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men.

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unrest Ericsson c h a n g e d t h e U n i The vastly i m p r o v e d tion

network

beginning become

communica-

lines

to 0 8 7 0

numbers

the privilege of h a v i n g a w o r k i n g

into t h e d e a l

phone

as a private f i n a n c e initiative. S t u -

released

b y St

Andrew's

by E r i c s s o n ' s s u b s e q u e n t

the installation

have

of

held

Ericsson's

ing

change

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calls

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lines a l l

have

taken

as a n o m i n o u s sign in

the w a k e o f E r i c s s o n ' s

months

greeted

late

at the Scottish

interesting

unsuspecting operators

par-

incoming refusing

St A n d r e w ' s U n i o n h a v e

calls

receive

all

a n d apparently

to publish

their

rates,

dents

c a n expect

" n o r m a l " rate. " M o s t o f t h e p r o b l e m s a t St.

said

is b e i n g

College

should

n o t arise

a n optimistic

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Ian C l i f f o r d ,

have

student,

Services.

Uni-

o r d e r t o m a k e a profit out of t h e

t h e first U n i v e r s i t y

u n f e a s i b l y l o w b i d they o r i g i n a l l y

w i t h a n d t h e D P ( F & S ) felt a g r e a t

plans

tendered

deal

mobile

a n d the completion w a s by a f l o o d o f c o m p l a i n t s

a b o u t the h a v o c c a u s e d by w o r k -

have

t o t h e University a n d

monopolised

the services

Finance

Ericsson

of their p r o b l e m s

cost

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will

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of £ 6 0 p e r

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subsidised

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a capital

ICU

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but a l t h o u g h t h e cost of installa-

their

and

their

a decrease

tion

phone,

left f u m i n g . T h e y c l a i m t h a t E r i c s inflated

is b e i n g r u n

the cost o f their o u t - g o i n g calls,

son

have

which

call to a n Ericsson

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could

which range from 8 p t o 1 6 p for a

offering

disturbingly d u b i o u s services.

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m u n i c a t i o n s h a v e all h a d a n input

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s i a l d e a l w i t h St A n d r e w ' s .

versity

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caused market-

explaining the

led to some

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controver-

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campaign

n e w s y s t e m w h i c h is set t o r e p l a c e

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report Student

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E s t a t e s , IT, R e s i d e n c e s a n d

making

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negotiations

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t h e latest victim o f C o l -

College.

c o m p a n y further e n d e a r e d

same

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lege bureaucracy. P r o l o n g e d c o n -

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versity's

offered o n the lines, b a n n i n g all charge card numbers. The

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dealt

a f e e of £ 1 0 a n d there a r e even

stemmed

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to develop phone

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Ericsson

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stu-

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t a i n l y isn't t h e first e v e r study o f the

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in a study term

part

investigating t h e long-,

effects

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the drug

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coverage

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potential

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evidence

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b o d y c o u n t s still r i s i n g .

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Who Really

s This Place?

n k S o , w h a t do you

to that of the D e a n

of Students,

except

that

h e r e I d o n ' t h a v e a n o f f i c e . T h e d i s t i n c t i o n is

they're

happy

with w h a t we're d o i n g ,

I think

that w o u l d b e very i m p o r t a n t .

W e l l , I act o n behalf of the Rector o n matters

that here the Pro Rectors have a kind of over-

A n o t h e r t a r g e t I h a v e b e f o r e I l e a v e is t o

e d u c a t i o n a l , a n d a l t h o u g h t h e title s a y s

Edu-

a r c h i n g view over all C o l l e g e activities, but we

i m p r o v e the prospects f o r learning a n d t e a c h -

c a t i o n a l Q u a l i t y it's m o r e a b o u t t h e t o t a l i t y o f

o p e r a t e t h r o u g h the e s t a b l i s h e d m a c h i n e - but

ing,

q u a l i t y o f t h e s t u d e n t s l i f e , s o it's n o t o n l y t h e

I

q u a l i t y o f t h e i r e d u c a t i o n , it's a b o u t t h e q u a l i -

b e c a u s e it m e a n s t h a t w e c a n ' t try t o e x e r t o u r

bring

ty o f t h e i r l i f e , s o h a l l s o f r e s i d e n c e , t h e U n i o n ,

influence

c o u r s e s w e r u n , to l o o k critically at h o w o u r

h e a l t h m a t t e r s a n d s o o n , a n d I try t o a c t o n

because

con-

students learn a n d h o w w e t e a c h , a n d thus w e

behalf

t r o l . . . But indirectly I pick u p o n all the p r o b -

c a n raise the profile o f t e a c h i n g within a very

of the rector,

p r o m o t i n g the students

actually

think

that

through

that's

a

good

management

thing

control,

we don't have a n y m a n a g e r i a l

a n d we're a b o u t

educational

t o set u p a c e n t r e f o r

development

together

the

which,

various

I hope

aspects

will

of the

q u a l i t y of life. But, I d o this in a n o n m a n a g e -

l e m s f a c i n g s t u d e n t s , a n d it's t h r o u g h

rial w a y , s o I h a v e t o a c t w i t h i n t h e o t h e r s t r u c -

meetings with

tures of C o l l e g e , s o in a s e n s e

I'm t h e r e t o

W a r d e n s a n d the H e a l t h C e n t r e that I pick u p

I'm v e r y i m p r e s s e d by t h e a t t i t u d e o f o u r staff

keep

However,

o n w h a t ' s g o i n g o n , a s w e l l a s by r e a d i n g F e l i x

to t e a c h i n g - they d o t a k e t e a c h i n g very s e r i -

a n eye o n the students...

it

d o e s div id e b r o a d l y into e d u c a t i o n , a n d I c h a i r

regular

r e s e a r c h d o m i n a t e d e n v i r o n m e n t . I t h i n k that's

I C U , with the Tutors, with the

g o i n g to be a very uphill task, but fortunately

and always keeping my d o o r o p e n .

