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ELECTION RE-RUN OFF UGM

decision

Cup double for IC Saturday saw a unique double for IC Football, with the Firsts and Seconds carrying off their respective cups on a dry, but blustery day at Motspur Park. The College came close to collecting all the three cups, but RSM II were narrowly defeated in their final.

I C II began the d a y w i t h a c o n v i n c i n g 5-1 w i n against Q M C I I I , p u t t i n g t h e m i n ' h i g h spirits' for the afternoon finale o n the m a i n M o t s p u r p i t c h . T h e r e , i n a h a r d , c o m p e t i t i v e m a t c h w h i c h , d u e to nerves a n d the u n f a m i l i a r s u r r o u n d i n g s was m e m o r a b l e more for its d r a m a a n d excitement t h a n its s t a n d a r d of football, I C I c l i n c h e d v i c t o r y i n e x t r a - t i m e , h a v i n g scored a l l the goals i n the 2-1 w i n .

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , the occasion was slightly spoilt by c r o w d violence instigated by a p a r t i s a n (and exceedingly d r u n k ) G o l d s m i t h ' s f o l l o w i n g w h i c h started at h a l f - t i m e a n d c o n t i n u e d s p o r a d i c a l l y t h r o u g h o u t the rest o f the afternoon. Indeed, the referee's c o n c e r n was such that he threatened to a b a n d o n the m a t c h , if the s i t u a t i o n d e t i o r a t e d .

In direct contrast the vociferous I C support was directed to events o n the p i t c h , thus l i f t i n g the team to a well-deserved v i c t o r y . (See sports page for m a t c h reports.)

overturned!

The Returning Officer for the sabbatical elections, Mr Marco Ledwold, has decided that the decision taken at yesterday's Results UGM to re-run the elections was ultra vires the constitution.

This means the decision made by Election Committee at midday yesterday to ratify the four elections still stands.

Those deemed elected are Mr Stephen Goulder as President, as Deputy President, Miss Mary Mr Philip Greenstreet Freeman as Honorary Secretary and Mr Martin S. Taylor as Felix Editor.

M r L e d w o l d stated that the v o t i n g schedule c l e a r l y said t h a t E l e c t i o n C o m m i t t e e c a n ratify any election unless a v a l i d o b j e c t i o n is lodged, as defined i n the c o n s t i t u t i o n . I n this case the result must be br ou ght before a U G M . H o w e v e r the objection at yesterday's R e s u l t s U G M was c o n s t i t u t i o n a l l y i n v a l i d , he said.

A t the U G M M r L e d w o l d asked for objections to the i n d i v i d u a l elections a n d after none were raised against D e p u t y P r e s i d e n t o r H o n o r a r y Secretary, the m e e t i n g voted not to a p p r o v e the P r e s i d e n t i a l E l e c t i o n alone o n the g r o u n ds that the electorate were m i s l e a d b y a sentence about abstentions i n last week's F E L I X .

A f t e r a series o f confusing speeches a n d proposals t h e c u r r e n t President, M r N i c k M o r t o n , e x p l a i n e d that if one e l e c t i o n was rejected on a challenge to election procedure, then it a p p l i e d e q u a l l y t o a l l o f t h e m . T h u s b y r e j e c t i n g one o n these g r o u n ds the m e e t i n g w a s rejecting t h e m a l l .

M r M o r t o n then proposed a m o t i o n to ratify the entire e l e c t i o n b u t after opposition from A c a d e m i c Affairs O f f i c er M r M i k e B o o t y this was defeated on the vote.

T h e m e e t i n g a d j o u r n e d t h i n k i n g that the election w o u l d be r e - r u n , but later the R e t u r n i n g Officer discovered that the decision was i n v a l i d a n d hence a r e - r u n w o u l d be u l t r a - v i r e s the c o n s t i t u t i o n . T h u s the E l e c t i o n C o m m i t t e e decision to ratify a l l the elections still stands.

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A n emergency U G M w i l l be h eld o n T h u r s d a y M a r c h 2 5 f o r t h e hustings for the posts of E x t e r n a l Affairs O f f i c e r , A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s Officer, E n t s Officer a n d U G M C h a i r m a n , w h i c h w e r e n o t h e l d yesterday.

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Jim Beer (left) standing in for the Second XI Captain Ron Wiggins and First XI Captain Steve Ward with their trophies.

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S T O I C w o u l d like to apologise for a broadcast they m a d e a t 6 p m yesterday a n n o u n c i n g a r e - r u n , as they were not i n f o r m e d o f the latest decision before the p r o g r a m m e .

T h e full r a m i f i c a t i o n s of this a c t i o n are not k n o w n at t h e t i m e o f g o i n g to press.

F r i d a y M a r c h 12,1982

Free!

a n d we should support the black South African's struggle for p o l i t i c a l f r e e d o m b y sporting a n d c u l t u r a l boycotts, a n d b y discouraging s k i l l e d tradesmen from e m i g r a t i n g to South A f r i c a a n d t a k i n g jobs that w o u l d otherwise be made available to b l a c k s . B u t u n l e ss w e a r e prepared to wreck o u r econ o m y t o t a l l y — a n d I don't think any political party w i l l get a mandate for t h a t — a call for a total economic boycott is an unrealistic gesture w h i c h m a y ease some consciences, but w i l l do n o t h i n g to improve the a c t u a l c o n d i t i o n s for South A f r i c a n blacks.

Tours Dear

O f course this is not enough, Page 2

D a v i d Ashforth Chaplain

Mark'

W h i l e I share G r a e m e S h a w ' s d e t e s t a t i o n o f the a p a r t h e i d system, his call for a total boycott of South African products is unrealistic. T h e unpleasant fact is that we are totally dependant o n South A f r i c a for essential minerals like tungsten, vanadium, g o l d , p l a t i n u m , a n d heavily dependant also for chrome, nickle a n d industrial diamonds. A total boycott of S. A f r i c a n goods w o u l d mean no light bulbs, masonry drills, w e d d i n g rings, printed c i r cuits, stainless steel, c a r batteries, petrol a n d many other industrial products. T h e only alternative suppliers of m a n y essential minerals are in the Soviet Bloc, a n d I don't think m u c h of their social system either. I w o u l d support a n u r g e n t p r o g r a m m e to prospect a n d develop alternative free w o r l d supplies of e s s e n t i a l r a w m a t e r i a l s we c u r r e n t l y import from South A f r i c a , but until that happens t a l k o f a t o t a l b o y c o t t is nonsense.

W e c a n i n the meantime concentrate o n improvements that are possible, by pressing B r i t i s h companies w o r k i n g in S o u t h A f r i c a to increase black wage rates, open 'reserved' occupations to black workers, de-segregate works facilities, a n d help black workers with grants for house purchase a n d the e d u c a t i o n of their c h i l d r e n . British companies i n S o u t h A f r i c a are sensitive to these issues a n d are m o v i n g to c o u n t e r the effects of a p a r theid as far as they c a n .

sincerely

two committee meetings ago.)

I realise of course that most of our members worship M r G h o s h on bended knees. I n extreme cases even giving up food lor two weeks in order to afford the £ 9 Wellsoc D i n n e r just to hear his i m p e n d i n g speech, a n d the long awaited " w i d e mouthed f r o g " joke.

T o these people I apologise, however these things must be said. It is, after a l l , a tradition of student politics to insult leading figures. W i t h these words I close.

M i s s T o n i Baker Maths 2 P S : P a l l a b apologises for not i n t r o d u c i n g Forbidden

Dear

Dear Sir

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only he was oil'screwing at the time.

Mark

It has come to m y notice that two I C U n i o n hacks have been invited by the U n i v e r s i t y o f L o n d o n P r e s i d e n t to a U L U booze-up under the pretence of a "r ec eptio n for Princess A n n e " .

M e m b e r s of the U n i o n might be interested to know that this is costing £1,000 of their money, not m u c h , but Tours imagine if s i m i l a r l y irresM . Wright ponsible people were elected Chem 2 to r u n U L U next year.

P S : O n Saturday night I was E v e n the C h a i r m a n of I C a p p a l l e d to l i n d that only one television throughout I C a n d L a b o u r C l u b , w h o w i l l be its H a l l s was tuned to o u r going along w i t h I C U President N i c k M o r t o n , agreed it n a t i o n a l sport—football! was a waste of money, but he said he d i d n ' t intend to do Sir a n y t h i n g a b o u t it b e c a u s e I w o u l d like to point out to " U L U piss-ups are ten times members of the H . G . Wells better than a n y t h i n g at I C " .

S o c i e t y t h a t d u e to t h e I hope that F E L I X w i l l i n i n d u s t r i o u s efforts o f o u r future stop these two parasites, beloved leader, M r P a l l a b who are totally unrepresentaG h o s h , a couple of deliberate tive of I C students, from errors accidentally cropped h a v i n g such a good time at up i n the new edition of The Wellsian.

