Founded in 1949 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION F R E E !

N O . 385 F R I D A Y , 2 5 T H A P R I L , 1975

W a t c h O u t !

It's B i g T !

A T T H E recent N U S A n n u a l Conference at L l a n d u d n o , Trevor P h i l l i p s , the current I C U P r e s i d en t , was e l e c t ed as one of the four v i c e -p r e s i den t s of N U S .

Trevor , who beat off h i s nearest r i v a l for the pos t by a subs tan t i a l major i ty , w i l l take up the job on Augus t l s t ; i t w i l l thus run concurrent ly w i t h h i s U L U P r e s i d e n c y .

NO LICENCE

FOR IC RADIO IT WAS revealed last Tuesday that the Home Office will not be granting IC Radio a licence.

Although this is a temporary setback, it is nevertheless a big disappointment to the IC Radio team who have been awaiting the Home Office's reply to their request for a licence for several months.

M o r e T r o u b l e at L a n c a s t e r —

F i v e S tudents E x p e l l e d F I V E S T U D E N T S , i n c l u d i n g the U n i o n P r e s i d e n t , D i c k Soper,

have been expe l l ed from L a n c a s t e r U n i v e r s i t y for the i r part i n

the 11-day occupa t i on of the campus admin i s t ra t i v e b l ock l a s t

month .

Of the thirty-three students

o r i g i na l l y charged, on ly three

were c l ea r ed by the d i s c i p l i n a r y

t r i buna l set up to ad jud icate

their c a s e s . F i v e others were

suspended for a year, another

f i f teen students were f ined

between £15 and £30, two were

repr imanded, and a further

three students g iven one year

suspended sentences .

The students i n vo l v ed are s e e k i n g l e ga l adv i c e and w i l l be appea l i ng to the three-iman appea l s and equity commit tee . T h o s e f a i l i n g in the i r appea l have the r ight of a s econd hear ing by P r o - V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r P r o f e s s o r A u s t i n Woo l rych .

L a n c a s t e r s tudents are angry at the sever i ty of the t r i buna l ' s v e rd i c t and at a meet ing he ld on Wednesday n ight d e c i d ed to stage an academic s t r i ke to cu lminate w i th the N U S- s p o ns o r ed N a t i o n a l Demonstra t ion i n L a n c a s t e r on Wednesday 30th A p r i l , 1975.

I C U C o u n c i l have p a s s e d a r e so lu t i on support ing the L a n c a s t e r s tudents and w i l l be a s k e d at the next C o u n c i l meet ing to make a v a i l a b l e r esources to send students from I C to the N a t i o n a l demonstra­t ion i n L a n c a s t e r . Anyone who w i l l be ab le to a t tend shou ld contac t the P r e s i d e n t i n the U n i o n Of f ice .

M E L ( B l a z i n g Saddles) B R O O K S A T I C S T O I C , the IC Student T e l e v i s i o n Serv i ce ,

managed to scoop the B B C and other media w i th the i r in te rv i ew of M e l B r o o k s , the A m e r i c a n f i lm d i rec tor , dur ing the E a s t e r v a c a t i o n .

Wel l -known as the d i rec tor of the immense ly s u c c e s s f u l s a t i r i c a l wes te rn "Blazing Saddles". Mr Brooks i s in th is country to promote h i s la tes t f i lm " Y o u n g F r a n k e n s t e i n " . He had the S T O I C Studio in f i ts of laughter w i th h i s gags and a n t i c s . When asked why Young F r a n k e n s t e i n was f i lmed i n b l a c k and whi te , he rep l i ed "Somebody stole our crayons."

Presen t i n the s tud i o when the in terv i ew was be ing recorded were reporters from the Kens ing t on P o s t and L B C R a d i o . They were con t inua l l y a s k i n g how S T O I C had managed to arrange i t a l l and scoop the B B C who interv iewed Me l Brooks the f o l l ow ing day , S T O I C jus t s m i l e d ben i gn l y .

The programme can be seen on S T O I C next Thursday at 1pm in the U n i o n , J C R and Souths ide . It w i l l a l s o be show ing on I L E A C h a n n e l 7 a t 3.15pm the same day .

(Photo by Neville Miles).

The r e fusa l , w h i c h surpr i sed many, was the r e s u l t o f a thorough inv e s t i g a t i on of the system IC R a d i o proposed to u s e . T h e i r f i nd ings suggested that the s y s t em of s e v e r a l separate t ransmi t te rs , ( i n i t i a l l y one each on Weeks, B e i t and Souths ide ) , e a ch of w h i c h w o u l d feed a number of s m a l l i nduc t i on loop ae r i a l s wou ld cause too much radio inter ference on l o c a l r e s i d en t s ' s e t s . The s i g n a l from this source w o u l d be proport iona l to the seventh power of the d i s t a n c e away from the s o u r c e .

A recommendat ion to I C Rad i o to use a s y s t em employ­ing a " l e a k y , c o - a x i a l c a b l e " as a su i t ab l e a l t e rna t i v e has been made by the Home O f f i c e . T h i s s ys t em wou ld g ive r i s e to a c y l i n d r i c a l s i g n a l .

U s i n g a " c o - a x i a l , l eaky c a b l e " had been d i s c u s s e d by

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W a t c h O u t !

It's B i g P!

A T T H E recent N U S Student J o u r n a l i s t Conference a t Shef­f i e l d , P a u l E k p e n y o n g , next y ea r ' s Ed i t o r of F E L I X , was e l ec ted to d ie N a t i o n a l Student J o u r n a l i s t Commi t t ee .

The main funct ion of the committee i s to o rgan ise the next Student J o u r n a l i s t Confer ­ence (wh ich w i l l be a three-day event next y e a r ) . Members of the committee are a l s o expec ted to c h a i r some of the conference d eba t e s .

t F i L I X

Michael Williams

Press Distortion during the NUS.

Annual Conference'.

T H R O U G H O U T the f ive-day confer-e rnce , reports appeared every morning i n most of the na t i ona l newspapers . P e r s o n ­a l l y sp eak ing I found i t most d i s turb ing to f ind that many o f the reports (and i n pa r t i cu l a r those appear ing i n the T e l e ­graph, the Mirror , the E x p r e s s and the M a i l ) l a c k e d any k i n d of rea l pe rspec t i ve c once rn ing the fundamental i s s u e s be ing debated and the wide rang ing spectrum of student op in i on w h i c h was be ing pre­sented . The d i s to r t ed s cenar i os be ing churned out by the P r e s s (with the excep­t ion o f the Morning Star and to some ex­tent the Guard ian ) were d i s appo in t i ng to say the l eas t .

The most vu lgar example occured when C h a r l e s C l a r k e , the N a t i o n a l T r ea ­surer , was e l e c t ed to the N U S P r e s i d e n c y . A t the P r e s s conference w h i c h immedi­a t e l y f o l l owed , one of the f i r s t th ings wh i ch the na t i ona l P r e s s a s k e d was "Are you a Communist?" "No, I am a member of the Labour

Party" came the r e p l y .

"But are you a marxist?" "Yes" s a i d C h a r l e s qu i te s imp ly . L a t e r on the new P r e s i d e n t est irnated

that he was , p o l i t i c a l l y speak ing , to.the le f t of Government m in i s t e r Tony B e a n , and that i f there were further cuts i n Gov ­ernment spend ing on educa t i on , then s tu ­dent m i l i t a n c y on the campus might w e l l inc rease . It wou ld appear that that was a l l the P r e s s wanted to hear for the f o l ­l ow ing morning, most of the na t i ona l s t a l k ed s e n s a t i o n a l l y about the N U S be ing in the hands of a l e f t -w ing ex t remis t who promised a stepping-up of student m i l i ­tancy . There was p r a c t i c a l l y zero report­ing on the p o l i c i e s and i s s u e s w h i c h had been a i r ed at the P r e s s con ference .

T h i s k i n d of d i s t o r t i on was exac t l y that wh i ch had been p red i c t ed by Mr F r a n c i s - B e c k e t t , the N U S P r e s s Of f i cer , at the Student J o u r n a l i s t Conference h e l d

at Sheffield P o l y t e c h n i c on A p r i l 2nd/3rd :

"Newspapers do not openly tell us what to think about issues. They do something much more questionable: they select what they think the issues are. Newspapers have the terrible power of

being able to define the parameters of respectable debate .The omission of just one issue from a discussion can often mean that the debate's conclusion wilt be* predictable."

Af ter s e e ing the d i s to r t ed press cov ­erage g i ven to th i s conference , I am i n c l i n e d to a g r e e .

A s y o u w i l l s ee , th is i s s u e conta ins an inse r t ed adver t i sement from E n d s l e i g h Insurance . It i s adv i sab l e to read i t before d e c i d i n g to throw i t away for a l though you may a l r eady have some k i n d of insurance , E n d s l e i g h are q u i c k l y becoming extremely compet i t i ve i n the student market . There are statistics- to prove it!

The w inner of l a s t week ' s £3 P r i z e Vapa t i on C r o s s w o r d , i s B . M . A . R o z a l i , a M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g postgraduate . F i n i s h i n g the c rossword must have been qui te an ach ievement s i n c e two c lues had a c c i d e n t a l l y been m i s s ed out.

I . K 7 T K & S Horrible Hippies

7 Saunders Road, Sheffield, S2 5EQ . .23rd March, 1975.

Dear S i r , With reference to the i tem

headed 'Ho r r i b l e H i p p i e s ' on p.? of F E L I X N o . 383 dated March 13th, I have the pos t ­card before me a s I wr i te a n d I can assure you i t g i ves every appearnce of be ing a genuine communica t i on . T h e fact that the wr i ter gave nei ther her f u l l name or address says a l i that needs to be s a i d about he r . A l s o , she cannot even get cur names r ight . T h e ca rd i s a d d ­r e s s ed to "The 'Misses' Harr­ison and Ward", a l though the other long-ha i red member o f our team i s c a l l e d H i g g in s and we have no-one c a l l e d H a r r i ­son .

T h e i r on i c th ing i s that apart from two of us h a v i n g l ong h a i r we were one o f the s t ra i gh t es t - l ook ing teams to appear for a l ong t ime! Three of us were fu l l y equ ipped w i th s u i t s , c o l l a r s and t i e s , and the fourth (the one who "does­n't even possess a shirt") was wear ing a per fec t ly decent sweater .

