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Guilds Union forced to cancel again ANDREW OFORI

President

Dinesh

Ganesarajah

e x p l a i n e d his intention w a s t o try a n d T h e i n n o v a t i o n of the C i t y a n d G u i l d s

k e e p t h e students e n t e r t a i n e d d u r i n g

U n i o n is yet t o i m p r e s s its students,

the

f o r c i n g t h e m t o s c a l e d o w n their lat-

w e a k n e s s of G u i l d s in p r e v i o u s years.

est venture.

C&GU

Mr

7 November

in s u p p o r t o f B o

to

part

in t h e v e t e r a n

c a r run.

c a r successfully

the journey in 7 h o u r s . with

12 people

only

interest

The

took the view

Ganesarajah

places,

entertainment, nature o f

lar to t h e m a s s e s , h e n c e the m i n i m a l expenditure."

A few Guildsmen still made it to Brighton h i m t o the c a r run in their G u i l d s m o -

Photo: Archive

H e h o p e s that the c o m b i n a t i o n of

the perimete r f e n c i n g a n d then s t o o d

a strong r e p u t a t i o n a n d creative p r o -

bile . It w a s d e c i d e d t o g o a h e a d if it

by a s M r Butt a p p e a r e d f r o m b e h i n d

duction

c o u l d b e d o n e legally. T h e y f o r m e d

a w a l l a n d shot a t t h e m with a Super-

C & G Fresher's D i n n e r a s u cces s.

D e s p i t e the w i t h d r a w a l o f the b u s

a n a l l i a n c e With C h r i s C a m p b e l l , t h e

soaker.

trip the G u i l d s h a d i n t e n d e d to t a k e a

L o n d o n Student Editor, a n d arrived at

This latest f l o p c o m e s s o o n after

C&GU

w a s u n a b l e t o justify t h e cost

appropriate

"The e x p e r i m e n t a l

h e l d t h e possibility o f b e i n g u n p o p u -

Unfortunately

in t h e 7 2 p o s s i b l e

this a s a

the p r e v i o u s events a l w a y s m e a n t they

completed

showing any

find

saying

1

(the G u i l d ' s mascot) w h o w a s t a k i n g

antique

viewing

that risks n e e d e d t o b e t a k e n in o r d e r

intended to take a bus

l o a d o f students t o B r i g h t o n o n S u n day

winter t e r m ,

of the c o a c h .

1

will

make

the u pcom in g

T h e event is t o b e h e l d in S h e r field o n Friday 1 9 N o v e m b e r at 7 p m .

s p e c i a l guest s u p p o r t e r t o B r i g h t o n

M r Butt's h o u s e o n S u n d a y m o r n i n g ,

the Star W a r s party w h e r e only 3 5 o u t

Tickets a r e a v a i l a b l e at W a t e r s t o n e s

f o r the d a y - t h e U L U President. T h e y

o n l y to l e a r n they h a d b e e n set u p . M r

of a p o s s i b l e 1 0 0 tickets w e r e s o l d

a n d t h e C C S s h o p c o s t i n g £ 1 5 for

h a t c h e d a plot t o k i d n a p a n d drive

C a m p b e l l refused to let t h e m t h r o u g h

resulting in a loss o f £ 2 3 6 .

Freshers a n d £1 7 for o t h e r students.

C&GU

Newton sets out plan for an NUS free future for all SUNIL R A O

a b u l k d i s c o u n t . T h e s h e e r size o f

Many

this s t u d e n t m a r k e t h a s r e s u l t e d in

with t h e p o l i t i c a l s t a n c e o f t h e N U S

o p t i o n s t o t h e u n i o n s , i n c l u d i n g set-

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n is t o h o s t a

N U S S L r e a c h i n g t h e m a x i m u m level

are

ting u p a "Southern Services" g r o u p ,

conference for independent

of d i s c o u n t i n g that

N U S S L . Tasha

student

unions a n d those w h o a r e consider-

can

provide.

most

However,

suppliers a

student

s t u d e n t u n i o n s that

remaining

with

disagree

it b e c a u s e o f

Newton,

I C U Presi-

d e n t , b e l i e v e s that t h e rate o f d i s a f -

ing disaffiliating f r o m the N a t i o n a l

u n i o n c a n n o t b e a part o f N U S S L

filiation

U n i o n o f S t u d e n t s , with t h e a i m o f

without paying a large subscription -

s o o n as a local alternative

setting u p a b u y i n g c o n s o r t i u m . This

if I C U w e r e t o j o i n , it w o u l d

d e m o n s t r a b l y a s g o o d is o f f e r e d .

would

b e a n alternative

to the

N a t i o n a l U n i o n of Students Services

paying

Currently, platform

the NUSSL

to buy beer

thirty

thousand

pounds annually.

Limited ( N U S S L ) , the N U S p u r c h a s ing g r o u p .

around

mean

ICU pliers

will

rise

dramatically

as

that is

buys f r o m a r a n g e o f s u p -

including

Northern

Services

December,

will p r e s e n t a r a n g e o f

or expanding T U C O .

members a n d be a viable tive

to N U S S L .

allow counts

They

I C U access

( a n n u a l f e e £ 2 5 ) , a c o n s o r t i u m set

p o l i t i c s o f t h e N U S , a n d it is

u p to serve the Scottish Universities,

commented,

"This

i m p o s s i b l e t o l e a v e the N U S w i t h o u t

and T U C O , the C o l l e g e purchasing

something

group.

priority will a l w a y s

a n d N U S in Felix

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T h e c o n f e r e n c e , to b e h e l d o n 4

better

W h e n contacted, Tasha

a l s o l e a v i n g N U S S L [as d e s c r i b e d in Them

alterna-

would

also disvalue

goods.

N U S S L is i n e x t r i c a b l y m i r e d in

a

g o o d s that s t u d e n t u n i o n s r e q u i r e at

would

t o greater

a n d therefore

a n d other

provides

Both

o f f e r c o n s i d e r a b l e b u y i n g p o w e r for

is

Newton

potentially

really • e x c i t i n g ,

but my

b e getting the

best d e a l s for I C s t u d e n t s " .

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Dawn of the Virtual University?

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pro-

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universities

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education, leaving traditional uni-

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around

and a

form

institutes digital

demand,

universities

colleges

institutes

information will

Electronic

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V i c e - P r i n c i p a l of N a p i e r University,

those

rendering

useless.

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are predicted

to

(similar to

underway

in t h e

runs

its c o u r s e s

in 1 5

states, 1 0 0 o f t h e m c o n d u c t e d v i a the internet a n d television.

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in t h e c o n c e p t

o f t h e virtual

u n i v e r s i t y , b u t its c o m m e r c i a l

via-

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lectures

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base.

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is set t o c h a n g e t h e f a c e o f f u r t h e r

according

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linked

Sir A l e c

Chancellor "unless

Broers,

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at C a m b r i d g e

their

government

issues of the day in the way that

discussed

M e d S c h o o l ) will put a n e n d to the

them

only Felix can.

British universities. V i r t u a l u n i v e r s i -

face to face sessions a n d tutorials

publicly t r a d e d c o r p o r a t i o n s , their

ties

will

growth

n Once

will

learning

again it's C & G Union's

and why they exist.

the vulnerability

offer

students

where

of

tailored

a n d when

it is

required, jeopardising the reputa-

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tion o f Britain's Universities.

online.

"The

image

s e e m to h e the

•

be carried out

will

number

of U S

universities

h a v e a l r e a d y t a k e n t h e first s t e p s towards

of t h e Scottish

Wester University has 1 5 0 0 0 stu-

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e-mails.

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Council,

Education

Professor

John

dents

this m e t h o d

of teaching,

at 6 4 locations

Southern

Sizer.

con'rous

of video-

and

to operate

as

will b e l i m i t e d by l a c k o f

capital a n d . . . generate

by their inability to

maximum

performance

by p r o v i d i n g t h e m w i t h t h e o p p o r -

A

of the isolated

c o m p u t e r b u f f is n o l o n g e r r e a l i s -

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be a combination

conferencing

[universities]

said allows

Regional

and

the

Electronic

C a m p u s (Similar to the O p e n

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tunity

to build

personal

wealth

through stock options". T h e former principal of Strathclyde

University,

Sir G r a h a m Hills w a s a m o n g those u n c o n v i n c e d by this n e w e r a , a s k ing " W h a t w o u l d w e d o with all the professors?"

a n d politics of the day.

In Brief S U M M E R BALL C H A I R FINALLY E L E C T E D

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t h a t " i t is v e r y u n l i k e l y t h a t w e w i l l require a n y of the n e w q u a l i f i c a -

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ment in the n e a r future.

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while.

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in d i s c u s s i o n o v e r a n y e t h i c a l , p o l i t i c a l o r

trust b a s e d o r e v e n I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e o f S c i e n c e ,

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T e c h n o l o g y a n d M e d i c i n e . A n d m o s t b a c k e r s will

s o c i o l o g i c a l i s s ue a n d y o u ' r e s u r e t o h e a r

are o n the verge of discovering the terminator

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altruistic, m o t i v e s , s o t h e l i k e l i h o o d o f t h e m list e n i n g t o y o u r m o r a l j u d g e m e n t s is s l i m t o s a y the

the

mantra

s a k e " r e p e a t e d m o r e t h a n o n c e . T h e i n s i n u a t i o n is

through your research. O n o n e h a n d , you'll g a i n

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

prestige,

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least. E v e n if t h e m o s t d a n g e r o u s a s p e c t s o f y o u r

e n c e s o r c o n c e r n s , that it is d r i v e n by a d e s i r e t o

r e s e a r c h that c o u l d c h a n g e the w o r l d f o r t h e bet-

d i s c o v e r i e s a r e entirely a c c i d e n t a l (they f r e q u e n t l y are) y o u r b a c k e r s will still w a n t t o m a x i m i s e their

cash

a n d the foundations

u n d e r s t a n d , n o t by g l o b a l i m p a c t o r i m p l i c a t i o n .

ter. O n t h e o t h e r h a n d y o u ' l l d e v e l o p a c r o p that

But is this t r u e ? C a n scientists a n d e n g i n e e r s d e n y

c o u l d d e s t r o y m a n y third w o r l d e c o n o m i e s a n d

profits ( b e c a u s e , if n o t h i n g e l s e , they will o n l y b e

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e i r w o r k , o r m u s t they

give

a b l e t o f i n a n c e future R & D if y o u r d e v e l o p m e n t s

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b l a m e a n d c u l p a b i l i t y a l o n g with c r e d i t ?

the M a n h a t t a n

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a n incredibly

dangerous

m o n o p o l y . S o , d o y o u g o a h e a d a n d give M o n -

prove marketable).

s a n t o t h e fruits o f y o u r r e s e a r c h , o r d o y o u l o c k

S o , d o e s a l l that m e a n that t h e s c i e n t i f i c c o m -

later,

e v e r y t h i n g in a d a r k e n e d c u p b o a r d ? W e l l , s o m e

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

T h e m o s t o b v i o u s ( a n d c l i c h e d ) e x a m p l e is obviously

o n e producer

many of the l e a d i n g figures o n the project a c c e p t -

o f y o u a r e p r o b a b l y t h i n k i n g that y o u s h o u l d ( a n d

it's w o r k ? T h e p r o b l e m is t h a t , if t a k e n t o o far,

e d that w h a t they d i d , w h a t they c r e a t e d , c h a n g e d

m a y b e w o u l d ) t a k e the m o r a l h i g h g r o u n d a n d b i n

logic

the f a c e o f t h e w o r l d - i n d e e d it w o u l d b e e a s y t o

y o u r w o r k . But h a n g o n , if y o u d o n ' t d o it, y o u

r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f r o m e v e r y o n e . If t h e scientist is n o t

o f this

kind

c a n remove

the weight of

a r g u e that t h e i n v e n t i o n o f t h e a t o m i c b o m b inti-

k n o w full w e l l that a g r o u p o f U S r e s e a r c h e r s in

responsible for designing the invention, the m a n -

m at e l y s h a p e d t h e history a n d p o l i t i c s o f t h e e n t i r e

C h i c a g o a r e only a few months behind y o u , a n d

u f a c t u r e r c a n n o t b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r b u i l d i n g it, o r

t o their

the C h i e f E x e c u t i v e f o r d e p l o y i n g it. S o w e a r e left

w o u l d still s a y that w h a t they w e r e e n g a g e d in w a s

b a c k e r s by t h e e n d o f t h e year... S o is there e v e r

to h a n g t h e b l a m e o n t h e p o o r g u y a t t h e b o t t o m

still a r e s e a r c h b a s e d p r o g r a m m e ( a t t e m p t i n g t o

a n y p o i n t i n trying t o c o n t r o l y o u r r e s e a r c h , o r

with his f i n g e r o n t h e b i g r e d b u t t o n o r t h e syringe

h a r n e s s a t o m i c e n e r g y f o r t h e first t i m e ) , a n d thus

should you always follow through o n your work to

- b u t surely h e ' s just o b e y i n g o r d e r s ?

the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y lies n o t with O p p e n h e i m e r a n d

t h e g r e a t e s t p o s s i b l e extent? W e l l , d o y o u really

everyone must a c c e p t

his t e a m , b u t r a t h e r with P r e s i d e n t T r u m a n a n d his

t h i n k that if t h e scientists e n g a g e d i n t h e M a n h a t -

have h a d a chance

to make

military a d v i s o r s , w h o a u t h o r i s e d t h e d r o p p i n g o f

t a n Project h a d f o l l o w e d t h r o u g h o n their t h r e a t

n o n e h a v e . Y o u could

b l o c k the use of y o u r inven-

a n d w a l k e d o u t o n t h e U S g o v e r n m e n t in 1 9 4 4

t i o n , by o n e m e a n s o r a n o t h e r , a n d if y o u c h o o s e

second

h a l f o f t h e t w e n t i e t h century. Yet s o m e

the b o m b .

they'll

probably

have

given

the gene

their s h a r e ,

Ultimately,

b e c a u s e all

a d i f f e r e n c e , yet

the H b o m b w o u l d n e v e r h a v e h a p p e n e d ? N o , o f

n o t t o t h e n with that c h o i c e y o u a c c e p t r e s p o n s i -

lights t h e real p r o b l e m with s c i e n t i f i c r e s p o n s i b i l i -

course

bility.

ty - if y o u s e e t h e i m p e n d i n g i m p l i c a t i o n s o f y o u r

breakthrough

research, should y o u stop your work, despite the

m a n y years) a n d w h o ' s t o s a y that they

( s e e m i n g ) certainty that s o m e o n e e l s e will r e a c h

h a v e b e e n a n y m o r e c a u t i o u s with their i n v e n -

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

the s a m e d i s c o v e r i e s w i t h i n t h e next f e w y e a r s ? In

tion?

a l m o s t everyone involved in the p r o g r a m m e has

In a c t u a l f a c t , t h e M a n h a t t a n

Project

high-

not - someone (although

would quite

have

m a d e the

possibly

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A s a final note, there's o n e interesting s i d e b a r to m y m a i n e x a m p l e , t h e M a n h a t t a n

Project. In

this c a s e , t h e i r d e s i r e t o d e s i g n t h e b o m b w a s

T h e real p r o b l e m , t h e n , is t h e f a c t that y o u

d r i v e n by t h e t h r e a t o f t h e G e r m a n ' s c o n s t r u c t i n g

will b e l a b e l l e d with t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ( w h e t h e r

o n e first ( w h e t h e r o r n o t t h e r e e v e r w a s a c t u a l l y

y o u c h o o s e t o t a k e it o r not) f o r y o u r d i s c o v e r i e s ,

b o m b b a y d o o r s - with o n e key e x c e p t i o n - the U S

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CGCU with

also

has strong

the C G C A ,

links

the corporate

of C & G College for

association

is a

C G C U

Union

that

is

e v o l v i n g t o m e e t t h e n e e d s o f its students,

a n d as the Millennium

they l e a v e c o l l e g e t h a n t h e a v e r -

past a n d present m e m b e r o f C & G

approaches,

age

C o l l e g e . T h e C G C A p r o v i d e s net-

b e c o m e b i g g e r a n d better. " R e a d y

to

medic,

Hence

scientist

or

miner.

