Rector Questioned O n T h u r s d a y the R e c t o r , S i r E r i c Ash
was
questioned by
. student
and
numbering
around
attendance
were
College
audience
60.
Also
Angus
Managing
Gordon
a mixed
staff
Marshall,
in
Fraser,
Director, Director
of
Estates, John A r c h e r , C o l l e g e P r o Rector
and
Steven
Newbold,
Director of Marketing. Questioning
started
on
the
financial stability o f the C o l l e g e . T h i s was described as 'stable'
by
the R e c t o r , but he added that the were
reserves
replacement
of
'zilch'. present
The
Security
staff with outside contractors was described as part o f the c o n t i n u i n g effort to run C o l l e g e in a m o r e cost effective
manner.
The
Rector
number
of
believed
university
that
the
students
nationwide needed to be increased, but that this c o u l d not happen with 'the
generous
UK
maintenance
t e r m s ' . H e felt that a 'better was
graduate
a
tax',
way
but
he
d i s a p p r o v e d o f any system that led to students bei ng forced to l i v e at
management
staff
were
who
present, saying that this session was the Rector's
Q u e s t i o n time.
T h e question-time ended with the
h o m e . H e said that ' w i t h i n some
ICU
limits a certain amount o f w o r k i n g
flanning the R e c t o r for R a g . W h i l e
through
p r e p a r i n g for the event, she
College
is
acceptable',
citing the U S A as an e x a m p l e .
He
described students' summer benefits
President,
Zoe
Hellinger, was
the
m e m b e r s not to cross picket lines
heard to say T a m g o i n g to take
Manufacturing Science and Finance
or to do w o r k meant for other staff.
great pleasure in t h i s . '
Trade
as ' d i a b o l i c a l . ' T h e R e c t o r was asked w h y the the extension o f the C o l l e g e
Day.
H e responded T d o n ' t think it d i d '
Motion
and criticised last year's referendum a
Staff
members Union
College
C o l l e g e ignored student's views o n
as
Unions M o v e
'would-you-like-to-get-up-
(MSF)
at
Imperial
w i l l be taking industrial
Dr.
T a y l o r R u s s e l l o f the
AUT
expressed ' h o r r o r and i n c r e d u l i t y '
action o n W e d n e s d a y 4 D e c e m b e r ,
at
in protest at the recent d e c i s i o n to
AUT
contract
' e x t r a o r d i n a r y ' by D e r e k D o l l a r d ,
out
the
work
of
the
the
management action
action.
was
The
described
as
messengers and security guards to
President o f M S F , at a meeting o f
a private c o m p a n y .
his u n i o n yesterday.
Mr
Dollard
General
T h e d e c i s i o n to strike was taken
M e e t i n g o f the Student U n i o n ) has
by an M S F meeting yesterday after
supported
the longer day w o u l d use resources
been called o n Thursda y N o v e m b e r
a strike ballot w h i c h gave 63 per
before.
m o r e efficiently and although all
28 in M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g 220
cent support for industrial a c t i o n .
T h e M S F strike will take place o n
University
at f.OOpm to discuss the changes to
O t h e r unions have also reacted to
the same day as a meeting o f the
e a r l i e r ' question. H e c l a i m e d that
would
soon
of
London
colleges
start at 9 . 0 0 a m ,
he'
c o u l d foresee ' 8 . 0 0 a m lectures by the year 2 0 0 0 . '
A n E G M (Extraordinary
of
the C o l l e g e d a y . In addition, there
the m o v e
will
personnel.
be
three
sabbaticals
should
that wear
Union
for
Public
(the
College National
Employees)
a
Governing
AUT strike
Body
had in
of
never College
Imperial
C o l l e g e , i n o r d e r to l o b b y o p i n i o n in the meeting against the cuts.
A
member
a c a d e m i c staff o n outside contracts
w o m e n ' s g r o u p should be set up,
per cent support for strike a c t i o n ,
that students attending lectures o n
in C o l l e g e ,
and that Imperial C o l l e g e
should
f r o m a poll o f their members earlier
the
reaffiliate to the N a t i o n a l U n i o n o f
this week. In a newsletter produced
c r o s s i n g picket lines.
Students.
this week, the A U T (Association o f
to be
d r a w n o n the matter o f security staff.
He
would
not
pass
the
question o n to the m e m b e r s o f the
This
would
that
h i g h level
NUPE
the
released a p r o v i s i o n a l result o f 80
but he refused
costumes,
by
that
a
H e said that there w o u l d be m o r e
Thunderbird
motions;
said
involve
college-wide referendum.
a
University Teachers) has instructed
4th
o f the M S F December
commented would
be
T h e D e a n o f the C i t y and G u i l d s
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Editorial
editorial
W h o e v e r it was f r o m the Overseas
U n i o n b u i l d i n g has been seriously
additional security personnel to aid
o v e r w e a n i n g grandfather dictating
Students C o m m i t t e e w h o b o o k e d a
d a m a g e d - it cost about £600 to put
the duty officers supplied b y I C U .
what his c h i l d r e n ' s c h i l d r e n should
full
in o n
up - b y students t r y i n g to r e m o v e
In the case o f the G u i l d s C a r n i v a l ,
d o . It's pathetic in both the o l d and
didn't
it. T h i s sign is there to help people
most o f these additional and very
new senses o f the w o r d . T h e o l d
want it and d i d it matter, will c o m e
find their w a y a r o u n d the U n i o n
necessary
to the F e l i x office and b e g for their
building.
d r u n k early in the e v e n i n g . In the
should go away a n d get themselves a life.
page,
Tuesday
life.
and then c a m e
saying
that they
Otherwise
unspeakably
horrible things w i l l c o m e to pass.
It is not a decoration.
Likewise photobooth.
were
helpers
totally
the m i r r o r
o n the
case o f the M i n e s D i r t y D i s c o few,
I a m sure
that the
if any, turned u p . Security at such
RCSU
people
For
involved
a slightly
less
i n this
venomous
Y e s it does matter. Q u i t e a lot, a n d
events cannot be ensured i f such
o p i n i o n , y o u c a n refer
if it hadn't been for a last minute
p r o m i s e d help is l a c k i n g .
C r e i s s e n ' s letter o n page 4 and the
o f the pages the O S C
reshuffle
w o u l d have got a full page saying The Overseas are paying
Students
Committee
£60 for this.
Cowardly Letters A n d also, to w h o e v e r handed i n a letter last week purportedly
from
M r Schaeffer, i f I find out w h o y o u are I shall ensure knows,
everbody
particularly
Schaeffer.
else
the real M r
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c h e c k the identities o f the authors, mainly
The Christmas Special will be coming out on December 11.
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More Mascotry Last
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are these people? T h e n e w
giving Theta up to prevent violence.
It
d i d the ex R C S U hacks d o
Why
quite evidently doesn't m o n e y to replace them.
This
is an arrogant,
patronising
and
ignorant, criminally
act, particularly i n
irresponsible
light o f the recent serious accident occured
with
T h e present
to decide
what
were
to p r o v i d e
the C h i n e s e gentleman w h o k i n d l y drew
the characters
hand
o f what the present
situation
is. O l d R C S U
people
behaving
i n such an overbearing
manner is notionally the same as an
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children, so why d o they behave so?
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such
to
respect
information
CCUs
to steal
personal items from somebody w h o
c o n f o r m to the new mascotry rules.
ones
relevant
is outrageous
as the v a m p i r e
this? Because they d i d n ' t want it to
treated like particularly destructive
events i n the U n i o n B u i l d i n g , the
h i s snaffled
himself is beginning to scent b l o o d .
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R a g week
not r e g a i n e d
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people responsible object to being
the recent
Der Musikfuhrer, D a v i d Spooner, has
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that
During
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RCSU
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mascotry.
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students. A s far as I can gather, the
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as ex R C S U
the R C S U
from
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Letters
State Terror Dear
Adam,
Gaby
P e l l protesting against the
PLO
i n a meeting o f the A n t i - W a r
in the G u l f S o c i e t y , w e w o u l d like
70%
process/
Dear
Adam,
The
The mascotry rules were changed
m o r e people. A group o f e x - R C S U
the influence o f old boys who w o n ' t
opinions flourish.
students objected to this change as
let go c a n ' t be b r o k e n through that
the new rules meant that the mascot,
easily. W e ' r e t y r i n g o u r best but
previously unviolated for seventeen
believe it o r not w e ' r e also t r y i n g
almost certainly b e
to get g o o d degrees as w e l l , so w e
Yours sincerely, Ho Yin Wong, Physics PG, Tobias Schrag, Physics PG.
years
would
stolen d u r i n g R a g W e e k .
rightful place in any such meetings.
the r u n n i n g o f R C S U and certainly
PLO
has to b e taken
as their
Secondly,
a n y terrorist
deplorable
and
act
should
is
be
c o n d e m n e d . H o w e v e r , the present violence is being committed by both sides.
There
Palestinians
have
been
killed over
more
the past
Double Dutch Dross Dear
three years than Israelis k i l l e d . If
don't
find
the theoretical
way.
terror
against
unarmed
civilians.
The
own
I ' m all for constructive
but
criticism.
W e ' d like
things to
change as m u c h as y o u w o u l d .
N o w o n d e r the R C S U has
Angie Creissen, President.
RCSU
Don't Get Caught
Portuguese f r o m an instructor w h o
Palestinian
to
Slaggings-off
from uninformed people don't help,
Physics
courses
state
However,
that hanging a r o u n d .
anything, it is the state o f Israel
like
current
resorted
right straight a w a y .
such a crap image with people like
w h i c h should renounce violence and
rather
about
s o they
b u l l y i n g tactics to get their
Editor,
I
a toss
give
stude nts ,
to students.
s i m p l y d o n ' t have time to put it all
T h e y are n o l o n g e r i n v o l v e d i n
representative.
relevant a n d
continue to let all shades o f political
as such they cannot be denied their
want in the occupied territories, the
more
previous years o f cliqueyness and
must
Palestinians in a recent survey and
rights to vote for the people they
RCSU
m o r e m o n e y for R a g and i n v o l v e
F i n a l l y , Imperial C o l l e g e
o f the
S o long as the Palestinians have no
current officers do want to
make useful
F i r s t , a r e m i n d e r that the P L O at least
a n y peace
recently to make this tradition raise
to raise the f o l l o w i n g points. represents
from
discussion.
participation o f a m e m b e r o f the PLO
Won't Let Go
w h i c h is to ignore and exclude the
R e f e r r i n g to last w e e k ' s letter by
22 November 1991
learning
Dear
Editor,
S e x is legal at twelve. D r i n k i n g
out o f hall and out o f college.
Two
of
been
m y best
friends
have
speaks only Portuguese. B y the time
is legal at sixteen. A l c o h o l is sold
caught. O n e triple A student whose
you
at a l l hours.
parents saved since he was b o r n to
have p i c k e d up enough o f the
Cannabis
is legal.
restoration o f a Palestinian state is
language to understand h i m at a l l ,
D u t c h law, whether right or w r o n g ,
send h i m to U n i v e r s i t y . A n o t h e r
only
you
sounds brilliant.
w h o was w e l l k n o w n by e v e r y o n e
right,
considering the
horrendous injustices o f the past ten
that y o u w i l l never catch u p .
years.
You
T h i r d l y , i n any useful discussion there
realise he is so far ahead o f y o u
must
ask
All h i m many
questions, such as the m e a n i n g o f
smile.
the things that w o u l d Imperial The
College
difference
make
students is that i n
a s i m p l e w o r d . H e w i l l describe it
England:
in terms o f m o r e difficult words and
amphetamines,
member
o f the P L O f r o m the
phrases, that y o u can't learned until
cannabis, depending o n whether it's
meeting
would
you
possession
nonsense
o f the v e r y
Trying
from all
even
a
opinions.
be voi ces
can't
to e x c l u d e make
complete c l a i m that
have learnt the simple ones. Perhaps, in v i e w o f the symbols
Imperial C o l l e g e is ' apolitical'. W e
used,
suspect that G a b y P e l l ' s definition
Portuguese but G r e e k !
of being ' a pol i ti cal' is p l u c k e d right out o f Israeli government p o l i c y ,
Yours Peter
I
should
have
said not
'Class
B
drugs
eg.
barbiturates a n d or
supply
and
p r o d u c t i o n , c a n give y o u anything
Totally
the d r a i n . It's not
worth it. Y o u don't try bleach to see what
it tastes
dealing? mandment
like,
so w h y
T h e eleventh 'Don't
try
com-
get caught' is
impossible to evade. G o to H o l l a n d
f r o m a three month p r i s o n sentence
or sunny S p a i n , but d o n ' t throw it all
fine
to five
years
also get a c r i m i n a l r e c o r d , t h r o w n
THE
are n o w wasted.
thrown down
and/or a ÂŁ500
and/or an u n l i m i t e d fine'. Y o u w i l l
sincerely, Taylor.
and had no enemies. B o t h o f their lives
away here.
A disillusioned Spaniard, Name withheld by request.
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22 November 1991
Letters
The Other Side of the Gulf Dear
Editor,
A s chair o f the meeting organised
spoke optimistically about the future
and we were hardly secretive about
It is the exchange o f v i e w s f r o m
for
it, with posters and leaflets put up
both sides at both the highest and
Palestine
and
peace
in
the of
all around the m a i n areas o f the
lowest level that propogates peace.
and
college for seven days in advance.
