of the blacks, then you must also boycott Russia for its o p p r e s s i o n of just a b o u t everyone it can lay its hands o n .

O r is it a case that the people making the noise know which side their bread is buttered on?

Secondly, how the hell can FELTX criticise London Student for missing out one word, a mistake that, I am told, was made at the printers when we get . . . "advising the rowing eight to go under a different dame." and "Last week he came face to face with a moral dilemma; he talked to Roger S t o t e s b u r y . . . " both on the front page and, referring to the Soccer Sixes " . . . eighteen teams entered for the tournament (a total of one hundred and eighty players)." on the back page.

Yours faithfully R J Glass ME2 P S : I notice that Paul Segal of L o n d o n S t u d e n t w i s h e d to c o m m i t suicide at I C . S i n c e suicide is the termination of life s u r e l y e v e r y o n e at S t a l a g Imperial is somewhat suicidal?

There certainly isn't much 'life' here.

ACTING ED'S C O M M E N T : Motions to a Union General Meeting are prepared and submitted by individuals.

Is it therefore not surprising that motions, tabled, such as you describe above, conflict in opinion and attitude?

On this issue, however, Union policy is quite clear and was printed in FELIX last week.

Having invited letters on the subject of 'Sport And South Africa' I was surprised by the total lack of response.

N E W S IN B R I E F KIDS T O U R L O N D O N O n Friday 29th February, Imperial College played host to a group ofj thirty school children and teachers from Laird Street Primary S c h o o l w h i c h is in a d o c k l a n d a r e a of Birkenhead on Merseyside. The p l i g h t of t h e s e c h i l d r e h , b e i n g b r o u g h t u p in a b a c k of h i g h unemployment and conditions resembling those of the depression were featured in an article in the Sunday Times o n 1st M a r c h .

Their day trip to L o n d o n , or ganised by IC C o m m u n i ty Action!

G r o u p was an enjoyable affair for al' invovled. Seven volunteers, some! would say with masochistic tendencies, went to meet the kids at Euston Station. Everyone was then loaded o n to a coach which was hired for the day to tour the sights. T h e coach driver, S a m , was an immediate hit with the children greeting them with " K i d s , I don't mind, it's the students, I'm w o r r i e d a b o u t " . T h o s e v o l u n t e e r s from the S o u t h s o o n mastered the Merseyside accent ano the c o a c h set off o n a m a g i c a l mystery tour of L o n d o n , with S a n the driver pouring forth his know ledge of L o n d o n o v e r the l o u d speakers, to a response of loud praises of Liverpool Football C l u b .

A call was made to the O l d Curiosity The first match was played last Wednesday in the S h o p , s o m e t h i n g it w a s n e v e r between Guilds and RCS. Guilds won designed for. T h e proprietor thrust wads of postcards in the children's' returned with only two, the remainh a n d s in a n effort to get rid of T h e sights soon exhausted, even ing two being found, after about them.

S a m ' s b i r t h p l a c e , the T o w e r of fifteen minutes panic, hiding in an L o n d o n (true!), the kids were then old L o n d o n train.

T h e kids were then taken o n a taken round the Science M u s e u m .

T o e n d the day a tea party was boat trip o n the T h a m e s a n d E a c h volunteer was assigned four provided in the I C W A Lo u n g e and t h o u g h they e n j o y e d this, they were bitterly disappointed not to c h i l d r e n , w h i c h in m o s t c a s e s after a dash back to Euston they proved too many. O n e volunteer were waved goodbye, by a small spot any sharks.

Sparkes 17-7.

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group of formerly innocent young IC students who were by then just shells of their former selves.

A s for the kids, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves and they cordially invite us up to Birkenhead.

A n y takers? N o ? I thought not.

T H E GREAT IMPERIAL R A G R A C E .

A t 2.00pm last Friday, the B o t / Z o o cup of tea oy an attractive young tea r o o m witnessed the start of the lady. Encouraged by this, every Great I.C. Rag race. Encouraged by sleeping person in her hall was promises of fame fortune and cases offered a chance to buy an I.C. Ragof S w a n , about twenty people set off M a g . H a v i n g roused the whole Hall, by various methods, all hoping to sell we departed for Newcastle. the most, go furthest or travel by the weirdest method possible.

Having found a likely looking partner in the form of Steve Hutchings, the first task was to get to Staples C o r n e r to try to hitch a lift N o r t h . Weighed down by Rucksacks, Rag-Mags and bottles of S c o t c h , we arrived at the M l at 3.30, after losing our way between it a n d B r e n t Cross Underground Station ( G o o d start!).

T w o lifts and a Watford G a p coffee later we arrived in Sheffield.

S o m e h o w Steve has 301bs more in his rucksack than I have, although we can't find it. O n c e at the University, the Raq Maqs sold fairly well, helped along by a friendly Rag committee.

Saturday 1.00am f o u n d us wandering around Sheffield looking for the station (lost againhThe overnight train took us to Dundee.Dawn over the Firth.of Forth saw us struggle awake to face a breakfast of B R . coffee.crisps and a liberal measure of S c o t c h . 9.00am saw us arrive in Dundee to find almost everybody sleeping off a monster party.

Undeterred we pressed o n , finally to be invited for a

Breakfast 5:50pm and we were lost again.

After passing a purple T o w n Hall we finally a r r i v e d at N e w c a s t l e University. Their own Rag M a g was b a n n e d f r o m b e i n g s o l d in the

U n i o n but that didn't stop us from selling our one. A friendly reception and a great evening, disturbed only by a minor panic where we thought our rucksacks had been locked away overnight in a cloakroom.

10:45pm, and we departed from Newcastle bound for Leicester.

S u n d a y 1:10am, three miles gone, hundreds to go. Hitching at one o'clock on a Sunday morning is definitely not r e c o m m e n d e d .

Hitching was abandoned and we walked back to the city centre in search of a c o a c h . 3:00am, we were freezing and the coach still d i d n ' t d e p a r t for a n o t h e r f o u r hours. T h e bus station was shut up so there was nothing else to do but sleep o n the pavement, becoming hypothermic in the process, the waiting r o o m opened at 5:00am giving us a chance to start thawing out. N o coaches to Leicester so we decided to get a c o a c h home.

10:25am Wo o ha ll services somewhere near Sheffield again. O u r first h o t m e a l s i n c e T h u r s d a y .

M o r e fitful sleep on the c o a c h and last we w e r e b a c k in L o n d o n .

Sunday night in the bar sees the return of other intrepid travellers e a c h w i t h t h e i r o w n t a l e s of universities c o n q u e r e d a n d Rag M a g s sold.

Most Sold: Matthew Smith £60.42 collected.

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Frank

Rowsell (BE1) £ 1 2 2 per hour.

Furthest Distance: Steve H u t c h ings ( C h e m 1) to D u n d e e .

Most Unsual Method of Travel: Phil Greenstreet (Physics 1) who flew from G a t w i c k to Exeter.

C o m m i s e r a t i o n s to all o t h e r participants, who took part, but didn't quite make it, especially the nameless Guildsman who got to Perth.

Matthew Smith

Counting £540 was

the loot: a total raised for Rag.

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NEW FELLOWS A N D ASSOCIATES

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Elected to the fellowship of Imperial College are Sir A n d r e w Huxley, K t , S c D , F R S , Royal Society Research P r o f e s s o r in the d e p a r t m e n t of Physiology, University College, L o n d o n ; Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton, D S c , H o n S c D , H o n D S c , A R C S , D I C , F R S , Director, Institut de C h i m i e d e s S u b s t a n c e s N a t urelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, F r a n c e , Novel Laureate for Chemistry a n d f o r m e r H o f m a n n P r o f e s s o r of Organic Chemistry, Imperial C o l lege; E m e r i t u s P r o f e s s o r A G G a y d o n , D S c , F R S , former Professor of Molecular Spectroscopy at Imperial College; Professor R L u s t , D r Rer N a t , President of the M a x Planck Society for the A d v a ncem en t of Science; M r J P S o w d e n , B S c (Eng), F C G I , F I S t r u c t E , F B I M , C h a i r m a n of Richard C o s t a i n G r o u p L t d , a n d G o v e r n o r of Imperial College since 1971.

M r F W G A n n a s, former College Accountant and Deputy Financial Secretary and member of the College staff s i n c e 1938 w a s e l e c t e d to Honorary Associateship.

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IC ladies rugby team played a team f r o m H o l l a n d at H a r l i n g t o n o n Sunday a n d lost by fifty-two points to n i l . D u r i n g t h e g a m e , t h e gorgeous IC centre, Caroline B r o w n , broke her ankle.'

HAMSOC Imperial College's Amateur Radio Society, H a m s o c , completed two link-up contests over the weekend.

Both were forty-eight hour contests, one o n H F and one of V H F the latter being tackled single-handed by David H a r d y . T h e y logged three thousand contacts, over twice as many as last year a n d during the last eight hours were making new contacts about e v e r y twenty s e c o n d s , i n c l u d i n g some in Hawaii and Central A m e r i c a .

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DEAN OF ROYAL S C H O O L O F MINES A n election has been held to fill the office of D e a n of the Royal School of Mines. A s a result, Professor J L Knill, P h D , A R C S , C E N G , M I C E , F G S , M I G E O L , will become D e a n from 1st Septemeber 1980 for a period of three years.

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MOTOR RALLY

Graham Muggeridge and D J T h o m a s w o n the C i t y & Guilds M o t o r c l u b rally held o v e r the weekend. T h e race was a twelve car Navigalion Rally and took place overnight near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

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Pictured below is the multigym which is now in complete working order and is kept in the Sports centre on the Northside of Prince's Gardens. It is a ten station machine, i.e. ten people doing different exercises for different parts of the body cann work at the same time.

It is not just for the sportperson but is also very good for physiotherapy needs. It is very good for keeping fit for B O T H sexes and can be used by anyone from the weakest to the strongest.

For the moment only you can use it for 15p a session but those

wno use u mure man a lew nines will be encouraged to join the Weights C l u b , (fee £1) and it is then free for their use, (membership available from Mike Weiner C C D 2 or Steve Gunn Chem PG).

It is very straight forward to use but if you aren't sure then contact either of the two above or myself and we'll show you.

Suki ( A C C Chairman)

P.S. If yoy think it would be a g o o d idea to have the s p c r t c

c e n t r e (swimming p o o l , squash courts, weights room and multigym) open on Sundays then P L E A S E sign the petition next to the cash till in the sports centre.

WOLFSON FOUNDATION GRANT A grant of £17,000 over five years has been awarded to Imperial College by the Wolfson Foundation to establish a support unit for research groups at the College working on industrial applictions of microprocessors. T h e unit will be established to make available improved facilities to those groups which requie access to a r a n g e of s u p o r t e q u i p m e n t that cannot be provided at departmental level. T h e unit will provide equipment to function at the microprocessor 'system' level and will form a focus of expertise based on a central pool of support equipment. It is planned that the unit will have a director and two r e s e a r c h a s s i s t a n t s a n d will be l o c a t e d i n t h e d e p a r t m e n t of C o m p u t i n g a n d C o n t r o l ; its equipm e n t will i n c l u d e a n u m b e r of universal emulators a n d logic analysers. photo by Steve 4

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Four performances by The Royal O p e r a : Tuesday 8th April at 7.30 pm The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky) Wednesday 9th April at 7.30 pm Lucrezia Borqia (Donizetti) Friday 11th April at 7.30 pm La Fanciulla del West (Puccini) Saturday 12th April at 2.00 pm Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Three performances by The Royal Ballet: M o n d a y 7th April at 7.30 pm The Four Seasons (Verdi/MacMillan) Gloria (Poulenc/MacMillanl The Concert (Chopin/Robbinsl Thursday 10th April at 7.30 pm La Fille m a l g a r d e e I H e r o l d / A s h t o n ) Saturday 12th April at 7.30 pm S w a n Lake ITchaikovsky/Petipa/lvanovl

7 0 0 Stalls P r o m e n a d e p l a c e s a v a i l a b l e o n the d a y of p e r f o r m a n c e o n e hour b e f o r e c u r t a i n up. £1 e a c h , i n c l u d i n g VAT. S e a t s : £1 to £21.

Further d e t a i l s : 01-240 1911124-hour i n f o r m a t i o n service)

Bargain offer for promenoders Stalls seats for A m p h i p r i c e s !

Proms ticket stub w i l l entitle y o u t o d r a s t i c r e d u c t i o n s o n s e a t s for a n u m b e r o l p e r f o r m a n c e s b y The Royal O p e r a a n d T h e Royal Ballet.

