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6th FEBRUARY, 1973 NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION " E E ! N o . 327 TAKE A LUTE TO THE DES "TAKE A LETTER TO THE DES" was quashed at Thursday's Union Meeting as the primary motivation and slogan for tomorrow's demonstration to the Department of Educa- tion and Science (DES) on South Bank organ- ised by the I C U Grants Action Committee. A motion submitted by Piers Corbyn stating ICU's belief that letters sent to MPs or the DES should be on an unofficial and individual basis was carried, leav- ing the secondary slogan "Demand a living grant" as the main line of the demonstration. Letters will, however, be handed in to the DES. The demonstration will assemble on the Mechan- ical Engineering concourse at 1.15 p.m. on Wednes- day 7th (tomorrow) and march to South Kensing- ton underground station, where participants will board a train for Black- friars. The march proper will take place from Blackfriars station to the DES building. John Lane, fCU President, explained to "FELIX" that the march had to take this somewhat unusual route because of the limitations on marches within a mile of Westminster: the D E S falls into this zonal re- striction. John Lane is expecting a large measure of sup- port from IC students, and hopes that hundreds of you will turn out. The demonstration is exclusive to Imperial College Thames Polytechnic had a similar one last week sup- ported by 200 students. The first national demon- stration will be on Febru- ary 21st, when the NUS is organising seven regional demonstrations, one of which will be in London. This will be followed by a "National Day of Action" on March 14th, essentially a further series of demon- strations. FRIDAY, 23rd - SUNDAY, 25th FEBRUARY SKI-ING WEEKEND to Le Monte Dore (Auvergne region of France) Bargain £23 Price includes jk Return Jet Travel, LutonClermont F. (outward Luton 2200 Friday return Luton 2400 Sunday) j|c Transfer from airport to hotel and v.v. 3^c 2 nights' accommodation with breakfast only in twin- bedded rooms jfc 1 day's skiing lessons with equipment Hosts Student Travel Service Ltd. 161 Great Portland Street, W1N 6NN Telephone 01-580 7733 5 PER CENT OF IC GRADUATES STILL UNEMPLOYED 5% of IC students who graduated last summer were still unemployed by mid-December, according to the Annual Report for 1971-2. More students than ever are now going into accountancy, banking, actuarial work and the Stock Exchange: between 1965 and 1971 the percentage of students with first degrees going into "legal, commerce and others" categories of employment rose from 3.1 to 13.9. The other main finding of the report is a drop in applications for undergraduate courses of 12.1% and a drop in anticipated admissions of nearly 8%. The intake in 1971 was only 877, and the total number of students rose by only 0.6% to 3,920, made up of 2,472 (63%) undergraduates and 1,448 (37%) postgraduates. This year's estimated student total of 4,048 would indi- cate a rise of only 0.33% over last year. Financially, IC succeeded in making a surplus of £114,000 over expenditure of £10,430,000 last year, which will be carried forward into the new quinquen- nium. The insured value of the buildings in IC comes to £50.5 millions — with furniture and fittings, £66m. MISSING IMPERIAL COLLEGE O F S C I E N C E A N D TECHNOLOGY London SW7. Telephone: 01-589 5111. Telex: 261503 (1) From Mineral Technology, Royal School of Mines, an Adler 800 Calculator, serial No. 553042. (2) From Electrical Engineering Department, a small battery operated Electronic Calculator (pocket type) Hewlett Packard make serial No. 1143- A51365. .Should either of these items have been borrowed for any purpose would the persons responsible please return them to the appropriate Departmen- tal Superintendent or the College Security Officer. DING-A-LING SOUNDS I've just come back from one of the most enjoyable concerts I've been to for some time. Full of good old rock and roll, which you can't get fed up with no matter how many times you've heard it before. The Rocking Devils did a fine job of warming up the audience, turning out such vintage numbers as "Lets Go Do the Hop", "Little Darling", "Teenager in Love", "Runaround Sue" and "Howa Nagila", the latter being played at the back of his neck. They simu- lated the part well, even to the greased back hair and playing the guitar while kneeling on the ground. Hav- ing been on the pub and club circuit before, they were quite overcome by the hot reception they deservedly received, and continued long after they were due to finish with more numbers from Bill Haley, Elvis Pres- ley, and Eddie Cochrane. One thing they could have done would have been to move closer together, as the stage looked ridiculously empty. After the interval Chuck Berry's band, consisting of Mick Clarke (guitar), George Ford (bass) and Dennis Elliot (drums) turned in a very short set before they were joined by the man himself. At his entrance every- one on the floor rose to their feet, presumably because the people at the front wouldn't sit down, and they wanted to see too. His set was quite predictable with all the old classics "Roll Over Beethoven", "School Days", "Sweet Little Sixteen", "Carol", and "Memphis" which he did with all his usual fire, playing his guitar from his waist, his hip, horizontal, vertical and every other conceivable position while he hopped and jumped across the stage. "Reeling and Rocking", his new single, has, T hear, been sent to Mary Whitehouse with the hope she gets it banned and it emulates the same success as the song they followed it with — "My Ding-A-Ling". This was radically different from the recording at Lanchester, and even funnier. They finished with "Johhny B Goode", and Chuck was off the stage and in his car ready to leave while his band finished the song off, the first concert I've been to without hearing an encore. G. J. Kes. BLOOD DONORS SAVE LIVES Collecting Sessions are held of regular intervals. Please contact The Students Union for information. Your Help Is Urgently Needed - ENROL TODAY

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6th FEBRUARY, 1973

NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION

" E E ! N o . 327

TAKE

A LUTE

TO THE DES " T A K E A L E T T E R T O T H E D E S " was

quashed at Thursday's Union Meeting as the

primary motivation and slogan for tomorrow's

demonstration to the Department of Educa­

tion and Science (DES) on South Bank organ­

ised by the I C U Grants Action Committee.

A mot ion submitted by Piers C o r b y n stating I C U ' s

belief that letters sent to M P s or the D E S should be

on an unofficial and indiv idual basis was carr ied, leav­

ing the secondary slogan

" D e m a n d a l iv ing grant"

as the ma in line of the

demonstration. L e t t e r s

w i l l , however, be handed

in to the D E S .

The demonstrat ion w i l l

assemble on the Mechan­

ica l Engineering concourse

at 1.15 p.m. on Wednes­

day 7th (tomorrow) and

march to South Kensing­

ton underground station,

where participants wi l l

board a train for B lack -

friars. The march proper

w i l l take place f rom

Blackfr iars station to the

D E S bui ld ing. John Lane ,

f C U President, explained

to " F E L I X " that the

march had to take this

somewhat unusual route

because of the l imitat ions

on marches within a mile

of Westminster: the D E S

falls into this zonal re­

striction.

John Lane is expecting

a large measure of sup­

port f rom IC students, and

hopes that hundreds of

you w i l l turn out. The

demonstration is exclusive

to Imperial Col lege —

Thames Polytechnic had a

s imi lar one last week sup­

ported by 200 students.

The first nat ional demon­

stration w i l l be on Febru­

ary 21st, when the N U S is

organising seven regional

demonstrations, one of

which w i l l be in London .

Th is w i l l be fol lowed by a

"Na t i ona l D a y of A c t i o n "

on M a r c h 14th, essentially

a further series of demon­

strations.

FRIDAY, 23rd - SUNDAY, 25th FEBRUARY

S K I - I N G W E E K E N D to Le Monte Dore

(Auvergne region of France)

B a r g a i n — £23 Price includes

jk Return Jet Travel, Luton—Clermont F.

(outward Luton 2200 Friday

return Luton 2400 Sunday)

j|c Transfer from airport to hotel and v.v.

3̂c 2 nights' accommodation with breakfast only in twin-

bedded rooms

jfc 1 day's skiing lessons with equipment

Hosts Student T r a v e l

Service L t d . 161 Great Port land Street, W 1 N 6 N N

Te lephone 0 1 - 5 8 0 7 7 3 3

5 PER CENT OF

IC GRADUATES

STILL

U N E M P L O Y E D 5 % of I C students who graduated last summer were

st i l l unemployed by mid-December, according to the

A n n u a l Report for 1971-2. M o r e students than ever

are now going into accountancy, banking, actuar ia l

work and the Stock Exchange: between 1965 and 1971

the percentage of students wi th first degrees going into

" legal , commerce and others" categories of employment

rose f rom 3.1 to 13.9.

The other ma in finding of the report is a drop in

applications for undergraduate courses of 12 .1% and

a drop in anticipated admissions of nearly 8 % . The

intake in 1971 was only 877, and the total number of

students rose by only 0 .6% to 3,920, made up of 2,472

(63%) undergraduates and 1,448 (37%) postgraduates.

Th is year's estimated student total of 4,048 would ind i ­

cate a rise of only 0 .33% over last year.

F inanc ia l l y , I C succeeded in mak ing a surplus of

£114,000 over expenditure of £10,430,000 last year,

which w i l l be carried forward into the new quinquen­

n ium. The insured value of the bui ldings i n I C comes to

£50.5 mi l l ions — wi th furniture and fittings, £66m.

MISSING I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E O F S C I E N C E A N D

T E C H N O L O G Y

L o n d o n SW7 . Telephone: 01-589 5111. Te lex : 261503

(1) F r o m M i n e r a l Technology, R o y a l School of M ines ,

an Ad l e r 800 Ca lcu la tor , serial N o . 553042.

(2) F r o m Elec t r i ca l Engineer ing Department, a smal l

battery operated Electronic Ca lcu la to r (pocket

type) Hewlet t Packard make serial N o . 1143-

A51365.

.Should either of these items have been borrowed

for any purpose wou ld the persons responsible

please return them to the appropriate Departmen­

ta l Superintendent or the Col lege Security Officer.

DING-A-LING

SOUNDS I've just come back from one of the most enjoyable

concerts I've been to for some time. F u l l of good o ld

rock and ro l l , which you can't get fed up with no

matter how many times you've heard it before.

The R o c k i n g Devils d id a fine job of warming up

the audience, turning out such vintage numbers as

"Le t s G o D o the H o p " , " L i t t l e D a r l i n g " , "Teenager in

Love " , " R u n a r o u n d Sue " and " H o w a N a g i l a " , the

latter being played at the back of his neck. They s imu­

lated the part wel l , even to the greased back hair and

playing the guitar while kneeling on the ground. Hav­

ing been on the pub and c lub c ircui t before, they were

quite overcome by the hot reception they deservedly

received, and continued long after they were due to

finish with more numbers from B i l l Haley, E lv is Pres­

ley, and Edd i e Cochrane. One thing they could have

done wou ld have been to move closer together, as the

stage looked r id iculously empty.

A f ter the interval C h u c k Berry 's band, consisting of

M i c k C l a r k e (guitar), George F o r d (bass) and Dennis

E l l i o t (drums) turned in a very short set before they

were joined by the man himself. A t his entrance every­

one on the floor rose to their feet, presumably because

the people at the front wouldn' t sit down, and they

wanted to see too.

H i s set was quite predictable with a l l the old classics

" R o l l Over Beethoven", "Schoo l D a y s " , "Sweet L i t t le

S ixteen" , " C a r o l " , and " M e m p h i s " which he d id with

a l l his usual fire, p lay ing his guitar f rom his waist, his

hip, hor izonta l , vert ical and every other conceivable

posit ion whi le he hopped and jumped across the stage.

"Re e l i n g and R o c k i n g " , his new single, has, T hear,

been sent to M a r y Whitehouse with the hope she gets it

banned and it emulates the same success as the song

they fol lowed it w i th — " M y D i n g - A - L i n g " . Th i s was

radical ly different f rom the recording at Lanchester,

and even funnier. They finished with " J o h h n y B

Goode " , and C h u c k was off the stage and in his car

ready to leave whi le his band finished the song off, —

the first concert I've been to without hearing an encore.