C & GCollege

is d i s t i n c t l y

working

different to the other

constituen-

opportunity

cies.

your

"When degree

you enter represents

industry, the

Cor-

opportunities to meet

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a n d know

play

it w i l l

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advancement

part the

Guilds

"Having

T h e C e n t r a l in 1 9 1 0 .

has always

Union,

of

p e o p l e in industry a n d elsewhere. contacts"

continue

to

in the University"

as de s c r i be d

by

5

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9

The State of the Union e

By Tasha Newton, Imperial College

After consultation with one IC male (who said this column made me sound 'blonde') I am trying to sound a bit more 'nails' this week!

massively high charging - ahhh.

They care in fact so much that they are prepared to wait until December to discuss us at their next pricing meeting!! Still the Imperial College A Union President is not letting them I don't need to explain again why we are not NUS, Dave Roberts did it forget that 'student discount' means discounts for students and has sugwell last time. Besides he is far more gested they remove their digit from friendly about the backstabbing gits that run it than I could ever be. We're their lower sphincter. They will now decide at the meeting whether they out and it's good for us. We're not can allow our cards direct or whether alone in thinking this - other Unions have left, some never joined! In pre- they want to produce a card which vious years there have been ideas on we could hand out for them. (That was my idea, and you'll believe that getting us together as a cohesive until you read the next paragraph.) unit. For the first time ever (we think) They fully apologise for any inconwe met up last weekend for training and talks. The most exiting thing was venience and understand if none of you guys choose to go to Warner's in the suggestion that Northern Services (a buying consortium which we use, the near future. In the mean time they take ISIC cards, which are available but that is based in Scotland) could provide a new southern division. This from STA on the walkway. Can I point could lead to some even better bar- out that Virgin are IC friendly and cheaper?! gains for ICU. r

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Allegedly, Warner Brothers care about IC students. They are really sorry that they don't give us a discount at the moment and for their

This year HMV have been distributing discount cards, for ALL students. They have been sent out via the NUS to be issued 'in House'. But,

Union President

individual branches have extra cards to issue to non NUS colleges, unfortunately, the local branch's Saturday staff are slow to get the message and have been demanding NUS ID. After a very guick discussion with the man from HQ, this has all now been sorted with: a memo to ALL branches to be nice to us and 300 cards which are winging their way to ICU as I speak! HMV have also offered their sincere apologies. HMV discount cards should be available from the Union office this week, hurrah. g

Democracy! Register to vote so you can choose who runs London for the time you are here as a student. It couldn't be easier, just email me and I'll send you a copy of the slip or pick up a post card from the office. ULU will be organising hustings for the candidates, so if you are interested in what your mayor will do (or not) for you, watch this space. s

At the time this went to press things were going much better for the

IC student who contracted meningitis nearer the start of term. I have sent him a card on behalf of all the students of Imperial College Union.

-

Tue 16th Nov 12.00 Services Committee, Clubs Committee Room.

13.00 A&E Treasurers meeting, Resource Centre.

1 7.00 VP Question time for the medics. St Mary's.

20.00 C A G Soup run, meet in Weeks Hall Wed 1 7th Nov 11.00 Careers Fair, Beit Quad.

13.00 Academic Afairs Committee.

Thur 18th Nov 12.30 RCC Treasures meeting, Resource Centre.

18.00 Executive Committee, Resource Centre.

20.00 C A G Soup run.

Fri 19th Nov 1 3.00 SCC Treasurers meeting, Resource Centre.

Student Rights as Consumers / Student Debt

NATIONAL D E M O th

25 November 1999 F r o m U L U to Kennington Park

Assemble outside ULU at 11:00 I f y o u have a disability m a k i n g it difficult to get to U L U and back from K e n n i n g t o n Park, contact K e v i n ( D P ( E & W ) ) on x . 5 8 0 6 4 or d p e w @ i c . a c . u k to arrange a place on the minibus.

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Kevin

is

watching

the

m o v i e s , b e c a u s e a s p a r t o f t h e d e a l t h e r e is a n This

week

Kevin

has been

W h i l e in Q u e e n ' s

in N o t t i n g h a m .

M e d i c a l Centre; a hospital

w h i c h is a l s o t h e h o m e

of various

biological

network

will b e f a r f r o m

comprehensive.

Excuses are already r e a c h i n g Kevin. For e x a m -

o p t i o n t o c h o o s e between free sports, o r free

ple: IC's halls a r e o l d , s o m e of t h e m are a b o u t

movies w h e n y o u sign up. A s a n a d d e d

to b e s o l d ,

bonus

o r r e f u r b i s h e d s o it is n o t w o r t h

the service a l s o gives free calls t o all the o t h e r

connecting them - apparently even

a n d m e d i c a l faculties, Kevin noticed that there

NTL

unsurprisingly

is n o t g o i n g t o b e i n t h e first p h a s e o f c o n n e c -

were curved black plastic d o o r s in the corners

c o v e r s pretty m u c h a l l s t u d e n t s i n N o t t i n g h a m .

tions. There a r e a l s o s u p p o s e d l y difficulties at

of m a n y o f the l a b s . O n a s k i n g a s t o the p u r -

O n e student's c o m m e n t s u m m e d up the b e n e -

IC b e c a u s e

pose of the d o o r s Kevin learnt that they w e r e

fits o f t h e s y s t e m : " W e a l l u s e it l o a d s . It c o s t s

c a m p u s e s , a n d o u r students are spread out all

e s c a p e r o u t e s - n o t just y o u r s t a n d a r d f i r e e x i t ,

us h a r d l y a n y t h i n g . "

over London.

users

in t h e a r e a ,

which

but a m a z i n g l y c o o l c h u t e s , w h i c h i n a n e m e r gency

you could

u s e t o slide

down

D u r i n g his t i m e i n N o t t i n g h a m , K e v i n s t a y e d i n a h o u s e with a b u n c h o f students. Kevin w a s p l e a s a n t l y s u r p r i s e d t o f i n d that his hosts h a d got c a b l e T V a n d w a s a b l e t o s p e n d a c o u p l e of e v e n i n g s w a t c h i n g S k y M o v i e s . Later in t h e week Kevin learnt that the m o v i e s were i n fact free, courtesy ofthe t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s c o m NTL> h a s a n a g r e e m e n t

N o t t i n g h a m , but there the students have

of residence,

a n d students

s o n a b l e cost.

OUCH Surely intelligent IC students d o not walk

A Mostly Harmless Column by Kevin, a random entity who knows nothing about nothing

staircases. have

monthly charged

a

brilliant

deal

rental, which for a

with

ERICSSON EXCUSES

been

marked.

these

measures

taken with t h e glass

Centre

Kevin

which

c a n only

have

also

presume

that

have been taken in response

a more dopey bunch than usual.

c l o s e t o the level o f excellent student o r i e n t a t e d s e r v i c e a s is p r o v i d e d a t N o t t i n g h a m . A t I C

t o that

students

the

get a

system

is g o i n g

O h my g o d ! I C U ' s g o n e all politi-

that I C U suddenly d o e s , thanks to

"right"

cal

y o u all get

a little p r o d f r o m e q u a l o p p o r t u n i -

force

a l a r m e d , Tony h a s n ' t s e l e c t e d this

ties o f f i c e r G e o r g e C o n s t a n t i n i d e s .

wodges

y e a r ' s s a b b s t o sit i n t h e " a l l n e w "

And

thing

H o u s e o f Lords (we s h o u l d b e s o

that worries m e .

I'm r e f e r r i n g t o

i t ' s this

While

sudden

about-face

people

that

over the

c a n position

on,andyou

I C U to

blow

great b i g

of c a s h o n virtually

y o u like.

Thus,

any-

there

is

previously

o c c u p i e d by

J a c k Straw, Steven T w i g g , J i m M u r phy

a n d Lorna

F i t z s i m m o n s . Just

l i k e t h e m , h e ' s u s i n g it a s a s t e p -

connection

ping

newmembers of

only

difference

c o u n c i l this y e a r , a n d I C U " d e c i d -

them

is t h a t

ing"

tuition fees while students, waiting

absolutely

it's true

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to be expensive. T h e

rents, calls will not b e particularly c h e e p , a n d

; instead

has been

in t h e H e a l t h

NTL.For a

C o n n e c t i o n t o t h e c o l l e g e n e t w o r k is a n e x t r a

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steps of the

to i n c i d e n t s - p e r h a p s this y e a r t h e Freshers a r e

c h a r g e s are g o i n g to b e partially h i d d e n in hall

o n us. Before

the edges

m u n i c a t i o n s e r v i c e s f o r I C is n o t g o i n g t o c o m e

s e r v i c e , a n d c a b l e TV.

'phone, a n answering

has noticed

Ericsson, the c o m p a n y c h o s e n t o provide c o m -

is c o m p a r a b l e

BT ' p h o n e ,

Kevin

to make

able to

o n behalf of the students have been negotiate

taken

ilar a p p r o a c h

t h e University,

provider,

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staircase in t h e B M S f o y e r m o r e v i s i b l e , a s i m -

w h e r e i n t h e city. In r e t u r n f o r b e i n g t h e s o l e telecommunications

been

doors

else-

into

glass d o o r s a n d b a s h their h e a d s o n h u g e steel

with t h e

living

been

p r o v i d e d w i t h a first r a t e s e r v i c e , f o r a v e r y r e a -

University t o provide a service t o the c a m p u s , halls

disparate

be a p p l i e d t o s o m e d e g r e e at the University o f

Mish Mash

FREE MOVIES

NTL.

g o t so many

In K e v i n ' s o p i n i o n a l l t h e s e e x c u s e s c o u l d

to the

g r o u n d f l o o r a n d t o s af e t y .

pany

we have

Southside

between

N O

certain

stone

into

parliament. The between

they

him a n d

voted

against

ICU C o u n c i l ' s decision actually to

years I C U C o u n c i l h a s been

support s o m e t h i n g (well, there's a

ably a s dull a sthe proverbial dish-

first t i m e f o r e v e r y t h i n g ) .

w a t e r , it h a s m e a n t t h a t t h i n g s c a n

advertising the N U S march against

until

be

tuition fees. O h n o .

before b e c o m i n g hypocritical a n d

And which

causes

collective the

what

is t o b e t h e e v e n t council

t o l o s e its

political virginity? W h y ,

N U S national

demonstration

discussed

reasonably,

reli-

and

q u i c k a n d clear. T h e N U S , bolted

o n the other h a n d , has been

con-

your

money

A f t e r a l l , this p a r t i c u l a r

(shock) that m e e t i n g s c a n b e r e l a tively

to spend

much

18 months good

on

horse

a g o , so

they

were

in

government

t w o - f a c e d . I'm t e l l i n g y o u , T r a i n e r

h o w will g o far.

is it g o i n g t o b e t o

And

the moral

o f this

story?

m a r c h into L o n d o n now, shouting

W h e n groups purporting t o repre-

Red K e n look

"here

s e n t s t u d e n t s start

aren't they? W e s h o u l d b e rejoic-

l i k e H i m m l e r . It is f o r p r e c i s e l y this

forget

ing

reason

against tuition fees. O f course.

H a n g o n : tuition fees are b a d ,

in t h e streets,

shouldn't w e ?

Well, maybe yesa n d maybe let's w a i t a n d s e e . . . .

no:

O h , sorry, I

mean "prepare and decide".

sistently stuffed full o f t h e k i n d o f loonies that

that

make

I C U h a s traditionally

horsey that

organised

horsey" this

which

which

very stable d o o r .

Glitter

would

be

T h e p o i n t is t h a t C o u n c i l g e t s

t h e t u i t i o n f e e a r g u m e n t , it s e e m s

its w a y , w h a t e v e r it w a n t s . G e t t h e

group

h e l p e d Tony t o u n l o c k

that

not that was

surprising.

Doug

Trainer

N U S president back then : a

playing

in t h e

m u r k y w o r l d o f politics, they

soon

sell t h e i r c r e d i b i l i t y f o r a f e w c o i n s .

Those who

T h i n k i n g a b o u t it, t h o u g h , i t ' s

proud.

W h i l e I d o n ' t w a n t t o g et into

is b e i n g

by t h e s a m e

h a t e d t h e N U S with a p a s s i o n of Gary

? Let's n o t

march

members lust

after

of I C U Council a

more

political

f o r u m s h o u l d learn the lesson of Straw

a n d his mates

: Abandon

morals, all ye w h o enter here.

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B r o n c h o a l v e o l a r l a v a g e w i l l be p e r f o r m e d a n d a m a x i m u m o f six bronchial biopsies taken during each bronchoscopy.

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of p e o p l e c a n b e e x p l o i t e d ) . I trust

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all m e m b e r s o f I C - e v e r y o n e is very w e l c o m e t o al l C U e v e n t s .

s t r e n g t h e n i n g t h e m . I s l a m is n o w the

b e a C h r i s t i a n . I m a g i n e if h e h a d

Helen Clork

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former members, a n d are o p e n to

I s h o u l d n ' t r e a l l y b e w r i t i n g this.

It d o e s n ' t o f f e n d m e , but it w a s a t a d

D e a r Felix,

w i d e o f t h e m a r k . Last w e e k ' s

o w n cou n try , f o r " e t h n i c " c l e a n s i n g

col-

u m n w a s very g o o d , t h o u g h if y o u

of M u s l i m s i n B o s n i a a n d K o s o v a .