A s to how the text of th is communica t ion came to be known to F E L I X , I th ink the fact that a very good f r i end of mine at tends IJC. and that I wrote to her r ecent l y quo t ing the contents of the pos t ca rd may have someth ing to do w i th i t .

E E C

D e p t . of P h y s i c s 20th A p r i l 1975

Dear S i r , It i s good to see " F E L I X "

t ak ing an a c t i v e in te res t i n the E E C Referendum (Editorial, April 18), and no doubt there w i l l be much controversy on the subject i n co l l e g e over the next few weeks . In pa r t i cu la r there w i l l bepos te r campa i gns , w h i c h br ings me to the po int of th is le t ter . P o s t e r s at I C don ' t s tay up ve ry l ong anyway , but i t was no t i ceab le that p ro . E E C posters put up l a s t term d i sappeared , or were de faced , very q u i c k l y i n d e e d . Pe rhaps at th i s ear ly po int i n the campa ign the P r e s i d e n t c o u l d make a statement about the " g r o u n d r u l e s " conce rn ing p o l i t i c a l pos t e r s , and conf i rm whether removal of r i v a l posters i s or i s not a d i s c i p ­l i na r y o f fence.

Your s fa i th fu l l y

Tony J o n e s ,

Physics 2,

Y o u r team gave us a very e x c i t i n g game and ran us very c l o s e , w i th the r e su l t i n doubt r ight up to the end . However , when a l l i s s a i d and done, one inescapab l e fact r ema ins .

W E W O N ! ! Yours f a i th fu l l y ,

R a y Ward (Member of Hull University Chal­lenge team.)

FELIX © 1975

NEWSPAPER OF IC UNION

Editor: Michael J . L . Williams

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Imperial College Union

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H A L L DINNERS

H a l l D inners w i l l a l l be he ld i n C o l l e g e B l o c k th is t e rm. 29th A p r i l 13th May - Wine H a l l D inner 27th May -3rd June

10th June - Wine H a l l Dinner (Dinner Jackets )

P r i c e : H a l l D inner - 9 5 p .

(Sherry - 5p, pa id for at

dinner )

Wine H a l l D inner - £1.45p

(wine inc luded )

P l e a s e Note

B o o k i ngs for H a l l D inne rs may be made on Thursdays and up un t i l 12 N O O N on F r i d a y for the f o l l ow ing Tuesday . . Any book ing w h i c h has not been p a i d for by that time w i l l be cons ide r ed as c a n c e l l e d . B o o k i ng s for the Wine H a l l D inner on 10th June w i l l not be accep t ed u n t i l Monday, 12th M a y .

Please note new closing time.

m i x 3

1F Only:. Margaret Slimming

DO Y O U know that I have used two bot t les of ink , severa l pads ot paper and much brainpower (not to mention p r a c t i c a l l y the ent ire week-end) at tempt ing to wr i te my f i rs t (and last?) a r t i c l e for that infamous co l l e g e newspaper , " F E L I X " ?

The end of last term saw a new Un ion E x e c i n s t a l l e d at 14,

C romwe l l P l a c e (wh ich , c ase any of you hadn' t r ea l i s ed i s the " h a n g - o u t " of 200 " y o u n g l a d i e s " ) . In a l l , there are ten E x e c , members — a l l of whom play an imprtant part in the running of the Inst i tute i n c l ud i ng being a v i t a l l ink between I . C . a n d the rest of the C o l l e g e . A s you w i l l no doubt have r ea l i z ed by now, I have been e l ec ted to the post of P r es iden t , w i th my suppor t ­ers a s fo l lows —(let 's face i t , when th is a r t i c l e has been pub l i shed , I ' l l need more than supporters ! ) : -

Vice-President: Ca ro l e Burtt Secretary: J a n i n a C h i c h l o w s k a Social Secretary: Sarah J o n e s Treasurer: L i n d s a y Salt Rag Rep: Lorna Thomas USK Rep: J i l l McNaughton Travel Rep: F i o n a Monaghan Boadsheet Ed.: Ca ther ine G i l l

So now there i s no excuse whatsoever for any members of IC to say that they don ' t know the " W h o ' s W h o " of IF U n i o n !

T h i s year, in fact , one of my objects i s to further our re la t ions wi th IC.. L e t ' s be honest — how many of you know more than f ive g i r l s from IF? Those that do are, I am sure , few and far between, or, at least , are keep ing the fact

s t r i c t l y to themse lves — and who can blame them?! How many of you , for ins tance , wou ld recogn i ze me?

I r ea l i z e that I am be ing very presumpt ious in suppos ing that of you want to get to know us anyway ! A f te r a l l , one tends to forget that there Is a s m a l l female c o l ony r e s i d ing in the male stronghold of IC, and a l though 200 g i r l s won' t make a vas t di f ference to the s i t u a t i o n , It 's better that noth ing , i sn ' t i t? What do you expec t anyway — m i r a c l e s ? O . K . t h e n , m i rac l e s you w i l l get!

A r t i c l e seen in the loca l newspaper reads as fo l l ows :

In the wilds of South Ken­

sington there have been

reports of strange things going

on. A new discovery has been

made in the celibate atmos­

phere of the world-famous

"Imperial College of Science

and Technology", after endless

research and much heated

argument. It has been decided

to call the new discovery "the

IF girl".

Is it another revo lut ion — or i s it just another story of " b o y meets g i r l " ? Don ' t M i s s next w e e k ' s t h r i l l i n g ins ta lment !

DEFINING P G

ROLES A L L P O S T - G R A D U A T E S are In an ambiguous pos i t i on but

some more so than o thers . T h i s was the kind of c o n c l u s i o n to emerge from one of severa l workshop s e s s i o n s at a recent N U S sponsored conference on post-graduate educa t i on held In South­ampton. De l ega tes attempted to c l a s s i f y that d i v e r s e c o l l e c t i o n of people ho ld ing one degree and work ing for another in po ly ­t e chn i c s , u n i v e r s i t i e s or independent research Inst i tu­t i o n s .

Richard Upton

The f i r s t s t ep was to identi fy two end points of a cont inuum charac t e r i s ing post­graduate a c t i v i t y . A t one pole l ie the taught courses wh i ch represent an ex tens ion of undergraduate a c t i v i t y often, though not inev i t ab l y , being focused on voca t i ona l t ra in ing rahter than advanced e d u c a t i o n . A t the other extreme are the a c t i v i t i e s of those reg istered for higher degrees and engaged ent i re l y on research on a par t i cu la r problem. Some w i th in th is latter group may have a large e lement of d i s c r e t i on in the cho i c e and execut ion of the work they dor Others have l i t t l e or no say in the s e l e c t i o n of research problems or the d i r e c t i on of the work they undertake . Many (but not a l l ) research a s s i s t a n t s share th i s second pos i t i on w i th a proportion of those on post-graduate

s tuden t sh ip s , pa r t i cu l a r l y those operat ing in s c i e n t i f i c and t e chno l og i ca l a r eas . Reports

from. conference de l ega tes , hammered home the point that there is no necessary c o n n e c t i o n between research a s s i s t a n t type funding and l a ck of contro l on the one hand or research s tuden t sh ip type funding and h igh autonomy one the other.

There was c l e a r l y some ambigui ty in the minds of many de l ega t es on the advantages and problems that might acc rue if a higher proport ion of research post graduates were to be funded on an employed b a s i s . Whi le some were keen to remove the c h a r i t a b l e connota t ions of the grant s y s t e m , others fe l t that employment wou ld tend to reduce the research workers ' con t ro l over the project in hand . T h i s i s sue (among others) c o u l d use fu l l y be debated among IC Pos tg raduates a t a forthcoming meet ing of I C P G G (look out for details). C l e a r l y

the i s s u e s invo l ved are not stra ight forward s i n c e most p o s t - g r a d u a t e s , e s p e c i a l l y those who bear that labe l for more than one year , are engaged in a complex amalgam of research cont r ibu t i on , t echnique a c q u i s i ­t ion and broad e d u c a t i o n .

Let thoughtful d i s c u s s i o n begin

jSteve Grove

(Collegiate Theatre, Royal Court and Young Vic, April 6th-12th.)

C O N T R A R Y T O expec ta t i ons , the Sunday Times National

Student Drama Festival is a l i v e and w e l l , and may be l i v i n g in

Edinburgh next year . Whi le most people were under the impress ion

that the 20th f e s t i v a l was to be the l as t , Haro ld E v a n s , the Sunday

T imes Ed i t o r , has sa i d that he w i l l do a l l he can to ensure that

the newspaper ' s sponsorsh ip c on t inues . A s e cond sponso r i s s a i d to be " w a i t i n g in the w i n g s " , and w i l l c e r t a in l y be necessary next year, when a s i m i l a r f e s t i va l w i l l probably cos t i ts backers £20,000.

Fo r many people, part­i cu l a r l y those who attended last y e a r ' s f e s t i v a l at Card i f f , the events of A p r i l 6th to 12th were rahter d i s appo in t i ng . A l though the general standard of s e l ec t ed product ions was su i t ab l y impress i ve , there was l i t t l e to cap t i va te or enthra l l the a u d i e n c e s . S ince s e l e c t i o n for the f es t i va l i s based s imp l y upon " d r a m a t i c e f fect­i v e n e s s " , there can be no guarantee of a ba lanced programme; th is year saw a preponderance of wh i t e faces and bare s t a g e s . What l i t t l e

na tura l i sm there was var ied tremendously In q u a l i t y ; at one end of the spectrum lay a t i red

and sha l l ow product ion of "The Lion in Winter", w h i c h

only reached r e spec tab i l i t y through the capab l e performance of Ne v in Har r i s as Henry II, w h i l e at the other end w a s , for me, one of the w e e k ' s h i g h ­l i gh t s , namely a f au l t l e s s presentat ion of A t h o l F u g a r d ' s "People are Living There" by

B r i s t o l U n i v e r s i t y Drama Dep t . Theatre of the absurd was

w e l l represented by K e e l e ' s po l i shed performance of " L e Piege de Med u s e " by E r i k Sa t i e , and "The Chairs" produced by Abe r y s twy th , who transformed l onesco tot ter ing anc i en t s into a g i l e , w h i r l i n g dance r s .