T h e f i r s t w a s a our expense.

Tours sincerely simple a n d unfortunate preJ . P . Stanley meditated oversight, i n that m y name was somehow o m i t ted from the article. W h i l e I totally deny a l l knowledge of Dear Sir the f i n a l p a r a g r a p h , the C o u l d n ' t ' c a p e d crusaders' r e m a i n d e r was actually writand a l l other m a n n e r or form ten by me. T h e last paragraph of superhero be better engaged w a s j u st a n a d d e d b o n u s in s a v i n g the w o r l d o r , w h i c h T h e A l m i g h t y , decided maybe, a mere 5 0 m people to bestow upon us. rather than w r i t i n g cavalier letters that can only h a r m the T h e second error was a w o r t h w h i l e efforts of a few spelling mistake i n the last who are prepared to do a lot p a r a g r a p h , i n w h i c h the word more than just talk? " s h i t " was for some yet u n e x p l a i n e d reason spelt Tours sincerely " c h a i r m a n " . (Pallab was M a r e k Banasiak a w a r d e d this sacred title some Civ Eng 3

I a m totally disgusted w ith the w a y the cricket tour to S o u t h A f r i c a has been h a n d l e d . T h e South A f r i c a n team is without doubt the best in the w o r l d today and would w h i p the arses oil" the West I n d i a n s , a n d yet t h e B B C refuses to t e l e v i s e t h e test series.

FELIX, March 12, 1982

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Beaumont on a sticky wicket The Left Alliance anti-apartheid campaign started on Wednesday lunchtime when three prominent members of pressure groups addressed a relatively small audience in Huxley Theatre 213.

L o r d B e a u m o n t , f o r m e r L i b e r a l P a r t y C h a i r m a n , began proceedings by saying that apartheid was a bad thing and we certainly shouldn't support the regime in any way, but it was perfectly alright to play cricket with them.

M r Cosmos Desmond, a former director of Amnesty International, purported that the regime was due to the logic of capitalism and not reason. M r Desmond stated that the whiteman had come to South Africa for the sole reason of exploiting the land and its people and had soon developed a ruthlessly effective method of control. It became taken for granted that the state would determine where you live, who you can marry even where you can be buried. A more recent phenomenon is the placing of blacks in trible homelands now that their labour has been superseded by machines.

A more radical line was taken by M r Abdul S. Minty, Honorary Secretary for the Anti-Apartheid Movement, who accused the West of actively supporting the brutal regime by not supplying arms to African front line states whilst supplying South Africa with sophisticated radar equipment. Sanctions, he stated, are the only peaceful weapon at the West's disposal, so in lifting sanctions Reagan is giving support to South Africa's aggressive stance towards front line states.

Engineering Chief at IC Sir Kenneth Corfield, Chairman o f the E n g i n e e r i n g C o u n c i l , addressed the Industrial Society on Tuesday. With the Rector in the Chair Sir Kenneth spoke on what a u n i v e r s i t y e d u c a t i o n should be and the British manufacturing industry.

I C 's four year engineering courses were praised whilst other courses were criticised for not covering economics. Sir Kenneth warned against overspecialisation and condemned "the blinkered approach" it produces. His idea would be long, broad courses resembling the American system, with high entrance requirements.

Sir Kenneth was concerned about the image engineering has of simply "getting your hands d i r t y " a n d said the status of engineers must be raised, although raising salaries isn't the entire solution.

Bemoaning shoddy goods, Sir Kenneth said consumers must be d i s c r i m i n a t i n g and buy high quality products. H e applauded the various Standards Institutes and consumer bodies, and hoped that t h e i r work w o u l d h e l p prevent major British industries dying, like the motorcycle and camera industries already have.

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• G u i l d s Sixes, Sunday, March 14.

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RCM fly

the flag

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF M U S I C celebrated its centenary on Sunday, February 28, but was u n a b l e to d i s p l a y the large banner which had been especially prepared for the centenary.

T h e b a n n e r had originally been hung from the front of the R C M b u i l d i n g the p r e v i o u s Friday but was removed on the same day. During the raid it is alleged a window was broken, the banner dirtied and that some of the fittings on the flagpole were broken.

T h e b a n n e r was returned to the R C M by R o y a l S c h o o l of M i n e s LInion President, M r Ross Baxter, on the S a t u r d a y evening.

M r B a x t e r h a d f o u n d it i n t heM i n e s B u i l d i n g a n d the R o y a l C o l l e g e of M u s i c hope that R S M U w i l l pay for the d a m a g e caused.

H o w e v e r , the b a n n e r was u n a b l e to be used on the d a y of t h e c e n t e n a r y b e c a u s e it w a s dirty.

The election for the next Editor o f London Student (formerly S e n n e t ) has b e e n d e f e r r e d because of doubt over the paper's future.

T h e paper is currently running at a loss and it is not certain that the post will be sabbatical next year. In addition the current Editor, Miss Sarah Laithwaite, is to resign at the end of this term because of exams. Although Miss Laithwaite is a sabbatical she deferred her final exams last year which means she must sit them next term.

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O n Saturday a t ea ch - i n was organised to demonstrate the basic principles ol news reporting whilst on Tuesday the London Student Journalist Group met.

Although the group has yet to elect a committee acting chairperson. Miss Karen Marchbank. has agreed to arrange a speaker meeting for early next term. It is hoped to have Duncan Campbell, from the ,\Wc Statesman, as the speaker.

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CLUBS AND SOCIETIESSTOIC

Wine

H a v e y o u ever thought about opera? I wouldn't bother if I were y o u . I don't k n o w what all the fuss is about. A n y w a y , after m u c h confusion c a u s e d b y previous S T O I C articles in F E L I X , I though I w ou ld spend the next t w o h u n d r e d words answering one or t w o of your questions.

1. N o , the only change will be a rather wet radio.

2. Y e s , M i k e H a c k e t t is a w i m p "off s c r e e n " as well!

3. T h i s is possibly dangerous, your appliance may need adjustment later.

4. A s far as we k n o w in S T O I C * it has always been a bright r e d colour.

5. N o , we don't have a ' Q u a n t e l ' unit ( P S what is one?) ( P P S ask IC Radio).

6. M a y b e later w h e n the lights are off.

7. Y e s , with your right hand.

8. Y e s , M i k e H a c k e t t is a w i m p " o n s c r e e n " as well!

9. N o , it's O K , we get cotton from the College doctor.

10. It is a pity y o u can't receive I C Radio i n colour. * A n asterisk.

Edmund Kean

STP A collection day has been arranged for S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 13.

T h e m o n e y w i l l be u s e d to augment that raised so far from private donations a n d supporting charities.

T h i s is a chance for anyone to help our appeal. Collection licences have been obtained through the O c k e n d o n Venture; these, the c a n s a n d 'Supplies to P o l a n d ' stickers will be available for y o u to collect between 10:00 and 2:00, tomorrow morning, S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 13.

Cyprus N o w that C y r p u s has been in tht news, we are organising a 'Kafenio' ( C y p r i o t coffee shop) to discuss the C y p r u s P r o b l e m , a n d also eat delicious cakes, drink Cyprus coffee a n d play Tavli (backgammon).

W e urge all students w h o are c o n c e r n e d about h u m a n rights a n d justice to c o m e a n d hear of t h e 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 r e f u g e e s , 2,000 missing persons and the tragic suffering of the C y p r i o t people D o n ' t rely o n the British m e d i a c o m e a n d hear from the people w h o s a w a n d lived through the b o m b s , d e s t r u c t i o n a n d suffering of t h e T u r k i s h i n v a s i o n . T h e K a f e n i o will be in the Botany C o m m o n R o o m o n Friday, M a r c h 12, starting 6:30pm till late.

Tofalos

E d m u n d w h o ? — K e a n : the most famous Shakespearean tragedean ever to set foot o n stage. A couple of w e e k s a g o w a s t h e 1 6 8 t h a n n i v e r s a r y of h i s first p e r f o r mance as R i c h a r d III at D r u r y L a n e . " O n e of the finest pieces of acting we have ever beheld, or p e r h a p s the stage has ever k n o w n , " wrote the M o r n i n g Post.

L o r d B y r o n went even further: " L i f e , nature, truth — without exaggeration o r diminuition."

T h i s most famous tragedean, whose name will now trip lightly off y o u r tongues, will it not?, was as potent off the stage as o n ; he s o m e t i m e s b o a s t e d of h a v i n g three w o m e n during a perform a n c e — t h e audience having to wait until he h a d finished. " W e l l ? " y o u say. " W e l l , so n o w y o u k n o w . "

Industrial

N e x t Tuesday is the C h e e s e and W i n e Party a n d A G M (6:00pm, U n i o n S C R ) . A n y o n e interested in standing for a post o n the committee s h o u l d c o n t a c t m e ( D a v e Marshall) as soon as possible.