F o l l o w i n g last w e e k ' s f r o n t p a g e

W e n o w see R u s s i a n l e a d e r s e x p l o i t -

a r t i c l e , I w o u l d like t o set the r e c o r d

m e e t m e d o w n S o u t h s i d e , I'll tell y o u w h o t h e real f r o n t r u n n e r is f o r t h e

ing their o w n citizens' I s l a m a p h o b i a

straight o n the p o s i t i o n o f the C h r i s -

Rector's job. H e e p s w a s close, but

in exactly the s a m e w a y t o g a i n s u p -

tian U n i o n towards m e m b e r s h i p of

the p r e f e r r e d c h o i c e is a little m o r e

printed at M C P Litho Limited,

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in C h e c h e n y a . T h e s e p r a c t i c e s a r e ,

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College

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i g n o r i n g the r e q u e s t f o r f e a r of sticking m o r e p r i c e t a g s o n t-shirts. O n the

D e a r Editor,

Monday

before

Oof ŠLi /cll^

graduation, I

w a s t o l d the g r a d u a t i o n items w o u l d W e w e r e o f f e n d e d by the article

be

included

in

s t oc k

and

visited

in last w e e k ' s In Brief o n p a g e t w o of

a g a i n but to n o a v a i l but w a s t o l d

Felix. T h e a u t h o r s u g g e s t e d that no-

s a n c t u a r y w a s a v a i l a b l e o n the d a y

one

in the U n i o n with a little stall.

at

IC

'had

it in t h e m '

when

L A T E N T M E D I A BIAS

rvice that w o u l d act

No

nal

referring to the M a t h s c o u p l e c a u g h t

s u c h luck - it w a s o n l y T-shirts a n d

First of a l l t h i s w e e k ,

in f l a g r a n t e d e l i c t o in t h e i r

mugs.

a p o l o g y to M u s t a f a Arif a n d a n y -

locker

room.

How

can

a

simple

card

like

o n e else w h o

a

massive

f o u n d last

academic

o a n d a half years o p e n e d , where

week's

elves?

as

flagship after

do

Well, aside

we

from

g r a d u a t i o n be omitted f r o m stocks

front p a g e

at

at G r a d u a t i o n t i m e ? If I w a n t e d t o

M u s t a f a raises a n interesting pint

JS n o w b e e n

IC to h a v e t h e i r o w n s t u d e n t n e w s -

buy a c a r d f r o m I C U s h o p o n p r a c -

t h a t a p p l i e s n o t just to s o - c a l l e d

u m p e d in f a v o u r o f o n e

D o e s the E d i t o r not think it is d e m e a n i n g to the students h er e

lead to be offensive.

p a p e r put t h e m d o w n as u n a d v e n -

tically a n y o t h e r s u b j e c t , I c o u l d d o

" I s l a m i c " f u n d a m e n t a l i s t s but, o n

t u r o u s w h e n w e a l r e a d y h a v e to put

s o , e v e n if I w a n t e d to m a k e i n d e -

a b r o a d e r canvass, to any

up with insults f r o m the rest of the

cent p r o p o s a l s I c o u l d d o so f r o m

of

c o u n t r y ' s student b o d y ?

the

vast

collection

available!

Let

supposedly

unceremo-

form

religion-based

terrorism o r extremism. After all,

enough

o t h e r IC students j o i n in the c e l e b r a -

to

b u t it s e e m s t o m e t h a t if y o u ' r e

solitary e x a m p l e a n d the m a t h s c o u -

tion

at

t h e r e is n o m a j o r r e l i g i o n o n t h e

running a bookstore on a univer-

p l e s h o u l d not be m a d e a s p e c t a c l e

l e a v i n g I m p e r i a l a n d not say, " O h ,

p l a n e t t h a t a c t u a l l y c o n d o n e s (let

sity c a m p u s

of in a p a p e r with s u c h a w i d e a u d i -

sorry, I C U s h o p c o u l d n ' t be a s s e d to

alone advocates)

stock sufficient q u a n t i t i e s of

ence.

s t o c k it

W e a s s u r e y o u that this is n o t a

of their

peer's

excellence

"

using such

places

m a i n library, o r e v e n the

as

others

Y o u r s faithfully,

the

those

the

more

exciting

aspects

of

Happy hunting, R S M II

S H O P STRIFE

It w a s interesting to b e r e m i n d -

been

the

ing

else.

new

intake one

Gareth

apolo-

term them

within

until

the

of

any

biggest

problem

Second

reviews p a g e s this year. T h e b r e a d t h

with f i n d i n g a n a d e q u a t e

termi-

a n d d e p t h a c r o s s fhe w h o l e of the

nology

is

music,

f a c t that it's very h a r d to f i n d o u t

filling

w h a t they d o b e l i e v e i n .

and

clubbing, is to

film, be

books

and

applauded.

I

for these

groups

the

B l a i r W i t c h f e a t u r e a n d the d i v e r s e

suggestion that I a m

Islamopho-

bic very

but

I

ture g a y a n d fetish t h e m e s .

this

to

change

t h e r e f o r e a p p a l l e d w h e n I r e a d the

issues

ago

s l a t i n g Felix r e c e i v e d in Prince A l b e r t

b e c a u s e as w e l l as b e i n g the

edi-

this w e e k . N o t o n l y w e r e the insults

also

my

ill t h o u g h t o u t , but the text c o n t e n t

joyous

this

was

worse

t h a n the c h i l d i s h

at

book (and

three

can't

Law

of

more)

sake, does

years

remember Thermody-

- s o why,

for

Waterstone's

stock. O f c o u r s e , whether or not half the s h o p with fiction

travel

t i t l e s h e l p s is

debat-

As a final point, I d o take the

c l u b a n d art f e a t u r e s that h a v e f e a I was

buy

weeks

realise, they

pity'sP

the

obvious

always

first t w o

-

indeed

will

they

so

out

patently

recommended

the

later, t h a t

not

to the

t h e n l e a v e it t o f e s t e r o n t h e s h e l f

" I s l a m i c " simply b e c a u s e they d o themselves,

sorry,

if m i g h t b e w i s e

It's

least

else.

l m

t h a t at l e a s t t h r e e - q u a r t e r s of the

the i m p r o v e m e n t s m a d e w i t h i n the

e d of this y e a r ' s g r a d u a t i o n by the

how

has

Now,

c o r e first y e a r text b o o k s , if n o t h -

namics any

a c c o u n t in Felix a f e w

Imagine

religion

sinners,

throughout

sense of a b u s e or d i s c r i m i n a t i o n .

arts w o r l d

D e a r Sir,

friend's.

- a n d yet,

books.

c a u s e of m o r e a n d b l o o d i e r wars

w o u l d e s p e c i a l l y like to m e n t i o n the

it w a s

m u r d e r of

gise unreservedly. W e D e a r Felix

I w o u l d like to c o m m e n d y o u o n

graduation,

the

b o t h myself a n d

Imperial C o l l e g e .

tor's

knowledge,

S o , (to g e t b a c k t o t h e p o i n t )

A N D FINALLY...

around

c a m p u s m a y o p e n the E d i t o r ' s e y e s to

my

than anything or anyone

the b u i l d i n g s w e r e i n t e n d e d f o r ?

O b v i o u s l y not. A w a l k

of

(non-believers,

history,

I C U S h o p ' s best c u s t o m e r

Sherfield

b u i l d i n g f o r uses o t h e r t h a n

best

whatever)

M a y b e the E d i t o r h a s h e a r d of couples

the

personally,

reply

will

help

hope

your mind.

minimum should

of

bookstore chasing

a

service

expect. A would

power

that

good use

(a

we

campus it's

few

pur-

hundred

c o p i e s m i g h t not be m u c h in ficCAMPU

t i o n t e r m s , but in t e r m s of

rants

aca-

d e m i c texts i t ' s h u g e ) t o n e g o t i -

o c c a s i o n is: the p r o u d f a m i l y l o o k -

that I h a v e s o m e t i m e s s e e n in the

The

facilities

ate g o o d discounts a n d sensible

ing o n , the p h o t o g r a p h s , t h e p r e s -

C&G

offered o n c a m p u s have been on

s t u d e n t p r i c e s - m u c h like the o l d

ents a n d the g r a d u a t i o n c a r d with

of this

Union

"congratulations"

number

however,

if o n e

inscribed.

Not,

w e r e t o visit

ICU

shop.

A

week

before

graduation,

I

w e n t to b u y all the a s s o c i a t e d m e m orabilia,

i.e.

ties,

teddies

r a g - G u i l d s h e e t . T h e writers magazine of

obvious

problems,

the

various

shopping

have

a

my m i n d a lot this w e e k . O n

first

is

opposite page

you'll find

b e i n g h a p p y to c o m e to a n o p i n i o n

ments on both Waterstone's

b a s e d o n n o t h i n g less t h a n p r e j u d i c e

the

a n d the s e c o n d is b e i n g o b s e s s e d

d i s c u s s i o n s I've

with r u d e w o r d s (very clever).

staff t h i s w e e k , W a t e r s t o n e s 'he

and

ICU

Shop,

and

Computer

his past life at I m p e r i a l a l o n g with a

B e n J a m e s (not my real n a m e )

topics of debate.

graduation card. Quite a

Medicine 4

occurrence,

graduation,

common

have

All of these

especially

at a c o l l e g e o n e m i g h t b e l e a d t o

Eng

Centre

Mech

of

very

powerful

been

and

Shop

in

frequent

w a s t o l d they m i g h t b e o r d e r e d but

w e e k s e a r c h i n g f o r her.

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have

position on

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bookstore),

promised

(usurping

to

(shock,

horror)

could

actually

So,

now

I've

finished

rant, what d o y o u all think?

the

a

up

cam-

three

where when

it's t i m e t o b u y the

next l u d i c r o u s l y o v e r - p r i c e d

text

old

Waterstonc's

establish

my OK,

a

H a v i n g w o n a very

prestigious contract nearly years

It

offer s o m e helpful advice.

so the c o n t r a c t m i g h t not b e services

Waterstone's.

e n d - w h o is this a m a z i n g girl

editorial,

to.

and-

pus, perhaps none m o r e so than

b e l i e v e but n o t o n e s i n g l e c a r d w a s

used

various

PS. P l e a s e put my s l e e p l e s s nights at

a v a i l a b l e at the s h o p . A f t e r a s k i n g , I

Bookstore

com-

h a d with C o l l e g e

Y o u r s with l o v e

s c a r v e s to r e m i n d the g r a d u a t e

in

the

well

stocked, competitive a n d profes-

Waterstone's,

I'm

waiting

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has

Felix

again.

Sadly

for

begun m e , the

reviews s e c t i o n a l w a y s to

the

bare

brunt

/\

Foo Fighters There Is Nothing Left To Lose (Roswell/RCA)

Marian Carey Rainbow (Columbia)

seems of

this

W h a t have your heroes

been?

Actors?

Politicians?

Sportsmen

sportswomen?

as

that. M y h e r o e s h a v e always b e e n m u s i c i a n s . N o t your p o n c y lack of

everything

unheard

of

we is

review just

is

plain

substance

O u t s t a n d i n g scientists a n d b u s i n e s s m e n ?

and

a b u s e . H o w e v e r , insults s u c h

boy bands

or those

more than

useless

Balls to all

one-hit-wonders,

w r o n g . If t h e s l a n d e r e r s h a d

but p r o p e r kick-ass don't-give-a-shit stars: J i m m y P a g e , Kurt C o b a i n ,

bothered

Oh,

Mariah,

soon?

Mariah,

Mariah.

Back so

I'm n o t g e n e r a l l y o f t h e s c h o o l of

t h o u g h t that thinks that if a n y t h i n g is p o p u lar it must by d e f i n i t i o n b e b a d , b u t I h e a r d a n interesting statistic the o t h e r d a y that

Jimi H e n d r i x , F l e a - all t h o s e with a p r e s e n c e a n d attitude. T h e F o o

has started t o c h a n g e m y m i n d . It w a s that

review p a g e s o f Felix in r e c e n t

F i g h t e r s ' D a v e G r o h l is u p t h e r e t o o - h e ' s g o t t o b e . F r o m

Mariah

weeks they'd have seen

h o u s e d r u m m i n g with y o u - k n o w - w h o , to laying d o w n the F o o Fight-

to

examine

v i e w s , reviews

inter-

and competi-

tions i n v o l v i n g s o m e most

the

mainstream

of the

artists

in

power-

Carey

is the best selling f e m a l e

artist of the 1 9 9 0 s , h a s s o l d o v e r 1 1 5 m i l -

ers' 1 9 9 5 d e b u t a l o n e , h e ' s m o r e t h a n just a s l i g h t l y m o t i v a t e d b l o k e .

lion a l b u m s . I m e a n , w h o b o u g h t these

T h i s l a t e s t o f f e r i n g f r o m t h e F o o s is m o r e o f t h a t d r i v e n p o w e r p o p

a l b u m s ? W h e r e a r e they a n d w h y a r e they

that they've m a d e their o w n .

still a l l o w e d their statutory rights?

m u s i c , f i l m s , art a n d b o o k s .

This w e e k a g a i n s e e s a n o t h e r

I r e a d s o m e w h e r e that the F o o Fighters m i s s e d the m a r k with

s t o r m i n g line- u p . F o r a start

Is Nothing

in t h e t w o f o l l o w i n g c o l u m n s

please

we

s e e reviews

F o o Fighters

of the n e w

and

Marioh

Carey albums - and who can

Left To Lose

set the r e c o r d

GRUNGE.

There

b e c a u s e ifs t o o u p b e a t to be g r u n g e . C a n we straight:

THERE

IS

N O

SUCH

THING

AS

T h a t M s C a r e y s h o u l d outsell M a d o n n a , Whitney

Houston

nemesis

Celine

or even

Dion

her musical

is u n b e l i e v a b l e .

I

Invented t o c r e a t e a n i c h e a n d sell r e c o r d s ; 'nuff s a i d . A n d

a d m i t that in t h e past s h e h a s r e l e a s e d

n o , this a l b u m isn't t h a t S e a t t l e s o u n d t h a t s e r v e d D a v e G r o h l s o w e l l

s o m e fairly g o o d s i n g l e s , n o t a b l y H e r o , (7/

in t h e p a s t - I'm s u r e h e d o e s n ' t w a n t it t o b e .

Be There a n d . . .er. . .anyway, s h e c a n c e r -

c o m p l a i n a b o u t th at ?

tainly Sing (she's a v o c a l r a n g e of 8 o c t a v e s

... frequency... ifs rubbish, nobody reads it?

W e kick off as w e m e a n to g o o n with the h u g e c h o r u s of S t a c k e d

y o u know ). F i n e , but t h e p o i n t is, s h o u l d w e

Actors.

buy this a l b u m f o r m u s i c a l p l e a s u r e o r

I h a d this o n my W a l k m a n

a n d e n d e d up d a n c i n g a l o n g the

street like a l u n a t i c , a sure s i g n of a p r e m i u m t u n e . T h e d r u m s

play

a l a r g e p a r t in t h e F o o F i g h t e r s ' s o u n d , p o s s i b l y b e c a u s e t h a t ' s w h a t

b e c a u s e it is a b l e to c o m m u n i c a t e within the h e a r i n g r a n g e of next d o o r ' s d o g ?

