Issue No . 517 Fr i day , 11th May, 1979

T H E N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N

UGM CHANGES BY-LAWS and Policy on Abortion

Merche Clark speaking against motion on abortion

NEWS IN BRIEF Jez Threats Anger Executive

Students from Queen Mary

Co l l e g e sprayed blue pa int over

the two l i ons at the foot of the

Q u e e n ' s Tower l a s t Sunday

Morning.

A n d on Tuesday IC Un i on

rece ived a threat that J e z w a s

" n e x t on the l i s t " .

The threat came in a le t ter

composed of words cut from

newspapers . It read: " M a r y

roars back at her o l d f r i ends .

L o o k after your fire eng ine .

Next on the l i s t ? We w i l l w in

in the long r u n " . M a r y is Q M C ' s

mascot , k idnapped by IC s tud­

ents ea r l i e r this year .

E x e c u t i v e members were

furious because J e z , the R C S U

fire eng ine , is an inv i o l a t e

mascot . Deputy P r e s i d e n t

Ma l c o lm B r a i n to ld a Un i on

meet ing that he would report to

the po l ice any a t tacks on J e z .

R C S U P r es iden t C h r i s F o x

v i s i t e d Q M C Un i on on Tuesday

afternoon and spoke to their

V i c e P r e s iden t N i g e l Woodcock.

He exp l a ined which of I C ' s

mascots cou ld be ra ided and

wh i ch were inv i o l a t e , and i n ­

formed h im that any ac t i on

aga ins t J e z would be regarded

a s c r i m i n a l . N i g e l Woodcock

s a i d that he would look into

the matter and cons ider making

a contr ibut ion to the c l e a n i n g

of the l i o n s .

Th i s is the second time this

year that the l i ons have been

pa in t ed . On 8th December they

were found covered in red paint

wh i ch was removed by C o l l e g e

workmen before i t had a chance

to dry.

News in Brief continued on

back page.

It is now possible to remove a Departmental Representative from

office. The By-Law change had its second hearing at last Tuesday's

UGM. To dismiss a Dep Rep it is necessary to draw up a petition with at

least 10% support from that department and present this to the Hon Sec

of ICU who will then call a general meeting of the department where a

discussion will be followed by a ballot.

This change was necessary because there was previously no method

of oust ing Dep Reps from their posts.

A l so past its s econd reading was a c lause stating that the U L U Rep,

FELIX Editor and Union Publ ic i ty Officer shou ld be permanent

observers on C o unc i l .

Some confusion reigned over

Jeremy Farrell 's amendment to

the Standing Orders. This was in

fact designed to clarify previous

amendments to the standing

orders.

The original changes c on ­

cerned the right to speak for and

against procedural motions but

was not clearly worded and this

a m e n d m e n t w a s a i m e d at

rectifying the situation.

The proposed change was

e v e n t u a l l y w i t h d r a w n to be

•discussed at a later date.

Only six people stood for P W P

so no elect ion was required and

Mike Elk in must surely be

d i s a p p o i n t e d at m i s s i n g an

opportunity to demonstrate his

skil l with STV. The six ratified

were Gary Dearmer, Mick Berry,

Mark Clegg , Tansy Hepton, David

Lyons and Co l in Palmer.

J ohn Passmore was ratified as

External Affairs Officer for the rest

of this sess ion.

T im Hil lyer was elected at the

U G M by a show of hands, in

preference to the absent lain

Shack lock , and will be joined on

the E A C by Kevin Courtney,

ratified as Ordinary Member.

N o c a n d i d a t e s were ful ly

nominated for Union Finance

C o m m i t t e e , U n i o n P u b l i c i t y

Officer and the Publ ic i ty Officer of

the External Affairs Committee.

The one ba l l o t taken was for

Union House Committee where

four candidates were contesting

for three places. Those elected

were J Tidy, M Town and M

Wiszowaty.

Barry Aust in spoke to his

motion withdrawing support from

the National Abor t ion Campa ign

and putting a motion to U L U

Student Representative C o u n c i l

to d o l i k e w i s e . M r A u s t i n

explained with a visual aid that

abort ion late in pregnancy was

'abhorrent'.

A n amendment proposed by

Bryan Smith deleting previous

U n i o n p o l i c y was n a r r o w l y

passed. A second 'delete all and

insert...' amendment proposed by

Kirsten Pratt urged that ICU write

to N A C voic ing our disapproval at

late a b o r t i o n s but d i d not

a d v o c a t e U L U w i t h d r a w i n g

support. This was defeated and

the main motion carried despite a

speech against from Merche

Clark.

ICU President Mary At ten­

borough said afterwards that

because the U G M was so poorly

attended and immediate act ion

was required by this motion she

would be recommending to

Counc i l that they refer this back to

a future U G M .

Iranian Society proposed a

motion deleting all previous

pol icy on Iran, cal l ing on ICU to

support the Iranian Revolution

and condemn discr iminat ion

a g a i n s t I ran ian s t u d e n t s in

Britain.

A n amendment proposed by

Tony C o x was passed which

r id iculed the original motion, but

before a vote could be taken

Kirsten Pratt chal lenged the

quorum and the show ended.

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As proposer of Gruffydd Wyn

Jenkins for IGU A A O , I should

like to comment on the short

article on him which appeared in

last week's News In Brief.

Firstly, there was a little

confusion about the reason for his

resignation:

It was believed that his academic

standard was not good enough.

However, the real reason was that

he was thinking of standing again

next year, when he would have

more experience and do an even

better job, if elected. In his

unselfishness he decided to resign

for the time being.

Secondly, he was voted in fairly

and secretly at a quorate U G M ,

and I fail to see how it can be

assumed that the Miners, in

particular, voted for him.

I hope that the Union is

grateful for the invaluable work

which he has done so far.

A l l the best,

Iain Shacklock

Dear John, - Having been

involved in Meet IC on

• Wednesday 2nd May on the IC

Rag stall and having seen the

interest shown by the hundred or

so residents who attended the

function. I feel that it would be

much more desirable if this event

could be extended, possibly over

several days. This would enable

the college not only to encourage

more local residents to attend, but

also to invite representatives from

different companies with a view to

interesting them in employing

students from IC. It should also be

possible to allow the students to

iook around the exhibition, which

obviously took a lot of time and

effort to prepare, to let them get a

better idea of what is happening

in other departments.

This, I think, would be

valuable both for the college and

for the visitors.

Yours sincerely,

(love and Kisses)

Tansy Hepton

Dear Sir, - I object to being

treated as an imbecile each time a

General Election comes round. I

knew that my vote would have no

effect on the result in my

constituency as a Conservative

M P was bound to be returned

with an increased majority. How

much longer will the intelligent

voter have to put up with a

situation where there are over 400

safe seats in which his/her vote is

bound to be wasted?

O f course, now that a Tory

government has been returned

with a substantial majority, there

will be no further mention of

electoral reform for five years

since they do not need to reiy on

Liberal votes to maintain a

majority. The cruel irony is that if

we had had proport iona l

representation at this election, the

Liberals would have had about 90

seats and would, in fact, hold the

balance of power.

We need to restore to people

the sense that their vote counts, no

matter who is cast for. The 'first-

past-the-post' system merely leads

to negative voting whereby

people do not vote according to

their true convictions.

Yours, etc

R i cha rd E a r l

Physics P G (Laser Group)

Blackett Laboratory

Dear John, -1 would like to thank

Mr Mooney and his staff for their

efforts at the RCS Annual dinner.

They gave me a lovely meal, even

though I am a 'difficult'

vegetar ian . I know Sara

McGuinness would also like to

express her appreciation.

K i r s t en Pratt

Dear Sir, - I wish to express my

gratitude to the Tizard Hall

warden for vetoeing my re-

application to hall after being

passed by the reselection

committee, (very democratic!).

T h e reason g iven : my

unsu i tab le a t t i tude be ing

detrimental to hall life. This

complete judgement of my

character being backed up by the

numerous trouble incidents

(none!) and our very lengtthy

acquaintance (at least two

minutes).

My gratitude also for his excellent

timing, it now being impossible to

apply for Hamlet Gardens

accommdation and therefore a

big question mark over my future

'home".

Obviously as warden he

considers there to be excellent

reasons for this action. But as I am

sure many would agree, reaching

a decision of this importance from

a small conversation, an amount

of non-complimentary heresay

and the total rejection of a

committtee (who are obviously

better acquainted with myself

than the warden is ever likely to

be!) does not correspond with the

helpful, understanding and fair

person I associate with the post of

warden.!

Yours , a dissatisfied

T i z a r d Resident

Eds note - .Name and Dept. supplied.

W H A T ' S ONI FRIDAY 11th May

C L U B ACTIVITY

IMPERIAL College Christian Union Christians in the Real World: II 'At

work' John Clarke-HTB, and Advisory Body. 6.30pm. Music Room, 53

Princes Gate. »

MONDAY 14th May

A C C GENERAL MEETING

5.45pm, Bot-Zoo Common Room. Free! Anyone interested in standing

for a post on next year's committee should attend.

MISCELLANEOUS

Photosoc Shop. 12.45-1.15pm. Room 211 Linstead. Competition prints

now awaiting collection.

TUESDAY 15th May

CLUB ACTIVITY

DEBATE - 1.00pm, Huxley 340. Admission by membership - 20p.

Motion: 'This house believes that free abortion should be available on

demand'. (Guest speakers).

RIDING Club 1.00pm - 2.00pm. Electrical Engineering. Room 1009,

Level 10. Bookings, Club News, All members welcome.

MISCELLANEOUS

STOIC Transmission 'Rocky Horror Picutre Show' Part 1 13.00. JCR,

Union TV Lounge, Southside Halls, Southside Lower TV Lounge. First

of 3 Part serial starring Christopher Biggins.

WEDNESDAY 16th May

C L U B ACTIVITY

'JAZZ Club end of term triple Bill'. 8.30 - 11.00. Stans Bar. Free.