The F e s t i v a l got off to a

s l o w start (in an unheated C o l l e g i a t e Theatre) w i th an adequate but un insp i r ing per­formance from Bangor of B e c k e t t ' s "Waiting For Godot". It was not u n t i l the Wednesday that cheers were heard in the theatre for the Drama S tud io ' s b r i l l i a n t mime-fantasy "Prufrock", based (very loose ly ) on T . S . E l i o t ' s poem. T h i s was an Inspired co l l a g e of s c enes : Prufrock at home, at the c inema , in a restaurant e t c , each one d e l i c a t e l y yet p r e c i s e l y executed by a very p r o f e s s i on ­a l company ( i nc iden ta l l y featur ing V a n e s s a , daughter of our very own Pro f . Ford! )

The e l u s i v e (and v i r t u a l l y indef inable ) "Festival atmos-

phere"never r ea l l y e s t a b l i s h e d i t s e l f un i t l the end of the week, when the f ina l perform­a n c e of Wal l H a l l ' s "Oh! Mr Asquith" (a play about Suff­ragettes in a M u s i c H a l l set t ing) was a s s i s t e d by a voca l aud i ence who cont inued w i th the show long after the

actors had removed the i r make­u p . T h i s was fo l lowed by the Bristol Revunions, w h i c h

conta ined more o r i g ina l ideas in 50 minutes than in a decade of Smok ing C o n c e r t s .

Student wr i t ing was thin on the ground th i s year , much of the new work be ing adap ta t i ons . Mos t noteworthy were two p l ay s be Joe R i cha rds (admitt­ed ly a more mature student) and "God, Herbert, Donne and

The Devil" by 19-year-o ld M i c h a e l Boyd , who desc r i b ed h i s work a s a nasty b l a sphem­ous , g l i b l i t t l e c o m e d y . A c t u a l l y it was a rather p leasant and very en joyab le s k e t c h about what might happen if the D e v i l went on s t r i k e .

A s a who l e the F e s t i v a l suffered from i ts tenuous nature ; w i t h n ine p l a y s at the R o y a l Cour t and Y o u n g V i c there was l i t t l e s ense of a F e s t i v a l Cen t r e . There were a l s o too many product ions . . 3 7 p l ays in 6 days puts a strain on even the most f ana t i ca l of theatre-goers.

4 F E L I X

N U S A N N U A L T H E NUS Annual Conference took place against a background of rising anxiety

from the left-wing over the emergence of the right-wing personified by the presence of

the Radical Action Group, the Liberals and the bogey-men of the Federation of

Conservative Students. But in the end many of the election pundits were proved right

with the Broad Left sweeping into power claiming eleven of the fifteen Executive

positions being contested.

The conference itself was, at times, a pain in the rear to listen to. The highlight

of the proceedings was undoubtedly the elections where candidates slanged each

other incessantly and raced to see who is the most verbose political hack al ive. The

Broad Left speeches were undoubtedly the most theatrical; the WRP speeches were

the most entertaining with every other word "struggle" or " s lump" ; but the accolade

for the best speech of the conference must go to Liberal Richard AHanach who had

the conference in hysterics with his dead pan delivery and tongue in cheek remarks.

" T h e Broad Le f t " he said "are a bunch of hot-house plants.We Liberals can survive

in harsher climates"He got a standing ovation.

John Randall's opening speech outlined the four main issue which were to be

discussed viz. , housing, grants, education and the E E C . Due to the limitations of

space, it is just those four motions plus the emergency motions which were not

guillotined into obscurity which are covered in this report.

In his very last speech as the President of NUS, Randall paid tribute to the NUS

staff and made a few semi-prophetic remarks about the future. He warned the left-wing

about the emergence of the right-wing. He praised Hugh Lanning (now National

Treasurer - elect) for breaking away from sectarian politics and going independent as

he himself had done two years ago. His parting shot was aimed at the Broad Left .

"They may think of themselves as God's gift to the Union, but heaven help us if they

ever consider that the Union is God's gift to them!" Clearly the epitaph to end all

epitaphs.

Debate on Housing

Wednesday, 10.30ajn. (lasted about 70 minutes).

T H E P U R P O S E of the substantive motion in this debate was clearly to put the problem of student accommodation very much in a community perspective. In the words, of John Randall: "When we speak of the needs of students in private accommodation we have a responsibility to speak too for all those who find their homes in that sector . "

The motion itself spoke of the chronic shortage of housing for a l l sections of the population; the fact that there were too many properties, both private and council owned, standing empty; the discrimination exercised by landlords against minority groups such as gays, blacks etc. The law is being strongly tightened up to combat squatting, occupations and picketing. People in Northern Ireland get a much rougher deal than those living in Britain.

Did you know that in Glasgow separated (or divorced) women are held responsible for housing debts incurred by their (ex-) hus­bands?

On the halls of residence front, some Universities are now budgeting for a loss in residence accounts. The U G C are infact showing signs of paying for some of these deficits.

Some students around the country have not been idle in highlighting the housing problem: students at Bristol managed to achieve a moratorium on a l l new office development planning permissions; students at Portsmouth succeeded in publicising the irony of office blocks standing empty whilst the community

was desperate for housing. Again and again the point was stated that

the responsibility for housing lies squarely on the shoulders of both local and national government. Members of a community have the basic right to a place to live and students are as much a part of that community as anyone e l se .

The motion called for a massive public building programme; the municipalisation in the long term of a l l privately owned rented housing: the compulsory purchasing (at cost price) of empty houses by local authorities. Student unions are to be discouraged from buying property since it is not their responsi­bility financially or otherwise.

Shock of a l l shocks, the main tactic which the motion called for was Y E T A N O T H E R campaign ("broadly based," of course and " invo lv ing the student membership''). Additional tactics include militancy e.g. occupations and rent strikes. Links are to be sought with Trade Unions to get their support. Needless to say, this motion trotted out of the Broad Left kennel .

The first amendment was put up by the IMG with support from the IS. It predictably called for militant action in a more direct way and was defeated. The next amendment came from the N O L S . Some how they managed to work in the line "we must nationalise a l l finance companies and the 200 top compan­i e s . " This amendment was thrown out.

The substantive motion was passed overwhelmingly.

A l l but one of the IC Union Delegation voted for the Housing motion; B i l l Gerrard voted against the motion.

The Rhetorical Void Throughout the conference there was

certain jargon which cropped up time and

again. Here is a short list of the more re­

current words:

Careerist: Someone determined to get

elected to the NUS Executive in order to

further his own political career.

Caucus: Group of electioneers of one

particular political hue. Sometimes just

a clutch of people making a nuisance of

themselves.

Cris is : The present economic one which

has been caused by the capitalists.

Composite: To collate all the motions

on a specific topic submitted by the var­

ious constituent organisations and then

come up with one huge motion containing

all the points made in the original

motions.

Hack: An incessant sloganiser (q.v.).

Someone who i s incapab l e of a rgu ing a

po int proper ly and who cons tan t l y resorts

to an emot ive , somet imes thea t r i ca l de­

l i v e ry of a speech in order to w i n sup­

p o r t /

P o s t u r i n g : S t r i k i ng an i d e a l i s t i c at t i tude

w h i c h one in r ea l i t y i s not committed to

s up p o r t i n g .

P r i o r i t i s e : T o p l a c e on ah i ghe r pr ior i ty .

S l o gan i s e : T o memorise a l l the emotive

s l ogans f l y i n g around at the time and

then s p r i n k l e , p r a c t i c a l l y every one of

them into every s p e e c h .

S lump: T h i s y e a r ' s new " i n " word.

F i r s t man i f es ted in W R P s p e e c h e s . R e ­

fers to the current e conomic c r i s i s (q .v. ) .

Strugg le : T h e h a c k ' s (q.v.) bes t f r i e n d .

T h i s word was so over -used that i t be­

came mean ing l e ss and subsequent l y pro­

voked much j e e r i ng a t i t s ment i on .

Debate on Education .

Wednesday 5.13p m .(lasted about 90mins)

T H E S U B S T A N T I V E motion was eighteen pages long and was consequently impossible to digest in the time available before the debate began . The points it raised were extremely wide-ranging — so much so that it lacked any cohesion whatsoever. For every sane point that the motion raised, there were twenty others which fel l into one or more of the following headings: idealistic claptrap; • dramatic over­statements; cross generalisations. It was clear that very little back-up research had been done in order to add weight to some of the claims under the "conference notes" heading . The "Conference instructs" section was a wondrous bubble of demanding, condemning, organising, mobilising etc etc so typical of the Trotskyist motions. It was naturally torn to shreds in favour of the "delete all and insert" amendment one (co-proposed by ICU) which bore the distinguishing trade mark of the Broad Left: s l ickness .By simply avoiding extremist jargon, the movers of this amendment gained a clear advantage and in addition, the clear, cohesive way in which the document was presented must have made this motion a winner a l l the way .

The amendment (later to become the substantive) said that the expansion of education since the mid-'sixties has been mainly in the area of technological and job-orientated courses and that this expansion has been designed to produce even more graduates tailor-made to become part of the big-business machinery and thus contribute to capitalism. The system is a very strong one due to the infiltration of ' 'business interest' ' into the area of education through financing research and representation on college governing bodies . This is not in the interests of students, and moves have been made to try and combat the system. It goes on to criticise competitiveness in education (i <e . exams etc) stating it res tricts educational opportunities and reinforces the divisions within our class society. The 'democratic' angle was worked into the motion by its suggestion that a l l representatives on college governing bodies should be elected by those whom they represent rather than arbitrarily appointed on the basis of supposed interest or expertise. Fine sentiments indeed. It also appears that students who have been prepared to stand up and criticise their course cirricula have played an important role in developing the cirricula. A very serious point raised was that in certain cases, research has shown that externally imposed examiners tend to allocate exam grades in unchanging proportions — a questionably remarkable consistency each year. This followed on from general remarks which crit icise the inconsistency of various forms of assessment which can be detrimental to a student's academic perspective. Schools too come under fire as being in general more interested in achieving a high university entrance rate than in helping their school leavers with careers advice etc .