D a v e G r o h l s t a r t e d w i t h , b u t I a l w a y s f i n d t h e d r u m l i n e s a r e t h a t little bit m o r e i n v o l v i n g a n d s u b s e q u e n t l y the s o n g s a r e g i v e n a g r e a t e r

Rainbow

d e p t h . T h a t ' s n o t t o s a y a n y o t h e r p a r t o f t h e t r a c k is n e g l e c t e d ; t h e

m a n y R 'n' B superstars but this is n o t a n

sees M a r i a h

c o l l a b o r a t i n g with

W i t h t h e rest o f this s p a c e I'd

g u i t a r s h a v e a d i s t i n c t i v e w a r m , f u z z y o v e r d r i v e a n d in D a v e G r o h l ' s

a l b u m f o r R 'n' B f a n s . T h e first track

like t o m a k e a n o t h e r p l e a f o r

v o i c e there's a h a r s h e d g e t o the soft g e n t l e n e s s as d e m o n s t r a t e d t o

Broker

people

g o o d e f f e c t o n Live-In

all the u s u a l v o c a l a c r o b a t i c s but then w e

interested

in w r i t i n g

Skin.

get a s o m e w h a t u n e x p e c t e d r a p interlude

m u s i c articles f o r Felix. C l u b I'm

halfway t h r o u g h . Finally, it's b a c k t o M a r i -

r e a l l y isn't a n y

a h . It really just doesn't w o r k . S h e s h o u l d

writers a r e e s p e c i a l l y h a r d t o

T h e r e a r e s o m a n y t r a c k s w o r t h y o f b e i n g s i n g l e s o n T h e r e Is...

come

surprised there weren't two a l b u m s

by a n d if a n y o n e

is

released. There

interested in w r i t i n g in g o i n g

f i l l e r . Generator

c l u b b i n g f o r f re e f o r t h e s m a l l

is a s u p e r b s o n g t o l e a d

exchange

A u r o r a is i n a s i m i l a r c a v e r n o u s v e i n t o February

of a

short

a b o u t t h e night t h e n more

than

happy

article I'd

to

h a s a g r e a t T a l k b o x e f f e c t o n l e a d g u i t a r , Next us i n t o Autumn

Year

with i f s wistful lyrics a n d

stick t o h e r e p i c b a l l a d s - they at least suit her style. T h e p e r s o n a l a n d u n d e r s t a t e d m e l o d y of Petals is the nearest s h e gets to

Stars.

this b u t t h e rest, I'm a f r a i d , just b o r e d m e .

be

have

Heart

b e g i n s in typical M a r i a h style with

The

F o o F i g h t e r s h a v e b r o u g h t us a b e a u t i f u l t h i r d a l b u m , a

more

S h e m a y b e trying t o m o v e with the times

just

p o p p y s o u n d but a r o u n d e d o n e t o o . They'll b e a r o u n d f o r a w h ile

but ifs d o u b t f u l if all the m i l l i o n s w h o (for

p o p a l o n g t o t h e Felix P o r t a -

yet, b u t I w o u l d n ' t e x p e c t a n y less f r o m a m a n w h o h a s t h e b a n d ' s

whatever

l o g o t a t t o o e d o n the b a c k of his neck.

m o v e with her.

you.

If y o u ' r e

interested

cabins for our music meetings

reason)

love

her, will w a n t t o

at 1 2 . 3 0 p m o n T u e s d a y s a n d w e ' l l sort it o u t .

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Christian

Rachael

5

c

y

Mere Mere

Rage Against The Machine The Battle of LA. (Epic)

ICJ It's t h e v o i c e . U n i q u e , i n s t i n c t u -

RAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!

a l , lively, b u t m o s t o f a l l it's f e a r -

t h r e e a l b u m s . W h i c h m a k e s m e h a p p y - a s it w o u l d h a v e b e e n a l i t o o

less.

e a s y f o r R a g e to sell o u t - b e c o m e all post rock a n d n o n - a b r a s i v e .

late,

But t h e y still r o c k .

Father

and Son

tracks

that

Merz

(Conrad

Lambert)

has a w o n d e r f u l a r r a y o f t u n e s , but

instead

around

of messing

in o r d e r

to

i n t e r e s t i n g , they're

Somehow,

these

Cat Stevens Remeber (Island) boys

a r e still

angry

after

them

make

it

If y o u d i d n ' t l i k e R a g e b e f o r e , this a l b u m w o n ' t e n d e a r t h e m t o y o u in

The

Cat's

been

hippie back

raided with

popular

catalogue

by n u m e r o u s

covers

o f Wild

has

artistes of

World

and

a m o n g a s h e d l o a d of

have

been

resurrected

modern

beat

combos.

by

As a

innovatively

a n y s p e c i a l n e w w a y . B u t if, like m e , y o u l o v e d t o listen t o a b a n d with

r e s u l t y o u c a n h e a r h i s stuff o n R a d i o 2

e m b e l l i s h e d t o g o r g e o u s effect.

a bit o f i n t e g r i t y r a t h e r t h a n t h e u s u a l m o n e y g r a b b i n g l a y a b o u t s t h e n

as well as R a d i o

to

this w i l l b e r i g h t u p y o u r street. T h e t r a c k l i s t i n g says it a l l r e a l l y -

achievement.

This

means

hear

a

don't

you're

bunch

always

going

of things y o u get f r o m

your

u s u a l p o p a l b u m . Lotus

begins

Calm Man

A s B o m b , V o i c e O f T h e Voiceless,

Born

As Ghosts

and

Broken

b e i n g s o m e o f t h e m o r e m e l l o w titles. Bu t it r e a l l y isn't a b o u t t h e

titles, it's a l l a b o u t t h e d e p t h o f r e a l e m o t i o n that g o e s i n t o

1 , w h i c h is k i n d o f a n

these

C a t isn't h i s r e a l n a m e isn't e v e n

his n a m e

of c o u r s e , a n d

n o w . H e g o t into

with a b r a s s b a n d p i c k i n g o u t a

s o n g s - t h e w a y they s m a c k y o u in t h e f a c e a n d m a k e y o u t h i n k w h i l e

r e l i g i o n in a b i g w a y a f t e r a n e a r d e a t h

lonely

getting y o u m o s h i n g r o u n d the r o o m as w e l l . I defy a n y o n e to listen

e x p e r i e n c e type t h i n g , a n d c h a n g e d his

tune,

before

erised breakbeats

comput-

p i c k u p the

t e m p o , f o l l o w e d by that v o i c e .

t o Sleep

Now In The Fire o n full v o l u m e a n d n o t e n d u p b o u n c i n g o f f

n a m e to Yusuf i s l a m (nice). W h i c h

reli-

the w a l l s .

gion

s c i o u s gives w a y t o c h u n k y p e r -

T h e r e a s o n they a r e still t h e s a m e a f t e r a l l t h e s e y e a r s is t h a t t h e sys-

whole

cussion, squelchy bass a n d a

t e m s t h a t t h e y w e r e o r i g i n a l l y p r o t e s t i n g a g a i n s t still e x i s t s . Further, a s

n e w m a t e r i a l o n this c o l l e c t i o n - but I

keening v o c a l . A l t h o u g h these

far

are

b e c o m e e v e n m o r e e x t r e m e a n d u n j u s t . W e s h o u l d b e a l i this a n g r y .

T h e g o s p e l c h o i r in C C

seemingly

contrasting song

sounds

disparate

elements, incredibly

Con-

and

and

alive. M u s i c

as

Rage

are concerned,

in m a n y

cases

these

systems

have

every

But this isn't a p o l i t i c a l f o r u m , s o o n w i t h t h e c r i t i q u e . A f t e r l i s t e n i n g t o this a l b u m a c o u p l e o f t i m e s , m o s t U S ( a n d U S i n f l u e n c e d )

This a l b u m s o u n d s s o o r i g i n a l

me

for the

rock

p o p star t h a n g , so there

is n o

d a r e s a y a t fifty o n e h e still d o e s n ' t m i n d the royalties...

Time hasn't d i m m e d the t e n d e r

appeal

o f m o s t o f t h e t w e n t y f o u r ( c o u n t 'em)

o n e w a n t s t o b e m a d e t o t h i n k w h i l e r o c k i n g o u t , b u t I t h i n k it's very

m u s i c a l g e m s c o n t a i n e d o n this c o m p i -

r e f r e s h i n g t o h e a r it - e v e n if y o u d o n ' t s u b s c r i b e t o t h e i r s t a n c e .

l a t i o n . B u y it f o r y o u r m u m o r d a d t h i s Christmas. You may have a job finding

been finding new a n d exciting

The

w a y s t o diversify

a n d there's s o m e sparks of r e g g a e

merge,

escapes

b a n d s s o u n d e d hopelessly weedy a n d apathetic. I s u p p o s e not every-

h a s recently

and

found

m o m e n t . . . He's t u r n e d his b a c k o n the

cohe-

sive.

he

same

r o c k / f u n k / i n d u s t r i a l / r a p style is very

much

(yes, that's r e g g a e ) ,

in e v i d e n c e ,

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

electronica

g i r l w i t h p i e r c e d bits at t h e c o u n t e r in

but n e v e r t o s u c h joyful extent

(as t h e y a n k s w o u l d t e r m it) a n d e v e n f o l k y f l a v o u r s t o o . O f c o u r s e

H M V . Try l o o k i n g u n d e r ' r o c k ' o r ' p o p '

as it d o e s h e r e . E v e r y t h i n g f r o m

t h e r e ' s still p l e n t y o f g r u n t i n g a n d w a i l i n g . A s v o i c e s g o , Z a c k d e l a

or maybe

t e c h n o , d r u m 'n' b a s s , f o l k , j a z z ,

R o c h a ' s c e r t a i n l y h a s a lot o f f e e l i n g . W h i l e h e r a r e l y ' s i n g s ' , I d o n ' t

t e n i n g ' . Better still, y o u c o u l d wait until

e l e c t r o , i n d i e . . . (the list c o u l d

think that m a n y p e o p l e at R a g e gigs fail to u n d e r s t a n d the e m o t i o n s

t h e s a l e s a n d r u m m a g e in t h e l e s s t h a n

g o o n forever) is a b s o r b e d a n d

i n v o l v e d in h i s r a p / r a n t style o f o r a t i n g .

f i v e q u i d b a r g a i n b u c k e t s . T h e n if y o u

fearlessly i m p l e m e n t e d to cre-

d o get a c o p y m a k e sure y o u listen to

ate s o m e t h i n g u n i q u e . Bu t best

I t h i n k t h e w o r l d w o u l d b e a b e t t e r p l a c e with a f e w m o r e b a n d s like

the lyrics.

even 'folk' o r '(ch)easy

of a l l , the t u n e s a r e g o o d . N o t

R a g e A g a i n s t the M a c h i n e . A f e w m o r e that q u e s t i o n the society that

just

Indeed,

t h e y a r e in - r a t h e r t h a n s i n g i n g a b o u t h o w f i n e M i c k y i s , o r that they

Choose

long

there's a w h o l e n e w w o r l d o u t

are g o i n g to b l a m e everything o n the w e a t h e r m a n . M o r e of the s a m e

Choose

a funny

t h ere. Let M e r z i n t o y o u r life.

- b u t w h e n it's this g r e a t , w h o c a r e s ?

Stevens.

Enjoy.

good,

â&#x20AC;˘

fantastic.

Kunal

ID

Joel

hair.

Choose

a

lis-

beard.

old m a n called

Cat

Ian

5

c

HHHHHHB

^^^^

Worry,

S o n g titles s u c h a s T h e

Bad

to Worse

a n d Moody

sug-

gested a slightly d o w n b e a t might hang

feel

a b o u t this a l b u m .

E v e r y o n e h a s l i s t e n e d t o t h e C r o w s ' first a l b u m - August

thing

After

ing the Satellites.

a c l a s s i c w h i l s t Satellites a n d Mr

Jones

of the f o u r u n s m i l i n g l a d s n e s -

s o n g s f r o m Satellites.

amongst

a

depressingly

Radiohead-esque

implied

offering

a

EveryRecover-

T h i s is d u e t o t h e f a c t t h a t A u g u s t is r e g a r d e d

Here

empty furniture s a l e

and

- whilst not so m a n y h a v e h e a r d their s e c o n d -

Likewise, the m a u d l i n sleeve s h o t

tled

Royal Trux Veterans of Disorder (Domino)

Counting Crows This Desert Life (Geffen/PAL)

Little Mothers Title (Island)

is n o t . E v e r y o n e k n o w s t h e s o n g s

Round

but f ew er p e o p l e w o u l d be a b l e to n a m e T h e s t r a n g e t h i n g a b o u t this is t h a t a n y

(both critical a n d p o p u l a r )

o f Satellites

as

any

reviews

t h a t y o u r e a d c r e d i t it as a

w o r t h y s e q u e l t o t h e b a n d s first a l b u m .

The

our

pop

stars

at the

by i r o n y .

are

end

of

Most

of

sufficiently

well

photogenic smile / grimace

/ look

contemptuous

plastered

aloofness,

of

u p o n their s m u g faces.

In t h i s c l i m a t e ,

praise the fallen a n g e l

for bands

Royal

believe

in

badge

but

Trux

who

rock

'n'

are

like

prepared

roll

as

not

to

just

a

d o o m a n d d e s p a i r . A n d in f a c t , if

This Desert

y o u listen to w h a t they're s a y i n g

d u e t o t h e s i m p l e f a c t t h a t it is e x c e l l e n t . A d a m D u r i t z ' s v o c a l s

o n the t r a c k s , this is pretty m u c h

t i n u e in t h e i r d e s p a i r w h i l s t t h e m u s i c c o n t i n u e s t o r o c k in t h e c h i l l

main

what

out m a n n e r to w h i c h we h a v e b e c o m e a c c u s t o m e d . I can't find o n e

Herrema,

includes a badly failed relation-

b a d t r a c k o n t h e w h o l e a l b u m - b u t I c a n f i n d a n u m b e r t h a t I just

existence a n d o v e r the past d e c a d e

ship with

have to c o m m e n t o n .

so they h a v e put out a string of r e c o r d s

fated r e l a t i o n s h i p s , a n d c y n i c i s m

Hanginaround

shambolic.

you

get.

a

Subject

mate's

matter

little sister,

Life

landscape

t r a i n e d to talk the talk c o m p l e t e with a

the

of

musical

t h e 9 0 ' s is p l a g u e d

h a s b e e n in m y s t e r e o n o n - s t o p s i n c e I r e c e i v e d

it

con-

o p e n s the a l b u m with a b o u n c e a n d v i g o u r that will

about... well... broken relation-

have you

ships. H m m . N o t o n e to p l a y if

k n o w a r e e m b a r r a s s i n g b u t t h a t y o u just c a n ' t s t o p . All My

Friends

is

you have any doubts about your

b o t h o n e of the best t h i n g s they've d o n e a n d a c l a s s i c m e l l o w e d

out

ability to

t u n e o f d e s p a i r . Highlife

hold down

a

steady

singing along

and

moving your body

I Was

A Girl

live

by

life. T h e

of

Hagerty a

many

two

and

Jennifer

notoriously

narcotic

as

unlistenable

or

and

you 'Veterans of Disorder

is r o c k ' n ' r o l l in

1

the truest s e n s e of that m u c h

maligned

with

word.

s e e s Trux

is just a r i d i c u l o u s l y

drawl

brings together a stellar a r r a n g e m e n t

p e r f e c t l y v o i c e d l y r i c s . F i n a l l y / Wish

girl/boyfriend.

in w a y s t h a t

a way

Trux, N e i l

dubbed

d e p r e s s i o n o v e r o t h e r similarly

as

c a t c h y t u n e e v e n if it d o e s g o o n f o r h o u r s .