'Whatever your interest in jazz then you're sure to find something to

please you in Stans tonight. Modern, Trad and Big Band Jazz are all on

the bill".

THURSDAY 17th May

MISCELLANEOUS

PHOTOSOC Shop. 12.45 - 1.15pm Linstead Room 532. Competition

prints now awaiting collection.

STOIC Transmission 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' Part 2.13.00. JCR,

Union TV Lounge, Southside Halls, Southside Lower TV Lounge.

Second of three part serial starring Christopher Biggins.

STOIC Transmission - repeat of Monty Python Programme. 18.00.

Union TV Lounge, Southside Halls, Southside Lower TV Lounge.

Sir Arthur Acland English Essay Prize

1978 - 79

1. T h e ob jec t o f the c o m p e t i t i o n is to e n c o u r a g e the w r i t i n g o f

g o o d E n g l i s h .

2. T h e c o m p e t i t i o n is o p e n to a l l r eg i s t e red s tuden ts o f the

C o l l e g e .

3. E s s a y s m u s t r e a c h the R e g i s t r a r no t l a t e r t h a n 1

O c t o b e r 1979.

4. A t o t a l o f £90 is a v a i l a b l e for the a w a r d o f a first p r i z e o f £50,

a s e cond p r i z e o f £25 a n d a t h i r d p r i z e o f £15.

5. A successful c a n d i d a t e m a y no t c o m p e t e a g a i n .

6. P r i z e essays m a y be p u b l i s h e d sub jec t to the p e r m i s s i o n o f

the C o l l e g e .

7. A c a n d i d a t e m u s t s u b m i t a n o r i g i n a l E n g l i s h essay o f a b o u t

3 ,000 to 5 ,000 w o r d s i n l e n g t h o n o n e o f the suggested top i cs

l i s t ed b e l o w o r o n a n y t o p i c o f h i s c h o i c e . A l l essays s h o u l d be

r e a d i l y u n d e r s t a n d a b l e to the n o n - s p e c i a l i s t r e ade r .

The importance of cars.

A scenario for a world of expensive energy supplies.

Does Britain need a National Theatre?

Censorship.

Waste.

Punk.

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Rent Increases

I was p leased to see that a long-term (70 year) lease for

a l l the E v e l y n Gardens student houses has been bought.

Admittedly the twenty-two per cent rent rise w i l l come as a

shock to most, but i t ' s worth it for the advantages in the

long run.

Ken Weale, the Union Senior Treasurer, has pointed out

that i f the short-term lease had been bought instead then

the resultant increase in ground rent would s t i l l have to be

paid for. E i the r way the rents would go up, but th is way IC

hangs onto E v e l y n Gardens for another 70 years .

Meet IC Day

Rumours abound as to the cost of "Mee t Imperial C o l l ­

e g e " . Fortunate ly the often-quoted figure of £70,000 was

tota l ly inaccurate , the f ina l figure being about £1500. With

200 guests in a l l I'm sure that re lat ions between us and the

residents w i l l have been improved.

It does seem a p i ty , though, that very few students had a

chance to v i s i t the d i sp lays or see the Sherf ie ld B u i l d i n g

decked with f lowers. A one-afternoon event does not do

jus t i c e to the effort and hard work put in by the staff. Pe r ­

haps i f i t had lasted longer more res idents would have been

able to come and more students could have appreciated the

wide range of academic/recreat ional f a c i l i t i e s IC has to

offer.

F E L I X Election

At l a s t ! A contested post for Photographic Rep on the

Committee. The e l ec t ion w i l l be he ld at 12.30 in the F E L I X

Office today." A l l members are urged to attend and vote.

I C U Handbook

The copy deadl ine for a l l a r t i c l es for next year ' s Hand­

book i s June 10th. A l l c lubs and soc i e t i es , Un ion Of f icers

etc who have something to say to next year ' s intake should

have their copy (typed please) i n by then at the very latest.

What a week!

May 7th to 10th must eas i l y rate as the worst week I've

ever had. Not only did the bank hol iday put us one day be­

hind schedule but things grew steadi ly worse, cu lmin ia t ing

in the se l f -destruct ion of the Comp Set late Wednesday

night. Many thanks to A M International for their speedy ser­

v i c e . No thanks to Simon (when do I get a mention) Mi lner

for start ing the rumours about Me l K i n k i e and mysel f . We're

just good f r iends. Cheers ,

John

NEWS IN BRIEF More Opposit ion To Quotas

The Un i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n ' s

Jo in t Committee of Senate and

the Students Representa t i ve

C o u n c i l has come out aga ins t

any quotas on overseas student

numbers. The Committee is

opposed to any l im i t s on

academic freedom and upholds

the u n i v e r s i t y ' s r ight to dec ide

a d m i s s i o n .

In 1981 students w i l l be r e ­

presented on L o n d o n Un i ve r ­

s i t y ' s Senate by the Un i v e r s i t y

O f L o n d o n Un i on P r e s i d en t and

ten student senators , s i x of

whom w i l l be facul ty represent­

a t i v e s . The Jo in t Committee

has agreed to increase the num­

ber of i ts own student members

from f ive to s i x and these are

to be e l e c t ed as facul ty repre-

sena t i v es as a "dummy r u n "

for 1981. T h i s procedure i s sub­

j e c t to agreement by the U L U

S t u d e n t s Representa t i ve

C o u n c i l .

No Opposit ion To Mass ive Rent R i se

A n expec ted 22 per cent rent r i s e in h a l l s and student houses

has provoked no ob jec t ions from Un i on Of f icers or ord inary

s tudents .

A t l a s t T u e s d a y ' s U n i o n meet ing P r e s i d e n t Mary A t t e n b o r ­

ough ou t l ined the proposa l wh i ch wou ld increase Souths ide rents

to £14.00 per week from £11.50.

She exp la ined that the r i s e , which i s greater than an in f l a t i on

inc rease , i s necessa ry to start repayment of a £670,000 loan made

to the Student Re s i d ence A c c o u n t from C o l l e g e funds .

The loan i s for the purchase of the 70 year l ease on a l l the

student houses in E v e l y n Gardens as w e l l as on three extra

houses to be a va i l ab l e in about seven y ea r s . The present l ease

was due to lapse next year and wou ld otherwise have on ly been re­

newable for seven y ea r s . The interest rate on the loan i s 10 per

cent and i t i s to be repa id over 35 y ea r s .

Mary At tenborough 's v i ew i s that C o l l e g e is a c t i n g to safeguard

future student r es idence , a l ine w h i c h the Un i on has been urg ing

for a long t ime. A l though the rent r i se i s large she i s in favour of

i t s accep tance , and be l i e v e s that i f th i s purchase goes ahead

Co l l e g e w i l l be favourably d i sposed to mak ing more money a v a i l ­

able for accommodat ion shou ld any further property i n E v e l y n

Gardens come onto the market.

The r ise i s not as large as was f i r s t mooted. C o l l e g e ' s F i n a n c e

Of f ice ear l i e r a s k e d for a 27 per cent r ise based on ma in ta in ing

Res i d enc e A c c o u n t reserve funds at a l e v e l of 10 per cent of ex­

pendi ture . The present rate reduces the reserves to about 7 per

cent .

Mary Attenborough i s w a i t i n g for further student r eac t i on before

informing Co l l ege o f the U n i o n ' s cons ide red v i e w .

Good Response From Residents

The Rec tor has r ece i v ed about 30 le t ters so far from l o c a l

res idents who came to l a s t week's " M e e t I C " day s a y i n g how much

they enjoyed the af ternoon. C a p t a i n L i n d l e y who o rgan i s ed the

event is very p l e a s ed wi th the response . He hopes the C o l l e g e

can mainta in the i n i t i a t i v e and conso l ida te the contac ts made w i th

l o c a l r es idents . But C o l l e g e has not dec ided whether to organise

s im i l a r events in future y ea r s .

The cos t of " M e e t I C " was about £1,500, of wh i ch the l a rges t

s ing le item was ca te r ing . The organ isers tr ied to save money by

produc ing much of the mater ia l w i th in C o l l e g e .

The f ina l total of guests was around 200, severa l of whom

arr ived later in the af ternoon. The figure of 130 quoted in l a s t

week ' s F E L I X was the number who had ar r i ved in the f i r s t hour.

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? MEET FIONA GILSON: IF's PUBLICITY OFFICER.

Well, before m y esteemed

President and your esteemed

Editor start going on at me , I

had better put pen to paper

and do as promised, write an

article about myse l f (what an

awful thought!)

H o w e v e r , I a m not t o o k e e n

on b o r i n g p e o p l e s o l w i l l be as

b r i e f a s I c a n . I, l i k e a l l t h i s

y e a r ' s IF E x e c , a m on the 2

yea r c o u r s e for b u d d i n g ,

y o u n g , b i - l i n g u a l s ec re ta r i e s .

A l though I come from Guernsey

d o n ' t r e c k o n o n g e t t i n g t o o

m a n y free p i n t s out o f me ! ! I

c a n a n d have b e e n seen at not

t o o i n f r e q u e n t i n t e r va l s i n

e i ther S t a n ' s ba r or the U n i o n

bar, so I t h i n k my face i s

a l r e ady fa ir ly w e l l k n o w n .

H o w e v e r , I have just h a d my

ha i r cut so d o n ' t b e s u r p r i s e d

i f at first y o u d o n ' t r e c o g n i s e

me .

N o w , a b o u t my j ob i n the

U n i o n . I a m the P u b l i c i t y

O f f i c e r , a t i t le w h i c h c o v e r s a

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

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

n o w a n d t h e n (al l a r t i c l e s

a b o u t c l u b s e t c v e r y

w e l c o m e ) . But , apar t f r o m

that , I have to p u b l i c i z e any

f o r t h c o m i n g events w h i c h are

m o r e o f t e n t h a n n o t

c o n n e c t e d w i t h IC . B e c a u s e

our c o l l e g e is so s m a l l we

rea l l y d o a p p r e c i a t e b e i n g

ab l e to be i n v o l v e d w i th a l l

y o u r ac t i v i t i e s , so p l e a s e d o n ' t

hes i t a t e t o c o n t a c t m e or any

o the r member o f t he U n i o n i f

y o u t h i n k that t h e p r e s e n c e o f

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

w e l c o m e d at any event.