R e a l progress is not a c h i e v e d b y
k i l l i n g all Jews. In fact he spoke o f
I
we
censorship. I hope G a b y can realise
his
c o m p r o m i s e d the apolitical nature
this and I w o u l d invite a n y b o d y to
Palestinians and the need for all
of
air any grievances they m a y ha v e
o f any society w i t h i n the U n i o n to
peoples to live peacefully
in the
Society also held a meeting o n the
about our society by c o m i n g a l o n g
invite w h o m e v e r they wish in order
r e g i o n . T h e only angry exchanges
peace conference the next week,
to o u r meetings h e l d o n M o n d a y s
to
occurred
by the A n t i - W a r in the G u l f Society
region.
on the 7th N o v e m b e r , I feel I should
detroying
respond to the letter f r o m G a b y Pell in
last
week's
November),
Felix
(15th
and defend the rights
I
heard the
no
mention
Jewish
state
friendship
with
Jewish
also the
do
not
Union
feel
since
that the
Jewish
a
putting forward their point o f view.
at 12.45pm in the green c o m m i t t e e
Gaby
is
correct
in
m e m b e r o f the floor w ho refused to
M e m b e r s o f o u r society attended
room.
ICU
is
apolitical,
allow J o h n G e e to speak without
this meeting and we w o u l d like to
h o w e v e r , apolitical does not m e a n
interruptions after turning up three
thank J - S o c for holding the meeting
create
debate
University. stating
that
within
this
between
myself
n o n - p o l i t i c a l , it m e r e l y means that
quarters o f the w a y
the
meeting.
Union
does
not
take
any
and
through the
we c o u l d understand and take part.
particular stance on political issues.
I k n o w some people regard the
T h i s stance s h o u l d not be used to
P L O as a terrorist organisation, in
discourage debate within the U n i o n
the same w a y that some ( i n c l u d i n g
on
o u r G o v e r n m e n t ) used to think o f
important current
matter how
issues,
no
c o n t r o v e r s i a l . In all
fairness to the U n i o n , I k n o w o f no
the A N C
as terrorists.
Progress
w h e n o p p o s i n g sides are allowed to
in recent years, a p o l i c y I hope it
talk without preconditions. T h i s has
continues to enact (as l o n g as the
clearly been shown in South A f r i c a .
U n i o n is not c o m m i t t i n g a c r i m i n a l
Also
offence).
someone has spent time in a foreign
why
prison
should
mean
the
fact
banned f r o m I C U ?
o n Palestine. W e took the d e c i s i o n
want N e l s o n
to invite a m e m b e r o f the deputy
Sakharov
Would
Mandela
banned
or
too?
Gaby Andre
i m p r i s o n m e n t i n Israel was not an
two
issue at this talk, indeed it only
reasons. F i r s t l y , the P L O had not
came up d u r i n g B a s s e m ' s answer to
been g i v e n a direct v o i c e at the
a
Madrid
reasons were not g i v e n , and it is
conference,
importantly
they
but
most
are
the
majority
of
the
the
floor.
The
by our peaceful meeting. I ' m not sure i f anybody else d i d , as nobody
John
contacted us before the meeting to
Solidarity
from
the
Group.
Palestinian
Nobody
threathened i n any way.
felt
let us k n o w . In fact n o b o d y made
Bassem
any objection to the meeting at all
1
I'm afraid w e d o n ' t think you will be totally c o m m i t t e d in a degree course n Physics here
I ' m sorry i f G a b y felt threatened
Palestinian people. W e also invited Gee
ndeed No. There is a great confluence of t h e m e s b e t w e e n the t w o . One's boring as Hell, the other's w h o r i n g as a belle.
w r o n g o f G a b y to speculate.
organisation with the support o f the overwhelming
from
So, for y o u , there is no conflict b e t w e e n f o l l o w i n g a career in A s t r o p h y s i c s and tarting on screen?
Bassem's
PLO,
question
W e l l , I d o n ' t see black stockings and lace undergarments as prostitution as such
be
director o f the L o n d o n office o f the
I | I |
You d o n ' t think t h a t you are merely prostituting your natural assets for the cheap titilation of men overe n d o w e d w i t h libido?
that
that the person
I C A W I G S decided to h o l d a debate
B a s s e m A l J a m a l , for
I like t o think I'm representing the essential quintessence of delicate f e m i n i n i t y , its sensitivity, its beauty and its quiet m y s t e r y ; an evocation of understated eroticism.
towards peace can only be achieved
cases where it has banned speakers
In the case o f the above meeting
in E n g l i s h rather than H e b r e w so
Many thanks, Lee Matthews, Treasurer ICAWIGS.
Ten Hour Day Dear
Adam,
After
him.
reading
Paul
Davison's
letter in F e l i x 916 (8th N o v )
about
the £5,000 paid each year by the
Firstly, I would be very interested in
seeing
his
timetable
for
this
g o v e r n m e n t for his tuition fees, or his
vastly
increased e m p l o y m e n t
y e a r — t e n hours a day? O k — s o that
prospects u p o n graduation? If he
C o l l e g e day, it was v e r y clear that
was
for
c a m e to I C for a nice j o b with a
he had totally misunderstood the
study, but I find it h a r d to believe
£3,000 salary, then I ' m afraid that
concept behind it.
that he w o u l d n ' t have at least three
he had m i s s e d the entire point o f
I agree with the first part o f his
or four o f those r e m a i n i n g eight
further education, too!
letter, in that it does seem as if
hours free. T h e w h o l e point being
F o r the record I a m not in favour
certain
that the actual n u m b e r o f hours that
o f the p r o p o s e d changes, but I d o
the p r o p o s e d
lengthening o f
members
of
the
the
college
allowing
for
two
hours
administration, and in particular Sir
students w o u l d be timetabled for
not find the excessive dramatisation
E r i c A s h , are blatantly i g n o r i n g the
would
my
o f the effect that they w o u l d have
views o f the students in c o n t i n u i n g
r e c k o n i n g — u n l e s s M r D a v i s o n is
u p o n the n u m b e r o f hours w o r k e d
with the proposals.
unique amongst the second
helpful
be
unchanged.
By
year
to a n y o n e ,
But w h e n M r D a v i s o n sat d o w n
physicists—he does, and still w o u l d
supporting
to work out that, under the proposed
have, about 18 hours timetabled per
looking
system, we w o u l d be w o r k i n g a 5 0
week; a far cry from the figures that
misunderstanding
hour week for a ' p a y ' o f £3,000, I
he had suggested.
student
(or
A n d as far as d o i n g ' a j o b that
faulty calculator) got the better o f
fear
that o v e r - s e n s a t i o n a l i s m
pays £3,000 a y e a r ' , does he forget
except
the changes
for
evidence
body
so
of
those
who
are
a total
among they
the can
'justifiably' ignore our o p i n i o n s .
Colin
—5—
McCready,
Maths 2.
Last week a letter entitled Tuppence Ha'penny was included, signed by M Schaeffer of Maths 2. Mr Schaeffer has contacted Felix disowning this letter. Whoever the coward was who handed in the letter has sunk to an appalling depth. I rely on trust to a great extent when accepting letters. As of now all people handing in letters to Felix must show their Union Card to me (Adam Harrington) or Rose Atkins our typesetter operator. Confidentiality will still be ensured.
Having
22 November 1991
Felix 918
Feature away
peeled
surrounding
the
layers
Imperial C o l l e g e
Council,
UGMs,
Union
E x p e n d i t u r e 1991/1992
£575,053
M S C s and U F C s , we now m o v e o n to the others... Other Allocations
(Library
House Committee
Exploration Board,Silwood
R e p o r t i n g direct to C o u n c i l , this
£10,585
committee
is
maintaining
and
responsible
Park)
/^^C^laries'
for
improving
£ 1 7 6 , 3 4 7 ^ ^ ^ Cleaning Costs
the
facilities i n the U n i o n B u i l d i n g . T h e refurbishment Building
and
of
the
Training
Union
movement
of
the
House Committee
£2,640
Officers
£25,000
£42,000
Accomodation
U n i o n office was completed d u r i n g the s u m m e r . T h e cost was
£13,290
around
Insurance
M e d i a Budget
£60,000, and the w o r k was planned and authorised i n conjunction with the
Union
Bar
and
Sundries
U n i o n Finance Committee
Catering
committee.
£9,270 £12,585
£6,000
M i s c e l l a n e o u s A d m i n £6,236
£55,000
H o n o r a r y Secretary's F u n d
M i n o r S u b C o m m i t t e e s £9,22'
£3,360
(ICCAG,RAG,Welfare,etc
Entertainments £2,545
Five Year Plans A
c l u b or society is allocated an
City & Guilds
annual budget w h i c h it can spend as it wishes w i t h i n the f r a m e w o r k
O v e r s e a s Students
of
Publications B o a r d
rules laid d o w n by Imperial College Union
and
the
Major
Sub
Royal School of Mines
£15,198
£33,020
SCAB
C o m m i t t e e ( M S C ) . T h e budget will
£16,028
R o y a l C o l l e g e o f S c i e n c e £14,180
£8,360 Athletic Clubs
£9,330
Social Clubs
Recreational C l u b s
£11,305
£54,464
£35,089
change gradually f r o m year to year and the U n i o n s m e d i a costs; this is
e
made up f r o m stationary, postage, subscriptions and the telephone bill.
Corrections
finances
is due, release o f the m o n e y needs
for this year o f a r o u n d
and the popularity o f the society.
to be applied for. E v e n at this point,
These
after waiting 5 years for the m o n e y ,
recent U F C minutes. T h e majority
w e e k ' s article. Q u o r u m for a U G M
UFC
o f the i n c o m e c o m e s direct f r o m
o r E G M is 300 N O T 2 5 0 as stated.
depending o n the U n i o n However
many
societies
have
equipment that wears out o v e r
a
p e r i o d o f years and then needs to
may
refuse
to release
the
m o n e y to the society.
be replaced. T h e s e items o f capital
£571,000.
were d r a w n
figures
from
S T A T r a v e l for their offices,
o f pounds and their cost cannot be
club
met f r o m one y e a r ' s
February
estimates
much
in
money
it
last
mistake.
is d e r i v e d f r o m the rent p a i d by
how
into
My
T h e r e is never enough o f this. E a c h
games
machines
bookings
of
1
apologies
crept
people w h o were confused by this
Money society
mistake
equipment grant. T h e other income
boats...) c a n cost m a n y thousands
or
small
C o l l e g e through the subvention and
equipment (eg T V s , videos, gliders,
budget.
A
to the hundreds
the
and
external
A Complete list of T L A s
Union
rooms.
M S C - M a j o r Sub Committee
A five year p l a n starts o f f i n the
w o u l d like to spend d u r i n g the next
S o how, is this m o n e y d i v i d e d ?
m S C - M i n o r Sub Committee
M S C , and is brought to the U F C
a c a d e m i c year. T h i s application is
A r o u n d £200,000 goes directly to
H J T - H o n o r a r y Junior Treasurer
the students i n clubs and societies
H S T - H o n o r a r y Senior Treasurer
through
U F C - U n i o n Finance Committee
meeti ng. T h e p l a n must consist o f
submitted to the appropiate
a statement o f need, the date when
w h e r e they are all collected and
it is due, and estimates o f the cost
collated by the H J T to be presented
unions
(inc V A T ) . T h e plan is updated and
to U F C .
Sub—Comittees.
MSC,
resubmitted and must be a p p r o v e d
T h e d i a g r a m s o n this page show
every year. T h e year that the money
the breakdown o f the U n i o n s budget
Imperial C o l l e g e U n i o n 1991/1992
Equipment Grant
Income
Union
£4,000
Investment
Games Machines
S T A Travel
RCC-Recreational Clubs
finance
comittee
has
Cdmmittee OSC-Overseas
for the M C S ' s and C C U ' s
Committee
£40,600
this
money
which
year.
The
£14,400
is
Students
A C C - A t h l e t i c Clubs Committee S C A B - S o c i a l C u l t u r a l and
allocated to c ont i ng e nc y . T h i s fund
Amusements
is
PubBoard-Publications
allocated
to
the
unexpected,
Board Board
w h i c h this year has had two major
I C U T m p e r i a l College Union Union
C & G C U - C i t y and G u i l d s
College
costs by an additional £2,300 w h i c h
Union
£18,000
h a d not been foreseen a n d all the 5
R C S U - R o y a l College of Science
£9,000
year plans for this year had been
Union
calculated o n the o l d V A T rate o f
R S M U - R o y a l School of Mines
1 5 % . T h e extra costs o f these items
Union
due to the increase i n V A T w i l l be
S M H M S S U - S t M a r y ' s Hospital
made f r o m contingency
M e d i c a l S c h o o l Students' U n i o n
£22,000
funds.
£25,269 T h e next major cost is the salaries
(Miscellaneous
S C C - S o c i a l Clubs Committee
CCU-Constituent College
• Income to meet salaries
major
c l a i m s already. T h e g l i d i n g c l u b ' s £2,700
R o o m Bookings
the
new glider increased their insurance
£4,300
s membership
college
£55,000 to fund the five year plans total
£22,000
constituent
and
remaining
£570,969
Interest
the
of
£8,700
p a i d to the U n i o n staff,
both full
E G M - E x t r a o r d i n a r y General Meeting
time and casual. T h e full time staff
U G M - U n i o n General
include 3 bar staff, 2 m e m b e r s
U D H - U n i o n Dining Hall
of
Meeting
staff in the print unit, 7 in the U n i o n
SCR-Senior Common Room
office and 4 sabaticals. C a s u a l staff
JCR-Junior Common Room
are m a i n l y e m p l o y e d i n the bar o r
B C R - B r o w n Committee R o o m
as duty
G C R - G r e e n Committee R o o m
Other
officers. major
expenses
are
the
House Comittees Budget, insurance
C C R - C l u b s Committee R o o m UL-Union
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22 November 1991 The
word
Felix 918
'calligraphy',
in
to
a
group
of
characters
which
the fact that a lot o f the friendship
word.
whatever language, generally refers
Feature
As
most businessmen
is
tell
will
built
bring
never has it r e c e i v e d the status o f
Consequently, they are very willing
one
being an art as in C h i n a .
to pay a large s u m o f m o n e y
talented
and
on
the
basis
of
handwriting-
reflecting the degree o f a d m i r a t i o n
expresses the h u m a n thoughts, but
luck
simply
distinguished
y o u , a w e l l written signboard can fortune. in
shows
to
in
people
who
are
calligraphy!
a
exchange for a fine piece o f w o r k .
