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DUCK-BL ILED PLATYPUS WN IS UNV I ERST IY CHALLENGE IC continued their magnificent run of s u c c e s s in University victories.

Challenge with two more A coach load of supporters travelled w i t h the team to the G r a n a d a Television Studios in M a n c h e s t e r.

T h e i r first opponents were the a l l - m a l e A b e r d e e n U n i v e r s i t y team who made a n impressive start a n d raced to a 0-45 lead. H o w e v e r . I C soon settled d o w n a n d scored 130 points without reply before A b e r d e e n levelled the score a r o u n d the h a l l - w a y m a r k . T h e n the A b e r d e e n challenge petered out a n d I C ran ahead to victory w i t h a final score of 240 to 175.

The victorious Imperial College team.

T h e next game against the m i x e d team from R e a d i n g U n i v e r s i t y was m u c h closer a n d pr o du c ed a classic finish. W i t h twenty seconds r e m a i n i n g I C were five points b e h i n d when A l i i n Griffiths correctly answered " d u c k - b i l l e d p l a t y p u s " to a starter for ten. T h i s proved to be the final scoring answer of the game w h i c h I C had n a r r o w l y won 180175.

T h e w i n n i n g team was T i m P i g d e n . C o r d o n M a s i e r l o n . A l u n Griffiths a n d M a r t i n S. T a y l o r ( C a p t a i n ) . T h e y w i l l be a p p e a r i n g on L o n d o n W e e k e n d T e l e v i s i o n on the dates i a l l Sundays) given below: A p r i l 11; vs New H a l l , C a m b r i d g e A p r i l 18; vs A b e r d e e n U n i v e r s i t y A p r i l 25; vs R e a d i n g U n i v e r s i t y T h e y w i l l a p p e a r on regional television against New H a l l on F e b r u a r y 14.

H a v i n g now w o n three consecutive heals I C are in (he d r . i u lor the knock-out stages of the competition .

No. 603

F r i d a y , J a n u a r y 29.1982

Dear

Mark

B o t h M r M e r c e r and the Islamic Society state some of the t h i n g s that they are against, but omit a great deal and fail to say what they are for. F o r example does M r M e r c e r think that m a n is an a n i m a l or not? D o M r M e r c e r and the I s l a m i c Society consider a materialistic account of evolution is sufficient or do they want to add to it, propose another e x p l a n a tion, or not believe i n the idea of evolution at all? N e i t h e r said a n y t h i n g about what they thought about creationism. W h a t sort of people are these w ho attack a coherent explanation of the developm e n t o f life a n d yet h a v e n o t h i n g to say about what they think of the problem.

U n l i k e what M r Mercer thinks I have no desire to forcibly suppress creationism, since the very inarticulateness of people like h i m is sufficient to c o n d e m n i t ; I m e r e l y reserve the right to point out what these people are saying.

M r M e r c e r also said that I had accused creationists of ' m e g l o m a n i a ' (a w o r d i n cidentally that I d i d not use; do I detect a trace of p a r a noia?). H e d i d not refute my charge that creationists were s e e k i n g to i m p o s e a b e l i e f system on society so that they c o u l d control society. T h i s is obviously M r M e r c e r end e a v o u r i n g to suppress the truth about the motives of the creationists, w h i c h is quite apparent to anyone w ho has had the misfortune to read any of their literature.

F i n a l l y M r M e r c e r stated that D a r w i n was a C h r i s t i a n .

In his youth he was, but after the p u b l i c a t i o n of his Origin of Species in 1859 he was hounded from the c h u r c h by people as i n t o l e r a n t as M r M e r c e r appears to be today. T r u t h is more important than dogma, a lesson w h i c h M r M e r c e r and the Islamic Society have yet to learn.

S o we h a v e a m o n g o u r n u m b e r i n this college, people w h o subscribe to the creationist v i e w . T h e t h i n g w h i c h struck me forcibly about both attacks on my article from M r j M e r c e r a n d the I s l a m i c S o c i e t y was t h e i r l a c k of precision. A p a r t from saying o r i m p l y i n g t h a t t h e y are against m y views, or what they took to be m y views, they were not very clear about their thoughts o n the subject.

M r M e r c e r took a distinctly selective a n d dubious interpretation of Genesis I. I have, of course, pondered on the order of creation given i n G e n I: 1-26 being the same as that determined by evolutionary theory; however I have also pondered on G e n II: 4-24 • w h i c h deals w i t h the same m a t e r i a l but gives a different order.

A n d quite how the Islamic S o c i e t y c a n say t h a t 1400 years ago the basis of m o d e r n science was revealed leaves me (almost) speechless. If this had been the case then surely there w o u l d have been no need to have spent the vast effort on the Scientific E n t e r prise that has been exerted.

Tours sincerely M u c h as it is nice to say that Frank James you were right w i t h hindsight, a l t h o u g h the interpretations Dear Sir of the K o r a n verses quoted I r e a d w i t h i n t e r e s t the d i d seem slightly far-fetched article that you published i n to me, it is s i m p l y ancestor the F E L I X supplement last worship to c l a i m this. T h a t is week by the Islamic Society i n some way o u r ancestors and w o u l d be grateful if they were better, or knew more, w o u l d r e t u r n the complement than we are o r do. by r e a d i n g this letter.

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I a m a C h r i s t i a n and would also like to th ink of myself as a scientist. I took biochemistry as a first degree a n d found that, far from conflicting w i t h m y r e l i g i o u s b e l i e f s , it i n creased my awareness of the marvellous intricacies and complexities of life to such an extent that I find it h a r d to understand those w ho do not believe i n a creator. These beliefs can only be reinforced when one considers the vastness of the observable universe when compared to the insignificant, though a l l important to us, speck of dust that is the earth.

I a m an ardent believer in D a r w i n i s m and do not find it conflicts at a l l w i t h my belief i n G o d . It is impossible to demonstrate the existance of G o d by a scientific method. A q u i c k look in Genesis 2 (where the c r e a t i o n is g i v e n i n a different order to the famous story i n Genesis 1) q u i c k l y dispels the argument that the B i b l e is r i g h t b e c a u s e the c r e a t i o n story follows the order of biological evolution.

It must be understood that whether or not this is the case is c o m p l e t e l y i r r e l e v a n t to true religion a n d only serves to d r a w attention away from the true f o c u s — G o d himself.

S i m i l a r l y I w o u l d be most surprised if a truly devout M u s l i m found it necessary to m a n i p u l a t e the s a y i n g s of M u h a m e d to try to d e m o n strate his awareness of m o d e r n scientific discoveries.

In conclusion I w o u l d like to say that true science whose ideal is pursuit of the truth c a n o n l y serve to i n c r e a s e man's awareness of his G o d and his incredible feebleness and insignficance i n the face of the vastness a n d variety of that w h i c h we know as creation.

Tours,

etc.,

Andrew Lyall Dear

Mark

Those people in College who remember Bernie S m i t h w i l l doubtless be delighted to k n o w t h a t the o n e - t i m e Physics D e p R e p a n d current Surrey U n i v e r s i t y sabbatical mega-hack is now the T o r y c a n d i d a t e for N U S V i c e President E d u c a t i o n , a sort of national A A O .

FELIX, January

Chris Webb 29,

1982

Dear

Sir

W e w o u l d like to thank I C B o a t C l u b for the r e d - h o t "boat b u r n i n g p a r t y last Saturday.

We are sorry our boat c o u l d n ' t make it.

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C h i e f Fire Officer a n d a l l the lads at Putney .S'ir T h e College members of the 22 C l u b regret that M r S.J. M a r s h a l l finds it necessary to put his name to a badly written collection of lies and m i s i n f o r m e d o p i n i o n , as a p p e a r e d i n the s o a p b o x article in F E L I X 602. T h e reason for our regret is not that we hold M r M a r s h a l l i n any esteem whatsoever, but that he is an associate of the R o y a l College of Science, a title pr ou dly borne by the majority of our members. W e do not wish to correct the l a c t s here n o r to c o n t i n u e this debate through the pages of F E L I X . W e w i l l simply state that any member of the College wishing to know the truth about our behaviour or the spirit of our c l u b has only to ask a club member.

We remain your obedient servants

T h e College members of the 22 C l u b E d ' s N o t e : See E d i t o r i a l .

Dear

Sir

A n o p p o r t u n i t y is arising to ship m a n y tonnes of m e d i c a l , food, and other essential supplies by boat and l a n d from I C to P o l a n d . E s t i m a t e d date of departure is M a r c h 21 w i t h Easter spent in P o l a n d or Czechoslovakia.

F o r this private and totally charitable venture to succeed we need a reliable conscientious a n d n o n - p o l i t i c a l I C c r e w to: o r g a n i s e s u p p l i e s ; crew the vehicles; assist in distribution; return without p o l i t i c a l or m e d i a p r o p a ganda.

T h e c a r g o w i l l be f u l l y m a n i f e s t e d , a n d the c r e w must have v a l i d visas in British passports. W e hope the trip w i l l be fun, but there w i l l be some speedy h a r d graft at times. Since the reception w i l l be m i x e d we hope to take a m i x e d crew.

If you can offer any help please contact C o l i n C o o p e r in D o C 2 .

UGM Report Inquorate

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The censure of the Deputy President was the only highlight of an otherwise mind-blowingly dull UGM on Tuesday.

T h e meeting opened at 1:06pm w i t h a p p r o x i m a t e l y 100 students i n attendance a n d only three (from six) of the I C U E x e c u t i v e present.

B o t h the minutes of the last E G M a n d the President's report were accepted without undue delay before M r W i l l i a m C o r t a z z i proposed a m o t i o n of censure o n the absent D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t M r B a r n e y M c C a b e . T h i s was passed o v e r w h e l m i n g l y alter f o r m a l opposition from M r N i c k P y n e , I C U W e l f a r e Officer, a l t h o u g h several U n i o n Officers later expressed the regret that it h a d n ' t been a m o t i o n of no confidence.

M r M c C a b e ' s report was referred to the next U G M . H e finally a r r i v e d at the meeting d u r i n g the H o n o r a r y Secretary's report. T h i s report was accepted, a n d M r M c C a b e questioned about the absence of M i k e before those present were subjected to the c h i l d l i k e b i c k e r i n g of M r L e d w o l d a n d M r M c C a b e over the venue of the m e e t i n g a n d the arrangements for h a v i n g M i k e present.

F u r t h e r reports were presented by G a y n o r M c K e n z i e ' R S . M U V P ) .

M a r t i n T a y l o r ( E A O ) a n d M i k e Prosser ( C h a i r m a n of P u b l i c a t i o n s Board). In his report M r Prosser stressed that the post of U n i o n H a n d b o o k E d i t o r was still vacant.

T h e n at 1:29pm the q u o r u m was successfully challenged b\ M i B r i a n Stevens, C h e m i s t r y 2, before the proposed b y e - l a w change* a n d m o t i o n on grants c o u l d be discussed.

A new pair Field Marshall The Lord Carver for Rag at IC F I E L D M A R S F I A L L the L o r d C a r v e r , C h i e f of Defence Staff 1973-76, gave a lecture entitled " N u c l e a r W a r i n E u r o p e " in the Blackett L a b o r a t o r y o n T u e s d a y lunchtime.

T h i s was the second i n a series of lectures organised jointly by the C o l l e g e E N D group a n d the Humanities Department.

D r a w i n g on his wide k n o w ledge of the b a c k g r o u n d l o the n u c l e a r arms b u i l d - u p in E u r o p e , he o u t l i n e d the reasons b e h i n d the arms race a n d the various defence policies in E u r o p e .

The new Victorian style bar beneath the Southside Halls of Residence opened last night after a last minute rush to finish the alterations.

T h e estimated cost o f the alterations is i n the region of ÂŁ20,000, most of w h i c h was secured as loans from four breweries: W a t n e y s , Bass C h a r r i n g t o n , W h i t b r e a d a n d S a m S m i t h s . T o repay these loans the C o l l e g e are c o m m i t t e d to a n agreement, whereby a n a m o u n t is payed back to the breweries every time a b a r r e l o f their beer is sold.

A l t e r a t i o n s were started in the C h r i s t m a s v a c a t i o n a n d as deadline* were not met by the contrators, it was necessary lor t h e m to work extremely h a r d to compete the m a j o r i t y of the w o r k o n time .