The attitude expressed in the motion was "that the merging of educational resources with added financial resources could lay the foundation for a flexible and expanding system of post-school education which could include: opportunities for day release and part-time education, a great expansion in adult education, the introduction of re-training and bridging courses, as well as expansion within full-time courses . " i . e . Let ' s have greater flexibility and accessibi l ity . (One failing of the motion is , however, that it omits to say where the "added financial resources" might come from). A G R E A T D E A L O F OPINION WAS E X P R E S S E D T O S U P P O R T T H E VIEW T H A T T H E C O N ­T E N T O F MANY COURSES A R E BASED ON AND AIMED A T T H E I N T E R E S T S O F C A P I T A L I S M . So in order to combat this, a ca l l was made to fight for the democratisation of governing bodies, to challenge the most restrictive aspects of assessment; and to step-up the production of rational criticisms of courses . On a structural level, a ca l l was made to sever a l l links between educational institutions and big business. The motion strongly advocated constituent organisations publishing their won prospectuses which would highlight academic courses, welfare provisions, teaching methods, assessment, social life and the role of student unions (including NUS). Such prsspectuses would form " an alternative" to those given out by college authorities.

In succint summary, the motion l ists the four fundamental issues affecting post-school today (and proposes that the NUS should focus its attention on them);

1 .the poor level of finance for education. 2 .democracy in education 3 .the content of education

The Delegation from IC Union:

Trevor P h i l l i p s , N i c k P a y n e , B i l l

Gerrard , P a u l Watk ins , C h r i s K o u r o u n i o t i s .

Observers: Sunhil Moh indra , J a c q u i

Gerrard , B o b B a i n .

FELIX S

THIS Y E A R ' S NUS Easter conference was held for the first time at Llandudno (in preference to M a r g a t e ) d u r ­

ing the period April 7th - 11th. Here we present the highlights of this gruelling five-day spectacle designed to mirror student opinion nationally. MIKE WILLIAMS reports.

The new Exec The new N a t i o n a l E x e c u t i v e of N U S

(with the except i on o f the We lsh and Sco t t i sh area cha i rmen, who are e l e c t ed e lsewhere ) i s as f o l l ows : -

P r e s i d en t : C h a r l e s C l a r k e (Cambridge U . , B r oad Le f t ) .

D e p . P r e s ; A l a s t a i r Stewart ( B r i s t o l U . , B r oad Le f t ) .

T reasurer : Hugh L a n n i n g (B i rmingham P o l y , Independent ) .

Secretary: Sue S l ipman ( Inst .o f E d u c a t i o n , B road Le f t ) . V P r e s {Areas) : John Webster ( A r c h i t e c ­tura l A s s o c . , B r oad L e f t ) . V . P r e s . (Serv ices) : P e t e A s h b y (Warwick U . , B road Le f t ) .

V . P r e s . ( E d u c a t i o n ) : Trev P h i l l i p s (Imper­i a l C o l l e g e , B road Le f t ) . V .Pres . (We lare ) : J e z L l o y d ( L i v e r p o o l U . , B r o a d L e f t ) . E x e c . O f f i c e rs : P e t e G i l l a r d ( L e eds U . , Int. S o c i a l i s t s ) . Rex Osborn (Inst, of E d u c a t i o n , B r oad Le f t ) .

J a c q u i Webber ( Jo rdonh i l l C o l l e g e , B r o a d Le f t ) .

E x e c . Comm. Members: Pe r r y Cooper

(South Bank P o l y , B r oad Le f t ) .

V a l C o u l t a s (Oxford P o l y , (Int. Marx i s t Group) .

F r a n c i s Hayden ( B r i s t o l U . , L i b e r a l ) . C h r i s Morgan (St. A n d r e w ' s U . , B r oad Le f t ) .

4* ttte structure of the education system. The mandates listed at the end of the motion

are more organisational in their application than militant. It shows the typical Broad Left strategy of approaching problems little by little, building up a strong base of support enhanced by good inter-constituent organisa­tional communication rather than running headlong into stubborn confrontation which would make things worse rather than better. It is this which is the essential root of the Trotskyist jibe of "wishiwashiness" so often directed at the Broad Left. My own personal comment would be that if a l l the mandates listed are fulfilled, and all the C J D . ' S co­operate then fine . But I fear that the mandates themselves are extremely vulnerable to Executive complacency (this is really why A l Stewart was censured over Surrey's rent strike) and constituent organisation apathy (and we al l know what that means). But with a large majority of Broad Left amongst its members, I'm sure the NUS Executive can prove my cynicism wrong.

The IC Union Delegation al l voted FOR the Education motion .

Debate on the E E C

Thursday llAOajn. (lasted in total about 2 hours 15 mins).

T H E WHOLE question of the Common Market struck me as approximately peculiar. There was never any suggestion that the conference should debate whether Britain should stay in or remain outside the E E C ; the arguments centred on just how the NUS could best campaign to get Britain out! Indeed, John, Randall 's opening speech seemed to pre-empt the very idea of an in/out debate: "But my question tonight is not concerned with the choice between staying in and coming out of the Market. My question is how do we campaign and how do we express best our opposition to the Common Market."

The substantive motion (one of the shortest, only two-and-a-third pages long)

(Cont inued on page 10,)

THE ELECTION SLATES A P A R T F R O M a few odd excep t i ons ,

the N U S e l e c t i ons were s t r i c t l y s e c t a r i an w i th near ly s i x t y cand ida tes s tand ing for the f i f teen E x e c u t i v e pos ts on a s p e c i f i c plat form a l i gned w i th a pa r t i cu l a r p o l i t i ­c a l group. Whi ls t th is tended to he lp the de l ega t es ' a n a l y s i s of the cand ida t es , s e c t a r i an wrang l ing , b i t c h i n g and b la tant s l ang ing often d i s rupted the p roceed ings . A s far as I c ou ld make out, the left w ing groups di f fered from one another marg in­a l l y i n their r espec t i ve ana l y s e s of i s s ­ues and p r i n c i p a l l y i n the respec t i ve t a c t i c s they w i s h ed to adopt i n d ea l i ng wi th the i s s u e s , some be ing more extreme than o thers .

Star t ing at the extreme left of the p o l ­i t i c a l spectrum we have the Worker 's Revo lu t i onary Pa r t y (WRP) . A b i a s e d c r i t i que of the e l e c t i on s l a t e s offered by the B road Le f t sums i t up s u c c i n c t l y : "No NUS election would be the same without the WRP Cassandras yelling about the imminent end of everything. It is comforting to know that despite our warts, the WRP will 'unconditionally de­fend us all from the attacks of the capit­alist state'.We can walk the streets of Llandudno in peace: we have nothing to fear.

In the e l e c t i ons for the top four po s t s , the average number of votes cas t for the W R P cand idates was around seven out of a tota l o f about 700 .

Nex t in s u c c e s s i o n is the Internat ion­a l Marx i s t Group IMG) .Before the e l e c ­t i ons , the IMG attempted to form an a l l i a n c e w i th other u l t ra- le f t groups but they c l e a r l y f a i l e d . Ca t e go r i s ed by many (a long w i th W R P , N O L S and IS) under the "struggle, struggle - crisis, crisis" head ing , members of the IMG desc r ibed themse lves as r e v o l u t i o n a r i e s . They gen­e ra l l y commanded l e s s than fifty votes in each e l e c t i o n , but d id succeed in r a i s i n g enough support to get V a l C o u l t a s e l e c t ed as an E x e c u t i v e Commit tee Mem­b e r .

O n to the N a t i o n a l Organ i sa t i on of L a b o u r Students ( N O L S ) . T h i s appears to be a r e l a t i v e l y new group on the N U S scene . The Labour Par ty E x e c u t i v e d i d not, i n fact , endorse th is s la te due to the apparent ly undemocrat ic way in wh i ch the i r c and ida t e s ' nominat ions were c o n ­t r i v ed . They p l a c ed great emphas is on m i l i t a n c y but l i t t l e e l s e . E a c h N O L S cand ida te adve r t i s ed their s la t e at the hus t ings inev i t ab l y i n v i t i n g contempt­uous j e e r s . In the e l e c t i on o f the top four pos t s , the h ighes t number of votes recorded for a N O L S cand idate was th i r ty-one.

Nex t we come to the Internat iona l S o c i a l i s t s (IS).

The IS were pred i c tab ly the strongest cha l l enge r s to the B road l e f t ' s supremacy i n the e l e c t i ons and so unders tandably the I S / B L f r i c t i on was often man i f e s t ed . The s ec t i on on the IS in the Broad L e f t ' s w i d e l y - c i r c u l a t e d c r i t i que of the e l e c t i on s l a t e s s h o w s ' j u s t how s e r i ous l y the B L

took the IS cha l l enge for power e s p e c i a l l y the b i d for the pres idency by Terry Po v ey , a member of th is y ea r ' s N U S E x e c u t i v e . In the e l e c t i o n s for the four top posts and the four v i c e - p r e s i d e n c i e s , IS came second in a l l but one of these .

Mov ing on further we come to by far

the strongest group in the N U S today,

the B r o a d L e f t ( B L ) . Often smeared by

other f a c t i ons of the Le f t , members of

th is a l l i a n c e of Communis t s , L e f t L a b ­our and non-a l i gned S o c i a l i s t s were duly e l e c t ed to e l e ven pos ts on the na t i ona l e xecu t i v e .

The B L i s genera l ly cons ide r ed to be the moderate a l t e rnat i ve to the other T r o t s k y i s t g roups .But w h i l s t be ing the object of contempt (envy?) for a l l the other p o l i t i c a l groups, no-one c ou ld f a i l to be impressed by the amount of prepar­at ion wh i ch the B L put into i t s c a n d i d ­a t e s ' e l e c t i on campa igns . The p e r sona l ­i s e d ' vo t e ! ' s t i c k e r s were nove l and on the who le , the B L cand idates ( i nc lud ing Trevor P h i l l i p s ) proved themse lves to be shrewd e l e c t i on s t ra teg is ts .

Fur ther to the r ight are the L i b e r a l s . T h e i r j o in t mani festo "The Piccadilly Line" was at f i rs t scof fed at as un im­portant. It was the B L who betrayed their concern about them when they devoted near ly three pages of their e l e c t i on s l a t es c r i t i que to c r i t i c i s i n g the L i b s (by far the longest c r i t i c i s m of a l l ) . The f lattery thereby accorded to the L i b e r a l s was not ent i r e l y wi thout foundation because in the vas t majority of the e l e c t i o n s , the i r cand ida tes tended to come fa i r l y c o n s i s ­tent ly t h i r d . The i r p r e s i d en t i a l c and ida t e , F r a n c i s Hayden , managed to get e l e c t ed as an E x e c u t i v e Committee Member.