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BICYCLE PARKING There are facilities on campus for the parking of bicycles. However, it is clear that whilst provision has been increased there is still a need for more. We hear that there are plans to put bicycle rocks by the side of the Physics department and in Beit Quad. Here we publish a map showing the positions of cycle parking facilities existing at the moment.

SPONSORED MODEL BUILD On Sunday 9 t h M a r c h , in the Union Dining Room, the Imperial College Model Aircraft Club will be holding a sponsored model build.

A team of select modelling geniuses will try to construct a Cambria Eagle R / C glider kit, which has been kindly donated to us by the manufacturers, in less than twelve hours. We estimate that it would take an average modeller of normal incapability about one week to complete the task under standard conditions.

Sponsorship is per minute under twelve hours taken to finish the aircraft with a limit in case someone wakes up and manages to finish it in ten minutes. If anybody out there would care to sponsor us (all proceeds go to Rag) then see a member of ICMAC.

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL COLL E C T I O N throughout college. Lasts all day.

S T O I C T R A N S M I S S I O N with News-Break sabbatical election special live from the Great Hall.

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FRIDAY 7th M A R C H IC C H R I S T I A N U N I O N S U R P R I S E M E E T I N G at 6:30pm in the Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate.

E N T S D I S C O at 8:00pm in the Union Lower Lounge. Admission 40p.

S A T U R D A Y 8th M A R C H G A R D E N H A L L C L U B TIME W A R P D I S C O at 8:00pm in G a r d e n H a l l , 11 Prince's Gardens. Admission 40p.

M O N D A Y 10th

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P I E R S C O R B Y N (ex I C U P r e s i d e n t ) s p e a k i n g on the International M a r x i s t G r o u p at 6:30pm in the I C W A Lounge.

F O L K C L U B present B I C K Y T O C K L T at 8:00pm in the Lower Refectory.

T U E S D A Y 11th

MARCH

P H O T S O C S H O P between 12:30pm and 1:30pm in the O l d Darkroom.

R I D I N G C L U B M E E T I N G between 1:00pm and 2:00pm in Room 1110 (level 11) Elec Eng.

S O C I A L I S T S O C I E T Y M E E T I N G with N I C K Y H A R M A N from 'Campaign Coffee' at 1:00pm in Maths 340.

A T A L K O N HANG GUDING THEONLY REVOLUTION IN A V I A T I O N by B R I A N M I L T O N (Editor of Wings) in Mech Eng 220 at 6:30pm. Admission 30p (members 20p).

PHOTSOC AGM at 7:00pm in Senior Common Room, Sherfield.

TALK BY MR HEBDTTCHon The Personal Computer Network at 7:00pm in M e c h Eng 318B. S U cards are required.

M O U N T A I N E E R I N G C L U B A G M at 8:30pm in Senior C o m m o n Room, Union Building.

W E D N E S D A Y 12th M A R C H P A T A M E E T I N G at 1:00pm in Chemistry Lecture Theatre E .

SNOOKER CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL M E E T I N G at 1:00pm in the S n o o k e r Lounge.

E X P L O R A T I O N S O C I E T Y FILM WHEN A MAN HUNGERS in Biochem Room 302 at 6:00pm.

ASSOCIATED STUDIES' L U N C H - H O U R C O N C E R T with Margaret Bruce (piano) in the Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate.

G L I D I N G C L U B M E E T I N G at 5:30pm in Aero 254.

E N T S F I L M : Holocaust 2000 in Mech Eng 30p.

220 at 6:30pm. Entrance

FRIDAY 14th M A R C H C O M M U N I S T P A R T Y B O O K S T A L L in the J u n i o r C o m m o n R o o m b e t w e e n 12:30pm and 1:30pm.

IC C H R I S T I A N U N I O N T A L K B Y R O G E R F O R S T E R on The Coming Of The King at 6:30pm in the Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate.

I C C H O I R C O N C E R T at 8 : 0 0 p m in Kensington New Town Hall.

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

T H U R S D A Y 20th M A R C H H A N G GLIDING C L U B 12:45pm in Mech Eng 342.

MEETING

H E A T H A T IMPERIAL Tuesday saw the return of a packed L e c t u r e T h e a t r e , with E d w a r d H e a t h speaking to an audience of about three h u n d r e d and fifty in P h y s i c s L e c t u r e Theatre O n e . This was a great follow u p to the F i n n i s t o n l e c t u r e o n the day before. M r Heath is a Conservative exPrime Minister, and is at present M P for' Bexley and Sidcup. M r Heath spoke at great l e n g t h o n the future e c o n o m i c policy of the world, and directly tied u p the problems facing Third World developing countries and the developed countries.

T h e audience was first informed of the past global economic policy which led to thirty yuears of prosperity following the Sedond World War. T h e policy of the U S lending money to European countries so that these countries could rebuild their industries, knowing that Europe would have to use U S i n d u s t r i e s a n d t e c h n i c a l knowledge if technology was to return to Europe.

The future of Britain relies on us helping to extend this principle in the next twenty years. However, the role that we must play has changed. Europe has to rely o n O P E C countries investing their oil profits in other Third World countries. Investment in these countries would result in a demand for technical expertise from countries in the North (ie, America, Canada, Australasia, and European countries). This would help to ease the problems of unemployment which we presently face.

W e can no longer rely on our traditional industries, eg, motor industry to support our economy. Instead we must fully develop new industries and new technology, eg, the silicon c h i p i n d u s t r y . T h u s we c a n n o t remain stationary in terms of technological

advance, but must be constantly breaking new technological barriers. However this relies on developed countries being able to c o m e to s o m e agreement with O P E C countries as to the future of oil supplies and oil prices, as without this agreement future investment will be difficult if not impossible.

A f t e r his s p e e c h , M r H e a t h t h e n answered questions from the floor. Most of the questions were o n the subject of overseas development. T h e first was raised o n the p o s i t i o n a n d s t a t u s of I r o n

Curtain countries in this global strategy.

T h e principle of industrial c o o p e r a t i o n without political guarantees was accepted whilst noting that we have alot to answer for in this held. W e must no longer consider the situation as being one of 'aid', but as one of â&#x20AC;˘ 'mutual cooperation'. In conclusion most people came away feeling that they had learnt a great deal on future global policy, from a man who must be recognised as an expert in this field.

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strength in depth within the U n i o n . M a n y congratulations must go to the successful candidates, along with very strong commiseration to the unsuccessful ones w h o w e m u s t h o p e will p e r s e v e r e a n d p r o v i d e t h e n u c l e u s of u n i o n m e m b e r s who are so important to the continuing s u c c e s s a n d s t r e n g t h of the R o y a l C o l l e g e of S c i e n c e U n i o n .

Let's hope that the relatively g o o d support for the Hustings a n d Results U G M s continues a n d increases u p to the A G M w h e n t h e rest of t h e officers a r e elected.

M I N E S Last weekend was yet another stormer for M i n e s . A t t h e N o t t i n g h a m Rugby S e v e n s t h e first t e a m beat N e w c a s t l e firsts b y 22 t o 4 i n t h e final to w i n t h e U n i o n C o r p silver salver. (We a r e i n fact the o n l y h o l d e r s of it.)

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o the s e c o n d s o n r e a c h i n g t h e semi-final, the t h i r d s w h o s c o r e d s e v e n p o i n t s a n d c o n c e d e d 100 and to T Rev a n d Helicopters N e w m a n for c l e a r i n g u p their R a l p h a n d H u g h i e s .

In t h e S o c c e r S i x e s R S M w o n 2-1 i n t h e final after e x t r a time .

T h e r e w a s a h i g h R C S e n t r y t o the G r e a t Imperial R a g R a c e . In all R a g m a n a g e d to sell a n o t h e r 2,000 R a g M a g s a n d t h e y s e e m t o be h e a d i n g t o w a r d s m a k i n g a profit. A t last t h e indifferent attitude is going a n d o n e h u n d r e d a n d fifty p e o p l e c a m e t o t h e H u s t i n g s U G M . K e e p y o u r eyes o p e n for all the e n d of t e r m events, s u c h as t h e D e a f K i d d i e s p a r t y t o m o r r o w w i t h losts of jelly a n d i c e - c r e a m for all. T h e B l a c k A n d W h i t e M i n s t r e l R a g o n S a t u r d a y 15th M a r c h — b l a c k y o u r face a n d sing t h e blues t o help the deaf.

Well done Dave Rhodes a n d Stevie H i n d e , t h e rugger (2 g's T r e v ) a n d s o c c e r captains.

O n Sunday Andy N O r m a n a n d the b o y s w e r e u n l u c k y t o lose 8-7 t o A r s e y E s s , b u t they still w o n the o v e r a l l competition to pick u p the W h i t b r e a d Trophy.

O n W e d n e s d a y 12th M a r c h it is t h e M I N E S R E V I E W in the J C R . Tickets £1.00 f r o m R S M U a n d I C U Offices a n d bars. T h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t will include 'exotic' dancers, a bar extensiion, a n d the film Confessions Of A Driving Instructor and more.

O n T u e s d a y 18th M a r c h there's t h e R S M U E L E C T I O N U G M at 12:30pm i n G20.

Cheers

F i n a l l y r e m e m b e r t h e I C elections o n M o n d a y a n d T u e s d a y . U s e y o u r vote.

Bob

CITY A N D GUILDS T h e S w i m m i n g G a l a held o n M o n d a y w a s y e t a n o t h e r r e s o u n d i n g v i c t o r y for G u i l d s . S o u n d l y beating R C S a n d M i n e s i n t h e s w i m m i n g a n d also i n t h e water p o l o G u i l d s s h o w e d a g a i n w h o is t o o .

M a n y congratulations go to all the s w i m m e r s for their magnificent p e r f o r m ances.

A s y o u should have realised b y n o w this is t h e time w h e n e l e c t i o n s a r e t a k i n g place a n d G u i l d s is n o e x c e p t i o n . D u r i n g the w e e k e n d there is t h e r u n u p t o t h e elections, w h i c h a r e h e l d o n T u e s d a y .

FORTHCOMING

EVENTS

Saturday 8th March: E l e c t i o n R a g . T h i s event if for all of y o u , but m o r e i m p o r t a n t l y all t h e c a n d i d a t e s m u s t a t t e n d i n f a n c y d r e s s . T h i s is a g o o d c h a n c e t o get t o k n o w w h o is s t a n d i n g a n d t o find o u t h o w deviant their taste i n f a n c y d r e s s is. M e e t in t h e G u i l d s U n i o n Office at 9 : 3 0 .

Sunday 9th March: E l e c t i o n B a r N i g h t .

A n o t h e r c h a n c e t o meet t h e c a n d i d a t e s , who must all attend, this time over a f e w / m a n y pleasant d r i n k s . T h e r e will b e y a r d s , boat r a c e s , s o n g s a n d p l e n t y of fun. T h e U n i o n B a r at 7:30 o n w a r d s is t h e place a n d time .

T u e s d a v 11th M a r c h : T h e E l e c t i o n U G M . A full t u r n o u t of G u i l d s p e o p i e is required to elect Y O U R E x e c . T h e f o r m a t of t h e e l e c t i o n s is that t h e c a n d i d a t e s for e a c h p o s t will be h u s t e d .

Their p r o p o s e r s a n d themselves will speak followed by questions to the individual c a n d i d a t e s . V o t i n g t h e n t a k e s place. A f t e r all t h e c a n d i d a t e s h a v e b e e n e l e c t e d there follows t h e initiations of t h e n e w E x e c i n t h e p o o l . T h e o l d E x e c also s e e m s t o get p u s h e d i n . T h i s is f o l l o w e d by d r i n k s in the Q u e e n s where t h e P r e s i d e n t elect will b u y t h e first r o u n d .

W e d n e s d a y 12th M a r c h : S p a r k e s C u p against M i n e s . T h e r e a r e free c o a c h e s for a l l s u p p o r t e r s at l : 0 0 o m i n Beit A r c h F r i d a y 14th M a r c h : G u i l d s w i l l b e going t o t h e theatre. F u r t h e r details f r o m tne U n i o n Office followed b y d a n c i n g t h e night away at t h e R a g P a r t y i n t h e J C R .

Sunday 16th M a r c h : G u i l d s M y s t e r y T o u r . F u r t h e r details later.

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$ R C S Well the elections are over a n d the candidates have been ratified. C o n gratulations go to t h e following: R i c h A r c h e r tor b e c o m i n g P r e s i d e n t .

Paul J o h n s o n — V i c e President.

Steve T y s o n — Honorary Secretary.

Zosia Zbrzesniak — Honorary Junior Treasurer D a v e L y o n s — A c a d e m i c Affairs Officer.