ously, a n d I think that's b e e n

the u n d e r g r a d u a t e a n d g r a d u a t e studies c o m mittee, w h i c h

has oversight f o r all t e a c h i n g ,

a n d I d e a l with the T Q A [quality visits, w h e r e

I try t o e n s u r e

assessment]

that w e

What

decision

and

feel

or change

do you look

proud

back

on

helped

by r e g i s t r y .

as the p r o m o t i o n

of teaching

and

t e c h n o l o g i e s . S o , if I've i m p r o v e d t h e q u a l i t y o f I'd l i k e t o t h i n k t h a t I'm r e s p o n s i b l e f o r r e s o l v -

o u r halls a n d the q u a l i t y of o u r t e a c h i n g by the

ing the C l a y p o n d s issue ( a l t h o u g h a g a i n

t i m e I l e a v e t h e n I'll f e e l I've a c h i e v e d e n o u g h .

that

T h e q u a l i t y o f t h e s t u d e n t s life o u t s i d e t h e i r

w a s n ' t e n t i r e l y m e d i r e c t l y ) . I'd l i k e t o t h i n k t h a t

One

I pick up o n through the C o l l e g e

in e v e r y p l a n n i n g r o u n d I h e l p t o b r i n g a b o u t

m y t i m e t h a t I'm v e r y p r o u d o f is t h e d e v e l o p -

C o l l e g e a n d the

ment of the private office, w h i c h helps students

education

Tutors, the student C o u n c i l l o r s a n d the student

a

Welfare

U n i o n ; I'd l i k e t o t h i n k t h a t I w a s v e r y c l o s e l y

charge

Committee,

but

again

I'm

n o t in

of anything directly...But the C o l l e g e

happy

involved

Tutors a n d I w o r k very c l o s e l y t o g e t h e r , a n d in

which

that w a y w e pick u p o n g e n e r i c C o l l e g e issues

way

c o n c e r n i n g students. T h e Student do

missions

learning, a n d to review the introduction of n e w

achieve

g o o d s c o r e s , a n d i n t h a t I'm v e r y m u c h

reflected in o u r

T Q A scores. N o n e t h e l e s s , I d o see o n e of my

to

report

anonymous

me and although

resolution between

in t h e

Beit

refurbishment

project,

I t h i n k is v e r y i m p o r t a n t , t o s h o w us a

in w h i c h w e c a n renovate

g o o d s t a n d a r d , a n d if w e c a n d o t h a t t h e n it

Would training

I c a n get a n i d e a of what

prob-

refurbishment

pro-

i n g t h e i d e a t h a t I C is a r e s i d e n t i a l C o l l e g e ,

links with the H e a l t h C e n t r e I c a n g e t a f e e l f o r

and

w h a t ' s g o i n g o n . T h e o t h e r a s p e c t is t h e H a l l s

O f f i c e I h e l p e d to identify to the entire C o l l e g e

of R e s i d e n c e - I g o r o u n d t h e H a l l s , I m e e t the

what

an important

Wardens,

play

in

a n d o n e of the C o l l e g e concerned

with

Tutors

is

accommodation

i s s u e s , s o I p i c k u p a l l t h e s e a r e a s . In a d d i t i o n

teaching for

quality

be improved

by

more

g r a m m e . I t h i n k I've p l a y e d a r o l e i n m a i n t a i n -

lems are c o n c e r n i n g students. Finally, t h r o u g h

particularly

students.

o u r halls to a

will

the entire

during

in a t t e m p t i n g t o f i n d p r i v a t e a c c o m m o d a t i o n ,

it's e n t i r e l y

with

occurred

w h i c h I r e a l i s e is a b i g s t r u g g l e f o r a l o t o f o u r

Councillors

help

o t h e r i n n o v a t i o n that's

through

my review

of the

role

benefiting

Conference

conferencing

the

students,

has to

both

by

O h yes - o n e of the m a i n tasks of the n e w E d u cational Development

centre will b e to bring

forward all of o u r current training w o r k s h o p s into a single p r o g r a m m e w h i c h will p r o v i d e the f o u n d a t i o n f o r a l l o f o u r staff t o b e c o m e

mem-

e m p l o y i n g students a n d generating a surplus

bers

which

t e a c h i n g . A n d a l t h o u g h we're g o i n g to h av e to

can

be

reinvested

into

student

resi-

of the

n e w institute

for learning

and

I h a v e r e g u l a r m e e t i n g s w i t h , a n d try t o k e e p

d e n c e s . F i n a l l y , I'd l i k e t o t h i n k t h a t I've h e l p e d

look at all these

in c l o s e c o n t a c t w i t h , I C U , s o I c a n h o p e f u l l y

to foster a better r e l a t i o n s h i p with o u r n e i g h -

part of the i d e a that o u r t e a c h e r s s h o u l d g a i n

courses once

a g a i n , it's a l l

help them a n d act o n behalf of the rector a n d

b o u r s , by w o r k i n g with P rof es s or A l e x a n d e r o n

in p r o f e s s i o n a l s t a n d i n g a n d p r o f i l e , a n d w e

o n b e h a l f o f t h e s t u d e n t s - b e c a u s e I d o n ' t just

the l i a i s o n c o m m i t t e e - w h i c h h e l p s , of c o u r s e ,

should provide the correct training for them.

w o r k f o r the Rector, I a l s o a d v i s e

w h e n w e w a n t to w o r k o n projects like the n e w

Basically, we're taking what's a l r e a d y there a n d

Sports C e n t r e . . .

m a k i n g it m o r e s t a n d a r d i s e d a n d f o r m a l i s e d .

him o n the

most effective c o u r s e of a c t i o n to take - a n d I t h i n k it's a v e r y u s e f u l r o l e .