G . J . Kes .

B L O O D D O N O R S S A V E

L I V E S

Col lec t ing Sessions are held

of regular intervals.

Please contact The Students

Un ion for in format ion.

Y o u r Help Is Urgently

Needed - ENROL TODAY

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Page 2 F E L I X February 6th, 1973

Letters Partisan ? Sir,

Letters in FELIX attacking

cleaners as being "lazy" and

"unnecessary" must be

wholeheartedly condemned

as being on the same level

as those calling students

"long-haired layabouts, who

have never done a day's

work in their lives". An im­

portant question is raised

here for, as we are entering

this enormous campaign for

grant increases, should let­

ters and articles attacking

cleaners or any other section

of workers in the college be

published? In the Grants

Campaign we are going to

need the support of every

group of workers or profes­

sional people we can get, to

ensure the defeat and re­

moval from office of this gov­

ernment. When you go in for

a battle, for that is what the

Grants Campaign is, one does

not want to alienate one's

friends and support one's

enemies. The whole of soci­

ety is being polarised; today

you must either be on one

side or the other. On the

side of students, hospital

workers, pensioners and civil

servants fighting to stop liv­

ing standards being cut—or

on the side of big business,

property speculators and the

Tories, fighting to maintain

their rate of profit.

A successful Grants Cam­

paign must be seen as a part

of the entire class struggle.

Plans must be made and for­

ces mobilised to demonstrate

that we are not prepared to

lie down and be trampled

over: we must fight back.

"Felix" should be part of

this fight for it is a student

newspaper. It should be a

paper that discusses all the

issues involved in the de­

fence of students' rights —

not one that sets out to be

non-partisan.

Yours, etc.,

PETE GILLETT.

(Note—this letter has

been adapted slightly to en­

sure grammatical correctness

and continuity).

E d i t o r ' s N o t e : It would

be sheer hypocrisy to sup­

press free speech in a student

newspaper, which is exactly

what Mr. Gillett is suggest­

ing! Felix will continue to

attempt to show all sides of

the argument wherever pos­

sible.

More UGMs Comrade Editor,

I am continually shocked,

surprised, disappointed and

bored to tears by reading

such inchoate bourgeois poli­

tical sub-thinking as por­

trayed in the letter from

Charles Ftussden.

The habit of rambling on

about democracy in student

affairs is repugnant to all

members of the Union with

a trace of dialectics in their

souls.

As I understand the sys­

tem, in order to ensure that

union meetings are represent­

ative, a random numeral,

chosen between the greatest

and least number of students

likely to attend a Union

meeting, is called a quorum

and shouted out at inoppor­

tune moments by Bill (I hate

myself for doing this, but

. , ..) Gerrard.

I find it very difficult to

believe that we really need

less than one Union meeting

every week—be they general

or Extraordinary general—to

decide on the best tactics

in the continual struggle

against Capitalism, but for­

tunately one section of the

revolutionary vanguard of the

student proletariat (i.e., the

Exec.) is not afraid of ignor­

ing the irrelevant whinings

of the average "moderate"

apolitical twits and take

votes on contentious mo­

tions in order to defeat Tory

attacks.

In closing there is one

question about democracy

to which I would be grateful

for an answer from Mr.

Russden: Why should anyone

who isn't a political activist

be allowed a vote at Union

meetings?

Yours fraternally,

ALASDHAIR ULYANOV

(No relation).

Left-wing

thinking Sir,

At last the final solution

has been found!

It is well-known that there

currently exists a global glut

of unemployed graduates;

the taxpayer must pay these

people not only whilst they

study, but also when they

find their expensive educa­

tion unwanted. The result is

a total waste of both public

money and these young

people's time.

Now if the state were to

stop giving grants to students

altogether, fewer would

attend universities, of course.

Thus, the surplus-graduate

problem would be solved

most neatly, as would the

student-nuisance problem,

since most would be too busy

earning and studying to play

at revolution. Most import­

ant of all, more than £f00

million of public money

would be saved each year,

and could be used for such

worthy causes as the aboli­

tion of supertax and death

duties.

Yours faithfully,

J. PELLY-FRY.

Volunteers! Sir,

The Wandsworth Housing

Aid Centre is a voluntary

organisation which provides

housing aid and advice to

families and single people.

It is run by a committee of

members and is staffed dur­

ing the day by one (soon to

be two) full-time paid Co­

ordinator. We receive most

of our financial support from

Shelter and our services are

free.

The main work of the

volunteer members is to give

preliminary interviews to

people who make appoint­

ments by 'phoning or calling

in during the day. The inter­

views take place between

7.00 and 9.00 Monday to

Friday. We also have a

meeting once a month. We

desperately need more mem­

ber/interviewers who can

spare about two evenings

per month. No-one is expect­

ed to interview alone until

they have sat in with an

experienced interviewer for

a while. Once the interviewer

has taken all the details and

given any advice he can, the

case is taken up by the full-

time Coordinator.

I should be very grateful

if you could mention our

need for more volunteers in

your newspaper so that any

of your students (or staff)

who live in the Wandsworth

area and who are interested

will get in touch with us. The

people to get in touch with

for more information, date of

next meeting, etc. are—Dave

Ferris (Coordinator) Wands­

worth Housing Aid Centre

daytime only 870 2679

Jackie Edwards evenings

and weekends 223 2016 Ann Fowler, Tricia Ross

evenings and weekends 870 3259

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

JENNIFER BEARDWOOD.

Case

History Sir,

As you have asked for

letters concerning the grants

campaign, I thought I would

write and tell you what my

particular story is, with re­

gards to grants.

1. Early in 72, I applied as

normal for an LEA grant, and

was awarded £360 pa for 3

years, £120 pa being de­

ducted because of parental

income.

2. At Christmas, I got

married to a girl who had a

4 months old baby. She did

not have a job then, arTd does

not have one now.

3. Twice, on 'phoning my

LEA, I was told that my grant

could not be changed for the

whole of the 3 years, eitTier

by virtue of my married

status or because of the de­

pendent child.

4. We moved into a base­

ment flat in Hammersmith,

and are paying £5 plus per

week rent, where my wife

does domestic cleaning for

the landlady.

5. My situation can now

be summarised. For an in­

come of £360 a year, or £12

a week during term time,

with nothing during vacation,

I have to support myself, my

wife, my child including all

food, clothing, travel expen­

ses and books.

If Mr. Norman St. John

Stevas can think of how we

are to live, I hope he will

please tell me.

BILL WOOD, EEI.

(Thank you Felix).

Asms Sir,

A token stoppage by some

hundreds of members of the

Imperial College Branch of

ASTMS took place last 'Tues­

day afternoon. There is a

Branch Meeting this Tues­

day, February 6th, and it is

likely that the same event

will occur. Thereafter it is

likely to become more seri­

ous and I have no doubt that

we will come to the President

of IC Union to invoke the

agreement made between

the College based Unions

(including I.C. Union) during

the presidency of John Mc-

Cullough.

The situation is complex,

but simply it is as folows.

In 1969 ASTMS was chal­

lenged to co-operate on an

equal basis with the govern­

mental Manpower Service

Unit and the Universities to

provide the correct salaries

and correct gradings for

University Technical Staff.

This challenge we accepted

and have been heavily in­

volved in detailed and con­

structive work. As time has

progressed national and local

agreements have evolved to

which ASTMS and the Uni­

versities have put their sig­

natures, binding in honour

only. Elsewhere up and down

the country the administra­

tion of Universities have

broken such agreements

made. It now appears to be

the turn of Imperial College

administration.

Having demolished every

single argument that the Col­

lege administration have

brought forward, we find that

the College is breaking two

agreements because it is

their decision to do so.

There are other matters

that also concern us. A

group of dedicated and pro­

vocative non-trade unionists,

who demand as a right every

concession that their trade

union colleagues win from

the College locally and from

the Universities nationally,

have been given the most

favoured treatment. This, in­

cluding a special meeting

with the Rector. It may not

be widely known but it is

College policy to deny the

ASTMS any representational

rights as a body on any Col­

lege Committee except one.

WE sit on that one because

we threatened many years

ago some drastic action. It

may not also be widely

known that the present Rec­

tor has ruled that he will not

see representatives of

ASTMS and IC Union jointly

on any matter.

With the conscious

breaking of agreements by

the College and in this kind

of atmosphere, who can

blame our members for dem­

onstrating their disgust.

Yours sincerely,

H. FAIRBROTHER,

Secretary.

Thank you,

Son/a/ Sir,

I refer to the letter from

Sonia Hochfelder in last

week's "Felix". Rather an

interesting point of view is

put forward as regards the

exploitation of the students

by the bourgeoisie. This

class is responsible for cal­

culating the future increased

value of us students as a re­

sult of our education. Does

Sonia realise that by her let­

ter she might have provoked

some bourgeoisie exploiter

somewhere to thinking that

perhaps pure research in

science is rather unprofit­

able?

Just think of all those

intellectuals, who do little

teaching, turning out very

little profit for the bour­

geoisie — and being well

paid for it. What does she

feel like to be a potential

destroyer of one of the sec­

tions of our life untainted by

the profit motive?

I feel the bourgeoisie

should be very grateful to

Sonia for pointing out such

an efficient system for mak­

ing the most from education.

One wonders why they do

not take immediate action.

Yours sincerely,

CHRIS STEVENS.

Boring Sir,

A glance at a substantial

part of your Letters Page last

week prompted me to ask

the following question.

If I were to translate a

few pages from a particular­

ly boring book, such as the

Patagonian edition of "Mein

Kampf", and sandwich the

resulting tract between the

word "Sir" and my signa­

ture, would you print it (with

perhaps a neat heading such

as "Fascist Contracep­

tions")?

Yours quizzically,

ADOLF VON WEASEL-

GROPE,

President, C.8G. Y.N.S.S.S.

Responsi­

bility Sir,

The responsible Union.

One year a levy on Hall

fees for a new Hall of Resi­

dence was decided upon. The

following year there was an

attempt to cancel it.

One week there was a

decision to get students as a

body of Union members to

write letters to the Under-

Secretary of State at the

DES. The following week this

was cancelled.

The responsible union. '

Yes, I know, it isn't neces­

sarily "the Union Exec"

which does this. It is a num­

ber of those people who try

to guide Union policy with

their shortsighted, narrow

and sometimes ignorant mo­

tions, resolutions and de­

mands.

People who want to be

taken seriously should be­

have in a serious fashion.

Yours faithfully,

DORI SCHMETTERLING.

TIME FOR ACTION! A t long last after 3 U G M s the U n i o n is now going

to D O something about getting higher grants i n ­

stead of s imply mak ing demands w i th nothing to back

them up.

The demonstrat ion next Wednesday to the D E S and

the refectory boycotts to be launched br ing us right

into the thick of the fight for higher grants. W i t h 42

colleges on rent-strike and many more running refec­

tory boycotts wi th the excellent demonstrat ion of 500

students f r om Thames Polytechnic to the D E S last

Wednesday and that of 1,000 i n Southampton the

previous week, there is every sign that this grants cam­

paign is going to be the biggest success students have

ever had.

O U R C A S E

The justice of the c l a im is beyond doubt. N o t only

has our standard of l i v ing been slashed, not only is

there gross d iscr iminat ion against marr ied women and

students i n the F E colleges, but i n fact the last rise

i n 1971 was a C O N . O u r parents are paying most of

it i n increased contributions — many of them either

cannot or w i l l not pay them.