T h e V P election brought forth the closest e l e c t i o n for m a n y y e a r s , w i t h only eleven votes seperating the candidates o n the first a l l o c a t i o n . T h i s definitely illustrates the overall trend for the election.

A v e r y high quality of c a n d i d a t e s for the five p o s t s m e a n s that s o m e must fail.

B u t t h e fact that t h e e l e c t i o n s w e r e well c o n t e s t e d s h o w s that t h e r e is a great

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ELECTION UGM Tuesday 11th 12.45 M.E.220 Be there to vote in YOUR EXEC 7

The Charlie Parkas Picture

by Nigel Tooby

S T O I C will be showing an exclusive interview with Terry Jones at 1:00pm in the J C R , Union T V Lounge, Southside L o w e r T V L o u n g e a n d B e i t , Southside and Linstead Halls on channel 21. The programme will be repeated at 6:00pm. Transmission date: Tuesday 11th March.

Monty Python's Lifz of Brian and Terry Jones.

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OVERSEAS LEADERS T R A I N I N G C O U R S E 1980 (for P r e s e n t a n d P o t e n t i a l A w a r d Winners) I n t e r e s t e d i n h e l p i n g r u n t h e D u k e of Edinburgh's A w a r d Scheme in a country o t h e r t h a n the U K ? Y o u are? T h e n r e a d o n .

two t r a i n i n g c o u r s e s are b e i n g h e l d this y e a r near L o n d o n : F r o m W e d n e s d a y 2 n d J u l y to F r i d a y 4 t h J u l y at t h e G r e e n P a r k T r a i n i n g Centre, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury; F r o m M o n d a y 14th D e c e m b e r to Wednesday 17th D e c e m b e r at S t C o l u m b a ' s H o u s e , Woking.

T h e c o u r s e s will p r o v i d e : a n i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e A w a r d P r o g r a m m e for t h o s e n o t a l r e a d y a c q u a i n t e d w i t h it; a n e x p l a n a t i o n of T h e D u k e of E d i n b u r g h ' s A w a r d S c h e m e its n e w simplified s t r u c t u r e b e i n g i n t r o is a p r o g r a m m e of s p a r e - t i m e activities d u c e d this y e a r ; p r a c t i c a l guidelines f o r available t o y o u n g p e o p l e b e t w e e n the ages the P r o g r a m m e ' s o p e r a t i o n a n d d e v e l o p of f o u r t e e n a n d twenty-five, d e s i g n e d t o m e n t o v e r s e a s ; a n o p p o r t u n i t y f o r e n c o u r a g e a spirit of v o l u n t a r y s e r v i c e , self- d e l e g a t e s t o e x a m i n e w a y s i n w h i c h reliance a n d p e r s e r v e r a n c e , a s e n s e of A w a r d l e a d e r s w o r l d w i d e c a n w o r k responsibility to the eommunity a n d the t o w a r d s m a k i n g e a c h s e c t i o n o f t h e P r o g r a m m e (expeditions, skills, service a c q u i s i t i o n of v o c a t i o n a l skills. and physical recreation) relevant a n d T h e A w a r d S c h e m e is o p e r a t e d u n d e r a meaningful within their respective v a r i e t y of titles i n o v e r forty c o u n t r i e s communities. throughout the w o r l d , mainly the C o m B o t h c o u r s e s will be residential a n d m o n w e a l t h , w h e r e it has b e e n s u c c e s s f u l l y a d a p t e d t o m e e t the n e e d s of y o u n g p e o p l e d e l e g a t e s w i l l b e a s k e d t o a r r i v e b y f r o m m a n y different e n v i r o n m e n t s , c u l t u r e s 4 : 0 0 p m o n t h e f i r s t d a y , l e a v i n g a f t e r l u n c h o n the final d a y . T h e n o m i n a l and backgrounds. c h a r g e of ÂŁ10.00 p e r p e r s o n will i n c l u d e T h e A w a r d S c h e m e 'relies u p o n adult all meals a n d a c c o m m o d a t i o n att h e help f o r its i m p l e m e n t a t i o n a n d p r o m o t i o n c o u r s e c e n t r e . A certificate of a t t e n d a n c e â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a d u l t s w h o are not n e c e s s a r i l y c o n n e c t e d will be a v a i l a b l e to delegates u p o n with schools o r youth organisations, but request. w h o a r e c o n c e r n e d a b o u t the d e v e l o p m e n t If y o u w o u l d l i k e t o a t t e n d , p l e a s e of y o u n g p e o p l e into m a t u r e a n d r e s p o n c o m p l e t e a n d r e t u r n the a t t a c h e d f o r m a s sible c i t i z e n s .

F o r O v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s c u r r e n t l y i n t h e s o o n a s possible ( b u t c e r t a i n l y n o later If y o u w o u l d l i k e t o a t t e n d , p l e a s e U K w i s h i n g t o l e a r n m o r e a b o u t the A w a r d P r o g r a m m e o v e r s e a s a n d for t h o s e p e o p l e c o n t a c t A d r i a n G o o d w o r t h , O v e r s e a s i n t e n d i n g t o s p e n d s o m e time i n a c o u n t r y E x e c u t i v e , D u k e of E d i n b u r g h ' s A w a r d , 5 other than the U K (perhaps o n teaching P r i n c e o f W a l e s T e r r a c e , K e n s i n g t o n , 937-5205). c o n t r a c t s o r V o l u n t a r y S e r v i c e O v e r s e a s ) , L o n d o n W 8 5 P G (telephone

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JUST A SEC T h e r e s u l t s o f t h e college w i d e ballot will b e a n n o u n c e d i n t h e G r e a t H a l l o n T h u r s d a y at 1:00pm.

T h e e l e c t i o n of U n i o n officers for n e x t y e a r a l s o t a k e s place t h e n . T h e p o s t s of Welfare Officer, A c a d e m i c Affairs Officer, I C C A G Chairman, Rag Chairman, U G M Chairman, U L U Representative and External Affairs Officer are important.

Papers for the above are up in the U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e a n d will b e t a k e n d o w n o n M o n d a y 10th M a r c h at 5:30pm.

E l e c t i o n is b y S T V ballot at t h e U G M following hustings.* M a y I r e m i n d c a n d i d a t e s that p u b l i c i t y is g o v e r n e d b y p u b l i c i t y r u l e s , (ie dates of the e l e c t i o n b e m e n t i o n e d ) a n d e l e c t i o n rules.

D o n ' t forget R E S U L T S A N D E L E C T I O N S . T H U R S D A Y 13th M A R C H , 1:00pm, G R E A T H A L L .

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A t t h e time of writing, I a m unable to s a y w h i c h p o s t s a r e t o be c o n t e s t e d . If y o u r d e p a r t m e n t a l p o s t i s , t h e n there will be h u s t i n g s s o m e time n e x t w e e k , at t h e d i s c r e t i o n o f t h e c u r r e n t d e p rep. E l e c t i o n is b y s e c r e t ballot i n y o u r d e p a r t m e n t o n M o n d a y 17th M a r c h .

Incidentally, if y o u still w i s h t o s t a n d , p a p e r s c o m e d o w n t o d a y at 5:30pm.

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T h e fact that IC students are generally apathetic toward live entertainment at the college has been apparent for sometime.

This, couple with the fact that Sunday nights gig was not a d v e r t i s e d o u t s i d e College, paved the way for yet another calculated flop.

A b o u t two h u n d r e d p a y i n g p u n t e r s braved the clinical confines of the Great Hall in order to watcn T h e Smirks and T h e Charlie Parkas. T h e Smirks made a legitimate attempt to rouse the small but enthusiastic attendance with a set that owed more to youthful enthusiasm than to startling musical prowess. Still, they were well received, and considering the s t e r i l e a t m o s p h e r e of t h e i r p l a t f o r m , managed to evoke a warm response.

T h e Charlie Parkas, (aka the Albertos) as if ffected by their surroundings, gave what, by their s t a n d a r d s , was a lack lustre performance. 'Going through the motions' I think you could have called it.

Not bothering with the theatrical props that are usually such a feature of their act, instead they m e a n d e r e d lamely through a bunch of limp songs, the only real humour coming in the preambles.

After about forty minutes, this writer, suffering from acute boredom decided to look for edible refreshment. O n my return some five minutes later, I was refused readmission, by a self-styled security man (bouncer to you), my crime being that I was armed with two packets of potato crisps (for the interested reader one was ready salted and the other was beef ' n ' onion) crisps I was told, were not allowed in the auditorium. I faced a dilemma: was I to sacrifice the crisps in the name of rock ' n ' roll, or reach Bunteresque proportions and scoff the lot? I ate the crisps, the band played on.

WE C A N T PAY? WE W O N T P A Y ! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a s a t i r i c a l farce.

"We Can't Pay? We Won't Pay!" will be p e r f o r m e d in the U n i o n

"P... off photographer - I'm gonna hide.

Smirks pic by Nigel Tooby.

C o n c e r t H a l l e a c h night f r o m Tuesday 11th March to Saturday 15th. Each performance will begin at 7:30pm, and tickets are priced at ÂŁ1.00.

H o w would you react if, on your next trip to Waitrose, you discovered that all their p r ice s h a d d o u b l e d overnight?

Would you simply accept the situation, or would the rise be just too much?

Dario F o , in this much acclaimed farce, gives his o w n o p i n i o n of how two" everyday Italian couples might have acted in the C o m m u n i s t P a r t y e r a of t h e seventies. T h e country gripped by raging inflation, our characters' emotions run high, to the point where they feel they can justify what they once thought to be criminal acts.*.

T h e play is cer t a in l y a c o m e d y , but asks many serious questions about the morals of capitalists, c o m m u n i s t s , t h e trade unions, police farces, and indeed sill who wield power. Apparently, the only way in w h i c h the i n d i v i d u a l c a n fiqht rights is to take the law into his own hands " W e Can't Pay? We Won't P a y ! " was first performed in this country at the Half M o o n Theatre in 1978, and the Imperial College Dramatic Society's production will be its second revival. Dario Fo's work is not well known in Britian, although h e is highly successful in his own country.

A n o t h e r of his farces " T h e Accidental D e a t h O f A n A n a r c h i s t " is c u r r e n t l y playing at Wyndhams in the West E n d .

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P G TIPS O f the various matters d i s c u s s e d at meeting of the G r a d u a t e C o m m i t t e e o n 3rd M a r c h , I s h o u l d like to b r i n g the f o l l o w i n g to the a t t e n t i o n of P G students.

OVERSEAS RESEARCH STUDENTS FEES SUPPORT SCHEME T h i s is a s c h e m e t h a t w o u l d b e a p p l i c a b l e only from the c o m i n g a c a d e m i c y e a r a n d has b e e n set u p by the Secretary of State for E d u c a t i o n a n d S c i e n c e to p r o v i d e a w a r d s f o r partial remission of tuition fees (to the e x t e n t of the d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n overseas a n d h o m e students' fees) to o v e r s e a s r e s e a r c h s t u d e n t s of " o u t standing merit a n d research potential".

T h e r e will b e a t o t a l o f a b o u t f i v e h u n d r e d s u c h awards of w h i c h IC is e x p e c t e d to get a s h a r e of a b o u t sixty.

At p r e s e n t t h e rate of i n t a k e of o v e r s e a s r e s e a r c h s t u d e n t s at I C is about o n e h u n d r e d a n d twenty per year o n average. S i n c e this trend is likely to decline over time, it w o u l d s e e m that more than half the overseas r e s e a r c h students joining IC In 1980-81 w o u l d be a b l e to take a d v a n t a g e of this s c h e m e . T h e awards w o u l d initially be m a d e for a . p e r i o d of o n e a c a d e m i c y e a r , b u t a r e e x t e n i b l e f o r t h e full c o u r s e of s t u d y of the student.

RAG CABER TOSSING If y o u r e a d the Kensington News And Post last F r i d a y , y o u m a y h a v e s e e n a letter f r o m the N a t i o n a l D e a f C h i l d r e n ' s S o c i e t y , w h i c h s a i d , " W e h a v e b e e n v e r y thrilled by the e n t h u s i a s m a n d h a r d w o r k of the s t u d e n t s at Imperial C o l l e g e , i n their efforts t o h e l p deaf c h i l d r e n . " T h e rest of the letter w e n t o n t o a s k for s p o n s o r s h i p for the c h i l d r e n t a k i n g p a r t i n our C A B E R T O S S I N G C O N T E S T , which takes place tomorrow, Saturday 8th M a r c h in Prince's Gardens.