How Y o u ' r e s e e n a s the m o s t Union

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W e l l , I h e s i t a t e t o s a y I'm h e r e t o p r o t e c t t h e

a c c o m m o d a t i o n w e o f f e r t o first y e a r s t u d e n t s ,

a s t h m a a n d w o r k w i t h t h e N H S , s o I've g o t a

students,

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c u r r e n t r o l e , I've g o t t w o y e a r s left a n d by t h e n

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c u r r e n t l y d o n e t w o , b u t I ' m still a m e m b e r o f

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are going

to

d e n t s c h a m p i o n b e c a u s e it m a y o f t e n b e d i f f i -

r e m a i n a r e s i d e n t i a l C o l l e g e - w h i c h I t h i n k is

the n e w rector will h av e b e c o m e

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vitally i m p o r t a n t - w e h a v e a m a j o r task f a c i n g

might h a v e p l a n s f o r t h e role o r f o r m e in p a r -

settled a n d

k n o w t h e i r w a y a r o u n d at first, s o I s e e m y r o l e

us i n r e n n o v a t r i n g a l l o f o u r a c c o m m o d a t i o n .

t i c u l a r . U n t i l t h e n I'll c o n t i n u e t o d e v e l o p w h a t

t o h e l p p r o t e c t a n d d e f e n d t h e i r c a s e . In o t h e r

A n d if a t t h e s a m e t i m e w e c a n i m p r o v e o u r

I've d o n e a n d p u r s u e a l l t h e t o p i c s I've a l r e a d y

universities I might see my position as s i m i l a r

relationship

mentioned.

with

our

neighbours,

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What is science?

T of

o m a n y students r e a d i n g this,

fear,

pared to other areas of k n o w l e d g e .

s c i e n c e , b e c a u s e h e t h i n k s they a r e

s c i e n c e is t h e h a r d , d r y f a c t s

nuclear weapons and global pollu-

These

irrelevant

t h a t fill text b o o k s a n d h o u r s

t i o n . W h a t is it a b o u t t h e n a t u r e o f

y o u a r e a scientist.

lectures. To those

involved in

leading to new problems of

s c i e n c e t h a t is s o e a s i l y m i s u n d e r -

a c t i v e r e s e a r c h it m a y b e f o u n d i n

stood?

the m e s s a n d u n p r e d i c t a b i l i t y o f t h e

In

his b o o k

"The

of S c i e n c e " ,

Unnatural

Lew is

Wolpert

lab. To philosophers, the nature of

Nature

s c i e n c e h a s a l w a y s p o s e d a bit o f a

a r g u e s that s c i e n c e involves a very

p r o b l e m ; they a r e u n a b l e most o f

unnatural

the time t o a g r e e w h e t h e r the w o r l d

unlike

w a y of t h i n k i n g , totally

everyday

common-sense

r e a l l y exists. T h e y f i n d it e v e n h a r d -

thinking.

According

er t o a c c e p t

Wolpert,

t h e birth

world that science has t o o f f e r But

occurred

only

it is h a r d t o d e n y t h a t it h a s b e e n

a r o u n d 6 0 0 B C in G r e e c e . T e c h n o l -

the o n e view

extraordinarily

of the

successful

at

explaining nature.

to Professor of

once

science

in history,

a r e very s e d u c t i v e

To

Harry

Collins

unhelpful

ish f o l k l o r e , m a d e

lead

into

In t h e U K it is u s u a l

b e c o m e d a n g e r o u s if it is n o t c o n -

tist t o p r e s e n t f o r e n s i c e v i d e n c e i n

t r o l l e d . In t h e i r b o o k "The Golem What

Everyone

should

know

-

about

the authors use the a n a l -

Science",

of 'golem

science'

to avoid

of science

as all

court cases. This has the distorting effect

of implying

recent

years

number

g o o d o r all b a d . They believe that

convictions

however

because

entists, t h e i d e a s a n d m e t h o d s o f

that

there

b i g difference

ries a r e , s c i e n c e r e m a i n s a t h e a r t a

there

of cases

o t h e r until recently.

successful scientific t h e o -

that

such

evi-

d e n c e is i m p a r t i a l a n d i n f a l l i b l e . In

each

is a

f o r the

H o m e Office to provide one scien-

a n d t e c h n o l o g y were strangers t o It s e e m s

enters t h e

p u b l i c d o m a i n t h a t it b e c o m e s d a n -

its o w n s u c c e s s ? T o m a n y n o n - s c i -

Has science b e c o m e a victim of

research.

science

b u t it c a n

ogy

science

gold

in day-to-day

it is w h e n

g e r o u s t o t r e a t it a s i n f a l l i b l e .

l e g e n d s it is g i v e n s p e c i a l p o w e r s t o

simplistic views

that

from clay a n d

b r o u g h t t o life b y s p e l l s . In s o m e

scientists.

a g r e e that t h e

image of ' g o l e m science' m a y b e

But

ogy has been around much longer argues

a n d Trevor

T h e g o l e m is a c r e a t u r e f r o m J e w -

turn

for working

Collins a n d Pinch

P i n c h , s c i e n c e is m o r e like a g o l e m .

and

Wolpert

i d e a s if

have

been

where

were

a

terrorist

overturned

of dodgy

forensic

evi-

dence.

N o t surprisingly

this h a s

t h e p u b l i c ' s faith

in such

s c i e n c e r e m a i n a mystery. T h i s l a c k

between rolling a heavy rock a l o n g

h u m a n e n t e r p r i s e , a n d is t h e r e f o r e

shaken

of

on

fallible

e v i d e n c e a n d is t h e result o f c l a i m -

understanding

and

white

views

leads

to black

of science. For

a couple

standing

o f l o g s , a n d under-

the reduction

in friction

s o m e , s c i e n c e is a s o u r c e o f u n r e -

that m a k e s the j o b easier.

alistic

that

hopes,

for example

that

science

is o u r best

Given hope of

every d i s e a s e will b e c u r e d . A n d f o r

u n d e r s t a n d i n g n a t u r e , h e c l a i m s it

o t h e r s it is a s o u r c e o f h o s t i l i t y a n d

s h o u l d h a v e a s p e c i a l status c o m -

a n d untidy.

a s k o f s c i e n t i s t s . . . t h a t they longer

t a i nty.