A n a d d e d c o m p l i c a t i o n for the b a r m a n a g e r M r I a n H a r o l d M a g n a y , was that the c o o l i n g fan in the beer cellar broke d o w n lasi weekend. T h i s meant that the real ales served last night w o u l d p r o b a b l y not be at their best, he said yesterday l u n c h l i m e . H o w e v e r , he a n t i c i p a t e d that the b a r w o u l d open as pr o mi s e d.

The unfinished

A T A N otherwise u n p r o d u c t i v e UGM (see elsewhere the onl\ constructive item ol business to be c o m p l e t e d was the ratification of M r R o n a l d M c D o n a l d . M a t h s 2, as R a g C h a i r m a n . M r M c D o n a l d was the onl\ lullv proposed a n d seconded c a n d i date a n d he replaces M r B i l l D u r o d i e w h o resigned at the c u d of last t e r m .

M r J o h n M c C a l l i o n . also ol M a t h s 2. w a s e t e v t e d R . i s T r e a s u r e r at last Thursday's R a s C o m m i t t e e meeting. Both he and M r M c D o n a l d now l a c e t h e sizeable task of getting I C C R.ya back on the road.

Ritual burning at Putney V I K I N G W O R S H I P reared its ugly head at I C o n , c .i S a t u r d a y , J a n u a r y 23.

T h e venue was beside the river at P u t n e y a n d the event, | the J a m e s Bruce P a r t y , h a d been organised by the Boat House C o m m i t t e e . A s a n afterthought they decided to b u r n out of t h e i r o l d boats w h i c h h a d been a r o u n d since the last w a r .

'I'he boat was s t r i p p e d of a l l useable parts a n d burnt because il was wasting boathouse space, unsaleable a n d unsafe l o row. This is a n o l d Boat C l u b t r a d i t i o n for boats b e y o n d repair.

T h e r i t u a l h a d been a p p r o v e d by I C U n i o n , the insurance c o m p a n y and Police. U n f o r t u n a t e l y the P o l i c e failed to contact llie lire brigade who t u r n e d u p en force (seven lire engines a n d a lire boat) w h e n alerted by a passer-by. H o w e v e r , their servies were not needed.

FELIX, January

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FtfctoMti Oik* TAPS F E L I X i n association with T w e n t i e t h C e n t u r y F o x invites you to a special preview screening of H a r o l d Becker's T a p s at T h e L a n e cin ema, St M a r t i n ' s L a n e on S u n d a y F e b r u a r y 7 at 4pm . T o obtain your tickets, apply in person at F E L I X O f l i c c , Beit A r c h (max o f ' 2 tickets per caller). T h e r e are a limited n u m b e r of tickets, so come early to avoid disappointment.

O s c a r w i n n i n g actor T i m o t h y H u t t o n (starring i n his first role since O r d i n a r y People) plays B r i a n M o r e l a n d , the highest r a n k i n g cadet at the Bunker H i l l A c a d e m y w h o is prepared to stop its closure using force if necessary.

George C . Scott plays M o r e l a n d ' s idol, G e n e r a l [Harlan Bache, w h o treats his cadets like the soldiers he once lead into combat

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Going it alone On January 4 the Holland Club re-opened for the new term with service, after Mr Mooney decided its own cook to run the catering to close his outlet in the building.

Many students entering the Huxley Building from the J C R walkway will have noticed the entrance to the Holland Club and may have wondered what this organisation is all about.

The Holland Club was founded to provide social facilities, equivalent to the Senior and Junior Common Rooms, for the non-teaching staff of the College. It was based for many years in Princes Gardens and occupied a house with its own catering and bar facilities.

When the house was needed for alternative purposes, the Club was left without premises for many years until they were given the extension at the back of the Huxley Building in October 1976. In these premises the bar and catering facilities were run by Mr Mooney.

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It soon became apparent to the committee of 13 that Mr Mooney was treating the Holland Club badly. The food was often poor and they felt that as they were providing social facilities (including snooker, pool, darts, table tennis, etc.) and trying to attract new members, that the food was a problem. Indeed, they wished to take it over themselves to improve it.

The first move was to approach several outside caterers for an estimate. Two offers seemed attractive and were about to be acted upon when two major setbacks happened.

Firstly large cracks were found in the structure of the building along with damp patches. As it then became uncertain how long the building could be used safely, it was impossible to contact an outside caterer.

Then, shortly before Christmas 1981, Mr Mooney announced that he would be discontinuing the Holland Club service after the end of the autumn term. This left a bare six weeks to re-organise the catering arrangements if the club wished to maintain the facility and operate it from the start of 1982.

Their decision to employ a former chemisty technician, Mr Alfred Coleman and his wife to run the kitchen. Mr Coleman had previously been a cook (many years ago) and as a Holland Club member himself was interested to help. T o assist him, volunteers from the Committee were enrolled to take money and do some of the cleaning.

So far the experiment seems to be a success. When I ate there on Tuesday the service was impressive. Not only was the serving area meticulously clean, but the food was hot, served on warm plates and most enjoyable. The standard of food is certainly equivalent and probably better than Mr Mooney at his best. There is a mixture of frozen and freshly prepared dishes which, if maintained and improved, could mean that the non-teaching staff will have established in three weeks what Mr Mooney failed to do in five years; provide a catering facility with food of an acceptable standard which is profitable.

The Holland Club is only open to the members (about 900 of them) and their guests. So if you know a friendly technician, secretary or other nonteaching staff member, it might be worthwhile asking them to take you along.

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• L a d i e s b l a c k leather t r o u s e r s , size 12, hardly w o r n , £63 n e w , will a c c e p t £35-40ono. P h o n e 373-8746, a s k f o r H e l e n , R m 18.

• B a b y Belling cooker, only 6mths old, w o u l d c o s t £140 new, we'll sell for £40.

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Behbahani, C h e m Eng. • R o l a n d e l e c t r i c p i a n o , £250ono, p h o n e 223-0449.

• H o n d a C B 1 0 0 N , g o o d nick, £250, Dave Poley, M E 3 .

• O n e set of a n a l y s i s notes for M a t h s 2 course, slightly incomprehensible, else in perfect c o n d i t i o n , c o n t a c t R. M o r g a n , M a t h s 3.

• B a d g e s o c make badges for any o l d s l o b s e.g. " P a s s t h e c e l l o t a p e I've just s e e n a h a m s t e r " ( C h e m E n g 2). T a s t e no object. A s k C h r i s T a y l o r , M e c h E n g letter-racks.

• Wharfdale Linton Unit 3 bass s p e a k e r w a n t e d . S o m e o n e must have o n e o r I can't a n n o y t h e s u b w a r d e n s , P. C h a m p , L i n s t e a d H a l l .

• R e c o r d s w a n t e d : Y e s ' C l a s s i c ' free s i n g l e , In t h e R o u n d , L i v e In A m s t e r dam, Mark's L P , G l a s g o w and Q P R tapes. A l s o a n y H a w k w i n d rarities.

S e e R a m z i S h a m m a s , E l e c E n g 1.

• S e c o n d - h a n d typewriter wanted, reasonable condition. Contact Q u e n tin G r a n g e r , R S M l e t t e r - r a c k s o r 3 7 3 4092 e v e n i n g s .

• L o s t : a m u c h l o v e d dark blue beret at Life S c i Party. If f o u k n d p l e a s e c o n t a c t C h r i s t i n e S t o r c h , B i o c h e m 2 o r ring 370-1817 after 6 p m .

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• G o b o g t r o t t i n g w i t h IC A n g l i n g C l u b .

C o u n t y Leitrim, September, approx c o s t £100 (ex bait a n d beer).

• S u m m e r w o r k , m i d - J u n e to m i d A u g u s t , in L o n d o n a s r e s i d e n t a s s i s t a n t s for an A m e r i c a n e d u c a t i o n a l travel o r g a n i s a t i o n , r e s p o n s i b l e f o r g r o u p s of A m e r i c a n high s c h o o l s t u d e n t s . S a l a r y £12 per day, plus free board and lodging. For application f o r m s t e l e p h o n e 240-1512 ( A m e r i c a n International). Further info from Student Services.

• E n t s films are on Thursdays. IC A n g l i n g C l u b n o w meet s o n F r i d a y s .

S e e k a n d y e shall find.

• T h i s is not a b o r i n g What's O n . T h i s is M o o n t h e R a d i o every T u e s d a y , IC R a d i o , 8:00-10:00pm.

• L e a r n to s k i at H i l l i n g d o n dry s k i s l o p e . S k i C l u b meet every W e d n e s d a y at 1:15pm, S o u t h K e n s i n g t o n k t u b e arcade. Beginners welcome. Also M o n d a y s , 6:15pm for intermediate skiers.

• J o i n IC's youngest club. Angling C l u b meets F r i d a y s , 12:30pm, S o u t h side Upper Lounge.

• F o o t b a l l latest: P h y s i c s w a n d e r e r 7, C i v E n g 1 3, next please. C o n t a c t C .

Bannock, P h y s i c s letter-racks.

• R o s c o e - T h a n k s for lending Mike and I your hydrometer. T h e bulbous knob o n the e n d s a t i s f i e d all m y require-, ments, even d i s p l a c i n g the c a l c u l a t e d a m o u n t of v i s c o u s fluid (better than the real t h i n g ? ) - K a r e n .

• B r u c e - W a s the fact that y o u r s h e e t s a n d mattress were wet the result of a n o v e r e x c i t e d e n c o u n t e r o n N e w Year's Eve o r d u e to t h e s h o w e r y o u h a d after?-126.

• L i n s t e a d still rule. Don't m e n t i o n the beer. B o r i n g !

• W o o d s t o c k - H o w about an Angling T i m e s s e s s i o n this w e e k e n d , c u d d l e s and k i s s e s - B o n z o .

• P h i l a n d G e o f f (Selkirk 578, 677), r e m e m b e r S a t u r d a y night. Very sorry for not k e e p i n g straight face. T h e two hyenas. P S : T e l l u s w h e n y o u ' r e g o i n g a g a i n s o w e c a n have a n o t h e r g o o d laugh.

• Rickenbacker-jeans mended and m o u t h s s e w n , £10 an acre. P O G M O H O I N (JF).

• R a g Mag Trip to Oxford, Wednesday, F e b r u a r y 10, leaving Beit A r c h at 12:00 n o o n . P l a c e s £3, r e f u n d of £1 for every 20 sales. N o n - s e l l e r s w e l c o m e .

• B U N A C a n d y o u r s u m m e r in U S A , today 12:30-1:30pm in G r e e n C o m m R m (top floor, U n i o n B u i l d i n g ) .

Scientists

Rule by

T h i s article will attempt to wake up those of you who are half asleep. For those of y o u whose eyelid has flickered slightly this is a happy alternative to a hoping Friday morning boring lecture I hasten to say that this i s not what I mean by "half asleep", though you will notice when reading this article that the chances are somewhere in it. you are included M y starting point is the recent lecture given by t h e D e p u t y S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l of the C o m m o n w e a l t h M r E . C . A n y a o k u entitled " N e w Nations: Making Independence a Reality" (for a s u m m a r y and comments on w h i c h y o u w i l l h a v e t o wait for the n e x t F E L I X ) . W h a t struck me is that there were about forty people in the audience. N o w forty people do not m a k e an unsuccessful lecture, though they do not either make a successful one. W h e n coming to this College some years ago I was aware that scientists are a very dull lot, but a glance through the activities of the IC student population gave me some hope. I saw among other things a C o m m u n i s t society, Socialist society, L a b o u r club, Conservative society, Overseas Students committee, a Christian society, Islamic society, IC W o m e n ' s association, and so on. I also saw a president of IC U n i o n being the president of N U S and a F E L I X Editor being an Editor of Sennet (now called L o n d o n Student). I further saw a College committee on overseas students, a Delhi committee, and even a counselor for overseas students. In my time a department of humanities evolved to interrelate scientific and philosophical thought. I then went o n to see that there was a wine tasting society, a real ale society, an astrological society, a Wells society, a stamp club, atheltics and national clubs, a radio club, a students television and even a students newspaper in which every member of College could voice his opinion. I must confess I was pleased. It seemed that IC was not p r o d u c i n g cold blinkered scientists of outstanding merit. It was actually producing scientists of oustanding merit with a balanced opinion all the advantages and disadvantages of their scientific work and aware of most of the positive and negative social consequences of it. O n e thing that gave me further hope was the inclusion in every engineering course of what was termed "associated studies". A t the time, y o u see, I was not aware they were compulsory nor did I realise they needed to be c ompu ls or y.