If y o u ' v e b e e n o n e of the o n e s c o n t r i b uting the " e n t h u s i a s m a n d h a r d w o r k " mentioned, then I assure you from e x p e r i e n c e , t h a t it m a k e s it all w o r t h w h i l e w h e n ' y o u meet the children y o u are helping. If y o u haven't b e e n i n v o l v e d i n R a g yet, t h e n I urge y o u to c o m e a l o n g a n d really see what we are d o i n g — t o m o r r o w w e a r e h a v i n g a b o u t fifty deaf c h i l d r e n f r o m s c h o o l s w h i c h w e will be b u y i n g e q u i p m e n t for, p l u s their p a r e n t s , t e a c h e r s a n d officers of the N a t i o n a l D e a f C h i l d r e n ' s S o c i e t y , if y o u w a n t t o a s k a n y q u e s t i o n s ' a b o u t deafness, the e q u i p m e n t w e ' r e b u y i n g , etc.

T h i s e v e n t is d e s i g n e d t o b e a great d a y out for the k i d s , a n d for Y O U t o get i n v o l v e d . T h e r e ' s l o t s of h i g h l a n d d e m o n s t r a t i o n s , g a m e s , f u n , jelly a n d icec r e a m , a n d the national p r e s s s h o u l d be there t o o . S o please c o m e a l o n g — either to the e v e n t itself at 2 : 0 0 p m o r if y o u w a n t t o h e l p we'll be a r o u n d P r i n c e ' s Gardens/Southside L o w e r Dining R o o m f r o m 10:00am. B E T H E R E — it'll b e great fun a n d give y o u i m m e n s e s a t i s f a c t i o n if y o u ' v e d o n e a n y t h i n g for R a g this y e a r .

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kindly agreed to write a letter to heads of d e p a r t m e n t s t o f i n d o u t a b o u t research students in their departments w h o are taking more than four years for their P h D and also to find out the p o s s i b i l i t y of a l l o t i n g an a d d i t i o n a l staff a d v i s o r / a l t e r n a t e s u p e r v i s o r or having a P G tutor/an advisory b o d y in e a c h department to w h o m the research s t u d e n t s c o u l d go a n d talk a b o u t p r o b l e m s of supervision. S o m e departments already have s u c h a provision. In any case, I think this is a positive step a n d must be c o m m e n d e d . If y o u have any other ideas that c o u l d help, c o m e a n d see me or drop a line a n d I will c o m e a n d see y o u .

NEW MSc COURSE IN NUCLEAR FUEL TECHNOLOGY

T h e d e p a r t m e n t of C h e m i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g is g o i n g t o r u n t h i s P G c o u r s e f r o m O c t o b e r 1 9 8 0 . It is a substitute for an earlier c o u r s e and has been a p p r o v e d by the G r a d u a t e Studies C o m m i t t e e . It would be put before the E n g i n e e r i n g B o a r d o n 5th M a r c h a n d in all probability would be given a g o a h e a d .

T h e reason why I bring this to y o u r notice is b e c a u s e after having l o o k e d at t h e p r o p o s e d s y l l a b u s o f t h e c o u r s e , I, p e r s o n a l l y , t h i n k that t h e safety and environmental impact a s p e c t s of n u c l e a r f u e l t e c h n o l o g y have not got sufficient attention. At present less than about ten percent of SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH the lectures s e e m to be devoted to these aspects.

STUDENTS M o s t of the g r a d u a t e s f r o m t h i s T h e committee also d i s c u s s e d s o m e course, a c c o r d i n g to the notes before q u e s t i o n s r e l a t i n g to p r o t r a c t e d the G r a d u a t e S t u d i e s C o m m i t t e e , periods of r e s e a r c h in the c a s e of P h D would be e m p l o y e d by British N u c l e a r students.

Fuels Ltd ( B N F L ) and other nuclea r It was generally a g r e e d that while power c o m p a n i e s like N P C , G E C , etc. three to four years was the ' n o r m a l ' T h e B N F L also h o p e to s e n d s o m e of time to finish a P h D , if students were their staff member s for this c o u r s e . t a k i n g m o r e t i m e t h e n t h e r e wer^e T h i s c o u r s e at IC must give a b a l a n c e d r e a s o n s to look d e e p e r into this picture of the h a z a r d o u s a s p e c t s of p h e n o m e n o n . T h e R e g i s t r a r has nuclear energy — particularly when a g r e e d to c o l l e c t s o m e i n f o r m a t i o n institutions like the B N F L d o not have r e l a t i n g to P h D s t u d e n t s w h o h a v e a clean record of matters relating to been registered as full-time students safety (see for example, (i) S c i e n c e for for more than four years.

People, p a g e five, A u t u m n 1978, a n d O n e often hears c o m p l a i n t s about (ii) C o u n t e r Information Service A n t i research students not getting adequate Report N u m b e r 22, pages twenty-one s u p e r v i s i o n eit h e r b e c a u s e of s o m e to twenty-nine). personal problems with their s u p e r While individuals s h o u l d perhaps be visors or b e c a u s e the supervisor has f r e e to c h o o s e w h e t h e r t h e y w a n t far too m a n y students to supervise or nuclear e n e r g y or not, students s u c h b e c a u s e s o m e supervisors take u p s o as t h o s e w h o w o u l d g r a d u a t e f r o m m u c h c o n s u l t a n c y work that they have this c o u r s e must have a fair picture of virtually n o time left for their r e s e a r c h all aspects of nuclea r energy. T h e i r students. In this c o n n e c t i o n , R i c h a r d responsibility b e c o m e s all the more E a r l , m y p r e d e c e s s o r , h a d t r i e d to crucial c o n s i d e r i n g that p e o p l e w h o c o n d u c t a survey w h i c h a m o n g other are most s u s c e p t i b l e to n u c l e a r things, a s k e d the P G s whether they hazards are those w h o are also the thought they were getting adequate m o s t v u l n e r a b l e s e c t i o n s of the supervision. Unfortunately, the repopulation and have had n o direct sav s p o n s e rate of this survey was so low in c h o o s i n g n u c l e a r e n e r g y , ie the that the o n l y t h i n g that c a m e out c o m m o n m a n / w o m a n and more i m p o r unequivocally was the general apathy t a n t l y , the i n d u s t r i a l w o r k e r s in of the P G s to s u c h efforts. nuclear plants.

H o w e v e r , e v e n if t h i s p r o b l e m Lastly, those of y o u who w o u l d like affects o n l y a very small proportion of any U n i o n help in solving any of y o u r research students, it still needs to be specific problems are w e l c o m e to get J o o k e d into detail. T h e C h a i r m a n of Ithe G r a d u a t e Studies C o m m i t t e e has in t o u c h with me.

Bharat B h u s h a n P G Affairs Officer i n

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1 (1) Pater Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers 2 (13) Mike Rutherford - Working in Line 3 (11) Talking Heads - I Zimbra 4 (2) T h e Flying Lizards - T.V. 5 (I ?) Orchestral Manoeuvres Red frame white light • (7) Squeeze - Another Nail in M y Heart 7 (3) CrisrJna - Is that all there is?

• (19) T h e Police - S o Lonely B (-) T h e Vapours - Turning Japanese 10 (4) Dave Edmunds - Singing the Blues 11 (9) Blondie - Atomic 12 (10) T h e Buggies - The Plastic A g e l 13 (-) B-A Robertson - Kool in the Kaftan 14 (-) M a gin kin - S o n g from Under the Floorboards 15 (14)Rachel Sweet - FOOTS Gold 16 (-) T h e Inmates - Love Got Me 17 (B) Joan Armatrading - Rosie 13 (-) Rick Wakeman - I'm so Straight I'm a Weirdo f t (-) Earth. Wind and Fire - In the Stone 20 (-) Rainbow - All Night Long

301m/999kHz Medium Wavo\ Now by line to Ttawd Gallery (Pool Room), also Keogh Gallery level, Stan's & Linstead Bars and soon in Falmouth (hopefully tomorrow)

EleCtlOll FeVef T h e r e are three major election programmes on I.C. Radio in the coming week. The first is tonight when we take Steve Marshall, Lars Wembero- Mailer and Paul Williams, the candidates for FELIX Editor, to Stan's Bar and let you ask them questions live on I.C. Radio.

The programme starts at 9.00pm and is hosted by Chris Dalton.

O n Sunday at 8.30pm we do the same with John Passmore, Barney McCabe and Mick Berry, the Presidential Candidates. This programme is presented by Alan Burton.

Both of these 'Viewpoint Election Specials' are designed to give you the chance to ask questions to the candidates in the informal atmosphere of Stan's Bar.

The third programme is on Thursday, the day of the Results U.G.M., and in a joint adventure between S T O I C and I.C. Radio, we will be covering the meeting. Be assured that if you cannot be at the meeting then you can hear the results first by listening to I.C. Radio or by watching STOIC. The I.C. Radio Dave Fuller at last year's Results U.G.M. programme is presented by Simon Milner in the studio and Dave Fuller in the Great Hall. It In the Great Hall, appearing starts at 12.00 midday and the links with simultaneously on I.C. Radio and STOIC and the meeting begin at 1.00pm.

Photo courtesy ot STOIC STOIC.

Compiled by Sarah Talbot from the most played records on I.C. Radio during the past two weeks.

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SOCIALIST SOCIETY O n T h u r s d a y 28th F e b r u a r y , a m e m b e r of Plaid C y m r u ' s parliamentary research staff gave a talk to IC Socialist Society.

H e talked mainly o n the historical development of P l a i d C y m r u , the W e l s h Nationalist Party, a n d in particular its relation to socialist ideals. H i s view was that Plaid C y m r u will b e c o m e a more socialist party.

Q u e s t i o n e r s f r o m the a u d i e n c e a s k e d mainly why he d i d not think an all-British c a m p a i g n f o r s o c i a l i s m w o u l d be favourable to a W e l s h socialist state, w h i c h h e a n s w e r e d by s a y i n g that h e did not think a n y L o n d o n b a s e d party or state c o u l d ever be truly socialist, a n d that there w as a w i d e s p r e a d a n d deeply felt s e n s e of national identity in Wales, a l t h o u g h he d i d not s e e w h y an independent Wales s h o u l d weaken British trade u n i o n solidarity.

T h e outlook for Wales, he said, was b l e a k , w i t h a p o s s i b l e fifty p e r c e n t increase in the j o b l e ss total a h e a d . H e s p o k e of recent political d e v e l o p m e n t s i n c l u d i n g the f o r m a t i o n of a Welsh S o c i a l i s t R e p u b l i c a n M o v e m e n t in the w a k e of the Devolution f i a s c o , drawing its m e m b e r s f r o m m o s t W e l s h political parties. H e a l s o s p o k e of a labour p a r t y / t r a d e u n i o n attempt t o refloat the i s s u e of W e l s h h o m e rule.

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I C C A G Well, I think it must b e m e n t i o n e d that last Friday w e h a d a very enjoyable time with the B i r k e n h e a d s c h o o l c h i l d r e n a n d t h o u g h there was n o real n e e d for volunteers to help out as we had e n o u g h there is a n e e d for y o u to s u g g e s t other g r o u p s of kids w e c a n take out! A g a i n M o n d a y dinnertimes o r T u e s d a y s at 5 : 3 0 p m , t h i r d f l o o r Union Building.

A s t h o u g h ts of s u m m e r enter o ur little h e a d s we s m i l e ( b e f o r e we r e m e m b e r e x a m s ) a n d if y o u k n o w definitely that a s i x t e e n week l o n g holiday is g o i n g to b o r e y o u stiff then get away from it all. If like m e y o u have difficulty getting 'ordinary' jobs t h e n try v o l u n t a r y w o rk b e c a u s e e v e r y o n e wants s o m e o n e to help out for little pay. Meanwhile y o u s p e n d , say, long h o u rs in the gentle British s u m m e r c o u n t r y s i d e at a n o l d o r y o u n g people's h o m e , a n d if y o u are the sort that gets worried easily by world events these h o m e s are mostly out of the major fallout z o n e s s o y o u only get a natural suntan. Attracted?

T h e work, I s a y ' c o s I know, is very very easy.

Meanwhile, back in the big gritty.

W e still w o u l d like y o u to volunteer for just about anything you've s p a r e time a n d i n c l i n a t i o n f o r . if y o u ' r e i n t o stirring s o u p a n d chatting in F a l m o u t h

kitchens for a n h o u r o r s o o n T u e s d a y and Friday evenings then Sunila ' Nimalasuriya will s h o w y o u how it's d o n e a n d later at 10:30pm y o u may even feel like d o i n g the s o u p r u n .

P A T A T h i s t e r m s a w t h e birth of the Union's newest society, Imperial College Positive Alternatives To A b o r t i o n S o c i e t y ( P A T A ) , following a l o n g gestation a n d despite attempts by o p p o n e n t s to bring a b o u t a premature e n d to it.