H e thinks w e s h o u l d be clear a b o u t

T h e r e is m u c h p u b l i c c o n f u s i o n

His remedy f o r i m p r o v i n g the situa-

posed to be above that

affect

influ-

t o t h e p e r s o n o n t h e street. C o l l i n s

lives.

and

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tists a r e partly t o b l a m e f o r c r e a t i n g

d e a l w i t h s c i e n t i f i c c o n t r o v e r s i e s . If

of

illusion

the 'scientific

because

they

write a l l

scientific reveal

facts

a

a r e s u p p o s e d to

'special'

type

o f truth

a s if t h e r e w a s o n e . a b o u t t h e w o r l d , t h e n h o w s h o u l d

T h e s e tidy, i m p e r s o n a l texts, w r i t t e n

c i t i z e n s r e a c t w h e n p r e s e n t e d with

with t h e h e l p o f p e r f e c t

hindsight

t w o v e r s i o n s o f t h e ' t r u t h ' ? If s c i e n -

leave n o r o o m f o r the creativity o r

tists w e r e t r e a t e d m o r e like e x p e r t s

d o u b t s o f the scientist. C o l l i n s a n d

of t h e n a t u r a l w o r l d , a n d less like

P i n c h b e l i e v e that t h e w a y a m b i g u ous

a r e interpreted m a y

results

g o d s , then the public c o u l d

they d o with o t h e r e x p e r t a d v i c e .

b e l i e v e d . T h i s is

The

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approach

illustrate their a r g u m e n t s with f a s c i -

'special

s t o r i e s f r o m t h e history o f that

show

h o w far from

reality is t h e s c i e n t i f i c m y t h .

between

of ' g o l e m

science'

the

science' a n d

to teaching

sci-

e n c e in t h e c l a s s r o o m is e v e n w i d e r .

Wolpert the

Both these b o o k s are entertain-

cope

with d i v i d e d scientific o p i n i o n , a s

not just a c a s e o f b a d s c i e n c e . T h e y

science,

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W o l p e r t ' s e m p h a s i s is o n t h e find-

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i n g s o f s c i e n c e , it is t h e s e t h a t h e

habit of tidying u p messy experi-

have a

finds counter-intuitve. O n the other

m e n t a l results i n t o t h e n e a t , s c i e n -

h a n d , Collins a n d Pinch a r e c o n -

tific myth i n t h e t e x t b o o k . B u t c h i l -

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d r e n s h o u l d b e told that the p r o b -

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is d o n e

a n d w h e t h e r it b e a r s a n y r e l a t i o n t o

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hope

p e o p l e will m a k e

use of all

t h a t is o n offer. T a k e t h e o p p o r t u n i ties:

T h e R C S h a s its o w n c l u b s a s

rivalries

g o o u t a n d meet

people,

friends, have a g o o d time.

make

the

well, most f am ou s ly the R C S M o t o r

And

really exciting -

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t h e r e is h e l p a v a i l a b l e

the p r o b l e m . T h e r e a r e p e o p l e w h o

o u r departments become

A l l that r e m a i n s t o s a y is that I

staff

subsidy

from departments

but with t h e a d d e d

service to the scientists at Imperial.

see

n o t . A l s o c o m i n g u p is t h e F r e s h e r s

way,

r e v a m p e d , with t o p i c a l news,

out when

opportunity

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It is a l s o

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of t h e president

all the while

remember

that

- whatever

you'd be surprised h o w many p e o -

official transport

been

p l e w a n t t o inflict r e v e n g e o n m a t h -

a n d o n e o f o u r m a s c o t s . J e z e b e l is

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which

t h e first t i m e .

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were discussing the R C S U ' s

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and

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games,

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A s this is b e i n g w r i t t e n , w e f i n d ourselves

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dinner - roughly one per depart-

throughout

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tection. The R C S U has a n enviable

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are taking p l a c e . These are four

things c a n

after Freshers w eek

although

h a p p e n e d , thanks to careful

O n g o i n g t h r o u g h o u t this t e r m ,

f r o m a l l m e m b e r s of the R C S .

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slant t o w a r d s s c i e n c e . A s a n a d d e d

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other unions. W e d o however

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What's the point of this? Why badmouth the Union before it's FACT O N E : The larger comeven had time to get going? Well, ponent of ICSM is the old Charing for this simple reason. ICU does not work properly, and has not Cross and Westminster Medical done for years. Students don't get School, who couldn't give two hoots about Teddington. involved, don't tell people what they want to happen - none of this "Talk to Tasha" crap. Let's take an FACT TWO : There is enough example: space at Harlington, IC's main We, the students of Imperial sports ground, for every IC and For years, College have been College elect six students into sabICSM team to play a home game trying to build a new sports centre batical positions each year. Two of at the same time All of these sabbatical officers at South Kensington. The local these are "special" positions; one residents association seems to is the editor of this august publi- are responsible to ICU Council, FACT THREE: IC is one of the cation - that is, he solely has the your democratically elected repre- have finally caved into the idea, few remaining universities without responsibility to produce this sentatives, and not (much to her but the Union is now refusing full chagrin) to the ICU President, who support, saying that "it is not in a decent sports centre. newsletter week in, week out. The in fact has such a small job the interest of one-fifth of the stuother is the sabbatical President of So come on, mobilise. Get description, it is better to tell you dent body". Who in the Union ICSM SU, a position introduced by Eric Allsop in 1997 when it was what she does NOT do. She does opposed it? Tasha Newton. Did down to the first ICU Council NOT go around introducing mem- she consult ICU Council? No. tomorrow, and get yourself electfelt that medics would not want to ed to the remaining places. stand for general ICU positions. bers of the Union (i.e. your) staff Why? Because to build the sports Medics get what they want The ICSM President is responsible as "her staff" to both the Chancel- centre, the College needs to sell because they shout the loudest lor of the University of London and one of its three sports grounds, for all aspects of the welfare and shout louder! Do you want a new student staff, she does not i.e. Teddington. El Presidente's extra-curricular life of medics at IC. In addition, we have an ICU introduce a fellow sabbatical offi- argument is that the medics want Sports Centre? Do you want to to "keep" Teddington (it's no keep Teddington? Have a view.