T h e first h a l f o f V O D and

snarl

their

way

through

a

c l u t c h of g l o r i o u s l y f u c k e d u p , raw

and

dirty m i n i m a s t e r p i e c e s , every o n e

suf-

O n e t h i n g I d i d n o t i c e h o w e v e r is t h a t t h e r e a r e a c o u p l e o f t r a c k s

fused

and

great b l u e s m u s i c i a n s a n y h a r m

w h i c h s e e m t o h a v e b e e n h e a v i l y i n f l u e n c e d by B e n F o l d s F i v e .

attitude i d e n t i f i a b l e as the real d e a l . As

(or R a d i o h e a d , f o r that matter),

M r s Potters

a n d there a r e a c o u p l e of g e n -

by B e n F o l d s - b u t t h e s t r a n g e ( a n d g r e a t ) t h i n g is t h a t t h e y

H a v i n g s a i d this, T h e Little M o t h ers' o u t l o o k o n life n e v e r d i d the

uinely

good

tracks

a l b u m ; If Love's What

on

You

this

Want

Lullaby

a n d Colourblind

b o t h ( e s p e c i a l l y Colourblind)

really c o u l d h a v e b e e n

Both

written would

be a m o n g the best t r a c k s o n the a l b u m

- an

acoustic what?

tune

Lyrics

about... aside,

the

Friends

"All my friends a n d lovers l e a v e

m e a l o n e t o try a n d h a v e a little f u n " b u t I r e a l l y w o u l d n ' t m i n d if I

m u s i c a l a r r a n g e m e n t m a k e this

h a d t h i s t o l i s t e n t o o n m y s t e r e o . O r at l e a s t I w o u l d n ' t a p a r t

a g o o d r e c o r d f o r late at night -

the f a c t that I really w a n t to g o to that party o n Friday n i g h t . . .

from

as

well,

or when

you

w a k e u p y o u r d r e a m s will h a v e t u r n e d y o u into a s h i v e r i n g n e u rotic pile of r u b b l e . O u c h .

â&#x20AC;˘

( o r Satellites]

then you probably won't

t h i s e i t h e r , b u t if l i k e m e y o u l o v e d t h e m , t h e n y o u r m o n e y already

like

should

b e o u t o n t h e r e c o r d s h o p s c o u n t e r . This D e s e r t Life is a n

a l b u m that only the tasteless s h o u l d miss.

Mart

experimental

not

on

Tim

to

squawking

our

see

swagger

asses,

the

racket.

Money

but

and even

beauty We

in

have

the now

r e a c h e d t h e p o i n t a t w h i c h t h i n g s start to s e l f - d e s t r u c t . without

indulgent If y o u d i d n ' t l i k e August

of

in w h i c h t h e Trux g e t a bit a t o n a l

done

just m a k e sure y o u haven't e a t e n cheese

kind

t i m e p r o g r e s s e s w e r e a c h Lunch

hard It's p o s s i b l e t h a t a s in All My

the

t h e m o s t d i m r i g h t w i n g e r w o u l d f i n d it

a n d a c t u a l l y s o u n d better with Duritz's v o c a l s .

b e i n g p e r h a p s the best e x a m p l e

guess

with

The a l b u m could have a

teeth

f i n a l e w h i c h is Sickass wake yes,

of

grindingly

seven-minute

such

shambolic)

a

guitar

Dog,

joyous, piece

of

selfsolo

b u t in t h e

unholy rock

'n'

(and roll

this s e e m s like a m i n o r c o m p l a i n t .

â&#x20AC;˘

The

Masked

Bandit

5

c

frequency Bob Marley feat. Lauryn Hill Beck Turn Your b'ghis Down Low Sexxlaws (Columbia) (Geffen) The

granddaddy

ganj

greets

us

Woodbine Mound of Venus (Domino)

Blackalicious Deception (Mo Wax)

of

B e c k w a s d i a g n o s e d at f o u r t e e n a s

once

chronically unable to release a w e a k

S u r e l y a f t e r just h e a r i n g M y s i n g l e of the w e e k ! T h e s i m p l e

the n a m e , a n y t h i n g o n this C D h a s t o b e a n

m o r e from b e y o n d the

single, a n d so far no cure has been

story h a s a t a l e n t e d M C w h o l o s e s

g r a v e , v i a a Lauryn Hill

found.

the

c o v e r / r e m i x . It's a c l a s -

m o s t m u l t i - f a c e t e d o f his s y m p t o m s .

sic t u n e , with a simple

guitar,

lovely

Sexxlaws

latest

u p t h e u s u a l f a r e o f lyrics

Backing

o n Hill's R & B k e y b o a r d

Am

demo

Hansen's

Then

The

Walrus,

we find

extraordinarily

anticlimax!

Y a ) , g o e s t h r o u g h h e l l (Pt.

2, Turmoil), a n d has to

rediscover

his r o o t s (Pt. 3, Redemption) have

this

kick-ass

the

floor

s o o o dark! Enough

pleasure

sung

the s h e e r l e s b i a n s h o w -

is just

said.

keep

â&#x20AC;˘

true t o the v i b e , unlike

in

a n d a g o n y . P l e a s u r e at

agony,

t h e rest o f t h e t u n a g e

Wood-

Tracks

er

infec-

and 3

Bu t

b i n e left m e w r i t h i n g o n

and

the most

the run-of-the-mill hipdross

Money

1

tious d a n c i n g record of 1 9 9 9 .

pop

Let

refrain w h i c h h o o k s y o u like c r a c k ,

the taste to pick s o m e and

Change

1, Don't

polished

production

tasty

spawns

(Pt.

plot

that M r .

a g a i n , at l e a s t s h e h a s

thing

and

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Montel Jordan Get It On (Def Jam)

Will Smith (Columbia)

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W h a t ' s u p I C ! W e ' r e g o n n a run t h r o u g h the latest news a n d h a v e a q u i c k

This H o w W e D o It, this n e w

g l a n c e at the singles that a r e d o i n g it, but first u p I'm g o n n a h a v e a s e r i o u s

a c a l l y titled n e w a l b u m . This f o l l o w u p t o B i g

release

m o a n a b o u t the state o f the U K s c e n e .

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from

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will

T h e m a n in b l a c k is b a c k with this e g o m a n i -

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is a c o l l e c t i o n of f u n k a n d 8 0 ' s

g r o o v e - i n s p i r e d t u n e s that a r e g u a r a n t e e d t o

not s u r p r i s e a n y of his f a n s .

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pack the d a n c e

comprises

s c e n e , it's really p e r f o r m i n g at t h e m i n u t e . S o m e of the tunes that a r e b e i n g

tracks c a n d o this). O n e t h i n g that

of s o m e phat tunes a s s o c i -

r e l e a s e d a r e a c t u a l l y g o o d e n o u g h to b l o w a w a y the s o - c a l l e d o r i g i n a t o r s

dear

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first s e c t i o n

f l o o r (though

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of R & B , t h e A m e r i c a n s . T h e British stuff that's b e i n g r e l e a s e d h a s a v i b e a n d

w h o l e a l b u m . Tracks o n this a l b u m

o u t t h e t r a c k G e t It

Tonight.

a g l o s s that is as g o o d a s a n y t h i n g they c o u l d b r i n g o u t , but then w h y is

q u i t e a f e w g u y s : K - C i , Lit K i m , Slick

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British R & B still l o o k e d at in a n e g a t i v e way. S o m a n y p e o p l e refuse t o

K o o l M o D e e , D r u H i l l , his wife J a d a Pinkett

t h e c l u b s . T h e hits just k e e p

b e l i e v e that Beverly Knight's a l b u m c o u l d stand o n the s a m e level a s a M a r y

Smith

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ryders,

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by a g o o d m i l e . S o what's the p r o b l e m ? P e o p l e a r e h o o k e d u p o n the a

s c r a t c h i n g he is a b l e t o d o w e l l . (Half o f t r a c k

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on coming from

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sensuality. That said quite a

T h e S p i c e G i r l s h a v e m a d e b r e a k i n g u p the latest thing to d o , f o l l o w i n g o n

(the o n e s m e a n t t o p a c k t h e floor). F r o m the

few t r a c k s in this s e c t i o n a r e

f r o m t h e m a n d the s o - c a l l e d d i s i n t e g r a t i o n o f Blackstreet, w e h a v e A n o t h -

first

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er Level. It s e e m s that o n e o f the boys thinks he'll d o better o n his o w n a n d

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with

relationships.

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Latino La Fiesta

k n o w , the o n e w h o c a n s i n g , is g o n n a b e b r e a k i n g u p with his b u d d i e s a n d

these s o n g s will k e e p y o u m o v i n g t o the beat.

( e v e r y o n e is g o i n g S p a n i s h ) ,

grind.

d o his o w n t h a n g . He's g o n n a finish off all his duties with A n o t h e r Level with

Tracks worth listening to a r e

their c u r r e n t hit " B o m b d i g g y " b e f o r e e m b a r k i n g o n w h a t he h o p e s is g o i n g

Afro Angel

to b e a fruitful s o l o career. T h e rest o f the boys g o t t a b e h o p i n g he f u cks

J a d a laying d o w n s o m e s p o k e n w o r d . The

very s e n s u a l D o Y o u ? M o n -

u p , but s o m e h o w I d o u b t it, b e c a u s e he's a l r e a d y g o t the m a s t e r d o n p r o -

real ' o l d s k o o l ' t r a c k s a r e next, c a s t i n g y o u r

tell a l s o d o e s a v e r y

good

d u c e r lin ed u p to start w o r k o n his a l b u m . . . n o n o t f u c k i n g Puff D a d d y . . .

m i n d b a c k in t i m e t o w h e n Slick Rick a n d Biz

Phi!

the D a r k c h i l d R o d n e y Jerkins is s u p p o s e d l y willing t o d o p r o d u c t i o n duties

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for Wayne .

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r

single

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of

cover Collins

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and

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Smith

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s l o w s t h i n g s d o w n just a little with

experiments

with

where M r

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ryders' flow. H e d o e s o k a y b u t he s h o u l d stick

A

the b i g g e s t stars o f rap is g o n n a b e m a k i n g his p r e s e n c e felt f r o m b e y o n d

to w h a t he h a s ' pe r f e c t e d .

influ-

the g r a v e . Biggie's b a c k ! T h e m a n is w e i g h i n g in with a n o t h e r post d e a t h

e n c e , to the p o i n t w h e r e t h e

a l b u m . Like T u p a c it s e e m s that there is n o limit to the r e c o r d s that c a n b e

O v e r a l l , Willennium

second version

p u l l e d o u t of the b a g , not that that's a b a d t h i n g . In the past, I've g o n e o n

many

ish. N o t b a d !

a b o u t the n u m b e r o n guests that turn u p o n p e o p l e ' s a l b u m s , well the n e w

a l b u m with a variety of t r a c k s u s i n g different

B i g g i e a l b u m , " B o r n A g a i n " , h a s g o t m o r e b i g n a m e stars t h a n the H o l l y -

styles. T h e m a i n g r u m b l e is that s o m e w o u l d

O v e r a l l , a very g o o d a l b u m

w o o d . Puff D a d d y , Li! K i m , 2 P a c , Busta R h y m e s , S n o o p D o g g , M o b b D e e p ,

a r g u e Will's f l o w as b e i n g t o o c o m m e r c i a l

that s h o u l d h a v e a p o s i t i o n

E m i n e m , M e t h o d M a n , R e d m a n , M i s s y ' M i s d e m e a n o r ' Elliot, Ice C u b e , DJ

a n d d o w n r i g h t w h a c k . T h a t m a y b e true but

in y o u r m u s i c a l c o l l e c t i o n .

Premier, C l a r k Kent a n d a n y o n e else y o u c a n think of, they're all t h ere . T h e

y o u can't stop this g u y s t a c k i n g c h i p s with his

first s i n g l e " D e a d W r o n g " h a s a l r e a d y b e e n d o i n g the r o u n d s o n i m p o r t .

f l o w s o don't p l a y a h a t e .

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song has a

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A What's on at ICU Cinema This Week

Brokedown Palace Competition

As you can tell from the screen pages there are some good films in cinemas out there. Our very own ICU Cinema is no different. This week they boost a fantastic line up for you to feast your eyes upon. Films that are being shown this week are 'Mickey Blue Eyes', 'Shakespeare in Love and 'Saving Private Ryan'.

This week the Odeon Kensington have five pairs of tickets for e to give away. As well as these tickets we have a cd of the soundtrack including tracks from Audioweb and Asian Dub Foundation to give to one lucky winner,

1

y stars Hugh Grant, James Caan and Jeanne Tripplehorn in this romantic comedy about love, fine art and The Mob. Michael Felgate (Hugh Grant), an elegant, debonair Englishman who runs an auction house in New York, is head-over-heels in love for the first time in his life. After only three months of dating his beautiful girlfriend Gina (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Michael gathers up his courage and proposes marriage. But, to Michael's shock, Gina declares that, though she loves Michael very much, she can never marry him. Michael doesn't give up easily and ends up getting involved with the Mob curtesey of Gina's father (James Caan). g is about World War II, which was a pivotal event of the 20th century. It shifted the borders of the globe. It forever changed those who lived through it, and shaped generations to come. It has been called "the last Great War." Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) is ordered to take his squad behind enemy lines on a dangerous mission to find and retrieve one man: Private James Ryan (Matt Damon). This film deals with difficult issues such as sacrifice and death..

Brokedown Palace is a story about two high schoolers Alice (Claire Danes) and Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) who go to Thailand for a megaholiday to celebrate their graduation. From there they plan to go to Hong Kong but drugs get found in their bags so instead the end up in a Thai jail also known as a brokedown palace. Hank (Bill Pullman) is their lawyer who tries to get them out.