W e w o u l d a l s o l i k e t o see

m o r e IC p e o p l e c o m i n g down

to I F to v is i t us a n d o u r

o v e r w o r k e d co f fee m a c h i n e s .

T h e U n i o n r o o m c a n be f o u n d

at 13A C r o m w e l l M e w s a n d

y o u a r e a l l m o r e t h a n

w e l c o m e . H o w e v e r , d u e to the

p o w e r s that be, t h i s w e l c o m e

c a n on ly be e x t e n d e d f r om

12.50 to 1.30pm - short but very

sw e et!

W e l l , as I a m not a very

p ro l i f i c wr i te r , t ha t ' s abou t a l l I

hav e to say, but if, at any t ime ,

y o u see m e a r o u n d c o l l e g e

(IC) d o c o m e a n d have a chat -

I 'd be on ly t o o p l e a s e d .

i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i im i i im i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i

ADVERTISEMENT Elk's Epistle (8) D O Y O U O W N L E S S

W E A L T H T H A N Y O U N E E D

T O K E E P Y O U R S E L F A L I V E

F R O M W E E K T O W E E K ?

H u n g r y ? In need of shelter?

U n a b l e to keep your body warm?

W e l l here's news of a group you

can't afford not to be in — T H E

W O R K I N G C L A S S .

Y e s , for just eight hours a day,

forty eight weeks a year for al l

your active adult l i fe, you can

become a member of the world 's

fastest growing class. A n d what's

more , W E P A Y Y O U F O R

Y O U R L A B O U R P O W E R !

Th is is how it works . Y o u come

to one of our thousands of

employers — the technical term is

capital ists, but don ' t worry about

that — and he gives you a J O B .

F r o m then on you make goods for

us — commodi t ies — and we sell

them to people with money to

buy them. In return you get

W A G E S — or , if you work hard

and buy a suit we give you

S A L A R I E S ! Y o u can spend your

wages or salaries on anything you

need wi th O N E S I M P L E

C O N D I T I O N — you have to buy

cheap to stay alive.

W H A T ' S I N IT F O R U S ?

No th ing at a l l . W e employ you

because we want to use our

superior bra in power to help the

less fortunate majority keep

al ive. A s an added bonus we take

the P R O F I T S f rom your surplus

labour in order to maintain our

standard of l iv ing.

A s a W O R K E R you get plenty

o f facilities. Cheap H O L I D A Y S

on crowded beaches in specially

al located resorts, jo l ly

entertainments on the

T E L E V I S I O N and R A D I O to

keep you happy for the day

ahead, and free P U B L I C

H O U S E S where you can drown

your sorrows while boosting our

profits.

L i fe in the work ing class is

F U N , H A R D W O R K and

V E R Y R E W A R D I N G . W e need

Y O U to help us to help you !

A n d one f inal thing. W E ' R E

D E M O C R A T I C ! That 's right!

Every five years we give you the

right to elect our representatives

into power again!

Not that m u c h to say this week

(Just as well - I have not got

that m u c h time) except that i f

you are a regular attendfer of

U G M s you will know that we

are renewing all union policy

that is more than three years

old. At Tuesdays U G M I

brought to the attention of the

U G M the internal section of

the Un ion Policy Document

(pages 6-16). If no amend­

ments are received within a

week of the next U G M then it

is automatically ratified for

another three years unless a

specific mot ion is put forward

deleting or amending it.

Consider yourself notified!

Smoke In

I f y o u are i n t e r e s t e d i n

g o i n g a l o n g to th i s d o p e

s m o k e , o r g a n i s e d by the

' S m o k e y B e a r s ' , t h e n mee t by

the Be i t A r c h w a y at 2 p m o n

S a t u r d a y ( t omor r row ) , a n d

e v e r ybody f r o m I C w i l l be a b l e

to float u p the r e t o g e t h e r o n

c l o u d 9! It is i n H y d e Pa rk , by

the way.

W e l l , I a m a f ra id that is a l l . I

a m so d i s g u s t e d at on ly

r a i s i n g a pal try 50p w h e n I w a s

so ld at the fete that I a m not

m e n t i o n i n g sex th i s week .

Love and Kisses

Mike Elkin

I C O N Imperial College Review

May 1979 PRICE 20p

The copy deadline for the ICU Handbook is 10th June.

IN THE C O M P A N Y OF SCIENTISTS... Mickey Davies

L A D A K H JOURNEY Owen Greene TWO STYLES OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Alan Harris REALITY Eric Laithwaite

REVIEWS by Harold Allan, Hans Brill,

Martin Ceadel, Sue Crawley, David Hardwick,

Don Monro, Eric Stables, Judith Stringer,

John Thole, Peter Turner

On sale at IC Bookshop,

the Haldane, Lyon Playfair and some

departmental libraries

Day By Day A ROUND-UP OF LAST W E E K ' S N E W S

P a g e 5

Wednesday 2nd KGB Snatch back escape man

Russian defector, A lexander Istomin,

granted polit ical asylum in Britain a fortnight

ago, was back in Moscow tonight.

Soviet K G B agents discovered his hideout

where Brit ish security men were shadowing

him for his own protection. First indicat ions

are that they found the 31 year o ld journalist

on Tuesday night, subjected him to intensive

pressure and took him back to Soviet territory

... the Russian Embassy in Mil l ionaires Row,

Kensington.

A lexander was a trainee with Novosty, the

official Soviet feature news agency with

London offices at Rosary Gardens in South

Kensington.

Russia 's latest defector to the West, known

in Whitehall as 'Gutsy Ga l ina ' was still in

Britain after making a dash to freedom at

London Airport on Monday night. Ga l ina

Orionova, an interpreter with the Soviet Folk

Dance Group agreed to meet the Russ ian

Embassy 'Heavy men' who try to persuade

runaways to change their mind. She told

them she wou ld not go back to Moscow

whatever they said.

The WHO are back

The W H O made an emotional comeback,

tonight, with their first concert s ince the

death of drummer Keith Moon , eight months

ago.

It was the group's first stage performance

for three years: almost 4,000 fans packed the

Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, London.

Thursday 3rd General Election

A Genera l Elect ion was held today. There

was a 76% turnout even with bad weather in

the North of Eng land.

Durham University president elect stands

down

Durham Student Un ion president elect,

Chr is J ohnson , resigned last week. Cr i t i c i sm

of Mr J o h n s o n started after a 'highly

controversial performance' at N U S

Conference.

T h e D u r h a m s t u d e n t ' s n e w s p a p e r ,

Palatinate, descr ibes how a motion to D S U

C o u n c i l moved that Mr J o h n s o n shou ld be

censured giving the fol lowing reasons.

(1) He cast his vote for a 'joke' candidate in

the elect ions for a sabbat ical treasurer in

N U S .

(2) He persuaded the delegation to instigate

an Emergency motion which , it transpired,

was inaccurate and even s landerous to

another student.

(3) He missed the last sess ion of the

conference in B lackpoo l without informing

other members of the delegation.

Mr Johnson ' s supporters state that 'Chris

stood for President in the belief that what the

President did should always be relevant to the

ordinary student, that student unions often

take themselves too seriously and consider

themselves to be more important than they

actually are and he felt it important to rise

above all the petty political squabbles that

don't benefit anybody but waste a lot of time'.

Friday 4th Conservatives win General Election

Britain's first woman Prime Minister,

Margaret Thatcher, leads a Conservat ive

Government that has an overall majority of

43.

33 million hamburgers

The first branch of Amer ica 's oldest cafe

chain has had to c lose 'because it's just worn

out'. The Little White Castle, Indianapolis,

has so ld 33 mil l ion burgers and 16 mil l ion

cups of coffee s ince 1927, and may even be

reconstructed at publ ic expense as a

museum piece and landmark.

Cat causes power failure

A stray cat wandered into an electricity

sub-stat ion in Hami l ton, Ontario, stepped on

a live wire and caused a power failure lasting

25 minutes in the city. The cat was sl ightly

s inged.

Saturday 5th The New 'Old' Cabinet

The Pr ime Minister anounced her new

cabinet this weekend. The oldest member is

Lord Hai lsham (71), the Lord Chance l lor . The

cho ice of Lord Carr ington as Foreign

Secretary has received favourable comments

from Amer i ca and South Afr ica. Wil l iam

Whitelaw, the new Home Secretary, is one of

the older minsters while the youngest is the

Minister of Transport, Mr Norman Fowler

(41).

The only other woman in the cabinet is Mrs

Sally Oppenhe im the Minister for State,

Trade, Minister for Consumer Affairs.

Other Cabinet members inc lude Sir

G e o f f r e y H o w e , C h a n c e l l o r o f ' t h e

Exchequer. Sir Keith Jo s eph has the task of

looking after industry and Mr Francis Pym is

the Defence Secretary.

The vanishing white egg

White eggs, normally 1 p a dozen cheaper in

the shops than eggs with brown shells, may

eventually vanish from the shops. Poultry

breeders compla in that publ ic demand is so

low that they are losing moeny breeding

ch ickens to lay them.

A l though white eggs taste the same and are

just as wholesome, housewives prefer to pay

extra for brown eggs.

Sunday 6th Electrocution death at baptism

16 year o ld Gi lbert Wi l l iamson moaned and

pitched forward dur ing his total immersion

baptism in a 10ft long pool at the C h u r c h of

G o d at Ga ls ton Ayrshire . It is assumed that he

died by e lectrocut ion.

P o l i c e warn s ta te l y homes

The Bank hol iday tomorrow is a good time

for the growing band of historic home owners

who let the publ ic pay to come and visit their

property. However, pol ice warn that some

visitors' motives are not to admire the

architecture but to come and case the ancient

joint.

Broughton castle was burgled last month.