Deputy President (Finance and cer to the Pro Rector (Educational Quality) as "her Education and longer theirs by the way - an Act of Use it. It's what democracy is all Services), who is constitutionally Parliament saw to that in 1988 - about...

Welfare Officer", and she does responsible for the bars, catering

Another year, another columnist, another bout of slagging off the medics. Well, maybe not. That's not the point of this one... this column is going to look right at the heart of this Union, week in and week out, and tell it like it is.

Whether you, or Tasha Newton, likes it or not. Okay? Let's get a few ground rules straight, so that the rest of the year is put into context...

outlets, shops and also setting general budgets for the Union (including the medics), an ICU Deputy President (Clubs and Societies), who assists the Club Chairpersons in any way he can, representing their concerns to the Union, and an ICU Deputy President (Education and Welfare), a new position introduced'this year, who is responsible for ensuring the Union provides adequate representation and services for its members in areas such as welfare (surprisingly) and academic matters.

The appaling performance against dire oppo- their manager. The residents of the above Southside halls are not disturbed. Kevin undersition of the bunch of Medics on University stands why this arrangement is in place. Due to Challenge a few weeks ago suggests to Kevin that the selection process for the Imperial Col- the frequency of fire alarms last year, by the lege teams needs overhauling. Imperial, like a end of the year-many staircases had an unoffinumber of other institutions can enter two teams. Presently one team is organised by the Medic's Union, the other by ICU's quiz society. This year only the Medic's team, none of whom had any concrete links with IC, qualified for the televised rounds. University Challenge is a team game, which requires a team to win it, not four individuals. Students should form themselves into teams, which then compete against each other, in a centralised competition, with the best two teams going on to represent the college, regardless of C C U . Such a A Mostly Harmless Column by system would encourage diversity in backKevin, a random entity who grounds of the team members. The quiz show knows nothing about nothing should not be the place for childish student cial rota - only one person would bother going bets. Like Mr Paxman, Kevin is unaware of the to find out what was going on following an work of "Wango". alarm. If the alarms went off every time something burnt in Basics, they would be universally ignored.

Basics staff are phoned on an almost nightly basis by Sherfield Security, who inform them that they "have a fire alarm". Usually, the hap- If you have just moved into Southside halls you less staff member apologises for their incom- may be wondering why your window has been blocked from opening properly. The windows petence, and quickly serves the offending are barred because college administration is burnt pizza before the escapade is noticed by

Mish

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scared of 'the residents'. Students are residents too, and perhaps we should follow the lead given to us by other universities where students have managed to drive the locals so mad with their student-y antics, that they have moved out of the area immediately surrounding the university. The property in this area then plummets in price and becomes affordable for students.

Over time the students region of influence grows, usually until the students have conquered a large region of the town or city.

Medic's names could be Mud by the time they've finished their degrees. Across Europe over the last few decades there has been an attempt to differentiate between academic and medical 'doctors'. It is likely that this trend will reach the UK in our lifetimes. One of Kevin's favourites is seen in The Czech Republic where a medical doctor's name is literally mud. A doctor who in the UK would be addressed, "Dr Mash", would in Czech be, "MUDr Mash".

As for this year's Union Handbook, suffice to say Kevin hears it was proof-read by at least five different people.

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BALLS: T H E T R U T H

backing

the current

sports

c e n t r e p r o p o s a l . T h i s f a c i l i t y is d e s perately n e e d e d by m a n y students,

G r e a t first i s s u e !

D e a r Kevin

I just t h o u g h t w e s h o u l d sort o u t

Yes, I h a p p i l y o w n u p t o b e i n g t h e

s o m e facts a b o u t t h e losses

prat w h o m a d e

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made

the

this S u m m e r a n d d e a l f o r next year.

arrangements for

welcomes

leyball.

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year,

the volleyball

MSc/MBA

t e a m h a v e t o turn a w a y b e g i n n e r s

in t h e G r e a t

a n d competitive players alike d u e

RCS, C & G and

freshers'

sports such a s b a s k e t b a l l a n d v o l -

Roberts

O k , t h e f i n a l loss o n t h e I C Boll

Deputy Editor....Marie N i c h o l a o u

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H a l l t o h av e overflow facilities in

to

Asst E d (Reviews)

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e n o u g h that i C U s a w t h e m c o m i n g

the P i p p a r d l e c t u r e t h e a t r e .

which to practice. I a m confused as

Vacant

and a cunning plan to ask C o l l e g e

In r e c e n t y e a r s w e h a v e h a d t o

for the difference w a s hatched. M r .

hire t h e m a i n l e c t u r e t h e a t r e i n t h e

person w h o obviously does not put

David

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their needs

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Andrew Ofori J o n a s Lidsay

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G u s Paul

Science Music

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d i d a lot o f g r o u n d w o r k a n d b e g ging

a n d College

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holds

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G a m e s . . A n d y Vivian & Ben Rowe

thus....

longer

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spending College money

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what

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'non-medic'

Balls

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Andy O f o r i , Suni! R a o , David Roberts, Chris J a c k s o n , G u s Paul, Natasha N e w t o n , Edwards, Geoff

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the C o l l e g e

hiring a

larger

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than

h a d available

mdjority

of medical

students a r e

against the sports centre as

it h a s b e e n

sports

hinted

ground

will

proposal

Teddington be

sold

to

finance the d e v e l o p m e n t . But p e o ple

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medical

up

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students

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this

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d e v e l o p m e n t will eventually benefit

the Beit Project is safe f r o m this p o i n t

sary f o r R C S a n d to a lesser extent

all

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b e c a u s e w e t h o u g h t they w o u l d d o

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a g o o d j o b a n d u p h o l d o u r views.