B u t reason has no effect on this Government. It

has taken over a year to agree to meet N U S to discuss

the c l a im . A n y trade un ion faced w i th a s imi la r res­

ponse wou ld have been out on strike months ago.

Unfortunate ly students cannot have the same effect

by str ik ing but we must use what power we have —

the economic power of rent strikes and refectory boy­

cotts against the colleges and the disruptive power of

demonstrations, lecture boycotts (and of course refec.

boycotts as well).

So far the mi l i tancy of the nation-wide campaign

has won us two th ings :— firstly the D E S has finally

agreed to meet N U S on 27th Feb. , secondly a number

of vice-chancellors have made publ ic statements sup­

port ing us.

R E F E C T O R Y B O Y C O T T S

The U G M voted for this tactic by a vote of the order

of 3 to 1 rejecting the threats made by V i c t o r J .

M o o n e y i n last week's Fe l i x . W e must total ly oppose

any suggestion of closing the U n i o n lower refectory

next year. It is becoming increasingly viable. If the

bar i n the U n i o n Lower lounge had been opened at the

beginning of term as i t should have been the U n i o n

ref. might wel l have been breaking even due to the

increased custom attracted.

A s for Mooney 's suggestion that the refectory staff

w i l l take the boycotts as a personal insult, the boycott

is a imed at getting higher grants and the staff w i l l

surely realise this — unless, of course, someone is

st irr ing up trouble to set the students and workers

against each other. The U n i o n is pledged to fight ag­

ainst any threat to jobs and we must take this pledge

very seriously indeed. W e can use our representation

on the Refectories Committee to fight redundancies but

in the last analysis its up to the union as a whole to

take act ion alongside the trade unions i n Col lege i f

this threat is made.

W E D N E S D A Y ' S D E M O

Th is must be seen as a part of the bu i ld up to the

big demo on Feb. 21st covering a l l colleges and un i ­

versities i n the S .E . of Eng land . B y march ing to the

D E S we can firstly put some more pressure o n the

Government, secondly get press coverage and th i rd ly

involve hundreds of union members i n the campaign.

Af ter the demo we won't just c raw l back and lie down

again. We have to keep up the activity, bu i ld ing up

to an even bigger turn-out on February 21st.

H O R R O R S T O R I E S !

The nat ional (and local) press l ike the personal

touch. So if we want publ ic i ty on grants we read: " J .

Bloggs of IC is l i v ing on chips because his parents can't

(or won't) give h im the £150 parental contr ibut ion he

is due . "

Anyone with grant difficulties out of the ord inary

should come into the union office and give the de­

tails to the President who w i l l use the case history to

get the sort of favourable press coverage we need.

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Spot the capitalist competition A n s w e r in Times Classif ied

JOIN THE FELIX

CAMPAIGN TO

IMPROVE THE

QUALITY OF LIFE IN

BRITAIN In response to widespread public alarm about the

quality of life in Britain today, Felix, with the sup­

port of the Advisory Centre for Bolshevism, launches

its nationwide campaign to rid our once green and

pleasant land of that most insidious and widespread

hangover from the Industrial Revolution: Capital­

ism.

Even as you read th is

the dead l y tentac les of

cap i ta l i s t exp lo i ta t i on put

you in danger of l o s ing ,

inch b y in ch , that gener­

ous span of mode rn life

a l l o t t ed to every member

of the f ledg l ing proletar­

iat.

Every s e c o n d nearer

that momen t w h e n you

f inal ly rece ive your deg­

ree br ings you c lose r to

a l i f e t ime of barren ser­

v i l i t y s t re tch ing away to

the grave, to be a cog in

the vast mach ine of pro­

duc t i on w i t h no future,

but to keep g r i n d i n g

away p r o d u c i n g surp lus

va lue for the enr i chment

of that porc ine f ew they

ca l l the bourgeo i s i e .

H a m s t r u n g un ions ,

se l l - out l eadersh ip ,

Phase II, Phase III, inf la­

t i on , urban po l l u t i on ,

rural d esec ra t i on ; h o w

can th is m i se rab l e pros­

pect be r e conc i l ab l e w i th

the g iant t e chno l o g i c a l

leaps f o rward l ead ing

up to the 1 9 7 0 ' s — if

you th ink that s o u n d s

g r i m , r emember the sag ­

a c i o u s w o r d s of the

Caree rs A d v i s o r y Officer:

" I f the graduate u n e m ­

p loyment doesn ' t get

you , the premature re­

d u n d a n c i e s w i l l ! "

Vladimir C a t n i p ,

Felix's Political corres­

pondent, writes: The

facts are p la in for a l l to

see, but facts are not

enough , w e need e m p i r i ­

ca l e v i d ence w i t h w h i c h

to a rm a revo lut ionary

party so it can lead the

w o r k i n g c l a s s to v i c tory .

There fore w e ca l l on

every m a n , w o m a n a n d

c h i l d to he lp us in the

c o m p i l a t i o n of a nat ion­

w i d e Nausea t ing M o n e y ­

m a k e r s ' M a p , w h i c h w i l l

enab le us to p inpo in t

every cap i ta l i s t in Br i t a in

today .

W i t h the a i d of a

grant f r om the A C B w e

can equ ip everyone w h o

asks w i th a spec i a l Fe l i x

K i t 4 c ons i s t i n g of a

camera w i t h te lephoto

lens, long range conver ­

sa t ion mon i t o r s , lapel

m i c r ophones , R o l l s -

Royc e p rox im i t y meters ,

tape measure for meas­

ur ing g i r th of suspec t s ,

D a i l y To ryg raph sensors

and the add r e s s of the

A t h e n a e u m .

A tr ia l run of the kit

w i th a r a n d o m se l ec t i on

of s tudents f rom Imper­

ia l i s t Co l l e g e resu l ted in

5 e l e c t rocu t i ons (2

fata l ) , 1 Bent ley S 3

ident i f ied out of a ran­

d o m samp l e of m i n i s and

F ia t 5 0 0 ' s , 2 3 i r revoc­

ab ly kno t t ed tape meas­

ures and 14 blue mov i e s

of So n i a Hoch f e l d e r .

W e feel however , that

w i t h a larger number of

par t i c ipants , the resul ts

ob ta ined s h o u l d be of

greater revo lu t ionary s i g ­

n i f i cance .

The p r e l im inary re­

su l ts of the tr ia l survey

s h o w that only a s m a l l

reg ion of bog wes t of

Ca te r ' s beam on Dart­

moor may be the on ly

area in Br i t a in today s t i l l

free f rom c a p i t a l i s m .

But w i th th is spec i a l

FEL IX kit y ou s h o u l d be

able to start Br i t a in on

the road to S o c i a l i s m

(no re lat ion) and in ­

crease your o w n po l i t i ca l

c o n s c i o u s n e s s at the

same time. Enough data

s h o u l d be co l l e c t ed by

this c a m p a i g n for the

A C B to cor rec t l y ana l yse

the current ob ject ive p o l ­

i t i ca l fac tors in Br i t a in

today that w i l l enab le

them to lead the m a s s

ac t i on to force the Tor i e s

to r es i gn and return a

L a b o u r gove rnment

p l edged to S o c i a l i s t po l i ­

c i e s .

Examples of Capitalist Spoor

Phosphorous the Jobrot

and Ferocious Din Port eight of the serialisation of the book by

S. J. Swailes

G e o r g e ' s b o a t floated g e n t l y o n h e r m o o r ­i n g s , as t h e t h r e e a d v e n t u r e r s , a n d t h e p r o u d o w n e r s t o o d b y t h e w a t e r ' s e d g e s t a r i n g o u t o v e r t h e d e e p b l u e s e a .

" J o l l y n i c e , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s , " b u t h o w a r e w e s u p p o s e d t o g e t o u t t h e r e ? "

" A h , " s a i d t h e s m i l i n g c a p t a i n , " I h a v e a d i n g h y f o r j u s t t h a t p u r p o s e , c u n ­n i n g l y c o n c e a l e d y o n d e r . " F e r o c i o u s f o l ­l o w e d G e o r g e ' s p o i n t i n g a r m . H e c o u l d see n o t h i n g e v e n v a g u e l y l i k e a d i n g h y . T h e J u n g l e C o n t r o l l e r b e a m e d a t h i s c o m p a n i o n ' s c o n f u s i o n . " O v e r h e r e , " h e s a i d , l e a d i n g t h e p a r t y t o w a r d s a h u g e s h e l l - l i k e o b j e c t , h a l f b u r i e d i n t h e s a n d . W h e n t h e y d r e w n e a r t h e y c o u l d see t h a t i t w a s a v a s t c l a m , w i t h " T e n d e r t o O v e r d r a f t " p a i n t e d o n t h e t o p h a l f .

" O v e r d r a f t ? " s a i d F e r o c i o u s i n c r e d u l o u s l y . " Y e s , u m , " m u m b l e d G e o r g e , " b e f o r e c o m ­

i n g t o t h e j u n g l e , I w o r k e d i n a b a n k , a n d 1 b o u g h t h e r o n a n O v e r d r a f t , s o i t s e e m e d a p p r o p r i a t e a t t h e t i m e . A c t u a l l y , I c a l l h e r F a n n y , n o w . "

" Q u i t e u n d e r s t a n d a b l e , d e a r b o y , " s a i d F e r o c i o u s w i t h a s m i l e , " b u t s u r e l y t h a t m o l u s c i s n o t t h e T e n d e r ? " G e o r g e l a u g h e d k n o w i n g l y .

" N o , n o , " J ie s a i d , " t h e d i n g h y i s i n s i d e . " H e l e a n t f o r w a r d a n d b a n g e d o n t h e h u g e s h e l l .

" P u s h o f f , " s a i d t h e c l a m , " t h i s i s p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y . " G e o r g e s i g h e d ,

" D o n ' t b e s i l l y , E n i d , " h e s a i d , " i t ' s m e , G e o r g e . "

" O . K . " s a i d E n i d , " j u s t c h e c k i n g . " W i t h a c r e a k i n g o f s i n e w s , a c r a c k a p p e a r e d a t t h e j o i n i n t h e t w o h a l v e s o f t h e s h e l l . S l o w l y t h e u p p e r h a l f l i f t e d t o r e v e a l a s m a l l b l a c k r u b b e r d i n g h y , a n d a n o u t b o a r d m o t o r .

" T h e r e w e a r e , " s a i d G e o r g e p r o u d l y , " t h a t ' s h o w w e g e t o u t t o F a n n y . " W i t h F e r o c i o u s ' h e l p t h e J u n g l e C o n t r o l l e r l i f t e d t h e d i n g h y f r o m i t s h i d i n g p l a c e , a n d E n i d s h u t d o w n b e h i n d t h e m .

" C h e e r i o G e o r g e , " s h e c a l l e d a f t e r t h e a d v e n t u r e r s , as t h e y m a d e t h e i r w a y d o w n to t h e s e a .

" I t h i n k , " s a i d G e o r g e , " t h a t w e h a d be t ­t e r m a k e t w o t r i p s , c o n s i d e r i n g t h e s i z e o f s o m e m e m b e r s o f t h e p a r t y . "

" S o r r y , " s a i d t h e T w i g w o r m . " N o t r o u b l e , " s a i d G e o r g e , as h e p u s h e d

t h e l i t t l e b o a t i n t o t h e w a t e r a n d j u m p e d i n , " Y o u c o m e w i t h m e , P h o s p h o r o u s a n d F e r o c i o u s ; I ' l l c o m e b a c k f o r t h e T w i g ­w o r m i n a m o m e n t . " P h o s p h o r o u s a n d F e r ­o c i o u s c l a m b e r e d i n t o t h e b o a t , a n d G e o r g e p u s h e d off w i t h a p a d d l e . A s s o o n as h e w a s i n d e e p w a t e r t h e J u n g l e C o n t r o l l e r l o w e r e d t h e o u t b o a r d m o t o r a n d p u l l e d t h e s t r i n g . T o h i s s u r p r i s e i t s t a r t e d f i r s t p u l l . " N o t o f t e n t h a t h a p p e n s , " h e s a i d w i t h a g r i n , " p e r h a p s i t ' s a g o o d o m e n . " W i t h t h e m o t o r b u z z i n g a n g r i l y t h e d i n g h y h e a d e d o u t to .wards t h e F a n n y .