Slowly but steadily my opinion reverted to one I had before c o m i n g to I C . I a m now c on vin c ed that I C is so apathetic that IC graduates are in the long r u n a threat to s o c i e t y . It t r o u b l e s me t o t h i n k that the m a j o r i t y is n o t i n fact d i s o r i e n t a t e d , but unorientated.

B u t let me return to the lecture I mentioned above. It will be seen from the title of the talk that both M r s S. Williams M P and M r E. H e a t h M P have given lectures o n the same topic. F o r those of y o u who are not even aware of these lectures I a m referring to topics steming from the B r a n d t Report with w h i c h both speakers have dealt with. F o r those of y o u who are not

aware of either the B r a n d t Report nor the Alternative B r a n d t . I confess you have reached too far in this article—please go back to sleep.

W h e n these two distinguished guests delivered their lectures they did so in "standing r o o m " conditions. W h e n their lectures ended they were vigorously applauded. I had to presume that their message had got through. A l a s , this was not the case. S o m e of y o u may remember that their message was one of alarm and need of understanding and co-operation between all m o d e r n n a t i o n s . T h e a b s e n c e of a l a r g e audience in the Deputy Secretary's lecture s h o w e d that this message had not got through.

W e had with us a very distinguished guest who had h o n o u r e d us in agreeing to give a lecture which would further our understanding of the developing w o r l d a n d the ideas we have about it. W h e r e was M r Heath's and M r s Williams' audience then? W h e r e were the at least 1,000 students who a c t u a l l y c o m e from the C o m m o n w e a l t h ? W h e r e were the C o m m u n i s t Society members who pledge awareness about the world? W h e r e were the L a b o u r Society m e m b e r s w h o p l e d g e s o l i d a r i t y to e v e r y thinkable and unthinkable cause? W h e r e were the C o n s e r v a t i v e Society members—wet or d r y — w h o s e forefathers created the C o m m o n w e a l t h ? W h e r e w e r e the r e l i g i o u s s o c i e t y members who are so touched after disaster has stricken some unfortunate country?

1 personally cannot answer these questions.

What I c a n see though is that M r Heath's a n d M r s Williams' audience did not attend their lectures to listen to what they had to say. T h e y were simply there to admire sheepishly two of their leaders. T h e y will also be there to attack them, somewhere in the flock, if and when they make what they wiill have been led, rightly or wrongly, to think of as a mistake.

Y o u may be aware that Imperial College was originally created to produce scientists and e n g i n e e r s of i n t e r n a t i o n a l c a l i b r e w h o s e ultimate purpose was to spread into the British Empire and industrialise every remote corner of the globe. T h e general idea seems to have been one in w h i c h Britain was naturally o n top in the development of the world with obvious financial, cultural and political benefit to everyone c o n c e r n e d . The ideal seems also to have been similar. Britain would be c a r r y i n g . the torch of knowledge throughout the w o r l d , thus m a k i n g it c e r t a i n that h i s t o r y w o u l d honourably judge her. Unfortunately recent political ideas as well as uncountable occasions of the action being different from the thought h a v e s u n k b o t h the i d e a a n d t h e i d e a l .

Nevertheless. Imperial College has suffered the least from all this. It still maintains a high proportion of overseas students and still has members from various c ommon w ealth countries in its body of governors. W h a t is now happening at IC seems to be melting away the last chance for both Britain to prevail a n d the ideal of world co-operation (and hence success) to stay alive. In one world the answer is apathy (which I see from F E L I X 602 was pointed out by the then F E L I X Editor fourteen years ago!). W h a t makes this w o r d even more alarming is that it crops up in an exclusively

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technological college of high standard while we are living in a technological age!

But don't alarm yourselves (your lecture hour is still going a n d your lecturer, however competent, cannot be more interesting t h a n the a p p r o a c h i n g w e e k e n d ) . O t h e r s h a v e suffered the same fate in history. T h e G r e e k civilisation, the R o m a n Empire and the A r a b world all collapsed due to this magic w o r d .

There seems no reason why the British E m p i r e would be able to maintain its peak, even though students of history have repeatedly developed sore throats shouting out their findings. Unfortunately for them a n d you they were not scientists so they did not apply "scientific r i g o u r " in their arguments. It was just feelings and their predictions were w r o n g by t i m e f a c t o r s of u p to c e n t u r i e s ! I a m informed they are now trying harder to achieve more "scientifc" a c c u r a c y for it is this, a n d only t h i s , w h i c h s c i e n t i s t s a p p r e c i a t e a n d understand. O t h e r w i s e , it is their fate to ask unanswerable questions and thus " t o r t u r e " themselves. Scientists d o not tend to ask s u c h questions and so proceed to a quieter life which does not involve any inner passion. I envy you for y o u r inability to ask yourselves questions about "ideals", "pu r pos e", and " a m b i t i o n " , for y o u lead, in this way, simple lives with no questions to burn y o u inside out. I also pity you for the same reason for your problems b e c o m e petty a n d out of context, I would like to e n d this outburst with a statistic y o u may understand. A h u m a n being sleeps approximately 2700 hours per year.

Sacrificing one hour to further your knowledge about the w o r l d constitutes a sacrifice of 0.0004%, all c a l c u l a t i o n s being within engineering accuracy.

N. Lambrou Vice-Chairman, OSC

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"I'm certainly stupid at times An interview with Mr Barney C a n y o u outline briefly your role a s Deputy President?

There i s a brief outline in t h eofficial p u b l i s h e d j o b d e s c r i p t i o n , b u t that doesn't really a c c o u n t accurately for t h e time I spend.

M y m a i n r e s p o n s i b i l i t y is t h e U n i o n B u i l d i n g , the fitments, t h e furnishings, the decorations, etc., etc., f o r w h i c h I have t h e H o u s e Committee, which is supposed to b e the m a j o r d e c i s i o n - m a k i n g b o d y a n d I'm m e a n t to get their d e c i s i o n s implemented.

D o y o u d e c i d e o n a l l o c a t i o n o f r e s o u r c e s , i.e. if s o m e o n e c o m e s t o y o u d o y o u d e c i d e o n the merits o f that application?

Strictly speaking, H o u s e Committee allocates these things, e.g. c u p b o a r d s , etc. I c a n just make decisions straight off o n small purchases—they've actually delegated some r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o m e . A n i n t e r e s t i n g p o i n t is, t h a t i n t h e b y e - l a w s , w h e n it c o m e s t o a l l o c a t i n g r o o m s f o r s o c i e t i e s o r c l u b s , I'm t h e o n l y p e r s o n r e s p o n s i b l e f o r that. A lot o f the decisions though areo n precedent, tradition.

Why did y o u stand a s Deputy President?

W h y d i d I s t a n d ? If y o u w a n t a s t r a i g h t answer, I s u p p o s e it's b e c a u s e I k n e w I w o u l d win.

Why did you want to win?

Well, w e all like winning, don't w e ?

What were your objectives, what did y o u want to achieve?

I think m y objectives weren't specifically to I C U . I have certain objectives w h i c h I can't clearly define, w h i c h I want t o achieve in m y lifetime, a n d I s a w D e p u t y President of I C U a s merely o n e w a y in w h i c h I c o u l d fulfill s o m e of t h o s e objectives. B e c a u s e I k n e w I c o u l d win, I stood.

Did y o u want t o b e of service t o I C ?

Wanting t o be of service t o fellow humans, yes, specifically IC, no, other than in that I a m a student here, a n d that m y j o b requires that I do things f o r other people. S o , bearing in m i n d t h a t I've t a k e n t h i s j o b t h e n , y e s , I w a n t to d o things f o rIC—its students.

Did y o u have a n yobjectives when y o u started? A n y specific plans?

I'm i n t e r e s t e d i n b u i l d i n g s i n a s e n s e , I l i k e m a k i n g r o o m s nice, s o that w a s o n e of the nice things about the job. O n e ofthe area in the-Union w h i c h I really want to d o something with, a n d still d o , is t h e G e n t s b o g s , w h i c h are d i s g u s t i n g really, d e c r e p i t , y o u c a n d o little repairs o n them all t h e time—they were d e s i g n e d f o r u s e i n t h e b u i l d i n g w h e n it w a s b e i n g u s e d i n a d i f f e r e n t w a y t o h o w it i s n o w .

B e c a u s e they don't fittoday's functions they're not respected a sm u c h as they ought to be. B u t hopefully we'll get s o m e t h i n g doen about those b y the e n d of the year.

A r e y o u s u c c e e d i n g i n t h e t a s k s that you've set yourself?

W e l l , I've o n l y o u t l i n e d o n e t a s k w h i c h I s e t myself, I s u p p o s e t h e r e a r e o t h e r s . In g e n e r a l I d o n ' t t h i n k I've a c h i e v e d n e a r l y a s m u c h a s I w a n t e d to. In terms o f d o i n g t h e a c t u a l job, I think I have, I don't think I c o u l d d o a n y better than I have been, but the things Iw a s going to do in addition t o being Deputy President, I haven't achieved. I haven't h a d time, b e c a u s e the job's been s o demanding.

What are the major demands of the job?

M a i n l y t i m e . It's a l l t h e l i t t l e t h i n g s t h a t y o u have t o d o ?

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W e l l , I'm n o t o n l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r s e e i n g t h a t a room isbooked out to a n organisation, you h a v e t o c h e c k t h a t t h e y ' v e c l e a r e d it u p s o y o u don't have t o retain s o m e of their deposit b e c a u s e they didn't clear up. T h e n y o u find that they didn't have a n y c l e a n i n g materials, so y o u have t o g o over t o central stores and y o u get lots o f interuptions all t h e time....you have t ocarry your money over to the bank o r l o o k after t h e v e n d i n g m a c h i n e s — a h ! Don't mention t h e vending machines. They keep getting b r o k e n into. W e ' v e just a b o u t s t o p p e d it n o w , it d o e s n ' t h a p p e n s o m u c h a n y m o r e . It hasn't h a p p e n e d s i n c e w e c a m e back this term, y o u have to empty them quite r e g u l a r l y — i t ' s a p a i n i n t h e a r s e , it r e a l l y i s .

H o w m u c h money d oy o u have control over?

Not y o u specifically, but you, the House Committee, etc?

Essentially the Finance Committee has control over all t h e U n i o n ' s money, w h i c h this y e a r i s a b o u t £220,000 b y t h e e n d o f t h e y e a r .

H o w much are y o u paid per year?

I get t h e full grant for a postgraduate student, p l u s a f r e e r o o m . T h a t w o r k s o u t at a b o u t £53 a w e e k f o r t h e g r a n t a n d t h e r o o m a b o u t £23.

You've been d e s c r i b e d as lazy, inefficient a n d s t u p i d , d o y o u a g r e e ? (Quote Nick Morton) H e c a l l e d m e that! Well , w h e n y o u c o m e t o i n t e r v i e w i n g h i m — n o f o r g e t i t . W e l l , I'm c e r t a i n l y s t u p i d a t t i m e s , b e c a u s e I let t h i n g s a n n o y m e w h i c h I s h o u l d s t a y c o o l a b o u t . I'm certainly lazy, a s e v e r y b o d y w h o k n o w s m e and has worked with m e knows. I wouldn't d e n y t h a t a t o t h e r t i m e s I'm c e r t a i n l y n o t lazy—it really d e p e n d s o n h o winterested I a m . A s f o r i n e f f i c i e n t — I w o u l d c o n t e s t that monst s t r o n g l y — I ' m certainly not inefficient.

I'm g o i n g t o m e n t i o n j u s t o n e w o r d , a n d w o u l d like y o u t o give m e a short answer. T h e issue is politics. P O L A N D .

M a r c o went t o P o l a n d at C h r i s t m a s . Urn, I think it's p o s s i b l y g o i n g t o b e a c o n f r o n t a t i o n place between A m e r i c a a n d R u s s i a , but I think t h a t t h i n g s c o u l d h a p p e n if t h e E u r o p e a n states g o t together a n d s u p p o r t e d t h e very s t r o n g A m e r i c a n s t a n c e . I think that t h e Russians are likely t o g o a long w a y towards r e l e a s i n g t h eS o l i d a r i t y m e m b e r s a n d perhaps increasing the freedom ofthe people of P o l a n d .

Barney (Bernadette to close friends) stunning blue chiffon.

relaxing in

Apartheid I don't support any constitutional descrimination between races, but I t h i n k t h a t t h e eventual solution in SA should b e o b t a i n e d b y peaceful methods. I think it m i g h t t a k e a hundred years but I think a h u n d r e d y e a r s o f peace with black people from n e i g h b o u r i n g countries still preferring t o l i v e i n S o u t h Africa, because they get a b e t t e r d e a l t h e r e than in their anarchic regime, a n d M h i n k if it takes a hundred years, it's w o r t h t h e p e a c e and stability that SA had, b u t I w o u l d l i k e t o see apartheid obliterated.