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I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e is n o t k n o w n f o r

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Rythmes Digitales a n d even the superb History R e p e a t i n g f r o m the Propellerheads which has s t o o d t h e test o f t i m e m u c h better t h a n s o m e o f t h e t r a c k s o n this album.

The tracks range from

1995

and

1999

Change

Girl.

First

Me o p e n s a n d (in F r e n c h ) c l o s e s t h e a l b u m , a

l o v e l y s o n g with a g r e a t c h o r u s , a n d o n e o f t h e m o r e a c c e s s i b l e t r a c k s . Steel

Rain, t h e last p r o p e r t r a c k , is a l s o t h e l o n g e s t , n o t q u i t e

is a pretty h a r d s o n g t o c o v e r b a d l y -

a n e p i c , b u t l o n g e n o u g h t o fit in a l o n g e r s o l o t h a n m o s t o t h e r s ;

they a l m o s t m a n a g e it. " B a b y , it's c o l d

q u i t e a n i c e o n e , t o o . T h e w h o l e a l b u m h a s a bit o f a n e p i c f e e l -

outside" gains marks for Cerys's impos-

not d r a w n o u t , but impressive in s c o p e a n d a m b i t i o n .

sibly t h r o a t y v o i c e , a n d 5 0 ' s t h r o w b a c k

C o r n e l l ' s lyrics c o v e r t h e w e l l - t r o d d e n g r o u n d o f l o v e , l o s s , h o p e a n d

p r o d u c t i o n a n d t h e c l a s s i c lyrics. W h i l e

faith. They're m o r e p e r s o n a l a n d intimate than S o u n d g a r d e n ' s , a n d

m o s t o f t h e a c t s o n t h e a l b u m a r e pretty

t h e i r t o n e is m e l a n c h o l i c , e v e n d e p r e s s i n g if y o u r e a d t h e m a l o n e .

mainstream performers - Portishead are

D e s p i t e this, the s o n g s a r e u p b e a t a n d i n s p i r i n g , hinting at the

d e f i n i t e l y a little o f f t h e b e a t e n t r a c k .

e u p h o r i a o f t h e r e c o r d ' s title.

T h e i r c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h T o m is a c o v e r of " M o t h e r l e s s C h i l d " . Eminetly suitable

a n d it

is r e a l l y t h e n e w e r t r a c k s

T h e f i n i s h e d p r o d u c t is a bit o f a m a s t e r p i e c e , really.

that a r e t h e better,

b a d s o n g s , a n d n o t h i n g t h a t c o u l d r e a l l y b e c o n s i d e r e d filler m a t e r i a l

This

N o t h i n g e l s e r e a l l y c o m e s c l o s e - "Little G r e e n B a g " with the B a r e N a k e d ladies

There are no

isn't a b a d t h i n g f o r t h e

(with t h e p o s s i b l e e x c e p t i o n o f t h e F r e n c h v e r s i o n o f C a n ' t C h a n g e

for their g l o o m y p r o d u c t i o n a n d Toms warbling.

label t h o u g h f o r it's a

M e , a l t h o u g h this is m o r e o f a b o n u s t r a c k ) . It's c o n s i s t e n t l y g o o d ,

Apart from the tracks f r o m T h e C a r d i -

sign that they're i m p r o v -

r a t h e r t h a n b e i n g f o c u s e d o n a c o u p l e o f o b v i o u s s i n g l e s . A l l in a l l

gans a n d Portishead

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well worth a look.

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David Bowie Hours (Virgin)

John Digweed Bedrock Mix (Virgin)

After leaving Dexy's Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland spent 1 1 years as a cocaine addict and beggar. While I can see the mild attraction of the first pastime, I'd have rather cashed in on being one of the Runners earlier than Kevin has here, on this an album of specially selected cover versions.

Kevin's also taken up cross dressinng, and aquired a good skill of chatting absolute shite.

Apparently Kev made this album because he had to. All the ugliness in the world really took its toll on Kev, and it was only the beauty of the songs he has covered on this album that brought him back from the cold.

After dabbling in dance and other areas , Mr. Bowie has returned to a style much more similar to his earlier self. It seems he has tired of his continuous reinventioin in the front of the worlds media.

At a guess I'd say about sixty per cent of the students at this college own a John Digweed track. Hidden on the ridiculously popular Trainspotting soundtrack, is an absolute stormer of a track called For What You Dream Of. Written under his music-making pseudonym Bedrock this is John Digweed at his finest.

What? Moving from cocaine to cross dressing and from beggary to mouth farting does not sound like a move in the right direction to me. Indeed Kevin, you daydream believer you, I think you're just a bit of a wally.

• • • • •

James

Titles such as "Survive", "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell" and "What's Really Happening" don't suggest a Steps view on life. However, the album isn't a gloom fest - rather an acception of all that has gone before and a determination to make the future better.

With its combination of rockabilly riffs and electronic beats "If I'm Dreaming My Life" he questions the very existance of a previous relationship - "was she ever really there at all?". All his practised years as a performer come to the surface, with many uses of the tried (or should that be tired?) and tested "Build it up, Knock it Down" tempo. The lyrics of "Seven" are only slightly brighter than the film of the same name.

