T H E NEWSPAPER O F IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION
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Friday 20th June 1980
Issue No 558
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Shakuntala Devi, the woman who can mulitply- faster than a computer, visited IC on Wednesday. She solved the above thirteen by thirteen digit multiplication in 28 seconds! Besides performing multiplications, Shakuntala demonstrated her skills at finding roots of large numbers. She calculated the 5th root of 69343957 in a few seconds. In between calculations many students in the packed Maths Lecture Theatre asked her to name the day of the week on which they were born. Immediately after they announced their date of birth, Shakuntala gave the correct answer.
Photo above: Shakuntala Devi in action
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Colin Palmer Colin Palmer
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standing and will be next year's I C U President. John was handed the chair at last Monday's meeting of Joint C o u n c i l .
The N e r - a - C a r is a 1925 vintage motorcycle belonging to City and Guilds College U n i o n which has been restored over the past year. Yesterday, after standing motionless for twenty-five years, the N u r a - C a r once again burst forth into life. It completed several circuits of College before retiring for a well earned rest.
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At C o u n c i l , D r K e n Weale was presented with an engraved tankard to commemorate his retiring as College Tutor. - Joint C o u n c i l Report page 3 -
L a s t w e e k a g r o u p of s t u d e n t s from Q E C took the 'Whipping Post Lane' road sign from the U n i o n Bar. T h e y managed to un out of Beit Q u a d but were s t o p p e d o u t s i d e the Iraqi E m b a s s y by D i p l o m a t i c P o l i c e . IC students chased after the gang from Q E C and o n arrival at the Embassy the IC contingent complained that their d sign had been nicked. T h e Police gave us back the sign and questioned the students from Q E C for several minutes . . . . while we
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Rescue The U n i o n transport fleet ran into more problems this week when the Cricket C l u b tour was stranded in Bristol.
Chris F o x and Martin Watson leapt to the rescue and took a U n i o n landrover d o wn the M4.
T h e traditional end-of-season tour to the West C o u n t r y ran into difficulties o n the first d a y . T h e team set off from College early o n T u e s d a y m o r n i n g for their first match in Bristol.
S o , not only has U n i o n Transport been badly hit this year by crashes, breakdowns and a financial crisis, but Cricket C l u b are still bedevilled by bad luck. T h r o u g h o u t the s u m m e r , b a d weather has led to many cancella-' tions; and when the sun shone, the opposition cancelled. Unfortunately, this b r e a k d o w n a n d the c u r r e n t heavy rain means that there seems to be no change in fortunes for the team.
By mid-afternoon, the C l u b was forced to call the U n i o n ' f o r help. It seems that the U n i o n Transit crewbus had a c r a c k e d engine block and that it was not possible to continue using the vehicle for the r e s t of t h e t o u r . H o w e v e r ,
Dear
Colin
Inspired by the pool of intelligence that wrote last week's letter on the a) hardness of concrete b) virtues of grass c) disgusting inaccuracies flaunted by Mr O'Boyle. I have decided to add my piece to the ever increasing anti-concrete/ pro-grass/Beit Quad-sectors plea. Firstly, I am aware that the first aim of the designers was not that of beauty to Imperial College students. No: they had a larger scale of things in mind. They thought (honest, they did) only to make it a lovely sight from the sky. You know, the beautiful radial spokes patterned out in stabs and the intrinsic beauty of the barbeque pits. I really believe they were merely thinking of the air passengers stuck over London with absolutely nothing to do except stare with rapture at our newly constructed marvel. I feel this well meaning scheme has been grossly slandered. How could we fall and break our arms on grass? As Messrs Attenborough, Bellamy, Attenborough and Evans
stated grass has soothing properties. However the wisdom of the design is obvious — who likes being soothed? Everyone likes to wake up in the morning, jump out of bed, breath in fresh air and get threatened by a concrete slab. Golly, whoppee, gosh, goodness is it not wonderful to know that all the decisions made here have been based totally on concern for the citizens of C o l l e g e , nay, not C o l l e g e , for E n g l a n d , nay not England but the world!!! Yours with a sincere feeling of safety in the hands of such decisions, Perry, I even sing about it, Como Kevin, I always play on it, Keegan Michael, I wish it was there, Brown (Maths 2)
Dear
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With reference to the letter on security which appeared in FELIX, may I throw more light on the subject of which Messrs Clark and Stevens should make themselves aware. Back doors in many cases are left open by students and staff who
are too idle to use main entrances after the said doors are locked. At Physics, it is usually people from Huxley who come to the main entrance to gain easy access to Beit Hall, and once opened these doors must be locked again by key and bearing in mind the fact that only one security guard operates at weekends, the building could, and is sometimes, open for an hour or so at a time whilst the guard is doing his rounds. Situations like this occur in most buildings, and yet the College will be cutting the numbers of guards and messengers. I would now like to talk about Southside security having three years experience in that department on night security. Who breaks the glass in doors and windows to allow access to the intruder? Usually drunken students. I cannot count the number of times the glass in the entrance doors to Keogh Hall have been smashed during the night. The entrance door to Stan's Bar (which I think should be done away with) is often latched back by students on leaving, after it has
been secured. I once put it to Mr Mellows and the late Mr Dawson that instead of students having access keys to Keogh-Selkirk and Falmouth-Tizard entrances everybody at night uses the main entrance and if necessary have their passes checked. (This would possibly have eliminated the rape, and would certainly help to keep out intruders.) It would also prevent students from wedging the doors open to allow late friends to gain entry to parties, etc and sleeping in the baths. I have on numerous occasions found it necessary to evict people (strangers) from the Union Room above the Radio Room after they have been given a key to sleep rough. After lour years on night security I would say that most of the non-security is caused by lack of cooperation from students and staff, and a severe lack of manpower. Yours F Adamson Messenger
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PS: If you would care for a wider view on College security come and see me.