Chinaman
history o f C h i n e s e calligraphy is as
Once
characters w e l l , no doubt he w i l l
o l d as the history o f C h i n a itself.
finished
grand
find it v e r y difficult to find a j o b ,
Although
a lot
c e r e m o n y w i l l be held before the
e v e n i n the era o f the invention o f
about C h i n e s e painting and other
shop sign is put in the final position.
Chinese computer.
It is generally
thought that the
westerners
know
fine arts, they have a v e r y vague
the name
o f the shop
being
The
written,
Chinese
a
has
believe
write
his
In C h i n a , c a l l i g r a p h y is the most
that
idea about the nature o f C h i n e s e
personality, d i s p o s i t i o n , tempera-
common
calligraphy. In addition, not only is
ment, hobbies and e v e n the degree
nationwide
Chinese calligraphy
of
art
forms.
hobby,
a
It
is
kind
a of
essential
o f success o f a person can be told
'natural
f o r m o f all C h i n e s e art, it is the
from their calligraphy. F o r example
w h i c h is cultivated in every child in
most
one can i m p l y f r o m the w o r k s
the
basic
the
cannot
If
element
from
which
Chinese
art
tunately,
h o w e v e r , unless one is
brought
originates.
up
Unfor-
in the tradition
and
Emperor
Hui Zong
o f the
of
'Land
stages
Sung
appreciation
scholars
handsome,
about
and
slim
in
Gods'.
in C h i n a ' s
Dynasty ( A D 9 6 0 - 1 2 9 7 ) that he was tall
of
of
have
beauty',
At
certain
history,
become
many
'fanatic'
Chinese calligraphy,
much
influence o f Chinese art, it is almost i mpossi ble Chinese
to
learn
and
calligraphy.
understand
master
In order
Chinese
to
calligraphy,
one has to learn the history o f the formation o f some characters,
Chinese Calligraphy
as
Extracts
well as acquiring the ability to write t h e m . T h i s is because the w a y s the characters
are
written
not
only
c o m m u n i c a t e and exchange with the calligrapher (and everyone),
but
also
from
'Chinese
ideas indeed
convey
an
Calligraphy'
aesthetic element, usually abstract,
by
through visual p e r c e p t i o n . T h e relationship between Chinese
Chiang
calligraphy and the daily lives o f the Chinese
people
is
Walking
in
streets
the
inseparable. in
translated
this
country, one notices that most o f the calligraphy
o n the signboards
Han Mien
in style: they are neat, regular and but
also,
however,
l a c k i n g in d y n a m i s m . B y contrast, in
areas
where
accumulation
of
there
is
Chinese
an
shops,
calligraphy can be seen d i s p l a y e d everywhere. signboards,
Apart one
from
finds
the
that
the
interior o f almost every restaurant, business centre and shop is adorned with examples o f calligraphy w o r k . T h e s e characters have three m a i n values:
their
advertising
decorative
capabilities
and
Democracy
most
importantly, their attractiveness to the appreciative
Freedom
quality, and
appearance,
audience.
but also irresolute.
m o r e so than about d r a w i n g ,
D u r i n g the l o n g years between
A passion and love for the written
the
Tang
and
Qing
for
e x a m p l e , Scholars experted in the
Dynasty
disciplines o f art, song, poetry were
word has long been Cultivated in the
(AD618-1919),
soul o f every C h i n e s e
tions (usually set o n the C o n f u c i a n
C h i n a ' s history, whereas
doctrines)
by
and brilliant calligraphers c o u l d be found e ve r yw he r e and at any time
youngster.
T h e education that they
received
Imperial e x a m i n a -
was
the o n l y
way
teaches them not to tear up
any
which one can embark o n an official
written
use
career.
work
and
not
to
calligraphy
piece o f waste paper.
basic but also the most important
In fact, i n
region o f C h i n a , e v e n
the
is not o n l y the
requirement.
No
scholar
would
have been a w a r d e d a j o b , not e v e n
are
the m o s t magnificent essay writer,
built
specially
for
burning
a
respectful
manner.
The
had
calligraphy
enough'.
Even
been
in
most
poorest village, towers and pagodas written examples o f calligraphy in
not c o m m o n l y
F r o m this point o f v i e w ,
improper writing-paper, not even a every
'not
nowadays,
the
history
found
of
they l o o k at a fine example o f the art o f c a l l i g r a p h y . If this is the case with y o u , w h y
good
d o n ' t y o u have a go yourself?
the
A live demonstration o f C h i n e s e will
calligraphy plays an important role
'Malaysian
Variety
clearly
in
Equally
February
1992.
remarkable to the Westerner may be
welcome.
the degree o f
respect
in
w h i c h the C h i n e s e h o l d the written
one's
social
life.
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
Most they
c o m p r e h e n d . T h e tradition shows
hard
China.
when
calligraphy
this
elegant
find a sense o f satisfaction
ability to write aesthetically pleasing
find
throughout
literature and art, h o w e v e r ,
to
Westerners
by
of
advertisements seems to be s i m i l a r balanced,
Yee,
i
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
be
presented Show',
at
22nd
Everyone
is
Kho.
22 November 1991
Felix 918
Feature Introduction
w o r k e d by an Israeli, they have no
I participated in a two-week tour o f
insurance, no health assistance, no
state.
the o c c u p i e d territories and Israel
pension
territories are d i v i d e d into three
organised
by
an
Italian
pacifist
and
themselves
if
they
injure
in the w o r k i n g
place
organisation. I was one o f seventeen
they even risk losing their j o b s .
w o m e n . T h e a i m o f the tour was to
Palestinian female w o r k e r has one
visit these
month maternity leave,
' d i f f i c u l t ' places,
and
while
A an
strong repression f r o m the Israeli Schools
types:
Journey
the
UNRWA,
occupied
private
and
g o v e r n m e n t schools. U N R W A schools are specifically for
the
refugee
provide
Palestine
in
camps.
primary
everybody,
They
education
although
it
is
for very
difficult for a student from a refugee c a m p to continue into secondary school. Private
schools
are
run
by
religious organisations ( M u s l i m or Christian) or by other organisations (for example W o m e n ' s Committees run most o f the nursery schools). S o m e o f the private schools are run by the P L O , under the c o v e r
of
religious
is
schools
(the
PLO
banned and belonging to or c o m i n g in contact with
the
organisation
means six months to 15 years in j a i l ) . T h e y get the m o n e y to run their schools from Jordan. After the 1967 oc cupati o n Israel wanted to enforce
an
Israeli
syllabus,
but
teachers refused. U p to now they teach a Jordain syllabus in the W e s t B a n k and an E g y p t i a n syllabus in the G a z a
strip. O n e
role o f the
General
Union
Palestinian
of
Teachers ( G U P T ) , among others, is to train teachers to defy censorship. In fact, in the o c c u p i e d territories 2,200
books
are
banned
(from
Shakespeare's H a m l e t , to those o f the B r a z i l i a n Jorge A m a d o and all Palestinian
Anna
Gigli
visited
Israel
last August and now reports on the state of
in the o c c u p i e d
Meanwhile,
the
Israel.
Possession
of
illegal
teacher, a leader o f the G U P T in Jerusalem, 'are the books they took
o c c u p i e d territories o f W e s t B a n k
possible for a Palestinian, not even
away f r o m u s ' .
and G a z a strip, almost half o f them
for farmers, to trade directly with
are refugees f r o m 1948 registered
other states (for instance A r a b states
m o r e than 7 0 % o f the schools o n
with the U N R W A ( U n i t e d Nations
or Europe) without passing through
the
R e l i e f and W o r k s
Israel. T h e y cannot even sell their
p r o b l e m is caused by the current
Agency).
goods
Workers
to Israel,
unless they
are
Government West
schools
Bank.
make
The
up
biggest
closure o f schools (last year they
officially required by Israel itself,
taught
and in that case it is Israel that fixes
days, out o f the ordinary 240 days),
firms and cooperatives o f w o m e n
the p r i c e . T h e farmers
and the i m p r i s o n m e n t or dismissal
(producing
much
some
small
things
Palestinian
like
biscuits,
choice:
either
have the
not poor
from
between 4 0 to
110
o f teachers. T h e government tend
internal market or Israel.
to employ temporary teachers, who
in agriculture, are u n e m p l o y e d or
Land confiscation
easily
w o r k in Israel. U p to 1990 most o f
Another
carpets,
embroidery)
the
country.
the
Karapanagioti.
in
o c c u p i e d territories, and it is not
approximately
majority o f Palestinians either w o r k
Natalia
gets
p e r m i s s i o n to open a f i r m i n the
are
students in the
by
worker
two
There
yogurt,
Edited
j a i l , 'but the biggest l o s s ' , said one
female
m i l l i o n Palestinians l i v i n g in the
Besides
women and
bureaucracy
makes *it very difficult to obtain
months.
both
poets),
literature means up to six months in
w h o are fighting against the Israeli territories and Israel.
and
although these same books are sold
Israeli
oppression
writers
three
meet the people, especially w o m e n ,
are problem
that
the
more
vulnerable
controlled.
Palestinian
and
more
Although
education
standards
were
Palestinian farmers face is the land
have always been considered higher
allowed to travel to Israel, although
confiscation, in order to make r o o m
than
they were not officially permitted
for new settlements. T h i s happens
(Palestinians
to stay there overnight. S o m e o f
both in the o c c u p i e d territories and
them used to be l o c k e d up at night
in Israel.
Palestinian
workers
by their em pl oyers , instead o f daily
We
any
graduate
other
Arab
state
have the highest
students
among
of
all the
A r a b countries), several factors are
learned that there are
122
contributing to the lowering o f those
c o m m u t i n g f r o m the W e s t B a n k ,
illegal A r a b villages in Israel, a total
standards: at the b e g i n n i n g o f the
whilst only a m i n o r i t y were g i v e n
o f 75,000 people w h o live in places
Intifada all schools were closed for
a green c a r d that forbade them to
that are not recognised by the state.
18 months, and after the first 3
enter Israel.
T h e r e is no one A r a b village where
months o f u n d e r g r o u n d teaching a
The
Palestinians
from
the
there
has
not
been
land
new law made even this illegal and
expropriation.
teachers risked between 6 months
as their Israeli fellows: even though
Schools and universities
government schools are not allowed
they pay the same taxes, and w o r k
E d u c a t i o n is another sector where
46
Palestinians
o c c u p i e d territories w h o
w o r k in
to 10 years o f p r i s o n ; teachers in
Israel d o not have the same rights
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totally A r a b i c and is still
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populated
salary is also very low c o m p a r e d to
because
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their
by
Arabs.
o f the presence and
Israelis,
largely
Probably
w o u l d leave the country with h i m ,
both
and is g o i n g to d o so. It was m o r e
pacifist
difficult, though, to understand an
of
the
born she swore that o n that date she
e c o n o m i c a l worries then affect the
m o v e m e n t there seems p o l i t i c a l l y
American woman
quality o f teaching.
m o r e a d v a n c e d , the analysis o f the
Israel only 2-3 years ago, w h o said
situation is m o r e political and less
that as an A m e r i c a n Jew she has to
C o n t r a r y to the schools that have
who
m o v e d to
been (at least partially)
reopened,
humanitarian. H e r e for instance the
respond to two states: the U S and
universities
occupied
'Women
Israel, that's w h y she is in Israel,
in
the
in B l a c k ' ,
a
group
of
(for
Israeli w o m e n w h o , since the start
supporting the Palestinian cause.
'security reasons') and lectures are
o f the Intifada, demonstrate against
O n e Israeli w o m a n tried to e x p l a i n
the o c c u p a t i o n with weekly v i g i l s ,
to us h o w difficult it must be for a
territories
are
still
closed
held in private h o m e s ,
sometimes
of
17-year-ol d boy to choose between
possible. T h e r e are 5 universities in
m o u r n i n g , are more politicised than
3 years in the a r m y and 5 years in
the o c c u p i e d territories, all o f them
in other places.
jail for conscientious objection. But
built and maintained with foreign
The Women
in
hotel
rooms,
or
dressed
wherever
in
black
as
a
sign
in B l a c k regularly
then a Palestinian w o m a n f r o m a
We
(every F r i d a y ) picket the streets o f
refugee c a m p
visited the university o f B i r Z e i t ,
18 Israeli towns, with their black
answered that often the o p t i o n o f a
m o n e y f r o m A r a b countries.
in the W e s t
Bank
near R a m a l l a h , built i n 1981 and
banners c a l l i n g for a withdrawal o f
17-year-old Palestinian boy is to be
closed in 1988 after the Intifda. T h e
the Israeli a r m y f r o m the o c c u p i e d
killed or to be tortured by the Israeli
students now study in o v e r c r o w d e d
territories,
conditions university Intifada
in
some
buildings.
the
of
a r m y . It is not an easy dialogue, but
the
old
pacification, asking for a stop to the
it is important that it exists, and it
Before
the
k i l l i n g o n either side. W e talked to
is not by chance that the dialogue
these w o m e n one evening, trying to
is p r o m o t e d
of
students
numbered
in
the
name
mainly
by
understand
the reasons
for
their
B o t h Israeli and Palestinian w o m e n
arrested,
stand and
the reactions
of
their
have a c o m m o n g r o u n d for their
to J o r d a n , or
e v e n k i l l e d , w h i l e others d r o p p e d
families and friends. That was when
struggle;
out. N o w there are less than 1,500.