"Seven days to live my life or seven ways to die". The theme of introspection occurs again and again in the album. "The Pretty Things are Going To Hell" is unsuprisingly raw and shouty. Mid 80's softrock like in its production/with plenty of squealing guitar solos, this is one of the higlights of the album.

"New Angels of Promise" darts between Chinese sounding flutes and modern rock, with a smattering of electronica thrown in for good measure. The clarity of Bowies voice continues to show up lesser vocalists, he manages to tread the thin line between tonefullness and tediousness with practisced skill.

However, for all his vocal talent, even if he is an icon of the Twentyth century, for all his production skills, this album fails to convince. Maybe its because he's not an angry young man, or that hes not short of a bob or two but he just doesn't feel very relevant.

This album feels like a bit of a purge, a bit of (admittedly very expensive) therapy for some past relationship. But do you really want to buy an album like that?

However making music is not only the only skill Mr Digweed has at his disposal. He's also one of the biggest name dj's on the circuit and with his own clubnight also called Bedrock John Digweed is not a man to be ignored! Next week also sees the man take the decks at the first birthday celebration of the Bedrock club at Heaven So where does that leave us with this mix then? Well much like Digweed's recent Heaven Scent single that sound of the mix moves from house to trance and back again with seamless ease as the well-mixed tunes ebb and flow under the control of the master. There's tunes from Heller & Farley, Interstate, Morel as well as the aforementioned which concludes the mix in a way that no other track could achieve. Unmissable, this is the club music that always pleases.

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Headstart @Turnmills

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If n i g h t s are

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A p a r t f r o m the m i l l e n i u m parties, the most t a l k e d a b o u t h a p p e n i n g s in

London.

f e r e n t s t r e n g t h s , b u t b o t h w i t h t h e s a m e g o a l ; t o g i v e t h e title o f B r i t a i n

a visit t o H e a d s t a r t , t h e

b i g g e s t a n d best c l u b t o L o n d o n .

Saturday

r e g a r d e d t h a t that title l a y with L i v e r p o o l f o r C r e a m , o r S h e f f i e l d f o r

residency

at T u r n m i l l s i n F a r r i n g -

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club

l o o s e e n d this w e e k .

c l u b c u l t u r e this y e a r w e r e t h e o p e n i n g o f t w o n e w S u p e r c l u b s h e r e i n

U n t i l this a u t u m n

it w a s w i d e l y

F o r a n y o n e w h o s h o u t s M i n i s t r y o f S o u n d , a l l I'd s a y i s :

S G i l l e s Peterson residency with

electric a n d f u n .

Wednesday

e

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A n y w a y b a c k t o the battle.

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t u d e , but plenty o f s p a c e

h o m e l a n d s f a m e a n d w i t h n o c a p i t a l letter.

for those u p f o r a g o o d

t i o n a n d b e i n g set o v e r a m a s s i v e s e v e n h o m e m e a n t b u s i n e s s .

A Leicester S q u a r e l o c a Also

Liquid funk a n d not t o o harsh d r u m a n d b a s s n.

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a p r o m i s e o f a strict d o o r p o l i c y t o k e e p it a c l u b f o r c l u b b e r s r a t h e r

time.

t h a n t h e r a n d o m lost l o o k i n g t o u r i s t s w h o n o r m a l l y i n h a b i t t h e S q u a r e .

Digweed, Sasha

In t h e o t h e r c o r n e r w a s F a b r i c .

this is a l i n e u p t o d r e a m o f ,

S e t i n F a r r i n g d o n a n d with a g e n e r o u s

a n d Danny

Howells -

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t w o crazy

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w e e k l o n g license i n c l u d i n g a 2 4 h r music a n d d a n c i n g license f r o m

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creeping

up my

T h u r s d a y t o S u n d a y , it l o o k e d like F a b r i c w a s t h e p e r f e c t p a r t n e r t o

night

h o m e t o e n s u r e a b a t t l e t h a t p u s h e d b o t h c o n t e n d e r s t o t h e i r limits.

A b s o l u t e m a d n e s s in Brixton, a n d m o r e

chart, with only the early

S a d l y t h o u g h , a f t e r m o r e t h a n just a c o u p l e f u c k u p s t h e battl e is yet t o

fun than should b e a l l o w e d .

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that p r o v i d e m u s i c l i k e n o other. F u n ky ,

h o m e (yes, e v e n h e r e with a s m a l l letter) o p e n e d u p o n t i m e , b u t t h e r e

Jules.

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Saturday

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half a n h o u r a n d p a y i n g

t e e t h i n g p r o b l e m s . F a b r i c , h o w e v e r , d i d n ' t e v e n g e t it's d o o r s o p e n f o r

to g e t i n a g a i n y o u c a n

the l a u n c h party!

A pretty p o o r s h o w i n g t h e n , w h i c h w a s a d e f i n i t e

D a v e S e a m a n , Parks& W i l s o n a n d more

step b a c k i n t o T u r n m i l l s

s h a m e , b u t I'm s u r e t h a t w h e n t h e battl e d o e s c o m m e n c e it will w e l l

at R e n a i s s a n c e ' s w e e k l y L o n d o n r e s i d e n -

f o r T r a d e a n d stay till t h e

w o r t h it. F r e q u e n c y w i l l b e p r e v i e w i n g t h e d e l a y e d F a b r i c l a u n c h next

cy.

w e e k , a n d w h e n visits h a v e b e e n p a i d t o t h e r e s p e c t i v e v e n u e s y o u w i l l

trainers t h o u g h !

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innocent

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Lovely Daughter Epic Lame scratching, and a poor eighties sound make this quite an unlovely record. Merz have never impressed me much. I don't like the look of him, and this track certainly doesn't have the touch.

It's like a man that feels like a woman. Know what I mean? Rubbish.