G o o d T i m e H a d B y A l l A t F E L I X Rally The A n n u a l F E L I X M o t o r Rally took place on S u n d a y 15th June. T h e event was w o n by a team f r o m City and G u i l d s C o l l e g e U n i o n w i t h niney-four points. The team members were: H C u r w e n , J A r m i t a g e , B Stevenson and S Ridd. A n Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n E x e c u tive t e a m w a s s e c o n d w i t h sevent-two points a n d a team f r o m t h e R o y a l C o l l e g e of Science U n i o n third with sixtyfive p o i n t s . T h e e v e n t c o n s i s t e d of t h r e e
sections. Firstly, each team h a d t o c o l l e c t t w e n t y i t e m s of treasure. T h e s e items ranged f r o m a k e t t l e to a p h o t o g r a p h of Ian B o t h a m to a fifty p e n c e p o s t a l o r d e r m a d e p a y a b l e to IC C h a r i t y Rag. T h e organiser of. t h e e v e n t w a s m o s t d i s a p p o i n t e d to find that n o t e a m handed in a certain item — a c o p y o f t h e 1980 ' M a y f a i r ' calendar!
L o n d o n . E a c h t e a m w e r e given the l o c a t i o n of the a n s w e r a n d the a p p r o p r i a t e c l u e . T h e a n s w e r s r a n g e d f r o m eighteen i n c h high letters o n the side of a pub wall (Fine B e e r s and Spirits), which three crews s p o t t e d , to the tiny m a k e r ' s n a m e of a type of s o c k e t o n a drainpipe in the C i t y . S u r prisingly, n o t e a m s s p o t t e d that one!
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PINBALL — Past Feelings on this 'sex machine' This letter was first printed February 1975. Dear
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During the one and a half years that I have been at this college I have noted with interest the strange and ostensibly emotional involvement many male students have with Mr G o t t l e i b ' s game of pinball. I would like therefore with your leave, to examine this phenomenon using the much ridiculed and maligned, though basically correct, techniques and theories of psycho-analysis developed by Jung, Freud and the more obscure T Endur. It does not require very deep analysis to expose the motivation of this 'game'. The pinball machine is merely an extension of the phallus, whilst the operation of the flippers (nipples?) with passionately convulsive pelvic thrusts is a sub-conscious sexual intercourse. Attaining an orgasm is thinly disguised as the 'replay'; the 'tilt' when exuberant thrusting has affected the machine is the selfish premature 2
ejaculation due to insufficient selfcontrol. The cacophanous bells and buzzers and flashing lights of the submissive; reclining machine all serve to hold reserved for the beauty of the female body. Pinball has become a primitive sex substitute. How often do you see women 'playing the silver ball' and have your readers never been struck by the incongruity of this sight? I think that my observations will make clear to many of your more sensitive readers the truly primitive nature of the lusts and desires of many students at our illustrious college. The promulgation of the image of the Imperial student as a beer drinking, pinball playing, super virile male and the competition between rival factions within the college for supremacy I find pitifull and nauseous. I hope that my analysis, the truth of which cannot be doubted, will serve to lead those who are penitent towards the path of truth, beauty and virtue. Floreat Collegium! Annabel
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engraving a n d plaques located a r o u n d College. T h e teams were not told the l o c a t i o n s of the a n s w e r s — they h a d to find t h e m . O n e of the c l u e s r e f e r r e d to the p l a q u e u n d e r the U n i o n A r c h w a y o n l y six feet f r o m the F E L I X Office d o o r — o n l y half the t e a m s s p o t t e d the a n s w e r ! Generally, a g o o d day was h a d b y all w h o c o m p e t e d a n d finally, c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s m u s t go to the w i n n i n g t e a m f r o m C i t y and G u i l d s U n i o n . Martin Watson
PINBALL UPDATED Pinbal) o r i g i n a t e d i n the d a y s of the a n c i e n t G r e e k s w h o u s e d to play a g a m e with.rocks and holes on a hillside. T h r o u g h the ages, the a n c i e n t g a m e has c a p t i v a t e d a w i d e v a r i e t y of p a r t i c i p a n t s from seventeenth century schoolboys to the m e m b e r s of the c o u r t of L o u i s X I V . In 1836 C h a r l e s D i c k e n s r e f e r r e d t o a c o n t e m p o r a r y v e r s i o n of the g a m e i n the ' P i c k w i c k P a p e r s ' . H e d e s c r i b e d the P e a c o c k T a v e r n w h e r e m e b e r s of t h e P i c k w i c k C l u b " b e g u i l e d their time chiefly w i t h s u c h a m u s e m e n t s a s the P e a c o c k o f f e r e d , w h i c h w a s l i m i t e d t o a bagatelle b o a r d o n the first f l o o r " . Bagatelle r e m a i n e d a fairly p o p u l a r pastime w h i c h still s u r v i v e s today. H o w e v e r , in the late 1920s the i n t r o d u c t i o n of a c o i n - c h u t e h e r a l d e d the b e g i n n i n g of a n e w e r a a n d s t a r t e d a n e w industry. (continued on back page)
JOINT COUNCIL a b i a s e d report b y Fox J o i n t C o u n c i l : S o m e call it a festival of hacks, s o m e a crashing bore, but whatever, this y e a r ' s w a s eagerly a w a i t e d .
those w h o cared about democratic d i s c u s s i o n of s t u d e n t affairs t o c a r r y o n for a f u r t h e r five h o u r s . N e x t u p came a discussion o n College security; this reared its head again i n motions. IC Radio outlets in Evelyn G a r d e n s was then discussed, J Armitage opposing this increased amenity o n g r o u n d s that s t u d e n t s might n o t b e able t o u s e the on-off s w i t c h . H o w e v e r , despite a s p i r i t e d a t t e m p t t o v o t e I C R a d i o o u t of e x i s t e n c e , a d e c i s i o n t o p u s h for o u t l e t s i n the G a r d e n s was made.