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military service and w h e n he was
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which
in H a i f a , used
to
fine w h e n an Israeli
woman
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and
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are
they
nurseries. very
active
along with the m e n , in campaigning for
p o l i t i c a l prisoners,
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Clubs & Societies
The Sailing Jet Sea Cup The
Jet
Sea
Cup
is
widely
O n e o f the most prestigious F r e n c h
S a i l i n g teams, made up o f seven
to the W e s t Indies
in ' 9 2 .
universities, Sup de C o - R o u e n , had
'entrepreneurial' persons (students,
c o v e r e d by the m e d i a : a g r o u p o f
syndicate
to
a brilliant idea
of
c o m p a n y representatives or both),
journalists w i l l follow the race day
Imperial C o l l e g e and p r o m o t e it as
vacations
an
c o m m a n d the same type o f
by day o n a C e n t u r i o n 59. M e d i a
a
represented
S c i e n c e , E n g i n e e r i n g and Business
with
filling
Easter
international
regatta in the C a r i b b e a n seas: the
Centurions
47.
makes
level
and
'playing
to
greater
competitiveness
between Point a Pitre and A n t i g u a .
racing.
Day
T h i s years regatta (28th M a r c h to
c o m p r i s e in a series o f
April
'91)
was
a
race
field'
This
Jet Sea C u p . T h e first regatta (13th 20th
boat:
and
the gives
to
night
the
events off-shore
Figaro', Echos',
so
far
include 'FR3',
'VSD',
'Cosmopolitan',
Antilles',
'Les
'France
'Yacht
International'
Club
and
'Neptune
5th A p r i l '92) w i l l run a r o u n d the
races and O l y m p i c triangles lasting
Yachting'.
island o f D o m i n i c a .
seven
opportunity for c o m p a n i e s seeking
D o m i n i c a is the largest Lesser
Antilles
Islands
o f the
and
lies
between the two F r e n c h islands o f
days,
during
which
team
spirit, enthusiasm, q u i c k d e c i s i o n making
and
technical skills
will
select a w i n n i n g team.
It's
'Le
therefore
international
a great
recognition
and
top
European
(three F r e n c h , two
Britons,
one
matches with this purpose. In
addition
to
its
traditional
sponsors I C Y C is seeking others to 'enlarge'
its present budget.
is
any
company
So if
seeking
Guadalupe.
T h e a i m o f this event is to enable
Chandon
greater international exposure and
R u g g e d l y beautiful and v o l c a n i c in
students f r o m E u r o p e a n institutions
p u b l i c relations attache used to say
are interested in the Jet Sea C u p ,
origin,
an
to p r o m o t e their U n i v e r s i t i e s and
o n International Student Regattas:
please contact E v e l y n J o s l y n ( T e l
to
their sponsors. It's also a chance to
" T h e s e are the future directors o f
0 7 1 - 5 8 9 - 5 1 1 1 ext 4689) for m o r e
experience one o f the last spots o n
meet executives f r o m international
companies.
i n f o r m a t i o n o n this event.
E a r t h , w h e r e nature's
companies
w h o w i l l buy o u r
Martinique
and
Dominica
incomparable
offers
opportunity
unchanged
and
discuss
the
and u n s p o i l e d , both o n land and in
opportunities o f summer internships
the sea.
and possible future
careers.
IC
et
The
Australian and one Italian) perfectly
there
Moet
students.
of
'internationality' o f this syndicate
w i s h i n g to p r o m o t e themselves to and investors.
ICYC
represent
Institution
to potential future
their potential e m p l o y e e s ,
clients
wants
T h e s e are the
Yacht
people
champagne." (ICYC)
Club
is
Robin Hood Eight
hundred
years
ago,
Malaysia Soc
in
a
there l i v e d
a
remarkabl e
the d o u b l e i n the L e a g u e and C u p ,
w h o got her m u c h deserved
made a s t o r m i n g start in the U A U
goal for the team.
last Saturday w i t h an excellent 9-3
This
was
the
best
first
overall
1991,
the
proud
by
University
M a l a y s i a S o c 3-2 in a friendly o f sporting
event
took
come.
L o u g h b o r o u g h U n i v e r s i t y campus
His
name
was
Robin
of
activities. place
The
at
the
L o c k s l e y and his story went o n to
and
be
volleyball, badminton, squash, table
retold
in
numerous
motion
film
is
a
games
the
were
tennis and football. The
reception
borough—hey,
'loose'
contested
at
what
Loughreception?
W e l l , a n y w a y , to k i c k off the d a y ,
interpretation o f the outlaw legend,
v o l l e y b a l l was first o n the agenda.
with
by
A h i g h l y tersed and exciting game
K e v i n C o s t n o r . R o b i n returns f r o m
saw the I C team c o m i n g back after
a
star
studded
cast
led
the crusades to find the e v i l S h e r i f f
l o s i n g the
o f Nottingham
celebration
r u l i n g all that he
first
to w i n 2 - 1 .
was
Our
short
lived
as
played
well
in
once o w n e d . N o t to be outdone he
Loughborough
flees to the forest to gather a band
B a d m i n t o n to level the score. Midday,
prayers
for
Muslim
m e m b e r s were followed by l u n c h .
the Sheriff. S o good at his j o b is our
Lunch
R o b i n , that the S h e r i f f kidnaps his
cuisine o f rice and c u r r y . Pleasant
o n l y true l o v e , M a i d M a r i a n , and
c o n v e r s a t i o n and serious chatting-
was
typical
Malaysian
whisks her away to his castle. A l l
up f o l l o w e d . M e a n w h i l e those not
is
playing
the
set
confrontation
c o m i n g f r o m P e r m i (7) and L i s a ,
IC
the stuff o f legend for centuries to
o f rogues to steal f r o m the rich and
T h e D r i b b l e r s , already headed for
did
various
give to the poor and generally upset
Dribblers Win Again
Soc
that his name and his story b e c a m e
The
II.
Nov
beating L o u g h b o r o u g h
England,
F i l m S o c this c o m i n g T h u r s d a y .
68-27 against Kingston
9
medieval
Prince o f Thieves, will be shown by
team winning
Saturday,
Malaysia
pictures. T h e latest, R o b i n H o o d ,
Basketball
On
particularly dark forest i n deepest super h e r o , a m a n so
Men's
Andrea Micheletti.
p l a n n i n g to send at least one boat
for
the
between
ultimate good
and
evil.
games
explored
L o u g h b o r o u g h town at their leisure. A t about
3 p m , squash
and
table
in
tennis were played simultaneously.
Britain that it has managed to gross
T h e I C team secured both events,
T h e f i l m has done
so w e l l
m o r e than £17 m i l l i o n , surpassing
winning
narrowly
in squash
performance
to
Terminator 2: Judgement D a y at the
trouncing
a very strong side, just d i d n ' t know
date and arguably the toughest game
box office. It looks set to continue
table tennis. T h e last event o f the
what hit them (although I C d i d and
they
well into the C h r i s t m a s season with
day
it was generally boots in the shins,
However,
true
it still being shown across the W e s t
Loughborough
managed
e l b o w s in the face, digs in the ribs,
Dribblers
didn't
End.
circles a r o u n d
the I C
k i c k s to the ankles etc etc).
interfere with the m a i n contest o f
have
by the D r i b b l e r s
played
i n all to
season.
form,
let
the
the game
T h e film w i l l be s h o w n in M e c h
Loughborough
was
score in favour o f
E n g 2 2 0 o n T h u r s d a y the 28th o f
fought f r o m start to finish it was I C
November
w h o had the finishing p o w e r . J o ,
(But
w i l l be 80p for members and £1.80
farewells,
w h o has been in stunning f o r m all
different
for n o n - m e m b e r s .
long j o u r n e y h o m e . A
season, s c o r e d a great goal i n the
tired to take part in the race...)
first half, with the r e m a i n i n g goals
it c o u l d
all
had E t h e l
have
been
not been
so too
M e m b e r s h i p is
£6 w h i c h includes the chance to see one f i l m free.
team.
run An
Loughborough.
the day, the customary boat race,
Admission
to
exciting match that ended with a 4-2
w h i c h the D r i b b l e r s w o n i n style.
at 7 . 3 0 p m .
in
where
football
closely
A l t h o u g h the game was
6-0
and
v i c t o r y o v e r B r u n e i . B r u n e i , with
A f t e r exchanging souvenirs and we settled d o w n for the memorable
event with a touch o f sweet victory. Sang R a t n a m , C i v E n g 1.
Clubs & Societies
Felix 918
22 November 1991
Jumping Out of the Sky Saturday parachute
26th
October
Club
saw
descend
the (pun
chess
on
be i ng c r a p , we just had a p i z z a and
Last
learning how to a v o i d b r e a k i n g a
headed b a c k to the airfield bar to
Challenge, play
After
the
day
was
spent
intended) o n Peterborough for the
leg, Saturday was finished o f f with
nurse o u r w e a r y bones
first beginners training weekend o f
a trip D o w n t o w n
courage for the next d a y .
the year.
hit the happening
P e t e r b o r o u g h to
Sunday
nightlife^ T h i s
morning
and
saw
gain
the
land
was played over 16 boards with the
Won
f r o m 2 0 0 0 feet! W i t h 22 still left
s c o r i n g 13 and a h a l f points out o f
intact, with no bones a s k e w , we all
a possible 16.
exploits.
results obtained by
12, D r a w n 3, L o s t 1; hence
T h e notable w i n was achieved by Middlesex League, Bruce Birchall.
repeat our feats o f v a l o u r , a few o f
H e had appeared to have lost his
us
queen, but soon d i s p l a y e d that it
reaching
the
lofty
(another
pun)
of
jumpers
-
this
all
position
second
level
involves
to o p e n y o u r
is
canopy
parachute).
was
a c u n n i n g plan to force
to be mated. B e n T u r n e r , the former V P
o u r elite c o m p a n y , c o m e a l o n g to
and
endgame with wonderful
was
Beattie ( E l e c
Eng
III)
III).
o f his experience to salvage a draw. Another
possible
Tony Lee
(Physics
veteran.
However
he
was
a Chess
had
2
pieces
endgame.
elected
for
the
dignified d r a w after witnessing the
M e c h E n g 2 2 0 , T u e s d a y 26th N o v .
demolition and carnage around h i m .
T h e son o f F l y I starts experiencing
a chi eve d by D r K a r o l l S e i k i w
the same changes his father went
Chemical
through (no, not puberty). Y e p , he
e m p l o y e d a vast n u m b e r o f tricks
a
notable
draw
was
Engineering.
of He
table
and a great deal o f g u i l e to force a
manners ( m a k i n g I C students l o o k
perpetual c h e c k o n the white k i n g .
exhibiting
strange
The
challenge
was
a
good
advertisement for the game and the
Eric
C h e s s C l u b w o u l d like to extend its
Stolz plays the thing with c o m p o u n d
thanks to D r M e s t e l for m a k i n g the
eyes,
event
also a
s p e c i m e n for his
growing
anger into
a
study.
and
frustration
fierce
battle
to
such
b e c o m e totally h u m a n (bit like the
Monday
Chair-entity
Head
£1
really).
entrance
£2.50
for
members
to n o n - m e m b e r s
and
(includes
Football
scored f r o m a set piece corner with the only part o f his anatomy that he ever uses, his head. U C
equalised
immediately and went o n to take the half
time.
IC's
ve r s i on o f D a v i d Piatt, c l u b captain completed
an
outstanding game. S c o r i n g f r o m an A M a t u n i cross to put I C o n l e v el pegging.
T h i s saw the end o f I C
with U C scoring a further two goals to w i n 4 - 2 .
— 11 —
against
the
Kings
Chess
as usual in the
Club Brown
Wednesdays
FANCY PLAYING
RUGBY LEAGUE
season. R S n e l l (man o f the match)
Buckle,
Looking
West, Chairman.
due to the lack o f c o m m i t m e n t that
David
Nov,
with
Committee R o o m on
I C were knocked out o f the L U C u p
after
25
II,
gathering
W
just
success.
at 7 p m .
membership).
lead
a
ahead, there is an away match o n
has been apparent throughout the
BASKETBALL M e n s 1st 68—27 Kingston 2nd
He
winner III),
against the r o o k in the
A s w e l l as be i ng a scientist he is
WOMEN'S FOOTBALL UAU;,. Dribblers 9—3 Brunei
the
chances. B u t the 2 5 2 0 E L O - r a t e d
half civilized).
V
in
winning
grandmaster d e l v e d into the depth
starts
UC
up
R o o m ) or contact one o f us.
Finally
IC IV
pawns
two
M o n d a y s in the B r o w n C o m m i t t e e
Fly II
FOOTBALL Cup: 2—4
of
I C U , p l a y e d with remarkable flair
Club
Harrow
the
white king to the centre o f the board
any Parachute meeting (12.30 o n
Andrew
Imperial
Dr
a guest player - the secretary o f the
and M i k e W i l l i s ( C h e m
CHESS 4—4
British
challenge
w o r r y i n g , 22 o f us willingly j u m p e d
If anyone is interested in j o i n i n g
BADMINTON UAU: 7—2 B r u n e i 1st I C 1st 5— 1 Brunei 2nd IC 2nd 6— 3 Brunei Ladies IC Ladies
former
M e s t e l (playing white):
(tech speak for
Brunei
the
Champion. The
following
pretending
Imperial
Mestel
set for j u m p i n g . A f t e r waiting and
S i n c e then we have been back to
NETBALL UAU: 28—32
The
training finished with the afternoon
courageous
SPORTS RESULTS
saw
a simultaneous match
against
Chess
went back to the bar,to boast o f our
Ik. „*ss§*
Monday
(and
maybe
some
Union!)
IN T H E S O U T H O F FRANCE NEXT
SUMMER!
I ' m t r y i n g to put together a side to play various F r e n c h X I I I ' s in and a r o u n d Perpignon. F o r m o r e details contact: A n d y Jenkins B i o p h y s i c s ext 6 7 2 9 o r T i z a r d H a l l ext 3 6 5 7
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22 November 1991
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' A
Verdi's
M a s k e d
Ball'
- E N O , Until December 11 the
dying
monarch
at w h o m
it
points v i n d i c t i v e l y .
flitted with agility through the tricky arias, and still taunted the assassins.