Feminism Feminism—women's lib. O b v i o u s l y w o m e n have a certain amount o f . . . . t h e y ' v e b e e n laughed at as useful m e m b e r s o f s o c i e t y a n d that is useful in a capacity o t h e r t h a n r a i s i n g children, etc. I'm quite i n f a v o u r o f e q u a l opportunities for women a n d m e n . I s t i l l t e n d to hold doors open for ladies—for w o m e n . I hold doors open for blokes a s w e l l t h o u g h .

There's a nice bit of traditional c h i v a l r y w h i c h I like. As a man I don't think I'm d o i n g it t o b e condescending to w o m a n i t s m e r e l y t o f e e l that I'm maintaining some n i c e b i t s o f B r i t i s h heritage. I'm not in favour o f a n y k i n d o f d e s c r i m i n a t i o n against w o m e n . I n f a c t I remember being quite o u t s p o k e n o n t h i s subject when it came up in s c h o o l .

W h a t d o y o u t h i n k o f t h e 10:1 r a t i o o f m e n t o w o m e n at I C ?

Well over my time at C o l l e g e , I've s e e n t h e ratio improve each year, a n d I've a l s o s e e n l i f e at the College improve, a l t h o u g h t h a t m i g h t be b e c a u s e I'm more a b l e t o a c c e p t t h e unbalanced situation. I t h i n k i t ' s a n a w f u l shame that there are a lot o f m e n h e r e , w h o will go out of College w i t h a c o m p l e t e l y wrong view of what women a r e l i k e , s i m p l y b e c a u s e they have n e v e r l i v e d i n a n environment with women o f t h e i r a g e — t h e y might have come from a s i n g l e s e x s c h o o l . I think the same applies to women; I t h i n k i t ' s a shame that women come o u t o f t h i s p l a c e having a lot of attention from b l o k e s h e r e , a n d they can suffer when they l e a v e , b e c a u s e t h e outside world is very d i f f e r e n t .

What d o y o u think of the move f o r positive discrimination of b l a c k s ?

I've not h e a r d it d e s c r i b e d a p a r t f r o m s e n s a t i o n a l i s m in the p r e s s a s p o s i t i v e discrimination. I don't t h i n k it i s a c t u a l l y .

People who were from d e p r i v e d i n n e r - c i t y areas had a lack of certain k i n d s o f f o r m a l qualification to enter I C . The p e o p l e t h a t w i l l be accepted, will certainly b e a c c e p t e d o n any other basis.

How many

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hours d o y o u p u ti n a w e e k ?

It varies but I s u p p o s e I a v e r a g e 9 t o 5 for a 5 day week, but t h e r e a r e e x c e p t i o n s .

1982

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES Ents

SF Soc L e e c h l i k e, the tall thin S F Bulletin this week gives nothing away, but instead taps the mental shoulder of creative members of the society in r e g a r d to the a p p r o a c h i n g publication of the magazine some call N M E 3 , an infamous fanzine whose origins lie lost in the mists of t w o y e a r s a g o , a n d w i t h a bansheepish smile as ks that all people who wish their w o r k to be considered for its pages have very little time left to give it to the editor, be it fact, fiction, a r t w o r k or whatever else their fevered imaginations c a n invent. A n d y o u thought they didn't write sentences like that any more. A n y w a y , if y o u c a n cabbie together prose better than the above don't hide y o u r pen under a bushel, instead rush your self-expression to Elise Pechersley, Physics 3, and she will give it whatever treatment o c c u r s to her. Y o u have until next F r i d a y , dog willing. S o long, and remember only B a t m a n c a n climb walls. If you s h o u l d try i t — g o s h — h o l y b r o k e n bones.

The Butler-Soft

Brain of

Norman Maine

Community Action W e l l , you M U S T have settled d o w n into C o l l e g e life by n o w , so, to all those people who showed interest at F r e s h e r s ' F a i r , we've now got several projects running.

C o m e f o r w a r d , a n d s h o w yourselves. C o m e to our meetings at 12:30pm o n M o n d a y at the top of the U n i o n . F r e e coffee!

W e need help with an old peoples' home (evenings), St. P a n c r a s H o s p i t a l patients, handicapped children (Saturday afternoons), s o u p r u n s (Tuesday a n d Friday evenings), draughtproofing homes (Wednesday afternoon) and with battered wives and children (Saturday, February 6 — t a k i n g t h e m out for a trip).

Imperial College Radio

A n act of G o d prevented ' O v e r k i l l ' from playing here last term...was he trying to tell us something?

F i n d o u t t o n i g h t in t h e l o w e r refectory—only £1 w h i c h includes a bar, two bands and a h a r d r o ck megasound system; w h i c h goes to show that we cater for A L L tastes!

O n F e b r u a r y 14....yes! T H A T day! W e hope to see y o u all in the J C R for a rather special nocturnal happening—"the I C / I F Valentines P a r t y " . A superb j a z z / f u n k b a n d is being arranged. Y e s ! y o u guessed it—only £1 a ticket.

M o r e dates for y o u r diary: F e b 19 L i n k s C a r n i v a l with a return visit f r o m the loveable F l y i n g Padovanis, plus many other attractions and, of course, every T h u r s d a y evening in M E 2 2 0 (next to the list of S t a r T r e k ) .

Liberal Last week's Guildsheet writing about the cut in student grants claimed that "those who believe that things will change under another government, however, will be in for a s h o c k . " Is there an alternative to the present government's disastrous higher education policy? F i n d out by c o m i n g to hear shadow cabinet member and opposition education s p o k e s m a n , Neil K i n n o c k M P on T u e s d a y , Febr u ary 2 in M E 2 2 0 at 1:00pm.

T h e postponed meeting to elect N O L S conference delegates a n d submit amendments to conference m o t i o n s w i l l be o n T h u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 4, at 1 : 0 0 p m i n t h e U n i o n U p p e r L o u n g e . A s an added incentive to attend we will be discussing whether to challenge the N O L S S t a n d i n g O r d e r s C o m m i t t e e ' s decision that one of our two conference motions was invalid.

Wellsoc W e ' r e b a c k ! S o r r y we've been away for the past few M o n d a y s , we've had problems with lecturers cancelling at short notice. A n y h o w that's behind us a n d we're back with a vengence.

Lectures are organised for M o n d a y evenings as usual. Highlights include a professional magician from the M a g i c C i r c l e , who will be talking about the life of H o u d i n i before doing his stage act. Popular d e m a n d sees the return of the Wellsoc hypnotist this term.

•Films. A couple of excellent double bills are lined up. Freaks Polanski's Two Men in a Wardrobe are a really bizarre twosome. former has b e e n d e s c r i b e d as the "weirdest thing ever to escape H o l y w o o d " , a n d was banned in the U K for over thirty years.

Forbidden Planet a n d its sequel Invisible Boy.

and The from Also

T r i p s . A visit to the under w o r l d is being organised. That is to say, we've arranged sittings with mediums for anyone w h o wants to find out about the supernatural or get in t o u c h with the undead. W e ' v e also received an invitation from the N a t i o n a l H . G . Wells Society to visit them in B r o m l e y a n d see places of historical interest and exhibitions related to H . G . Wells.

D r o p y o u r name and dept to m e , Pallab G h o s h , in Physics U G letterr a c k s or, better still, c o m e along to M o n d a y ' s lecture.

T h i s M o n d a y we're having a lecture on the 'Psychology of G a m b l i n g ' by Professor B o n d , 7:30pm, Elec E n g 408. See y o u then.

Last term I C U Publications B o a r d granted us sufficient money to implement a link t o E v e l y n G a r d e n s , specifically M i n i n g a n d B e r n a r d Sunley H o u s e s . T h i s project has been on the 'back burner' for about eighteen m o n t h s n o w , the delay being c a u s e d mainly by B r i t i s h Telecom's tardiness in installing the required music-quality telephone line. H o w e v e r , this installation has now taken place, a n d we are currently in the process of constructing the required line amplifiers and isolation equipment. Basically we pay for the electronics at our e n d, and the line termination circuitry at the E v e l y n G a r d e n s end; the houses themselves p a y for t h e l o u d s p e a k e r s a n d l o u d s p e a k e r a m p l i f i e r s . P r o j e c t e d completion date is the e n d of this term (i.e. there's a lot of work still to do).

T h e other main subject worthy of note at this time is that many people still cannot pick up IC R a d i o . A problem certainly; an explanation follows.

Southside residents are theoretically able to tune in to the medium wave t r a n s m i t t e r o n 3 0 1 m ( 9 9 9 k H z ) . M a n y say t h e y c a n ' t ; i t ' s h a r d l y surprising considering the number of power lines within the building and t h e p r i m a r y b u i l d i n g m a t e r i a l — f e r r o c o n c r e t e (not n o t e d for i t s transparency to radio frequencies). T h e best we c a n offer is to suggest y o u site y o u r radio close to the washbasin in y o u r r o o m where the signal is usually stronger. Unfortunately h o m e office regulations forbid us from using, say, a 2k linear amplifier (like the one H a m s o c ' s got) a n d thus reaching H a m m e r s m i t h or other s u c h areas. A l l the above also applies to Linstead H a l l , incidentally. ' A l l this is very spiffy,' y o u may well say (it's unlikely) 'but what about programmes?' W e l l , this is where Y O U c o m e i n . W e are always l o o k i n g for D J s ; at the moment there are vacancies (lots) for people at weekends a n d late at night weekdays (10:00-12:00pm). N o prior experience is r e q u i r e d — a n y n u m b s k u l l can do it (!). W h y not join us? E n q u i r e at our Southside Office (by the shop) any weekday lunchtime or in the evenings.

A l s o technical people are needed—preferably with s o m e knowledge of electronics.

Socialist Imperial College faces cuts in expenditure of 20% in the next three years w h i c h will impair the quality of research and education.

Colleges of higher education a n d polytechnics face cuts of up to 16% next year. In other areas, parents now have to pay for the e d u c a t i o n of t h e i r m e n t a l l y handicapped children, thousands of O A P s d i e of c o l d r e l a t e d diseases, military spending increases and new scapegoats a r e . found (wreckers in industry, b a d teachers in education, blacks a n d lefties in street riots); unemployment increases, things are b a d and getting worse.

If you are apolitical then y o u don't care about the above, y o u don't care about injustice, at least not enough to get off your aTse and do something. O u r student leaders with their popularity politics don't give a d a m n , a n d w h e n , probably at Easter, staff redundancies are a n n o u n c e d , the student union will do nothing to support the striking A S T M S w or k er s, perhaps our union officers s h o u l d be made redundant in sympathy.

If y o u think we s h o u l d be doing something substantive to oppose education cuts; if y o u think the time has c o m e for an end to the union's apolitical stance and a firm stand against moral injustice, then c o m e t o a m e e t i n g t o d a y at 1:00pm in the U n i o n U p p e r Lounge.

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Snooker A f t e r a n e x t e n s i o n of h o l i d a y festivities, we finally got a r o u n d to playing some matches last week.

T h e A team had a g o o d away victory at L S E , beating their A team 4-1, while back h o m e the B and C teams were in devastating form. The B team confidently dealt with a three m a n outfit from B e d f o r d , just d o i n g e n o u g h to w i n 5-0. It was d r i n k s all r o u n d for the jubilant C team when Holt c a m e from behind against his opponent to force h o m e a stunning victory to out his side one up, as Paul was in his usual generous m o o d w h i c h he saves for s n o o k e r nights. T h e m e r r y - m a k i n g c o n t i n u e d until a 41 victory was e n s u r e d , give or take a few mis-haps along the way.

T h e open a n d handicap tournaments are progressing nicely, a n d have p r o d u c e d some classic matches already. T h e infamous Bricknell gave T r i p p a scare in the handicap, potting some balls with shots that not many people w o u l d h a v e t h o u g h t of, b u t T r i p p , r e c o v e r e d in t i m e to s q u e e z e through 2-1. C a l v e r t managed to o v e r c o m e a 28 point deficit against Algy to w i n a m a t c h that everyone was interested in. J e n n i n g s fluked victory against a n u n l u c k y Batorijs in the o p e n , a n d that m a n H o l t continues to defy the odds by marking in the same competition .

K e e p watching the noticeboards for more up-to-the-minute information and results.