Apparent ly theives had paid 70p to wander at

leisure round the castle giving them the

opportunity to get the lie of the land. The

owners say that most members of the publ ic

behave impeccably with the odd except ion of

the 'toucher and opener'who cannot bear just

to look.

Monday 7th Tranquillisers linked with cancer growth

It has been c la imed by a research team that

mild tranquil isers, used daily by mil l ions of

people, may accelerate the growth of cancer .

They have found that diazepam, the active

ingredient in Valium and similar drugs, seems

to promote the growth of cance rs in tests on

ra t s .

The Long Leave

A Germany based Amer i can soldier who

deserted in 1951 and hid in his fiancee's

Ber l in appartment for 28 years, has given

himself up to the authorit ies. He had no

support after the woman died. He said 'I spent

all my time in one room, and never ventured

out.'

Nuclear protest

Opponents of nuclear energy are to hold

demonstrat ions in 11 European countr ies on

June 3rd. The protests will take place in such

places as West Germany, France, Britain and

Italy.

Tuesday 8th Thorpe trial starts

Jeremy Thorpe, who lost his seat in the

General Elect ion, is to stand trial in the O ld

Bailey. He is accused of consp i r ing with three

other men to murder Mr Norman Scott, a

former male model . The trial is expected to

last up to three months.

Cloudless beer

Car lsberg have announced that they have

found out how to put an end to icloudy beer.

The firm's Research Centre in Copenhagen

says that c loudiness is due to substances

cal led polyphenols wh ich are found in barley.

Car lsberg have found barley strains with no

polyphenols in them, so that beer will

naturally stay clear.

Radio Marathon

Broadcaster David Carter, helped by IC

Radio, ended a non-stop 48 and half hours on

the air after raising more than £10,000 for

charity. The money was raised from an

auct ion in which the listeners took part. The

marathon sess ion; on B B C Radio London was

a w o r l d r e c o r d for " l o n g d i s t a n c e "

broadcast ing.

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Welfare It is often said that if you want to find somewhere decent to live, you

have got to start looking for M a long time in advance of when you want it.

Unfortunately, this does not always work unless you are prepared to

start paying rent at the full rate from the moment that you find what you

are looking for.

There are still some landladies who are prepared to make bookings for

next year during the Summer term, they tend to be more of the lodgings

variety rather than any of the more independent kinds of

accommodation. The University of London Accommodation Office is

by far the best place to go to for this kind of bookable accommodation

and, if you want to use them, their procedure is set out below.

Apart from places where you live in the landladies house, there are not

many places that you can book in advance because most landlords are

more interested in keeping their places full rather than in having

students as tenants and this means that you have to compete for

accommodation with a great many people who are here all the year

round and who are quite happy to take a place on during the Summer for

- the rest of the Year.

The Summer period and the first term are not the best time for finding

accommodation, because from June until September a lot of landlords

let to overseas visitors at grossly inflated rates and then from September

onwards you are competing with thousnds of other students looking for

exactly the same kind of accommodation. This means that if you can't

find anything that you can book in advance, you have to be prepared for

the mad scramble at the beginning of term.

The best thing that you can do this term is to contact the University of

London Accommodation Office and the Welfare Centre towards the end

of this month and otherwise keep your ears open for news of anyone

giving up accommodation this term which might be available in the

Autumn.

ULU Accommodation Office

Procedure for Current Students

Single Students Rooms

Those seeking single or double roooms for September/October

should call at the Accommodation Office in late May/early June

allowing themselves a few free days to look at the accommodation.

(Flats for one person, ie room and kitchen or more, are included here,

but they are very difficult to find and expensive.) A retaining fee does not

have to be paid for this type of accommodation when it is booked in

advance. After the end of term priority is given to students who will be

new to London. Current students who have not found accommodation

by then, however, can consult the notice board in the Accommodation

Office.

FINDING SOMEWHERE TO LIVE FOR NEXT YEAR.

If you want some tips on finding somewhere to live next year and if you would like to find out how the U L U A c c o m m o d a t i o n O f f i c e , C o l l e g e Residence Office and Union Welfare Centre can help you, come along and hear all about it at:

12:45 Monday 14th May in the SCR on the first

floor of the Union Bldg.

How About A Place To Live Next Year For £3 per week?

If enough people are interested, there is a possibility

that we may be able to form an IC Housing C o - o p and

take on some short life properties which could be done-

up and which would then provide very cheap

accommodation for two years or so.

'Short-life' properties are those which have been

earmarked for demolition (so that the area can be

redeveloped rather than because they are about to fall

down!). Cuts in public expenditure have meant delays in

redevelopment and so the houses have been left empty in

the hope that one day there will be enough money to

carry out the redevelopment.

Some of these houses have been left empty for some

time and they need quite a lot of work doing to them to

make them habitable. The idea is that those interested in

living there next year could do the work during the

summer vacation and pay back the cost of materials and

outside help in the form of rent over the next two years. If

you are interested and feel that you could make a fairly

heavy committment to the scheme this summer, contact

the Welfare Centre on the third floor of the Union

Building.

Single Students Flats

Any accommodation larger than one room with cooking facilities is

considered a flat. Only very few owners of such property will take a

booking for the next session without charging full rent during the

vacation. Unless the group is able to pay rent from late June/early July it

is unlikely that a flat will be found before the end of term, but enquiries

can be made from late May onwards. Otherwise, the search should start

about four weeks before the rent can be paid and the earlier in

September this is the better. It is advisable to allow at least a few days to

find a flat; in September it is often possible to book temporary

accommodation in the Halls of Residence whilst seeking a flat for the

term.

Married students

Current students requiring accommodation for a couple or family are

advised to try and find it in July or August rather than leave it until

September. It is generally fruitless to start looking more than four weeks

before the rent can first be paid. Addresses cannot be sent out of

London and the mailing list service is generally suspended in late July.

WARDENSHIPS O F MINING HOUSE, RAYLEIGH HOUSE AND SOUTHWELL HOUSE. Applications are invited for the Wardenships of the

above houses. The positions will become vacant

from the end of August 1979.

T h e successful a p p l i c a n t s w i l l p r e f e r a b l y be m a r r i e d

p o s t g r a d u a t e s w h o have been at the C o l l e g e for a b o u t a

year . T h e persons c o n c e r n e d s h o u l d :

a) H a v e some e x p e r i e n c e i n , a n d enjoy , h a n d l i n g

s tudent af fa irs

b) hav e the a b i l i t y to t ake a n a c t i v e p a r t i n the

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a n d soc i a l l i fe of the house

c) he l i k e l y to stay at I C for a n o t h e r t w o years

A flat is p r o v i d e d for the W a r d e n , rent free, a n d he/she

w i l l r e c e i v e a n e n t e r t a i n m e n t s a l l o w a n c e .

A p p l i c a t i o n s f o rms are a v a i l a b l e f r o m the U n i o n O f f i c e ,

a n d the R e s i d e n c e O f f i c e , R o o m 161, S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g ,

a n d a p p l i c a t i o n s c lose o n F r i d a y , 25th M a y , 1979.

F o r f u r the r i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a c t the present W a r d e n s i n

the even ings :

Pe t e M o n r o ( M i n i n g H o u s e ) te l . no . 373 0593

D a v e M i l l a r d ( R a y l e i g h H o u s e ) t e l .no . 5 8 9 1329

S u e K a f i c i n s k i ( S o u t h w e l l H o u s e ) . . . . te l . no . 3 7 0 4 8 6 4

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R E V I E W S

Two Sides and Two Cinemas

Often an evening spent in the dark

witnessing a director 's work can offer

us an important insight into our

society. Such happened on two nights

last week. At the Curzon in Hotel r idden

Mayfa i r and then at the Odeon F i l m

centre, Br isto l I saw O l m i ' s 'The Tree of

Wooden Clogs ' and 'The Chant of

J i m m y B lacksmi th ' respectively.

T h e C u r z o n is U l t r a smooth, but amidst

the perspex decor and soft l i ght ing a negro

stood upright dut i ful ly tak ing our tickets.

O l m i ' s masterpiece explores the arduous and

spir i tual life of peasant farmers, amidst ru ra l

northern Italy at the turn of the century.

Here women are equal w i th men, animals are

slaughtered for the next meal and the

suffering in life is rewarded by a 'place in

heaven'. Yet it is also an age of the

landowner and change. Th is backdrop

provides O l m i w i th a r i ch texture of ideas,

incidents and messages. A young ch i ld has to

walk each morn ing to school because the

priest declares he is too bright to remain

uneducated. Those who remain behind strive

to have their tomatoes ready first for market,

or to save the life of a bu l l by prayer. It is a

study of a way of life now gone from Europe .

Technology has brought mater ia l wealth and

different life-styles. W i t h this in m i n d how

easy it is to realise the cause of so many of

society's problems. T h e vanda l at the bus

stop is a symptom of a deeper trouble. Whi l s t

man may enjoy his 5.3 l itre car or his 125

Inter -Ci ty trains some have rebelled, unable

to accept this destiny for man. T h e peasants

in the film worked the land, followed the

changes in the season and looked to G o d for

sp ir i tua l guidance. Today we press the digits

on our calculators for a l i v ing, follow the

league tables and look to the Costa Brava for

relief. O l m i clearly accepts that their lifestyles

were harsh, very harsh. But. 1 feel, l ike me he

senses something lost. M a n has the

opportuni ty for expression of belief and ideas

today l ike never before. W e have t ime to

develop our minds, explore and understand

our universe, etc. etc. yet we are in danger of

losing the aspects of our character and

lifestyles once so precious and highly regarded

M a n y hope we can hold on to them, and it

won't be easy. O u r society, w i th al l its index-

l inked wages and neon lights, w i l l c rumble .

Pe rhaps we should not turn our backs on a

society where people stil l hold personal

beliefs, live for the good of a smal l communi t y

and constantly improve themselves. Th is

cannot happen by be ing shut up in high-rise

counc i l flats in front of A n n a Fo rd .