Ben & Jason Air Guitar G O ! Beat

Iggy Pop Corruption Virgin

Pavement Major Leagues Domino

Coming from their summer Emoticons album, Air Guitar is another classic Ben & Jason track. There's all the usual niceness and the track is modern day easy listening at it's finest. Although often accused of sounding like Radiohead in their early days Ben & Jason are definitely worth looking out for and if you've any cash from your Student Loan, getting your hands on this or one of their albums wouldn't be a bad idea.

A collaboration with Hollywood heartthrob Jonny Depp, Corruption is Iggy at his best. His singing is harsh and precise and the tunes is punky enough to get your bopping just a few seconds after the disc has begun to spin. Depp provides the guitar riffs that accompany Iggy's crooning, and he doesn't let his partner down with a sound as crunchy as Iggy's crispy vocals.

Pavement's recent Terror Twilight album was supposed to be the album we had all been waiting for. The hiring of a producer made the music much easier on the ear, but sadly something was lost in the alledged upgrade.

Major Leagues is Pavement at their nicest, and as such it's not Pavement at their best.

Give me a slanted and enchanted sound any day.

D

The Charlatans Forever Universal

Ian Brown Love Like a Fountain Sony Love Like a Fountain sings a new sound for Mr Brown. The voice is distorted, the beats are electro and there's enough squeaks and squiggles to satisfy even the most hungry listener. Sadly however all these sounds don't add up to a classic track, and Mr Brown would be better off sticking to a his trusty guitars and drums backing.

D

Embrace Hooligan Hut

Bernard Butler You Must G o On Creation

A Beckish sound from the boys who've been promising much for quite some time. Hooligan is a good track, but it's not of the standard Embrace claim to be capable of. The guitar strumming is nice, the singing is sweet and there's a great yeah yeah yeah bit, but even the extra use a kazoo doesn't lift the sound quite high enough. Please try harder boys.

Bernard Butler must be pretty gutted that he'll never make as good a record as he did with Suede or with collaborator David McAlmont.

Indeed for Mr Butler making music is one of those things that should definitely remain a group activity.

Having said that though, You Must Go On isn't a bad tune but it is horribly average and in a world where we seek perfection I'm afraid this isn't good enough.

D

With a new album Us & Us Only out next week, The Charlatans lay down the foundations well with Forever.

Tim Burgess's voice smoothly sails the waves of funky bass and electro keyboards as the song cruises through it's five minute journey across the stereo. This bodes well for Us & Us Only and I'm witing with baited breath.

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O u t of C o n t r o l

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Paradis

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Ramich

Chemical

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A l t h o u g h the c h o i c e of

W i t h t h r e e m i x e s o f o n e o f t h e best

a h a r m o n i c a s o n e of

tracks o n Beth O r t o n s M e r c u r y

With Croatia being more famous for

t h e k e y i n s t r u m e n t s in

M u s i c Prize n o m i n a t e d a l b u m , this

war than house tunes, o n e probably

records.

this b a n g i n g t u n e

p a c k a g e ran M o b y close for single

shouldn't expect m u c h f r o m C r o a t

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turns o u t to b e n o t as

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first s o u n d s .

s t a n d o u t a n d f e a t u r e d h e a v i l y in

across the b o a r d , to give a s o u n d

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m a n y dj charts a n d o n m a n y d a n c e -

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times.

p r o v i d e s further inter-

floors over the summer.

target a n d many others besides.

C o n t r o l is a c o l l a b o r a -

est, w i t h this a n d t h e

out o n Beth O r t o n , you're definitely

tion with B e r n a r d

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T h e S p i r i t u a l Life r e m i x is t h e

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w o r l d c l a s s with g o o d v a r i a t i o n s

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Explosion Heavy

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(Mute) Only Jon Spencer can m a k e m u s i c like J o n Spencer.

However, as

this t i m e t h e r e l e a s e is a remix Heavy doesn't q u i t e s o u n d like J o n Spencer.

The tune

b o u n c e s a l o n g with s o m e well t i m e d , well thought out scratch samples a n d the tracks o n t h e EP p r o v e t o b e w o r t h m o r e t h a n just a brie f l i s t e n i n g .

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with e x c e l l e n t b e a t s

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(London)

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O h d e a r , it s e e m s t h a t t h e A l l S e e -

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i n g I a r e g o i n g t o b e t h e o n e hit

a n d f a r b e t w e e n t h e s e d a y s . I've

t h i n g y o u c a n hear.

w o n d e r s w e n e v e r t h o u g h t they'd

been l o o k i n g for a new tune for

be.

s o m e time.

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w o r l d a w a y from the catchy A n d

c h a n g e d s o u n d more often than

T h e B e a t G o e s O n a n d this is m o r e

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To give you a taster of what's in store, we've teamed up with promoters Avalon to profile the line up week by week, so you can get a feel for whether or not to take Granny along with you. We've also got details of this year's Open Mic competition for those of you who think you could do better, and later in the term we'll be bringing you advance details of special offers, prize draws and giveaways. For now, however, lets look at this week's line-up:

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Lucy Potter

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Since reaching the finals of 1995's "So you think you're funny?" contest, Lucy has been tipped by many as a face of the future, thanks to her family-friendly (but nonetheless funny) routines and an impressive list of TV credits.

Something of a favourite at Imperial, Chris played here twice last year, going down a storm with his mixture of intelligent, student orientated gags, domineering approach and. love of Star Wars Lego.

The Daily Telegraph award is Britain's biggest stand-up competition, with victory universally providing an instant push into the standup elite (plus ÂŁ2000 and spots at the Melbourne and Montreal comedy festivals). Anyone can enter, provided they have never.been paid for a stand-up gig, are over 16 and have the determination to get out on stage and prove their comic credentials to an unsuspecting audience.

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some have a particular engineering focus and others are much more general business topics. As an engineer Unilever ensures that your training encompasses all the necessary areas to become chartered.

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