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Amnesty

Cypriot H e l l o friends a n d muppets! T h e C y p r u s Society strikes again!

C o m e to the traditional ' C y p r i o t K a f e n i o ' in the Senior C o m m o n R o o m in the U n i o n Building at 6:30pm o n Friday, J a n u a r y 29, 1982. D o not miss this chance to play b a c k g a m m o n (tavli) and d r i n k the s t i m u l a t i n g cypriot coffee and taste the,delicious c a k e s made by M a r y and Stella. A s y o u step in give them a kiss! See y o u there! Y e a h !

Kermit P S : It's all free!

UN Soc A t last, the society you've all been waiting for: U N S o c is back with a vengence. T h i s term we have a host of provocative and controversial films a n d talks lined up. W e are starting off next T h u r s d a y lunchtime with a film about drug abuse (which makes Christiane F look tame!), this will be followed by an informal discussion with free (!) coffee and biscuits. B e there!

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T h e r e was no G u i l d s article last week, not because I forgot to write one, but to make you more appreciative of the ones I remember to write! T h i s week there's a U G M on T h u r s d a y at 1:00pm in M e c h E n g , so c o m e and see Julian do his marmalade impersonation, a n d o n F r i d a y there's a theatre trip to see Amadeus, it's a really great play so don't miss it, tickets £3 from the G u i l d s Office.

T i c k e t s to D & D are going fast, so if y o u want to go, h u r r y up a n d get yours! Finally, if you're into rugby or s o c c er and want to play in y o u r year dept team, see your social reps, o r S l u g or D a v e in the Union Office. Here's hoping t h e r e ' l l be a n a r t i c l e i n n e x t week's F E L I X .

Neil

A t the moment C h a r l e s Fuller a n d myself are investigating the possibility of having the annual dinner w h i c h is o n M a r c h 19, out of College. T h e cost will, we hope, be under £10, and y o u will be able to c h o o s e whether or not y o u require wine. W e think that this will give y o u the best possible event, although s o m e officers disagree, but we will w e l c o m e any ideas.

R C S U elections are c o m i n g up s o o n now. T h e papers go up o n Page 8

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T h e A m n e s t y International G r o u p will be collecting donations around College next Thursday. The m o n e y r a i s e d will go t o w a r d s paying off a large debt we owe our British Section, and towards furthering our work.

C u r r e n t l y , the group is trying to free F i r m i n A w a d o n , a student in jail in B e n i n in Africa. Despite the large l e t t e r - w r i t i n g effort in N o v e m b e r a n d letters since, C o l .

M a t h i e u K e r e k o u ' s government remains silent. Whilst in Paris, one of our member s visited the B e n i n E m b a s s y there a n d met the C h a r g e d'Affaires. This dignified . official a s k e d whether our members k n e w anyone in England who w o u l d ' be willing to let him stay with t h e m so that he c o u l d learn E n g l i s h — i n exchange, he offered t w o weeks in F r a n c e , saying he'd do the c o o k i n g . (No k i d d i n g , folks'!)

A s y o u k n o w L o r d Z u c k m a n is delivering the sixth Jubilee L e c t u r e entitled ' N u c l e a r Illusion and Reality'. H i s book of the same title is n o w available in the B o o k s h o p at £4.95.

New Titles Bahama C r i s i s - D e s m o n d Bagley, F o n t a n a , £1.50 O n y x x - T o n y C h i u , F o n t a n a , £1.75 Nuns and So/diers-Iris M u r d o c h , Penguin, £1.95 M i g h t as well be Dead-Rex Stout, F o n t a n a , £1.35 The Golden Spiders-Rex S t o u t , F o n t a n a , £1.35 Our Mothers H o u s e - J u l i a n G l o a g , Penguin, £1.50 S p a i n - J a n M o r r i s , Penguin, £1.75 Horror S t u d y - O l i v e r M c w a b , Penguin, £1.50 Tools for Thought-C.H. W a d d i n g t o n , Paladin, £1.95 Real Beer in L o n d o n - C a m r a , £1.95 Student Guide to Efficient Study-D.E. J a m e s , P e r g a m o n , £2.40 Marilyn L/ues.'-Joel O p p e n h e i m e l , Pepeline B o o k s , £5.95 Feeding the Newborn Mamma/-Elsie M . Widdowson, CArolina Biology Readers, £1,50 Electron M i c r o s c o p y - F r i e d r i c h K o p p , C a r o l i n a Biology Readers, £1.50 T h e exhibition of publications from the 'International L a b o u r Office' will be in for another week.

I think my letter re: r e c o m m e n d e d b o o k s in last week's F E L I X has stirred something!

Seriously, our adopted prisoner n e e d s s u p p o r t . H e has been imprisoned for two years with no charges preferred against h i m .

Please give a little change to our collection.

S a t u r d a y , F e b r u a r y 13, so if y o u want a more representative union, please consider standing for a post. Y o u don't have to be a hack, perhaps it would be better if none of the officers were, y o u just have t o c a r e a b o u t w h a t R C S U is doing. F e e l free to ask any officer about any job.

Finally, the s o c c e r sixes are being held o n S u n d a y , F e b r u a r y 14, so how about getting a team together from your year.

Phil

J u s t a quick note to tell everyone about next month's events (nothing really happened this m o n t h — e x c e p t the C a k e a u c t i o n e d at t h e M i n e s B a l l w a s presented to the C h e l s e a P e n sioners at the Stanford Bridge A r m s , a n d that J e z has lots of new sweatshirts i n , for y o u to buy at only £5.50 each!).

F o r t h c o m i n g Events RSMU General Committee Meeting, M o n d a y , F e b 8, 5 : 4 5 p m , . M i n i n g C o n f e r e n c e R m . A l l club captain's, social and academic reps and union officers must attend, observers welcome ( + R o s s ' s f a n c l u b ! ) . D e t a i l s of C a m b o r n e w e e k e n d at meeting.

M i n e s Review: F r i d a y , F e b 12, JCR. Rugby Sevens: S u n d a y , M a r c h 14 (see U n i o n n o t i c e b o a r d for details).

RSM UGM: T u e s d a y , F e b 16, 12:45pm, G-20. E v e r y o n e going to C a m b o r n e must attend!!

Weekend: Friday 19 to Camborne S u n d a y 21, F e b r u a r y .

Rebates A n y undergraduates who applied for a rent and rate rebate before C h r i s t m a s should consider contacting their housing department a g a i n if t h e y d i d n o t r e c e i v e supplementary benefit, unemployment benefit or any earned i n c o m e f o r p a r t o r a l l of t h e holiday period.

M o s t local authority housing departments are assessing student applications on the basis of their termly income (approx £53pw) without automatically making adjustments for the three week period w h e n the vacation element of the grant is £21.15pw. W h i l e many students applying for these rebates may have been disa p p o i n t e d by the l o w l e v e l of benefit, or even complete lack of it during termtime, many will find that they do quality for a reasonable amount during vacation. T h e s u m s i n v o l v e d a p p e a r to v a r y c o n s i d e r a b l y b e t w e e n different boroughs, but as yet we do not have enough information to quote any figues. Questionnaires have been distributed to students in the head tenancies in an attempt to monitor the situation a n d it would also be useful to hear from anyone in private sector a c c o m m o d a t i o n who has applied, successfully or otherwise.

Sue Telling Student Services 15 Princes Gardens

Audio Ulterior motives aside, I would love it (as I k n o w y o u would too) if I c o u l d tell y o u that you would really enjoy yourselves if y o u were to c o m e to t h i s A u d i o S o c meeting. L e t me enthuse further.

Mike Daniels is a great guy; he, just like S t r e t c h A r m s t r o n g , is anything that you want him to be, but most of all he is a young sales manager of D . W . L a b s . " W h a t the hell are D . W . L a b s ? " I hear you asking.

H a v e y o u not heard of G a l e L o u d s p e a k e r s ? Haven't y o u heard of the C a r v e r C u b e Amplifier?

W e l l , D . W . L a b s are the marvellous group of people who distribute the two "legends in their lifetime" products.

M r Daniels will try to explain the principles involved in dealing with the hi-fi press and other things along those lines. H e will also be demonstrating the C a r v e r C u b e a n d G a l e L o u d s p e a k e r s to their limits.

S o remember, rather than let sleeping dogs lie, k i c k them in their bellies a n d come along to this lecture w h i c h is to be held in the Quiet R o o m , Q R 0 0 2 , Sherfield Building o n W e d n e s d a y , F e b r u a r y 3, at 6:30pm.

A l s o note that on M o n d a y , F e b r u a r y 15, same time, same place, same c h an n el, Max Townshend, M a n a g i n g D i r e c t o r of Elite Electronics will be c o m i n g along to give us a lecture. S o live it up.

Industrial Society This is it! It's the big one!! T o d a y at 12:50pm, Ian Ross will take a break from charting the fortunes of A S L E F , B L and the like to tell, us about his experiences as B B C Industrial C o r r e s p o n d e n t and his picture of industry. A l l welcome in C h e m E n g L T 1 at 12:50pm.

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After this, our next event is a visit to the T h a m e s Barrier on F e b r u a r y 11—basement dwellers particularly w e l c o m e — b u t we're s i g n i n g u p now, s o if y o u ' r e interested, contact M . Skeates via the D o C 2 letter-racks.

controlled, coffin-like casket upstage a n d has about as m u c h action left in h i m as an episode from C r o s s r o a d s . M o s t of the family appears to s p e n d the m o r n i n g playing a game w h i c h involves counting the day's death-toll in each of their newspapers the winner being the one to have found the greatest n u m b e r (the bad taste depreciates from h e r e o n in). T h e h i g h l i g h t of t h e s h e r r y , f o l l o w e d by t h e termination of L o r d C h a r l e s by a ceremonial switch-off (Described as, "...electrocution in reverse") then sherry to follow. T h e normality "fetch the m e n in the white c o a t s " borderline begins to get very thin from now on a n d in the w o r d s of L a d y C h a r l e s ' Buddhist-vegetarianO x f o r d U n i son Nigel we become "...even uncertain about Heisenberg's Uncertainty P r i n c i p l e . . ."

All My Sons by Arthur Miller, directed by Michael Blakemore, Wyndhams Theatre.

A r t h u r Miller, the contemporary A m e r i c a n playwright, is best k n o w n for his plays Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. All My Sons was his first successful play w h i c h immediately established him as a dramatist of international stature.

T h e play's theme, a d i s t u r b i n g but not altogether surprising one, was conceived in wartime when voices were publicly declaring that all h u m a n endeavour was united a n d of one purpose: the defeat of the enemy. But Miller sensed that little had changed in reality.

There were some who were w o r k i n g towards their o w n ends. In Miller's words, the play "was an unveiling of what I believed everybody knew and nobody publicly s a i d . " The b a c k y a r d of the Keller's house in the M i d - W e s t in the late 1940s sets the scene of the play. The war is over, business is booming and wedding plans are nearing completion. But a n o d d w a r t i m e i n c i d e n t c o n c e r n i n g the father's business in supplying engine parts for f i g h t e r p l a n e s is c r u e l l y r e s u r r e c t e d . A consignment of faulty products caused the crash of a s q u a d r o n , and it is with the shock crash of s q u a d r o n , and it is with s h o ck that we gradually realise that the father knowlingly allowed the parts to be dispatched in order that his business c o u l d continue. This past event has astonishing repercussions as the play unfolds. Suspense and tension increase throughout the d r a m a a n d these continue in a masterly way with startling and unnerving revelations. T h e characters are most movingly a n d convincingly portrayed by a strong cast, headed by C o l i n Blakely a n d R o s e m a r y Harris.

Nick

Bedding

The Second Mrs Tanqueray by Arthur Directed by Michael Wing Pinero.

Theatre.

Rudman, The Lyttelton, National Felicity K e n d a l a n d Leigh L a w s o n star as the i l l - m a t c h e d n e w l y - w e d s in t h e p l a y , The Second Mrs Tanqueray by the late V i c t o r i a n dramatist, A r t h u r P i n e r o . T o the incredulity of his friends A u b r e y T a n q u e r a y takes as his s e c o n d wife o n e of t h o s e w o m e n w i t h a ' d o u b t f u l ' p a s t s o b e l o v e d of V i c t o r i a n dramatists a n d u p o n w h o m they c o u l d satisfy their audiences' vast hunger and thirst for moral retribution. T h e couple are exiled by fashionable L o n d o n society to deepest S u r r e y where M r s T a n q u e r a y quickly b e c o m e s bored.