J immy B lacksmi th is a half white, hal l

aborigine youth caught amongst the

minef ie ld of a v icar who says he is not an

aborigine, and r a n look forward to a lile well

away from the likes of them, and the

employers; bigoted and prejudiced. Where

he seeks work he finds fear and resentment,

where he seeks justice he finds none. As one of

the players says it only takes a second to k i l l ,

and how right that is, yet behind this

moment 's act ion for J immy there has been

constant persecution throughout his life.

F ina l l y it is the efforts of white women to

take his white wife and ch i l d away from h im

that produces the anatomica l equivalent of

the elastic l im i t jpfafc hacks 5 people to

death.

BRAM T C H A I K O V S K Y : Strange man

Changed man. (Radar)

Bram Tchaikovsky may be strange, and

since his days with the Motors he may even be

changed, but if this record is any indication,

he is also currently directionless. Despite

having said that, this album is exactly what he

thinks the band, also called 'Bram

Tchaikovsky' (for want of anything better?),

should be doing. Although it leaves him

uncommitted, half-way between pop and

solid rock, it is an impressive debut album

which demonstrates well the band's potential

and promises much for the future.

Well I'll save my other moans for later, let's

consider the music. 'Robber' is the first track

and despite the tight sound of this exciting

trio, which also comprises Micky Broadbent

on guitars and Keith Boyce on drums, it's not

very adventurous; 'He's a robber, he'll steal

your heart away.' - no wonder there isn't a

word-sheet included in the package.

The opening lines of the title track possibly

sum up the dilemma in which the group finds

itself: 'Ladies and gents let me introduce

myself to you, I'm not really sure what I'm

supposed to do...'.

It's a pretty good song though, but 'Lonely

dancer' into which it runs is better. There are

shades of the Beach Boys' 'Sloop John B' on

the intro to 'I'm the one that's leaving' but this

song of unrequited love degenerates. The

final track on this side, however, is superb;

'G i r l of my dreams' the present single, with

Bram T. and Broadbent both on vocals, is the

kind of music to put a smile on the sourest

face. There's even Mike Oldfield on Tubular

Bel ls if you can find them.

Side Two is definitely weaker, possib ly

because Bram T. himself has written all but

one of the tracks, the except ion being a

headsdown version of ' lm a believer', and

'nobody knows ' are readily d isposable ;

cal lous I know, but they are. The only feature

of note on 'Lady from the U S A ' is the bass

guitar and backing vocals of Motors leader

Nick Garvey, dropping in to help his old mate,

as he does on product ion - to its detriment. In

fact, it is probably this unwi l l ingness to

separate himself from his past that stifles

Bram Tchaikovsky, both man and group.

Fortunately, these are all qu ick ly forgotten

when 'Sarah smi les ' and 'Turn on the light'

complete the a lbum. Both are excellent, one a

commerc ia l , bouncy pop tune, the other a

jarring rocker. But here again the lack of

direction comes in; 'Sarah smi les ' is over­

produced - are they afraid of putting out a

straight pop song (apparently not - it was

their first s ingle last July ) and 'Turn on the

light' has all the sharp edges filed down, the

band on a tight rein.

Sti l l , on the whole the songs are good, neat

hooks abound and they might even be

danceable. Do yourself a favour and get in on

the ground floor of what promises big things.

Jon Firth

A t the triple-screened Odeon in Bristol this

f i lm certainly isn't getting the audience it

deserves. They were up and down like yo-yos,

and were as noisy a group of cinema-goers as I

can remember. W h a t was worse though was

that they were as bigotted as the Aus t ra l i an

posse in the f i lm. It might seem an elitist view

but I reckon that the great majority d id not

a l low themselves to question the mean ing

behind the f i lm. They were more interested

in stuffing pop corn discussing the A A

pat ro lman rape tr ia l , ice cream and putt ing

their hand as far as possible up their partner's

skirt. N o w there is noth ing wrong in that you

cry and indeed there isn't really. However ,

seeing films in L o n d o n you are thankful ly

spared the excesses of a prov inc ia l or

suburban audience.

I l ' vou have seen the film try swopping the

location o f the film from Aus t ra l i a at the turn

of the century to Br ick Lane today and you

wi l l see how real the dangers are. T h e ticket

collector at the C u r z o n has a job today but

tomorrow ... T h e n he might find himself the

v i c t im of abuse, inequality and fear. T h e

crowd in Bristol would not go out oft heir way

to help h im. Hopeful ly we would .

There can never be any excuse for voilenee

and murder . Yet when il happens should we

not attempt to understand the causes of it.

and how they could be e l iminated. O n l y

when we have, can a decision be made as to

whether a more important pr ior i ty is to

defend society wi th every punishment and

weapon avai lable.

There arc two sides (or more) to the

problems I have raised above. As diverse as

the cinemas where 1 saw the films.

Both deserve your attention and thought.

Roger Stotesbury

S M A L L A D S FOR SALE

R e ' s o n a t a a c o u s t i c g u i t a r .

Virtually new. £20 or nearest offer.

C O N T A C T : R. Whi twor th ,

Linstead 532.

WANTED

Flat for S u m m e r V a c a t i o n .

Academic visitors require flat

from 16th June till end of August

or beginning of September.

Please C O N T A C T : Mrs. Younis,

Room 902. Electrical Engineering

Department (INT. Tel. 3122).

FLAT AVAILABLE

for quiet C O U P L E (no under­

graduates).

The flat consists of:

-large double bed-sitt ing-room

-large kitchen/diner

-bathroom

Locat ion: near South Kensington

tube station.

Rent: £40.00 per week (returnable

deposit: 1 month's.rent)

C O N T A C T : Mrs. A. Konarski , Tel.

584 5545.

TO LET

Over the Summer. Rooms (5) in a

large house in Dulwich Vil lage.

Singles and/or doubles. Price to

include gas and electricity, use of

kitchen, dining room, living room

and two bath rooms. Main line

station 2 mins walk.

TEL: 733 8137 and ask for Mike or

Paul.

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Billiards and Snooker

KEYMER DOE8 IT AGAIN! - B U T ONLY JUST!

Last Saturday (5th May) saw the ULU Snooker Championship,

second only to the embassy world championship, with £10 as first prize,

and £2,000,000 for a maximum 147. 21 contestants entered (2 LSE,

2RHC, 1 Guy's, 1 Charing Cross Hospital, 15 IC). The contest started at

11am, and yours truly was lucky enough to draw Geoffrey Donald

Stokes Keymer, the defending champion, in the first match of the day

(needless to say that I got hammered). Mr Keymer, in fact, had it easy for

most of the day until he got to the semi-final and met a very on-form

Dave Crossland. He scraped through 2-0, and at 11pm, the first frame of

the final started. Mr Keymer's opponent was Keith Underwood, from

Guy's Hospital, who had played steadily and well all day. Keymer,

feeling the title so close, played casually for the first two frames, and lost

both of them, Keith Underwood taking all the chances that were

presented to him. In the third frame, however, Geoff asserted himself,

and won 90-8. The fourth frame was nail-biting, eventually going to a

black ball shoot-out. Keymer succeeded in potting the black after

Underwood narrowly missed a long pot. And so everything depended

on the fifth and final frame, and once again Keymer asserted himself,

and won convincingly. So at 1.15am, Sunday morning, I handed Geoff

the first prize of £10, and he became the first student to successfully,

defend his title.

I would like to thank the following staunch members of IC Snooker

Club, who refereed matches and helped me get everything ready for the

contest: Mark Cherry, Martin Proudlove, Alex Cameron, Gareth Machin,

Steve Jeans, Geoff Keymer and John Healy.

Club Matters: There will be a joint

committee meeting on Wed 16th

May in the Union TV Lounge at

1pm. Any member of the club is

welcome, but may only speak at

the Chair's discretion (this is not a

general meeting). Among the

items on the agenda are the

discussion of the estimates of

expenditure for next year, and the

handing over of power to the new

committee.

Other Matters: As of last week, a

new system of booking the table

has been in action.

It gives all members a better

chance to book the hours they

want so after the exams, why not

come and have a nice relaxing

game of snooker? Next year, I

hope to field 3 teams to play

against other London Colleges. If

you would like to play in any one

of them, why don't you come up

and see me some time? Unlike

previous years, everyone will be

given a chance to play in a team if

they are good enough, not only a

selected few. I will elaborate on

this matter later.

Rastus Adolf Napoleon

God Ted Lowe Odinga Odinga

(Nearly President)

I . C . R ETAIN T R OPHY

T h e annual intercollegiate

sailing trophy, the castaways

cup, was held at the welsh

harp last Monday . IC entered

two teams, A lst team and an

A team, which were drawn in

separate leagues.

T h e 1 st t e a m eas i ly q u a l i f i e d

for the la ter r o u n d s , w i n n i n g

every m a t c h i n the i r l e a g u e .

M e a n w h i l e the A t e a m los t

u n f o r t u n a t e l y t o a u n i t e d

h o s p i t a l s t e a m , after t o o l o n g

in the bar at l u n c h t i m e , so they

finished r u n n e r s - u p i n the i r

l e a g u e .

T h i s m e a n t I C 1 st v I C A i n

one s em i final a n d U n i t e d

H o s p i t a l s v C h e l s e a C o l l e g e in

the other . O u r s em i f i na l w a s

s o m e t h i n g o f a n e e d l e m a t c h

w i t h I C l s t s e v e n t u a l l y

p r e v a i l i n g . U n i t e d H o s p i t a l s

w o n the o the r s emi f ina l .

T h e 1 sts t h e n p r o c e e d e d to

wa lk the final w i n n i n g 1,2,3 i n

b o t h r a c e s a n d t h u s w i n n i n g

the t r o p h y for the f o u r t h y ea r

i n s u c c e s s i o n .

I R o b s o n

1 si Team:- I Robson, P

W e ed on, X Till ell, fCAndr ews,

J Williams, D Culshaw.

A Team:- D Derby, G Til muss,

S Curwen, S Day, G Howes, J

Wilkin s.