S t i l l further to the right i s the R a d i ­c a l A c t i o n Group ( R A G ) . The s l i gh t e s t ment ion of R A G at the conference pro­duced a t irade of j ee rs , so one can im­agine the fate w h i c h be f e l l their so l e c a n ­didate for P r e s i d e n t , Andy V a l l e n c e -Owen . Together w i th emergence of the l i b e r a l s and the presence of the F e d e r a ­t ion of Conse r va t i v e of Students ( F C S , who d id not put up any o f f i c i a l c a n d i d ­ates themse lves ) , R A G cons t i tu t ed the core of what the le f t -wing groups c a l l e d "the right-wing backlash". V a l l e n c e -Owen p o l l e d a mere seventy-three votes in the p r e s i d e n t i a l e l e c t i o n , but narrowly* m i s s e d get t ing e l e c t ed as an E x e c u t i v e Of f i ce r .

Of the remain ing una l i gned cand ida tes , on ly one requires ment ion: Hugh L a t i n i n g , who stood as an Independent S o c i a l i s t after hav ing a bust-up wi th the IS. It appears that IS wanted L a n n i n g , a l ready a member o f the E x e c u t i v e , to stand for a post other than Treasure r . He re fused and was thus branded a ca ree r i s t by IS. Supported by John R a n d a l l (who, when e l e c t ed , stood as an Independent S o c i a l ­i s t ) , L a n n i n g pushed ahead and even* t u a l l y succeeded in beat ing favouri te John Car r (Broad Le f t ) who i s U L U P r e ­s ident th is y e a r .

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F E L I X F E L I X 7

D. ALANACH: 1st Landscape slide.

'Bomb Burst' by V. PHILLIPS highly commended open slide

'Down the Tunnel'

by W.A.C. JEDRZEJOWICZ lst local B&W

C

R H E R E A R E some of the

w inn ing photographs from the annua l photographic soc i e ty compet i t i on wh i ch was run at the end of l a s t term. T h i s com­pe t i t i on a t t racked over 230 entr ies i n 7 categor ies - over double l a s t y ea r ' s entry. The winners shared £35 i n p r i z e s presented at the Soc i e t y ' s Wine and C h e e s e party .

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V.. Erkmen

W.A JC. M i e r -Jedr ze j ow i c z

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Natural History

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Landscape

1st D . A l a n a c h 2nd R . Fo rs t e r 3rd R . S . N e w m a n n

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8 FELIX

3T H E S U M M E R T E R M i s , as a l w a y s ,

the term of r e f l e c t i on , booz ing , s e r i ous s tudy , booz ing , examina t i ons , booz ing , young love, yet more boozy and f rant ic last -minute r e v i s i o n . A n unearthly hush descends upon the C o l l e g e , and worr ied undergraduates, laden with books and papers scu f f l e around mutter ing " M u s t do some work n o w . "

F o r the U n i o n , it is a time of c o n s o l i ­dat ion and preparat ion ; there are l oose ends to be c l ea red up, projects to be comple ted , d i s c u s s i o n s to be conc luded . B r i e f i ngs must be prepared for our s u c c e s s o r s ; hope fu l ly , s o that they are ' in a better pos i t i on at the start of their terms that we were , and don ' t have to spend hal f the year on bureaucracy; putt­ing th ings in order; f ind ing out how th ings work ; (then hav ing to change them, anyway ) .

"(the Governing Body's decisions

on allocation of finance) ...are

guaranteed to wring anguished howls

of distress from students and staff

al ike.. ."

Everyone anxiously awaits the results

of the Governing Body's decisions on

allocation of finance. These are guaranteed

to wring anguished howls of distress

from students and staff alike; despite the

£465m. UGC grant to universities for

1975-6, the Government has again decided

to chop the education budget by £76m

this time. Yet more evidence ot disast­

rous Government policy on public

expenditure.

There is good news and bad news on

H a l l and House rents . T h e good news i s

that the Student Res i dence Committee

approved the negot iated dea l of a 75p

r i s e in H a l l s , w i th no change in House

rents . In the present c i r cums tances , I

regard th is as favourable , compared to

the pos i t i on when we started t a l k s . A t

that time we were being asked to accep t

r i s es of £2.00 for both H a l l s and H o u s e s !

The bad news i s that the agreement

s tands only for the Autumn term, on the

understanding that a review would take

p lace only if the rate of in f la t ion was

such that rents c ou ld not poss ib l y be

mainta ined at the new l e ve l . There

appears to be a tac i t agreement amongst

V i c e - C h a n c e l l o r s that they w i l l increase

rents in acco rdance w i th U G C se l f -

ba l anc ing ru l es , rather than in keeping

w i th student g rants .

"...perhaps the vice-chancellors

should stop victimising students...

and begin to use their much-vaunted

strength...in getting a decent grant

for their students."

/( seems to me that this is a trend

guaranteed to produce frequent (and

steep) rent rises, and with it, the

"spectre" of yet more rent strikes;

perhaps the vice-chancel lors should

stop victimising students, as at Lancast­

er, and begin to use their much-vaunted

strength by getting the UGC to repeal

the unworkable sell-balancing rules, or

in getting a decent grant tor their students

I w i l l be wr i t i ng about the ac tua l

campa igns brought forward from L landudno

next week. The report of the I C U de l ega

t ion w i l l be presented at the next U G M ,

on Thursday May 1st (MAYDAY!), w i th

reccommendat ions on i t , for that U G M to

adopt. Watch for E x e c News .

The recent silence of the national

Press as regards student affairs has

been quite deafening. Before the confer­

ence the Daily Telegraph & Daily Express

were falling over themselves to attack

the NUS and to hail the heroes of the

"right-wing revival". Where are they now?

"Th is makes the position of the

media on students quite clear: attack

them whenjou can - otherwise never

say a good word about them."

Perhaps there i s l i t t l e for the

" E x p r e s s " and " S m e l l y g r a p h " to a t t a ck .

C h a r l e s C l a r k e , the new Pres iden t , was ,

to the surpr i s e of a l l the pundi ts , only

29 vo tes out of 700 short of a f i rst -round

v i c t o ry , demonstrat ing h i s w ide support .

The major i s sues d i s c u s s e d were Grants

and C u t s , H o u s i n g , Educa t i on and the

E E C and the L a n c a s t e r d i spu t e , a l l of

demonstrably c r i t i c a l importance and

concern to s tudents ; thus the conference

cou ld not be a c c u s e d of i r r e l evance . The

po l i c y passed was , in genera l , good, and

the pos i t i on of the U l t r a -Le f t and R ight

Trevor Ph i l l ips

were overwhe lming ly re jected, pa r t i cu la r l y

on the E d u c a t i o n mot ion .

Perhaps what hurt the P r e s s most was

that the heroes that they had bui l t out of

R A G coord inator , Andy V a l lance-Owen,

and the L i b e r a l , F r a n c i s Hayden , proved

to be equa l l y s h a l l o w , incompetent, and

inadequate . Hayden crept on to the

E x e c u t i v e through the combined votes of

the Federa t i on of Conse r va t i v e Students ,

L i b e r a l s , R A G and some of the U l t r a -

left—hardly a d i s t i n g u i s h e d array of

suppor ters . Neither of these two worthies

took any part in the policy debates on

the bread-and-butter issues; they only

took part in elections. It seems that if

they want the support and respect ot

students they must deliver coherent

alternative policies on housing, etc.,

rather than simply carving out careers

for themselves.

This makes the position ot the media

on students quite clear: attack them when

you can — otherwise never say a good

word about them.

T H E A N N O U N C E M E N T of yet another r i s e in the tu i t i on fees of overseas students in u n i v e r s i t i e s and further educa t i on in co l l e g e s comes a s no surpr i s e to most people . E v e n t s of recent months, p a r t i c u l ­a r l y fee r i s e s imposed by l oca l educat ion au tho r i t i e s , and a growing cont roversy over the number and s ta tus of the 80,000 overseas students in B r i t a i n made it a lmost Inev i table that such ac t i on would be taken qu i t e s o o n .

Mr P r en t i c e , the Secretary of State for Educa t i o n and S c i e n c e , announc ing the inc reases for F . E . C o l l e g e s on March 18th, s a i d fees for courses below degree leve l wou ld inc rease by around £50 and that fees for other courses would go up by some 20 per cent .These inc r eases app ly for a l l s tuden ts , of course , but s i n c e s tudents on grants have the i r fees paid by their L E A , it Is par t i cu la r l y the overseas student who w i l l be h i t , s i n c e most overseas s tudents pay the i r own fees.

The r i s e i s on ly one of seve ra l in di f ferent sec to rs of pos t -schoo l educa t i on ; perhaps the most notable of the others i s the Increase in Open Un i v e r s i t y tu i t i on f e e s . A l l the fee increases are part of the con t inu ing trend to cut back on government expendi ture on educa t i on . T h e r e su l t s of th is p o l i c y have been a la rming , and i n ­c lude the c l o s u r e of severa l c o l l e g e s , forced mergers, and the dropping of c ourses throughout the country as w e l l as an over­a l l l ower ing of student target numbers, and a d ras t i c cont rac t i on in the supp ly of t eachers .

The s e cu ts have in general f a l l en on those sec tors and students least ab l e to afford i t , a s in the c a s e of overseas s tudents . They have a l s o meant a severe reduct ion in educat i ona l opportunity for a l ready d i sadvantaged s e c t i o n s of the community, work ing people , women, immigrants , and overseas s tuden t s . It i s , of course , no c o i n c i d e n c e , that these are the s e c t i ons l eas t ab l e to r e s i s t such an at tack e f f e c t i v e l y .