P A T A e x i s t s to b r i n g t o g e t h e r s t u d e n t s w h o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e 1967 A b o r t i o n A c t takes away the rights of the u n b o r n c h i l d . It intends to use all the d e m o c r a t i c m e a n s available to c a m p a i g n against the 1967 A c t a n d the U n i o n ' s present p o l i c y o n abortion.

P A T A is not just fighting abortionism.

It aims to p e r s u a d e the U n i o n to actively s u p p o r t the provision of better maternity - rights, to join c a m p a i g n against cuts in nursery p l aces a n d to support the provision of facilities to allow more h a n d i c a p p e d p e o p l e to have the opportunity of higher e d u c a t i o n .

M e m b e r s h i p of P A T A is o p e n to all s t u d e n t s whatever their polit cal or religious beliefs. If y o u are interested t h e n c o m e to the next m e e t i n g o n W e d n e s d a y 12th M a r c h at 1:00pm in C h e m i s t r y L e c t u r e T h e a t r e E or contact S e a n Kelly, C h e m i s t r y 2.

s l o w t h r o u g h o u t S a t u r d a y , a n d it s e e m e d as t h o u g h the final s c o r e w o u l d only equal last year's 1,222 contacts.

However, several 'rare' countries were c o n t a c t e d , i n c l u d i n g a few s o c i e t y 'firsts'. T h e s e included several remote t r o p i c a l i s l a n d s , s o m e of w h i c h m e m b e r s of H a m s o c had never heard of I E i g h t h o u r s f r o m t h e e n d of t h e contest, G r e g K a y e (Elec E n g 2) took o v e r as o p e r a t o r , a n d a m a s s e d a n a m a z i n g 1,017 c o n t a c t s . T h i s f i n a l marathon sprint was s p ect a cu l a r and exciting to watch, with G r e g contacting four or more stations per minute at times. T h i s s u d d e n l y elevated the society's h o p e s from being an 'also ran', to that of a top p l a c i n g . T h e final result d e p e n d s on how the opposition fared, w h i c h will not be known for s o m e m o n t hs yet.

T h e final total was 1,831 contacts, m a d e up as follows: G r e g K a y e ( G 4 D K A ) — 1,017 contacts R u s s e l l W h i t w o r t h ( G 4 G Q A ) — 477 contacts — 134 contacts J o h n S a v a g e ( G 8 R R D ) — 82 contacts Peter M e a d ( G 4 D O A ) — 81 contacts Kevin Foster ( G 8 T Y O ) — 40 contacts Finally, credit must g o to the team of helpers (better k n o w n as Insomniacs A n o n y m o u s ) , w h o g a v e up t h e i r w e e k e n d to keep things r u n n i n g . T h e i r vital support role Included log keeping, duplicate contact c h e c k i n g , o n the spot e q u i p m e n t r e p a i r s , a n d , of c o u r s e , m a k i n g the a l l - i m p o r t a n t g a l l o n s of coffee!

Russell Whitworth Jan Chmielewski (G4GQA)

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEW DIRECTIONS? A n u m b e r of IC students recently entered the world of e c o n o m i c s , or at least the L o n d o n s c h o o l of s u c h to a t t e n d a m e e t i n g o r g a n i s e d by A m n e s t y International. T h e meeting's purpose was to inform us of the latest developments in A l ' s c a m p a i g n s , a n d to give notice of short talks by people from A l , followed by d i s c u s s i o n g r o u p s on various topics.

A s p e a k e r from the International s e c r e t a r i a t of A l t a l k e d a b o u t t h e c h a n g i n g nature of A m n e s t y ' s c a m paigning, whereby it is now interested in t h e l a r g e s c a l e a b u s e of h u m a n r i g h t s by a c o u n t r y , as w e l l as t h e detention of a given individual. T h i s c h a n g e was brought about b e c a u s e in some countries (Ethopia, Amin's Uganda) the adoption of a prisoner by A l was regarded as a death sentence.

A n example of this new style is the current c a m p a i g n o n G u a t e m a l a wh ic h is f o c u s e d o n t h e l i n k s b e t w e e n multinational c o m p a n i e s and the government. F o r instance, it has been n o t i c e d t h a t t h e r e is a ' v e r y h i g h degree of correlation between a rise in d e a t h / d i s a p p e a r a n c e rate of the local p e a s a n t r y a n d t h e d e s i r e of International N i c k e l to start mining in that r e g i o n . A l s o for G u a t e m a l a n e m p l o y e e s of C o c a - C o l a , t h i n g s just don't g o better with C o k e .

O n t h e U S S R it w a s e m p h a s i s e d that A l has no policy on either the Soviet o c c u p a t i o n of A f g h a n i s t a n or the h o l d i n g of the O l y m p i c s in M o s c o w .

However, it is still very c o n c e r n e d about the c o n t i n u e d regard for h u m a n rights d i s p l a y e d by the Soviet government.

Future c a m p a i g n s will include action o n Zaire, Pakistan, export of 'repressive' t e c h n o l o g y , U S S R , death penalty . . .

WINDSURFING Imagine s k i p p i n g over an azure s e a , a w a r m w i n d in y o u r h a i r , t h e sun beating down on your back.

T h i s is w i n d s u r f i n g .

In B r i t a i n , it i s n ' t q u i t e l i k e t h a t b u t if y o u a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n w i n d surfing, either f o r m i n g a c l u b or s h a r i n g p e t r o l m o n e y to n o t e d windsurfing venues, please contact N i c k A j d e r i a n , M e c h E n g 1 letterracks or the l o u n g e a b o v e Stan's today. W e c a n arrange instructors c o u r s e s as well as c h e a p b e g i n n e r s courses.

DOUBLE TRIUMPH FOR HAMSOC L a s t w e e k e n d , m e m b e r s of IC A m a t e u r R a d i o S o c i e t y took part in two •international contests simultaneously, a n d e x c e e d e d t h e i r e x p e c t a t i o n s in both.

T h e V H F station, G 8 E Y C , was entered in the R a d i o S o c i e t y of G r e a t Britain V H F / U H G contest. O n l y the T h u r s d a y before the event, the d e c i s i o n was taken to enter the 'single operator' category of this event, with David H a r d y (Chemistry 1) in the 'hot seat'. V H F c o n d i t i o n s were excellent, and so David c o n c e n t r a t e d o n quality (or rather, distance), rather than q u a n t i t y of c o n t a c t s . H i s f u r t h e s t contact was a new c l u b record: five h u n d r e d miles to the Austria-Switzerland border. With c l o s e to two h u n d r e d contacts in the twenty-four hours, his efforts s h o u l d put the c l u b into the top few placings: quite an improvement o n last year's last place!

M e a n w h i l e the H F stations, G 5 Y C , was taking part in the forty-eight hour A m e r i c a n R a d i o Relay L e a g u e contest, attempting to c o n t a c t as m a n y stations as possible world-wide . Progress was

PHOTSOC • T h e P h o t s o c A G M will be o n T u e s d a y 11th M a r c h at 7:00pm in the S e n i o r C o m m o n R o o m , Sherfield B u i l d i n g . A t this meeting the new committee will be elected (papers are still up o n P h o t s o c N o t i c e b o a r d next to gents' loo in U n i o n Building). A l s o , a n y o n e wishing to enter the a n n u al c o m p e t i t i o n s h o u l d h a n d in their entries.

T h e vacant c o m m i t t e e posts are c h a i r m a n , secretary, treasurer, publicity officer, d a r k r o o m officer, c o l o u r g r o u p leader, o r d i n a r y committee m e m b e r a n d s h o p officer.

T h e a n n u a l c o m p e t i t i o n will h a v e prizes, a n d there are six categories: Black and White prints (open); B l a c k a n d White Prints (portraits); B l a c k a n d White Prints; C o l o u r Prints (open); S l i d e s (open); S l i d e s (landscapes).

E a c h p e r s o n may enter up to five p h o t o s in e a c h c a t e g o r y ( t h e y may have been entered in our other c o m petitions before, but not in a previous a n n u a l competition). Prints s h o u l d be g r e a t e r t h a n sixty s q u a r e i n c h e s in area, a n d not bigger than sixteen by twenty i n c h es . Slides should be glass m o u n t e d for their o w n p r o t e c t i o n ( t h o u g h t h e y d o n o t h a v e to b e ) .

T h e r e will be a twenty pence e n t r a n c e fee p e r p e r s o n . A l l entries' will b e exhibited in Sherfield some time next term.

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Hyde P a r k R e l a y T h e t h i r t y - s e c o n d edition of the Hyde Park Relay was held last Saturday at 3:00pm under near perfect conditions.

One hundred and two teams finished the race out of the original entry of one hundred and forty teams.

The novelty of this year's relay was the number of ladies running: twenty-six ladies took part and it is hoped that next year a ladies' event will be introduced on a team basis.

The Lady Roderic Hill Cup for the first placed team was won by Leeds University 'A' in a time of 83.24; four seconds slower than the record.

T h e Steve W e b b T r o p h y for the s e c o n d p l a c e d team was won by WLIHE 'A'.

The Imperial College Union Cup for the fastest team from a college with under five hundred male students was won by St Mary's C o l l e g e for the second year running.

The National Westminster Bank Ltd "I rophy for the fastest runner was won

by Hugh Jones of Liverpool University with a record time of 13.12 minutes.

The previous record was held by J Davies of WLIHE with a time of 13.17 minutes.

Imperial College finished in fortyeighth position.

Lady Flowers and Mr Lain from Nat West presented the prizes in the JCR.

TEAM POSITIONS OVERALL WITH TIMES 1. Leeds University 'A' (83.24) 2. L o u g h b o r o u gh O l d Boys (Guest team) (83.50) 3. West L o n d o n Institute of Higher Education 'A' (83.57) 4. Loughborough University 'A' (84.22)

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Last Saturday IC sailed a home match against Cambridge in very light and variable conditions, which made for some very close racing.

In the first race IC rounded the first mark second, fourth and fifth, but a mix up over the course resulted in Cambridge taking first, s e c o n d and fifth at the line. In race two, IC started well and held on to finish first, second and sixth.

The third and deciding race proved to be the closest. On the penultimate leg of the course the positions were s e c o n d , f o u r t h a n d fifth, with IC needing second, third and fourth to win.

C a m b r i d g e made the mistake of c r o s s i n g the line in first p o s i t i o n , leaving a three against two situation on the final approach to the finish.

C l o s e covering resulted in the two remaining C a m b r i d g e boats being dropped to fifth and sixth, and so IC won the race and the match.

Team: John Williams (Captain), Gil' Butler, Nick Ajderian, Kevin Andrews, Colin Murray, Caolan Patterson.

SPORT HOCKEY T w o major s u r p r i s e s a w a i t e d the s e c o n d eleven players as we turned up on S a t u r d a y lunchtime. T h e first was that twelve of us had actually turned up s o we c o u l d field a full team a n d an u m p i r e . T h e s e c o n d w a s the u n b e l i e v a b l y d a z z l i n g w h i t e n e s s of G o r d o n B a x t e r ' s s h o e s w h i c h left several team m e m b e r s g r o p i n g for sriow-goggles a n d c o u l d well explain the apparent blindness of our o p p o sition's umpire!

W h e n Dave C o r n w e l l volunteered to umpire the first half, the outlook s e e m e d very bleak indeed. T h i s was c o n f i r m e d as our o p p o n e n t s d o m i n a t e d the first part of t h e m a t c h . D e s p i t e g o o d defensive work by Steve R a m p t o n , a n d Steve Leinster, Uxbridge finally m a n a g e d to s c o r e about twenty minutes into the half. S o o n after this, Martin ' B a n k s ' C o o p e r demonstrated a revolutionary new g o a l k e e p i n g tactic when he s o m e h o w m a n a g e d to get his pads between an attacker's stick a n d the ball, ^preventing a certain goal.

The s e c o n d half saw persistent C o l l e g e pressure inspired by M i k e C h e w in midfield, strong forward running and Pete Smith's constant shouts of ' K e e p it t i g h t ' . W e m a n a g e d to s t r e t c h the U x b r i d g e d e f e n c e but u n f o r t u n a t e l y c o u l d not find the final shot. In attack, U x b r i d g e were frustrated by the c l o s e attention a n d sharp tackles of G o r d o n Baxter a n d A n d y S t r o o m e r a n d apart from several m o m e n t s of blind p a n i c were unable to c a u s e Martin C o o p e r a n y trouble.