Poor Results At National Championship

Four I C R P C s h o o t e r s jo ined the

UL team for the B U S F National

C h a m p i o n s h i p at H a m a n d

Petersham R C on Sat 5th May.

The condit ions were remarkably

difficult with rapidly chang ing

wind and light, occas iona l rain

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

refraction problems caused by

temperature variations. General ly

poor scores resulted.

Team of 8 (25 yards)

Scores are points dropped.

Max imum score in brackets.

1st London 56 off (2400)

2nd Exeter 84

3rd Ed inburgh 87

Quartet (50 and 100 yards, max

score 1600)

1st London 56 off

2nd Surrey 66

3rd Reading 68

Pairs (100 yards, max score 400)

Hatcher and Davies (UC) 11 off

B a r r i n g t o n ( Q M C ) C o u t t s

(Exeter) 11

Bel lr inger (Guys) and Jones (UC)

12Kolbe and Jo l leys (Phys PG) 17

Bloomf ie ld (Mech Eng 2) and

Itzcovitz (UC) 18

Individual (ex. 700)

2nd J o h n Bloomf ie ld 15 off

3rd Geoff Kolbe 15 off

(tie broken at 100 yards)

8th Andrew Jo l leys 23 off

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.ONDON rruDENT RAVEL

T h i s , (he s e c o n d , p r o s a i c , n o t - r e a l l y - a n - a d v e r t i s e m e n t to How

f r o m my p e n i s m u c h d e l a y e d b u t let's h o p e not t o o late. F i r s t the

i m p o r t a n t news . S o m e s u m m e r b r o c h u r e s have a r r i v ed a n d c a n

be c o n s u l t e d i n t h e L S T O f f i c e (that i s sti l l i n t h e U n i o n L o w e r

L o u n g e next to the p i n b a l l m a c h i n e s ) . S e c o n d , as I r e p o r t e d in

my last a r t i c l e we w e r e l o o k i n g for s o m e b o d y to sit on a

M a n a g e m e n t C o m m i t t e e . I ha v e b e e n i n c o r r e s p o n d e n c e w i th

a n e x - P r e s i d en t o f the A s s o c i a t i o n o f B r i t i s h T r a v e l A g e n t s a n d

a m m e e t i n g h i m t o d a y ( t h e d a y o f wr i t ing ) i n t h e h o p e t h a t he w i l l

be o f s o m e a s s i s t a n c e .

T h e s u m m e r b r o c h u r e s l ist

m o s t o f t h e j o u r n e y s ,

d e s t i n a t i o n s a n d h o l i d a y s

a v a i l a b l e f r o m L S T a n d they

c a n al l be b o o k e d at our

c a m p u s off ice. A l s o a v a i l a b l e

is T r a v e l I n s u r a n c e a n d the

I n t e r n a t i o n a l S t u d e n t Ident i t y

C a r d w h i c h is i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y

r e c o g n i s e d a s p r o o f o f

s tudent s ta tus a n d o c c a s i o n ­

al ly r e q u i r e d in o rde r to g a i n

c e r t a i n c o n c e s s i o n s a va i l ab l e

to s tuden ts .

T h e m u s e is not w i t h me, so

I sha l l k e e p th i s a r t i c l e short

( s i ghs o f rel ie f , a l l a r o u n d ) . I f

y o u have r e a l i s e d that y o u

have a lot o fy our grant left a n d

y o u wan t to go on h o l i d a y th i s

s u m m e r ca l l i n (when the

of f ice is o p e n , the r e are s ome

p o s t e r s a r o u n d a n d a n o t i c e

on the door ) a n d s e e w h a t y o u r

T r a v e l C o m p a n y h a s to offer.

Dracula Strikes Again

The 'National Blood Transfusion Service' will be visiting IC on

Tuesday and Wednesday 29th and 30th May. They need 320

contributions of blood (from 320 people) to make it worth their while so

I hope you will give them your full support. In exchange you will receive

a drink of some sort and some biscuits. Also you will have the

satisfaction of knowing that your blood is going to help someone who

needs it more.

To avoid 'bunching' and the consequent inefficiencies, there is, or

should be, a notice in the JCR where you can select your own particular

time slot (with apologies to Kinkie and the Celts) and assist with the

smooth running of the collection. Optimum is 8 people per quarter hour.

The actual donating takes place in the Union Concert Hall in the

Union building. If you are unable to commit yourself to a specific time

you can always turn up on the day and see if you can be squeezed in.

Thanks, John Whitehouse.

Chem PG int. 4162.

P.S. I have some background leaflets on blood groups and Rhesus

babies if anyone would like to see them.

G Since the last F E L I X article Guilds collected £100 at the R a g

M a g trip to Oxford and an unknown amount of money at the

R a g Fete which brings the Guilds R a g total to over £4300. Some

future Guilds events are:

Saturday 12th M a y - G u i l d s M o t or C l u b A u t o t e st. P l e a se d o not

pa rk in the m a i n car pa rk ( o u t s i d e S h e r f i e l d B u i l d i n g ) o n that

day.

Tuesday 15th M a y - H a n d O v e r U n i o n M e e t i n g , t o be h e l d

out s ide the A l b e r t M e m o r i a l at 1.00pm. T h e same e v e n i n g i s the

J o i n t G e n e r a l C o m m i t t e e M e e t i n g at 5.30/6.00pm. in the U n i o n

D i n i n g H a l l . O b s e r v e r s are w e l c o m e but see J o first.

Saturday 19th M a y - M y s t e r y T r i p to the S e a s i d e . T i c k e t s 25p

f r o m G u i l d s U n i o n O f f i c e i n a d v a n c e . M e e t at 9 .00am at the

U n i o n A r c h .

Hunk

MARANATHA •

Near ly they stood who fell;

Themselves as they look back

See always in the track

T h e one false step, where a l l

Even yet, by lightest swerve

O f foot not yet enslaved,

By smallest tremor of the smallest nerve,

M i g h t have been saved.

Near l y they fell who stand,

A n d wi th cold after fear

Look back to mark how near

They grazed the Sirens' l and ,

Wonde r ing that subtle fate,

By threads so spidery fine,

The choice of ways so smal l , the event so great,

Shou ld thus entwine.

Therefore oh, man , have fear

Lest oldest fears be true,

Lest thou too far pursue

T h e road that seems so clear,

A n d step, secure, a hair 's

Breadth past the hair -breadth bourne,

W h i c h , be ing once crossed forever unawares,

Denies return.

f r o m 'The P i l g r im ' s Regress' ,

C.S. Lewis

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R E V I E W S I

Spirits Having Flown - Bee Gees (RSO)

If the title of this record is any comment

upon the musica l content then I tend to agree,

there does not seem to be much 'spirit' in the

music.

There is a great temptation to slang any

new piece of music from the Bee Gees, if

oniy because of the s ickness affecting crit ics,

being that the approval of the music press

must be inversely proport ional to the group's

popularity with the record buying publ ic.

However in this case, I think that a lot of the

cr i t ic ism levelled at the G i b b Brothers is

deserved. 'Spirits Having F lown' is unoriginal ,

lacks variation and shows the brothers as

being totally uncreative. I believe that this

a lbum is a waste of talent, wh ich the G ibbs

surely have.

It seems that fol lowing the success of

'Saturday Night Fever' the Bee Gees 'rightly'

decided that there was more money to be

made from fol lowing that blue-print.

In general this a lbum can be very well

summed up by a phrase used for descr ib ing

one of El ton John ' s albums, by a non-

understanding mother 'But it all sounds the

same'. Having heard the singles you don't

need to listen to the LP. But perhaps this is an

unfair generalisation, there is a definate

variation in tempo, some songs are fast,

others slow. A lso there is one moderately

pleasing track, at the end of the entire album,

'Unti l ' , which is two minutes and twenty-five

seconds long, the vocals are harsher, not so

highly-pitched, disco-beat is absent (in fact it

is difficult to detect any beat at all) and p l eas ­

ant use is made of a string sect ion. Much of

this songs mediocre success though must be

due to its brevity.

Having been a mite vitriolic above, let's get

onto the good points. The Bee G e e s know

how to s ing, they hit every noteexactly, and if

you don't get very irritated by their insistence

on s inging falsetto, the harmonies stick

together very well. The majority of the songs

have a highly formularized structure,

consist ing of a short chord sequence

repeated cont inuous ly throughout the song,

with an adequate, if unimaginative, rhythm

laid down on the drums, not forgetting the

squeaky vocals; all excellent d isco material,

and very catchy tunes. There is one

outstanding sax solo, from Gary Brown

R E C O R D S (unfortunately only outstanding due to the

quality of the rest of the music, it would not

stand up against anything played by the

venerable Grover Washington Jnr or any

other saxophone master), which occurs

during 'stop, think again' .

It is hardly surpr is ing that no word sheet is

suppl ied with the a lbum, unless it was printed

with very large letters not much of the sheet

would be filled, and as for the lyrical content,

every song on the record is a love song, and

mostly of the type Boy-loves-gir l , g ir l-no-

longer-loves-boy . I am still trying to work out

what is meant by the lines:

I did not realise that it was possible to c l imb

love.

The main cr i t ic ism of 'Spirits ' is that it is

very similar to previous material that the Bee

Gees have produced, and that most tracks on

the a lbum are extremely alike. I also happen

to find their squeaky s ing ing decidedly

irksome.

This sort of music is eminently suitable for

pip ing into a cafe, as background music to

s lurping coffee.

Chris Watts

TENNIS O n Saturday the 1st V I had

their first out ing o l the year w i th

an away match against Wycombe

House. Be ing unable to secure

A C C Transport the team and an

A - Z trotted o i f t oOs t e r l y by tube.

O n a r r i v ing on the great West

R o a d we were told where to go by

a smart g ir l in a sports car and had

to ask someone else the way.

W e set off to groans from the

secretary who d id not want to

walk owing to a rough Fr iday

n i g h t . A s we w a l k e d , we

marvel led at the large planes in

the sky, and exc la imed 'isn't

nature wonderful ' . T h e n , wait for

it, concorde (chorus of trumpets).