Fifty people braved the Wine S o c D i n n e r last Tuesday (prec e d e d by a C a l i f o r n i a n wine tasting) a n d a good (alcoholic) time was h a d by all. After tasting six Californian wines (and contrasting F r e n c h a n d Australian wines) we proceded through four quality wines a n d port with the dinner.

N e x t week we have planned a vineyard trip to K e n t (yes wine is made in England!) followed by another dinner in an idyllic riverside setting.

United Nations T h i s T u e s d a y we're showing a film in association with A n t i - A p a r t h e i d S o c Generation of Resistance-a d o c u m e n t a r y about the struggle of black S o u t h A f r i c a n s to obtain political status i n S o u t h Africa.

In the next couple of weeks there will be a talk given by a representative from the C a n a d i a n H i g h C o m m i s s i o n a n d at t h e beginning of next t e r m we'll be having a speaker from the S o u t h A f r i c a n E m b a s s y itself. I h o p e you'll c o m e along to all these meetings as they should be very interesting a n d informative.

Finally, I'd like to urge y o u to support the Left Alliance w h i c h has been set up in College and is at the moment campaigning in support for A n t i - A p a r t h e i d .

T i c k e t s are still available for the A n n u a l D i n n e r o n M a r c h 19. W e have gone to quite a lot of effort to get y o u an edible (i.e non-Mooney) meal, s o we w o u l d like to see as many people there as possible.

Either ask your d e p r e p or come to the union office and say that the tickets are in the H o n See's pigeonhole (but not in the biblical sense).

Meanwhile, Rag limps o n after a fashion. O n W e d n e s d a y afternoon we will be sending people all over L o n d o n . to sell R a g M a g s ( R C S Office, 2:00pm) and the week after I hope to take a minibus to Guildford.

T h e M o p s o c A G M will be held o n T u e s d a y , M a r c h 23, so all members go along to vote.

F i n a l l y , if a n y o n e w o u l d be interested in editing the R C S H a n d b o o k for next year, don't hesitate to come a n d see us.

Phil

City & Guilds O n S u n d a y , M a r c h 14, there is the S o c c e r Sixes leaving Beit A r c h at 11:30am. T h a t evening there is the Soccer Sixes/Rugby Sevens Barnite. Everyone welcome in the U n i o n B a r from 7:00pm onwards.

O n M o n d a y , M a r c h 15, M a n i festo Guildsheet comes o u t — r e a d it c a r e f u l l y b e f o r e v o t i n g o n T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 1 8 , at t h e election U G M at lunchtime. See I y o u there.

SF Soc

G ' d a y everybody! L o n g n o see, eh? W e l l , blame the elections for our non-article last week. I hope y o u enjoyed Sir K e n n e t h Corfield's ' D o ' o n T u e s d a y , if y o u k n e w about his visit!

Din-dins! Y e s folks, we're having a D i n n e r o n M o n d a y night ( M a r c h 15). It's to be at W e s t C e n t r e H o t e l , Earls C o u r t , s o meet there at 8:00, £6-7 a head.

A l l those w h o went to the Daily Mail (and were 'bombed') don't forget you're going again o n W e d nesday, M a r c h 17, in the evening.

Wellsoc A s h o r t note t o tell y o u all that papers are up in all the departments for p o s t s o n the W e l l s o c C o m m i t t e e . B e y o u a failed h a c k w h o has c o m e off the w o r s t i n recent U n i o n elections or that m u c h maligned entity 'the a v e r a g e I C s t u d e n t ' , t h i s is y o u r c h a n c e t o d o s o m e t h i n g really worthwhile.

A l s o c o m i n g u p s o o n is the W e l l s o c A n n u a l D i n n e r , w h i c h will not be a M o o n e y . Instead it will be held at the P e n t a H o t e l o n T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 25. P r o f L a i t h w a i t e will be the m a i n speaker a n d M a r t i n S. T a y l o r will be d a z z l i n g e v e r y o n e with his magic. Excellent value at £9, from M i k e S t u r g e s s v i a C h e m i s t r y U G pigeon-holes or at lectures.

S p e a k i n g of lectures, be sure to be at next M o n d a y ' s lecture o n H o u d i n i b y L a r r y B a r n e s f r o m t h e M a g i c C i r c l e , w h o will be d e m o n s t r a t i n g a few escapes. W e shall have a film for o u r A G M o n M a r c h 22, Eraserhead, w h i c h is a brilliant black comedy, very well made, free to e v e r y o n e at the A G M .

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A s the M a n n himself is away, I'm lumbered with writing the bulletin.

A d v a n c e w a r n i n g — n e x t t e r m , o n M a y 4 we will be showing The Rocky Horror Picture Show with all the trimmings. A l l those in appropriate fancy dress will be admitted free. T h i s will be immediately followed by our A G M , so if y o u w ou ld like to help r u n a great soc next year, come to a T h u r s d a y (1:00pm, G r e e n C o m m Rm) library meeting, a n d let this year's lot k n o w . T h e y are the b u n c h pictured above (below, left or wherever M a r k put the picture) with C h r i s Priest a n d L i s a Tuttle.

That's all folks!

Raven,

Swordmistress

of

Chaos

Stop Press: W e are showing Carrie o n M a r c h 16, in M E 2 2 0 at 6:30pm.

FELIX, March 12, 1982

THE PUBLC I O CONNECTO IN

Tutoring at the schools on this map:-

The Pimtico Connection started six years ago when twelve electrical engineering students went to tutor at Pimlico Comprehensive School (hence the name). Since then, the project has steadily developed, and now the opportunity exists for ninety people to take part, each year, in five different schools.

What is tutoring and why do it?

The main purpose of students acting as tutors is to provide added interest, help and attention for pupils in the classroom, laboratory or workshop. Since we are closer, both in age and outlook, than many of the teachers, and as we are pupils ourselves, it is easier for the kids to ask questions and receive m u c h needed extra attention.

In no way does tutoring involve looking after a class of 20-30 kids on your o w n . T h e whole point of tutoring is to provide more individual attention. Usually there is one tutor to every four or five pupils in the class and the teacher should always be present as s/he is responsible for discipline and safety.

T o date, every student who has been a tutor h a s f o u n d it a t h o r o u g h l y e n j o y a b l e a n d stimulating experience. Personally, I feel I have learnt as m u c h as I taught, not so m u c h a b o u d

Holland Park

the subject, but about communicating, about myself, about kids, and about the education system.

S o m e of the experiences of other tutors (below) provide an indication of the sort of things we have been doing. C u r r e n t l y we tutor in science, engineering, maths and electronics at nearly all levels, from primary to sixth form, so if you like you c a n choose a subject and age group to tutor in.

W o m e n students are particularly needed in science and engineering classes to tutor girl pupils who often think 'batteries, wires and things is boys stuff.

If you think y o u might like to take part don't hesitate to get in t o u c h .

This year has been the first year w h i c h we have operated at a primary school. F o x was chosen because it is a "feeder" school for Holland P a r k .

A t t h e b e g i n n i n g we h a d i m m e n s e practical problems since science, as s u c h , is not taught in primary schools. W h a t are we meant to do when we walk into a class of ten year olds for an afternoon with the intention of 'tutoring science'?

Fifteen weeks later, I finally think we are operating the scheme as it should be. A s a n example; when there was lots of snow about we spent two weeks studying the different states of H 0 , in terms of temperature, volume, textures, taste and appearance. It might s o u n d basic but it is in fact very useful for the children and great fun for everyone.

Science Tutoring After two years of totally wasted W e d n e s d a y ifternoons, I felt I should take my last chance o become involved in something at College that was useful but non-academic. T h e Pimlico C o n n e c t i o n provided just what I was looking for. It was an opportunity to find out what education means to the majority of kids in L o n d o n , give a helping hand to them and to the teachers and to have a lot of fun.

I tutored science (biology, chemistry a n d physics) to fourteen year olds. T h e r e are normally two or three tutors to a class of about twenty-five. M o s t of the children I met were very friendly and cooperative and obviously enjoyed science lessons more with our help.

There is a definite tendency for the girls to' prefer biology and the boys physics, but w o m e n tutors do help to kindle the girls' interest in all aspects of science. T h e r e is m u c h scope here for the Pimlico C o n n e c t i o n to achieve even more success. I managed to convince one girl t h a t if s h e w a n t e d to b e c o m e a n u r s e , qualifications were important, and her interest and hence quality of w o r k improved after this.

It gives great satisfaction to feel you have helped these kids, who may not have had the same chances as you or I, to see that science is i n t e r e s t i n g a n d w o r t h w h i l e in t e r m s of a possible career.