T h i s was an unfamiliar cast w h o
T h e conductor, G r a e m e Jenkins,
nonetheless existed effortlessly o n
gave a complete p e r f o r m a n c e i n
the
stage.
Gustavus,
played
by
himself,
whilst
maintaining tight
R i c h a r d T a y l o r f o l l o w i n g a twelve
command
year absence f r o m the stage, was
orchestra excelled
A gilt picture frame c i r c u m s c r i b e s
subdued
hitherto
the tale o f regal assassination. V e r d i
characters
was
betrayer, A n c k a r s t r o e m (the m o r e
complete stage p e r f o r m a n c e I have
drama to A m e r i c a so as not to incite
forceful
attended.
unrest
The
compelled
to transform the
in Naples,
but E d m u n d
v o c a l l y b y the stronger of
his
Malcolm
Lord
friend
and
D o n n e l l y ) and
Chief
Justice
(Terry
T r a c e y ' s translation delivers us to
Jenkins). H o w e v e r , T a y l o r ' s talent
the court o f K i n g Gustavus III o f
was expose d i n the rending aria as
Stockholm.
T h e sands
of
time
he
pleads
his fortune
deranged and tormented m e d i u m ,
renewed with his escape f r o m his
M a d a m e A r v i d s o n (Linda Finnie). Both
glass is smashed a n d the K i n g is
medium)
shot.
Amelia)
As
so
frequent
in
such
Linda
Finnie
(as
terrifying w o m e n w h o have control o v e r the officious and bureaucratic
by his
closest friend, enraged by jealousy. T h e most stunning effect was the dramatic
sets,
huge,
her b a c k h a v i n g flung herself f r o m the balcony i n T o s c a last year. She
shadows
o n dirt-smeared
walls,
proved
to be equally
impassioned
costumes o n the sinister characters.
performance
her harsher
The
voice.
by
curtains o p e n
chandelier,
dark, to a
and
bold
swaying
close
to
a
I ' l l be back! T h e Dissident
emotional
here, g i v i n g a most
complemented
the best
m e n . T h i s is Janice C a i r n s ' return
the
with
dynamics.
is easily
to the stage after seriously injuring
terrifying
emphasising
players
this
(as
woman
betrayed
unknown
Overall,
The
the strange and
overstated operatic tragedy, he is b y fallen,
stage.
themselves i n
the
a n d Janice C a i r n s provide
his
f r o m the
continue to fail before the k i n g , are assassins but finally the huge hour
of
despite
Finally,
playing
Rosa
the b o y
Mannion,
page,
Oscar,
magnificent effigy o f the angel o f
excelled i n the role V e r d i deemed
death o n horseback suspended o v e r
most
important.
H e r pure
tones
James
Time
Sun 24
Coordin-
Mori 25
Tue 26
Wed 27
Thu 28
Fri 29
Mike
Chris
Jav
Cath
Phil
ator
— Sound
9am
Dave
11am
Chris
12pm
Matthew
IMPERIAL COLLEGE RADIO MORNING MUSIC
•1pm
Jon
Chris
Dan
2pm
intro s o u n d i n g slightly like a, ' o u r above',
Carter
track. T h e
•
Adrian
Adam
Robin
Funki T
Gareth
The Man
Gareth
Adrian
Griffith
Tom
Mitchell
Howard
Music
Music
Music
Catherine
Music
Gossington
Jam
Jam
Jam
Lows
Jam
3pm
Paul
The Flying
Music
The Flying
4pm
Brown
Scotsman
Jam
Scotsman
Jon
Jim &
guitars sound nice, the vocal sounds
o
Holgate
Mitchell
It definitely sounds like James, the
Dave
JAM
Smith
lord
Sat 30
C
CD Q_
like a nice s o u n d i n g v o i c e , a rather sound m e l o d y and definitely sound riff flows through this. Sounds good to m e . O n t'other side is a r e - m i x o f the ye olde fathfullye
'Come
Home'
that is played only slightly less than
New Fast Automatic Daffs -All Over My Face
'Sit D o w n ' , the all time bandwagon
4.30pm
5pm
Vikas
National
Joke, now Blue Pearl) it has
that a n n o y i n g l y
repetitive
Tim & Chip Gav, Dave & Spev
Top 40
James Graeber
Dave C
Omer
Funki T
7pm
Sam
Alison
Joe's Soul
Gabriella
Richard
Neil
Collins
Jackson
Session
boom,
b o o m , d r u m beat that w i l l m a k e it
sound
T y p i c a l N e w F a d s : guitars, d r u m s ,
sound',
don't? B u y this, buy the album, buy
words, y o u know what I mean. Y o u
track as w e l l . 'Well,
I think its w e l l
thanks P o d d y . Pebbles
Neil J
Chip &
Pablo
Robert
Mark C
Bunk
9pm
Taz
Ben
Neil
James
Marcus
Taz
David
&
Jackson
Mike
Flage
Barney
Marcus
Me Mark
Mac
Catherine *lews Desk
Tim
Arts Prog
cronies. and there's another
Feroze
8pm
a must for all y o u H i p p o d r o m e
Oh,
Liz
6pm
song. R e - m i x e d by Y o u t h (ex o f
Killing
Bruce
everything.
10pm
Six 11pm
Pebbles.
Staircase
Request Show
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CD CD CD
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Music
M a t (vocals) a n d H a m i s h (bass),
different.
out a n d about it
two were made up i n the studio and
together with N i c k (drums), w h o
w o u l d be stupid o f them to ignore
are perhaps the best tracks o n the
were out to buy some new jeans, are
a friend now that they are in a group
record.
M a t and N i c k h a d been
Revolver.
in various groups
in Winchester,
but felt they were g o i n g It
was d e c i d e d
that
nowhere.
a move
When
themselves, w o u l d n ' t it? â&#x20AC;˘
'You've
' T h e guitar styles are completely different'. T h i s is obvious to even
got this reputation for
being arrogant, do y o u think y o u deserve i t ? '
to
the most casual listener to Crimson
T h e i r response was to ask w h y ,
L o n d o n was called for. O n c e there
or the 45 e p. T h e four tracks that
w h o h a d told m e ? I c o u l d n ' t really
a d e m o tape was sent to a friend o f H a m i s h ' s , H a m i s h liked it, they met up a n d Revolver
single
were b o r n .
is o n l y
Crimson
their
second
and continues the
release
development o f the 45 ep. B u t w h y
Revolver Interview
H u t records? ' T h e r e was a g u y at o n e o f o u r gigs with a stupid smile o n his face', replied H a m i s h , the quiet one o f the pair. H e was really getting into the m u s i c , and kept s m i l i n g at H a m i s h as he p l a y e d the bass. T h e y had no idea
he
was
from
a
record
company, and in fact were intending to sign to another label at the time. A f t e r the g i g he approached them and spouted out h o w great it had been, what a fantastic group they were a n d , w h o were they g o i n g to sign
to? T
didn't
want
to say
a n y t h i n g , i n case he was f r o m a r e c o r d c o m p a n y ' , continued M a t . O n e thing lead to another a n d they signed to H u t . T h e y both said h o w great it was to be looked after b y somebody that liked
everything
automatically
they
but
d i d , not
because
they
actually liked it. T h e one time it was thought
that
a track needed
re-
m i x i n g so d i d the band. T still think the d r u m s should be l o u d e r ' added Mat. A s k e d what they thought the
current
music
about
scene
they
responded with two points. F i r s t l y , the w a y people
are so
protective about the w h o l e ' i n d i e ' thing, the w a y people say y o u can't have
creative
freedom
inside
major label. It's like when
a
people
c o m p l a i n e d w h e n C a r t e r m o v e d to C h r y s a l i s f r o m B a d C a t people said they'd sold out. N o band has m o v e d to a major label and suddenly turn c r a p , changed
their clothes. T h e
w hole music scene is b e c o m i n g too compartmentalised, people feel like
make up the ep are v a r i e d i n style,
they have to be protective
yet they still remain neatly bounded
general vibe, nothing specific. T h e y
into a complete whole. Its a great
are y o u n g and enthusiastic, its very
r e c o r d , almost a m i n i a l b u m .
easy to mistake that for arrogance,
about
their m u s i c . Secondly,
the w a y that ' i n d i e '
w o m e n dress. ' T h e y always wear c l u m p y boots', I offered. ' Y e s , and flowery
dresses'.
attractive people
N o t the most i n the w o r l d it
must be said. A n d then I died u p , floundering
I asked them i f they had changed d u r i n g their short life together? ' E v e r y time we play we try and
answer, it was m o r e a feeling, a
especially i f y o u want to. T a k e the
Manic
they are arrogant for no reason at all.
answered.
even
p r o d u c e d the best records ever, o r
they
don't
say
they've
anybody
even o f this year, but see them as a start, a beginning to start f r o m .
to something I had promised m y self
m e m b e r s o f the g r o u p . F o r the rest
It m a y be a long road but when they
I wouldn't,
o f the song M a t is half singing, half
reach the end the results w i l l be
laughing the l y r i c s .
m o r e than worth it.
' T h e Scene'.
Sorry.
' W e don't talk about it apart from
change the w o r d s . D o e s
Revolver
o r only the
like a whale o n the beach I resorted
notice
I wondered,
in interviews'. L e t ' s get one thing
' W i t h the first ep we h a d four
straight, they d o n ' t sound anything
tracks a n d k n o w exactly what we
questions I asked them ' h a v e y o u anything else to s a y ? '
like
Moose,
Chapterhouse Moose
their
label-mates,
wanted
don't
sound
continued ,
o r Revolver,
like
t h e y ' r e all
to d o with
them',
Mat
'but with this one we
only h a d one a n d a h a l f . T h e other
about
chats music,
Street Preacher (please) now
make things a little different', they Sometimes
Pebbles
Completely
running
out
' B o t h o f us have blue e y e s '
of
women and colors
22 November 1991
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Reviews
f M a r t i n ' s cleaning lady a n d A n a y a friend he makes d u r i n g the course the
film'.
people,
of
an
O u t o f these eternal
three
triangle
is
formed. C e l i a loves M a r t i n , almost to the point o f w o r s h i p , staying with h i m M a r t i n ( H u g o W e a v i n g ) was b o r n with a c h i p o n his shoulder.
When
despite his callous treatment o f her. M a r t i n needs
his mother used to describe a scene
person
to h i m , he w o u l d
absolutely.
challenge h e r ,
telling her that she was lying. W h e n
he
Andy,
trusts, Andy
as the only trusting h i m
lusts after and
falls i n l o v e with C e l i a .
she questioned h i m as to w h y she
Added
to
this
complexity
is
would lie, the angry response would
M a r t i n ' s fanatical d e v o t i o n to the
be ' B e c a u s e y o u c a n ' .
truth; nobody must lie to h i m about
T h e truth was that she c o u l d have lied to h i m . M a r t i n c o u l d verify
never
what his m o t h e r told h i m
about the things she saw, for one
what they see, as they are his eyes. H i s w o r l d falls apart when blackmails
Andy
into
Cinematographically, c o u l d be far better. Proof low
uninteresting c a m e r a w o r k .
and smelt, as ' p r o o f to those w h o
is
c o u l d see.
performances
angry
character
are
two
other
Andy
(Russell
Crowe).
C e l i a is
with
reasonable,
Genevieve
with
outstanding.
bland,
worthwhile. H e r insight into h u m a n
Acting
nature
adequate all
from Picot
film
is v i s i b l y
a r o u n d with h i m , so that he c o u l d
people. C e l i a (Genevieve Picot) and
budget,
the
photograph the things that he heard
Interwoven with this insecure and
to
M a r t i n , a n d the triangle breaks.
simple reason. H e was b l i n d . M a r t i n started c a r r y i n g a c a m e r a
Celia
lying
who
is
wonderful
d u r i n g R a g W e e k . I f y o u think that
characters are given true depth. She
I was being a little extreme, then tell
but
has also managed
was
with blind humour - jokes
H e r ability a n d the
extent that I went blind for 24 hours
a n d the
to fill the film against
the sighted - a n d beautiful insights
excellent writing and d i r e c t i o n o f
into the life o f the b l i n d .
J o c e l y n M o o r h o u s e makes the film
T h i s f i l m has inspired m e to the
m e so, but see Proof
first.
Proof
w i l l be o n l i m i t e d release f r o m the 29th
November.
Stef.