Traff ic g round to a halt, a p ram

ran into a tree and O 'Boy l e fell

over (he too was not feeling his

best).

After such excitement the

whole was ready for any th ing and

we soon found W y c o m b e House

(credit to Sean who had the

book). O w i n g to the ra in we had

to look elsewhere for dry courts.

H a p p i l y Osterly is a mat ing

ground for tennis courts of a l l

bread and colour and we were

soon p lay ing on the local counci l

tarmac courts.

The match progressed to a

happy ending (like a l l stories

should) w i th only one short break

for ra in, I C w inn ing by 11 1/2 sets

to 6 1/2. Everyone played well at

times, though almost everyone

was afflicted wi th nerves, lack of

practice and the effects of the

previous night, especially Sean

who shal l r emain nameless.

A n excellent tea followed wi th

the team contr i v ing to finish

e v e r y l a s t m o r c e l . S e a n

threatened to spoon up the j a m

but we got a lucky reprieve.

In conclusion, it was an

excellent start to the season with

everyone enjoying the summer

spor t o f b o m b a r d i n g t h e i r

opponents as hard as they could.

Simon Middelboe

The Team: -

Adrian Clarke

David Cornwell

Simon Middleboe

Sean O'Boyle

Noori .Nounhargh

Dave Green

IC 1st XI v South Stanmore J C R I C K E T IC 2nd XI v Chelsea College 1st

The 1st XI finally found

opposition of their own standard.

South Stan">ore fielded an

unhealthy looking bunch of

Pensioners who might have been

more at home in a cardiac ward.

Topl is won the toss and

g e n e r o u s l y i n v i t e d S o u t h

Stanmore to bat. Early on the

wheelchairs got rusty in the rain

and even Stantiford was quick

enough in the field to produce a

run-out. After this Ellacott was

able to rip through their batting

with his s low left-arm leg-breaks.

He f inished with 6 wickets. Two of

these wickets fell to lucky sl ip

catches by Pitts whose nose is

s h a r p e r t h a n h is r e a c t i o n s .

Meanwhi le Chadband had lulled

the opposi t ion into a false sense

of security and p icked up a wicket

thanks to a magnif icent ful l -

length, one handed catch by

Mano Mylvalganan. There was

also another run-out and South

Stanmore dec lared at 60 for 9.

This declarat ion was anobv ious

mistake as Stantiford was out to

prove that he is the luckiest

batsman in col lege. A series of

dropped catches and edged shots

meant that he managed to reach a

fluky 43 runs in a first wicket stand

of 61 with Mylvalganan. The latter

c o m p l a i n e d b i t t e r l y t h a t

S t a n t i f o r d h a d ' f a r m e d the

b o w l i n g ' . F a r m i n g w a s an

appropriate term for Stantifords

innings.

The outcome of this afternoon

of fun and gaiety was, therefore, a

win for IC by ten wickets.

S p e a k i n g as an i m p a r t i a l

observer, I can only say the first

eleven had the luck of the gods

and obv iously needed to promote

key members of the 2nd XI.

South Stanmore: 60 for 9 dec

IC: 61 forO

Result : Narrow victory

Rock Minton

The Original Sports Journalist

P.S. Any resemblance to real fact

in this report is purely

coincidental.

Skipper Furnish started the day

off as he meant to go on - badly.

He arrived late but we would have

been better off if he had not come

at all. After demonstrating his

talents as ace tosser, he

misguidedly elected to bat. The

two opening batsmen offered an

interesting contrast in style.

Morton looked the classical

straight bat whilst Kenrick would

have been more at home in a hay

b a r n . S o m e h o w K e n r i c k

cultivated 34 runs in an impressive

looking opening stand of 69,

(soixante-neuf to you Hewkin).

Furnish then came to the

crease. The quickest thing he d id

all day was to leave again after an

edgy 5 runs. The day was saved by

John (I didn't miss out this time in

Oxford) Care. With his c lassy

forward defensive swipe over mid-

wicket managed 28 not out.

At this stage Furnish made a

huge blunder. He declared at 144

for 2 depriv ing IC of certain

victory, and, more importantly,

depriv ing the excellent Morton of

a certain century. Mor ton had to

settle for a meagre 73 not out.

The IC bowl ing was opened by

Dean and Wyatt. Their opening

attack had the penetration of a wet

r ice-pudding. The joke was

carried to a farce by introducing

Care to the fray. The three

bowlers bowled a mixture of full

tosses and long-hops and it was

no surpr ise when Che lsea raced

to 146 for 3 to win. Care blamed

the f ielding and saved some

specia l abuse for Morton who

missed a s tumping. It shou ld be

pointed out, however, that Morton

was so surpr ised by Care 's

straight ball (his rare speciality)

that the thought of a s tumping

was far from his mind.

A p a r t f r o m the a p p a l i n g

captaincy, the only other noteabie

feature of the game was the sub­

arctic condit ions. The teams were

continual ly on and off the pitch

and this obviously spoilt the IC

teams concentrat ion which may

account for the defeat.

IC : 144 for 2 declared (very

sporting)

Che lsea : 146 for 3

Result: Lucky win for Che lsea .

Rock Minton

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1 F O O T B A L L

IC IV 5 v 1 Goldsmiths III C a n Anyone Stop Rowley?

People say that games are won and lost i n midf ie ld , but

unless a team has a reliable goal-scorer, mid f ie ld control goes

to waste. However when a team possesses such a lethal

m a r k s m a n as James Rowley the norma l l y exhausting tasks in

a game become a pleasure.

Thus it was with great confidence that IC IV faced this top of the

tabic clash against league leaders Goldsmiths III. Even 'preacher of

doom' Bill CafTyn was forced to admit before the game that given the

right conditions we might actually win. When the rest ofthe team heard

that Bill had given the ok, confidence reached a peak.

So it was that the full strength IC team took the pitch against the

team that had beaten them 4-0 earlier in the season (to work up some

aggression Bill CafTyn told some jokes before the game).

James Rowley went close very early on when he stole between two

defenders only to be foiled by an excellent reflex save by the Goldsmiths

goalkeeper. Minutes later O'Kelly outsmarted the opposition's right

back and his cross (somehow) found John Shuttleworth (FELIX Editor

elect) who scored easily. Another O'Kelly pass was measured into

Rowleys path and he made no mistake when he rounded the keeper and

slotted the ball in.

The third goal came when a

Goldsmith's goal kick went

straight to Rowley who volleyed

the ball past the shocked goalie

from 30 yards. This goal typifies

the quick thinking and excellent

control which is such a large part

of Rowley's vital contribution to

the team.

Rowley finished his first half

hat-trick after some good work in

left midfield by recent acquisition

Glen Millar. From a corner

Goldsmiths snatched a late first

half goal that even the athletic

goalkeeper Witts [joint IC

footballer of the year) failed to

stop.

J u s t b e f o r e h a l f - t i m e

Shuttleworth (injured in a tackle)

was replaced by Nick Matthews

whose positive and decisive runs

were at the centre of many ofthe

second half attacks.

In the solid IC defense, Steve

Veats returning to his natural

position as centre half, was most

noticeably in control,particularly

in the air against a swilling w ind

and the Goldsmith's attack (in

that order).

Despite their near total control

and with the help of goal shy

O'Kel ly and Marten, IC added

only one goal in the second half

when a good combination of

Matthews and Rake put Rowley

through for his fourth.

So Imperial came out victors by

5-1, a scoreline which in no way

flattered them, in particular on

their first half performance.This

was the teams 8th win the last 10

games, scoring 47 goals in the'

process. James Rowley has now

scored 20 league goals in his

season's total of 39! A point of

interest is that player-manager

Okelly would not deny that Brian

Clough had been in touch about a

possible James Rowley - Trevor

Francis swap. He did however ask

to be quoted when he said. James

Rowley Is an IC I]' player. This

situation will continue until Ihe end oj

the season. After that we are open lo

offers.

Team:- Harry Wills. Rill Caffyn.

Xeil Morris. Sine Veats. Phil Lakin

leapt). Glen Millar. Steve Marten.

Keith Rake. Paddy O'Kelly (player-

manager). James Rowley. John

Shultlrworlh. sub: Xick Matthews.

IC IV 2 v 1 RHC III F o u r t h s out-wit t H o l l o w a y

With a masterful display of goalkeeping agility, Barry Witts

played perhaps his best game of the season to help IC IV to

victory by 2-1 against R H C III. T h e co-holder ofthe Manhe i m

trophy was called upon onmany occasions tomake brave saves

from the onrushing R H C forwards, and he was not found

wanting!

T h e day s tar ted w i t h the u s u a l h a g g l i n g over players in t h e

U n i o n l o u n g e . E x p e r i e n c e d m a n a g e r O ' K e l l y t h o u g h t

a f t e rwards that h i s m o s t ma jo r c o n t r i b u t i o n to the game was i n

fact to field 11 p l aye r s , t h o u g h th i s c o u l d not have b e e n done

w i t h o u t c o - o p e r a t i o n f r o m I C 1 c a p t a i n K e v i n R e e v e . T h a n k s

K e v !

B e f o r e the game , g o a l k e e p e r W i t t s p r o d u c e d a glorified mug

( w h i c h he c l a i m e d w a s the Manhe im trophy) a n d a n i n s t a m a t i c

s o w e posed for p h o t o g r a p h s a n d w h e n we finally d e c i d e d what

c o l o u r we w a n t e d to p lay i n , the g a m e got u n d e r way.

P l a y i n g a g a i n s t a s t r o n g w i n d , I C w e r e u n l u c k y no t to t a k e a n

ear ly l e a d w h e n O ' K e l l y hit the bar with a s p e c u l a t i v e a t t emp t

a n d H a n k e hit t he pos t f r o m the r e b o u n d . T h e g o a l tha t I C

w a n t e d c a m e m id -way through the first half when H a n k e

c o l l e c t e d the ba l l a n d r a c e d past the H o l l o w a y d e f e n c e str ik ing

the ba l l f i rmly i n t o the c o r n e r o f the net.