John Hughes Elec Eng 2

Jackie Wood Man Sci 3

GianCarlo Aero 2

Fox Primary School

2

I J - L

Engineering Tutoring T h i s w a s m y first y e a r w i t h t h e P i m l i c o C o n n e c t i o n and to begin with it was strange acting as a tutor c o m p a r e d to being tutored as at College.

T h e subjects we helped were w o o d w o r k , metalwork and technical drawing; metalwork proving the most popular amongst the pupils.

T h e a t m o s p h e r e in the w o r k s h o p s was always friendly and we found it easy to get on with the kids who were all fourteen year olds.

W e were always kept busy s o r t i n g out problems and helping with the w o r k and in connection with this, I think it is necessary to h a v e s o m e b a s i c k n o w l e d g e of w o r k s h o p techniques. I must stress that the emphasis is on helping and not teaching. It seemed our main aim was to interest the kids in their subject and promote enthusiasm and for this reason, we took a couple of classes down to British A e r o s p a c e for a factory visit w h i c h was good fun for all. T h e kids certainly found the

lessons more interesting and enjoyable with the tutors and it made a refreshing change for Wednesday afternoons.

Jonathan Wheeler Elec Eng 2 Sir Walter St John, Battersea

To take part in 1982-83: No previous experience is needed.

Time involved: 1:30-3:30pm (approx) Weds afternoons in Autumn and first tour weeks of spring term.

Just come along to one of our regular Tuesday lunches in Elec E n g 6 0 6 o r c o n t a c t D r J . S . R . Goodlad, Elec Eng501 (int 3080) or Grancarlo Marcheselli, A e r o 2.

Special introductory Elec Eng 606.

FELIX, March 12, 198.2

meeting Tuesday, March 16. 12:30.

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The arts, and science and technology b y N.Willson W h e n t h e t e a c h i n g of t e c h n o l o g y was expanded in the sixties, an entire new system was created for it—the polytechnics. The idea seemed to be that universities mustn't be a s s o c i a t e d with too much science and technology, that the creation of technical universities would be somehow wrong, as if the very term 'technical university' is a contradiction, like 'open prison'. The whole idea of a u n i v e r s i t y e d u c a t i o n goes with the arts r a t h e r t h a n the s c i e n c e s , especially engineering. Y o u can have a university without science and technology but not one without the arts.

Why do the arts (especially history and literature) tend to be more attractive to an academic mind? To start with, the arts are easier subjects to study; arts students don't have to do so much work. Of course it's easy to be biased about this at IC, but not many arts students could seriously complain of being overworked compared with us. But in any case the a m o u n t of work involved isn't very important—look how popular medical courses are.

What's much more important is the fact that science and engineering are useful. Why should usefulness put people off? It isn't true of course that it always does; doctors are useful and they're highly respected. But in general luxuries are more interesting than necessities.

A painting of a landscape is more interesting than a textbook about soil mechanics. And

artjsts can only preserve their work because someone else is learning about soil mechanics.

A n academic sitting in a library making notes on the significance of prefixes in Sanskrit philosophical terminology (I haven't made this up) can only do this pleasant work because other people who went to IC (or somewhere) to study technology have supplied him with the table, the chair, the pen, the building and the transport to bring him the food he eats. An artist benefits from the work of technologists, but they don't benefit from his, except in such a way that the artist can think of himself as enlightening them. He can plausibly regard his work, or rather the work of artists in general, as the real aim of civilisation, its best and highest purpose. The technologists do the drudgery work while the artists are creative.

Look at it from another angle. Technical courses (science as well as engineering) are seen as beneficial almost entirely for utilitarian commercial reasons. We need engineers and scientists, so it's thought, because the U K needs to make cars and record players better than the Japanese. We don't need technology for any enlightening reasons, but because it's good for our balance of payments. Naturally it doesn't do to put it as crudely as that, so politicians and some organisations (such as the Industrial Society) try to dress it up a bit. But it comes across clearly enough to anyone who's at all intellectually inclined, like an arts student.

(Why does IC have a department of humanities? It's mainly because of intellectual snobbery and it's tied up with the reasons outlined above. You come to IC to learn about amplifiers or rolling mills, so as to get a degree, a sort of job voucher entitling you to work for RTZ or the Chemical Defence Establishment It doesn't fit in with the idea of a College being a seat of learning for its own sake. So the humanities department has been added as a kind of cosmetic to make IC look more highbrow than it really is).

Easily the most important reason why p e o p l e p r e f e r art s u b j e c t s to s c i e n c e enormous ditterence in the scope of the subjects studied by artists and scientists. It's the difference between the workings of an electric motor and the workings of history. An artist considers the significance of the Russian revolution or the novels of Swift while a scientist studies thermostats or bile secretion.

The artist can think of big, dramatic issues while we usually study very specialised subjects. (That's why an artist's work is often a scientist's pleasure—like reading or painting— but rarely the other way around.) This means there's a great difference in the outlook expected of artists and scientists. Most of what

we have to learn at IC are routine skills—how to use an oscilloscope, how to solve a type of equation, how to dissect rats. A l l you're expected to do is learn what the method is so that you can apply it when you have to, semiautomatically, practically without thinking. But an artist doesn't push buttons on a calculator according to a formula in front of him, he can challenge the accepted wisdom and choose between competing schools of thought. In the arts you're expected to think for yourself much more than you are in science and technology.

What about engineers and scientists? What do they think about the arts? By and large, the attitude at IC to the arts, public events, modern history and so on, is a mixture of apathy, boredom and contempt. There's a vague, semi-instinctive feeling that it's pretentious to be involved in anything intellectual or 'arty'. Ask a student here if he's interested in politics (say) and you'll get various kinds of answers, but rarely will the answer be 'yes'. A lot of people will be hostile to the notion that they should interest themselves in current affairs or the arts. The general feeling is that the arts are for pratts.

And why not? After all, most people who are interested in the arts are pratts; they're usually pretentious, arrogant and self-important (and for the more extreme ones, narrow minded and intolerant as well.) (The most repulsive feature of p o l i t i c s in p a r t i c u l a r is the atmosphere of dishonesty that surrounds it.

Most politically-minded people have prep r o g r a m m e d t h e m s e l v e s to a c c e p t an argument or a fact only if it's favourable to the party line—look at the controversy over L o n d o n Transport's fares.) The art and politics, are activities where arrogance and pretentiousness can flourish. It's probably because you need hardly any technical skills to become involved in them. Pseuds will feel drawn towards the arts because they sense that they'll provide a better outlet for their pretentiousness than (say) operating a milling machine. So any intellectual, non-technical activity tends to be dominated by pratts—look at the House of Commons.

It's an uninspiring picture that comes out of all t h i s . A r t i s t s r e g a r d s c i e n t i s t s and technologists as unimaginative, unable to see beyond the ends of their noses, too involved with boring subjects like electricity. Scientists and technologists regard artists as pretentious, incapable of changing a light bulb, too involved with boring subjects like Bauhaus modernism.

Science students and arts students look down on each other, and they both have good reasons.

Not enough time to go to concerts?

C o m e to one at College instead!

Consort Chamber Orchestra Wednesday, March 17, 1:00pm, Great Hall Admissions free!

A play by J - P Sartre.

Translated by F r a n k H a u s e r .

Union Concert Hall.

W e d 17 to Sat 20 M a r c h at 7:30 T i c k e t s £1.00 o n the door.

A Dramsoc

production.

Pachelbel: K a n o n Vivaldi: V i o l i n C o n c e r t o O p 12 N o 1 Soloist: M . A b r a h a m B a c h : H a r p s i c h o r d concerto in f minor Soloist D . W i s n i e w s k i Everyone welcome!

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FELIX, March 12, 1982

International

Week

Programme of events N e x t week, M a r c h 15-20, is International Week. D u r i n g this week the cultures and traditions of people from all over the w o r l d will be portrayed.

H e r e is a list of events.

M o n d a y 15 6:00 — late Tuesday 16 7:30 — late

Chinese Evening, where various Chinese foods a n d delicacies will be served. ( U n i o n L o w e r Refectory) A f r o - C a r i b b e a n Night. H a v e some r u m p u n c h a n d listen to a talk o n ' B l a c k s in Britain' given by a lady from ' R a c e T o d a y ' magazine. A l s o a slideshow. ( U n i o n L o w e r Refectory).

T h u r s d a y 18 International F a i r — a cultural exhibition from all over the 1:30 — 4:30

world.

T h u r s d a y 18 Pakistani-Sri Lankan-Indian Society S h o w . ( U n i o n L o w e r 7:30—late

Refectory).

Friday 19 G r e e k - L a t i n A m e r i c a n - C y p r i o t P a r t y with live show. ( U n i o n 8:30pm—3:30Lower Refectory.

Saturday 20 International Evening S u p p e r , cultural display and disco.

7:00pm—2:00(JCR).

M a k e every effort to attend as many of these functions as possible as they are for your enjoyment.

Free Sherry!