She also b e c o m e s jealous of her husband's fondness for his daughter by his first marriage a n d things get even worse when he tries to protect his convent-educated offspring from his wife's " l i g h t , c a r e l e s s n a t u r e " . T h e prickliness of the situation draws blood when the daughter falls in love with an old flame of her mother's. This last scene reaches heights of d r a m a a n d h u m a n unpleasantness of an intensity a n d a g i t a t i o n that I have rarely experienced at a play.

T h e play today is still capable of horrifying its audience with its reference to m e n whose sexual lives are as b a d as those of the fallen w o m e n o n w h o m they prey. T h e point Pinero is m a k i n g is that the m a n often gets off lightly while the w o m a n is treated as a p r o m i s c u o u s and venomous parasite. T h e first two acts of the play are rather dull and slow-moving but t h e r i v e t i n g a n d h o r r i f y i n g f i n a l a c t is successful in remedying this.

Colin Blakely and Rosemary Miller's All My Sons.

Harris in Arthur

US Idle, P a s s the Butler, written

by Eric directed

by Jonathan Lynn, the Globe Theatre, Shaftesbury Ave. Lric Idle's first stage play opened at the G l o b e Shaftesbury A v e n u e on Tuesday. It seemed at first to be another one of those English farces l i k e 'No Sex Please-Tve caught it in the Mousetrap' shows appealing only to grannies, the rent m a n and accountants, but how w r o n g I was. If y o u k n o w that y o u are first in line for her will then don't take A u n t i e to see it, and don't go yourself if you've had a few glasses of " L o u i s san Wogga-wogga" because you'll need all of your brain cells to appreciate this one (a bit like the O r e s t i a and O T T ) .

W e are introduced to the family of L o r d Charles (deceased-to-be) Conservative Secretary of State for Defence, unfortunately L o r d C h a r l e s lies in an aluminised. computer-

Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, English National Opera at the London Coliseum.

Aida is the "grandest of the grand o p e r a s " and usually requires management with grand determination (and grand amounts of money) to stage. H o w e v e r . English National O p e r a with its avowed aim of tackling operas w h i c h are said to be impossible to stage has achieve remarkable success with this p r o d u c t i o n .

Verdi's favourite theme, the triangle conflict, b e t w e e n the C h u r c h , t h e S t a t e a n d the Individual, finds expression in Egypt's glorious p a s t - the a n c i e n t E g y p t of the P h a r a o h s .

Radan'ies. c h o s e n by the god Isis to lead the E g y p t i a n a r m i e s into battle against the invading Ethiopians, has fallen for A i d a , an enemy slave in the Royal H o u s e h o l d who, u n k n o w n to h i m , is daughter of the Ethiopian FELIX, January

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W e are then confronted by the press, played

by Peter J o n e s (of H i t c h i k e r s G u i d e to the G a l a x y fame), a Conservative back-bencher ( J o h n S a u n d e r s ) , the m a n d a t o r y P o l i c e , Inspector played by Terence Bayler (Leggy M o u n t b a t t e n in another of Idle's creations, The Ruttles) a n d the o d d M a l a p r o p i a n mutterings of B e r y l C o o k e as Kitty.

T h e s e c o n d half of the play (rivalled only I think by the N T ' s On the Razzle) led me into c y c l e s of b e l l y - a c h i n g l a u g h t e r w h e n I discovered that all was not as it seemed. W e discover that due to an item in a glass jar o n a shelf in N o r t h A f r i c a , L a d y C h a r l e s (played by M a d g e Ryan) is not the L a d y C h a r l e s that she at first appears to be, that her twins H u g o and Anabelle are 39 and 28 years old respectively, that someone in the house has been leaking military secrets to the Soviets and two Scottish paranoids twise the tumblers and unlock a b o x full of intrigue that even P a n d o r a c o u l d have resisted.

The cast is superbly suited to the maniacal h u m o u r of Idle, with J o h n F o r t u n e as Butler (the butler) and Willy Rushton's upper-twit H u g o blending well into the flow. T h e action in the first half did appear a little disjointed, and some of the timing of the second act needs to be polished up a little but no doubt w h e n the cast has settled in to their new surroundings (the play is a transferral from its success in Cambridge) Peter J o n e s ' karate routine and J o h n S a u n d e r s ' rather mechanistic dialogue will improve the general flow....but remember Au n ti e ' s will and t u c k her up in bed before yuu leave for the show!

Andy

Best

K i n g . A l t h o u g h it may be felt that the plot lacks credibility (even though many of the details are in fact h i s t o r i c a l l y a c c u r a t e ) the i m m e n s e appeal enjoyed by this great w o r k of V e r d i lies in its rousing music a n d visual splendour. T h e . m u s i c is o f t e n t r e m e n d o u s l y m o v i n g a n d stirring, especially in the G r a n d M a r c h . In life V e r d i earned the n i c k n a m e 'papa dei c o r i ' , f a t h e r of t h e c h o r u s e s , w h i c h r e g u l a r l y inflamed the patriotism of Italian audiences.

T h e grandeur of ancient Egypt is spectacularly c a p t u r e d in the stage designs a n d especially in •the c o s t u m e s of t h e p r i e s t s , p r i e s t e s s e s , ministers, officers, guards, courtiers, populace, slaves and prisoners, w h o swell E N O ' s h u g e s t a g e . G i a n t h e a d s of g o d s , expansive facades of hieroglyphs, off-stage c h o r u s e s, dancers a n d herald trumpeters add to an incomparable visual a n d musical feast to be found o n no other L o n d o n stage.

(Further performances are o n F e b r u a r y 4, 9 a n d 12. Standby tickets are available.)

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Friday, January 29, 1982 •IC Angling club meeting, 12:30pm, Southside Bar Lounge.

•BUNAC weekly club meeting, 12:30pm, Green Committee Room.

•Ian Ross talk on 'Life as BBC Industrial Correspon dent', 12:50pm, Chem Eng Theatre 1. Free!

•Lucia (Cuban film), 6:30pm, Union Dining Hall, 50p for members of OSC clubs, £1 others.

•Christian Union fellowship meeting, talk, prayer and praise, 6:30pm, Music Rm, 53 Princes Gate. Followed by coffee and biscuits.

Saturday, January 30 •Cross Country club; University collegefivemile race at Parliament Hill, see noticeboard for details.

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Sunday, January 31 •IC Angling club, R. Thames, Canbury Gdns, Kingston (near Power Station), from light till late. Meet there (travel details at Friday's meeting).

•Wargames Club meeting, 1:00pm, Union SCR.

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F o l l o w i n g their c o n v i n c i n g w i n against H a r r o w the previous week I C met H a t f i e l d P o l y t e c h n i c last W e d n e s d a y l o o k i n g for a w i n to m a i n t a i n their position at the top of the league. A bit of extra spice was a d d e d to the m a t c h due to the fact that t h r o u g h a lot of " b a c k - s t a b b i n g " a n d rule b e n d i n g a n d w i t h the help of a s t u b b o r n organiser H a t f i e l d h a d had I m p e r i a l e l i m i n a t e d from the K O C u p , thereby r u i n i n g their chances of d o i n g the d o u b l e . I m p e r i a l , however, gained sweet revenge, absolutely d o m i n a t i n g the m a t c h from the first serve a n d never once l o o k i n g like losing. T h e set scores were a n impressive 15-3, 15-5, 15-2. I n a l l it was a good team performance, possibly their best of the season from a d e t e r m i n e d I C side, w h i c h made H a t f i e l d look far worse t h a n they a c t u a l l y were.

T e a m : Peter W., Andy, Peter R., Man, Peter D-L, Xada, Paul, Chris (referee), Renia and Francois (scorers).

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Monday, January 1 •Hang-gliding club meeting, 12:30pm, above Southside Bar. •Badgesoc meeting, 12:45pm, lounge above Stans— Southside.

•Introductory talk on Transcendental Meditation, 1:00pm, 341 Huxley.

•TM soc meeting, 5:30pm, Huxley 411. Group med starts 5:40pm.

•Astrosoc lecture on 'Quasars and Active Galaxies', 6:30pm. Physics LT2. Free to members.

•Wellsoc present 'The Psychology of Gambling* by Prof Bond, 7:30pm, Bee Eng. •Dancing club advanced class, 7:30pm, JCR. Tuesday, January 2 •Boardsailing club meeting, 12:30 and 6:15pm, Southside Upper Lounge.

•Catholic mass and lunch, 12:30pm, Chem 231.

•Neil Kinnock MP speaking on 'Education Cuts: the Labour alternative*, 1:00pm, Mech Eng 220. Free. Staff and students welcome.

•STOIC programme 'Imperial College at Si I wood Pk— a programme about Silwook Pk, 240 acres of Imperial College near Ascot, Berkshire, 1:00 and 6:00pm, JCR, Southside, TV Lounge, Southside, Beit, Linstead, and Weeks Halls.

•IC Amnesty group meeting, 5:30pm, Green Comm Rm (top floor, Union Building).

•Dept of Humanities presents 1. Nuclear War in Europe?

Pt 3 UK Defence-the Neutrality Option, the Hon Alan Clark MP, 1:30pm, Blacket Laboratory Theatre 1.

2. Man, Mind and Spirit Pt 3 Spiritual Feeling in a Scientific Age, Edward Robinson, head of the Religious Experience Unit, Manchester College, Oxford, 1:30pm, Read Theatre.

•Wine tasting society meeting, 6:00pm, Union SCR. •General meeting and film strip 'Guess who's coming. . to breakfast?*, 6:30pm, Green Comm Rm •Can a Z - 8 0 pass A Level maths? A talk on handling' symboic algebra on computers by Prof J. Fitch, coauthor of a recent scientific American article on same, 7:00pm, LT145 Huxley. Free. Includes a demo of a symbolic algebra system on a micro! Organised by IC Microcomputer Club.

•Dancing club beginners class, 7:30pm, JCR. •ICCAG Soup Run, meet 10:30pm Falmouth Kitchens.

Wednesday, February 3 •Wargames club meeting, 1:00pm, Union SCR. •Consort Chamber Orchestra, 1:00pm, Great Hall, Sherfield Building. Programme: Haydn Symphonies Nos 6, 7, and 8.

•Astrosoc observing meeting, 3:30pm, 'Waveguide', Physics Building (level 1). Free to members.

•IC Trampoline soc meeting, 5:30pm, Courtauld Hall, Queen Elizabeth College, Campden Hill Rd.^ •Mike Daniels of D.W. Labs lecturing on 'Dealing with the hi-fi press', 6:30pm, Quiet Rm 002, Sherfield.

•Dancing club intermediate class, 7:30pm, JCR. Page 10

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Seconds Q u e l jeu de r u gby. L e d e u x i e m e quinze> de I C R F C , dans la premiere mo i ti e , ont m a r q u e deux essais. U n d'apres J o h n C o t t o n , l ' a u t r e d'apres T i m C a r r . H u i t - z e r o . N o u s n'avons pas j o u e b i e n et a m i - t e m p s notre c a p i t a i n e , Steve B e l l , est dit D a n s la second m o i t i e , nous avons joue tant m i e u x des deux c q u i p e s . L e p a c k o n t g a g n e le b a l , et 1'arriere-defense etes c o u r u le b a l par-dessu: la ligne de L S E . C i n q essais font m a r q u t d'apres M y l e s T h o m p s o n , B i l l C h a p m a n N i c k B r u m m e l , J o h n C o t t o n et D a v e M c G e e M i c k W i n s o r a transforme u n . S i , le dernier but faisait trente-six. lis ont m a r q u e u n essai de penalite a la tin.

L a equipe: M. Thompson, X. Brummel, It*.

Chapman, G. Pike, M. Winsor, M. Simmons, J. Paxaio, S. Bell, C. Cole, D. McGee, J. Cotton, P. Verily, T. Carr, A. Ralph, E. O'Connor.

Badminton T h e m a t c h was p l a y e d i n a c o l d d a m p g y m w i t h no c h a n g i n g rooms a n d no refreshments.

T h e o p p o s i t i o n was not p a r t i c u l a r l y f o r m i d a b l e even t h o u g h some of their team p l a y e d for U L U . O f the games i n the m a t c h there is little to say except t h a ^ w e thrashed t h e m every time w i t h very little sweat lost.

O u r t e a m was one of the strongest this season w i t h S. W i l l i s , O H u l l l e t , H . K . W o n g , I. B u l l , T . L a i a n d G . A d a m s o n .

Thursday, February 4 •Amnesty Group collection, around College. Cash goes toward further our work and paying a large debt we owe to Al British section.