The Odeon is at the far end of High Street Kensington and the number 9 and 1 0 buses will take you down there for a small charge. These buses go from the park side of the Albert Hall, So now you know how to get there all you have to do is answer a question, I realise that last weeks question didn't go down too well and that IC students don't want to think up interesting answers they just want an excuse to surf the web. Well if this is the case then here is this week's question: n

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Shakespeare is a brilliant comedy starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ralph Fienes. Set in the late 1 500's, Shakespeare has writer's block and is struggling to finish his latest piece of work. He needs inspiration, enter the lovely Gwyneth, to help him get over the block. This movie is amazing but don't expect factual historical detail. This film boasts a fine English supporting cast with Dame Judi Dench and the guys from the Fast Show. A must see for everyone.

The people that made the effort to enter last weeks competition and win a pair of tickets each are:

There has been some confusion with the prices at the cinema. You don't need to be a member to go and see the films, as all screenings are now ÂŁ3. So you now have no excuse s everyone can afford ÂŁ3 to see some of the best films ever. G o get a beer and a curry and enjoy some fantastic films this week. To find out the times of the films just go to the walkway you see posters. All the information about screenings is on those posters.

Please call by the Felix office to collect your tickets.

ICU Cinema is still looking for people to help out selling tickets and selling ice creams. In return you get to see the films for free. Just e-mail a and they will be able to tell you more or ask the people in charge when you go and se a film this week.

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More Offers, Offers, Offers The Odeon have yet another offer to delight you film-loving people, They have introduced a booklet that allows you to buy three cinema tickets and get one free. These booklets also contain vouchers for money off Heat or Empire magazine and go large vouchers for drinks and popcorn. "What's the catch?" I hear you shout. There is no catch. The booklet is free and you can get them from the Felix office any time you like.

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ist style (Pillars of Salt, 1 9 0 8 ) . T h e n , in a little o v e r t w o y e a r s , she p a i n t s the d a r k l y - b r o o d i n g m a s t e r p i e c e Apocalypse

(Elder

with Seven

racking her brains for

t h e r e is a r e p r o d u c t i o n o f M a t i s s e ' s Blue

Nude

Life

I. I'm a f r a i d t o

s a y t h a t M a t i s s e , e v e n in i m i t a t i o n , p u t e v e r y t h i n g e l s e t o s h a m e .

Stars),

w h i c h c o u l d b e c o n t e m p o r a r y art. S o f o r w a r d l o o k i n g , it w a s c o n s i d e r e d

T h e t r a g e d y is t h a t t h e r e w e r e o n l y f i v e r e a l l y s t r i k i n g p a i n t i n g s in t h e e n t i r e

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

e x h i b i t i o n . T h e s e w e r e a c t u a l l y not all that w o n d e r f u l a n d h a v e b e e n

s p e a r h e a d e d the R u s s i a n C u b o - F u t u r i s t m o v e m e n t , with p i c t u r e s like The

e l s e w h e r e a n d better. Yet they w e r e a e s t h e t i c a l l y p l e a s i n g a n d c a p t i v a t e d

Weaver

e i t h e r by t h e i r i n t i m a c y w i t h t h e s u b j e c t ( G r a n t : V a n e s s a Bell

(Loom

and

an Bell

Woman).

a n d Vanessa But the p a i n t i n g s a r e m o r e t h a n w o n d e r f u l . Every o n e is a u n i q u e s y n e r -

South

Bell Pregnant)

of France;

at

me

Charleston

o r their vibrant w a r m t h (Grant: The D o o r w a y

Fry: V i e w o f

done

and

Cassis).

gy of W e s t e r n i n f l u e n c e a n d R u s s i a n f o l k art. G o n c h a r o v a t a k e s the t r a d i t i o n s of R u s s i a a n d reinterprets t h e m in p i c t u r e s like M o w e r s , w h i c h h a s

T h e i m p a c t o f this e x h i b i t i o n r e l i e s e n t i r e l y u p o n its c o n t e x t . T h e

the a i r of a m e d i e v a l a l l e g o r i c a l p a i n t i n g . A l e x a n d r a Exter p a i n t e d in a n

celebrity c o n n e c t i o n m e a n s that p e o p l e h a n d o v e r m o n e y to see s o m e t h i n g

a b s t r a c t style but w a s f o r e v e r i n t e r e s t e d in the t r a d i t i o n a l , c l a s s i c a l r e p -

that w o u l d b e , u n d e r n o r m a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s , firmly r o o t e d in the s e c o n d d i v i -

r e s e n t a t i o n of l a n d s c a p e , m a g i c a l l y e x p r e s s e d in Cityscape

(Composi-

s i o n ( a n d I a m b e i n g c h a r i t a b l e h e r e ) . B u t , in s p i t e o f t h i s , I c o u l d n ' t h e l p b u t fall into the celebrity t r a p a n d b e g i n to like these p i c t u r e s .

tion). I a m s p e e c h l e s s !

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William

Burns

William

Burns

s

x

d

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an u an t Finborough Theatre

"Let a t h o u s a n d flowers b l o o m " said M a o

N e a r e s t T u b e : Earls C o u r t

Tse T e u n g t h e n s t a m p e d o n t h e i r h e a d s a s

Until: 2 7 N o v e m b e r 1 9 9 9

he didn't like the c o l o u r .

Houston, we have a

prob-

T h e f r i n g e s c e n e . It's m a d e u p o f a n u m b e r

lem! O r rather several p r o b -

o f s i d e s ; w e h a v e t h e w r i t e r s w h o strive t o

lems,

c r e a t e t h e truly o r i g i n a l - a c t o r s w h o try a n d

which

drifting

left

this

somewhat

play

forlornly

b r e a t h life i n t o t h e n e w s c r i p t s - a n d c r i t i c s

in s p a c e . A l l t w o o f us in t h e

w h o s l a g off both the others f o r b e i n g c r a p .

audience wacky

were

story

told

of

a

the

Kentish

Is t h e r e a n y w a y o u t o f t h i s p a r a d o x . N o p e .

Town

caterer w h o believed

For every great play there a r e t h o u s a n d s of

that

his

an

r u b b i s h o n e s - t h e r e h a s t o b e . Yet w i t h o u t

ended

the fringe s c e n e (which allows e x p e r i m e n t a l

mother

astronaut.

was

The play

to t h e s t r a i n s o f Lucy In T h e

theatre

Sky W i t h D i a m o n d s , w h i c h I

the truly g reat .

to develop)

we would

never

have

think just a b o u t s u m m e d u p this s u r r e a l e x p e r i e n c e .

M o s t o f t h e stuff o n a t t h e f r i n g e is b a d . B u t this

G i v e n t h e c o n s t r a i n t s o f this

does

not m e a n

it is w o r t h l e s s .

For

s o m e t h i n g t o b e o r i g i n a l it m u s t t a k e a risk

tiny t h e a t r e , t h e t w o - p e r s o n

- a n d t h a t risk is t h a t it w i l l e n d u p b e i n g

cast

crap.

(Anthony

Best

and

D e n i s e L a n e ) d i d w h a t they could.

Mr

Best

did

not

We

all r e m e m b e r

Shakespeare,

but there

a l w a y s d o his b e s t , o n c e f o r -

w e r e h u n d r e d s of playwrites a r o u n d at the

getting

time;

his

noticeably

lines and

rather needing

most were

Shakespeare

infinitely f o r g e t t a b l e , but

w o u l d never have

developed

three l o u d p r o m p t s . M s Lane

without actors willing to act a n d theatres in

also

need of shows.

suffered

from

First

Night

Nerves

a n d it

con-

cerns

m e that

actors

should

professional be so

ama-

teurish, especially w h e n the punters

are

paying

good

money.

New

original theatre

is v e r y r a r e a n d - t o

t o p it o f f - w h e n it d o e s c o m e a l o n g , s o c i ety

dismisses

it a s w o r t h l e s s

a s it is n o t

r e a d y y e t . B u t t h i s is t h e o n l y w a y it c a n b e - there

needs

to be a

large

a n d vibrant

f r i n g e s c e n e full off c r a p w h i c h t h e g r e a t I f i n d it h a r d t o s l a m this p l a y

will t r a n s c e n d . A n d yes w e e v e n n e e d the

(I f e e l sorry f o r t h e m ) . B u t if

critics t r a s h i n g every thing they d o n ' t u n d e r -

you

stand a n d hailing something as a

w a n t t o g o , I'd

because

I s u s p e c t this

hurry, per-

master-

piece every fortnight or s o .

f o r m a n c e will be p u l l e d l o n g b e f o r e t h e e n d o f its s c h e d -

Let a t h o u s a n d f l o w e r s b l o o m ,

uled s e a s o n .

m o s t o f t h e m w i l l b e ugly.

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William

Burns

Monday 15 November

but accept

Ben

7:30pm in the Senior Common Room

5

s

9

books Three Women.

England England, Julian Barnes

Three Women,

The Restraint of Beasts,

Marge Piercy novel

This o n e g o e s out t o all the M u r d o c h - h a t e r s out there. N o m i n a t e d for the 1 9 9 8

author

Marge

B o o k e r , h e r e is a b o o k t h a t b u i l d s u p o n t h e s t a n d a r d t h e m e o f a r t b e i n g u s e d a s

Piercy a n d f o l l o w s three

genera-

a s u b s t i t u t e f o r reality. T h e b o o k starts o u t w i t h a n e x p l o r a t i o n o f t h e m a n n e r i n

Three W o m e n from

is t h e l a t e s t

American

tions

of w o m e n :

Suzanne

is a

Magnus Mills

w h i c h w e c o n s t r u c t artificial w o r l d s , only t o finish with a s c a t h i n g attack o n w h a t

T h e first n o v e l b y M i l l s ,

highly successful lawyer w h o h a s

B a r n e s g e n e r a l l y pe r c e i v e s a s a lack o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s with r e g a r d t o true a u t h e n -

who

just e m b a r k e d

ticity a n d h e r i t a g e .

d r i v e r d u r i n g its w r i t i n g ,

o n a n e w e r a in

her life, t e a c h i n g at B o s t o n

Uni-

worked

as a bus

T h e Restraint

of Beasts is

versity a n d b e g i n n i n g a n e w r e l a -

The b a s i c story line f o l l o w s t h e rather g r a n d i o s e s c h e m e of m u l t i m i l l i o n a i r e Sir

a b o o k o f real character

tionship

and comic charm.

internet

J a c k Pitman t o create the greatest tourist attraction ever - the t h e m e par k t o beat

r o m a n c e . Beverly, h e r m o t h e r a n d

following

a l l t h e m e p a r k s . T h i s is n o o r d i n a r y p a r k , this o n e o c c u p i e s t h e w h o l e o f t h e Isle

one

time

an

political

activist,

is

of W i g h t ! T h e isle, n o w re-christened " E n g l a n d , E n g l a n d " h a s lifelike replicas -

Two

f i e r c e l y i n d e p e n d e n t y e t h e r life is

a n d in s o m e cases, the originals which have been specially m o v e d there - of all

c l a s s b r o t h e r s , Tarn a n d

shattered a s s h e suffers a d e b i l i -

t h e u s u a l t o u r i s t a t t r a c t i o n s t h a t e a r n t h e B r i t i s h Isles s o m u c h o f t h e i r w e a l t h .

Richie,

wannabe

tating

S t o n e h e n g e , W e s t m i n s t e r A b b e y a n d e v e n B u c k i n g h a m P a l a c e a r e i n c l u d e d i n Pit-

rockers

and

slacker

builders,

provide

stroke

increasingly around

and

becomes

reliant

on

her. E l e n a ,

those

Suzanne's

feisty d a u g h t e r , l o s e s h e r j o b a s a waitress

a n d is f o r c e d

working

hard-

man's c o l l e c t i o n . Wit h the Royal Family, T h e Times a n d M a n c h e s t e r United F C a l l

fence

set f i r m l y i n p l a c e o n t h e Isle, " E n g l a n d , E n g l a n d " sets a l l o u t t o b r i n g t h e o n c e -

the h u m o u r a s v i e w e d by

m i g h t y n a t i o n t o its k n e e s .

the

to m o v e

b a c k in with h e r mother.

Scottish

poor

soul

assigned T h e c e n t r a l c h a r a c t e r is t h e c y n i c M a r t h a C o c h r a n e w h o , d e s p i t e b e i n g u n u s u a l -

freshly

as the boys

foreman.

ly d i s s a t i s f i e d a b o u t t h i n g s i n g e n e r a l , m a n a g e s t o g e t i n v o l v e d w i t h this g i a n t A s they a r e t h r o w n tog ether, t h e

p r o j e c t a n d e v e n t u a l l y b l a c k m a i l s h e r w a y r i g h t t o t h e t o p . B a r n e s is a t h i s b e s t

W h i l e not quite a l a u g h

women

w h e n d e p i c t i n g M a r t h a , w h o s e d i a l o g u e r i n g s v e r y t r u e a n d is n e v e r o v e r l y h a r s h

a page, I did laugh out

their

are forced

lives

to

readjust

a n d reconsider

relationships.

their

Piercy tackles

loud

despite the ever-present sarcastic undertones.

both

m a t e r n a l responsibilities a n d filial

countless

during H o w e v e r , t h e e n d is f a i r l y d i r e a n d p r e d i c t a b l e ; E n g l a n d , E n g l a n d

d e c l a r e s its

times

the course

of

prompted

by

reading,

l o y a l t y i n a w a y t h a t is c h a l l e n g -

i n d e p e n d e n c e , joins the E U , shrugs off the m a i n l a n d c o m p l e t e l y a n d generally

Mills d e a d

ing yet p o i g n a n t . T h e story

l e a d s t h e rest o f t h e w o r l d t o first i g n o r e a n d t h e n c o n d e m n t h e m a i n l a n d . O l d

a n d the apparen t idiocy

E n g l a n d i n a d e s p e r a t e b i d t o r e g a i n s o m e c r e d i b i l i t y r e - c h r i s t e n s itself " A n g l i a "

of the t w o brothers, w h o

touches

also

o n issues a s diverse a s

e u t h a n a s i a a n d adultery.

a n d then expels the errant island. T h e Times (which h a s m o v e d - a l o n g with a l l

manage

o t h e r i n s t i t u t i o n s - t o t h e Isle) l a b e l s this t h e a c t o f a " b a n k r u p t p a r e n t e x a s p e r a t -

selves

T h e b o o k is w r i t t e n f r o m t h e p o i n t

e d l y d e c l a r i n g t h a t it w o u l d n o l o n g e r u n d e r w r i t e t h e b i l l s o f its m i l l i o n a i r e c h i l d " .

trouble.

of v i e w

T h e w o r l d at larg e b e g i n s t o f org et a b o u t everything t o d o directly with O l d E n g -

the

of a l l three

author'

allows with

the reader all the main

However, book, to

women and

attention

at times

to

detail

to empathise characters.

American

l a w , very

heavy

g o i n g . If y o u l i k e i n t e n s e , r o m a n -

it is n o t t h e b o o k

for m e .

A fresh c h a n g e of p a c e a n d well worth a l o o k .

a t this p o i n t , a s s h e r e f l e c t s o n h o w t h i n g s

have

c h a n g e d s o rapidly.