The meeting started twenty minutes late at 14:20 after A n t i - A p a r t h e i d G r o u p and a Holy Alliance h a d teamed up to M a l c o l m then went o n to present a l o b b y m e m b e r s of t h e C o m m i t t e e o n t h e l a r g e p o r t i o n o f h i s A n n u a l R e p o r t B o a t C l u b b o a t issue. verbally a n d the meeting managed to F i r s t off w e r e t h e apologies, n e v e r h a v e remain in open session even though L S T they b e e n s o closely s c r u t i n i s e d , t h e " w h o was mentioned. T h e A n n u a l Reports were w a s r e p p i n g for w h o i s s u e " b e i n g t h r o w n a c c e p t e d i n a p r e t t y passive w a y . in w i t h t h e " a r e t h e y eligible t o ? " . The I C U Reps o n the College comM a t t e r s a r i s i n g a r o s e a n d straight a w a y mittees were then elected/chosen/cothe a g e n d a w a s t a m p e r e d w i t h t o b r i n g all e r c e d . G o v e r n i n g B o d y a n d F & E R e p s matters pertaining boats together. T h e being voted by S T V giving Wodger a m o t i o n d i s a l l o w i n g a n y l e n d i n g of b o a t s t o chance to s h o w his credentials as a vote S A s was proposed by M a r y A t t e n b o r o u g h counter extraordinaire, J o h n Passmore, ( R e p for K P r a t t ) a n d w a s s p o k e n t o b y R a e S n e e a n d B o b B r a d l e y (next y e a r ' s D a r e A f o l a b i ( R e p for D a v e L y o n s ) . E I C U A A O ) e v e n t u a l l y w i n n i n g . J u s t L i n d s a y (speaking for herself) spoke before a r e c e s s w a s t a k e n t h e H o n S e n against t h e m o t i o n . A n o t h e r r o u n d of Treasurer, D r K e n Weale, was presented s p e e c h e s w a s c a l l e d for a n d D E v e r e t t with an engraved tankard to commemorate (Rep for F S i n c l a i r ) f u r t h e r e n l a r g e d t h e his retiring a s C o l l e g e T u t o r . T h e P r e s i d e n t c a s e a n d T H i l l y e r ( R e p for J P a s s m o r e ) p o i n t e d o u t t h a t K e n h a s b e e n U n i o n against. D a r e s u m m e d u p a n d a v o t e w a s T r e a s u r e r for twenty-five y e a r s a n d h e taken o n the motion, which was carried. h o p e d that h e w o u l d c o n t i n u e for a lot A t this p o i n t a n d d u r i n g the s u b s e q u e n t longer. C o u n c i l t h e n gave K e n a s t a n d i n g h o u r m a n y of t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s t h e n o v a t i o n . departed. T h e r e b y leaving those they claimed to represent, unrepresented, a n d
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A career i n chartered ' a c c o u n t a n c y is i n d e e d opene n de d , but only to those who start it w i t h clarity and determination. It can m a k e y o u a local or international professional. It can m a k e you a specialist or a generalise It c a n m a k e y o u an adviser, a problem-solver, a troubleshooter or a local community leader. But successful accountants are realists as well as i m a g i n a t i v e . T h e y
Breakspeares a n d plastic bread, the meeting returned to order a n d started to d e b a t e t h e m a n y m o t i o n s that h a d b e e n s u b m i t t e d : d a y g l o p a p e r , mileage r a t e s , Southside Residents on the Mews Residence C o m m i t t e e a n d P W P were discussed. However, the most discussion came o n College Security, the Nuclear Technology Course a n d I C Radio in the bar. T h e m e e t i n g v o t e d o n qu i te a s t r o n g p o l i c y c a l l i n g for tighter s e c u r i t y . It w a s . d e c i d e d that it c o u l d n o t m o r a l l y p r e s s the C o l l e g e t o reject its s t u d e n t s b e c a u s e of t h e i r n a t i o n a l i t y a n d t h a t t h e B a r Committee Reps should press forthe r e m o v a l of t h e s p e a k e r i n t h e U n i o n . W i t h v e r y little f u r t h e r d r a m a t h e C h a i r w a s h a n d e d o v e r b y F o x to J o h n P a s s m o r e , w h o t h e n w e nt straight into t h e a w a r d s . Malcojm Brain, T i m Hillyer, J o Armitage and C h r i s F o x were awarded pots a n d H o n o r a r y Life M e m b e r s h i p . Roger Stotesbury, Suki Kalairi, Frank James a n d D a v e C r a b b e , H o n o r a r y Life M e m b e r ship. M r J o h n Shuttleworth was awarded the D a v e C h a n c e M e m o r i a l A w a r d ( w h i c h is a D u m m y ) . There being no other business the m e e t i n g c l o s e d at 19:40 a n d t h e b a r r e l c l o s e d at 22:30. S o t h e r e w e m u s t leave t h e m , as t h e s u n sets o v e r t h e U n i o n y e a r , t h e resilient m e m b e r s of C o u n c i l a l r e a d y g o n e , t h e o t h e r s ? W e l l they'll b e s t o r e d o v e r t h e summer, revived in O c to be r, dusted d o w n w h e e l e d o u t a n d set i n m o t i o n for a n o t h e r s e a s o n of U n i o n C o u n c i l s .