•Scout and Guide Club lecture on 'An Alpine.^ Summer', 12:30pm, Mines 303.

•UN Soc Film 'The Victims' a film about heroin addiction in the world's major cities, followed by informal discussion with free coffee and biscuits, 12:45pm, Huxley 340, 20p (members free).

•Christian Science group meeting, 1:00pm, Seminar Rm, Level 2S, Botany.

•STOIC presents NEWSBREAK, 1:00 and 6:00pm usual places.

•Dept of Humanities presents: 1. Film: The World at War (Thames TV) Pt 13 Japan, 1:15pm, Great Hall.

2. Lunch hour concert with Concertante of London (wind ensemble and speaker), Walton's Facade, 1:30pm, Music Room, 53 Princes Gate.

• Consoc presents Leon Brittan MP speaking on 'Cutting Public Expenditure', 1:00pm, Chem Eng LT1.

All welcome.

•Introductory talk on Transcendental Meditation, 1:00pm, Huxley 341. All welcome.

•Gliding club meeting, 5:30pm, Aero 254.

•Ents megafilms 82 'Star Trek-the Motion Picture', 6:30pm, ME220, 50p.

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Thirds In this first m a t c h of 1982 nine players m a d e their debute for the T h i r d s . F r o m the w a r m up a strong t e a m spirit was established a n d was evident t h r o u g h o u t the m a t c h , easily m a k i n g u p for the disadvantage of b e i n g a p l a y e r s h o r t — h e was ref-ing. F r o m the k i c k off it was clear that the s m a l l e r , l i g h t e r I C pack of o n l y seven m e n was g o i n g to have a h a r d j o b w i n n i n g c l e a r possession a n d defending against a large U C L t e a m . T w o superb tries, i n v o l v i n g m u c h passing gave I C a half-time lead of 15-6, h a v i n g conceeded two penalties.

T h r o u g h o u t the second h a l f the superior weight a n d n u m b e r s of U C L forwards began to take effect. I C w o n very little possession a n d spent m u c h of the time defending h a r d .

Despite this, a fine try was r u n f r o m w i t h i n our o w n 22 i n v o l v i n g the entire t e a m i n a b r i l l i a n t display of passing a n d support for a touch d o w n u n d e r the posts. I C conceeded two tries i n the d y i n g minutes of the m a t c h .

A fine team performance t h r o u g h o u t a fast c l e a n e x h a u s t i n g g a m e was t o p p e d by p i n p o i n t goal k i c k i n g by M . H u d s o n .

T e a m : J. Cougton, C. Dobson, M. Hudson (1 try, 4 conversions, 1 penally), M. Patterson. C. Boyd-Moss, P. Hughes-.Narborough (1 try), J. Taylor, A. Marks, M. Shepherd, E. Handford, J. Poullney, J. Mulligan (2 tries), P. Overs, J. .Vorley, S. Kirby.

league position was soon t h w a r t e d by a good team display by I C .

A s h l o r d ' s goal came i n the first h a l l after J .

C l a r k e , whilst in possession of the b a l l , tried to be too casual w h e n confronted w i t h about h a l f the opposition. F r o m this slight set-back, I C increased their pleasure but h a d to w a i t u n t i l m i d - w a y t h r o u g h the second h a l f for A .

G a r m s to score a well-deserved goal after a d a z z l i n g solo r u n .

G a r m s scored a w i n n e r w i t h o n ly a few minutes to spare, but their u m p i r e d i s a l l o w e d the goal because he was biased.

A l t h o u g h we weren't p l a y i n g at H a r l i n g ton, o u r goalkeeper, R . Slatter, was still able to keep himself a m u s e d , in between his usual display of aerobatics, by w a t c h i n g trains a n d the o d d jet.

In the c h a n g i n g rooms, his o n ly c o m m e n t on the m a t c h was: " I c o u l d n ' t quite read the lettering o n the L u f t h a n s a 727 that flew past."

A l l the team p l a y e d w e l l , etc., etc.

T e a m : Slatter, Clarke (Capt), Parker (match report writer), Franklin, Riley, Bell, Ayers, Rao, Farmer, Garms, Bateson.

Seconds R e m e m b e r i n g last term's league m a t c h i n w h i c h the q u a l i t y of u m p i r i n g decisions was m a t c h e d o n l y by the total lack of s p o r t s m a n ship i n the A s h f o r d team, we a p p r o a c h e d this game w i t h some relish. A s h f o r d , obviously delighted w i t h the prospect of their u m p i r e r u n n i n g the whole game, a l l o w e d us to play w i t h eleven m e n , a move they regretted from the start. Inside the first five minutes M a n g a t Bansal and A n d y Stroomer combined down the right, a b y e - l i n e cross p r o v i d i n g the first goal from M a n g a t . A f t e r two s i m i l a r attacks we went t w o - n i l a h e a d , T i m M i t c h e l l d o i n g his best to miss from close range but finallyforcing the b a l l home. J u s t before h a l f - t i m e a n i n c i d e n t o c c u r e d w h i c h w o u l d b r i n g tears to the eyes of a n y cricketer who has ever forgotten his box! F o r t u n a t e l y , the v i c t i m was a n A s h f o r d p l a y e r , a l t h o u g h sympathetic winces w o u l d be seen on both sides!

In the second half, d o w n to ten m e n a n d t i r i n g we h a d to cope w i t h strong A s h f o r d pressure. T h e defence was bolstered by J e r e m y R h o d e s i n his c o m e b a c k game after five years a w a y f r o m the sport. Needless to say, he looked perfectly at h o m e i n the team a n d together w i t h Pete C u n n i n g h a m a n d R o g e r Roessink h e l d out u n t i l late in the game w h e n A s h f o r d scored twice to force a d r a w . F a r be it from me to allocate any responsibility but it was really a l l S i m o n G r a y ' s fault for h i t t i n g (he post in the first half!

T e a m : Butter, Roessink, Cunningham, Whitehead, Rhodes, Gray, Pitkethly, Stroomer, Bansal, Wylie, Mitchell.

Badminton Firsts This time the m a t c h venue was w a r m , d r y a n d h a d lots of refreshments (Jaffa cakes!).

F l o w e v e r , the o p p o s i t i o n was not m u c h changed from the last m e e t i n g t h o u g h their p a i r i n g h a d c h a n g e d a n d we, w i t h o u t o u r two E n g l a n d Y o u t h stars, still p r o d u c e d a handsome 8-1 v i c t o r y . W i n g a n d B a l l h a d a difficult time w i t h their first p a i r but w o n i n three sets. H o w e v e r , there was no trouble from t h e i r first p a i r a g a i n s t L e e a n d A d a m s o n w h o squashed t h e m 15-0, 15-10.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , o u r t h i r d p a i r were beaten by their first p a i r .

O v e r a l l , it looks as if we are w e l l on o u r way to w i n n i n g the mens F'irst D i v i s i o n for the second time in four years! (F'ull athletic colours for a l l the first team!)

T e a m : H.K. Wing, I. Ball, T. Lae, G. Adamson. S. Chiany and L. Tup.

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Firsts T h i s was our first g a m e for a c o u p l e of months because of the weather. (It's been s n o w i n g a bit!!) So, despite a distinct lack of m a t c h practice a n d fitness, a d d e d to a n appalling pitch, I C played a surprisingly reasonable game of hockey. A s h f o r d ' s p r e m a t c h over-confidence due to their superior

Thirds A s h f o r d were a very friendly b u n c h , except for the b i g C F w i t h the pathetic b e a r d a n d Tony w h o kept c o u g h i n g to p u t off Pete (watch his eyes) S h a r p e . C r a i g a n d M a r t i n sported p o s t - X m a s b u m - f l u f f — e v e n G a r m s has more h a i r a n d C h r i s Jones p l a y e d a scorcher a n d deserves m a n of the year a w a r d .

E d started his c a p t a i n c y w i t h a goal (why so many c ivil engineers w i t h power i n H C ? ) .

T h e ladies asked me to i n c l u d e this note about their m a t c h : O n S a t u r d a y we p l a y e d hockey. F'irst we got on the c o a c h , then we p l a y e d , t h e n M a i n l y scored a goal! T h e n we got c h a n g e d . .Next we h a d tea, then we went home.

T e a m : Jones, Sharpe, Cattell, Witter, Shindler, tavlor, Allen, Benham, McGuire (Capt).

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(£j Football Sevenths F r a n k B o g e y - R o l l a is the m a n to b l a m e for the c u r r e n t r a s h of u n o r t h o d o x m a t c h reports.

U p u n t i l n o w the G l a n v i l l e - l i k e insight.* into the t a c t i c a l ploys adopted by o p p o s i t i o n (ie s h o u t i n g offside every time the b a l l enters the St T h o m a s ' half) was enough to satisfy the reader. H o w e v e r , now they want to be entertained.

C o n s e q u e n t l y I w i l l just say T o m D o n o v a n a n d guest striker A n t o n scored.

People i n the k n o w reckon this was the second best s p o r t i n g performance of the year so far. T h e 20-12 defeat of W a l e s b e i n g the

maiiihyW i t h the recent t h a w I C were able to sail their first m a t c h of the term against C i t y U n i v e r s i t y at Q u e e n M a r y Reservoir. T h e first race started b a d l y but a team effort brought I C u p to 2, 3, 4 only to lose due to a collision on the finishing line. In the second race M i l l s sailed two C i t y boats a r o u n d the wrongside of the start m a r k a n d then showed a clean p a i r of heels, I C w i n n i n g 1, 2, 4.

K e n n e d y a n d M i l l s repelled a l l attackers w i t h c l o s e m a r k i n g i n the t h i r d to let Bennett a n d D a l t o n skillfully slip t h r o u g h into a comfortable second place to give I C a 2, 3, 4 w i n a n d the m a t c h .

T e a m : Bennett, Bullet, Dalton, Kennedy, Mills, Tounghusband.

Bowling T h e b o w l i n g t e a m suffered a d i s a p p o i n t i n g home defeat at the hands of league leaders B r u n e i U n i v e r s i t y last S a t u r d a y .

T h e r e were a n u m b e r of e x c e l l e n t i n d i v i d u a l performances for I C , i n c l u d i n g p e r s o n a l h i g h scores for N e i l G r i m w o o d A n d y D a v i s , K e v i n S h ort a n d M a r k S t a n l e y , h i g h games by K e v i n S h o r t (191), N e i l G r i m w o o d (174) a n d M a r k Stanley w i t h a magnificent 202, the best ever score by a n I C C team p l a y e r , a n d good games f r o m A n d y M c M u l l a n '(221) a n d B o b b y T h o n g (190), but the strength in d e p t h of the B r u n e i t e a m proved too m u c h for the I C bowlers.

T h e A , B & C teams a l l m a n a g e d to take oAe game f r o m their opponents, the C teams v i c t o r y i n the t h i r d game b e i n g the first inflicted o n B r u n e i C this season, but this was not enough to give I C any league points a n d this seriously h a m p e r s our chances of q u a l i f y i n g for the q u a r t e r - f i n a l stages of the U C T B A tournament.

A T e a m : Ray Cook, Martin Harrison, W'ai Cheong Man, Andy McMullan, Jimmy Tang.

B team: Andy Davis, Dick Hooper, Kevin Short, Bob Thong, Chris Wells.

C team: Neil Grimwood, Jeffrey Quinn, Dave Smith, Martin Smith, Mark Stanley.

L a d i e s team: Marie Cheong, Sue Hills, Seli Kazemian, Flaine Scott, Alison Walker.

N e x t game is a w a y to P o r t s m o u t h P o l y o n S u n d a y , w i t h o u r final southern zone m a t c h at S o u t h a m p t o n t a k i n g place next W e d n e s day.

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Sour Cream I must say that I am surprised by the response of the 22 Club to Mr Marshall's Soapbox article (see letters page). That they choose to is not surprising, but to try defend themselves a n d d e f e n d the s o r d i d a c t i o n s of M r Thompson by denying matters of indesputable fact is unwise. As a witness to the event which prompted Mr Marshall's article I am in a position to assess the factual content myself. 1 could not have printed such allegations if I had not been able to confirm their validity.

A s for his own i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s and conclusions about the results of such actions, I for one agree with his main point, i.e. that the indulgence of excesses in public can only serve to damage the reputation of the College as a whole. Those people who are proud of the R C S (as the 22 Club members undoubtedly are) should try to prevent such excesses from re-occurring by not supporting the loud and abusive behaviour which inevitably leads to such events.

The fact that the need was felt to write such an article must surely indicate that there really is a problem. It's no use denying it, so why bother.