R C S U Third Year students are invited to meet members of the Royal College of Science (old students and staff) Association 18:00, Thursday, March 18 Southside Senior Common Room Learn about the Association and find out how you can benefit by joining.

Bookshop News D i a r i e s A l l 1982 diaries are now half-price. Y o u still have ten months to go!

A s you know I try to keep y o u all up-to-date with new titles w r i t t e n by people in some way c o n n e c t e d with the College, this w e e k I would like to mention a b o o k that we, the B o o k s h o p get a s k e d for from people all over the w o r l d . Battery Car Conversions, £2.80 B . J . Prigmore — F . C . W y k e s — A . T . F r e e m a n .

This b o o k is n o w in its s e c o n d reprint. T h o u g h there are m a n y books on battery vehicles, none of them provide the b a c k g r o u n d needed by those who wish to convert existing cars. O n c e a battery car is available a n d running, it can b e c o m e a test b e d for bright ideas. W h a t is needed in wider circles is the service e x p e r i e n c e a r i s i n g f r o m the c o n v e r s i o n . T h e a u t h o r s h a v e perhaps unwittingly created what we call a truely international book.

N e w Titles Beyond the Pail - C h r i s Tarrant & J o h n G o r m a n , Eel P i e £2.50 Barbara Woodhouse's Book of Ponies K e s t r e l B o o k s £3.95 Ecology for Beginners - C a r o a l l & R a n k i n , W r i t e r s & R e a d e r s £1.95 Policeman's Progress - H a r r y C o l e , F o n t a n a £1.50 Champions Story - B o b C h a m p i o n , F o n t a n a £1.50 Dragonslayer - W a y l a n d D r e w , F o n t a n a £1.25 Turtle Beach - D ' A l p u g e t , Penguin £1.50 Radiance - A n n e M a y b u r y , F o n t a n a £1.35 G a y Phoenix - M i c h a e l Innes, Penguin £1.25 Copper Gold - Pauline G l e n W i n s l o w , F o n t a n a £1.50 Innocent Blond - P . D . J a m e s , Sphere £1.50 Congo - M i c h a e l C r i g h t o n , Penguin £1.75 Don't forget M o t h e r ' s D a y , M a r c h 21. Suitable cards now o n sale

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Edward II by Bertolt Brecht (after Marlowe). Presented by Foco Novo Theatre Company and directed by Rees at the Round House Theatre.

The Round House, London's unique Victorian engine shed, built by Robert Louis Stephenson in 1847, and which serves as a bold and imaginative centre for theatre, visual arts, music and dance, is the venue for Brecht's Edward II. The play is one of Brecht's earliest, coming soon after his first play Baal which was p r e s e n t e d by the B B C last week with David Bowie in the title role. Baal was written in an incredible four days when he was a student of natural sciences at university.

Brecht re-examines Marlowe's story (Marlowe was Shakespeare's most important predecessor) and in place of dignified royal and aristocratic figures he presents men of naked and brutal ambition. Marlowe's chronicle is turned into a ballad singer's chronicle play which is swept along by rough, robust and vigorous verse. The chronicle relates how Edward (played by David Dixon), and his homosexual infatuation with his 'favourite' Gaveston, causes him to abandon his wife and kingdom and take up arms with the barons.

The most fascinating character in the work is M o r t i m e r (played superbly by Ian Hogg).

Brecht electrifyingly transforms him from a

The King (David Dixon) imprisoned

in The Tower in Brecht's Edward II.

contemplative m a n of letters to a cunning m a n of war who becomes instrumental in bringing about the arrest, imprisonment a n d torture of the K i n g .

T h e R o u n d House's production is tremendously appealing to the senses. T h e c o r o n a t i o n of E d w a r d II i n t h e o p e n i n g s c e n e i s accompanied by the swinging incense burners a n d the mellifluous flow of a G r e g o r i a n chant.

T h e numerous brief interludes are filled with the frenzied beating of drums w h i c h signal a kind of relentless war-cry and in the enclosed

O r w e l l wasn't afraid to discuss a w k w a r d questions (the conservation of the w o r k i n g class, reprisals against G e r m a n P o W s , the show trials, etc.) no matter how frowned on it was by the prevailing o r t h o d o x y . W h a t ' s more, he spent a lot of his time attacking the Left, e v e n t h o u g h he w a s h i m s e l f a s o c i a l i s t , because their conduct frequently disgusted him; "....they think entirely in terms of power politics a n d competitive prestige. In looking at any situation they do not say ' W h a t are the facts? W h a t are the probabilities?' but ' H o w can I make it appear to myself and others that my faction is getting the better of some rival faction?'" T h i s is the sort of writing that made him unpopular with people who were nominally his allies but whose outlook was completely different.

The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Volume 3 'As I Please' 1943-45, Penguin £3.95.

Nearly all great writers are boring. If you try the big names like D i c k e n s , D o s t o e v s k y , Tolstoy, Chekov, Kafka, Solzhenitsyn and so on, youH find long stretches that are very heavy going. (From the point of view of getting recognition from the literary establishment, being boring is probably an advantage for a writer. Then the academics who decide to like him can feel that they're a select few.)

But even the blurb on the cover is an under statement when it comes to George Orwell.

He wasn't only a brilliant writer in the technical sense, but he also took a completely different approach from the one writers usually took in the thirties and forties. That is, he didn't ignore awkward facts and he tried to make his opinions fit the facts rather than the other way r o u n d . H e didn't accept the widely held doctrine that the end justifies the means, and throughout his writings there's an atmosphere of fair mindedness, a willingness to look at both sides of the argument.

O r w e l l wrote some of his most effective w o r k when he was trying to discredit the t o t a l i t a r i a n ' r e a l i s t i c ' i n c l i n a t i o n s of t h e intelligentsia but it has to be said that w h e n he tried making original, practical suggestions he was sometimes pretty silly. "....(A) national accent — a modification of c o c k n e y , perhaps, or one of the northern accents — should be taught as a matter of course to all children alike."

A b o u t three quarters of this collection is made up of the regular articles called ' A s I Please' w h i c h O r w e l l wrote for Tribune while he w a s its l i t e r a r y e d i t o r . L e t t e r s , b o o k reviews, articles for newspapers and some long essays make up the rest. A p a r t from the political essays there's an enormous range of w h a t y o u might c a l l c u l t u r a l p i e c e s w i t h subjects going from how to make a perfect cup of tea to the unattraetiveness of the U K as a t o u r i s t r e s o r t . T h e s t y l e is a l w a y s v e r y readable and clear and as the blurb says George O r w ell "possessed an unerring gift for going straight to the point". This is one of the best books in the English Language a n d 1 can't r e c o m m e n d it (and the other three volumes, and the rest ot Orwell's books) too highly.

N. FELIX. March 12, 1982

Willson

space of the theatre p o u n d against ones chest with an unnerving intensity.

A n o u t s t a n d i n g p r o d u c t i o n o f o n e of Brecht's earliest plays, with superlative acting, it is if anything too short. O n e wishes one could establish a little more emotional rapport with the characters.

Performances end tomorrow, a n d the theatre is next to C h a l k F a r m tube station o n the Edgware branch of the N o r t h e r n line.

Nick Bedding Playing the Game by Jeffrey Thomas.

Directed

by Gruffudd Jones.

ArtSi Theatre.

The game is rugby of course, W e l s h rugby at club level. H o w e v e r , there is not a h o o p e d shirt, jockstrap or peculiar-shaped ball in sight.

Playing the Game, w r i t t e n by e m i g r a n t W e l s h m a n Jeffrey T h o m a s , features not the field, changing r o o m and local hostelry, but the bedroom and club committee r o o m . T h e subject matter is the sexual psychology a n d power politics behind the scenes of the all-male preserve of the rugby club.

T h e play is presented by the T h e a t r C l w y d C o m p . W a l e s ' leading English language d r a m a c o m p a n y , w h i c h c e l e b r a t e d its s i x t i e t h birthday o n S t . David's D a y earlier this week.

T h e i m a g e of t h e r u g b y c l u b i s of a traditional organisation resistant to c h a n g e, epitomised by the men's fear and loathing for women. Male weakness is s h o w n in every possible guise from repressed h o m o s e x u a l i t y an d i m p o t e n c e to c u c k o l d r y a n d o p e n violence.

M a r t i n Howells plays K e v i n , the a p p a r e n t l y radical club treasurer who proposes that w o m e n be admitted to the c l u b h o u s e , whilst c u n n i n g l y m a n i p u l a t i n g t h e r e s t of t h e c o m m i t t e e ( c o m p r i s i n g R o r y H a l e as Secretary, M i c h a e l H u g h e s as C h a i r m a n , a n d C h r i s t o p h e r Bar r as Captain) to his o w n e n d s , by exploiting their naivety, w e a k n e s s e s a n d blunders.