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Silwood P G Event T h e P G G r o u p is s u b s i d i s i n g a b a r n d a n c e a n d b a r b e c u e at S i l w o o d o n 2 7 t h J u n e . T h e c h a r g e w o u l d be ÂŁ1.50 p e r p e r s o n ant will entitle e a c h t i c k e t h o l d e r t o t w o d r i n k s (real ale o r wine) T h o s e of y o u w h o a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n a t t e n d i n g this event c a r p h o n e u p C h r i s E n d a c o t t o n S i l w o o d 240 d u r i n g the d a y o r o n A s c o t 2 3 9 1 1 e x t 9 i n the evenings. Y o u w o u l d p r o b a b l y have t o m a k e your o w n travel arrangements.
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H e r e i s a w o r d o f w a r n i n g t o t h o s e P G s w h o m a y get i n t o a r g u m e n t s w i t h t h e D a y B o o k i n g s p e o p l e i n the J C R d u r i n g the summer vacations. T h e J C R D O E S N O T belong to the U n i o n d u r i n g t h e s u m m e r v a c a t i o n s . It is h i r e d o u t t o p e o p l e b y C o l l e g e a n d "•he U n i o n gets t w o - t h i r d s of t h e r e v e n u e . S o d o n ' t get u n d u l y p e r t u r b e d w h e n y o u find the J C R being used by conference delegates while y o u m a y t h i n k they a r e t a k i n g o v e r facilities w h i c h first a n d f o r e m o s t b e l o n g t o ycJb rightfully. D u r i n g t h e s u m m e r v a c a t i o n s t h e y d o n ' t . S o p l e a s e b e a r t h e s e f a c t s i n m i n d as a r g u m e n t s s u c h a s the o n e s p o i n t e d .to a b o v e have i n t h e past l e d t o a r e d u c t i o n i n t h e r e v e n u e t o t h e U n i o n f r o m h i r i n g o u t the JCR.
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In t h e last i n s t a l m e n t of P G T i p s y o u w e r e i n f o r m e d a b o u t what the G r a d u a t e Studies C o m m i t t e e was doing about ensuring p r o p e r s u p e r v i s i o n of r e s e a r c h s t u d e n t s . W e l l t h e efforts have p r o v e d t o b e fairly s u c c e s s f u l a n d a s of n o w at least eighteen d e p a r t m e n t s i n t h e C o l l e g e either a l r e a d y h a v e o r h a v e a g r e e d t o t a k e o n e o r m o r e of t h e following s t e p s t o e n s u r e t h e welfare of r e s e a r c h s t u d e n t s : (i) a p p o i n t i n g a P G staff/student c o m m i t t e e ; (ii) a p p o i n t i n g a P G t u t o r ; (iii) a p p o i n t i n g a n ' a d v i s o r ' t o e a c h r e s e a r c h s t u d e n t i n a d d i t i o n t o h i s / h e r s u p e r v i s o r ; (iv) a p p o i n t i n g a t h e s i s c o m m i t t e e t o regularise transfer f r o m M P h i l t o P h D ; (v) l i m i t i n g t h e n u m b e r of s t u d e n t s u n d e r o n e s u p e r v i s o r at a n y one t i m e , a n d (vi) h a v i n g a n a n n u a l r e v i e w of t h e r e s e a r c h s t u d e n t s in the department.
M S c Nuclear Fuel Technology Y o u w o u l d p e r h a p s r e m e m b e r t h a t t h e s a f e y a s p e c t s of this c o u r s e w e r e d i s c u s s e d i n these c o l u m n s before. B u t m o r e serious t h a n t h a t is t h e fact that t h e C o l l e g e h a s n o p o l i c y regarding r e s t r i c t i n g a d m i s s i o n of s t u d e n t s f r o m c o u n t r i e s that h a v e not s i g n e d t h e N u c l e a r N o n - P r o l i f e r a t i o n T r e a t y t o this c o u r s e . T h i s I t h i n k is a r a t h e r p a t h e t i c s i t u a t i o n . C o n s i d e r i n g that it is very d e b a t a b l e a s t o w h i c h a s p e c t s of n u c l e a r t e c h n o l o g y c a n b e u s e d for civil p u r p o s e s a n d w h i c h f o r military, it w o u l d o n l y s e e m prudent t o take adequate policy measures t o restrict a d m i s s i o n to this c o u r s e .
Over A n d O u t In this last i n s t a l m e n t of P G T i p s I w o u l d like t o n a m e s of t h o s e w h o d e v o t e d a c o n s i d e r a b l e a m o u n t t o t h e a c t i v i t i e s of t h e P G G r o u p . T h e y a r e F r a n k Mitchell, Steve G u n n a n d J o h n Whitehouse. They t h a n k s of a l l P G s f o r t h e effort t h e y p u t i n .
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IN MEMORIUM A y e a r of w r i t i n g i l l e g i b l e a r t i c l e s f o r Broadsheet f o l l o w e d b y t h i s y e a r of F E L I X h a c k i n g h a s left m e , finally lost for words. B u t d e e p d o w n I k n o w that this is m y last o p p o r t u n i t y to w a x e l o q u e n t l y ( o r o t h e r w i s e ) t o an a s s e m b l e d m a s s of 2 — 4000 p e r s o n s , d e p e n d i n g on h o w m a n y F E L I X e s get c o l l a t e d .