Bored Stiff I'm not surprised that Tuesday's U G M was inquorate. Fristly the Exec News produced last week was hardly inspiring. The one motion which was included proved to be pointless and totally uninspiring, which would hardly encourage people to attend.

It was stupid to censure Barney McCabe for late arrival, and not take advantage of the situation to question his ridiculous report.

What about a no-confidence motion next time, instead of this weak "censure" approach all the time?

I think it is indicative of the failings of this year's Executive that U G M s so far have had to rely on Rag Mag motions to maintain quoracy.

If there are no worthwhile motions it is either because a stimulus from them is not there or that they are incapable of proposing motions themselves. The primary example was the token opposition to the recent increases for Halls and Houses this term. Despite the fact that I C U Council has policy against midsessional increases, not one of the Executive c o n s i d e r e d stiff opposition to the rent increases or even a rent strike. When I asked Nick Morton why he didn't consider a rent strike he said "Nobody proposed one." If we cannot rely on the President to lead, who will?

Big Equipment On Wednesday Mr Pallab Ghosh walked into the FELIX Office and proudly announced "I'm after 8mm equipment." He was somewhat perplexed by the convulsions of laughter which ensued and proceeded to explain that he was talking about equipment for the Film Society which may be set up next year. If you are interested in starring in, producing or directing films meet above Southside Bar, Tuesday, 12:30pm, with a view to reforming Film Society.

Republic Day Celebration Don't forget that India Society are haying a Republican Day celebration and .disco in the J u n i o r C o m m o n R o o m at 7:00pm on Saturday, February 6, 1982. Tickets are ÂŁ1.50.

It sounds like fun, so make a note in your diary!

Credits People I forgot last week: Matt, Rich and Paul.

My thanks once more to all those who helped this week: Soheel, Ramzi, Peter, Martin S., Steve, Eddie, Lesley, Paul, Pallab, Mo, Jez and the other collators, Maz and Ian.

Rotary Club Appeal Some years ago the Rotary International was asked to assist in the formation of a service oriented association for young people and as a result a number of Rotoract Clubs were subsequently formed linked to and sponsored by local Rotary Clubs. The age limits for, membership were between 18 and 28 and the intention was that apart from association participants should involve themselves in charitable and local community ventures.

M r Hunt, the Manager of the Imperial College branch of National Westminster Bank, is a local Rotarian and understands that interest has been shown on forming a Rotoract Club based on Imperial College. Will anyone seeking further information please contact him on phone number 581-2881.

There's a certain mathematical precision about the way my barber works: he offers any of seven different styles and for each he cuts off a certain number of grams of hair according to the following.

Long and shaggy (the 'Marco Ledwold' look), 26 grams cut off.

Long and not-so-shaggy (the 'Nick Morton'), 27 grams cut off.

Short and sophisticated (the 'Barney McCabe'), 36 grams cut off.

Short and very sophisticated (the 'Mark Smith'), 37 grams cut off.

Pan-American (clipper right over the top), 47 grams cut off.

Short back and polish (the 'Eric Brown'), 54 grams cut off.

The complete Dave Gayer, 55 grams cut off.

After a fairly brisk day's trade last week, he swept up just 150 grams of offcuts. What range of styles had his customers requested?

Solutions, comments, criticisms to me at the FELIX Office, please. There are a bumper set of prizes this week. The winners drawn at random at 1:00pm on Wednesday will receive ÂŁ5 (donated by Mend-a-Bike), a voucher for a free cut and blow dry (donated by Jingles, Gloucester Rd especialy for this puzzle), and a pair of free tickets to the film Taps (see page 3). ' N e x t week's Ents film is Star Trek-The Motion Picture.

The film h a s s o m e interesting sequences, especially the effects work which was completed in record time by Douglas Trumbull.

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It appears that Star Trek 2 is on the way, and will be shown in the cinema rather than on television (as has been suggested). Paramount now say that both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy will star again.

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The West London Chaplaincy operates primarily through a number of small groups in Imperial College, the Royal College of Music and Queen Elizabeth Col.ege. In Imperial College there is a Chaplaincy group which meets regularly each week (usually over a meal) in most departments and halls of residence.

During Contact Week a team of people whose photographs you see below are coming to the colleges as guests of the Chaplaincy groups which meet there. They will be living in halls of residence and working with the groups that meet there and in the various departments. The aim of the week is to deepen the life of the Chaplaincy groups, to invite others to become involved in the groups and to encourage wider discussion and debate within the halls and departments. A number of informal discussions involving the Contact Week team members will be taking place throughout the week in most halls and departments in Imperial College and in the other two colleges. There will also be a number of events arranged on a College-wide basis (see programme).

Peter

Crick

is

acting

as

co-

ordinator for the team at their morning sessions during Contact Week. He has been on Contact Week before in 1979. He is Rector of Denham, a large parish on the edge of London going towards Oxford.

Andrew Doughty w a s b o r n in B e r m u d a . H e s t u d i e d t h e o l o g y at Kings College London, spent a year in India a n d is n o w c o m pleting h i s final year of training for t h e A n g l i c a n M i n i s t r y at Westcott House, Cambridge. He will be at Selkirk, Tizard a n d IC C h e m i s t r y dept.

Brian Frost i s a M e t h o d i s t l a y m a n .

He has worked with Christian Aid, pioneered an Ecumenical C e n t r e , first in N o t t i n g Hill, then at St. J a m e s , Piccadilly, a n d for the past three years has been general secretary of the Churches Council for Health and Healing.

He h a s written b o o k s a n d articles on w o r s h i p a n d spirituality a n d a n u m b e r of p o e m s a n d songs. H e is a l s o involved in w o r k i n g with a British/Irish group ona new theory of politics called " T h e P o l i t i c s o f F o r g i v e n e s s " . H e will b e l i v i n g at t h e C h a p l a i n c y H o u s e in C a s t e l l a i n R o a d a n d w o r k i n g in RCM.

David Dadswell is from Widnes near Liverpool. He did a French and Italian degree at Oxford and is now s t u d y i n g t h e o l o g y at Westcott House in Cambridge in preparation for ordination in the Church of England. He will be with Garden Hall and IC Physics dept.

Ian Paton studied history and then trained as a teacher. He is now in his f i n a l yearof theology at Westcott House. He enjoys music and art, s a i l i n g and p l a y i n g squash. He is interested in the use of silent prayer in Christian worship. He will be with Beit and Weeks Halls and IC Civ Eng.

Maria Schleger studied history at LSE and then did some research in art history for about two years.

She is now part-time Pastoral Assistant at the University Church of Christ the King in Central London and also works part-time for a publishing firm. She lives with three students in a small community in part of the Chaplain's flat at Christ the King. She will be spending the week at the Stamford Brook Chaplaincy House and with the IC Elec Eng group.

Sister Jennifer i s a m e m b e r o f t h e A n g l i c a n C o m m u n i t y of the H o l y N a m e , b a s e d at M a l v e r n i n Worcestershire Before joining the c o m m u n i t y Sister J e n n i f e r s t u d i e d at t h e R o y a l C o l l e g e o f Music. S h e w a s for a while a m e m b e r ot the N e w c a s t l e University C h a p l a i n c y S h ewill b e working in Queen Elizabeth C o l l e g e a n d living in Q u e e n M a r y Hall.

Tom Moffatt was born a n d b r o u g h t u p in O x f o r d , but went t o university in Cambridge. H e d i d his t h e o l o g i c a l training in B i r m i n g h a m a n dthen two curacies in S o u t h L o n d o n . H e i s n o w v i c a r of D o r m a n s l a n d n e a r E a s t G r i n stead. Married with three children. P l a y s a lot of sport e s p e cially rugby which he also referees. H e will b e w o r k i n g in E v e l y n G a r d e n s H a l l s a n d in t h e R o y a l S c h o o l of M i n e s .

Charles Hedley i s a L o n d o n e r . H e s t u d i e d p h y s i c s at L o n d o n U n i versity before training for o r d i n a tion inthe C h u r c h of England. H e spent three years a s curate of C h i n g f o r d in E s s e x a n d is n o w c u r a t e of St. M a r t i n s - i n - t h e - f i e l d s in T r a f a l g a r S q u a r e . H i s p r e s e n t work involves dealing with all comers to Trafalagar S q . e s pecially the single homeless. He's interested in f e l l - w a l k n g , music a n d s q u a s h . H e w i l l b e in L i n s t e a d Hall a n d IC M e c h Eng.

Sister Valerie h a s b e e n a m e m b e r of t h e A n g l i c a n C o m m u n i t y o f t h e Sisters of t h e C h u r c h f o r t e n years, a n d is n o w d e p u t y s u p e r intendent of the C o m m u n i t y ' s C h i d r e n s ' h o m e f o r c h i l d r e n in the c a r e of the local authority. A science teacher before joining the c o m m u n i t y , s h e is k e e n l y interested in t h e relationship between religion a n d science.

She will be living in Q u e e n Alexandra House and working with IC P h y s i c s group.

CONTACT

Sunday,

Room.

Imperial

members,

Southside

College.

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10:00am C h a p l a i n c y C o m m u n i o n Service with Preacher R e v Peter Crick, C o n v e n o r of Contact Week Team, Consort Gallery, Sherfield Building. IC. Tuesday, February 2 1:30pm A lecture 'Spiritual Feeling in a Scientific Age' by Edward R o b i n s o n , Read Theatre, Sherfield Building, IC. 6:00pm W o r k s h o p o n 'Christianity a n d S c i e n c e ' , U n i o n D i n i n g Hall, IC.

Adrian Botwright, a former t e a c h e r , i s n o w i n his final y e a r of s t u d i e s at W e s t c o t t H o u s e before ordination into th eAnglican M i n i s t r y . H e w i l l b e with the Formosa Street Chaplaincy H o u s e a n d t h e I C post-graduate Chaplaincy group.

Tim Harris s t u d i e d u r b a n g e o g r a p h y at B r i s t o l U n i v e r s i t y t h e n was regional secretary for the Student Christian M o v e m e n t in London a n d t h e South East for two years which involved travelling to c o l l e g e s a n d universities throughout S E England. He w o r k e d for a few m o n t h s with the Youth Unit of the British C o u n c i l of C h u r c h e s a n d n o w i s o n e o f the Lay T r a i n i n g T e a m e m p l o y e d b y t h e A n g l i c a n D i o c e s e of S o u t h w a r k . H e lives o n a C o u n c i l estate in Deptford in S E L o n d o n , a multi-racial area with a high level of violent c r i m e a n d racial tension. H e will b e staying in Falmouth/Keogh a n d be with Methsoc.

PROGRAMME Thursday,

R e c e p t i o n a n d buffet t o w e l c o m e t e a m

Senior C o m m o n

Robert Flelden i s t h e R e c t o r o f a group of sea-side villages o n the Lincolnshire coast. Before o r dination he spent some years w o r k i n g in a b a n d a n dthen d i d youth work with the Y M C A . H e was also Assistant Personnel M a n a g e r of a large heavy e n g i n eering works in Lincoln for a t i m e . H e is m a r r i e d w i t h t w o s o n s , o n e of w h o m , Peter, graduated in chemistry from Imperial C o l l e g e .

H e was a m e m b e r of the C o n t a c t W e e k t e a m last y e a r a n d l i k e d u s so m u c h he decided to c o m e back a g a i n . H e will b e w o r k i n g with t h e Holland Road C h a p laincy H o u s e and IC Maths dept.

WEEK

Saturday, January 30 7:30pm

Brian Shlpsides i s f r o m L i v e r p o o l .

H e s t u d i e d E n g l i s h at R e a d i n g University a n d then spent t w o years t e a c h i n g in a s c h o o l for the children of missionaries o n t h e hills of S o u t h e r n India. H e is just c o m p l e t i n g his theological c o u r s e at W e s t c o t t H o u s e i n C a m b r i d g e and will b e o r d a i n e d i n J u n e . H e will b e w o r k i n g with t h e C h a p l a i n c y H o u s e s in N e w K i n g s R o a d and Bloemfontein Avenue a n d with C h e m E n g in IC.

6:30pm

February 4

Workshop

Atkins Building.

Saturday,

o n 'Spirituality, Meditation a n d Healing',

February 6

7:30pm Party, Cabaret...fun...come piece,

SCR,

QEC.

Linstead Dining

a n dd o your

(your group's)

party

Hall, IC.

Sunday. February 7 10:00am Special Contact Week C o m m u n i o n Week team. Consort Gallery, IC.

Service led by Contact