After the g a m e , we got revenge f o r ' our defeat by directing Pete S m i t h ' s rendition of ' P u p p y L o v e ' towards the visitors' c h a n g i n g rooms! O b v i o u s l y distressed by this horrible torture, our o p p o n e n t s left without a c c e p t i n g their jug. T h i s left us with little alternative but to take up the spoils of victory!

Andy Stroomer

R U G B Y O n S u n d a y 2nd M a r c h , IC took part in a X V a side tournament held at the Civil S e r v i c e g r o u n d in C h i s w i c k . F o u r t e a m s t o o k part, C i v i l S e r v i c e , IC W a g e n i n g e n (from Holland) a n d the L e m m i n g s a team from S o u t h K e n s i n g ton M u s e u m s .

T h e c o m p e t i t i o n was o r g a n i s e d o n a league basis with e a c h team playing three g a m e s . T h e first r o u n d s saw the Civil S e r v i c e c o n v i n c i n g l y beat W a g e n i n g e n 20-4 w h i l e IC t o o k o n t h e L e m m i n g s , a n d laboured in getting o n top of this motley crew a n d at half-time the s c o r e was still 0-0 despite great vocal s u p p o r t from a merry b a n d of s u p p o r t e r s . S e c o n d half p o i n t s f r o m a Dunleavy penalty and Price-Stevens try gave the c r o w d s o m e t h i n g to cheer about, enthusiasts c h e e r i n g after IC's s e c o n d try was s o o n muted, when it was r e a l i s e d that G o r i n g was the scorer, giving a final s c o r e of 11-0.

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D u t c h were beaten 12-4 by the L e m m i n g s , a n d IC e n c o u n t e r e d t h e i r hardest g a m e aginst Civil Service. T h e G o v e r n m e n t representatives were o b v io u s ly taking things very seriously and after several fracas d u r i n g the first half the referee saw it n e c e s s a r y to s e n d both teams off the field to lecture the captains. O n the resumption, the Civil S e r v i c e potted three penalties to c o m e out 9-0 victors, may I a d d that our b e h a v i o u r was e x e m p l o r y , a n d . being civil servants our o p p o n e n t s hit out in t r i p l i c a t e . ( R o b i n - R i n g e r M o o r g a t e - D a v i e s is innocent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; maybe).

In the final r o u n d the Civil Service were held to 4-0 by the L e m m i n g s but still took the tournament, a n d IC took o n W a g e n i n g e n . It s o o n b e c a m e apparent that n o matter how we tried it was g o i n g to be difficult to let o u r D u t c h friends score, s o we went o n to give t h e m a veritable d r a b b i n g of 34-0, tries c o m i n g from Will B u r g o y n e (2), Phil Ratcliffe (2), Pat Dunleavy a n d Steve T o w n s e n d . T h i s game was p l a y e d in a friendly spirit a n d everyo n e w h o was there, is looking forward to the I C R F C tour to H o l l a n d when W a g e n i n g e n will be our hosts.

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S O C C E R IC were a g a i n to make c h a n g e s to their regular line up for S a t u r d a y ' s g a m e a g a i n s t St T h o m a s ' . Q u e n t Merritt c o n t i n u e d in place of G r a h a m R i c k a r d with A n d y H a r t l a n d j o i n i n g him in the forward line. F o r the absent D e a n the defence had been p r u n e d of both full b a c k s s o that J i m B e e r was brought in at left back. A t right back we had D e n n i s C o o k , w h o must have been inspired by S e b C o e ' s a p p e a r a n c e in the H y d e Park Relay, as he s p e n t m o s t o f t h e g a m e at s p e e d a p p r o a c h i n g M A C H 2!

IC were just getting into their stride w h e n St T h o m a s ' s were p r e s e n t e d with a g o a l . However, IC fought back w e l l , s o w e l l that C h r i s H e n d y g o t b o o k e d and e q u a l i s e d , just, from boofted and~equalisBd7~juÂŤtr~fTom Stevenson's penalty. After H e n d y w a s ' fouled. St T h o m a s ' s b e g a n to flag a n d w h e n Rowley's c a n n o n ball shot was d r o p p e d by the keeper, Hartland was o n h a n d to hit two s h o t s at defenders before Merritt arrived to finish the job p r o p e r l y ! A t 2-1, t h e i r h e a d s w e r e - d o w n a n d a s u p e r b goal at the start of t h e s e c o n d h a l f s e a l e d it. H a r t l a n d m a d e a s u p e r b run past three defenders to the g o a l line a n d , as the keeper c a m e to h i m , he c r o s s e d s o precisely that even the horizontal R o w l e y couldn't miss!

T e n minutes from the e n d , H e n d y was i n v o l v e d in a c o l l i s i o n that led t o . c o n c u s s i o n , but s o l d i er e d o n for all of two minutes before* b e i n g led off not k n o w i n g where he was! After this S t T h o m a s ' s revived but IC c l u n g to their g u n s to finish up 3-1 winners.

H e n d y survived the dreaded St J o h n ' s a m b u l a n c e m a n a n d a r r i v e d in t h e s h o w e r s . H e d e c l i n e d an offer to write the match report, as he was suffering f r o m a m n e s i a ! H e f o u n d it h a r d to believe he had been b o o k e d a n d refused to believe H a r a l a m p o u s h a d got a hat trickr C h r i s was last s e e n in the c a p a b l e h a n d s of his nurse, Jill, w h o will n o doubt jog his m e m o r y about the important things in life!

T e a m : S Veats, D C o o k , J Beer, M Kenrick, K Reeve, C H e n d y , A H a r a lampous, I Stevenson, J Rowley, A Hartland a n d Q Merritt.

IC t o o k the f i e l d a g a i n s t C h e l s e a d e t e r m i n e d to w i p e out their two previous dismal displays. T h i s s e e m e d a likely event as C h e l s e a had got a single point s o far this s e a s o n ! IC's flagging morale was further boosted when C h e l s e a ' s captain s u g g e s t e d playing for the points from a previously p o s t p o n e d fixture to make the match worth four points.

T h e s i d e s h o w e d two c h a n g e s from ithe regular side, H e n d y being m o v e d to full b a c k with third team star Mart A r m s t r o n g taking his midfield place a n d Q u e n t Merritt deputising for superstar Rickard.

T h e g a m e itself memorable for being forgettable! T h e result was 6-0. O n l y two incidents stand out in the m a t c h . In the first half the never d e p e n d a b l e Reeve p r o d u c e d s u c h a perfectly weighted b a c k p a s s that the ball, a C h e l s e a forward and Steve Vffatsrarrived simultaneously at the e d g e of the box!

T h e result was Veats g o i n g for the ball, the forward getting Veats in the rib c a g e (nothing like C h r i s H e n d y ' s cage!) a n d the ball s h o o t i n g off vaguely goalwards.

Kenrick c l e a n e d up the ball while Reeve tried to clear up the pile of arms a n d legs that o n c e p a s s e d for IC's goalkeeper!

Fortunately Veats was able to c o n t i n u e , thus saving I C f r o m having their'reserve' goalkeeper, Reeve, in goal a g a i n !

T h e s e c o n d incident b e g a n in the s e c o n d half w h e n H a r a l a m p o u s took a throw-in to D e a n , wh o controlled a n d turned beautifully. O n looking up he saw a red streak burning d o w n the centre of the pitch a n d couldn't help himself from hitting the ball towards it.

T h e ball r i c h o c e t e d off the 'object' for a very g o o d g o a l . J u s t as D a v e was c l a i m i n g it, we noticed a multitude of noise a n d arm waving from the now decelerating flash and realised that it was, in fact, 'kinky' Kenrick, w h o had a c t u a l l y a c h i e v e d his s e a s o n l o n g ambition to s c o r e . . . a g o a l ! T h i s was goal six, the other five c o m i n g from S t e v e n s o n , Rowley, and D e a n .

T e a m : S Veats, C H e n d y , M C u r r a n , M Kenrick, K Reeve, M Armstrong, A H a r a l a m p o u s , I S t e v e n s o n , J Rowley, D D e a n , Q Merritt.

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Gravel at Harlington might well provide a golden opportunity for IC to have a sports centre.

E x p l o i t a t i o n of these gravels would p r o v i d e t h e c o l l e g e with m o r e t h a n enough capital to build and equip a sports centre extension.

T h e college can not be seen to be a profit making organisation, however, a m a j o r a g g r e g a t e p r o d u c e r c o u l d be contracted and the college would receive royalties with n o capital outlay. T h e following facts have b e e n verified by economic and mining consultants.

The gravel which underlies Harlington sells at £3.50 per tonne. If a contractor was employed to remove it the college may expect 35-60p per tonne royalties.

O n e of the most valuable commodities in Greater L o n d o n at present is a big hole in the ground. Building and civil engineering firms p a y h ea v y duties to d u m p their I N E R T waste close to L o n d o n . Harlington's position close to inner L o n d o n , and its proximity to the M 4 make it ideal for the dumping of inert refuse and transport of excavated gravels.

GIVE U S OUR SPORTS CENTRE T h e r a t h e r l o w , flat t o p p e d s p o r t s centre in Princes Gardens was originally designed to be a multistorey sports complex. T h e foundation for this building underly the present building, however, financial restraints at the time of c o n s t r u c t i o n p r e v e n t e d the u p p e r stories from being completed.

T h e college has the resources to complete the complex if it desires. These resources are not held by any financial house but rest three meters below the green turf of Harlington, in the form of some twelve meters of very high grade gravel. Money for old stone? (Just cast your eyes 500m west of Harlington to the very profitable mining operation.)

Certainly these gravels were deposited in the underground bank approximately one million y e a r s a g o a n d their value h a s definitely increased.

T h e only inconvenience to college and s t u d e n t s w o u l d be t h e l o s s o f s o m e pitches (no more than 25% would be out at any one time). However, this effect could be minimised by careful management of the type and position of pitches, IC teams playing more away fixtures (some colleges d o not have any pitches and play all their m a t c h e s away). It is rare that all the Harlington pitches are used simultaneously.

Many aggregate contracts possess land for some time after reclamation; if there was the d e m a n d for m o r e p i t c h e s it w o u l d be possible to use this on a temporary basis.

Completion of the work would take three or four years and would raise at least £500,000. A s the land is considered to be grade one agricultural land, there would be no problem in returning the land to its {original state.

HOW T O VOTE O n Monday and Tuesday you will have a chance to vote; a vote to choose the President, Deputy President, Honorary S e c r e t a r y a n d F E L I X E d i t o r of y o u r choice.

These four posts are full-time — each holder is entitled to a sabbatical year — and s o the holders largely shape the work and role of the U n i o n for twelve months.

T h e s e people represent y o u , not themselves, s o I urge y o u to vote.

Hopefully you have met the candidates or listened to them at yesterday's Hustings and hence will be able to vote with first h a n d k n o w l e d g e . If n o t , r e a d t h e i r publicity and the manifestoes (printed in this F E L I X ) , but still V O T E ! V O T E !

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In each section you may abstain, by writing A B S T E N T I O N across the candidates' names. Y o u may abstain in one section, some or all sections.

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FORTHCOMING EVENTS R C S A A N N U A L DINNER on F R I D A Y 14th M A R C H in the S H E R F I E L D M A I N DINING R O O M with speakers Prof Sir D Barton F R S Prof E R Laithwaite Tickets £8 from R m 303 Sherfteld IC M I C R O C O M P U T E R C L U B presents DAVID HEBDITCH talking on THE PERSONAL COMPUTER NETWORK on T U E S D A Y 11th M A R C H at 7:00pm.

C O F F S O C MEETING W E D N E S D A Y 12th M A R C H 8:30pm BEIT 121 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL A m n e s t y International will be having a collection all day T h u r s d a y (13th M a r c h ) o n behalf of p r i s o n e r s of c o n s c i e n c e throughout the w o r l d a n d in researching a n d e x p o s i n g repressive practices. T h e value of its w o r k a n d its political impariality h a s b e e n widely r e c o g n i s e d (for e x a m p l e b y the a w a r d of the 1977 N o b e l prize for peace).

H o w e v e r , A l is in urgent n e d of m o n e y to continue a n d e x p a n d this w o r k .

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WANTEDS Is there anyone interested in an eight week holiday this summer in India? C o n t a c t M a r c Sheppard C C D 3 through the post.

Will anyone knowing the whereabouts of the Haldane Library cassette copy of M i k e Oldfield's Incantations, please contact T o n y Pearce, Maths 1, as soon as possible.