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In the past I h a v e t r i e d s m a r t - a s s e d w r i t i n g , I've t r i e d c y n i c i s m a n d I've t r i e d downright nastiness. W e l l don't expect m e t o c h a n g e m y style n o w l T h e p r o b l e m of h o w t o w r i t e o n e ' s o w n obituary has, however, disturbed me. I p i c k e d up the " G u i d e T o F a d i n g Into O b s c u r i t y " by J M B e r r y a n d flicked t h r o u g h the o p e n i n g p a r a g r a p h s : " R e c r i m inations", " H u m b l e T h a n k s " and " G r a c e less C o m m e n t s " , but to be frightfully h o n e s t it w a s n ' t helpful. F o u r years have now passed since I a r r i v e d o n the I C s c e n e a n d n o w lie like so m a n y c a l e n d a r p a g e s i n t h e d u s t b i n of m y m i n d . B u t w h a t else is i n the t r a s h can.
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If y o u sell s o m e o n e a weapon,} k n o w i n g that it will be u s e d t o kill a n i n n o c e n t p e r s o n , d o y o u s h a r e i n the quilt of killing? A p a r t f r o m t h e sale of w e a p o n s for n a t i o n a l d e f e n c e , B r i t i s h firms c o n d u c t a large e x p o r t t r a d e in g u n s a n d o t h e r e q u i p m e n t s u c h as r a d i o s , televis ion cameras and computers which they k n o w will be u s e d for the s u p p r e s s i o n of i n t e r n a l d i s s e n t . T h e Pye radios found among the b o d i e s at Idi A m i n ' s ' S t a t e Research C e n t r e ' in U g a n d a are a n e x a m p l e . A m n e s t y International, w h i c h e x i s t s to p r o t e c t p e o p l e f r o m p e r s e c u t i o n for their o p i n i o n s , is c o n d u c t i n g a c a m p a i g n o n r e p r e s s i v e t e c h n o l o g y . In J a n u a r y the c h a i r m a n of its B r i t i s h Section a s k e d M r s T h a t c h e r to w i d e n e x p o r t c o n t r o l s , w h i c h at present apply only to weapons in the n a r r o w s e n s e a n d e v e n t h e n n o t if t h e y a r e s o l d t o the C o m m o n w e a l t h , the U n i t e d States, Pakistan, Ireland or South Africa. She refused, s a y i n g that s u c h a c t i o n w o u l d "h av e significant implications for o u r t r a d e a n d o u r r e l a t i o n s with other countries". C o n c e r n a b o u t the m o r a l i t y of B r i t i s h profits f r o m this t r a d e p r o m p t e d a p a r l i a m e n t a r y r e q u e st to Lord Strathcona, a Defence M i n i s t e r of S t a t e , t o n a m e the c o u n t r i e s w h i c h w o u l d be r e p r e s e n t e d at t h e B r i t i s h Army Equipment Exhibition
I r u m m a g e . W h a t do I find? T o r n election posters from two different c a m p a i g n s , a p u n c t u r e d r u g b y b a l l (a s y m b o l of m y athletic c a r e e r ) a n d a b o u t 100 o l d d i n n e r m e n u s . C a n that be all that r e m a i n s of this e x c i t i n g a n d f o r m a t i v e p e r i o d ? O f c o u r s e not. F u r t h e r d e l v i n g b e i n g c a r e f ul n o t to c u t m y s e l f o n the e m p t y S w a n c a n s , a n d i n a m o n g s t the half-eaten c u r r i e s m y ' S a l a d D a y s ' u n f o l d . I r e m e m b e r that T e n T o r s trip i n m y first y e a r w h i c h tau gh t m e s o m u c h . I recall h o w i n o n e w e e k e n d I l e a r n e d t h a t the s e c r e t of a c h i e v e m e n t lies i n t h e desire to a c h i e v e a n d the belief that o n e will. W a s it this q u i c k l y e m e r g i n g s u p e r c o n f i d e n c e that p e r s u a d e d a n u n k n o w n rugby player to b e c o m e President? W h o really c a r e s ? D i g g i n g a n d s t i r r i n g in the b i n I've n o w f o u n d c o u n t l e s s f r a g m e n t s of m e m o r a b i l i a e v i d e n c e of d o z e n s of e v e n t s all i m p o r t a n t in their o w n w a y a n d welling inside m e I feel a l m o s t nostalgic. A l m o s t is h o w e v e r the o p e r a t i v e w o r d , four y e a r s is a l o n g time a n d it is time I left, a p o s t g r a d u a t e p r e v a r i c a t i o n w o u l d be u n h e a l t h y ( a n d o u t of the q u e s t i o n ) , s o I'm l o o k i n g f o r w a r d t o s e tti n g foot i n t o t h e outside world!
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next week in A l d e r s h o t . H e refused. O n 2 3 r d J u n e the D i r e c t o r of Amnesty's British Section, C o s m a s D e s m o n d , will a p p e a l t o F r a n c i s P y m , S e c r e t a r y of the M i n i s t r y of D e f e n c e , t o n a m e the c o u n t r i e s , in o r d e r t o allay public s u s p i c i o n that we are .selling a r m s t o r egimes w h i c h t o r t u r e a n d m u r d e r their c i t i z e n s . T h e Imperial C o l l e g e g r o u p of A m n e s t y is a s k i n g f o r t h e s u p p o r t of the U n i o n P r e s i d e n t , C h r i s F o x a n d the R e c t o r , the L o r d F l o w e r s , for the a p p e a l . Charles Penman
Communist Society T h e C o m m u n i s t U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n 1980 Nine D a y s of Marxist Discussion will be held between 5th and 13th July at the University of L o n d o n U n i o n , Malet Street, W C 1 . T h e C U L 1980 offers o v e r fifty different courses including 'Introduction T o Marxism', ' E u r o - c o m munism W h e r e Now?', 'New T e c h nology: Politics of Nuclear Power'; ' G a y s and Polities'; ' T h e W o m e n ' s M o v e m e n t T o d a y ' and a wide v a r i e t y of i n t e r n a t i o n a l t o p i c s , including C h i n a , Southern Africa, I r e l a n d , e t c . T h e r e are e v e n i n g events and self-contained weekend courses for those who are working during the week. T h e whole event is well worth devoting a week to. O v e r 1,000 people attend each year and speakers are drawn from all areas of Left and radical politics. Propectuses are available from M a r y Attenborough, Rrrt 640 Huxley (x4338) or write to C U L Organiser, 116 Kings Street, L o n d o n W C 2 .