T h e inc r ease to ove r seas s tudents repre

sen ts a s i z a b l e sum. A l l but a few thousand overseas s tudents in rece ipt of overseas

Deve lopment M in i s t ry bursar i es w i l l be forced to pay i t . Mr P r e n t i c e admit ted that it would mean hardsh ip for some s tudents , bu t s a id tha t un i vers i t ies and L E A ' s shou I d e x e r c i s e d i s c r e t i on in these c a s e s . T h e Cha i rman of the Committee of V i c e - C h a n ­c e l l o r s and P r i n c i p a l s promptly pointed out, however, that was hardly reasonab le , as no extra funds were being provided for th is purpose . T h i s c ou ld resul t in a s i t u a ­t ion where many overseas s tudents are forced to drop out of their c ourses for l ack of funds — thus incurr ing an a p p a l l i n g was te of the s tudent ' s t ime, ta lent and resources .

T h i s i s the latest development in a recent s e r i e s of moves w h i c h w i l l ques t i on the right of overseas s tudents to study in B r i t a i n , under the same cond i t i ons as 'home s t u d e n t s ' . T h e s e e v e n t s inc lude press a r t i c l e s , the se t t ing up of a jo int C V C P / U G C work ing party, speeches , and ev idence to parl iamentary committees c a l l i n g for a reduct ion in the number of o ve r seas s tudents (par t i cu lar ly pos tgrad­uates) in B r i t a i n . P o s s i b l y the most s i gn i f i c an t event is the l i k e l y c ap i tu l a t i on of Bradford U n i v e r s i t y Senate , (which has he ld out aga ins t d i f f e rent ia l and d i s c r i m -atory fees for overseas s tudents for e ight years ) , to " e c o n o m i c p r e s s u r e s " .

The N U S strongly opposes the d i f f e ren­tial f ees , a n d i s prepar ing to s t ep up i ts campaign to repeal them, in con junct ion w i th the Co-o rd ina t ing Committee of Ove r seas Students Organ i sa t i on , p a r t i c u l ­a r l y dur ing the summer term and at the start of the Autumn.

It i s i r on i c , however, that the fees increase may succeed in a c h i e v i n g the oppos i te of i t s a i m s . The f i nanc i a l s a v i n g i s u n l i k e l y to be great, a s the increase may cause students to drop out, and i s c l e a r l y a d i s i n c e n t i v e to recruitment . Furthermore, the a i d to development represented by tra ined and qua l i f i ed personne l may be nu l l i f i e d by r e s t r i c t i ng entry to those overseas s tudents ab l e to

. pay — the wea l thy and government-sponsored . Thus proh ib i t i ve fees may a c t u a l l y negate one of the major benef i ts of hav ing ove r seas students in B r i t a i n .

F E L I X 9

No.15

P R I Z E C R O S S W O R D X a m

Across: I . He l i k es barga ins , and where he gets them (4,4). 5. C o v e r s w i th a c l o th Amer i can cu r t a ins (6).

9 . R ight Roman to be round qu i e t l y on answer (8). 10. D e c a y s back to the queen, who keeps th ings (6). I I . Pape r on the dunce ' s head (8). 13. Hung-up sa in t rarely sounded b e l l s (6). 14 . T rap a number in reverse (3). 16. L i k e a rose, extra large in ac tua l surroundings (6).

19. I'm a f oo l , hav ing c i r c u l a r teeth w i th a dr ink (7). 20. Those batt ing own Scots mad .... (6). 21 mine, of 501 grams (3).

26. Nudges the Span ish weapons

(6). 27. P o i s o n o u s chem i ca l com­posed of n i c k e l , coba l t , t i tan ium and neon (8). 28. T a i l l e s s crow, not qu i t e t a l l prov ides l i chen (6). 2 9 . Se l f - cent red , oddly one goes ' t w i t c h ' (8 ) . 30 . I'm the fool Dot let out (6 ) . 3 1 . Unab l e to hear in the extreme, i t ' s s a i d , but put up a fight (8).

Down: 1 .Unkempt , to w i t , a bird (6). 2 . Y o u ' d be coo l e r l i ke th is in the c l a s s r o o m (6 ) . 3 . Ge t t ing up, E s a u works w i t h ­out a w i f e (6). 4 . A n I ta l ian Is a b l e , after a short t u s s l e .... (6) .

6 to put up a share , round

going round (8) . 7 . S m a l l s tomach r ight In deep, brought up and interchanged (8). 8 . Wander from one ' s course in street E l g a r put up around h i s centre ( 8 ) . 1 2 . Write w i th v i o l i n in b ird ( 7 ) . 15 . Untouched af ter s e r v i c e , s u c c e s s f u l f lyer .... (3). 16 has to take one gram in

gear (3).

1 7 . F i f t y - one de tec ted (heard) and permitted (8). 1 8 . R o b is not to change the l i n e of the storm (8). 1 9 . F i f t y lob swan — cou ld be a good m i s s i l e in w in t e r ! (8).

2 3 . Ton igh t , i t ' s heard , there 's

e x p l o s i v e s .... (6). 24 co l oured c a n , Eddy (6). 2 5 . Marsh l and , i n i t i a l l y co rp ­orat ion ef f luent dump, enc i r c l ed w i th w i r e (6).

Answers to PRIZE CROSSWORD No. 14

A C R O S S : 1. U b i q u i t o u s . 5. IC . 8. Endow . 10. C a l l i n g . 1 1 . P r a g ­mat i c . 12 . K o r e a . 1 3 . O r d i n a r y . 15. R a b b i . 16 . M a l i c e . 18 . H o m e . 19 . N o d . 2 0 . R h e t o r i c . 23 . Supe rson i c .

D O WN: 1. U n e m p l o y m e n t . 2 . Ind ia . 3 . T a c i t u r n . 4 . U n l o c k . 6 . C o g ­i t a t i on . 7. D i a t r i b e . 9 . Woman. 14. De lude . 15. R o b o t s . 17. Cor fu . 2 1 . E v e . 22 . Inn.

Entries must reach the

FEL IX office by noon next

Wednesday. The winning

solution will be drawn out of

the Editors Hat. The Editor's

decision will be final.

Despite the fact that two clues

were accidentally omitted from

last week's vacation crossword,

several students still managed

to cope with this unfortunate

disadvantage.

Since this particular sheet

of FELIX Is being printed on

Wednesday morning, the winner

of the £3 prize which was offered

last week will be named in this

week's Editorial.

PROF BREMSSTRAHLUNG

Hey look Pro-j"! I've -found a

s t r a n g e new X - r a y skat*

in the S a t e l l i t e observations!

(^What do j o u reckon ^r

ofj~^)

10 FELIX

NUS Annual Conference (Continued from page 9.)

highlighted the loss of national sovereignity ana the serious restriction of economic freedom which would ensue. Laws and taxes acted by the E E C Commission cannot enacted by the E E C Commission cannot be changed or repealed by the Parliament at Westminster. One interesting point brought out was that students in Norway played an important role in opposing the E E C during their referendum. Another was that the referendum is weighted in such a way as to encourage voting in favour of continuous British membership of the E E C .

The argument concerning the " a n t i ­democratic' ' nature of the E E C was deftly extended into the area of big- business and the anti-working class British educational system both of which the E E C would give sustenance. The 'renegotiations' of Wilson were branded as 'a sham*.

And yet another NUS campaign is to take wing. Yet again links are to be sought with Trade Unions.

Out of the eight amendments, only one (again from the Broad Left) was accepted. Amendments 7 and 8 were guillotined by the time limit on the debate (they were both pro-Europe); amendment 6 condemned referenda in general and was thrown out; amendment 4 was tabled by N O L S and tried to inject too much dogma into the proceedings (it was therefore rejected); amendment 3 called for the NUS to remain neutral throughout the Referendum campaign (this was torn to shreds); amendments 2 and 1 called for a ' Y E S ' vote and were rejected; amendment 5 called for a "no sharing of 'NO' platforms with racists or f a sc i s t s " line to be taken when campaigning for withdrawal and this was accepted.

Once again, the campaign is to be "broadly based .''

The IC Union Delegation al l ABSTA INED from voting on the E E C motion.

Debate on Grants and C u t s .

Thursday, 8.22p.m. lasted well over 3 hours

AS IN much of the other motions, much of the debating during this session was sectarian. The substantive motion, which was thirteen pages long, was proposed by the Broad Left. The first amendment (only three-and-a-half pages long) was predictably a "delete al l and insert" one from the International Social ists. After this first amendment was squashed there followed a total of E I G H T E E N more amend­ments, only two of which were accepted.

The main motion itself emphasised the need for a continuing campaign over the discrimina­tory and inadequate grant system as well as the cutbacks in educational expenditure and it condemned the "belt-tightening sympathies aroused by the Social Contract. ' ' Several important points were noted » The Minister for Education, Mr Prentice, has decided to reduce the number of places in teacher training colleges to 60,000 by 1981. Ome point made which, I understand, is very relevant to RSM is that a student grant is paid for 32 weeks yet many students are expected to study during the holidays. Therefore many students are " f u l l -time students on a part-time grants". Whilst vacation study grants exist, they are discretion­ary awards and can be very difficult to obtain. A ca l l was later made for grants to be extended to cover the two short vacations. The govern­mental annual grant review was criticised since it considered only the level of grants and not the basic structure of the grants system. Apparently some students unions have achieved some measure of success in the fight agdinst the erosion of their grants by refectory and hall fee increases through the use of tactics such as refectory boycotts, rent strikes etc.

Once again the blame for the education cuts is put on the shoulders of the right-wing dominated Labour Cabinet which, it would appear, by economising on the education sector is attempting to help out big business. Means testing received its perfunctory hammering . A ca l l was made for colleges to incur a deficit rather than pass on price increases in refector­ies and halls of residence, L E A ' s and the DES are to be asked to take full responsibility for day nurseries and to finance them.

It seems as though there will be no more 'Weeks of Act ion ' . Instead, the NUS wil l try to concentrate simply on 'Days of Act ion ' . There will be several of these during the first term of the next academic session aimed at educating students as to the rationale behind the cuts and their effects.

The general demands which the NUS will be making include the democratisation of a l l institutions of higher and further education, the implementation of the NUS grants claim, an end to cuts in teacher training, no increases in catering prices and hall fees more frequently than annually, equal fees for A L L overseas students.

The tactics which the motion calls for are predominantly organisational ones. Links are to be forged with Trade Unions and consultative liason committees set up. Once again the identifiably Broad Left tactic of "good communications" is prevalent. Campaigns and protests are to be initiated with informative back-up publ icity. Briefing documents are to be

prepared and circulated to Trade Unions and constituent organisations. A l l this goes to support the view of one of my Press colleagues that there exists an old Broad Left adage which states "We must take the campaign forward and broaden i t " .