WIST O n Wednesday ICWA

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D i s c u s s i o n ' , beginning with a contrast of the images of w o m e n a s w o r k e r s , sex s y m b o l s a n d finally m a r c h i n g for liberation. It then s h o w s the p r o c e s s by w h i c h o n e girl begins to question a c c e p t e d values, the type of w o r k w o m e n d o , their treatment at w o r k a n d in the h o m e a n d the c o n v e n t i o n a l ideas about marriage a n d relationships.

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CANDIDATES' MANIFESTOS FOR S A B B A T I C A L

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CANDIDATE: Barney McCabe PROPOSER: Steve Tyson B y n o w y o u a r e p r o b a b l y fed u p w i t h a r t i c l e s s t a r t i n g w i t h " B y n o w y o u are p r o b a b l y fed u p w i t h . . .", s o I m u s t a p o l o g i s e for the start of this. S O R R Y .

M a n y people have expressed their c o n c e r n at m y s t a n d i n g for t h i s p o s t .

T h e y s e e m t o t h i n k that I a m s o m e h o w n o t s u i t e d t o the j o b . W e l l , I a m telling y o u n o w t h a t I h a v e t h e e x p e r i e n c e , the e n t h u s i a s m , the c o n v i c t i o n , the A levels, a n d e v e r y t h i n g else w h i c h the w i n n i n g c a n d i d a t e w i l l n e e d if h e is t o r u n a s u c c e s s f u l a n d fruitful U n i o n n e x t y e a r .

W h e n I s a y I h a v e the e x p e r i e n c e I a m r e f e r r i n g t o the fact that for o n e a half a y e a r s n o w I h a v e sat o n the R C S U g e n e r a l committee, gaining a very thorough k n o w l e d g e of h o w c o m m i t t e e s f u n c t i o n , a n d indeed how presidents function.

Both Chris F o x and Mary Attenborough (last y e a r ' s I C U P r e s i d e n t ) I c o n s i d e r t o be

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ideal p e o p l e o n w h o m to m o d e l myself, a n d I h a v e s p e n t m a n y h o u r s d e l v i n g into what, m a d e a truly great P r e s i d e n t . I h a v e n o t yet m a n a g e d t o c u l t i v a t e a b e e r gut, n o r h a v e I m a n a g e d to c u l t i v a t e b r e a s t s , but I feel that with m y d y n a m i c e n t h u s i a s m these will c o m e , w i t h t i m e . Indeed w h a t sort of a P r e s i d e n t is he w i t h o u t s o m e t h i n g s t a n d i n g out. I a m n o e x c e p t i o n .

T h e r e y o u h a v e it: y o u d o n ' t get a c h a n c e vote for K i n g , P r e s i d e n t , R e c t o r , etc, so use this o p p o r t u n i t y wisely. C h o o s e the s o r t of p e r s o n y o u w a n t to be up t h e r e , r e p r e senting your views. I a m no creep; I say w h a t I believe, a n d I b e l i e w in m a k i n g p e o p l e ' s lives i n t e r e s t i n g , if not e x c i t i n g . I d o n ' t s m e l l v e r y b a d , I don't s w e a r m u c h in front of ladies, a n d I don't always finish my.

GIVE M E YOUR VOTE Y O U HAVE M Y HEART.

CANDIDATE: John Passmore PROPOSER: Pat Leggett T h e n e x t t w o y e a r s will be t w o of the • m o s t i m p o r t a n t y e a r s for b o t h the U n i o n a n d C o l l e g e . T h e budget will be c u t b y o n e m i l l i o n p o u n d s e a c h y e a r for the n e x t t h r e e y e a r s a n d facilities like r e f e c t o r i e s and accommodation must become cost e f f e c t i v e . T h e U n i o n n e x t y e a r w i l l be f i n a n a c e d o n a p e r c a p i t a b a s i s , b u t in the f o l l o w i n g y e a r will r e t u r n t o s u b v e n t i o n t h u s r e d u c i n g the g r a n t .

S o that the U n i o n m a y m a i n t a i n its present facilities a n d equipment, next y e a r ' s P r e s i d e n t m u s t be a p e r s o n w h o is e x p e r i e n c e d in U n i o n a n d C o l l e g e r e l a t e d m a t t e r s a n d m u s t h a v e the ability to lead a n d c o o r d i n a t e the U n i o n so that the facilities a r e u s e d t o the u t m o s t .

I h a v e b e e n i n v o l v e d in I C U since m y first y e a r a n d a m at p r e s e n t E x t e r n a l Affairs O f f i c e r a n d sit o n U L U S C R E x e c u t i v e . I a m a l s o ac ti v e o n v a r i o u s c o m m i t t e s s : Refectories,' O v e r s e a s Student, V a c a t i o n T r a i n i n g a n d U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n

Accommodation Committee. These show that I h a v e the e x p e r i e n c e in U n i o n a n d C o l l e g e m a t t e r s t o d o the job effectively.

H a v e I the ability? O n E x t e r n a l Affairs C o m m i t t e e , I have led, motivated and c o o r d i n a t e d t h e a c t i v i t i e s of E x t e r n a l Affairs to p r o d u c e motions on many issues, attend conferences and report o n t h e m , a n d to p r o d u c e an excellent grants paper being studied by Rhodes B o y s o n .

A l s o , this year h as p r o v e d to be the best y e a r for m a n y for I C U w i t h i n U L U .

N e x t year, I a i m to campaign mainly o n refectories, welfare (including accomo d a t i o n ) a n d l e c t u r e r t r a i n i n g. I will not m a k e r a s h e l e c t i o n p r o m i s e s to b e c o m e P r e s i d e n t , b u t I h a v e the ability a n d the e x p e r i e n c e to w o r k for the s t u d e n t s of this U n i o n , to m a i n t a i n its present ac ti v e s tatu s in c l u b s a n d s o c i e t i e s a n d a c a d e m i c m a t t e r s a n d t o set a s t a n d a r d w h i c h c a n be m a i n t a i n e d in future years.

John

Passmore

CANDIDATE: Mick Berry PROPOSER: Mo Misra M i c k is the C h a i r m a n of Imperial C o l l e g e Union General Meetings.

T h e s e are s o m e of the i m p r e s s i v e r e a s o n s w h y 1 a m p r o p o s i n g M i c k B e r r y for I C U P r e s i d e n t . H e is t h e c a n d i d a t e b e s t e q u i p p e d t o r e p r e s e n t the v i e w s e x p r e s s e d by us — the U n i o n m e m b e r s .

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VOTE MICK BERRY FOR PRESIDENT, T H E O N L Y 1

Mo Misra M i c k is: H o n Sec, R C S U a third year M a t h e m a t i c s U n d e r g r a d u a t t I C U n i o n is a large b o d y c a t e r i n g for the .in A c a d e m i c Rep , i m e m b e r o l I.hi* U n i o n P e r m a n e n t d i v e r s e n e e d s of its m e m b e r s .

C L U B S A N D S O C I E T I E S : The only W o r k i n g Party c o n t a c t m a n y s t u d e n t s e v e r have w i t h their M i c k w.is: C h a i r m a n a n d reviver i l l D e b u t i n g S o c i e t y U n i o n , o f f i c e r s of w h i c h , e s p e c i a l l y sabbaticals, must ensure that those C o m p e t e (it W e l l . u e D a y i n t e r e s t e d are actively i n v o l v e d . M y C h a i r m a n o l the I C U N U S d e b a t e M i c k w a s , a n d is, a n ac ti v e m e m b e r o l his e x p e r i e n c e as D e b a t i n g S o c i e t y C h a i r m a n C C U , i n v o l v e d i n R a g c o l l e c t i n g , a s (1978-79) a n d o n m a n y U n i o n c o m m i t t e e s initiation M i x ' C h e f , M o r p h y D a y , etc, will be v a l u a b l e i n w o r k i n g w i t h R C C / . S C C / A C C / S C A B e x e c s t o p r o m o t e this a n d finally,

involvement.

O V E R S E A S S T U D E N T S : A directly relevant 'external' matter. N e w IC u n d e r g r a d u a t e s f r o m o v e r s e a s will have to p a y £3,000 (£2,000 in M a t h s ) in fees for 198081. A s I C U r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o n the C o l l e g e Overseas Students C o m m i t t e e , I have k n o w l e d g e w h i c h I h o p e to use as P r e s i d e n t in a forceful I C U c a m p a i g n against these fee increases.

E N T E R T A I N M E N T S : E n t s d i s c o s c o u l d be as s u c c e s s f u l as the films, given better p u b l i c i t y , while p r e s s u r e f r o m the I C U E x e c c o u l d p e r s u a d e C o l l e g e to allow r e m o v a b l e c r u s h b a r r i e r s in the G r e a t H a l l , ree s t a b l i s h i n g I C as a v e n u e for i n e x p e n s i v e 'big n a m e ' s t a n d i n g c o n c e r t s .

I'm s t a n d i n g for P r e s i d e n t after t w o a n d a half y e a r s of i n v o l v e m e n t at v a r i o u s levels — I a s k for y o u r s u p p o r t .

VOTE: MICK BERRY 1 FOR I C U PRESIDENT

Hon. Sec.

CANDIDATE. Chris Vcalc PROPOSER: John Kotrc W h y s h o u l d y o u r e a d this m a n i f e s t o ?

Q u i t e s i m p l y the a n s w e r is that I'm the best c a n d i d a t e for the job, a n d it's m o r e i n t e r e s t i n g t h a n the r e s t of F E L I X anyway!

I'm tall, s l i m , h a n d s o m e , c o m e f r o m C o l c h e s t e r a n d have spent the past four y e a r s s t u d y i n g in the P h y s i c s d e p a r t m e n t at I m p e r i a l , w h e r e I h a v e a d i s t i n g u i s h e d a c a d e m i c r e c o r d . A l t h o u g h I've not b e e n s e r i o u s l y i n v o l v e d in the m a i n s t r e a m of U n i o n affairs before n o w I have t a k e n a n a c t i v e role in the r u n n i n g of a n u m b e r of societies. I have h e l p e d start up the Industrial S o c i e t y a n d think it is i m p o r t a n t to foster l i n k s b e t w e e n s t u d e n t s a n d i n d u s t r y . A s H o n S e c I w o u l d try a n d c o l l a b o r a t e w i t h the s o c i e t y to a r r a n g e talks o n i m p o r t a n t c u r r e n t affairs, s u c h as the F i n n i s t o n r e p o r t . A n o t h e r society that I h a v e h e l p e d f o r m is the H a n g - G l i d i n g

C l u b a n d w o u l d in the future e n c o u r a g e the f o r m a t i o n of c l u b s to c a t e r for n e w interests.

I t h i n k t h e U n i o n s h o u l d be m o r e c o n c e r n e d with issues that c o n c e r n o r d i n a r y s t u d e n t s , s u c h as r e f e c t o r i e s , the B o o k s h o p , a n d a c c o m m o d a t i o n . O v e r the past y e a r the effective i n ac ti vi ty of the U n i o n in d e a l i n g w i t h the p r o b l e m of the r e f e c t o r i e s h a s b e e n quite n o t i c e a b l e . I t h i n k t h a t the U n i o n s h o u l d be m o r e p r e p a r e d to d e a l w i t h t h o s e i s s u e s effectively. T h e s e e m i n g p r e o c c u p a t i o n of the U n i o n in p a s s i n g m o t i o n s u n c o n n e c t e d w i t h C o l l e g e life, a n d a b s u r d in g e n e r a l , is o n e facet w h i c h s h o u l d be c u r t a i l e d if m o r e s t u d e n t s a r e t o be i n v o l v e d in U n i o n affairs. " C h r i s Veale amazes me" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; P D a v e y "Chris WHO?" â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lord F V o t e for me in the e l e c t i o n for H o n Sec Chris

Veale

CANDIDATE: Elizabeth Lindsay PROPOSER: Nab Kalsi L a s t year I was elected H o n o u r a r y S e c r e t a r y of R C S U a n d d u r i n g the y e a r gained e n o r m o u s e x p e r i e n c e in the o r g a n i s a t i o n of large s c a le e v e n t s a n d i n the e v e r y d a y affairs of the U n i o n .