K2
Editorial d o w n a n d its time to c l i m b b a c k into it. H o w e v e r
' K 2 ' is the f i l m based o n the T o n y award-winning
stageplay
o f the
H i R e a d e r peoples! D o any o f y o u
this split
know where our 'Theatre Editors'
second is extremely addictive, a n d
are ? W e don't. Either set would do.
down
he keeps c l i m b i n g . T h e addiction is
If they float past then send them
about the o n l y thing that these t w o
o v e r o n a W e d n e s d a y afternoon. I f
m e n have i n c o m m o n . G i v e n the
anyone
opportunity to c l i m b this m o u n t a i n
send
is
afternoon.
something
each
o f them h a d
sees W i n o n a
her o v e r If
R y d e r then
on a Wednesday you
see
anyone
same name b y Patrick M e y e r s . It
d r e a m e d of, but never expected to
interesting then send them o v e r o n
has
happen. W h e n it does, they j u m p at
a W e d n e s d a y afternoon. W e like to
a l l the essential
conflicts to adventure
the chance.
e p i c , m a n v s . m a n , m a n vs nature,
T h e joys
m a k e u p an enthralling
meet n e w and exciting people even o f the f i l m
are the
m a n vs himself. S o m e h o w , i n the
c l i m b i n g sequences with spectacular
transformation f r o m stage to screen
cinematography,
it lost some o f the spark.
scenes
of
literally
danger. H o w e v e r ,
It centres o n two m e n w h o are
and
nail-biting
it m a y rely too
m u c h o n this part a n d neglect that
Dangerous Mountains in the W o r l d ,
the
is
supposed
to
be
Range,
' c h a r a c t e r - d r i v e n ' a n d an analysis
K 2 for short. T h e y face all the life-
o f the relationships i n v o l v e d . T h e
the K a r a k o r a m M o u n t a i n threatening
dangers
of
the
H e is a physicist w h o takes both his
acting
is m e d i o c r e ,
which
can't
mountains, and find out m u c h about
w o r k and his family very seriously.
happen with a script as stilted as this
themselves along the w a y . M i c h a e l
H e is h o w e v e r just as addicted to
one without a loss o f sympathy o n
Biehn
c l i m b i n g mountains as T a y l o r is,
the part o f the audience
but
characters. H o w e v e r ,
plays
obnoxious
Attorney
T a y l o r B r o o k s w h o lives f o r risks,
for
completely
different
that
for the
there is one
in the c o u r t r o o m , i n b e d , and most
reasons. H e is the epitome o f the
actress
especially
person w h o scales a mountain to be
magnificent i n her splendour, that
o n the mountains. H e
is
absolutely
says at the v e r y b e g i n n i n g o f the
' c l o s e r to g o d ' . A s he asserts there
is the m o u n t a i n . A n d i f y o u want
play t h a t ' Y a gotta keep taking risks
is that split moment right when y o u
y o u r breath taken away by the cruel
get to the top o f the mountain i n
beauty o f nature then definitely see
in this life. Y o u stop taking risks,
which all the answers become clear,
it in the theatre, otherwise,
Jaimeson, played by Matt Craven,
and just
afterwards the
until it's out o n v i d e o .
is at the other end o f the spectrum.
worldly
come
The Token American
you're
dead.'
H i s friend
Harold
as soon concerns
crashing
under
the
desk.
The Amazing Flying
Peoples
cliff-hanging
c l i m b i n g what is possibly the M o s t
film
though w e ' r e x e n o p h o b i c and hide
wait
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Opinion
Felix 918
22 November 1991 It has been a long haul from the
earlier
universal
discards the less fit varieties and
b e g i n n i n g o f life o n E a r t h to the
heirarchy look absurd, and in many
they b e c o m e extinct. T o d a y there
p r e s e n t â&#x20AC;&#x201D; s o m e three b i l l i o n years.
respects disgraceful
H u m a n history represents
unworthy
models
of
the
and certainly
o f species that have b e c o m e extinct
the last 10,000 years at most, and
pure concepts such as truth have
as a result o f o u r activities. A n d i f
h u m a n existence perhaps
2 or 3
b e c o m e c o m p a r a t i v e and idealisms
they do not b e c o m e extinct there
m i l l i o n , and m a m m a l s about 175
such as faith have b e c o m e things
will
m i l l i o n . T h e dinosaurs lasted about
f r o m w h i c h we want f r e e d o m .
e v o l u t i o n o f those w h i c h s u r v i v e .
2 0 0 m i l l i o n years e n d i n g about 70 m i l l i o n years ago;
therefore they
We
o f o u r intellect.
are m a n y estimates o f the number
Many
merely
have
evolution
discovered
has
been
be
no
room
for
further
that
W h a t we have to answer for is the
marvellously
ruthlessness o f the destruction we
had a r e i gn w h i c h lasted about 100
creative: we, and all life, have been
have unnecessarily caused, and we
times
beautifully integrated into what the
need to e x a m i n e the methods
the
reign
of
man
as
top
mankind,
the
we
species. The
conceits o f
most outrageous o f w h i c h describes us as m a d e in the image o f the creator o f the w h o l e universe, are
Legacy of Evolution
a k i n d o f w o r k i n g m o d e l designed to
justify
our
behaviour.
Our
leaders have described the w o r l d as
Victorians
called the B a l a n c e
of
N a t u r e . B u t an e v o l v e d system is
created for us alone; other species
still evolving. E v o l u t i o n depends o n
are to be treated as so inferior that
the e n v i r o n m e n t
we d o not have to consider their
occupants,
feelings, w h i c h are said to bear no
rapidly as ever. B u t it was
c o m p a r i s o n with ours w h i c h
and
and
its
present
is c o n t i n u i n g
as
never
are
p l a n n e d : the best we c a n say is that
infinitely more delicate for, only we
it happened and has a r r i v e d where
have
it is n o w .
souls
(whatever
that
may
mean!).
However
S i n c e the industrial r e v o l u t i o n
it
has
never
really
a r r i v e d , but continues to travel. It
and o u r d i s c o v e r i e s o f p h y s i c s and
has
chemistry,
continual changes g o i n g o n in the
techniques
our that
mathematical give
accurate
no
environment
descriptions o f the m e c h a n i c s o f
species
matter
and
our
more
objective, and
trying
out
but all
without
the
their
other various
recent
mutations each species is f o r c e d to
penetration into the structure o f life
select the fittest f r o m all its current
s u r v i v a l o f the less fit m e m b e r s o f
w h i c h places all b i o l o g i c a l
forms
varieties. T h i s brings us to the first
our own
under one c o m m o n ancestry, those
dreadful feature o f its b e h a v i o u r â&#x20AC;&#x201D; i t
have been e m p l o y i n g to ensure the
W e continue to e m p l o y methods which
do
distant
Overseas Societies Week M o n 2 5 t h to F r i 2 9 t h N o v JCR During the opening hours of the JCR the following Overseas Students Societies will be presenting food stalls and video shows to entertain you... Monday
Turkish, Lebanese Sri-Lankan, Pakistani Scandinavian
at the
tomorrow,
beyond the
to
more
the
lifetime
next our
children, our grandchildren,
and
their g r a n d c h i l d r e n , in fact o f all or any o f posterity. E v o l u t i o n itself certainly takes no thought for the morrow,
i n spite o f
its creative
success up until the present.
Why
is this? is because we
are
the
first
species to attempt to o c c u p y the w h o l e w o r l d at the same time. W e are g r a b b i n g the w h o l e habitat for ourselves. T h a t is w h y we destroy species,
whereas
true
evolution
w o u l d o n l y c a r r y the c o m p e t i t i o n within very limited habitats. Instead o f a l l o w i n g extravagantly
evolved
species to l i v e o n i n remote places, we
have d e c l a r e d n o w h e r e to be and
no
other
species'
habitat is out o f bounds to us, and we c a n eat any o f the occupants we choose. C l e a r l y this c o u l d be d e v e l o p e d
Wednesday
Malasia, Singapore, Thai, Chinese
into a really d a m n i n g indictment o f Industrial R e v o l u t i o n M a n .
, Friends of Palestine, Latin American, Italian, Japan
Shall
we have to prepare a defence, an apology,
Thursday
or a p r o m i s e
behaviour,
or
shall
of
we
better excuse
ourselves o n the grounds that we are m e r e l y c a r r y i n g out the techniques w h i c h creative evolution has taught us, and i f we are a bit too efficient
Friday
Iranian, Indian
R. S.
Scorer's
world
beyond of
remote,
Tuesday
not l o o k
consequences
election,
It
Professor
species.
that is evolution's fault and we have been unexpectedly g o o d students. It's a thought!
view of the evolving biosystem.
Felix
Felix 918
22 November 1991
UNDERSTANDING
STATISTICAL. THERMODYMAMICS ( PART a )
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1 • ''• '
WORLD E
THETURIN
NAPKIN"
Felix 918
22 November 1991
Feature
The London Underground is an
want? D e s c e n d into the depths o n
extremely convenient way
to get
the largest escalators I've ever seen
the same method to get off the train,
f r o m A to B in L o n d o n , but to the
(when they w o r k ) and y o u feel y o u
things get interesting, and secondly,
unwary it is a m i n e f i e l d o f hazards to
be
negotiated
skill
with
and
diligence.
are not g o i n g with the flow either
you
of
everyone around thinks y o u have an
people
(going
in
the
other
direction) or o f the foul s m e l l i n g
O n e o f the first problems encountered
on
a
obvious?
When
I
first
have
the cross
to bear that
I Q o f around r o o m temperature.
often
hurricane b l o w i n g in y o u r face as
T h e most popular method is to
tube
the train y o u ' v e just missed pulls
wait in the shuffling queue until y o u
typical
Sounds
j o u r n e y is find the station.
drawbacks; firstly, i f someone uses
came
out o f the station.
get to the doors o f the train and then
to
T h e real fun starts in the rush
shove a n d force y o u r way in.
L o n d o n it took me several attempts
hour w h e n h a l f o f L o n d o n is g o i n g
to find the actual station at Leicester
in the other d i r e c t i o n and the other
a
Square . T h e r e are about fifty-nine
half wants to get onto the same train
interesting (as
entrances (and they are always o n
that y o u do (which already contains
look out o f the w i n d o w s ) . Y o u can
the other side o f the road) with those
the
see adverts for beer,
w e l c o m i n g blue signs o v e r t h e m .
E u r o p e a n cities). If it's breathing
charities, adult education courses,
W h e n entered, h o w e v e r , they lead
r o o m only standing o n the platform
as well as poems and other people's
into a b e w i l d e r i n g array o f tunnels.
there are several methods that may
necks, armpits, left e y e b a l l s . . . L e t ' s
People have been k n o w n never to
be adopted to get onto the train.
emerge...
population
of
several
major
T h e first is to wait until the doors
B u y i n g a ticket can provide hours o f entertainment. I always seem to find m y s e l f with m o r e 50p coins than the B a n k o f E n g l a n d and no
T h e sights that c a n be seen f r o m tube
carriage
are
varied
and
long as y o u d o n ' t newspapers,
face it, I lied about the interesting bit. A n d y o u haven't got any choice
Doing the Tube
other change. S o I j o i n the queue
have opened, everyone who wishes
because
stretching into the distance towards
to has d i s e m b a r k e d and all those in
y o u r breathing with those a r o u n d
the ticket office. If I do have the
front o f y o u have entered the train.
y o u and so m o v i n g is totally out o f
'exact
Then
the question.
money
only'
you
may
politely
ask
i f they
might
you
have
to
coordinate
guarantee that the person in front o f
make r o o m for y o u . T h i s is v e r y
me in the queue is illiterate and w i l l
polite and gives a g o o d i m p r e s s i o n
question.
spend twenty minutes t r y i n g to get
to any foreign tourists that m a y be
obvious
a Z o n e 6 return, probably
without
a r o u n d , but i f y o u actually want to
Piccadilly C i r c u s , Leicester Square;
putting any m o n e y i n . A n d I never
get f r o m A to B y o u are better off
places that people want to go to.
trust those machines with my
on a uni-cycle.
W h y is there a station at H y d e Park
£5
notes.
T h e second is to force y o u r way
F i n a l l y , I w o u l d like to pose a Most
stations
are
places;
Oxford
Street,
sit
then necessary to r u n the gauntlet
platform before the train arrives and
roundabout? A n d what about R o y a l
middle
of
a
your doors
without letting y o u through . It's so
A n y o n e who has ever seen a rugger
how that w o u l d appeal. A n d w h y is
embarrassing
forward
there one at South K e n s i n g t o n ?
halfway
Now
which
platform
do
you
Union
Bar
may
this m e t h o d .
It
some
the
has
Stress struggled in the arms of his captor shouting incoherently.
in the
recognise of
time
but
works
and canal bridge.
Y e s , I c a n see
Paul Davison.
two
' F o l l o w me and y o u can j o i n in the p l a n ! '
' G e t away! G e t away f r o m i t ! '
DISORDER.
YOU
WILL
IMMEDIATELY
She m o t i o n e d h i m to follow her
AND
BE
ATTACKED
KILLED!
' A w a y from what?'
through the door. T h e y ran hunched
' A w a y f r o m the r o b o t ! '
in near blackness d o w n the tunnel
conversation w h i l e s c r a m b l i n g and
before it opened out in some sort o f
r unni n g through the darkness.
'What robot?' Stress
stopped
fighting,
no sounds c o m i n g f r o m the corridor like rapping o r gunfire and partly he
realised
his
Somehow
they
maintained
a
partly
because he realised that there was
because
Underground
O a k — t h e m i d d l e o f a large railway
then heave
opened.
on the
large
before
getting
almost
the
o f the rottweilers—the things with
through and then getting stuck.
on
in
the flags that c h e w y o u r ticket up
have
opinion
C o r n e r ? D o people want to go and
to near the front o f the c r o w d o n the way
Davison's
in
H a v i n g purchased a ticket it is
the
Paul
captor
The Inner System
h o l d i n g h i m tightly was female. A s he c a l m e d d o w n she let go o f h i m
airlock. In the d i m red light she
and he crawled over in the darkness
opened the thick door o n the far side
to the d o o r . T h e r e was no sound
o f the r o o m and walked
from
Before Stress entered, he tried to
outside.
Through
a
crack
through.
' Y o u ' r e f r o m outside the system, aren't y o u ? '
6.
' Y e s , yes I a m . '
below the g a p i n g hole he c o u l d see
read the large notice by the door but
us in our struggle against those that
that the c o r r i d o r was
gave up and c a r r i e d o n , u n n e r v e d
control
by
o v e r t h r o w the monsters that blight
empty.
' W h e r e d i d it g o ? ' ' W h e r e d i d what go? A l l I heard was
a crash and then I saw
you
crawled
back
from
the
shattered d o o r to where her d i m shape sat near a small door. H e was coming
down
metabolic
from
muscle
his military manager
and
c o u l d only take orders. ' W h a t do we do n o w ? ' T h i s seemed to spark something o f f in her.
skin and
flourescent
striped aluminium jumpsuit glowing strangely
in
the
light.