The Trot sky is t groups were clearly not satisfied with this Broad Left motion. They argued that much of what was being proposed had been tried before with "bugger a l l s u c c e s s " . The International Socialists lor example wanted the Executive to concentrate on the development of mass disruptive action rather than "pussy f ooling about getting nowhere". The IS amendment was consistently couched in terms of criticism of the Executive and possibly for that reason alone it was rejected.

Only two amendments were carried: one related to the closure of Furzedown College, the other to the exploitation of nursery nurses as cheap labour.

As this was the last major debate of the conference, a delegate from Reading took it upon himself to exploit the impatient mood of the conference (the debate had already lasted well over two hours). In proposing amendment eighteen, he managed to use a l l the words which, during the course of the conference, had become meaningless cliches . Words such as " s t rugg le " , " c r i s i s ' ' , ' ' s l ump ' ' all received hysterical cheers and laughter. The amendment called for the President-elect to present John Randall and Steve Parry with a box of 'Hacks ' cough sweets as a token of appreciation. The speaker received a s tanding ovation with hysterical cheering. Conference then broke into ' ' Fo r he's a jolly good fel low". The amendment was nevertheless defeated however. The IC Union Delagation a l l voted FOR the

the motion on Grants.

Emergency Mot ions Debates

Friday, 19.32a.m. (lasted two hours).

SINCE T H E R E had been a total of seventeen emergency motions tabled for discussion an STV ballot had been held the night previously to determine the order of priority in which the motions would be taken. The first priority was the ABORTION B I L L MOTION .

The motion condemned the James White Abortion B i l l (which is intended to amend the 1967 Abortion Act) as an instrument which would undoubtedly reduce legal abortions and called for "free abortion on demand from the NHS . " There is to be a campaign to fight the White B i l l which will enclude the d is ­tribution of a booklet entitled *A Woman's Right to Choose. '

A l l but one of the IC Union Delegation voted for the Abortion B i l l motion; Nick Payne abstained.

The second priority was the L A N C A S T E R D ISPUTE MOTION. This motion clearly outlined the situation which the students at Lancaster University find themselves in . The root of the prbblem is historical in that the University authorities have refused to recog­nise the students union as a body with the right to negotiate on behalf of its members. The authorities appear to be taking a tough line in •the hopes that if they win then a precedent for other colleges ana universities to take a similar line wil l be set. The motion called for lots of support, campaigning etc.

The IC Union Delegation a l l voted FOR the Lancaster Dispute motion.

The third priority was the V I E T N A M MOTION. Th is motion condemned the Daily Mail and American sponsored airlifts of Vietnamese orphans and the stand adopted by the media concerning the situation in Indo-China. The motion pointed out that the International Red Cross support this view. The The motion called for an end to a l l US military and pol it ical involvement in Vietnam, the recognition of the Provisional Revolutionary Government. Resolutions are to be sent to Mr Wilson and the US Embassy, as well as a message of support to the P R G .

The IC Union Delegation al l voted FOR the

motion on Vietnam.

The fourth priority was the CASH G R A N T S MOTION. This motion noted the success of St . Mary's College of Education in submitting a workable cash grant scheme to the D E S which, in a complete change of attitude, implemented the motion called for this tactic to be extended and supported and was passed overwhelmingly.

The r C Union Delegation a l l voted F O R the Cash Grants Motion .

A i l the other emergency motions were guillotined including one which was very tongue in cheek: it called for the NUS to mount a national campaign of solidarity with the people of Tottenham " i n their struggle against the reactionary clique of the Football League leadership." The motion would have called upon the NUS Executive to organise a referen­dum, "binding on the Football League" of a l l the people of Tottenham on the question: 'Do you think Spurs should remain in the 1st Div is ion? ' .

REVIEWS

R E C O R D S

Jack L lewel lyn

Tangerine Dream: Alpha Centauri (Super)

THIS IS one of Tanger ine Dream's

ea r l i e r concep t i ons ( re leased in th is

country for the f i rs t t ime by Po l ydo r ) ,

charac te r i s ed by the absence of me l l o -

t rons . Wh i l s t there are percept ib le

c rud i t i e s in the product ion (such as

Imbalance of the va r i ous parts ) , the

score is unmis takeab ly T . D . , who were

then a raw fus ion of m u s i c a l In i t i a t i ves

soon to mature and produce such enique

c l a s s i c s a s "Phaedra " a n d most recent ly

"Rubycon".

Tanger ine Dream create a unique k ind

of " c o s m i c a t m o s p h e r e " w i th the i r mus ic

- on ly P i n k F l o y d at the ir most imag ina­

t i ve come anywhere near th i s par t i cu la r

area of m u s i c a l s o u n d . Whereas so many

other m u s i c i a n s w i l l s earch for g immicky

l y r i c s , a commerc ia l tune ( — the lost

chord? ) , Tanger ine Dream explore the

uncharted regions of m u s i c a l su r r ea l i sm

by jux tapos ing d i f ferent ly s y n t h e s l s e d

textures wh i ch are decorated wi th

reverberat ing tonal c l u s t e r s . The effect

is s t u n n i n g .

Dionne Warwick®: (Warner Bros.)

Then Came You

T H E M A G I C A L ve l ve t lustre w h i c h

be longs to the v o i c e of D ionne Warwicke

g lows w i th a mature warmth in t h i s , her

latest a l bum.

The presentat ion i s much the same a s

it has been in the pas t : a backdrop of

o rches t ra l depth charac t e r i s ed by a s trong

piano score aga ins t wh i ch the v o ca l l ine

w inds its v ibrant w a y . Near l y a l l the

me lod ies have been penned by the o ld man

of s o u l , arranger/composer Jerry Ragovoy

who insures that h i s f i na l product has a

high sheen to i t .

The best cu t s to my taste are "Who

Knows" and "We'll Bum Our Bridges

Behind Us"; the former because of the

fundamental strength in the s imp le t r ip le

t ime s ignature and the lat ter because of

i ts e x c e l l e n t l y r i c s .

A n obv i ous must for DW fans and a

damn f ine sou l a lbum into the ba r ga in .

Tangerine Dream: Rubycon (Virgin)

Wispy textures of whi te no ise merge

w i th a s yn thes i s ed background harmonic

c l u s t e r supported by a mel lotron textural

base and the la test Tanger ine Dream

a lbum pu l sa t e s into l i f e .

S ide one is a gem: after b l i nd l y

groping into a c l oudy dreamland w i th

so f t ly f l oa t ing concords e cho ing in phase ,

the mus i c t ranscends the mood to become

a tense rhythmic phrase wh i ch surv i v e s

end l e ss changes of texture u n t i l , f i n a l l y

spent , it s taggers and fades.

S ide two i s equa l l y innovat i ve , i f for

dif ferent reason. Af ter a s e c t i on remin­

i scent an a i r - r a i d , a s t rong unitary rhythm

de v e l ops . Then in s u c c e s s i o n it moves

on to dup le , t r i p l e , quadrup le , qu in tup l e ,

s ep tup l e , back to quadruple and then to

complex t r ip le t ime s i gna tures . (After

that I unders tanably get l o s t ) . A s in s i d e

one, the t ens ion f i n a l l y fades as the

becomes that of an uneasy s o l i q u y .

Tanger ine Dream's mus i c is mus i c to

l i s t en to in pr ivate - it reaches w i t h i n

one and conjures up many i m a g e s . No

words can do j u s t i c e to th is record: you

jus t have to buy i t to apprec ia te i t .

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Determine the cubic volume (V) of the figure shown left,

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A few s i n g l e s in the woodwork th i s week .. Percy Sledge: III Be Your Every­thing (Capricorn)

In the mould of "When a man Loves a

Woman" sung w i th more s t y l e and a b i l ­ity than the vas t g lut of s i n g l e s spewed into the top 30 these days - qua l i t y does ­n ' t seem to count in the 45 ' s market. T h i s i s soft s ou l at i t ' s b e s t . I t ' s a good thing that not a l l the real a r t i s t s have packed the i r bags .

Lyn Paul: Love (Polydor)

The Seekers , the New Seekers , L y n P a u l - i t ' s a l l the same unimag inat i ve s c h m a l t z . A m i l l i o n songsml ths w i e l d i n g but one tune, and a l l doomed to o b l i v i o u s . I t 's a s o r i g i na l l y wr i t t en a s it i s t i t l e d , presumably for that ' l u c r a t i v e ' under 5 's - over 50 ' s band of the record-buying pub l i c (someone must buy i t ) . The IB-s i d e ' s t i t l ed "/ Could Get Arrested". 10-4 of f icer ! Unpa l a t ab l e d r ess .

Mike McGear Seas Breezes (Warner Brothers)

From the " M c G e a r " a lbum, th is is an a p p a l l i n g deformation of the Bryan Ferry c ompos i t i on . If he ' d wanted Reggue he would have wr i t ten It. A l though tha t ' s rather a t a s t e l e s s effort the other A - s i d e "Glvin grease a ride" has a rockirf

neander tha l l c beat penned by brother P a u l McCar tney and w i th the right ex ­posure c o u l d In i t iate a few r ipp l es on the rather mediocre s i n g l e s ho r i z on .

Ian Morse

Maggie Bell: Suicide Sal (Polydor)

L I S T E N I N G T O th is record I cannot he lp f ee l ing whether Maggie B e l l is r ea l l y c l e a r what she wants to do wi th

her career . T h i s , her second So lo a lbum s i n c e the demise of Stone the C r o w s , is a s t ep back- a l b e i t perhaps a more c o m ­fortable one- to her rock or ionated pas t . , a s opposed to her prev ious effort and the attempts to make her into some sort of Soul Queen . What is c l ea r however, is that she must get people around her c a p ­ab le of choos ing mater ia l that Is s u i t a b l e for her undoubted ta lent .

The majority of songs inc luded here are just average, excep t i ons being F r e e ' s "Wishing Well", "Coming on Strong",

wri t ten by Zoo t Money and former C rows drummer C o l i n A l l a n , and the Suther land ' s '/ was in chains'. "I saw him s tand ing there ' i s de f in i t e l y g iven a f lat out ing , w h i l s t L e s Sayer ' s 'In my Life' is a non-star ter . The other mater ia l Is barely average .