' R e v i e w s of the Y e a r ' , v e r d i c t s a n d c o m p a r i s o n s really s e r v e n o p u r p o s e a s patently, m a n k i n d never learns by its m i s t a k e s e v e n if it m a n a g e s t o identify t h e m . A n y w a y I've w r i t t e n t w o a l r e a d y . I will s a y t h o u g h , that I h a v e e n j o y e d the c h a l l e n g e of this j o b a n d that I n e a r l y e n j o y e d t h e job itself. A brief p l u m m e t i n t o statistics reveals the f o l l o w i n g :
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Few places give graduate engineers opportunities to work on development projects like these. monitoring mechanisms The Royal Mail is moving into a new era of change. We are committed to an intensive programme of modernisation with the two-fold aim of providing a better guality of service and wider opportunities for • men and women in the industry. A Major Force The Royal Mail is already a major force in the country's communications network. Its staff of 172,000 men and women ensure that well over 30 million letters and parcels are delivered every working day through a. national system of sorting offices; and they run some 23,000 counters and 25,000 vehicles between them, providing a complex range of postal, banking, licensing and other services. We are now looking for more men and women graduating in Electrical and Electronic
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W e are d e s i g n i n g the d e v i c e s to m o n i t o r the m o r e u n u s u a l c h a r a c t e r istics of letter m a i l — e.g. stiffness, o p a c i t y , colour.
phosphorescent technology W e are p r o v i d i n g a consistent i d e n t i f i c a t i o n m e t h o d for s t a m p s a n d letter-code m a r k i n g .
advanced electronics W e are d e v e l o p i n g the latest e l e c t r o n i c c o n t r o l m e t h o d s for h a n d l i n g a n d r o u t i n g letters through sorting equipment.
Starting salary is between £5,400 and £8,800, depending on age, qualifications and experience. A n d there is plenty of room for career development.
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To find out more about these opportunities in Postal Engineering in London, examine our literature at youi University Careers Office. (If you are at Bradford, Nottingham, Manchester, Bristol, Aston or London, visit our stall at your Summer Fair). O r write to: Postal Management Recruitment Centre, Room 339, Postal Headquarters, St. Martin's-le-Grand, L O N D O N E C 1 A 1HQ.
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S P O R T IC Cricket Club vs Kenton Traders With two IC players at a meeting and temporarily unavailable it was in IC's interest to bat first. The captain of the day was Andy Harris who duly lost the toss, but luck was with IC as the opposition put IC in to bat first. Kenrick and Turner opened. Kenrick taking his first and last strike giving catching practice to square leg off the first ball of the day. Harris came in and made 27 before edging a catch to the keeper. S c o r i n g was slow due to Arthur not being able to find-his lawn mower, and boundaries were hard to get. With only forty minutes to tea and the score on 74, Turner was out for 33 attempting to hit a ball onto the M4. He missed. From a position of 74 for 2 wickets fell fast. At 92 for 7, Morton, who had been d r a g g e d out of a meeting was sent in to hit out and to get 150 runs on the board by tea but the booze at the meeting must have gone to his head; the first ball was missed (perhaps the ball was difficult to see through the haze of alcoholic fumes) and the second he was out caught. A useful 17 not out by Mitchell gave IC a final score of 119 before the last wicket went down in the last over before tea. Kenton Traders made an auspicious start to their innings. IC's bowling strength, in the form of Bob Dean, lumbered out of the long grass to let his first ball go. The outside edge was struck and Harris made a superb catch at second slip. Dean's second ball was similar to his first, the batsman played the same stroke and Harris made an
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identical c a t c h . At this point the remaining nine fielders wanted to know whether they were required or could they go to the bar and watch Dean and Harris finish the game! It was not that simple. Dean took another two wickets in his fourth over and another in his fifth when the score stood at 19 for 5. The Traders then made a recovery to 102 for 8 and were well on their way to winning the match with one batsman scoring fast but Morton was to redeem himself by unsuspectingly throwing down the wicket at the bowlers' end when the batsman was just ambling to complete what should have been an easy run. With only one over to go before the close of play the Traders defended . their remaining wicket solidly to make sure of a certain draw. With fielders clustered all round the bat the last ball of the day was bowled by Silva; the batsman gave the catch IC so badly needed and Fifield, looking death in the face had he dropped it, held on. A match which could have been lost, drawn or even tied was won on the last ball. Who said cricket was a boring game? T e a m : M Kenrick, P Turner, A Harris (capt), P Silva, R Fifield, A Hunter, P Hewkin, T M i t c h e l l , N M o r t o n , G Brereton, R Dean.
WATER POLO On Tuesday 10th, IC had their last game of the season against Penguin. Exams badly affected team selection and we only managed to get seven players in the pool and no substitutes.