Despite this total lack of any w o r t h y male attributes this is not a feminist play as s u c h .

W o m e n are represented by A r b e l J o n e s as a professional stripper, a n d the C h a i r m a n ' s wife (played by Susie J o h n s ) w h o h as apparently " h a d so many m e n t h r o u g h her that they were thinking of n a m i n g a turnstile at Cardiff A r m s Park after h e r . " I w o u l d r e c o m m e n d t h i s p l a y as light entertainment for a n evening out. Regardless of the ticket discount for member s of rugby c l u bs, as well as students, it is not necessary to u n d e r s t a n d or appreciate the game in order to i enjoy this p r o d u c t i o n , w h i c h continues until early A p r i l . | Nick Hill Page 9

Certificate A Starring Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, Jane Fonda Directed

by Mike Terry. Now showing at Odeon Haymarket.

T h e p r o s p e c t of a film s t a r r i n g two Hollywood veterans about the generation gapi and old age is superficially not very interesting.

But when it turns into a beautifully crafted black comedy its appeal is greatly magnified.

O n G o / d e n Pond is sentimental and unashamedly so; Henry Fonda plays Norman Thayer a retired professor approaching hi? eightieth birthday who returns to his usu; summer retreat, Golden Pond, with his w: Ethel (Katherine Hepburn). They dust off th cabin and are soon joined by daughter Chels (Jane Fonda) and her boyfriend Bill Ray. Th .deposit thirteen-year-old son Billy who is left deal with the crochety Norman while his fath and Chelsea take a trip to Europe.

Henry Fonda gives a genuinely brillia: performance as Norman Thayer. The old ma is stubborn, offensive and has a great line i. abuse. He jokes continually about death and is bitter and cynical about everything (including his daughter) until he encounters Billy. The two grow to respect each other and the generation gap is seen to be bridged by a mutual respect for their differences.

The film has been nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. In my book it certainly rates above REDS tor best picture and I feel that to deny Henry Fonda Best Actor would be a crime; he fully deserves it, despite having been awarded an Honorary O s c a r only last year. Katherine Hepburn warbles her way through the picture and Jane Fonda supports adequately, but I doubt if they will win awards.

This is the film that should sweep the awards ceremony thoughâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;don't miss it!

Mad Max 2 Certificate X Starring Mel Gibson Directed by George Miller.

A film that in its weilding of violent, sexual imagery underlayed with crude wit and a refutation of c h a r m is a c u l m i n a t i o n of twentieth century paranoia.

Max shares a post-nuclear war Austalian outback with other motorised eccentrics against whom he continuously pits himself, justifying his killing with some hopelessly outdated illusions of 'justice'. Max is the individual against an arbitrary barbarian horde, a god-head to himself in a godless scenario, a weight he and his bike seem fully committed to bear.

Both plot and characters are sustained by action which of itself raises questions which the characters never confront leaving them embedded disturbingly in the body of the film.

Most sequels seems to be poor imitations of the original, intended to cash in on their original success. Halloween II (X, Warner, Classic, Studio) is an exception. The action takes up where Halloween left off; the monstrous shape rises from the dead and pursues Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) to Haddonfield Hospital where he despatches his victims in cold and gruesome style. By acting as a continuation rather than a sequel and retaining the simplicity of the original Rick Rosenthal has produced an effective and entertaining shocker. Halloween has a lot to answer for in that it started a flood of imitations, but it was undoubtedly an unusual film whose appeal has not been matched until Halloween II came along.

If you haven't seen Halloween it's a little pointless starting with Halloween II. If you have, don't pass up the chance for " more of the night he came home".

Many of you will, no doubt, be familiar with Simon Bond's best selling book 101 Uses of a Dead Cat, which brought its author overnight fame and a series of abusive complaints from cat lovers the world over.

His latest collection Unspeakable Acts continues much in the same vein. In this case we are subjected to some of the blacker areas of human temptationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;convicts use the body of a dying prisoner as a punchbag, and grandpa gets a box of Havana cigars for Christmas, despite his oxygen mask. People perform all sorts of dastardly deeds, ranging from a doctor's sneaking temptation to chill his stethoscope in an ice-bucket to a Romeo peering up Juliet's skirt on the balcony.

The criticisms of the book are simple; I find Bond's style of drawing shows little variation or imagination, half the ideas are very good and the others are very bad (with none in-between) and the book seems over-priced.

There are certainly some clever and funny 'sick' jokes included, which fans of 101 Uses will enjoy. But I doubt whether this book will add to M r Bond's present following.

Mark Smith Page 10

All individual characters except Max and his faithful dog are ultimately dispensable in form, with Max's mad, violent vision, derived from pre-holocaust assumptions, requiring only the occurance of character to construe action.

Max eventually ends up defending a type of city state which has sprung up around an oil well in the irradiated outlands, oil, in the age of degenerating mechanism, being the most sortafter asset, and which provides, for Max, a mitigating circumstance, of sorts, for the ensuing slaughter as he decimates the hallucinogenic assortment of bikes, ranging from the strangely punk-like, mohicans and bondage, to stylised gladiators, who are laying siege.

A technically accomplished, trash film which, if you can stomach the descent into violence, fills an evening.

FELIX, March 12, 1982

Sports E d i t o r i a l D o n ' t forget: Sports D a y — A p r i l 28.

T h i s event has not been w e l l attended i n recent years. H o w e v e r , this year we hope it w i l l be a far more pretigious event, a n d have bought loads o f dead expensive new trophies a n d medals for w i n n i n g teams a n d i n d i v i d u als.

E n t r y forms are a v a i l a b l e from I C U a n d C C U offices. Please fill these i n a n d r e t u r n them by F r i d a v , M a r c h 19.

C & G 6s a n d R S M 7s — T h i s S u n d a y , M a r c h 14. E n t r i e s are welcome from a n y department a n d year teams—please see y o u r C C U . Coaches leave Beit A r c h at 11:30am.

Cross Country T h e N a t i o n a l Cross C o u n t r y C h a m p i o n s h i p s were h e l d last S a t u r d a y i n Leeds, a n d a group o f I C runners took the specially c h a r t e r e d t r a i n to a t t e n d the event. A l t h o u g h it was a fine a n d clear d a y i n L o n d o n , i n Leeds a strong w i n d blew w i t h a light r a i n accompaniment.

T e a m q u a l i t y was m a r r e d significantly b y the fact that most, i f not a l l , o f o u r best runners are i n j u r e d i n one way or a n o t h e r at present.

T h i s then is the excuse for o u r j u n i o r team c o m p r i s i n g J . Frost, R . M o r r i s o n , E . Jones a n d A . P o w e l l finished 430th, 4 6 2 n d , 476th a n d 477th respectively out of a field of about 550 over the six m i l e course.

O n l y two seniors m a n a g e d to come to the event, R . W e s t o n a n d I. M a t t h e w s , w h o c a m e 1440th a n d 1520th respectively out of a field of about 1800 runners over their nine mile course.

T h e d a y as a whole was qu i te a success w i t h e n t e r t a i n m e n t o n the r e t u r n j o u r n e y consisting o f a comprehensive study o f the d i m m i n g characteristics of British R a i l electric light bulbs over a three a n d a q u a r t e r mile j o u r n e y .

L a s t l y I w o u l d like to note that the p h o t o g r a p h e r at the H y d e P a r k R e l a y was F r e d P o p p l e w e l l w h o m I neglected to t h a n k last week.

(Q£ Hockey Seconds Dear Marge/Lesley T h i s friend o f m i n e has got a p r o b l e m , usually he is used to g o i n g out o n a S a t u r d a y afternoon a n d g i v i n g the o ppo s i ti o n a severe thrashing. T h i s week however his confidence has been u n d e r m i n e d after a defeat b y R i c h m o n d , a really a w f u l l y nice b u n c h o f chaps. H e a n d his t e a m h a d to cope w i t h a most d i s t u r b i n g set of c i r c u m s t a n c e s — w o u l d y o u like to be p l a y i n g hockey at the L o n d o n Welsh R F C ground o n the d a y of the E n g l a n d / W a l e s r u g b y international? H a v i n g everyone for miles a r o u n d y o u d r u n k , w h e n y o u have got to go a n d play hockey does n o good to the nerves. M y friend's nerves were further jangled w h e n R i c h m o n d scored twice w i t h i n the first ten minutes, w i t h the a d d e d stress o f p l a y i n g o n a n a l l - w e a t h e r p i t c h , he a n d his team-mates d i d w e l l to keep p l a y i n g .

E v e n t u a l l y goals from S i m o n W i t t e r a n d S i m o n G r a y levelled the scores, o n l y for R i c h m o n d to score the w i n n e r very near the e n d . T h i s of course was just too m u c h tor m y f r i e n d — I w o n d e r i f y o u c a n suggest a n institution o r a rest c u r e — I was t h i n k i n g o f B a r b a d o s myself, or m a y b e the Seychelles Yours Hopefully Worried of Kensington T e a m : Butter, Jones, Cunningham, Rhodes, Roessink, Stroomer, Witter, Gray, Farmer, Wylie, Mitchell.