Y o u will l a u g h T h e e n d r e a l l y d o e s s e e m t a g g e d o n , h o w e v e r . It is e x t r e m e l y a b r u p t a n d e v e r y thing c h a n g e s in the s p a c e of a f e w p a g e s . This disturbs the narrative f l o w a n d

Russell

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m e a n s t h a t it d o e s n ' t f i n i s h s t r o n g l y .

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t o s t o p by

If y o u ' r e a f a n o f t h e d r y a c e r b i c f o r m o f s a t i r i c a l w i t B a r n e s h a s e m p l o y e d f r e -

Waterstone's

q u e n t l y , t h e n t h e r e a r e a f e w g e m s , b u t if n o t t h e n t h e r e is little r e a s o n t o r e a d it.

pus w h e r e 'Felix R e c o m mends'

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a l l sorts o f

l a n d , a n d t h e i s l a n d s i m p l y reverts b a c k t o t h e q u a i n t p r i m i t i v e d a y s o f y o r e . T h e

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(6)

5.

Stuart

10. Playing

Sega

Etonian

(4)

mixes 7.

Latin. Joy! (7)

12 Sail

1 5 . W a l k to the stars. (4)

fuse in it. (5)

like hitting a 15

s y m b o l . (4)

"Bird-seed",

band.

1 6 V i t a l b e a n s . (7)

22. Only

1 7 A r r a n g e r has lillies o r

a butcher has

roses, initially, in fist. (7)

the s t o m a c h f o r it. (5) 23. Animal

sounds

18

false.

Go

(4)

1 9 . Berry

a r e missing

2 0 . M i s t a k e love in A l i s t a i r

(5)

f o r b r e a t h i n g . (7)

27. Disagree ague?

about

2 6 . Used to suck warts up. (5)

Right. (5)

2 7 . A g o d d e s s o f art will

2 8 . Ineffectual c l o t h e s . (4)

e n t e r t a i n . (5)

3 0 . Bits o f t r o u s e r f o r the

D o o r j a m b , R h o m b i , Signet, Eliminate, L l a m a , Senator, Ancient C h i n a , O v e r

32. RA G

3 3 . R a c e a r o u n d a field (4)

3 8 . C o m p a i n t o the

p l a n t ? (6)

fish.

3 5 . Emotion up.

forth

Par-

bit

is like

from

going

q u i c k l y ; not s o u t h . (4) 3 6 . B e n d p e r v e r s i o n . (4)

a d i s e . (6) 41 . C a l l i n g

study

t h e g a r d e n . (4)

(4)

iota

Rome

u p a m d left

3 4 . Eastern

3 9 . Process s u m m a r y . (6) 4 0 . Build

in

i m p e r i a l b e c a u s e of a

3 5 . Sellers of b i r d s ? (7)

The

Hills, Trotski, N e c k t i e , O n e - H a n d e d , T h e r m a l s , T e q u i l a , Bedsit, Tenant, Hi-Hat.

church

l o o k s after o r p h a n . (6)

3 1 . Spiritual bear. (4)

N e w s a g e n t , T i c k e t , I n h a b i t , Q u i c h e , Euler, A p h r o d i s i a c s , A d m i t t e d , Totters.

Down:

29. A

b o o k s . (4-3) Bandicoot,

w e mistakenly

u s e d to m a k e beer. (7)

f r o m step b a c k w a r d s .

Orator,

around

i c a n s . (7)

2 5 . Cuttings

Talent, Intoner,

South

B e a t l e to b e n o n - M e x -

2 4 . S i g n a l to a s w e l l . (5)

Deserts, E a r l o be s , A Long Time A g o , J a c o b ,

Edward

s a n g . (7)

(5)

:

nick-

1 3 . Silly p e r s o n 1 d o c o n -

d o i n g very w e l l . (7)

Answers to 1156:

a

round

n a m e . (5)

1 7. Fall ill i n f a n g . N o t

21. Walkthrough

Two m e n please Victoria. (6)

1 4 . C o p i e s m o n k e y s . (4)

19. Sounds

1.3 y a r d s by 4 metres.

6.

years. (4) 1 1. O l d

c a n keep the

r h y t h m . (4)

for

3 7 . Bullet f o r g a r d e n pest?

of

(4)

e v o l v i n g m o n a r c h . (7)

3 8 . C u t u p p o r k . (4)

And the winner is.

B a c k in Issue 1 1 5 4 Felix g a v e y o u

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t h e m o t o r i z e d m a s c o t s m a d e it t o

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veteran cars, B o ' h e a d e d to Hyde

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f o r dinner. C o p i o u s quanti-

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will b e l e g -

Thanks should b e extended to

s o well -

Paul t h e B o ' driver a n d M i k e the

we'd forgotten the passenger.

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a g a i n but failed to break through.

School O fPharmacy

1

now

U C L VI

1

Instead,

IC V

3

m i d f i e l d w o r k f r o m J P in particular.

I C VI

8

doesque

Animesh,

halfway

with

brilliance

Rival-

ran

from

(with t h e b a l l f o r o n c e ! ) ,

c l i c k e d into g e a r with

great

His r e w a r d w a s a c h a n c e to pick After

a

midweek

break

for

the up the ball o n right, drive infield,

This fixture s a w t h e r e t u r n o f t h e

thrust t h r o u g h t h e h o l e in t h e i r b a c k

t e a m , with n o m a t c h o n W e d n e s -

and

m i g h t y sixths t o t h e g r o u n d w h e r e

line a n d l o b b e d his s h o t o v e r t h e

day,

sailed over the k e e p e r into the far

we

thrashed

it w a s b a c k

to the serious

let fly a f a n t a s t i c shot

corner

for a

which

man-of-the-match

the U C L whipping

k e e p e r i n t o t h e net. A n o t h e r o w n

business of the league

b o y s 7 - 1 i n t h e c u p last s e a s o n .

g o a l p u t us 5 u p a n d t h e g a m e lost

day.

T h e j o u r n e y w a s a c o n t e s t i n itself -

al! e d g e . With 2 0 m i n s to g o , J a m e s

W i t h a r e c o r d o f 2 w i n s , 1 loss

M o r e was t o c o m e , a s D i n o ' s per-

a b r e a k d o w n in c o m m u n i c a t i o n left

d e c i d e d t o start p l a y i n g a n d s c o r e d

so far, w e n e e d e d to put t o g e t h e r

s i s t e n c e o n t h e left l e d t o a s h a r p

us w i t h o u t

a h a t r i c k . B l a t a n t l y o f f s i d e (their ref.

a

cross to the centre, where

s t art e d untidily, w i t h t h e w i n d a n d

was

t a b l e . S O P w e r e last y e a r ' s w h i p -

man"

wet

c a m e f r o m s m a r t p l a y by M a t t o n

ping boys, l o s i n g all but 2 o f their

expert finish for 3-0.

t h e left, w h o , a b n g

games,

a keeper.

pitch

causing

T h e match

problems for

both sides. M a r k , o u r n e w m i d f i e l d er

(and a games

editor

o f this

awful)

f o r his first,

Luis, w o r k e d

hard

no.

two

with R o b a n d all g a m e

even

o n Satur-

winning

run of victories

so

to climb the

we

fancied

our

goal,

Lovell

waited

were

We

a n d it w a s

2-0.

"Space-

to apply a n

n o wcruising, a n d

c h a n c e s o f b o o s t i n g that g o a l dif-

t h o u g h t the g a m e w a s w o n by half

ference.

time.

esteemed paper, might I add) fero-

though out of position. Before n o .

ciously went f o r the b o b . . . knees of

3 , they p u l l e d o n e b a c k . A l o n g b a l l

their

from the back went over the other-

minibus t o travel f r o m South K e n

o n d h a l f it w a s a l l S O P , w i t h o n l y

wise excellent centre b a c k

to T u r k e y S t r e e t , just b y t h e M 2 5

great work

in N o r t h

b a c k , a l o n g with D i j , skippy a n d

players,

sliding

in f r o m a l l

angles a n d nearly always w i n n i n g the

ball!

After

p r o b i n g their b o x

pairing

of t h e t w o A l e x ' s t o first-rate s t a n d i n

After

taking

2

hours

by

L o n d o n , w e w e r e in n o

Unfortunately

we took o u r

f o o t off t h e p e d a l , a n d in t h e s e c -

b y B u z z F o s t e r a t left

several times, IC s c o r e d albeit by

keeper Leon. T h e slippery wet ball

m o o d t o slip u p , a n d started t h e

Dave

an o w n g o a l from a D a n M cross.

fell f r o m his g l o v e l e s s h a n d s i n t o t h e

game

one

W e scored again soon

afterwards,

p a t h o f t h e i r o n r u s h i n g striker w h o

ing t o C e n t r e Back while S o l w a s

p o i n t i n g result in t h e e n d , as w e

a D a n W penalty f r o m a foul o n

g e n t l y s t r o k e d it i n . F u r i o u s a t this

away, giving " t i g e r " Ro b free reign

just

Dan M . O K ,so perhaps w e h a d

l a p s e , A l e x Jekyll n' H y d e w e n t i n

at right b a c k . T h i s s o o n p r o v e d t o

break.

been lucky s o f a r but o u r third w a s

search of a g o a l , steaming forward

b e a g r e a t m o v e , w i t h t h e 1 st g o a l

n e e d t o g o h i g h e r if p r o m o t i o n is

pure class, D a n M p a s s e d t o D a n

like

c o m i n g from D i n o ' h e a d , the a g e -

going

W w h o f l i c k e d it b a c k a n d t h e s h o t

nowhere

s e a l e d it

ing beast f e e d i n g off a g r e a t c r o s s

lovely w a r m

hit t h e t o p c o r n e r .

with his t h i r d , a s i m p l e n u t m e g a n d

f r o m T i g e r , w h i c h left t h e i r k e e p e r

In t h e s e c o n d

half t h e D a n a n d D a n s h o w s t a r t e d

Jonah

Lomu

before

but getting

James

t h e last k i c k o f t h e g a m e .

brightly with s k i p p y return-

flapping

a n d helpless.

1 -0. IC

preventing

more

S O P header.

never

the

3

than the

So, a

g o t started points,

to look

game

disap-

after the

but standards

likely.

Luckily,

5thteam helped

bath

keep

a

after spirits

high...

Ultimate projectile is force to be reckoned with Ultimate Frisbee F r i e n d l y Fire T o u r n a m e n t

W e d n e s d a y 3 r d N o v e m b e r s a w the

t h r e e p o i n t s o n t h e trot. J e z k i n d l y

o n their 5 0 t h a t t e m p t , they finally

made

managed

an appearance,

b r u s h e s f i r m l y f i x e d in o u r m i n d s ,

first g a m e s o f t h e n e w y e a r f o r t h e

we

D i s c D o c t o r s (the I m p e r i a l

taking them

College

a n d with

finished

whitewashing a p a r t with

of

M e . W e finally beat t h e m 1 3-6.

a friend!y

fire

Park.

tournament

Kings

and

at

U C L w e r e u p next. " J a b b a t h e

UCL

s t e p p e d u p t o play, a n d a s t h e r e

Tat"

w e r e s o m a n y o f u s , w e split i n t o

a n d t i g h t d e f e n c e , w i t h " T h e Ital-

two

ian

teams

- a Darkside,

a n da

Lightside.

Darkside

whose

played

Kings

first,

recent a d d i t i o n w a s a n ex

Discdoctors

player

( a n d ISE s t u -

Martin

into t h e o p p o s i -

tions'

end zone.

Kings

replied

with

Unfortunately t w o cheeky

solid

Our

first m a t c h

against

of the d a y was

U C L . W i t h i n t h e first h a l f

to h i m .

O u r final a n d most c h a l l e n g ing

match

w a s against

ourselves

of C a t c h

Astro-fuck having g o n e to work w e

started o u r p l u m m e t t o

depths of despair. Within 15

could we be doing so badly?

passes

1 2 - 7 to the

(?). O K a g a i n s t t h e D a r k s i d e . W i t h

the stack a n d w a s r e w a r d e d nice

a little

hour we were up5 - 0 .The arriva!

minutes w e w e r e level at 7 a l l , h o w

with

perhaps

Lightside.

n e w w a s the

although

a chance,

with t h e final score

The Lightside

m a k i n g s o m e v e r y tasty cuts f r o m

After

T h e an hour the g a m e w a s c a p p e d at

subs). W e started off w e l l , but r e a l ly

couldn't

be arsed.

T h e final

straw c a m e w h e n B a b y s u b b e d off

h a m m e r i n g of U C L w a s short a n d

1 1 points, with t h e score

U C L . All w e n e e d e d was 2 straight

g a m e they g a v e us their W a t e r b o y

b a g e l t h e m , w e still t r o u n c e d t h e m

points

as

13-4.

c a m e from a quick response to o u r

quit with the s c o r e at 6 - 2 to t h e

impending

Darkside.

a n d although

we didn't

F i n a l l y , b e f o r e it g o t t o o d a r k to

play, w e p l a y e d

Although

n o t really

still b e a t t h e m

p o i n t s . T h e D a r k s i d e felt t h e y h a d

Me

had their c h a n c e a n d promptly t o o k

practice

victory.

doom.

T h e first

But

their

the Lightside.

response

a match, we

they stole the g a m e f r o m us. 1 1 -

6-2, a n d Worship

and Martin demonstrated makes

to seal

10-9 to

were forced to p a y iron-man (no

sweet,

d e n t ) . W e o p e n e d with a g o r g e o u s cut f r o m

u p his e x t r e m e l y

Stallion",

some

The Darkside

The

kept

storming

u n f a i r b u t w e still m a n a g e d a w i n

1-2 c o m -

bos from " W a t e r b o y " a n d Worship

Regents

stand

zone for a point.

Kings,

Ultimate Frisbee team) in the f o r m

a d o r i n g fans with s o m e

t o h u c k it i n t o t h e e n d p l a y a n d s o l i d d e f e n c e . T h e y d i d n ' t

perfect,

that

because

w a s just t o o g o o d a n d

10 to U C L .

The

second

Kings.

i n j u r e d a n d in t h e true spirit o f the

a replacement.

match

w a s against

disappoint o u r

that w e

A special mention has to g o out to

Constant

geously

W e didn't

With

Pressure

managed

w h o coura-

5 minutes o f a

m a t c h , t h e n a d o p t e d his p o s i t i o n o f the m o n t h - the sideline.

5

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(continued a

from

back

w i t h i n t h e first t w e n t y three

goals

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l i g h t n i n g start w i t h

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teacher.

Carried over from

Saturday

all o v e r the p l a c e . J e z W e l c h l e d the w a y by flying in w h e r e

3 0 / 1 0 / 9 9 (sorry f o r t h e d e l a y )

fear to tread,

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another

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short

opposition.

corner

From

by the

t h e restart

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firsts.

victory

f o r the mighty

T h e fine

form

of

recent

were b a c k into a c t i o n a n d attack-

weeks c o n t i n u e d straight f r o m the

ICSM

ing f o r m as the G e o g r a p h y

k i c k off. R e s o l u t e

streak by b e a t i n g R U M S at Turkey

teacher

d e f e n d i n g , fine

lowed

b y t h e rest

mates

w h o showed

and continued

Street.