T h e n there was a sudden sharp

change in the weather causing

painful sheets of sleet to be dr iven

toward the I C goa lmouth. Th is

p r o d u c e d a l m o s t c o n s t a n t

pressure on the I C defence for the

rest of the ha l f since the I C

forwards found it difficult to run

into the sleet wi thout closing their

eyes (though some wou ld c la im

that the 'les yeux fermes'

technique is an essential feature of

their play anyway! )

H a v i n g survived the first hal f

w i th a 1-0 lead, I C were

desappointed to find that the

w i n d had died down so that

Ho l l oway were not faced wi th any

meteorological problems in the

second half. However in the first

20 minutes of this half. IC played

their best football and after

Hanke . M i l l a r . O ' K e l l y and

Row ley had al l gone close. K e i t h

R a k e made no mistake from a

through bal l by Rowley and IC

went into a 2-0 lead. Deservedly

H o l l o w a y b e g a n to fight

b a c k (not a l w a y s fairly) a n d

they s c o r e d a w e l l - t a k e n g o a l

w i t h a b o u t ten m i n u t e s left to

p lay . H o w e v e r they neve r

l o o k e d l i k e l y t o e q u a l i s e a n d

i n d e e d it w a s fitting that

I m p e r i a l w e r e o n the a t t ack

w h e n the final w h i s t l e w a s

b l o w n .

S o yet a n o t h e r w i n for I C IV ,

w h i c h m a k e s n i n e w i n s i n the

last e l e v en g a m e s , b r i n g i n g

t h e m even c l o s e r to the t o p o f

the t ab l e a n d a p o s s i b l e

l e a g u e t i t le.

Team:- Barry Wills, Neil

M orri s, Bill Caffyn, St ev e Veals,

Phil Lakin (capl). Glen Millar,

James R owl ey, K eilh Rake,

Paddy O'Kelly, Tom Hanke,

,\'i ck Mall h ews.

Balliol College, Oxford 180 for 6 declared

For a match due to begin at 2.15, 2.00 arrived and found only 9 IC

players at Balliol and Just 1 member of the Oxford team. The four latest

arrivals from IC therefore wisely elected to sample the local

Brakes pears and less local Wadworths. At 2.30 all of both teams were

present, Maqulre and Salter having caught a stopping train from

Paddington.

IC won the toss and having barely examined the wicket but closely

examined the batting line-up, Balliol were asked to bat.

Salter was conned into acting as wicket keeper for the day and spent

half the afternoon re-enacting a stumping once performed when he was

16; unfortunately whilst the batsman's feet were firmly in the crease.

Despite the odd extraneous appeal from the slips it wasn't until the

Oxford College were 98 without loss that a half-hearted question from

Bunten received a dubious Ibw decision to remove one of the openers.

Balliol now pressed on more quickly, and IC did well, with a bowling

attack mainly from Care and Wyatt, who took 2 wickets each, and sharp

outfielding to contain the opposition to 180 for 6 when the declaration

came.

Imperial College 2nd XI 60 for 7 Match Drawn.

IC had 55 minutes plus 20 overs to reach the target, and never really

had a chance to chase the total, losing opener Smith, unluckily to

another dubious decision, in the 3rd over. Uncharacteristically Furnish

had scored 9 when the IC total was on 9, but then managed to avoid a

straight ball on middle stump, so that he could do some umpiring. More

IC wickets fell quickly, but some solid batting from Bunten and Wyatt,

and later Maguire, saw IC through to the close.

In the bar we congratulated ourselves on allowing 2 opposition

players to score 50, and another to take 5 wickets, as this gave them the

privilege of each buying a jug of their excellent Hook Norton brew.

We finally left by British Rail and car between 9.00 and 10.30, when

Care, Wyatt and Bunten proved how hard they had played by failing to

raise enough energy to push start the captain's car, so that he was

forced to use the subtle method of cleaning the spark plugs.

Team: M Furnish, P Smith, J Care, Ft Clothier, A Bunten, D Salter, E

Manors, T Wyatt, P Maguire, D Fenton, D Heath(!)

NEWS IN BRIEF IC Radio In London Marathon Programme

E l e v e n members of I C Rad i o

he lped Rad i o L o n d o n set a new

wor ld record for the longest

cont inuous radio programme

l a s t weekend, and found the

exper ience immensely en joy­

ab le .

The programme was broad­

cas t on Rad i o L o n d o n and

Rad i o Medway from 6.00am on

Sunday un t i l 6.30am on T u e s ­

day. It was a l s o t ransmit ted

by IC R a d i o from 1.00 to 8.00

am on both n igh ts , and IC R a d i o

staf f were proud to hear their

s ta t i on ident i f i e r inc luded in

the broadcast every 15 minutes

throughout the n ight .

The I C Rad i o vo lunteers

prov ided main ly " h a n d s o f f "

product ion back-up in seve ra l

shi f ts throughout the programme.

IC R a d i o Stat ion Manager John

A l l e n put in a tota l of 30 hours

i n c l u d i n g both n igh ts , p rov id ing

a s s i s t a n c e to R a d i o L o n d o n ' s

producer D a v i d Car te r . Other

students answered te lephones ,

manned recept ion and showed

par t i es of v i s i t o r s around the

s ta t i on .

The programme has as i t s

a im the r a i s i n g of money i n an

appea l for the Year of the

C h i l d . O v e r £10,000was p ledged

dur ing the programme. The

money w i l l go into a fund ad­

min is t e red by , the Marylebone

Rotary C l u b to be d i s t r ibu ted

among ch i l d r en ' s c h a r i t i e s .

Throughout the broadcast

l i s t ene rs phoned in and p l edged

money in exchange for ded i ca -

t i ons , reguests and g i f ts . A

number of items were auc t i oned

i n c l u d i n g a s igned c r i c k e t bat

wh i ch ra i s ed £150.

Severa l show b u s i n e s s guests

took part i n c l ud i ng D i c k i e

Henderson, Tony B l a c k b u r n ,

Simon B a t e s , and Lo r ra ine

C h a s e , who he lped by donat ing

money or g i f ts . Ac to r R i c h a r d

Br i e rs of the " G o o d L i f e "

donated his t rousers .

Much of the programme was

chat , records were p l a yed , and

mus i c i ans performed l i v e on the

a i r .

Many of those invo l ved work­

ed hard for hours at a t ime. John

A l l e n s a i d afterwards that he

was very happy w i th the way it

had gone. I C Rad i o staf f h a d

gained useful exper i ence .

Fees Rise Protest

The E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s C o m ­

mittee is c a l l i n g for a lobby o f

the C o l l e g e Governors f o l l ow ing

the recent ly announced r i se in

tu i t ion fees.

They want the Co l l e g e to

stop charg ing overseas students

more than home students and to

set up a hardsh ip fund for

students who cannot meet the

new fees.

The Governors ' F i n a n c e and

E x e c u t i v e Commit tees are meet­

ing on 25th May and tu i t ion fees

i s on their agenda. The lobby

w i l l b e outs ide 170 Queens Gate

from 10.30am. The E x t e r n a l

A f f a i r s Committee w i l l a l s o pre­

sent the Governors w i th a

pe t i t i on s i gned by students

b a c k i n g their demands.

T h i s ac t i on fo l lows a month

l ong campaign aga ins t fee i n ­

c r eases l a s t term.

Colour Lunchbreak

S T O I C (Student T e l e v i s i o n

of Imper ia l Co l l ege ) broadcast

their f i rs t major t e l e v i s i o n pro­

gramme in co l our yes terday .

The product ion was their regular

lunchbreak programme.

T h i s has been made p o s s i b l e

f o l l ow ing the purchase by the

Co l l e ge T V Studio of a co l our

camera and ed i t ing equipment

wh i ch i s a va i l ab l e to S T O I C .

Co l ou r can now be r ece i v ed in

Southside but not in the J C R .

Future Housing Considered

A new Co l l e g e committee

for the development of student

accommodat ion i s to be formed.

Its br ie f w i l l inc lude cons ide r ­

a t i on of the se t t ing up of head

tenancy arrangements and hous ­

i ng a s s o c i a t i o n s .

The proposa l came from the

C o l l e g e ' s Student Re s i d ence

Commit tee . The Un i on has

recent ly been p r e s s i n g for head

tenancy schemes.

New Houses

Conve rs i on work on the new

student hous ing at 9 P r i n c e s

Gardens is on target and f ive

f lats w i l l be ready in October ,

U n i o n P r e s i d e n t Mary A t t en ­

borough told T u e s d a y ' s U n i o n

meet ing .

Most of the f l a ts can accom­

modate four students and a p p l i ­

ca t ions w i l l be dea l t w i th by the

C o l l e g e Res idence o f f i ce .

The recent ly acqu i r ed student

house at 53 E v e l y n Gardens w i l l

a l s o be ready in October and

w i l l house about 20 s tudents .

Furniture Go Ahead

C o l l e g e has agreed to furn ish

the new L i n s t e a d H a l l ex ten­

s i o n to the same standard as

e x i s t i n g L i n s t e a d H a l l rooms.

The a l l o c a t i o n of £35,000

from the U n i v e r s i t y Grants

Committee was found to be i n ­

adequate to furnish the new h a l l

of r es idence even us ing the

cheapes t furniture. The Rec t o r

has now sa id that Co l l e g e w i l l

f ind extra money.

Postgraduate Elections

I C ' s postgraduate students

are to e l e c t next y ea r ' s P o s t ­

graduate A f fa i rs O f f i ce r on

Thursday 31st May. T h e i r

A n n u a l Genera l Meet ing , wh i ch

w i l l be at 1.00pm in the U n i o n

Senior Common Room, w i l l a l s o

e l e c t the Pos tgraduate Group

Commit tee . Pape r s for these

posts w i l l be pos ted in the

U n i o n L o w e r L o u n g e .

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