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Rugby

Seconds In e x t r e m e l y - b l u s t e r y conditions, I m p e r i a l played into the w i n d in the first h a l f on a cool Saturday morning. They worked well with a team showing a n u m b e r o f changes. T h e second r o w c o m b i n e d w e l l i n the tight to p r o d u c e some g o o d possession i n often difficult circumstances a n d M a r k J o h s n o n was especially vigorous i n the loose.

The first try came from J . P a i x a o after fine play from the backs w i t h C h a p m a n a c t u a l l y m o v i n g the b a l l . R e a d i n g r e p l i e d w i t h a penalty late i n the first h a l f after the s o l i d I m p e r i a l defence held u p against persistent pressure.

P l a y i n g w i t h the w i n d i n the second half, there was some excellent t a c t i c a l k i c k i n g from B o u c h e r at f l y - h a l f a n d constant a t t a c k i n g p r o d u c e d t w o tries. O n e was b y H u d s o n w h o later converted Pike's w h i c h was under the posts. M o r e points s h o u l d have been scored by I m p e r i a l who were e n c a m p e d i n the R e a d i n g h a l f for the r e m a i n d e r o f the match.

T e a m : /. Magnus, M. Winsor, G. Pike, W. Chapman, 0. Miles, J. Boucher, J. Paixao, J. Hulton, C. Cola, S. Bell, M. Jackson, ./V. Welham, F. O'Connor, M. Hudson, P. Hughes.harborough.

&Water Polo

Football O n a w i n d y s p r i n g afternoon the First X I strode b o l d l y onto the p i t c h , a c c o m p a n i e d b y those nice quiet boys from G o l d s m i t h s .

A s p e r u s u a l I C lost t h e toss a n d consequently k i c k e d off, the whistle b e i n g d r o w n e d by the raucous, m a i n l y d r u n k e n G o l d s m i t h s supporters. A frantic start to the m a t c h was w e l l i l l u s t r a t e d b y R e e v e ' s blatant, but e n t e r t a i n i n g t a c k l e / f o u l .

After ten minutes, G o l d s m i t h s opened the scoring, w i t h a be au ti l u l l y lluent move f r o m I C . L a y hit a screaming forty y a r d b a l l to Niccolls w h o completely miss-hit it to R e e v e , who p r o m p t l y finished, l o b b i n g the mouselike A l e d W i l l i a m s .

The game continued from c r u n c h i n g tackle to stiff t a l k i n g to from the ref t o even more c r u n c h i n g tackle. T h e w o r s t / b e s t example was the late-ish tackle o n Steve W a r d , the I C C a p t a i n , b y a G o l d s m i t h s forward, w h i c h resulted in h i m getting a stiff left-hook from said c a p t a i n !

H o w e v e r , minutes later his revenge w a s sweet. D u n h i l l t u r n e d the b a l l back to th e edge of the G o l d s m i t h s penalty area where W a r d h a d beat the a d v a n c i n g defence.

Instant control a n d a cool c l i n i c a l lob left the goalkeeper stranded w i t h W a r d r a c i n g a w a y to a c k n o w l e d g e t h e a d u l a t i o n ( ? ) o f t h e Goldsmiths crowd.

As the final seconds o f n o r m a l time t i c k e d away, W i l l i a m s was twice c a l l e d u p o n to make cat-like saves to keep the scores level.

T h e final whistle blew, h e r a l d i n g e x t r a - t i m e . .

D u r i n g the first half of extra time I C began to d o m i n a t e . T h i s w a s h e l p e d b y t h e opposition f a l l i n g d o w n like flies w i t h c r a m p .

I C finally reaped the r e w a r d of their efforts as R i c k a r d t h u n d e r e d the b a l l into the net. T h e second h a l f saw ' c o n t r o l l e d ' defence by I C , as Steve W a r d cleared the b a l l o u t o f the s t a d i u m . T h e final whistle brought ecstatic scenes as the nearly hoarse supporters j o i n e d the team i n the celebrations that c o n t i n u e d late into the night. T h e whole t e a m w o u l d like to th ank a l l the supporters w h o helped to send t h e m o n their way. i T e a m : A. Williams, J. Lay, S. Dunhill, K. Reeve, S. Ward, A. Page, P. .Niccolls, D. FAsby, M. Carr, D. Dean, G. Rickard, .¥. FAsby.

Seconds

Last S a t u r d a y I C W a t e r P o l o team took o n O x f o r d U n i v e r s i t y i n a n interesting m a t c h It was a bright, sunny day (morning). A s the w h i c h was characterised b y excessive v e r b a l day broke I C Seconds t u r n e d u p at the a n d physical violence.

Union Lower Lounge attired in an T h e match started badly for I C , a n d assortment o f d i n n e r suits, H a w a i i a n shirts matters were not helped by the fact that L a s t a n d knee l e n g t h j e a n s . W e a r r i v e d at a n d A s h w i n were both still suffering f r o m a M o t s p u r P a r k just after 10:15am. l u n c h t i m e session. W e went 4-1 d o w n after T h e n we kicked off (after R o n lost toss), two quarters, despite some good p l a y b y k i c k i n g u p h i l l against w i n d . T h e y looked Burnett in goal; our o n l y goal was a p e n a l t y quite big, but we soon cut them d o w n to size, from L e a c h , C a r t o n as usual n o t k e e p i n g alter stringing a lew passes together, we tookhis cool very successfully, was sent o u t yet the lead w i t h a disputed goal (through Steve a g a i n , for the fourth m a t c h r u n n i n g , a n d R i m m e r ) against the r u n of play. S o o n after A s h w i n was involved i n a brief s l a n g i n g J o h n Burns slotted another, a n d after a w i n d m a t c h w i t h a n o ppo s i ti o n p l a y e r . assisted Q M C goal half-time a r r i v e d w i t h the score 2-1 in I C ' s favour. T h e second h a l f T h e last two quarters went r a t h e r better, started very slowly, w i t h Q M C III g i v i n g as as our two drunks sobered u p a n d o u r attack good as they got until A n d y H a r t l a n d scored became belter organised. B o u c h e r started a his first, this was soon followed by a rare light in the shallow e n d, just to keep the header (by R i m m e r ) into the back o f the net m a t c h l i v e l y , a n d s h o r t l y after t h a t o u r second goal was put i n by Last w h i l e L e a c h ( f r o m a J o h n B u r n s t h r o w i n ) . T h e n H a r t l a n d scored his second, V e e n m a n w e nt restrained the m a n m a r k i n g h i m . off to be replaced by F l a n a g a n a n d we w o n 5-1.

H o w e v e r , o u r i m p r o v e m e n t was not enough to make a l u ll c o m e b a c k , a n d the T e a m : Veals, Burns, Beer, Griffiths, Curran, game ended as a d i s a p p o i n t i n g 6-2 defeat for Armstrong, Saunders, Wiggins, Rimmer, IC. Hartland, Veenman. Sub Flanagan.

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Alternative Publicity y o u . M a r c o L e d w o l d ' s decision was based o n the part of the election rules w h i c h outlines c r i t e r i a by w h i c h s o m e o n e c a n c h a l l e n g e E l e c t i o n C o m m i t t e e ' s decision to ratify a post.

M r J u l i a n Ranger's challenge d i d not meet t h e s e c r i t e r i a a c c o r d i n g to the R e t u r n i n g Officer.

Collators

Elections he R e t u r n i n g O f f i c e r has decided that the c h a l l e n g e t o e l e c t i o n p r o c e d u r e at yesterday's Jesuits U G M w a s unconstitutional.

T h i s m e a n s that n o valid objection to the a c t i o n C o m m i t t e e ' s ratification of the posts w a s l o d g e d a n d h e n c e , a c c o r d i n g to the c o n s t i t u t i o n , S t e v e G o u l d e r , Phil G r e e n s t r e e t , M a r y F r e e m a n a n d M a r t i n S. Taylor are deemed elected.

T h i s d e c i s i o n will be very confusing to most

What's On Friday, March 12 S a l e of books, duplicate and discarded from library stocks, 9:30am, L y o n Playfair Library. » I C Angling C l u b , 12:30pm, Southside Upper Lounge. t U N A C meeting, 12:30pm, G r e e n C o m m R m .

• S o c i a l i s t S o c i e t y bookstall, 12:30 2:30pm, J C R .

B o o k s a n d C a m p a i g n Coffee on sale.

I L o n d o n Chaplaincy Barn Dance, 7:30pm, Q E C , 50p. A l l profit to this year's charity.