M e a n w h i l e t h e T w i g w o r m s a t a t t h e w a t e r ' s e d g e , i n i t s u s u a l h e a p , i d l y b u r y ­i n g i t s h u g e f e e t i n t h e s a n d , a n d w o n d e r ­i n g s a d l y w h e r e I ts T w i g w o r m e r y h a d g o t to . A s h o u t a w o k e t h e l a r g e c r e a t u r e f r o m i t s d r e a m i n g . G e o r g e h a d r e t u r n e d , a n d w a s s u g g e s t i n g t h a t t h e T w i g w o r m s t e p a b o a r d . W i t h s o m e s t u m b l i n g a n d m u c h s p l a s h ­i n g , t h i s w a s a c h i e v e d , a n d , b o w p r a c t i c a l l y b e n e a t h t h e w a v e s , t h e d i n g h y r e t u r n e d t o t h e o l d k e t c h . A g a i n a t r i s k t o l i f e a n d l i m b , t h e T w i g w o r m w a s p e r s u a d e d o u t o f t h e d i n g h y a n d o n t o t h e s c r u b b e d d e c k s o f G e o r g e ' s b o a t .

" R i g h t , " s a i d t h e m a s t e r m a r i n e r , " l e t ' s ge t s o m e s a i l u p , a n d w e c a n b e a w a y . " U n f o r t u n a t e l y n e i t h e r P h o s p h o r o u s n o r F e r o c i o u s h a d e v e r b e e n s a i l i n g b e f o r e , a n d t h e T w i g w o r m h a d o n l y b e e n a f l o a t o n a T w i g w o r m e r y w h i c h j u s t d r i f t e d . " N e v e r m i n d , " s a i d t h e e v e r - o p t i m i s t i c G e o r g e ,

" y o u ' l l s o o n p i c k i t u p . " H e g a v e t h e m a

s h o r t l e c t u r e o n t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f s a i l i n g ,

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

T h e y f e l t n o n e t h e w i s e r . " N e v e r m i n d , "

s a i d G e o r g e , l e s s o p t i m i s t i c a l l y , " I f t h e

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

b y m y s e l f . "

I t w a s t i m e to m a k e a m o v e . U n d e r

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

t h e m a i n s a i l a n d a j i b — t h e l a t t e r u p s i d e -

d o w n t w i c e . G e o r g e ' s g o o d h u m o u r w a s w e a r ­

i n g t h i n .

" R i g h t " h e s h o u t e d , " C a s t o f f t h e m o o r i n g ,

F e r o c i o u s . "

" C o m e a g a i n ? " a s k e d t h e a c t i n g f i r s t m a t e .

" U n t i e t h e r o p e a t t h e f r o n t , t h e o n e t h a t ' s

f i x e d t o t h e B u o y . " s a i d t h e c a p t a i n t h r o u g h

c l e n c h e d d e n t u r e s .

" W h y d i d n ' t y o u s a y so i n t h e first p l a c e ? " s h o u t e d b a c k a t a c t l e s s F e r o c i o u s , as h e d r o p p e d t h e j i b o n t h e T w i g w o r m ' s h e a d . " S o r r y , w r o n g s t r i n g , " c a m e t h e c r y f r o m u p f o r w a r d . G e o r g e s a i d a s e a m a n l i k e r u d e w o r d u n d e r h i s b r e a t h . W i t h m u c h s h o u t i n g o f " h a u l h a r d m e h a n d s o m e s ! " a n d " s p l i c e t h e u p p e r f o r e g o o l i e s " F e r o c i o u s m a n a g e d t o g e t t h e j i b b a c k u p a n d finally t o c a s t off. T h e o l d b o a t s w u n g r o u n d o n t o a p o r t t a c k , h e e l e d g e n t l y i n t h e l i g h t a i r , a n d h e a d e d o u t t o s e a . G e o r g e s t o o d p r o u d l v a t t h e h e l m as h i s p r i d e a n d j o y s l i c e d s m o o t h l y t h r o u g h t h e s w e l l . H e w a s j o i n e d i n t h e c o c k p i t b y t h e r e s t o f t h e c r e w . T o fit t h e m a l l i n , t h e T w i g w o r m w a s p u s h e d d o w n b e l o w , a n d t o l d t o m a k e s o m e co f fee .

" B u t I d o n ' t k n o w h o w ! " h e p r o t e s t e d . " T w i o w o r m s d o n ' t u s u a l l y d r i n k c o f f e e . "

" A l r i g h t , d e a r o l d e n o r m o u s n a u t i c a l p e r ­s o n . " s a i d F e r o c i o u s , " y o u c o m e o u t h e r e a n d I ' l l m a k e t h e c o f f e e . " T h e r e w a s a m o ­m e n t o f p a n i c w h e n i t a p p e a r e d t h a t F e r o ­c i o u s a n d t h e T w i g w o r m w e r e g o i n g t o b e j a m m e d i n t h e c o m p a n i o n w a y , b u t s o m e ­h o w i t r e s o l v e d i t s e l f l e a v i n g t h e T w i g ­w o r m o n t h e o u t s i d e a n d F e r o c i o u s o n t h e i n s i d e as i n t e n d e d .

G e o r g e h a d b e e n s t u d y i n g t h e t r i m o f t h e s a i l s a n d c o n s i d e r i n g t h e w e a t h e r .

" A s t h e r e i s n ' t m u c h w i n d , " h e s a i d " I t h i n k t h a t w e s h o u l d p u t s o m e m o r e s a i l u p . " P h o s p h o r o u s a n d t h e T w i g w o r m l o o k e d at e a c h o t h e r s a d l y .

" I ' m r i g h t i n t h e m i d d l e o f m a k i n g t h e co f f e e , " c a m e a v o i c e f r o m b e l o w . " I ' m a f r a i d y o u ' l l h a v e t o c o u n t m e o u t . as i t w e r e . " G e o r g e raised h i s e y e s s k y w a r d s .

" A l r i g h t , " h e s a i d " P h o s p h o r o u s a n d t h e T w i g w o r m c a n do i t . I w a n t y o u to g e t t h e m i z z e n a n d t h e s t a y s a i l u p . "

" E h ? " s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s . G e o r g e d i d h i s h e s t t o e x p l a i n . " W e l l w e ' l l h a v e a g o a n y ­w a y , w o n ' t w e T w i g ? " s a i d P h o s p h o r o u s .

" O h , y e s , " s a i d t h e T w i g w o r m , " w e ' l l d o o u r b e s t . "

W i t h m u c h f a l l i n g o v e r , a n d p u l l i n g o f r o p e s t h e y m a n a g e d t o r a i s e t h e a p p r o ­p r i a t e s a i l s , b u t n o t b e f o r e t h e T w i g w o r m h a d f a l l e n t h r o u g h t h e f o r e - h a t c h t w i c e , a n d P h o s p h o r o u s h a d s h o t u p t o t h e t o p o f t h e m a i n m a s t w i t h a c r y o f " H a u l a w a v . T w i g ! " B r u i s e d , b u t n o t u n d u l y d i s c o u r a g e d t h e p a i r r e t u r n e d t o t h e c o c k p i t . C e r t a i n l y t h e e x t r a s a i l h a d m a d e a d i f f e r e n c e : t h e v w e r e b o w l i n g a l o n g n o w w i t h a c r e a m i n g w h i t e w a k e , a n d s u f f i c i e n t h e e l f o r F e r o ­c i o u s t o d r o p G e o r g e ' s co f f ee d o w n t h e b a c k o f t h e c h a r t t a b l e .

"S"r>-v a h n u t t h a t , d e a r o l d c a p t a i n s i r . " h e s a i d . " I ' l l p r e p a r e s o m e m o r e , as y o u m i g h t s a y . " N o n e o f t h e s e d i s a s t e r s c o u l d d e t r a c t f r o m G e o r g e ' s h a p p i n e s s . S t a n d i n g , f e e t a p a r t , a t t h e t i l l e r o f h i s o w n b o a t , t h e w i n d i n h i s f ace , t h e d e c k c r e a k i n g a n d s w a y i n g b e n e a t h h i m , t h e h e a v y r e d c a n v a s b u l g i n g a b o v e h i s h e a d — h e w a s c o n t e n t m e n t p e r s o n i f i e d .

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t i o n F e l i x i s r e g u l a r l y s e n t .

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d a t e s a n d t i m e s o f o t h e r i n ­

t e r e s t i n g t h i n g s g o i n g o n i n

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o f a n y t h i n g , l e t u s k n o w l

L o n d o n i s t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t

c e n t r e o f t h e c o u n t r y , s o

t h e r e m u s t b e s o m e t h i n g

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T h e n u m b e r o f r e v i e w s i s

t o b e r e d u c e d , a n d w e h o p e

t h a t t h e y ' l l v a r y i n c o v e r ­

a g e f r o m w e e k t o w e e k . A

n e w a d d i t i o n w i l l b e t h e " S i x

o f t h e B e s t " c o l u m n , a s e l e c ­

t i o n o f t h e a t r e , f i l m s , r e c ­

o r d s , e t c . , w i t h b r i e f c o m ­

m e n t s .

A l i s t o f p r o g r a m m e s at

C i n e m a s l o c a l to t h e a r e a s

w h e r e IC s t u d e n t s l i v e i s n o w

i n c l u d e d , a n d t h i s w i l l b e ex­

t e n d e d t o o t h e r a r e a h a p ­

p e n i n g s . If w e ' v e le f t y o u r

a r e a o u t . p l e a s e l e t u s

k n o w .

G o o d t h i n g s d o n ' t a l l h a p ­

p e n at c i c e , a n d F e l i x re ­

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

o n o t h e r i t e m s f o r i n c l u s i o n

s o o n : t h e s e i n c l u d e a l i s t o f

C h u r c h s e r v i c e s , r e s t a u r a n t s

r e c o m m e n d e d b y o u r g o u r ­

m e t s . T V p r o g r a m m e s , a r t

e x h i b i t i o n s , w a l k s , p l a c e s t o

go , e t c . If y o u t h i n k o f a n y

t h i n g , w r i t e a n d t e l l u s .

O n e i m p o r t a n t n o t e — w e

h a v e n o i n t e n t i o n o f e i t h e r

d u p l i c a t i n g o r i m i t a t i n g

" T i m e O u t " o r " W h a t ' s O n . '

T h e c e n t r a l e m p h a s i s w i l l b e

o n i t e m s o f i n t e r e s t t o IC

s t u d e n t s .

F i n a l l y , i t ' s b e e n q u i t e a

m a r a t h o n t o g e t t h i s l o t t o

g e t h e r . a n d i t ' l l b e d i f f i c u l t

t o k e e p u p . If y o u a r e w i l l

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

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

I I C S G T E M E & E m e e t i n g at

4 . 3 0 p . m . o n F r i d a y a f t e r

n o o n s , o r d r o p i n a n d s e e

m e i n t h e o f f i ce o r i n m y

p a d i n W e e k s s o m e o t h e r

t i m e . O h , a n d F e l i x s t i l l

n e e d s a r e g u l a r f i l m c r i t i c

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ON S U N D A Y before 1 4 0 0 , Int. 4 2 3 6 .