He
was
swallowed up in the darkness o f the
d i v i n g into the r o o m . ' Stress
his pale
tunnel.
Behind
him
the
notice
continued reading.
MENT.
WARNING!
ENTER
IF
YOU
SKINNED, HAVE
DO ARE
NOT PALE
WEARING
UNFASHIONABLE OR
ENVIRON-
ANY
CLOTHES PHYSICAL
us.
If
you
can
help
us
o u r lives w e ' d be so grateful.' Even
in
pitch
darkness
he
Troy
Tempest's
hero meets
c o u l d n ' t take his eyes o f f her. ' I ' l l d o whatever I c a n . ' The
YOU ARE NOW ENTERING A C O N T R O L L E D
Observation.
' Y o u ' r e a godsend! Y o u can help
tunnel sloped
up and
she
feminine
m o t i o n e d h i m to slow d o w n . T h e y c r a w l e d to the end where two small windows
floated
in the darkness.
She l o o k e d through one
window
and he l o o k e d through the other. 'It's
the
whispered.
newsroom.'
She
line.
plot
22 November 1991
Felix 918
n
Will that be all, m'lady? Motions for the U G M
Lady
T h e Extraordinary General M e e t i n g
ICU
will
be
held
November
on
Thursday
in M e c h
28th
E n g 220 at
ICU
Penelope.
1.
Instructs:
within Imperial C o l l e g e and provide
Instructs:
UFC
to r e m o v e
1. A l l Sabbaticals must w e a r their
f o r m the C C U s .
relevant u n i f o r m at all times.
2.
The
any
funding
any facilities needed by the female students.
President
and
Honorary
I C U Instructs:
Secretary (Events) to organise an
The
Welfare Officer, Publicity Officer
T h u n d e r b i r d s at all times.
N U S Reaffiliation o n b e h a l f o f the
Sabbatical responsible for
and
3. N o
U n i o n before the end o f the present
to:
lpm.
E l e c t i o n s for Transport
place.
In
the posts
Officer
will
addition the
of
2.
take
following
A l l Sabbaticals Sabbatical
must act like is to talk w i t h
term.
his/her mouth in s y n c r o n i s a t i o n .
3.
m o t i o n s w i l l be debated.
Womens
Officer
and U n i o n women
1. set-up a W o m e n s G r o u p open to
UFC
to
authorise
money
Women
only,
needs
Motion on Sabbatical Dress
to the N U S , i f the referendum f r o m
College.
P r o p o s e d by S.
P r o p o s e d by Steve Farrant
Instructs 2 decides that I C U should
2. to p r o m o t e the g r o u p .
S e c o n d e d by Z o e
affiliate to the N U S .
3. to endeavour to make the group
4. U F C to authorise any m o n e y left
a success and ensure its longevity. 4. to gather i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m the
S e c o n d e d by W . ICU
Mullan
ICU
Notes:
Hellinger
Notes:
Women
at
the
available f r o m Instructs 1 to affiliate
Hoborough
of
emphasising
Motion on National Union of Students Affiliation.
Imperial
on
NUS
o v e r f r o m Instructs 1 to 3 as a pay
identity outside their offices.
Reaffiliation R e f e r e n d u m '
passed
rise, split equally between the four
students o f I C U to b u i l d a list o f
ICU
on
25.1.90
Union
area
2.
That
1. T h a t the Sabbaticals
have • n o
Believes:
1. T h a t a u n i f o r m w o u l d m a k e all
1.
The
'Motion
due
to the
'Motion
sabbaticals.
which
the
group
should
promote.
on
the Sabbaticals easily recognisable.
Voluntary
ICU
passed 2 5 . 1 . 9 0 , an affiliation ballot
Motion on Women at Imperial College
1. T h a t the T h u n d e r b i r d s u n i f o r m
cannot at present take place.
P r o p o s e d by Z o e H e l l i n g e r
N e x t week there are meetings for
and accesories s h o u l d be designed
3. C C U s are g i v e n an annual grant
S e c o n d e d by D o n n a Sibley
postgraduates o n :
a n d made for the Sabbaticals.
from I C U .
ICU
2. T h a t the I C U president should be
ICU
1. W o m e n
Resolves:
Lady
Penelope.
1.
Membership
of
NUS'
Believes:
Students should be
given
the
Postgraduate Meetings
• M o n d a y 25th
Notes: m a k e up 2 0 % o f the
students at Imperial
November
M i n e s ( M R E . M a t S c i , G e o l o g y etc) in G 2 0
College.
3. T h a t the F e l i x E d i t o r should be
choice to join/leave the N U S at least
2. F r o m I C U Notes 1, w o m e n are
• T u e s d a y 26th
Parker.
every 2 years.
a minority.
M e c h E n g i n 542
4. That the Deputy President should
2.
3. N o g r o u p exists to service the
• W e d n e s d a y 27th
be B r a i n s .
ICU.
needs
M a n a g e m e n t in M E 3 4 2
CCUs
duplicate the w o r k
of
o f the above m i n o r i t y a forum
for
or
debate and
November November
• T h u r s d a y 28th N o v e m b e r
5. That the H o n Sec (Events) should
3. Sabbaticals are not paid enough
provide
be Scott.
m o n e y for the fine w o r k they d o .
socuialising for it.
Biology
6. That the U n i o n M i n i b u s e s should
4. M o t i o n s like this one get people
4. I C U has a W o m e n s O f f i c e r and
Theatre.
be
in
the
Pippard
to U G M / E G M s just to say their bit.
a Sabbatical O f f i c e r with ' W o m e n '
Please
T h u n d e r b i r d 1 and T h u n d e r b i r d 2
ICU
Resolves:
as an area o f responsibility.
meetings
etc.,
To
rescind
ICU
been v e r y useful. A l l the meetings
repainted
blue
except o n e
and
named
Union
Minibus
the
'Motion
w h i c h should be painted p i n k and
Voluntary Membership
refitted with p i n k fluffy
passed o n 2 5 . 1 . 9 0 .
seats for
of
on
NUS'
Believes:
T h a t there is a n e e d for a W o m e n s G r o u p to p r o m o t e w o m e n s
c a n all P G ' s
lecture
attend. T h e
w e ' v e had so far
have
w i l l start at 5 . 3 0 p m .
issues
Questionnaire Odds and Ends Well,
Rag
Week's
nearly
1. Sex? M a l e or F e m a l e
c)
2. D o y o u think there s h o u l d be a
issues?
support
group
for
women
at
Imperial?
Speakers
on
women's
Friday
over,
tonight is the g o o d o l d S m o k i n g
On
Concert in the Concert H a l l at 8 p m .
front,
9. W o u l d y o u attend a meeting o f
can't
Monday
the above type o f group?
Tomorrow
to
watch
there's
the
the
acts.
sponsored
should this group be open to w o m e n
1.
Do
you
think there
are
any
S o i f y o u want to see m y s e l f and
Night
as
there's and
a
sport
poster
Room
sale
on
sales
on
W e d n e s d a y and T h u r s d a y .
N u d e K a m i k a z e Parachute J u m p .
3. If yes to the p r e v i o u s question,
is Ents
the J u n i o r C o m m o n
T h e r e ' s a 2 a m bar extension i f y o u bear
night
usual with a midnight bar extension.
Other
little
bits:
the
E x t r a o r d i n a r y G e n e r a l M e e t i n g is
only?
p r o b l e m s associated with be i ng a
Paul T h o m a s ( M a t h s II)
4. If y o u d o n ' t think there should
w o m a n at Imperial C o l l e g e ?
naked f r o m H a r r o d s three legged,
T h u r s d a y . S o c o m e and q u i z the
be a w o m e n ' s
2.
: o m e and watch (and give us some
sabbaticals and other officers and
5.
What
group—why
reasons
having a women's
are
not?
there
for
Do
you
think
there
is
any
harrassment o f any k i n d towards
money).
in
Mech
Eng
220
at
lpm
on
have a say in u n i o n business. If y o u
N e x t week it's back to n o r m a l .
w o m e n at I C .
group?
streaking
d o n ' t then we c a n o n l y assume that
6. W o u l d y o u prefer the g r o u p to
2a. W h i c h group o f people cause it?
T h e r e ' s a live band doing their thing
we are d o i n g a s t o r m i n g j o b or y o u
be solely one for support or one
Students/Lecturers/Staff/Other
in
are
addressing issues as well?
(Please Specify)?
night. T h e r e is a M u l l e r draft lager
babble cards but are too shy to even
2b. In what e n v i r o n m e n t does it
promotion
babble.
occur? Bar/Tutorials/Outside etc...
M o n d a y night. Wednesday is teaser
7.
If this g r o u p were to
issues,
which
ones
address
should
it
address. 8. Is it worth h a v i n g : a) Assertiveness training for women? b)
Debates
issues?
on
women's
Please return completed questionnaire to Zoe Hellinger in the Union Office by Wednesday 27th November, 5.30pm.
the
Lounge too
Bar (£1
on a
Monday
bottle)
on
de se rvi ng
of
one
of
Rag's
F i n a l l y , i f anyone wants to earn
time again with a bar q u i z followed
£30 o n D e c e m b e r
by disco. Cocktails are available o n
Camera-7
T h u r s d a y at the R e d Z o n e in the
c e r e m o n y , c o m e and see M i c h e l l e
at
11 by helping
the
graduation
L o u n g e Bar. So if y o u ' r e pissed o f f
in the U n i o n O f f i c e and give her
(or
y o u r name.
pissed) with beer try one
these instead.
—18—
of
22 November 1991 A n up-to-the-minute guide to events
RockSoc Meeting
in a n d a r o u n d Imperial
Southside Upper Lounge.
T h e deadline page
is
College.
for entries for this
the
What's On
Felix 918
Monday
prior
to
12.30pm
Parachute Club
12.30pm
FRIDAY Hang Gliding
12.30pm
1.00pm
12.30pm
Union G y m .
6.00pm
Dance C l u b J C R . Intermediate/Medals
7.00pm
Ballroom
& Latin.
7.00pm
M e c h E n g 220. Yep it's I C S F again.
Dance C l u b
J C R . Beginners Ballroom & Latin.
Maths 408. Club members
welcome.
Y o u know the drill. £2.50 non-
Yacht Club Meeting
12.45pm
mems, (includes
membership).
Dance Club
welcome. Sailing most weekends!
J C R . Adv/Medals Ballroom & Latin.
Union Lounge. Lots of good booze.
Grease Rehearsals
I C Shotokan Karate
5.30pm
Volleyball court. Men's Team.
7.00pm
Real A l e Society
253 Aeronautics. New members most
Basketball Club
Southside Upper Lounge.
Concert Wind Band
Gardens).
6.30pm
ICSF Film 'The Fly'
Brown Committee Room.
Labour Club Meeting
publication.
Southside Upper Lounge.
Judo
7.30pm
Room 308, Huxley Building
JJOpm
7J0pm
Meeting
7.30pm
Southside G y m .
Outside Great Hall, Sherfield.
Fitness Club
Conservative Soc
12.30pm
Southside G y m . Beginners.
12.40pm
J C R . R'n'R/Latin. Adv/Medals.
Caving Club Meeting
Union Lounge. Everyone welcome to
Afro-Carib Meeting
Southside Upper Lounge.
Indian Soc X m a s
give Rag Week ideas.
Concert Hall.
WEDNESDAY
J C R . £4 (£3 members). See our
Women's Hockey
I C C A G Soup R u n
Dance Club
Physics 737.
Rag Meeting
Friday Prayers
1.00pm
Southside G y m . See Islamic Society.
Sports Centre.
Dance Club
4.30pm
Union G y m .
C.U. Prayer Meeting
J.OOpm
413 Maths.
6.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.30pm
R S M Foyer.
IC Shotokan Karate
Fitness Club
7.30pm
Sports Centre.
6.30pm
J C R . Latin Beginners.
7.30pm
Swimming
8.30pm
Shaolin System Nam Pai Chuan
TUESDAY
Southside Disco
1.30pm
Club for info.
DramSoc Improv Class
8.30pm
IC Christian Outreach
10.00pm
Southside G y m .
Ladies Tennis
12.00pm
12.30pm 12.30pm 12.30pm
Shaolin System Nam Pai Chuan
12.30pm
Southside G y m .
Southside Upper Lounge.
AudioSoc Meeting
Southside Upper Lounge. Cheap
Basketball Club
records and equipment hire.
Volleyball court.
Radio Modellers
Kung Fu Club
12.30pm
Mech E n g 702. Followed by lunch. Southside Lounge. Put you name
7.00pm 7J0pm
Fencing Training
Anteroom Sherfield Building.
Farming.
Postgrad Lunch
Men's Tennis Team Practise ,
PhotoSoc
which
11.30am 12.30pm 12.30pm 12.30pm
1.00pm
Chaplains Office (10 Princes
1.00pm
Fencing Training
12.30pm
Beginners Training.
1.30pm
Huxley Soc Meeting
1.00pm
Huxley 130. 'The Dreadful Legacy of Evolution' in association with
Fitness Club
J.OOpm
Intermediate.
Kung Fu Club
4.30pm
5.30pm
Gliding Club Meeting........ 1.00pm
6.00pm
Careers Talk
Clubs Committee Room.
Dance Club
Aero 266.
Canoe Club
Careers
1991. F o r
information c o m e Service,
to the
Room
310
M o n d a y to F r i d a y .
CAMERA 7
1.30pm
Do you want to earn
£30 for a day's work, on 11th December 1991?
LT213 Huxley. See careers info.
6.00pm
J C R . Beginners Ballroom and Latin.
MONDAY
1.30pm
Amenesty International
Union Dining Hall.
53 Cromwell Road.
Fencing Training General.
Catholic Mass
o n 6th D e c e m b e r
Enviro Soc.
J.45pm
Southside G y m . Intermediate.
Wine Tasting Soc
6.00pm
JJOpm
Mech E n g .