Formed

their

winning

angels

a n d w a s ably

teamwork

that

defining feature

fol-

of his t e a m the passion has been

a

of the season so

far.

as a result o f t h e

I C S M defence fared

The

well

g o t t h e just d e s e r t s f o r his p h e n o m -

p a s s i n g in t h e m i d f i e l d a n d v a r i e d

enal midfield vision a n d individual

movement

skill with a h a t trick f o r e v e r l o g g e d

c o m b i n e d t o leave the boys from

in a l l o u r m i n d s . A f t e r a t e x t b o o k

Holloway

s h o r t c o r n e r s trike , o u r m a i n m a n

s e c o n d half, w i t h t h e w i n d i n o u r

er, I C S M h a d t h e u p p e r h a n d i n

I C S M t e a m l o s t its w a y s o m e w h a t

d r i b b l e d p a s t 5 m e n a n d s tru ck t h e

s a i l s , F o u l s t o n e w h i p p e d in a c o r -

the

as the g a m e

b a l l firmly p a s t t h e k e e p e r i n t o t h e

ner that f o u n d t h e b o o t o f Rich.

after s o m e clever w i n g play result-

physical battle, but then

left c o r n e r .

T h e resulting shot c u r l e d past the

e d in J o n a t h a n K e n n e d y p u t t i n g i n

the g a m e

bemused

a n excellent cross for Kash A k h t a r

as

to h e a d h o m e . T h e lead was d o u -

fumble

and

girls

The crowd started

went

throwing

wild their

Holloway

knickers o n the field, a s G e o g r a -

the

maintained

third. G i l e s tamely

integrity

sev-

e n t h , r o o f i n g t h e b a l l i n t o t h e n et.

A

sensational

ance

worthy

against

a

team

perform-

of the

scoreline

fired

a n d organised

forwards

i n a d a z e . Early

p h y t e a c h e r c a m e b a c k t o strike h i s scored a

roof

from . the

in t h e

keeper

into

of the net. T h e team its

impenetrable

the final

until

whistle,

T h i s r e s u l t l e a v e s t h e firsts i n a position

league:

Bring

in

the

Royal

Free a n d

against a potent attack a n d Eam-

U C H , R U M S h a d the capability t o

mon

p r o v i d e tricky o p p o s i t i o n .

neuter

first h a l f

a n d took

Howev-

the lead

Rabie

in particular

the R U M S

helped

strikers. T h e

degenerated

into a

wrapped

u p w i t h 2 0 m i n u t e s left

Kash

Akhtar

pounced

on a

by t h e R U M S k e e p e r a n d

b l e d 1 0 minutes later w h e n

Jere-

back

my

loose

d e s p a i r i n g d e f e n d e r s into the net.

Welch

pounced

home from close

on a

range.

physical

in t h e s e c o n d

heeled the ball beyond the

RUMS near

The g a m e b e c a m e a lot m o r e

BUSA

o n t h e rest o f t h e

half

with

lots o f l a t e t a c k l e s f l y i n g i n f r o m

country!

team.

between

ball after a c o r n e r a n d t h u n d e r e d

h o l d i n g o u t f o r a f i n e victory.

strong

merger

scored

a solitary

the e n d after

a

goal

goalmouth

s c r a m b l e , b u t by t h e n I C S M h a d the

game

w e l ! a n d truly

in the

bag.

IN BRIEF Ladies Rugby Bart's

0

IC V i r g i n s

walkover

Ladies Football

Tennis

Netball GKT

25

IO

ICI

24

disappointing

s tennis s e a s o n b e g a n with a

Magic

Hani

Despite

a n d Captain skills

displaying

great

impressive

victories,

IC I

5

QMW

I

1

Julien

in their

O u r strong

10 player team

held

B e c a u s e o f o u r s u p e r i o r skills

We

A n d n a t u r a l ability, this w e e k ' s

rain

R u g b y m a t c h w a s t h e e a s i e s t yet.

windswept,

A n t o n i s were severely c r u s h e d by

start

Trie s w e r e

w a s a t least 8 f o o t t a l l . G r e a t . T h i s

Royal

throughout the match.

S c o r e d left, right a n d c e n t r e ,

m e a n t that Rachel h a d n o c h a n c e

ents.

W i t h every

of g e t t i n g r e b o u n d s a n d t h e r e f o r e

a g a i n after the d o u b l e s b u t t h e set

Hard

A l e x h a d the novel task o f m a r k i n g

lost i n o n e o f t h e d o u b l e s

d a z z l i n g in d e f e n c e a n d m i d f i e l d -

player

In t h e s q u a d s c o r i n g

a r r i v e d a t t h e c o u r t just a s t h e

start.

started.

T h e scene

desolate

was

a n d the G A

M u l t i p l e points a n d n o injuries.

b o t h t h e G S a n d t h e G A in t h e c i r -

P a s s i n g skills g r e a t l y i m p r o v e d ,

cle. Well d o n e Alex. A t half

E n a b l i n g a fine p e r f o r m a n c e .

the scores w e r e evens. But then the

Holloway's T h e score

Olivier a n d

"bizarre"

tal-

w a s all even

proved

to b e fatal.

2

'Dumb

friend

of IC's c a m p a i g n

domination

von Crick,

Kaur

Hedge,

a n d Frenchie

were

and Dumber',

and The Mayor

continuous

R H U L w o n 7-6 i n sets.

Match

a n d showed

Helga

ers

F i n a l S c o r e : I C 3-3 R H U L b u t

time

well with a n excellent

the g a m e

skill.

Girl-

showed

It d i d n ' t

take

much for the talented Clark

Kent

D r o p p e d balls were a thing

curse

O f the past - all that training hey!

a g a i n a n d w e fell b e h i n d 1 5 - 2 2

quickly turned into a n i g h t m a r e f o r

to

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , w e c o u l d n ' t stay o u t

with 1 5 m i n u t e s t o g o . S o m e f a b -

U C H . Fielding the s a m e t e a m that

QMW

T h e r e a l l d a y . Lots o f l o v e

ulous

h a d lost 6 - 0 last year, U C H w e r e

T h e M a y o r s first g o a l o f t h e s e a -

centre (Dorothy, Becky a n d Paula)

once

son

a n d s o m e hot shooting from those

Chris a n d our G e r m a n

starlets R e b e k a h a n d S a r a h s a w us

Jan

pull

their

We kicked your

s

butts!!I

Bart's.

o f t h e third quarter

play

it b a c k .

trekking

y r

from

s tru ck

t h e girls i n t h e

Next

out to

week

we're

W y e . . .fingers

crossed.

Sports players

beware!

Felix's c r a c k t e a m of sports

t

r e p o r t e r s will b e a t H a r l i n g t o n on Wednesday

e

- so wear your

best kit!

one

more whitewashed.

and Christoph each opponents, game

each.

Playboy prodigies thrashed

dropping Medic

only Jason

beat

t h e (larger

than

life)

defenders. H e r 2 adde d to

meant

w e w e r e 3 nil u p at

half time. C l a r k ' s final g o a l w a s shortly f o l l o w e d

by a lucky

shot

f r o m t h e o p p o s i t i o n b u t J a z z y Jeff brou g ht the score t o 5 - 1 , finally

d e c i d e d to d o the s a m e only after

striking o n target. G o a l i e

h a v i n g lost t h e first set. In d o u b l e s ,

held

our

excellent dives saving the day.

German

d u o crushed

their

o p p o n e n t s while Stuart a n d Remy

her ground

G'n' T

with h e r

It w a s a t r e s m a g n i f i q u e

f i n i s h e d t h e j o b with a c l e a n 6 - 0 ,

formance

6-0.

Shady Final S c o r e : IC 6-0 U C H

well

style.

all round

Ladies

walked

and away

perThe with

x

t

SPORT

SCOREBOARD

Imperial rack up the points

BADMINTON

Rugby

IC 1 st

Sponsored by ^ A L T R A N

5 - 2 U C L 1st

FENCING IC M e n

IC I

30

U n i v e r s i t y o f Essex

0

taking

in t o o many

salty

sub-

s t a n c e s . I C 2 n d X V still p r o v e t o b e

that

is g o o d

about

the g a m e of

24-

IC W o m e n

3 Kings

7 - 1 1 Kings

r u g b y . Right f r o m t h e start t h e I C

a force t o b e r e c k o n e d with, run-

pack were rampant, untamed a n d

A n o t h e r d a y , a n o t h e r set o f v i c t i m s .

ning s o m e

just a f t e r

wild! R U M S clearly h a d n o answer

IC 1st XI

After t w o hours o n the c o a c h , the

kick

the All-blacks

t o t h e " w i t c h c r a f t - l i k e " skills o f I C .

IC 2 n d XI 4 - 2 R H U L 2 n d XI

flowing play

o f f that

even

FOOTBALL

(Mens) 1 - 0 R H U L 1st XI

b o y s w e r e s l o w s t a r t i n g a n d t h e for-

w o u l d have b e e n p r o u d of, before

T h e first try c a m e f r o m a n i n s p i r a -

IC 3 r d XI

w a r d s n e v e r r e a l l y g o t it t o g e t h e r a l l

o u r first try w a s p u t d o w n in t h e cor -

tional interception f r o m the IC c a p -

IC 4 t h XI

w/o RUMS

g a m e . T h e first try c a m e a f t e r sus-

ner. O n c e

t a i n , D a v e " B o y o " W h i t e with s o m e

I C 5 t h XI

3 - 1 SoP

IC 6 t h XI

8 - 1 U C L 6 t h XI

tained

pressure with

h a d been

d r a w n , the f l o o d gates o p e n e d a n d

sexy s u p p o r t p l a y f r o m S a m B a l e

there w a s n o c h a n c e

a n d Akira.

s c o r e d t h e first o f t w o tries. F u r t h e r

the i n d o m i t a b l e IC w a r m a c h i n e ,

Devon

scores from W o n d e r b o y Willis a n d

with t h e s c o r e a t h a l f t i m e b e i n g f a r

resulting

Gayro

t o o large

then o p e n e d a n d IC pulled away,

again

completed

Martin

blood

diving in at the corner. T h e n G a y r o

pointing

Ricky

first

a disap-

but w o r k m a n l i k e

to count.

of stopping

Second

half

M a n of the

rampaged scrum.

over

from the

s t a r t e d i n m u c h t h e s a m e v a i n with

Halftime c a m e

They w e r e a b u n c h Essex w i d e b o y s

IC continuing their merciless r o m p

edly d u e to the shortened

but w e s t o l e t h e keys t o t h e i r E s c o r t s

t o victory. Tries c a m e f r o m A l e s s a n -

length.

and

d r o , Rich, Frank, J a n , Matt a n d a

their w o m e n .

Nice

one.

couple each

U n i v e r s i t y o f Essex

0

IC II

63

f r o m N i c k , Texz a n d

to

the field

absentees

with

some

including G l T i m , w h o

dominant

with

some

Little o p p o s i t i o n w a s o f f e r e d by t h e

U E A with

floundering R U M S midfield a n d the

tries

to follow.

tries

were

scoring

(Womens)

IC XI

5 - 1 Q M W XI

themselves.

A

(Mens)

IC 1st XI

1 - 1 G K T 1st XI

IC 2 n d XI 7 - 3 R H U L 2 n d XI IC 3 r d XI

w / o Barts

NETBALL IClstXI

24 -2 5 GKT

total of eleven in a l l c o m i n g f r o m I C III R U M S III

69

Devon(3),

0

James(l),

notable

had a d o d g y s t o m a c h d u e t o par-

were

g o o d l i n e o u t p l a y by J a m e s I r e l a n d .

more

FOOTBALL

HOCKEY

T h r o u g h o u t the s e c o n d half the pack

I C S M 1 st 3 - 1 R U M S 1 st

match

Huy. Next time w e a r e a g a i n o n o u r

After a two h o u r c o a c h journey, w e

h o l e i n t h e d e p t h s o f Essex. I C t o o k

u p o n us u n e x p e c t -

t r a v e l s , this t i m e t o r a i d N o r w i c h ' s

W a t c h this s p a c e .

arrived in s o m e g o d - f o r s a k e n hell

match

The floodgates

victory.

shagged

4 - 0 Barts

Ollie(2), Akira(l),

Paul(2),

D a v e ( l ) , Stu-

R U G B Y (Mens) IC 1 st XI

3 2 - 0 Essex 1 st XI

art(l). J a m e s W e l c h slotted over 7

IC 2 n d XI 6 3 - 0 Essex 2 n d XI

O n the 10th of N o v e m b e r , Harling-

conversions

IC 3 r d XI

t o n witnessed a celebration of all

Nice!

in windy

conditions,

6 9 - 0 Essex 3 r d XI

R U G B Y (Womens) IC X V

Hockey: Firsts draw, seconds win

w / o Barts X V

VOLLEYBALL IC M e n

KCL

IC W o m e n 3

Hockey

0 KCL

TENNIS IC I

1

GKT

1

After a n i n s p i r a t i o n a l half time talk,

the team

Some Turning u p a n h o u r a n d a half before t h e g a m e w e h a d plenty of

good

Jambo,

decided attacking

Herpes,

Pink

S o t h e r e w e g o , a 1 -1 d r a w . B u t

to play!

the mens

play

a n d g o i n g strong in B U S A . Role o n

Gash

by and

1 sx XI a r e still

unbeaten

U C L a n d the m e d i c s ,

11 + s a w I C u n l u c k y n o t t o t a k e t h e

time t o talk a b o u t t e a m plays a n d

lead

a t t h e start o f t h e 2 n d half.

I C II

7

tactics. H ow e v e r ,

This

b a d luck

RHC

3

after a f e w min-

contrived

with

a

utes w e h a d r e t u r n e d t o t h e v i l l a g e

s h o r t i e b l o w n a s t h e b a l l w e n t into

style h o c k e y s e e n i n t h e first g a m e

t h e b a c k o f t h e net.

of t h e s e a s o n . B u t luckily, a f t e r a G.Minger own goal we sawsome

tinued

champagne,

d e f l e c t i o n with

equaliser

11+

courtesy

before half tim e.

giving

us t h e

of J a m b o

just

T h e s e c o n d s built o n r e c e n t

Their keeper's g o o d form con-

minutes

as he saved

Pink

of shot

a

convincing

win

form which

Gash's

ensures

and 2

B U S A m e r i t l e a g u e with a g a m e t o

his a r m p i t stopping

t h o u g h h e d i d n ' t r e a l i s e it.

with

even

a t o p s p o t f i n i s h in t h e i r

spare. B e r m u d a triangle provided

(continued

p35 col. 1)

IC M e n

6 - 0

U C H

IC W o m e n 4 - 2 U C L