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FAME (AA, Alan Parker) Following the enormous success attained by Midnight Express, director Alan Parker has chosen a rather unusual subject for this, his third film project. Fame is a musical drama set in N e w Y o r k ' s High School F o r T h e Performing Arts — a state school which gives needy children the chance of going to a sort of stage school. Here they learn dance, drama and music as well as the normal school subjects. The dramatical content is basically designed to show the realities of success and failure, tracking the development of eight main characters during their time at the school. C o m e d y and music are contrasted with the tragedies of life in New Y o r k , as well as the risks of being a performer. T h e film is split into sections, ranging from the auditions to their eventual graduation. Starting at a lively, happy pace a noticeable change occurs midway through the film as tragedy and suffering start to play a large role as they did in " E x p r e s s " . This is not necessarily a bad thing, but I personally found the ecstatic jamming in the s c h o o l cafe far more enjoyable than the latter scenes. T h e music is very enjoyable too — especially the electronic creations of B r u n o , a young man who thinks he can replace the music teacher's o r c h e s t r a with banks of organs a n d synthesisers. T h e v a r i o u s d e v e l o p m e n t s in the plot a r e e x p r e s s e d t h r o u g h a sequential look at the eight characters. This immediately leaves gaps and y o u m a y find that p a r t i c u l a r c h a r a c t e r s r e c e i v e i n a d e q u a t e time. Unfortunate as this may be, the switching from one person to another maintains the sort of pace which is necessary for a film lasting over two hours. T h e climax is a graduation ceremony which ends very abruptly and left me wondering what happened to the various people in the end — did they m a k e it or not? D i d they capture the elusive " f a m e " that they sought? 1 don't think that even a follow-up could explain. D i r e c t o r A l a n P a r k e r attended the s c r e e n i n g , which was especially designed for students. H e was faced with the ordeal of a question and
Cliff Spooner opened the score for IC with a clever shot, positioned in front of the g o a l . P e n g u i n were playing very aggressively and their marking was rough and rather dirty, so they managed to score three goals In succession and took the lead. Andy Smith scored our second goal, after receiving the ball from Dimitri Papaconstantinou, to make the score 3-2 to them at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter Cliff Spooner played at the goal and our performance improved markedly. Pat Porter and Nick Last tightened their marking in defence and they did not let Penguin score again. After a goalless second quarter, we equalised at the end of the third quarter with a shot from Phil Mills, despite their continuous dirty marking, which resulted in five of them being sent off during the game. Steve Taylor organised our game in midpool and we s c o r e d two more goals in the fourth quarter, with Phil Mills and Andy Smith. The final score was 5-3 to IC.
answer session afterwards, but managed very well to brush off a barage of " p s e u d o " questions, mainly from hypersensitive art students. M o n e y , he admitted, was the primary reason for the project, but this also meant that the film should be broadly entertaining. 1 think he succeeds admirably and manages to provide a fascinating insight into an unusual subject. M y advice is to see the film if y o u are at all interested in a piece of well presented entertainment. Don't leave it too late, however as it is really a period piece a n d will not mean very m u c h when the m o o d is different Fame opens on July 24th at the Empire, Leicester Square. Films to look out for over the s u m m e r : at the e n d of the m o n t h Nijinsky will be released as well as Romero's Zombies ( a real sickie). In July The Black Stallion reaches our shores, after making a great impact in A m e r i c a . Clint Eastwood appears in Bronco Billy a n d Allan C a r r ' s Can't Stop The Music (with the awful Village People) will no doubt crash into our lives. A new Neil Simon, Chapter Two, should soon arrive as well as Kung F u in 3-D with Dynasty. I shall be awaiting a date for Stanley K u b r i c k ' s T h e Shining, which stars J a c k N i c h o l s o n a n d should be a real stormer. Have
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The very first pinball machines, like the machines of today, were simply for entertainment and amusement. They provided a few, much needed minutes of pleasure to anyone who had time to kill or who was looking for some new form of diversion in the depressing times that prevailed at the start of the pinball era. Many students at Imperial College are attracted to the brightly lit machines in the halls of residence and Union Building. Listening to players who are able to talk about how they feel about pinball can give an insight into its strange appeal. Roger, a young hot blooded student, who has been playing the game since his early days as a student says: "Obviously all the aggression you put into a game must have some cathartic effect if you need to get rid of aggression. But it's a bit double-sided in releasing frustration. I mean, if you want to get rid of frustrations you've faced with the problems that you might just run up a series of bad games and that in itself will produce other frustrations. "So you're balancing between frustration and satisfaction and maybe this delicate balance produces the urge to keep trying. When asked how good he was at it, Roger replied: "I wouldn't say I was a particularly good player, but that's 6ne of the great things about pinball. You don't necessarily have to be all that good to enjoy the game because you're learning all the time. The more you plhy the better
you get as long as you're willing to let yourself get involved." Mike, a student who regularly plays pinball said: "It's a special form of satisfaction. Not a compensation for any lack of achievement in your day to day life. I get a lot of satisfaction from studying during the day but I still like to come along here afterwards. "Pinball provides a little bit of extra excitement. It's a self-imposed challenge. Nobody forces you to play. There's no punishment for failure and there's no threat involved. The only contest is between you and the machine. "It's a simple diversion, a compact doit-yourself entertainment kit. A mechanical form of solitaire. Y o u challenge the machine on strictly defined terms which really give the machine the upper hand. Push it around too much and it will tilt and you lose your score. There's no way you can penalise the machine — except by beating it. But even then all you get out of that is a replay — just another chance to enter the one-sided contract. "But naturally you're only .too happy to take on the challenge again. If the machine beats you after that you don't mind too much because you know you've had your share of success." Tom, a computer scientist, said that he sees his battle with pinball as a form of protest. "Machines and computers control so much of our everyday lives and there's not much you can do about it. So it's nice to meet a machine you can fight.