The lady s i ngs a s superb ly as ever and the mus i c i ans invo lved play w e l l enough, a l though B r i an B r e e z e s ' gui tar l a cks i ts usua l cut and thrust of h i s l i ve work.

Ralph McTell: El Progresso b/w Grande

Affair-(Warner Bros.)

Gone it seems are the days when the harm­less M c T e l l was happy enough s i n g i n g h i s s imp le songs to s imp l e p eop l e . Not content w i th the 'Sunday colour supple­

ment' zhmuck of 'Streets', w i th h i s latest o f fer ing, the man lays it on the l ine where he intends h i s next mortgage repayments to come from - namely the ever g u l l i b l e gen­era l p u b l i c . T o say th i s s i n g l e is an abor­t ion would be an understatement . E l Ra l pho t e l l s us in h i s best b r oken -Eng l i sh about h i s dark-eyed s i gno r i t a (with a rose bet-, ween her teeth), complete w i t h the i n e v i ­tab le fanfare of trumpets, c a s t ane t s and jus t about everyth ing e l s e that would make an ideal fortnight in Benidorm for Mr & Mrs J o e P u b l i c . C o u l d be th i s summer 's 'Viva Espana'

The B s ide i s ' n t .

B O O K S '

James Wilkinson

Joan Hemingway and Paul Bomecarrere:

Rosebud (Penguin)

T h i s powerful t h r i l l e r has been t r ans ­lated from the french by Joan Hemingway . Laurent Mar t in a h igh rank ing french i n -te l l egence of f icer has to dea l w i th the b l a ckma i l of the western governments by P a l e s t i n i a n ter ror is ts who have k i dnapp ­ed f ive g i r l s , daughters of r ich and pow­erful men. In the words of the cover "Sehrantz, the anarchist, wanted des­

truction; Hacam. the Palestenian, want­

ed freedom for his people; and five mill­

ionaires wanted their daughters back.

Laurent, secret agent deals with them

all; even the girls." I d idn ' t put It down unt i l I had f i n i shed (4am).

Paul Ekpenyong

The Way To Dusty Alistair Maclean

Death

A L I S T A I R M A C L E A N has chosen the Grand P r i x rac ing c i r c u i t s of Europe as the s e t t ing for h i s latest book, 'The Way To Dusty Death'. It f lares into a c t i on w i th the cen t ra l character invo l ved in a c r a sh that causes the death of one of h i s c o l l e a g u e s . Johnny Har low (the hero) Is f i rst a cused of murder and then of hav ing lost h i s nerve a s fa i lure f o l l ows him in s u c c e s s i v e r a c e s .

The pace of the book i s fast , the s u s -pence gr ipp ing and the plot superb . I hope the f i lm moguls do make a f i lm of th is one - i ts bound to be as big a hit as the book i s . It went s t ra ight to number one pos i t i on in The Sunday T i m e s paper-backs Bes t -Se l l e r s league.

12 FEL IX

IC G O L F C L U B

WINS L O N D O N

C H A M P I O N S H I P

G L I D I N G C L U B

F I V E NEW

SOLO P I L O T S

DURING T H E V A C A T I O N .

That makes a to ta l of nine students t ra ined to so l o standard so far th is year .

T h i s E a s t e r saw two f ive-day courses he ld down at our base a i r f i e l d at L a s h a m . T h e r e , desp i te bad weather, i n c lud ing on one o c c a s i o n four inches of snow, over two hundred ins t ruc t i ona l

f l i ghts were a ch i e v ed resultinjg in five s tudents b e ing a l l o w e d to go s o l o . T h a n k s must be

IC P O W E R E D to an easy v ic tory in the London Champ ionsh ips at Walton Hea th l a s t E a s t e r ho l i days .It was the f i r s t t ime that IC has taken the trophy s ince 1933 and yet the team p layed as though the trophy was as much a part of the C o l l e g e furniture as the Queen ' s Tower . The f i r s t team of B i l l Ca lde rwood , John Mendonca , and E d C lu t t on p layed w i th breath-

g iven to the ins t ruc to rs , P a u l Minton ( C i v E n g Lec ture r ) , Doug Walker (Ex - IC P h y s i c s ) and John Youn g who w i l l i n g l y gave us their spare time and effort.

Our more advanced members have not been id le e i ther w i th two second-year members qua l i f y i ng to f ly our h i gh -performance Dart 174.Also s e ve ra l durat ion f l i ghts were made qua l i f y ing their p i l o t s for B r o n Z e ' C badges and , a l s o , at l ong l a s t , our C a p t a i n has been c l ea red for c r o s s ­country f l y ing and aerobat i cs

T h i s year probably repre­sents one of the most s u c c e s s ­ful i n our 45-year h is tory and i t i s hoped that i t w i l l cont inue wi th many hours of soar ing dur ing the summer and hund­reds of m i l e s of c r oss country f l y i ng done .

N . D . L .

NO L I C E N C E

F O R IC RADIO

(Continued from front page)

IC R a d i o pr ior to t h i s , but they had opted for the s e cond sys t em because they were of the o p i n ­ion that i t wou ld not g ive so much radio in te r f e rence . How­ever , i t wou ld appear that IC R a d i o intend to comp ly w i t h the s u g g e s t i o n put to them.I t i s understood that the " l e a k y , c o - a x i a l c a b l e " sys t em might prove to be the cheaper of the two.

A spokesman for IC R a d i o commented: "We are extremely dissappointed that the Home Office did not inform us sooner. Nevertheless, we shall be looking into the matter".

Further d e t a i l s regarding th is new deve lopment w i l l be a v a i l a b l e at the campus Rad i o A G M on Monday, 28th A p r i l , 1975. The meet ing is be ing h e l d in the I C R a d i o room in Southside and beg ins at 6.15pm.

WARNING Would those r es idents i n

Souths ide who throw paper aerop lanes into P r i n c e ' s Gate Mews take note of the fact that r e s i d en t s i n the Mews have g i ven a s t r i c t undertaking that they w i l l take l e ga l a c t i o n shou ld th i s occur in future. The Mews res idents w i l l attempt to invo l v e the L i t t e r A c t for wh i ch the pena l ty i s a maximum of £100. YOU H A V E B E E N W A R N E D !

tak ing s t y l e . Desp i t e the heavens remaining open a l l day they took the trophy w i th record scores and for good measure by a record margin of 27 shots . O f par t i cu la r note was E d C l u t t o n who a l s o took a gross score p r i z e . H i s p lay left many observers awes t ruck and few wou ld be l i eve that such mature power play cou ld come from a Maths fresher. The D a i l y Te legraph cor res ­pondent apt ly d e sc r i b ed h im as 'a long-hitting golf machine'. The ro les p l ayed by B i l l Ca lde rwood and John Mendonca were hardly support­ing and their scores left them c l o s e to w inn ing i n d i v i d u a l p r i z e s .

The only s ide capable of keep ing the w i n n i n g margin from be ing much wider than 27 shots was none other than our second team of Bob A l l a n , R i c h B r o w n , and N i g e l F o s t e r .

No other s ide was in s i g h t . Na tu ra l l y we were a l l

de l i gh ted w i th th is r esu l t , pa r t i cu la r l y s i nce most of us had left our home comforts i n order to venture down to sodden Walton H e a t h . A l l the oppos ing teams had entered teams of four of wh i ch one would not count in both morning and afternoon ( this a l l o w s for someone in the s ide hav ing an of f -day) . With t y p i c a l bo ldness the IC committee only p l a c ed three in each team in the cer ta in knowledge that none of our boys would let us down. None d i d .

Thus we have ach i e ved the f i rs t leg of the unprecedented treble we so earnes t ly s eek . I s h a l l report further as news comes in our s tand ing in both the South and E a s t e r n league a s w e l l as our defence of the U n i v e r s i t y Champ ionsh ips wh i ch we won l a s t year for the f i r s t t i m e .

N i g e l F o s t e r .

R C S U

A N N U A L D I N N E R

Friday 2nd May, 7.00 for

7.30 pjn* College Block.

Guest Speaker:

Dr Germaine Greer

Author of 'The Female Eunuch'.

Tickets £1.80 from Social

Reps and RCSU Office .

W A N T E D

O ' l e v e l student wants to brush up pro f i c i ency in

* S P A N I S H

' * B I O L O G Y

* M O D E R N M A T H S

B E F O R E her exams i n

the summer t e r m .

Is w i l l i n g to pay A T L E A S T £1.25 per hour

Contact: Mrs Neufeld, 636-6465 (Goodge St area)

STUDENT HOUSES

SUMMER LETTING SCHEME

A M A N A G E R A N D A S S I S T A N T M A N A G E R S

are required for the Summer L e t t i n g Scheme

in E v e l y n Gardens

The Manager will be paid £28.00 per week and Assistant

Managers £25.00 per week, all with free accommodation and

National Insurance Stamp paid by the Scheme. Both the

Manager and Assistant Managers will be required to work for

the full length of the Scheme - 28th June to 24th September,

1975.

Application forms can be opbtained from the Residence Office,

Room 161, College Block, and should be returned there by

5.00 p.m. Thursday, 1st May. Interviews will be held very

shortly afterwards.

This is a full'lime job.

A N Y O N E

who is willing to represent the Union in attending the C iv ic Service of the City of Westminster in Westminster Abbey on Sunday, June 15th at Ham should give their name to Jen, the Union Clerk by May 16th. The Service itself wil l be a Special Service (not Statutory Matins) and wi l l be attended by The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of Westminster in C iv ic State. There is no limit to the numbers attending.

L a d y F l o w e r s

Beer & Bangers

5.30 - 7.30pm, May 5ih.

at 170 Queens Gate ,

Names to J e n , Un i on Of f ice

CARRY THE TORCH FOR EUROPE!

T O R C H L I G H T P R O C E S S I O N

through cen t ra l London

Tuesday A p r i l 29th

Meet speake r s ' corner 8.0 pat.

Start 8.30, f i n i s h U L U .

STUDENTS FOR A

UNITED EUROPE

Women in Science

& Technology Group

presents M A R G A R E T A L L E N

Fea tures Ed i t o r of the T imes Thursday , May l s t , 7.00pm

ICWA Lounge "Women in Industry"

All are Welcome

V a c a t i o n Work

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