•Whatever Happened to the Human Race? A five pisode film series, will be shown at 8:00pm today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday), Union Dining Hall. " S O C o n c e r t , 8:00pm, G r e a t Hall. Students 75p, jthers £ 1 . Programme includes Wagner, H a d y n , Ravel i n d Sibelius. " o u p Run, 10:30pm, Falmouth Kitchen.

I s h o u l d like to thank all my loyal, faithful friends, w h o e v e r they may be, for putting this edition together while I a m out o n the piss.

F u r t h e r thanks to Paul Bailey for delivering it.

Cups F o l l o w i n g the R u g b y C l u b ' s victory in the G u t t e r i d g e C u p , the F o o t b a l l F i r s t s a n d S e c o n d s have b o t h w o n the equivalent cups.

T h e s e teams have all represented the College very favourably i n these competitions and s h o u l d be heartily congratulated. W e l l done!

K e e p up the g o o d w o r k .

• J o i n t U N S o c and A n t i - A p a r t h e i d S o c film Generations of Resistance, 1:00pm, Huxley 213.20p and members free.

•Debating Society: Debate on South African Students in College, 1:00pm, Huxley 340.

• I C N A C A G M , 1:00pm, H B 3 4 1 .

•IC Amnesty group meeting, 5:30pm, G r e e n C o m m Rm. • W i n e Tasting A G M followed by cheese and wine, 6:00pm, U n i o n S C R .

• S F soc film Carrie, 6:30pm, M E 2 2 0 . 20p members, 50p other life forms.

• M i c r o club lecture with presentation by I N M O S , 7:00pm, Huxley 145.

• D a n c i n g club beginners class, 7:30pm, J C R .

• A s t r o s o c slideshow, 7:30pm, Seminar R m , Level 6 M , Huxley. Free to members. Wine and cheese afterwards.

• I C C A G Soup Run, 10:30pm, Falmouth Kitchens.

Sunday, March 14 • C h a p l a i n c y C o m m u n i o n Service, 10:00am, Consort Gallery.

Oi-Apartheid Movement National Demonstration, 12:00, Reformer's Tree, H y d e Park. Assemble in Beit A R c h at 11:45am. W e will march to Hyde Park then to Trafalgar Square for the rally.

•Wargames C l u b Meeting, 1:00pm, U n i o n S C R .

• G u i l d s Sixes, coaches leave 11:30 from Beit Q u a d .

Monday, March 15 • H a n g G l i d i n g club meeting, 12:30pm, above Southside Bar. • B a d g e s o c meeting, 12:40pm, Southside Bar Lounge.

• B a s s C h a r r i n g t o n Y a r d of A l e C o m p e t i t i o n , 8:00pm, Union Bar Individual, team and C C U competitions B e e r prizes. A l l yards free. Teams to consist of a least three people. T e a m and C C U entries to Roger and J i m m y by 2:00pm. Individuals entries can be mae on night.

• T M soc meeting, 5:30pm, Huxley 411. Refreshments will be provided.

• W e l l s o c present L a r r y Barnes, from the Magic Circle, giving a lecture on Houdini, followed by a demonstration of s o m e of his escapes, 7:30pm, Elec E n g 408.

• D a n c i n g club advanced class, 7:30pm, J C R .

•Industrial S o c Annual Dinner—all you can eat!

8:00pm, West C e n t r e H o t e l , Earls C o u r t , £6.50.

Tuesday, March 16 •Boardsailing C l u b , 12:30 and 6:15pm, Southside U p p e r Lounge.

• C a t h o l i c mass and lunch, 12:30pm, C h e m 231.

N o m i n a l charge for lunch.

• R i d i n g club meeting, 1:00pm, R m 1009, Elec E n g .

• S T O I C p r o g r a m m e , 1:00pm, u s u a l p l a c e s . S e e I p o s t e r s for m o r e details.

Wednesday, March 17 •Wargames club meeting, 1:00pm, U n i o n S C R .

• C o n c e r t of music by Vivaldi, B a c h and Pachelbel, 1:00pm, G r e a t Hall. Free. C o n s o r t C h a m b e r Orchestra concert. Everyone welcome.

•Anti-Apartheid group A G M , 1:00pm, U n i o n Upper Lounge.

• Trampoline society meeting, 5:30pm, Q E C , C a m p d e n Hill R d .

• D a n c i n g club intermediate class, 7:30pm, J C R .

•Industrial society visit to the Daily M a i l , 7:00pm, Beit A r c h . Travel cost. Further details from M a r k Skeates, C o m p u t i n g 2.

S o m e of y o u m a y h a v e s e e n p i l e s of outrageous a n d scurrilous publicity a r o u n d e l e c t i o n t i m e for " P o r k y " , " J . A n t i c h r i s t C h i p m u n k " , a n d " F E L I X E d i t o r " . After a quick s e a r c h in M r Steve Marshall's bin I discovered s c r a p s of paper which displayed scribbled n o t e s f o r t h e s a i d s h e e t s in his own handwriting. It's nice to see that Steve hasn't lost his wonderful sense of timing and w i t — h e even made it look as if one or two of the other F E L I X staff d i d t h e m . T o u g h luck s u c k e r caught!

Credifs T h a n k s to R a m z i , N i c k , Peter, S teve, M a r t i n , C a r o l i n e , S o h e e l , D a v e , Lesley, M a r y , J e z , Izy and all the collators.

Earlier this t e r m I a s k e d y o u to dissect an o b t u s e angled triangle into the smallest n u m b e r of (strictly) acute angled triangles.

This week your task is to dissect a square into the smallest possible n u m b e r of acute angled triangles — a m u c h m o r e difficult job!

Solutions, etc. to me at FELIX by Wednesday 1:00 pm. £5 plus two tickets to the IC Choir concert for the best entry.

Last week's winner was M . Begley, M a t h s 1.

H . C h r i s t o d o u l o u w o n the week before.

Solutions next week — space is short!

Cricket Club D I S C O with L A T E BAR F R I D A Y , M A R C H 12 at 8:00pm in the J C R Featuring: The Squirts, Ballroom Bullies Tour '82 Only £1!

COLLEGE ACCOMMODATION for next session The closing date for all applications for head tenancies; applications from re-applicants; and applications from undergraduates who have not lived in Residence before is T O D A Y !

Thursday, March 18 • W e s t London Chaplaincy A G M , 12:30pm, Union S C R . L u n c h provided. Bring membership cards.

• S c o u t & Guide C l u b A G M , 12:30pm, Mines 303.

• S T O I C presents News-Break, 1:00 and 6:00pm, usual places.

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

• I C C N D film Future Tense, 1:00pm, Maths 213.

• M e c h Eng Soc present 'Britain's Economic Decline/Recovery?' by Prof G . Davis, Prof of Finance and Banking W I S T , 1:15pm, M e c h Eng 312. Free.

Everyone welcome.

• D e p t of Humanities presents a lunch time concert with T h e Kensington Nonet (Spohr's Nonet), 1:30pm, Music R m , 53 Princes G a t e .

•Gliding club meeting, 5:30pm, A e r o 254.

• A s t r o s o c Lecture with D r R . L . F . B o y d on 'The Giotto Mission to Halley's C o m e t ' , 6:30pm, Physics L T 2 .

•IC Radio A G M , 12:45pm, Basement of 10 Princes G d n s . All members urged to attend. A n y prospective new members welcome.

W e d to Sat, M a r c h 17-20 •Play: Kean by J P Sartre, 7:30pm, U n i o n Concert Hall £1.00.

• T h e Grand Duke by Gilbert & Sullivan, 7:30pm, U L U Building, Malet S t , £1.50 and £2.50. Presented by U L U O p e r a Society. Tickets on the door or from reception before date.

Deaf Kiddies Party O n S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 20, we are organising a p a r t y for l o c a l d e a f k i d d i e s . H e l p e r s a r e needed to organise food a n d play games. Y o u don't need e x p e r i e n c e , just a bit of patience w h e n a deaf kiddie k i c k s your shins in a n d then runs away k n o w i n g full well he can't hear the s t r e a m of obscenities y o u hurl in his direction.

T h e party will be f r o m 2:00 to 5:00pm.

A n y o n e w h o wants to help s h o u ld c o m e to the next R a g meeting, W e d n e s d a y 17, 5:45pm, Union Upper Lounge.

Rag Mag Editor If y o u think y o u c a n p r o d u c e a Rag M a g better (or worse) than this year's, please see M a r k S m i t h very s o o n to see what this involves (election at next R a g Meeting.

Calling Clubs and Societies If y o u want a stall at the R a g Fete see me s o o n .

Ronan McDonald

^ ^ ^ ^ u b K s h e d b y t h e Editor for and on behalf of the Imperial College Union Publications Board, and is printed by the Union Print Unit, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BB (589-5111 ext 1048 int 2881) Copyright

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1982. Editor: M A Smith, Advertising

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S M Giblin.