T U E S D A Y , 6 th F E B R U A R Y

1 3 0 0 External A f fa i rs Commi t t e e Open Meet ­

ing .

S to i c presents f i l m , " A H o m e of Your

O w n " on T V in J C R and Souths ide .

1 3 3 0 " M o r t g a g e s f rom the Horse ' s M o u t h " ,

s tarr ing Derek C u m m i n g s in Phys i c s LT 1.

" E q u a l i t y and F r e e d o m " , 4 : Liberty and

the Law, by Dr. D. D. Raphae l . M e c h .

Eng . 2 2 0 .

" L i s t e n i n g to Contemporary M u s i c " by

M i s s Sarah Thomas , 4 : Debussy and Im­

press i on i sm , in M E 3 4 2 .

" T h e Nature of Re l i g i ous B e l i e f " by

Father J o h n Coventry , S J , in M E 5 4 2 .

1 7 4 0 Ra i lway Soc . M E 6 6 4 .

1 7 4 5 W i n e Tas t ing Soc ie ty on the Loire, Phys .

Level 8 .

1 8 0 0 Transcendenta l Med i t a t i on introductory

talk. EE 6 0 6 .

1 9 3 0 S E A s o c ' s M a l a y s i a n Cu l tura l Evening

happens in Co l l ege B lock S C R .

2 0 0 0 Ca tho l i c Soc i e ty shared prayer, M o r e

House .

Queen El i zabeth Co l l ege d i s c o

bar. 10p.

2 1 0 0 St. Bar t ' s Hosp i ta l f i lm c lub

" G e t Car te r ' in Phys i o l ogy LT,

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W E D N E S D A Y , 7 th F E B R U A R Y

1 3 0 0 " S t u d e n t s and the W a g e F r e e z e " , a Red

M o l e ( = I M G ? ) meet ing in EE 3 0 5 .

Demonst ra t i on to the D E S . J o i n in IC's

very own demo (see front page) . A s s e m ­

ble M e c . Eng . concourse .

London Student P ress A s s o c i a t i o n inter­

v i ews Peter H a i n , Y o u n g L ibera ls leader

and the man w h o " S t o p p e d the '70 t our " -

A l l budd ing journal is ts w e l c o m e . U L U ,

Ma l e t Street, R o o m 2 C .

Is lamic Soc i e t y meet ing , C B 0 0 2 .

Q E C F i l m C l u b present " E v e r y

shou ld have o n e " , A l l e n Theatre ,

members 15p.

IC Fo lk C l u b presents A n n e

Lower Un i on Refectory; 15p

25p non-members . There ' s

tonight at the Ho l y G r o und C l u b a n d U n i ­

versi ty Co l l ege .

M a r i a A s s u m p t a Co l l ege d i s co , in c o m ­

mon room. 15p .

" T h e M i k a d o " presented by M a r J o n s

(Co l lege of S. Mark and S. John ) 30p &

4 0 p .

1 3 1 5

1630

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1 9 1 5

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Br i ggs in

members ,

a l so folk

1 9 4 5

T H U R S D A Y , 8 th F E B R U A R Y

1 2 3 0 Scou t and G u i d e C l u b presents D . B .

Hernandez -Cas tanos on " M e x i c o — the

country a n d its p e o p l e " . R S M 3 .03 .

1 3 0 0 No Un i on M e e t i n g ! Ca tho l i c Soc i e ty B ib l e study group. F a l .

118 .

1 3 1 5 S tamp C l u b . C i v i l 4 1 2 .

1 3 3 0 The A r c h b i s h o p of Canterbury gets " f a c e

to f a c e " w i th s tudents in the int imate

surround ings of M E 2 2 0 .

" A r c h i t e c t u r e and Me taphys i c s in M e d i ­

eval E u r o p e " in Phys LT 1.

Presented by D o m i n i c de Grunne .

The Emperor Horn Tr io of London p lays

B r a h m s ' Ho rn T r i o , in the Library , 5 3

Pr ince ' s Gate .

1 9 0 0 Jo in t Chr i s t i an Serv i ce and Party in J C R

Co l l ege B l o c k .

Patron 's F u n d Concer t at Roya l Co l l ege

of M u s i c Concer t H a l l . Free .

Ar t C l u b meets in R C A annex (behind the

H u x ) .

E lec t ron ic M u s i c Group meets in Ha ldane

Library.

1 9 4 5 M a r J o n s presents (i) The M i k a d o (see

Wednesday ) and (ii) f i lms , " T h e Last

V a l l e y " and " F r i d a y C a t " and " H a r e

S p l i t t e r " for 20p .

2 0 0 0 Bed fo rd Co l l e ge Fo lk C l u b (doesn ' t c l a sh

w i th IC, so they can have a plug) in their

U n i o n C o m m o n R o o m .

M o r e folk at the C h u r c h of Chr i s t the

K ing in the Crypt . " C o m e and S i n g " .

Va l en t ine M a s s a c r e D i s c o ( let 's face it,

it 's some massacre ) at Institute of E d u ­

ca t i on . Free beer, but 3 0 p to get i n .

F R I D A Y , 9 th F E B R U A R Y

1000 Cru f t ' s Dog S h o w opens at O l y m p i a .

Woof , woo f !

1 2 4 5 Is lamic Soc i e ty congregat iona l prayers.

C B 0 0 2 .

1 3 0 0 S T O I C presents the " E v e r - P o p u l a r M o n o ­

chrome S h o w ' 'on T V in J C R and South -

s ide .

1 8 0 0 S T O I C repeats the " E v e r - P o p u l a r M o n o ­

chrome S h o w " .

1 8 3 0 Chr i s t i an Un i on meet ing . 53 P . G .

" E a s y R i d e r " is the IC F i l m s o c presenta­

t ion.

1 9 0 0 " N e v e r on S u n d a y " , " Z o r b a the G r e e k "

and " B r i d e of F r a n k e n s t e i n " are the U L U

f i lms in Ma l e t Street.

1 9 3 0 Folk at the Institute of Educa t i on , Ma le t

Street.

" T h e G a m b i t " is the Bed fo rd Co l l ege

f i lm , 15p.

1945 " T h e M i k a d o " at Mar jons (see Wednes­

day ) .

2000 P le thora of d i s c o s . Bes ides the "Peop l e ' s

D i s c o " , he ld as ever in the Union Lower

Refectory, there are others at Chelsea

(Co l l ege House Refectory ) , R C A (can­

teen), Institut F ranca i s , B i rkbeck Col lege

and Un ive rs i t y Co l l ege Hosp i ta l Med i ca l

S c h o o l .

2100 " E a s y R i d e r " aga in at IC F i lmsoc , non-

members 20p .

S A T U R D A Y , 10th F E B R U A R Y

1000 Ce lebra t ion — Liturgy Workshop a t Chr is t

the K ing (Go rdon Square , W C 1 ) .

S e c o n d and f inal day of Cruf t ' s a t O l y m ­

p ia . G r r o w w l !

2000 IC Ents present Sharks , 50p .

Other g i gs : Che l s ea have Wheels . Hor­

ror f i lms and d i s c o . L S E have P la insong,

Long Dancer and Sp i rogy ra . ULU have

Br idget St . J o h n .

S U N D A Y , 11th F E B R U A R Y

1000 Sung Euchar is t in C B Ante-Room. Prea­

cher : Rev. Barney M i l l i g a n .

M a s s , preacher D o m Columba Cary-

E lwes . M o r e House .

M a s s , preacher D o m A n d r e w Brennink-

meyer . M o r e House .

Ca tho l i c Soc i e t y : " R a d i o , TV and the

C o m m u n i t y " , by Father Agne l lus Andrew

M o r e House .

" G u m s h o e " at Che l sea F i l m S o c , 10p.

Q E C Bar D i s c o , 10p.

1 1 0 0

1 8 0 0

1 9 3 0

1 9 0 0 2 0 0 0

M O N D A Y , 12th F E B R U A R Y

1930 W e l l s o c presents " S u b l i m i n a l Pro jec t ion"

in M E 2 2 0 .

LOCAL CINEMA Fulham Road ABC (370 2636) "Portnoy's Complaint" (nil Thurs.) Kensington Odeon (937 6131) "The Ruling Class" (till tomorrow) Paris Pullman (373 5898) "Andy Warhol and his Clan" and "Erotissimo". Notting Hill Classic (727 5750) "The Go-Between". Late night Sai. 10th "Accident". Paddington Classic (723 5716) "Buck and the Preacher" and "Dynamite Man from Glory Jail". LN Sat. 10th "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice"; "Loving . Chelsea Classic (352 4388) "Blow Up

-

' . "Dance of the Vampires' LN Sat. 10th "The Blob". "Tickle Me". Chelsea Classic Curzon (352 7488) "The Garden of Finzi-Con tints'. Putney Cinecenta (788 0032) "The Mechanical Impasse". Wimbledon ABC (542 2082) "A Clockwork Orange". Wimbledon Odeons 1. 2 & 3 (542 22771 1: "Innocent Bystanders' "Sun on the Skin' . 2: "Clinic Eclusive" and "The Girls Most Likely To". 3: "Nicholas and Alexandra'. Ealing ABC (567 1333) "Portnoys Complaint" and "Hunted Odeon. Northfields (567 3939) "Precinct 45" and "A Reflection of Fear". LN Sat. 10th "Barbarella". "The Deadly Bees". Ealing Studios 1 6 2 (579 3022) 1: "Hands Off Gretel". "Sextro verts '. 2: "Midnight Cowboy", "The Thomas Crown Affair." Shepherd's Bush Classic (743 1646) "Fritz the Cat". "Peeping Tom". LN Sat. 10th "Alfie". "The Love Goddesses." Shepherd's Bush Galaxy (743-61551 "Love in the Afternoon

"Escalation". Shepherd's Bush Odeon (749 1116) "Precinct 45". "A Reflec tion of Fear".

Looking Ahead The Other Concert S p r i n g s e e m s to d e f i n i t e l y b e the s e a s o n

of G i l b e r t a n d S u l l i v a n . T h e D ' O y l y C a r t e

C o m p a n y a r e i n t o t h e s e c o n d o f t h e i r

t h r e e - m o n t h s e a s o n a t the S a d l e r ' s W e l l s

T h e a t r e i n R o s e b e r y A v e n u e , a n d it s e e m s

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

i t s o w n s e a s o n a s w e l l .

I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e a m o n g s t t h e m : o u r v e r y

o w n G & S S o c i e t y a r e p r e s e n t i n g " l o l a n t h e "

n e x t w e e k , w i t h d a i l y p e r f o r m a n c e s f r o m

M o n d a y to F r i d a y a t 7 . 3 0 p . m . i n the U n i o n

C o n c e r t H a l t . T i c k e t s a r e 3 0 p o n M o n d a y a n d

T u e s d a y , 4 0 p o n W e d n e s d a y , T h u r s d a y a n d

F r i d a y , a n d a r e e n s a l e n o w d a i l y i n t h e

f o y e r o f the U n i o n b u i l d i n g .

T h e R o y a l C o l l e g e o f S c i e n c e U n i o n i s

h o l d i n g a " F o l k C a r n i v a l " o n F r i d a y , 2 3 r d

F e b r u a r y . R u n n i n g t h r o u g h f r o m 7 p . m . t o

2 a . m . , it f e a t u r e s the Ian C a m p b e l l F o l k

G r o u p , B a r r y D r a n s f i e l d , H a m i s h I m l a c h ,

D a v e a n d T o n i A r t h u r a n d s p e c i a l g u e s t

s t a r V i v S t a n s h a l l . T i c k e t s a r e 9 0 p e a c h ,

f r o m t h e R C S U O f f i c e , S o u t h s i d e .