This year I a m A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s O f f i c e r of R C S U a n d h a v e s u c c e e d e d i n f o r m i n g and chairing a very active a n d worthwhile c o m m i t t e e . A s R C S A A O I sit o n C o u n c i l a n d h a v e b e e n e l e c t e d to act as Y O U R representative o n : Refectory C o m m i t t e e Vacation Training Committee IC Health Services C o m m i t t e e I a u t o m a t i c a l l y sit o n : B o a r d of S t u d i e s Educational Technology Committee L y o n Playfair L i b r a r y C o m m i t t e e

a n d e a c h staff/student c o m m i t t e e w i t h i n RCS. N e x t y e a r i s s u e s s u c h as the e d u c a t i o n a l c u t s a n d r e f e c t o r i e s m u s t be p u r s u e d a n d I i n t e n d t o b a c k these u p w i t h p r o m p t a n d i n f o r m a t i v e p u b l i c i t y . U G M s m u s t be b r o u g h t to the s t u d e n t s ' a t t e n t i o n by m e a n s of E x e c N e w s w h i c h I h o p e will urge m o r e p e o p l e to p a r t i c i p a t e in U n i o n affairs. E a s t e r 1981 is the date set for the I N C O S T c o n f e r e n c e to be h o s t e d b y I C U n i o n . T h i s will r e q u i r e a large a m o u n t of w o r k , b u t I a m p r e p a r e d to p u t in the time n e e d e d to m a k e this p r e s t i g i o u s e v e n t for the C o l l e g e a s u c c e s s .

For a knowledgable, enthusiastic and e x p e r i e n c e d H o n S e c y o u have o n l y one choice.

Vote

Liz. Elizabeth

Hon. Sec.

Lindsay

CANDIDATE: Frank James Proposer: Chris Webb T h e job of H o n S e c of I C U is essentially apolitical i n that the m a i n f u n c t i o n of its h o l d e r is to e n s u r e that the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of t h e U n i o n w o r k s as s m o o t h l y as p o s s i b l e ; the s a m e f u n c t i o n , writ large, that a c h a i r m a n of a major s u b - c o m m i t t e e p e r f o r m s . H a v i n g c h a i r e d the S o c i a l C l u b p e r f o r m s . H a v i n g c h a i r e d the S o c i a l C l u b s c o m m i t t e e ( S C C ) for the past t w o y e a r s w i t h s o m e efficiency, I feel well a b l e to t a c k l e the job of H o n S e c .

N a t u r a l l y there is also a p o l i c y m a k i n g side to the job of H o n S e c ; but he c a n d o no more than follow U n i o n policy.

T h e r f o r e t h e r e c a n be n o q u e s t i o n of a n H o n S e e ' s v i e w p r e d o m i n a t i n g against the w i s h e s of the U n i o n ; a n d I, as a d e m o c r a t , if elected w o u l d have no wish to d o so.

O n the i s s u e s w h i c h c e r t a i n l y face the U n i o n n e x t y e a r t h e r e a r e t h r e e of u t m o s t i m p o r t a n c e w h i c h the H o n S e c m u s t d e a l

w i t h . F i r s t l y U n i o n finance will go t h r o u g h a difficult p h a s e n e e d i n g sensible h a n d l i n g to e n s u r e that the U n i o n is not a d v e r s e l y affected (my two years on finance c o m m i t t e e give m e c o n s i d e r a b l e k n o w l e d g e of the p r o b l e m s i n v o l v e d ) . S e c o n d l y , the Internal S e r v i c e s C o m m i t t e e , if a c c e p t e d , will r e q u i r e a n efficient s e c r e t a r y d u r i n g its first y e a r of o p e r a t i o n t o e n s u r e that it settles i n as p a r t of the U n i o n s t r u c t u r e as s m o o t h l y as p o s s i b l e . T h i r d l y , r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of the I N C O S T c o n f e r e n c e will ultimately fall t o t h e H o n S e c t o e n s u r e its s u c c e s s . I have been c o n n e c t e d with all these p r o b l e m s s i n c e their initiation a n d therefore feel I h a v e the n e c e s s a r y k n o w l e d g e to p e r f o r m the duties r e q u i r e d to r e a c h s u c c e s s f u l c o n c l u s i o n s o n these issues.

F i n a l l y , no u n i o n c a n be effective i n r e p r e s e n t i n g i t s m e m b e r s if it h a s a n inefficient secretary. Therefore for a capable Union vote for me for H o n Sec. Frank James

Dep. President

CANDIDATE: John Tidy PROPOSER: Nick Griffin I a m a t h i r d year P h y s i c s u n d e r g r a d u a t e w i t h a h i s t o r y of U n i o n a c t i v i t y : R a g s t u n t s in m y first y e a r , then a s o c i e t y chairmanship, and now Recreational C l u b s C o m m i t t e e C h a i r m a n with r e s p o n sibility tor over thirty c l u o s , a r o u n d £23,000 t u r n o v e r , a n d a place o n C o u n c i l — g o o d e x p e r i e n c e for a D P .

I a m standing because having contributed a lot t o the U n i o n a n d g a i n e d a n u n d e r s t a n d i n g of its p r o b l e m s it w o u l d be a w a s t e if I w e r e not e l e c t e d .

1 w o u l d like to i m p l e m e n t the following policies.

T h e B o o k s h i p s h o u l d be r u n as a s e r v i c e , so that y o u d o not p a y high p r i c e s . It should stock the b o o k s y o u need w h i c h c o u l d be d o n e by d e p a r t m e n t a l reps h o l d i n g a s u r v e y to find w h i c h o n e s are useful.

Dep. President

The U n i o n should run a shop stocking clothes, sports go o ds , etc. A n interuniversity buyers' consortium exists w h i c h e n a b l e s us to p u r c h a s e f r o m manufacturers cheaply.

W e will be c h a n g i n g to per c a p i t a f u n d i n g for n e x t year, p r o v i d i n g e x t r a m o n e y . I w o u l d e n s u r e that o u r c a p i t a t i o n fee is large e n o u g h to t a k e a d v a n t a g e of this change.

The Union owns, through R C C and A C C , four vans and two l a n d r o v e r s w h i c h c u r r e n t l y are a s h a m e f u l d r a i n o n o u r r e s o u r c e s . T h e a n s w e r is t o h a v e a U n i o n transport service, with a committee a n d the ability t o d o w h a t is n e e d e d .

T h e safety of w o m e n , w h e n there are u n w a n t e d , u n i n v i t e d p e o p l e a r o u n d is d e s p e r a t e l y i m p o r t a n t a n d I w o u l d d o all I c o u l d to p r e v e n t a n y n a s t y i n c i d e n t s .

CANDIDATE: Rac Sncc PROPOSER: Pete Bamford T h e D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t ' s job i n v o l v e s all the s e r v i c e s affecting s t u d e n t s . B e s i d e s the h a r d g r i n d of sitting o n o r c h a i r i n g e n d l e s s c o m m i t t e e s , the D P m u s t r e p r e s e n t o u r v i e w s to C o l l e g e p e r s o n n e l a n d p e r s u a d e t h e m t o i m p r o v e their s e r v i c e s t o

C o n t r a r y t o p o p u l a r belief, t h e D P ' s j o b isn't just h a n g i n g a r o u n d b a r s w a i t i n g t o see if a fight s t a r t s — its a d i v e r s e a n d time-consuming job, with responsibilities ranging from overseeing finance to choosing carpets!

us. T h e D P m u s t be able t o o r g a n i s e this job m e t i c u l o u s l y a n d a b o v e all be able t o get o n w e l l w i t h p e o p l e .

R a e , a s V P of R C S U last y e a r , a n d n o w a s R a g C h a i r m a n has g a i n e d v a s t a d m i n i s trative a n d o r g a n i s a t i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e at b o t h C C U a n d I C U level. S h e is wellk n o w n , a p p r o a c h a b l e a n d has made s u c c e s s f u l efforts to get m a x i m u m s u p p o r t for e v e n t s , r e m a i n i n g active herself a n d not b e c o m i n g a remote bureaucrat.

I have researched and formed m y o w n opinions on London Student Travel, improving the Southside S h o p , possible discount services, security, C o l l e g e / U n i o n c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , finance a n d t h e h o s t of o t h e r a r e a s of t h e D P ' s w o r k . T h e s e will be o u t l i n e d i n o t h e r p u b l i c i t y , but I m u s t

S h e has already been a deputy to a P r e s i d e n t , w i t h e x p e r i e n c e in officiating at c o m m i t t e e s a n d U n i o n meetings. S h e is o r g a n i s e d a n d reliable a n d has b e e n a success. W e need a good D P and Rae w a n t s the j o b — she h as e a r n e d y o u r vote.

s t r e s s that its y o u r U n i o n , a n d your v i e w s that m a t t e r — I'd like t o h e a r w h a t y o u think o n these issues, b o t h n o w a n d in the f u t u r e.

In s h o r t , I a m p r e p a r e d t o d o e v e r y t h i n g I c a n to see this U n i o n r u n for the m a x i m u m benefit of its s t u d e n t s . I h a v e p r o v e d m y s e l f c a p a b l e a n d efficient i n m y previous jobs — please give me the c h a n c e t o p r o v e the s a m e i n t h i s o n e .

Pete Bamford

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C A N D I D A T E : Lars WernbergPROPOSER: Jon Firth Mollcr I a m p r o p o s i n g L a r s b e c a u s e o v e r a l l he is t h e o n l y c a n d i d a t e c a p a b l e of d o i n g t h e j o b s u c c e s s f u l l y . T h e E d i t o r is r e s p o n s i b l e for the p r o d u c t i o n a n d p r i n t i n g of F E L I X .

O n l y L a r s h as w o r k e d o n F E L I X t h r o u g h o u t the y e a r ; he fully u n d e r s t a n d s e a c h stage of the p r o d u c t i o n a n d c a n w o r k t o a tight schedule.

The Editor must keep people interested and i n v o l v e d a n d m u s t o r g a n i s e the day-to-day r u n n i n g of the p r i n t u n i t ; L a r s h as b e e r c h a i r m a n of the F E L I X c o m m i t t e e a n d I C L P u b l i c i t y Officer as w e l l as being on P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d a n d I a m s u r e will d o this e x t r e m e l y w e l l. S i t t i n g o n I C U C o u n c i l thiyear h as g i v e n h i m a g o o d v i e w of the U n i o n I'm s u r e y o u ' l l agree that L a r s is the best m a n for the job.

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M y handout details my proposals and e x p l a i n s w h y S T O I C interviews the famous, whilst F E L I X interviews almost no one . . . why one man with a typewriter a n d a p a c k e t of letraset c a n p r o d u c e the n e w s p a p e r of U C L w i t h m o r e flair t h a n F E L I X w i t h all its p h o t o t y p e s e t t e r a n d cameras.

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CANDIDATE: Steve Marshall PROPOSER: Mark Smith y e a r he p r o d u c e d a c a r t o o n b o o k .

A s a s e c o n d y e a r he still c o n t r i b u t e d to F E L I X a n d a l s o t o o k o n the e d i t o r s h i p of the Rag Mag a n d t h e RCS Handbook.

He s p e n t t h e m a j o r i t y of t h e s u m m e r v a c a t i o n p r e p a r i n g these p u b l i c a t i o n s a n d a l s o a d v i s e d Spanner a n d contributed to the 7 C U Handbook.

U n d o u b t a b l y his greatest a c h i e v e m e n t is t h e r e s u r r e c t i o n of The Phoenix t o its f o r m e r g l o r y . T h i s is t h e m a g a z i n e of Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n , f o u n d e d in 1886 b y H G W e l l s , w h i c h w a s i n d a n g e r of e x t i n c t i o n until he i n t e r v e n e d . Y o u c a n judge the r e s u l t s for y o u r s e l f , but as s o m e o n e w h o h as b e e n a c t i v e l y i n v o l v e d in p u b l i c a t i o n s , I must say that this is c e r t a i n l y the most p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d a t t r a c t i v e o n e I h a v e seen.

S t e v e is w i l l i n g to be j u d g e d o n h i s a c h i e v e m e n t s a n d c a n be relied u p o n to produce an outstanding F E L I X . N e v e r

before h as there b e e n s u c h a n e x p e r i e n c e d c a n d i d a t e for the p o s t .

Mark Smith F E L I X n e e d s r e j u v e n a t i n g a n d I believe that I h a v e the n e c e s s a r y k n o w l e d g e t o put it o n t o t h e right p a t h .

U n d e r my e d i t o r s h i p :

( a ) M o r e C o l l e g e news w o u l d b e included. (b) A L L s p o r t s r e s u l t s w o u l d be p u b l i s h e d .

(3) A series of r e s e a r c h articles b o t h i n a n d o u t of C o l l e g e w o u l d be s t a r t e d — ' s e n s i t i v e ' a r e a s w o u l d not be i g n o r e d . (d) A c t i v e , s o m e t i m e s c o n t r o v e r s i a l , letters page. (e) L e s s t y p o g r a p h i c a l e r r o r s . (f) M o r e a t t r a c t i v e l a y o u t a n d d e s i g n . (g) C a r t o o n s , a w e e k l y p r i z e c r o s s w o r d a n d o c c a s i o n a l h u m o r o u s articles w o u l d be included.

Vote for experience and originality Steve Marshall