W u Shu Kwan in the Union G y m .
M i l k r o u n d : T h e first cl osi ng date is
Gardens).
Huxley L T 2 1 3 . See careers info.
Fitness Club
of
details
Sherfield—open f r o m 10am to 5 p m ,
Radio Modellers
UDH.
include
o f employers.
further
Catholic Chaplaincy Mass.ll.00am 1.00pm
visit the C a r e e r s S e r v i c e a n d study
opportunities p r o v i d e d b y a number
53 Cromwell Road.
Wargames
WS
V a c a t i o n W o r k next s u m m e r should
Southside Upper Lounge. Southside Upper Lounge.
Careers Talk
with
the V a c a t i o n T r a i n i n g S c h e m e files
Lymbery of Compassion in World
members
Manager
9.30pm
Ents Club Night in Union Lounge.
Y H A Meeting
Union Lounge.
Consultancy by M r C h r i s H u d s o n ,
V a c a t i o n W o r k : Students seeking
Libido
Balloon Club Meeting
ability. Annual membership £6. New
Nov,
Management
Atkins.
Environmental and Appropriate Tech
Southside Lounge.
28th
and
7.30pm
Intermediate & advanced coaching.
12.45pm
L t d . Thursday
Personnel
Southside Lounge.
Ents Meeting
Co
Engineering
THURSDAY
12.30pm
b y M r Peter J o h n s t o n ,
Recruitment M a n a g e r o f M o b i l O i l
12.30pm
down for this year's ski trip.
College Courts. Players of any
H u x l e y . Tuesday 26th N o v , the first interview
Union G y m . W u Shu Kwan.
12.30pm
See posters for location. Phillip
welcome.
6.30pm
Swimming Pool.
West London Chaplaincy Sunday Service ..10.30am
11.00am
Careers Info
Diving
Sailing Club
SUNDAY
• I A N , it's all real. T o b y .
Riding Club Meeting
Ski Club Meeting
music.
JJOpm
Ecology
• T W O C a r e e r s T a l k s this c o m i n g
Southside Lounge.
8.00pm
1.30pm
at the L o n d o n
week at 1 . 3 0 p m - 2 . 2 0 p m in L T 2 1 3
Cathsoc Mass
Union Dining Hall. Food, drinks,
2526.
urgently
Professional tuition.
A l l new members welcome.
10.30am
3 5 1 8 o r 071-731
• VOLUNTEERS
E E 403B. Essential Christianity.
At college courts. Membership £6.
Meet at Beit A r c h .
1.15pm
Union S C R (old Union Office).
Boardsailing 4.30pm
Rent B i l l due so contact R e x o n Internal required
Southside Upper Lounge.
Kung Fu Club
1.00pm
C e n t r e . Phone 0 7 1 - 3 7 9 4 3 2 4 .
Union G y m .
W u Shu Kwan in Southside G y m .
stereo.
Building.
Kung Fu
SATURDAY
8 d a y 2 week timer, d o l b y
£90 o n o . A l s o B e t a m a x £25 o n o .
Top floor N W corner Union
Green Committee Room. See Labour
Southside Bar.
Small A d s • V H S V I D E O recorder for sale.
Chaplain's Office
Labour Club
Sports Centre.
Lebanese Party
12.45pm
Micro Club Meeting 8.30pm
9.15pm
12.45pm
Cycling Training
7.30pm
Southside G y m .
Water Polo
Cycling Club
Bike Club
9.00pm
Meet Weeks Hall Basement.
U D H . A l l welcome.
C . U . Prayer Meeting 7.30pm
8.30pm
Disco
noticeboard for more info.
12.30pm
Wargames 6.40pm
Club training.
IC Shotokan Karate
Southside
Meet at Beit A r c h .
Sports Centre.
Fencing Club Training
Southside Bar.
Southside Lounge.
Dance Club
308 Computing.
8.00pm
Southside G y m . Intermediate.
Water Polo 6.00pm
J C R . Advanced Ballroom & Latin.
Southside G y m .
J C R . Beginners' Rock ' n ' Roll. Southside G y m .
Christian Union Meeting
8.00pm
Dance C l u b
8.00pm
Rave
Swimming
Kung Fu
(terminal room A ) .
Yoga
6.15pm
Beit Quad store or 8.30pm in
Fitness Club
JJOpm
Southside G y m . Advanced.
Midweek Event Chaplains Office (10 Prince's
—19—
JJOpm
See Michelle i n the Union Office
Felix 918
News
R a g week so far has been d e e m e d 'excellent' 'Penguin'
this Ellis,
Rector Q u e s t i o n e d
Drugs
Rag by
year
Marc
Rag Chairman,
A m e m b e r o f staff f r o m Sunley
House
action
after
faces
being
22 November 1991
Continued from front page Bernard
disciplinary suspected
of
col l ege, has
Professor
sent
Bruce
a letter
Sayers,
to M r
Angus
and people attending courses, not lack o f interest. In the vote, 63 p e r
Fraser, Managing Director o f I C ,
cent voted for strike action while 89 per cent voted for ' a c t i o n short o f
though he said that 'publicity, apart
drugs p e d d l i n g . T w o students w h o
on
f r o m F e l i x , has been l o w . ' It w i l l
were
generally
be some time before the final figure
suspended from the hall pending the
posted all around college. T h e letter
carried a warning saying that people
raised during the week is calculated,
results o f their tribunal.
complains
taking industrial action m a y be i n
but M r E l l i s estimates that it will be f r o m £5,000 to £10,000.
also
Linda Donegan, House,
In T u e s d a y ' s Slave A u c t i o n C i t y
involved
made
been
W a r d e n o f the the
'Two
statement.
have
following
undergraduates
the matter.
This
leaked of
letter
was
and has
been
'brutality'
and
strike a c t i o n ' . E a c h ballot
paper
' i m p e r t i n e n c e ' i n the w a y changes
breach
were
could therefore be sacked for taking
being
Sayers
handled.
Professor
warned
also
of
'career
o f contract a n d that they
part in a strike.
and G u i l d s President T i m P r o c t o r
have been suspended f r o m B e r n a r d
executives'
auctioned, amongst
Sunley H o u s e pending the outcome
outstanding
the U n i o n Receptionists M i c h e l l e
o f both the residence and college
dedication
College'.
Gordon
Marshall,
Director
and C a t h y , w h o were dressed as
disciplinary tribunals, following an
Unfortunately Professor Sayers was
Estates,
said
management
incident
unavailable for further c o m m e n t as
position has not altered and that the
he was attending a W o r l d
changes were part o f the C o l l e g e ' s
many
others,
T w e e d l e s D u m and D e e . The
RCS
Beer
Festival
on
W e d n e s d a y attracted an estimated
been
1200 people,
college
said
its organiser,
F r a n k E v e r s . H e added that it raised £3,000 o v e r
costs, selling
drugs.
The
and the n o r m a l
suspended
procedures
are
taking
had
'neither
competence
to Imperial
or
Health
She added that as a warden it was
prepared
to
comment
her duty 'to safeguard the welfare
abrasive criticisms contained i n the letter, except the R e c t o r , S i r E r i c A s h , w h o said 'I d o not agree with
though at its conclusion at 11.00pm
said that drugs o f any nature can be
the c o m m e n t s ' d u r i n g the R e c t o r ' s He
some cider was still left. T h e r e was
extremely dangerous - particulary
question time last T h u r s d a y .
virtually no mess and little trouble,
w h e n taken with a l c o h o l , a n d that
added
except for an altercation between
it was v e r y fortunate that someone
'intemperate l a n g u a g e . ' T h e letter
the F O P P E S o c
was o n hand to control the situation
gained a positive response f r o m the
before it went any further.
unions.
Plant
Eaters
(Fuck
Off
Society)
Poofy
a n d some
students f r o m T h e R o y a l S c h o o l o f M i n e s o v e r a four foot
'I d o n ' t think most students are
the
that
the letter
contained
Mr
p e r cent o f M S F
acceptable agreed' needed
the
'generally
security
structure
i m p r o v i n g to reduce
o f Imperial C o l l e g e . H e stated that proposal
had put f o r w a r d
and any suggestions
m e m b e r s voted i n the ballot. Sue
Unions
Sharpe,
system
a reinforced glass d o o r p a n e l .
really
low numbers were due to absences
considered'.
Edgy
Insure
your
Concert
U n i v e r s i t y career o r p o s s i b l y e v e n
Cabaret w i l l take place in the U n i o n
y o u r life f o r ? ' added M s D o n e g a n .
Tonight,
the S m o k i n g
B u i l d i n g at 8 . 0 0 p m . T i c k e t s w i l l cost £3.00 o n the d o o r .
'We
d o not c o n d o n e the use o f
any drugs', said I C U President, Z o e Hellinger.
Sign Smashed to their c o l l e c t i o n . T h e theft was stopped by G i n a
d u r i n g the M i n e s D i r t y D i s c o last
and Steve
Farrant, I C U
'seriously
E n d s l e i g h Insurance
are offering
discounts o n m o t o r
insurance to
the
Consort
Gallery,
Building
the
from
25
students. T h e y say that they w i l l match any quote
f r o m any other
motor insurer. Contact any local
N o v e m b e r until 19 D e c e m b e r .
the U n i o n b u i l d i n g was smashed
the security
be
would
G e r a r d Hastings w i l l be h o l d i n g an in
the sign to their U n i o n bar, to add
to i m p r o v e
a by
e x h i b i t i o n entitled ' O n T h e E d g e ' Sherfield
O n e o f the new d i r e c t i o n signs i n
cost
and b r i n g it i n line with the needs
aware o f the seriousness o f taking
said the
He
solution'.
c o m m e n t e d that it was
o r selling drugs o f any k i n d . Is it
M S F Secretary,
the
were still l o o k i n g for a ' m u t u a l l y
vibrator,
sacrificing
of
negotiator, said they
Management
Seventy-five
Newbold,
Steve
management
w h i c h resulted i n the destruction o f
worth
today
orders.
o n the
o f the students i n m y trust and also
H e said
place
'restructuring a n d change p o l i c y ' .
N o personnel
the reputation o f the c o l l e g e . ' S h e
suppliers.
ran out at about
takes
H e added that he was just following
to press.
that
bitter
meeting
of going
9.45pm,
different
A
between management a n d unions.
Organisation conference at the time f r o m C o l l e g e administration were
place.'
5,500
pints o f 55 different beers f r o m 6
involving
janitor at E v e l y n G a r d e n s has also
who
b r a n c h o f the c o m p a n y .
Theta Stolen
M o n d a y . A g r o u p o f students f r o m
Mortley
St M a r y ' s Hospital M e d i c a l S c h o o l
H o n Sec (Events), w h o was naked
were accused o f t r y i n g to r e m o v e
at the time. Sarah P a y n e , Secretary
The
o f St. M a r y ' s Students U n i o n , said
U n i o n ( R C S U ) mascot, T h e t a , was
rules w o u l d mean that T h e t a w o u l d
that
stolen
not be handled with care and it may
St Mary's Hospital Music Society in aid of the Save the Baby Fund PRESENTS A Scratch Performance of Handel's
M E S S I A H Saturday 23 November 7.30pm St J o h n ' s C h u r c h , Hyde P a r k Cresent, W 2 Students £ I, non-students £2 For more info or if you would like to sing, phone 071-262 7990
'they are t r y i n g to find the
Royal
o n Sunday
people w h o d i d it' and added 'they
students
w o u l d try and deal with the matter
disagreed
internally.'
rules.
Zoe' H e l l i n g e r ,
College
of
the
night
who
v e r y delicate. P l a y i n g with the new
get b r o k e n . W e d o n ' t want to see that h a p p e n . ' S i m o n Banton, the representative
T h e t a bearer,
said that two e x - R C S U
two
Dave
students
by ex-
RCSU
told F e l i x that she had the names o f o f the St. M a r y ' s
Science
with the new mascotry
Chris Davidson.
I C U President,
of
Burns
and
Paul
of
the R C S A s s o c i a t i o n
o n the
students,
U n i o n C o u n c i l , said ' i n m y o p i n i o n
Wilmot
mascotry shoul d have been banned
involved in the attempted theft. She
attempted to remove Theta from the
there and then w h e n the guy got
explained
bar but were confronted b y a group
hurt (see Felix
c o n c e r n e d had two options; either
of
happen is that it w i l l escalate again,
to pay for the damage i n c u r r e d o r
though it was g o i n g to turn into a
cars
to
b r a w l , M r . D a v i d s o n d e c i d e d that
someone
committee. T h i s committee has the
it was probably best to let the e x -
killed.'
p o w e r to b a n students f r o m union
students take T h e t a until they c o u l d
F o l l o w i n g this incident six life
premises. If the latter fails then they
sit d o w n and discuss the current
m e m b e r s o f the U n i o n iare due to
situation.
have their m e m b e r s h i p s r e s c i n d e d ,
may
face
face
that
a
the
Union
students
disciplinary
a College
disciplinary
c o m m i t t e e , w h i c h c o u l d result i n the
students
being
banned
studying at Imperial.
from
students.
One
When
ex-student
it l o o k e d
as
commented
' T h e t a means so m u c h to so many
will
be else
all that w i l l
914)...
re-introduced, and will
and at the m o m e n t
get hurt
a
or
temporary
T h e t a is being used.
people.. .Theta is very valuable and
F e l i x is p r o d u c e d f o r a n d o n b e h a l f o f the I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n P u b l i c a t i o n s B o a r d a n d is p r i n t e d by the I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n P r i n t U n i t . P r i n c e C o n s o r t R o a d . L o n d o n S W 7 2 B B . ( T e l : 071-225 8672). Editor: A d a m H a r r i n g t o n . Business M a n a g e r : Jeremy B u r n e l l . C o p y r i g h t F e l i x 1991. I S S N 1040-0711.