" A N i g h t o f J o y " i s r e a l l y a p u n o n the

n a m e o f t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f

L o n d o n U n i o n , b u t " S p r i n g F e v e r " , t h e P r e ­

s i d e n t ' s B a l l to be h e l d a l s o o n F e b r u a r y

2 3 r d i s no j o k e : it i s a n a l l - n i g h t a f f a i r (9 to

6 ) w i t h G e o r g i a F a m e a n d A l a n P r i c e , J o h n

R e n b o u r n , t h e R a y J a c k s o n O r c h e s t r a , W i l d

W a l l y ' s B a l l o o n a n d B a n a n a B a n d , M a s k ,

C o t t o n w o o d , the N i g h t i n g a l e s a n d J u l i a n a ' s

D i s c o . S u p p e r w i l l b e s e r v e d f r o m a b u f f e t .

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

the U L U y e a r a n d a t t e n d e d b y H e r M a j e s t y

Q u e e n E l i z a b e t h t h e Q u e e n M o t h e r , d o u b l e

t i c k e t s a r e £6 .50 , o b t a i n a b l e b y v o u c h e r

f r o m L i n d a C r e a g h , tC U n i o n C l e r k .

A n o t h e r m a j o r " s c o o p " f o r IC E n t s i s the

b o o k i n g o f E l t o n J o h n f o r M a r c h 1 2 t h . T o

e n a b l e IC s t u d e n t s to g e t i n w i t h o u t c o m ­

p e t i n g w i t h . b o o k i n g s f r o m o t h a r s the c o n ­

c e r t i s no t b e i n g a d v e r t i s e d o u t s i d e f o r t h e

t i m e b e i n g , a n d a d v a n c e t i c k e t s a r e n o w

o b t a i n a b l e f r o m t h e b o o k s h o p , p r i c e £ 1 .

E n t s t e l l s F e l i x t h a t t h e y a r e a l r e a d y g o i n g

f a s t , a n d a d v i s e y o u to b e q u i c k a b o u t

g e t t i n g y o u r s .

R e a d e r s w i l l r e m e m b e r u s t e l l i n g t h e m

l a s t t e r m a b o u t C u m b e r l a n d L o d g e i n W i n d ­

s o r G r e a t P a r k a n d t h e w e e k e n d c o u r s e s

tha t t h e y r u n . T h e p r o g r a m m e c o n t i n u e s

t h i s t e r m w i t h " C r y p t o g r a p h y a n d D e c i p h e r ­

m e n t " o n F e b r u a r y 1 6 t h - 1 8 t h ; " P e r c e p t i o n

a n d I l l u s i o n " o n F e b r u a r y 2 3 r d - 2 5 t h ; a n d

" G e n e t i c s a n d H e r e t i c s " o n A p r i l 2 7 t h - 2 9 t h .

F u l l d e t a i l s c a n be o b t a i n e d f r o m the P r o ­

g r a m m e S e c r e t a r y , C u m b e r l a n d L o d g e ,

W i n d s o r G r e a t P a r k , W i n d s o r , B e r k s . ,

S L 4 2 H P .

N o t t o o f a r a w a y a t the IC f i e l d s t a t i o n at

S i l w o o d P a r k n e a r A s c o t , 3 r d - 4 t h M a r c h

s e e s the n e x t T o u c h s t o n e w e e k e n d w h e n

a d i s c u s s i o n o n " H u m a n R i g h t s " w i l l b e

c o n d u c t e d by D r . D . D . R a p h a e l , A c a d e m i c

D i r e c t o r o f A s s o c i a t e d S t u d i e s , a n d S e r g i o

C o t t a , P r o f e s s o r o f P h i l o s o p h y o f L a w a t

R o m e U n i v e r s i t y . If y o u w o u l d l i k e t o g o ,

s e n d y o u r n a m e to M r . C . K . M c D o w a l l ,

R o o m 3 3 1 , C o l l e g e B l o c k , a s s o o n a s p o s ­

s i b l e . T h e c o s t o f £1 i n c l u d e s t h e c o a c h

f a r e .

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

t i o n , a s a l w a y s , a n d t h e n a s m a r t l y d r e s s e d

F l a s h , l e d b y P e t e r B a n k s , t o o k t h e s t a g e

a n d l e a p t s t r a i g h t i n t o a l e n g t h e n e d v e r s i o n

of " S m a l l B e g i n n i n g s " o n i t s c o m p l e t i o n .

T h e s t a g e l o o k e d a l i t t l e d i f f e r e n t f r o m

u s u a l , w i t h t h r e e b a n k s o f l i g h t s a n d t w o

e n o r m o u s f l a g s — o n e S t a r s a n d S t r i p e s ,

a n d o n e U n i o n J a c k ( n i c e l y h u n g u p s i d e

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

t h e B e c k B o g a r t A p p i c e b a n d a r e A n g l o -

A m e r i c a n . T h e i r i n t r o d u c t i o n w a s a n a n ­

n o u n c e m e n t o f e a c h m e m b e r o f t h e b a n d

a l o n g w i t h h i s n a t i o n a l i t y f o l l o w e d b y the

b a s h i n g o f a r a t h e r l a r g e g o n g , t h o u g h t h e

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

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

t w o .

F l a s h a n d B . B . A . ' s s e t s s e e m e d t o b e

d i r e c t l y o p p o s e d . F l a s h d i d t h r e e m o r e

l o n g n u m b e r s , " B l a c k a n d W h i t e " o f t h e i r

f o r t h c o m i n g " F l a s h i n t h e C a n " L . P . a n d

" C h i l d r e n o f t h e U n i v e r s e " a n d " D r e a m s

of H e a v e n " f r o m t h e i r f i r s t L . P . w h i c h

if y o u ' v e s e e n o n c e y o u w o n ' t f o r g e t . It

w a s b a n n e d f r o m d i s p l a y i n o n e o f the

c o u n t r i e s i n C e n t r a l A m e r i c a ( w h i c h o n e I

c a n ' t r e m e m b e r ) b e c a u s e t h e P r e s i d e n t h a d

a h e a r t a t t a c k w h e n h e s a w it i n a s h o p

Future Shock

Alvin Toffler

Pan 5 0 pence

A l v i n Toffler is dea l ing w i th people ,

he is dea l ing w i th real i ty, he is dea l ­

ing w i th people w h e n they are over­

w h e l m e d by change or when they fa i l

to adapt to the future.

Very care fu l l y this author takes

everyday events, the produc ts w e buy

and use, the p laces we travel to and

how w e trave l , the people w h o m w e

know and the speed w i th w h i c h they

d i sappear and s h o w s how al l these

th ings are chang ing , turning into a

v i s ib l e torrent of change , s u c k i n g and

tugg ing everyone of us into a future

out of our depths . He shows how

future invades us, how she rushes

c loser to grasp us in her open arms

and po ints out the impor tance of not

s i t t ing back and suck ing the future

f rom the safety of history but grap-

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w i n d o w . E a c h o f the n u m b e r s c o n t a i n e d

a s o l o s p o t f o r P e t e r B a n k s , p r o v i n g t h a t ,

a s w i d e l y a c c l a i m e d , h e i s o n e o f t h e f i n e s t

g u i t a r i s t s i n t h e w o r l d , s t r o k i n g o u t c h o r d s ,

p i c k i n g o u t n o t e s a n d p l u c k i n g o u t r i f f s

w i t h g r e a t b e a u t y , p e r h a p s h e d i d o v e r d o

t h e f e e d b a c k . U n f o r t u n a t e l y s e v e r a l p e o p l e

in the a u d . e n c e h a d n e i t h e r c u l t u r e n o r m a n ­

n e r s , a n d j u s t w o u l d n ' t k e e p q u i e t . T h e

r e s t o f t h e t i m e t h e y r e m i n d e d m e a l i t t l e

o f the e a r l y Y e s d a y s , w h i c h i s n ' t s u r p r i s ­

i n g , w i t h R a y B e n n e t t ' s p o w e r f u l b a s s a n d

B a n k s ' s r u n s ( a n d C o l i n C a r t e r e v e n s o u n d e d

l i k e J o n A n d e r s o n o n t h e r e c o r d ) , s o I

w a s q u i t e p l e a s e d w i t h t h e m .

B . B . A . , h o w e v e r , t e n d e d t o p l a y s h o r t e r

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

f a r f u l l e r s o u n d , - w i t h s o m e g u t s y g u i t a r

w o r k b y M r . B e c k , t h o u g h t h e y d i d p e r f o r m

a f e w s l o w e r n u m b e r s i n W h i c h h e e x ­

p l o i t e d t h e m o r e d e l i c a t e u s e o f t h e g u i t a r .

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

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

I w a s q u i t e l o o k i n g f o r w a r d to B e c k ' s s o l o ,

b u t t h i s w a s n o t t o b e , a s s u c h , f o r h e jus<

c o n t i n u e d , w i t h h i s s h o r t b u r s t s e v e r y n o w

a n d a g a i n , t h o u g h t h e a u d i e n c e d i d n ' t m i n d

a n d d r a g g e d t h e m b a c k f o r a n e n c o r e .

G . J . K .

p l ing w i th her as real l ive f lesh and

b lood — n o w !

Future Shock is unr i va l l ed in its

comprehens i ve s tudy of the human

race, o r i g ina l in its approach and

unique in its examples . The author

se lects these examples we l l and there

are real ly so many good ones i t 's d i f f i ­

cu l t to know w h i c h one to choose to

i l lustrate h is point , however , the fo l ­

l ow ing d i d par t i cu lar ly appea l . It

appears in the chapter on ' throw-away

soc i e t y ' a l ong w i th paper w e d d i n g

dresses , throw-away bott les, cans

and paper handkerch i e f s .

" R e c e n t l y Mat te l announced a new

improved Barb ie d o l l . The new ver­

s ion has a s l i m m e r figure, ' r e a l '

eye lashes and a twis t -and-turn wa i s t

that makes her more human than ever.

Moreover , Mat t e l announced that, for

the first t ime, any young lady w i s h i n g

to purchase a new Barb ie w o u l d re­

ce ive a trade- in a l l owance for her o ld

o n e " . D A V I D H O B M A N

Sex , denta l surgery and w a t c h i n g

a f i lm have one s i m i l a r after-effect —

they leave me in a vague, m i n d l e s s

daze. " P o r t n o y ' s C o m p l a i n t " (Warner

Rendezvous and A B C , F u l h a m Road)

comp le t e l y d ra ined the life out of me.

M a y b e it w a s because it w a s 10 .30

a .m. , or because I hadn ' t had any

breakfast , or s i m p l y that it was my

first tr ip to the c inema for at least s ix

months : I don ' t know . But , d e v o i d of

any hope of d i v e r s i on , I spent most

of the 9 9 minutes it las ted w o n d e r i n g

what c o u l d have dr i ven Ernest Leh­

man to make the f i lm in the first p lace

and what w o u l d dr i ve anybody to see

it.

I guess they 're hop ing i t ' l l be the

posters d e c l a r ing that " P o r t n o y ' s

Comp la in t is c a t c h i n g " . Of course ,

this p resupposes that you know what

Por tnoy ' s C o m p l a i n t is , and that if

you don ' t y o u ' l l be d r i v en by a m a n i c

des i re to f ind out. Reve la t ions ensue .