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"There's normally no way you can get your own back on other machines and computers. Sure, you can kick them and shout at them, but that only increases your frustration. With pinball you get a chance to beat a machine on its own terms. "There's a lot of skill involved. It's you against the machine. Your reflexes, knowledge, assessment and timing against the machine's efforts to get that ball out of play. And getting that ball out of play is the only way a machine can beat you. "In a game lasting only three or four minutes, a player can run the whole gamut of emotions: the joy of a superbly timed skill shot; intensifying excitement as a bonus builds; suspense as a ball hovers gently, trembling on the lip of a high-score rollover; fear as the ball rockets swiftly towards the flipper gap; panic as the ball screams out of the firing chute, straight down the playfield and out of play without scoring; love as luck plays her part and guides ball after ball away from the exit lane and down the run-on track to the flippers; despair as luck deserts the players and lets the ball spill from the run-on track's rim down the exit lane; hope as jubiliation at the hard crack of the replay frustration and dejection as the machine tilts . . . all this compressed into less than five minutes! If a film director could inspire half those response from an audience in an hour and a half he'd be lauded as a genius — yet you can find it all in Pinball."
The spring term began with IC ladies rugby team getting extensive
T h e speed of Shakuntala's multiplication will be recorded in the Guinness coverage in the national press. FELIX were the first to realise the B o o k of Records. W h y don't we try to break more records next term at IC? journalistic potential of the ladies, but I regret that the coverage in the H o w about a team attempting to break some of the more obscure records for Express and Sunday People was bad publicity for the team and IC. R A G .... Talking of R A G - we have raised £20,000 Martin Watson did a grand job with the FELIX Rally, last Sunday, despite the National Front arranging a Rally outside R S M ! which resulted in all parked cars being towed away from Prince Consort Road. T h a n k - y o u to T i m , Dave, Ian, M a z and also to G i v e Dewe y for being a guest paste up artist this week. If you'd like to have your copies of this year's F E L I X bound then bring a set into the office A S A P , (by next Friday). Just before I say C h e e r s ! for the last time I've got space to include some of the highlights from my annual report to Council.
My first issue of FELIX was published on Friday 10th August 1979. This edition and the next eight were published while I was Acting Editor of FELIX. Three issues were published during the summer vacation for the Post Grads. These concentrated on the High Court injunction served by John Shuttleworth, but also included articles describing the redevelopment of Beit Quad and several film reviews. The Freshers' FELIX was hurriedly put together a week before term started because the result of the High Court case was only known a week before the start of term. There had been obvious problems concerning the
court case and resignation of a member of the permanent staff. FELIX has encouraged advertisers by inserting details of advertising rates in the major directories. Phone calls to past advertisers have also helped to make 1979/80 a good year for revenue. In the autumn term of 1979 the size of FELIX on average twenty pages per week. Many students helped collate and fold FELIX and I was pleased to have the support of the C C U publicity officers in being able to include
regular comprehensive articles on Guilds, Mines and RCS. The ICU Exec also provided articles; some serious, some amusing. The letters page during the autumn term was full of controversy. Frank James caused much correspondence by wriring that 'anti-intellectuals take charge of the C C U s and thus perpetrate their own kinds of beer-swilling lout'. The Occupation of the Senior Dining Room on Ocotber 16th caused much comment and several other topics including: abortion, lack of photo credits, policy passed at ICU UGM s all helped to increase the size of the FELIX letters' page. Some weeks three pages of FELIX were devoted to letters.
On February 1st FELIX was able to photograph panellists attending IC for the B B C Radio Quiz and by the end of the recording we were able to present Barry Took with a finished copy of FELIX. This demonstrates our aim to be as up-to-date as possible with news coverage in FELIX. However, this has meant that the print er , Ian M o r s e , has had to work late on Thursday nights. News coverage was helped by the co-operation with the IC Radio News Dept. FELIX gave news copy to IC Radio for their bulletins and ICRN helped FELIX with its news coverage. On 19th February I was involved in an accident while running to take photographs of a 'bank raid' at the College bank. During my two week stay in hospital, Roger Stotesbury became Acting Editor of FELIX. He was ambitious and produced three good issues of FELIX. I was pleased to hear that many students helped Roger during this period. The summer term, far from being uneventful has produced some of the major stories to affect IC this year. The siege of the Iranian Embassy and the demonstrations by IC students caused many letters to be written to FELIX. On Friday 13th June FELIX published a photographic review of the year containing over sixty photographs. Summary This year has seen several new ideas including the questionnaire, a greater emphasis on photographs, the start of a regular section on IC Radio. Many first year students have worked on the paper and hopefully everyone has gained from getting involved in FELIX. There have been many problems. I wish that I had had more time for preparation, but taking over in the summer vacation meant that I had to learn the job as I went through the year. I would like to thank everyone, for their help especially since my accident in February. Good luck to Steve Marshall — it's a hard job — there's nothing like being Editor of FELIX. _ A
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F E L I X is published by the Editor, on behalf of the Imperial College Union Publications Board. F E L I X is printed on the Union premises in Prince Consort Road, London SW7. Editor C . R. Palmer. F E L I X ISSN 0140-0711 Registered at the Post Office. Copyright F E L I X 1980. F E L I X , the Editor of F E L I X and Union Officers cannot accept liability in respect of errors or omissions contained in articles herein.