W e l l , there 's th is guy c a l l e d A l ex ­

ander Por tnoy (R i cha rd Ban jam in , no

I hadn ' t heard of fvm either) w h o s

the Ass i s t an t C o m m i s s i o n e r of H u m a n

Oppor tun i ty for the C i t y of N e w York

(whatever that i s ) . A n d w e meet h ; m

ly ing on a psych ia t r i s t ' s c o u c h , re­

count ing the history of h is comp la in t

and its effects.

H i s c omp la in t is sexua l obs e s s i on ,

and M r . Lehman g ives us a thousand

or two feet of c e l l u l o i d ins ight into

his teenage years as an inveterate

masturbator in his fami ly of self-suff-

ar ing mother, c o n s t i p a t i o n — s u f f e r i n g

father and o b e s i t y — s u f f e r i n g s is ter .

W h a t happens to h i m between the

ages of 16 and 3 3 is anyone ' s guess ,

for by an ever -con fus ing sys t em of

f l a shbacks that 's where w e f ind h ' m

next, p i ck ing up the M o n k e y , a l i a s

M a r y Jane Reed (Karen B lack ) on a

street corner at m idn i gh t . Three

f rames later she " fu l f i l s h is most

exo t i c sex f an ta s i e s " , a c c o r d i n g to

the press r e l e a s e — b u t they don ' t

show you any of that. M i n d y ou , it

needs l i t t le i m a g ' n a t o n to fi l l in the

b lanks in the rest of the f i lm, w h i c h

cons i s t s of shots of them al ternate ly

d r i v ing ac ross open country and mut­

ter ing foul r.oth'ngs wh i l s t c u r l e d up

in bed .

T o cut a long and inc red ib l y bor ing

story short , they go on ho l i day in

Europe , just about fal l out, when they

p ick up an Italian g i r l and have a

three-way affair in Rome and fa l l out

comple t e l y the next day in A thens

(fast movers , these Y a n k s ) . He leaves

her threaten ing to jump out of the

w ' n d o w , fl ies back to N Y , and f inds

h m s e l f imag in ing see ing her jump

d o w n at h i m every t ime he looks up

at a b u i l d i n g . S o he w h i p s a long to

the headshr inker . W h i c h is exact ly

whe-e w e star ted .

I f ound the f i lm neither enter ta in­

ing nor insp i r ing . Don ' t was te money

on see ing it.

P A U L R O C H F O R T

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Page 6 F E L I X February 6th, 1973

THE ENVIRONMENTAL

CRISIS

-What it's all really about

p r e s t n t s

W h e n you leave I .C. what are y ou expecting to do?

—get a good job w i th an expanding, science-based i n ­

dustry, marry , settle down and raise a fami ly i n condi ­

tions of mater ial comfort — central heating, car,

refrigerator, co lour television, hi- f i , etc. — and then

when you are sixty, or maybe less, retire and l ive out

your last years i n a leisurely and contented manner?

F r a n k l y , you have not got a hope i n hell of succeeding.

Today we live in an era of unprecedented material

affluence; but it cannot last much more than another

twenty years or so in its present form. W h y is this? It is

s imply because there w i l l not be avai lable sufficient

mater ia l resources to make

this possible. The shortage

w i l l part ly arise because

of the growing difficulty

o f meeting the exponent­

ia l l y - increasing require­

ments of the developed

wor ld out of a finite

reserve. It w i l l be exacer­

bated, however, by the

perfectly legitimate and

necessary increase in the

use of raw materials by

the developing countries.

Thus the demand w i l l not

only increase exponenti­

a l l y at the rate of ' x ' %

say, but the magnitude of

' x ' is also l iable to in­

crease.

The situation is made

even more serious by the

fact that, not only do

enough resources have to

be found to produce the

goods we require, but we

must also find addi t ional

resources to enable us to

contro l the po l lut ion we

thereby generate. Po l l u ­

t ion of the environment is

something which , not sur­

prisingly, we want to e l im­

inate; but its prevention is

something which, in con­

ventional economic terms,

we shal l be increasingly

unable to afford. We al low

it to occur at our peri l , for

once sufficient quantities

of pollutants are released

to upset the basic proces­

ses of the biosphere, there

is really no knowing what

the effects w i l l be on the

various forms of life on

the planet, inc luding our­

selves and the plants and

animals on which we rely

for our food. Indeed it

appears f rom recent re­

search 1 that some of the

most fundamental bio-

spheric processes are only

just being discovered, let

alone understood in suffi­

cient depth to enable us to

predict how easily they

may be disturbed, or what

the resulting effects w i l l

be !

Thus the environmental

crisis is not merely a col­

lection of localised, un­

related problems such as

pol lut ion, noise, shr inking

countryside, etc., wh i ch it

is just convenient to lump

together under one head­

ing. It is m u c h more fun­

damental than this, and is

basically concerned with

the material constraints

placed by nature upon

mankind 's efforts to pro­

gress towards a more ideal

world. Th is is in sharp

contrast to conventional

pol i t ical ideologies which

are mostly concerned with

the human constraints.

Things have come to a

head because industrial

c iv i l isat ion has for too long

al lowed itself to accept in

a relatively uncrit ical man­

ner, as a measure of what

is good, the rate of in­

crease of material wealth.

Th is has been a workable

standard unt i l now because

our demands upon the

earth's resources have been

easily satisfiable. Such a

situation cannot, by defin­

ition, continue for ever

and we are now in the un­

comfortable posit ion of

seeing that, having due re­

gard to the pol it ical reali­

ties of the wor ld today, a

major disrupt ion of the

growth process is going to

occur wel l wi thin the life­

time of present-day stud­

ents.

Needless to say, such a

perturbation wi l l have

colossal economic and

pol i t ical repercussions. 1

may have given the i m ­

pression earlier that the

'environmental thesis' can

be regarded as an alterna­

tive to conventional po l i ­

tical ideologies; if so I

apologise. F o r any pol i t i ­

ca l theory to be complete

it must obviously have due

regard to both the physical

and human realities of the

current wor ld situation.

What , therefore, does the

environmental argument

imply in terms of the con­

ventional left-right polit ical

debate?

First let us deal on a

global scale. If one asks

the average intelligent per­

son in this country how

they can justify l iv ing in

conditions of material

affluence whilst the major­

ity of the world's popula­

t ion l i v e s i n relative

poverty, they w i l l proba­

bly say something to the

effect that, life being what

it is, c iv i l isat ion develops

in some areas faster than

i n others and that we

needn't really worry about

being so r ich since the

poorer countries w i l l i n

time develop and catch us

up. One of the most i m ­

portant po l i t i ca l effects of

the environmental argu­

ment is that it exposes this

idea for the absolute non­

sense that it is. The poorer

countries of the wor ld have

no hope of a l l s imultan­

eously enjoying the present

European-type standard of

l iv ing since there are not

nearly sufficient resources

to enable them to do this.

O f course we must not

make the mistake of

assuming that a l l the

peoples of the wor ld w i l l

necessarily want to de­

velop i n the same indus­

tr ia l manner as today's

'developed' countries have.

However, it is apparent

that very many countries

are intent on doing just

this, and that they are

being greatly encouraged

in their efforts by the de­

veloped world. Further­

more it would be cruelly

unrealistic to deny that the

developing countries w i l l

have to greatly increase

their use of resources

s imply in order to br ing

their mater ia l standard of

l iv ing up to a m i n i m u m

acceptable level.

A s far as pol i t ics wi th in

the developed wor ld is con­

cerned, the environmental

argument totally trans­

cends the conventional

left-right dichotomy. It has

been suggested, rather i r ­

responsibly 1 th ink, that

the environmental crisis

has been caused solely by

capi ta l ism and that al l we

have to do is to change to

a socialist system and the

problem wi l l automatical ly

disappear. Th is is not true

since the problem can only

be solved by abandoning

the ideal of non-stop econ­

omic growth in material

terms, and not merely by

changing the way in which

the fruits of our labours

are distributed. Th i s of

course does not mean that

the left-right argument is

now irrelevant or unneces­

sary. It w i l l natural ly re­

main arguable as to what

is the most favourable

po l i t ica l system under

which to come to terms

with the present crisis.

1 have not covered here

every aspect of the prob­

lem by any means and I

hope to discuss some other

issues, part icular ly that of

populat ion growth, i n a

further article.

M I K E R O B S O N

(Chem. P.G.)

I.C. Eco -Ac t i on .

' J . E . L o v e l o c k e t a l . , N a t u r e 1973, 241 , 194 a n d

r e f s . t h e r e i n .

M y last ' "Broadsheet - in-Fe l ix " article stimulated a

response I d i d not anticipate and which J had intended

to ignore on two grounds. F irst ly , I do not l ike to, or

wish to, indulge i n pointless derogatory and back-bi t ing

remarks about anyone but prefer to present my point

of v iew and facts i n a relatively straightforward manner

without attacking any part icular ind iv idua l . M y last

article was not a imed at anyone specifically and if

people felt" certain facts had been omitted they cou ld

have merely said what these were (any other remarks

would surely be irrelevant to the point of the article).

Secondly, I refuse to get involved in a chi ld ish "s lang-

ing -match" that wou ld only serve to waste Fe l i x space

and bore the rest of its readers. I shal l therefore merely

answer the points raised i n the guildsheet article and

curious letter that appeared last week, without being

too nasty, and hope the matter Will subsequently be

dropped (with the exception of new developments of

course).

The letter by M r . van Weaselgrope is hardly worth

commenting on, not only because of its obvious lack of

seriousness, but because the writer has not the courage

of his convict ions and is too coward ly to put his own

name to his l iterary excreta, but prefers to s l ing his

m u d and hide behind some pseudonym. I shall remark

however that the "revenge squad " that took the records,

files, etc., had not indulged in a mascotry ra id before

and merely desired to annoy those concerned by re­

moving these articles wh ich were prompt ly returned

within half an hour wi th apologies. A n y damage in ­

curred in a ra id was of course accidental (not deliberate

as was claimed) and I notice when guilds retrieved the

shields they were not reluctant to leave the R .C .S . office

in a mess by knock ing things over and pinching copies

of the latest Broadsheet (which they would have received

anyway, even though they have difficulty finding some­

one in guilds who can read).

Th is brings me onto the guildsheet article, I 'm glad

to see Broadsheet is no longer the only C . C . V . pub l i ca ­

t ion to respond to the Fe l i x editor's request for regular

opinion articles and hope that i n future guildsheet w i l l

have something to say that is worth reading (unlike the

monotonous format and low standard of guildsheet

itself). I was a little puzzled at the fact that the editor

did not write the article (although judging by what I've

seen of guildsheet I doubt that i t has one) and instead

this was done by a gentleman who apparently dates

bearded young ladies (I draw this conclusion f rom the

fact that he was uncertain of my sex at the start of the

article but managed to guess right by the end—wel l

done, sir!). I also wondered why this article was on the

sports page, considering the unnecessarily nasty com­

ments it contained, its hardly cr icket, is it chaps? Per­

haps they are trying to initiate a new s p o r t — R o n bash­

ing! We l l , M r . Hanson should "get his facts r ight " , had

not the guilds twats i n their office attempted to throw

one of our val iant lads over the balcony to the ground

some ten feet below then perhaps their cheap ashtray

would not have got broken in the scuffle. Admi t ted ly ,

some letters for the guilds float got broken, but M r .

Hanson has exaggerated the actual number f rom four

to his "b reak ing half the letters".

I forgot to mention that the R .C .S . sign W A S seen

by our lads i n the infamous glass cabinet but no attempt

to retrieve it was made since the cabinet was locked.

Perhaps I should add that the shields are sti l l in our

possession as is M r . Newman's (guilds president) hat

fo l lowing the M o r p h y Day antics and that mysterious

V . C . anchor (beautifully painted in the R .C .S . colours)

was wheeled into the R .C .S . U . G . M . last Tuesday.

The general feeling of those associated wi th Broad ­

sheet is that mascotry is to be encouraged as long as it

is done by "sleight of h a n d " and does not degenerate

into open warfare, which was regrettably becoming the

case at the end of last term. 1 therefore hope that any

developments this term are of a more sedate and sophis­

ticated manner.

R O N A P P L E B Y (Broadsheet Edi tor ) .

Feelsick No. 327, Tuesday February Sicks 1973 were Edited by Oliver Dowson F. with implicated, as well, Ron Apple bee, Martin Black, Alasdhair Campbell (Vomitoria L.T.D.), Derek Cummings, Arbro Schasm, David Hobman, Graham King, John Lane, Gordon Reece, Pdavid Rose, Michael SMverleaf, John Stares and Steven Swailes. In alphabetical. Not in alphabetical Peter Crawford.

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Association.

a poem Double your pleasure

Double your fun

Get FELIX and read about

Mart Doughty's bum.

We used to say

That poem at school.

Only with different

Words then.

The weekly article

From Martin D. is a

Sight for sore eyes.

A spark of genius

In a

Literary oasis.

As my mate Keith

Used to say.

He got a call while on

Nightline

The other night

(my mate Keith that is)

Putting aside his Beano

He listened to someone

Depressed

By the lack of soul

And art

Here at IC.

I think that's it

In a nutshell.

Scientists are

Scientists

A nd poets and artists

A re poets and artists.

Ah well. It takes all

Sorts I suppose.

W i t h apo log i es to E. J . "

T h r i b b (17)

A L A S D H A R C A M P B E L L

ON DEMOS Last Wednesday a very

successful demonstrat ion

was held by students f rom

Thames Po ly and E r i t h

Poly. They marched f rom

U L U to the D E S by

Water loo station shouting

"Gran ts U p " , "Thatcher

O u t " , "Tor ies O u t " and

" C a n you live on £275

p.a. M r s . Thatcher? " . Or ­

ganised by rank and file

act ion committee, many

were angry at the lack of

leadership which N U S

had given. A l l they were

told was that they would

not get much support, and

that they should wait for

the day of act ion on Feb­

ruary 21st. M a n y of them

being on discretionary

awards or getting no

grants at a l l , they were

not deterred.

There are people at I C

who say the same about

our demo tomorrow, but

we w i l l not be deterred

either. The rapid price i n ­

creases and the effects of

the growing trade war, the

possible cancellation of

Concorde and the subse­

quent cutback in jobs for

technologists make it es­

sential that we come out

now to defend our demo­

cratic rights. A l l students

who want to help make

this the most successful

campaign ever and wish

to steward, make banners

or help w i th mass leaflet-

ing on Wednesday morn­

ing should contact the

Un i on Office.

P E T E G I L L E T T

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February 8th, 1973 F E L I X Page 7

FE£IX FINANCIA££Y

goes shopping

for a Bank!

DEREK CUMMINGS will be delivering the second of his four

General Studies lectures today at 1.30 p.m. in Physics Lecture

Theatre 1. (More than just a lecture, quite an experience in fact!).

Today he'll be grilling — and inviting you to grill — a leading

building society manager. If you think you're ever likely to buy a

house, you owe it to yourself to drop everything and go to the

lecture. See you there!

This week FELIX FINANCIALLY is

going to lower its sights just a little.

When the idea of a financial page

was first conceived, our intention was

to cover the whole spectrum of

money problems and particularly to

try to clarify some of the more ob­

scure points we are all likely to run up

against when we set out into the wide

world beyond the comforting walls of

Imperial College.

We've talked about such things as

isurance policies, home loans, house

prices and other related problems that

we are bound to face in the future.

A n d , thanks to our financial adviser

DEREK E. C U M M I N G S , we think we

have covered the field in a more than

usually refreshing and interesting

way.

In this issue, however, we felt we

ought to get down to the ground floor

and have a look at where most of our

money comes from. So we're going to

talk about banks and bank managers.

It happens that they are the sub­

jects about which DEREK E. C U M -

MINGS will be speaking when he de­

livers the third of his General Studies

lectures on February 13.

This lecture will be of interest to

anyone who has ever crossed swords

with a bank manager (and I imagine

most of us could show a few scars

from that particular battle) since Cum­

mings' guest that day will be the man­

ager of a bank less than a mile away

from I.C.

His name is Roger Roseboom. We

think he's a bank manager with a dif­

ference: a man who has the almost

revolutionary view that banks — or

rather his bank — should be in the

business of helping people rather than

just counting their money or writing

smoothly insulting notes when they're

a pound overdrawn.

He's coming along to answer your

questions about banks and their man­

agers — how they work, how they

think, their attitudes towards stu­

dents and so on.

He'll lend an ear next Tuesday and

— who knows? — he might even

lend you some money one day. But

he's a shrewd cookie and he'll be

looking for some penetrating ques­

tions.

But before we put him in the hot

seat, we asked our man' to give us his

ideas on what banks and bank mana­

gers ought to be about.

There ' s no ques t i on about it, bank­

ing is a l ove ly bus ine s s . It makes

money on a l l s i d e s . O n the one hand

they take your money and keep it for

y ou — a n d then invest it to make a

l i t t le profit for themse l v e s . O n the

other h a n d , they l end you money —

and charge you interest on the loan .

It's marve l l ous . T h e y can ' t lose.

O K , that ' s a very s i m p l i s t i c v i e w of

a c o m p l i c a t e d o r g a n i s m . But very

often the s i m p l e approach revea ls the

fact of a matter . A n d it is t rue. B a n k s

do make money out of money , w he t h ­

er guard ing it or l end ing it.

But , pu r su ing the s i m p l e approach

makes it obv i ous that banks w o u l d n ' t

even be in bus iness if it were not for

the ir cus t omer s . C u s t o m e r s are not

just important to them, they ' re abso­

lute ly e ssen t i a l .

So a l l o f y ou w i t h bank accoun ts

ought to th ink about that, for a start.

L ike K i t chene r ' s a rmy , your bank

needs y o u .

For that r eason , the banks spend

m i l l i o n s on t ry ing to attract c u s t o m ­

ers. Leaflets, handou ts , pos te rs ,

pamph l e t s , d i sp l a y adve r t i s ements

a n d t e l e v i s i on are a l l weapons they

use to try to get you to put your

money where their mou th is .

M y o w n favour i te approach is in

the c o m m e r c i a l s h o w i n g the happy

home w i t h the bank manager in the

b room c u p b o a r d — if on l y because I

k n o w one or two bank managers I'd

love to lock in a c u p b o a r d and then

lose the key ! But as ide f r om that, th is

ad po ints up a bas i c truth about the

bank ing bus i n e s s , name l y , that your

fortune can depend on your bank

manager as an i n d i v i d u a l .

A n d th is is a ser ious po in t . U n l e s s

you have a lot of money , there are

bound to be o c c a s i o n s when the bank

can he lp you out of a fix. Tha t ' s w h e n

you have to w a l k into the bank and

face the manager . P r o v i d i n g y o u r

needs are not outrageous , i t 's o d d s

on that he c o u l d he lp y ou , s ince bank

manage rs have a large degree of

au t onomy and can lend fa i r ly subs tan ­

t ia l amounts of money w i thou t ref­

erence to anyone e lse .

But w i l l he help you?

It depends on the man and on y o u .

Af ter a l l , y ou chose h i m , d i d n ' t y ou?

W h e n you opened your first bank

accoun t , you c o u l d have gone to any

bank in the l and .

If your m a n turns you d o w n on

what you feel is a reasonab le request ,

then there 's on l y one c o n c l u s i o n .

Y o u ' v e chosen the w r o n g bank m a n ­

ager.

The answer to that is to shop

a r o u n d . G o to a bank and have a chat

w i t h the manager before you open an

account . T a l k to h i m , te l l h i m your

s i tua t i on and wha t sort of se rv i ces

you expec t f r om the bank. A s k h i m

ques t i ons , pose a p r o b l e m or two .

Y o u ' l l s oon f ind out whether he 's your

sort of b l oke . If he i s n ' t — l e a v e .

Remember that, in your search, you

have one factor working for you. In

a highly competitive situation, where

all banks are going out of their way to

attract custom, they have been forced

to change their traditional outlook.

These days, they have to make them­

selves more attractive to the public.

They have to be prepared to lend

money on much less secure grounds

than they previously demanded. And

the decisions on questions like that

rest firmly with the man in the back

room—the manager.

They have the powers. The trouble

is that so many of them cannot be

bothered to use them, to take the

risks, to back their judgment. Luckily,

a lot of those gents in striped pants

and black coats are being pensioned

off and replaced by younger men with

a younger outlook.

Which type you choose is entirely

your concern. It's as simple as that.

And it's not only a question of be­

ing able to borrow a few quid, is it?

An intelligent and aware bank man­

ager will be a man with whom you

can confidently discuss the whole

range of money matters.

B a n k s have learned some pa in fu l

l e ssons in the past f ew years . They ' v e

seen a lot of the ir bus iness s i p h o n e d

off by s u c h ins t i tu t ions as merchant

banks and the f inance houses . They

got into the bus iness w h i c h the banks

ought to have m o n o p o l i s e d . In fact ,

the banks a l l o w e d it to go by de faul t ,

s i m p l y because they weren ' t p repared

to take the r i sks .

But these days, they're right back

into it. So why sign a hire purchase

agreement at an inflated rate of real

interest when you might be able to do

it more cheaply with a bank loan?

Af te r a l l , a bank is just another

s h o p — e x c e p t that it s e l l s c a s h . W h y

on earth s h o u l d n ' t y ou , the cus tomer ,

feel ent i t l ed to use it on those t e rms?

// you don't do that, the reason

probably is that your bank manager

doesn't encourage you to do so.

If you're in that situation, leave

him to go on sending out his little

overdraft notes and go and find a

manager who knows what modern

banking is all about.

Look at it th is way . If you went to

a doc to r w i t h a broken a rm and he

p r e s c r i b ed a s p i r i n , y o u ' d s oon f ind

another doGtor, w o u l d n ' t y o u ?

A s w i t h m e d i c i n e , so w i t h f inance .

A l l the fac i l i t i e s you are l ike ly to need

are there — s o m e w h e r e . Y o u have to

f ind them. Or rather, f ind the man

w h o is prepared to make them ava i l ­

ab le to y o u . , .

A n d that means go ing s h o p p i n g —

for a bank manager .

Just out of interest, FELIX

FINANCIALLY took DEREK E.

C U M M I N G S at his word. We

went to talk to a bank manager

—Roger Roseboom himself.

These are some of the things he

said:

"As I see it, banks have a

duty to offer a real service to

their customers, whether they be

students, property developers or

old age pensioners. And by ser­

vice I mean more than just tak­

ing their money and making

them wait in line to cash a

cheque. Service means listening

to and trying to understand their

problems and then, if it is in any

way possible, helping them to

solve them. That, I think, is a

bank manager's prime responsi­

bility to his customer.

"Now students. You ask what

my bank can offer a student that

another bank cannot. And the

answer is very little. Any bank

can offer the same facilities.

Whether they are used depends

on the manager.

"What I offer any student is

an intelligent dialogue and a

willingness to help them in the

best way I can. We want stud­

ent accounts—every bank does.

We realise that today's student

is tomorrow's man of property.

If any student from Imperial Col­

lege came to me and made it

clear he had worked hard to get

there, was working hard to get

his degree and was going to

make the grade when he left

college, I'd jump at the chance

to get his account in my bank.

I'd give him a cheque book and

a cheque card to back it with.

I'd handle his account without

charges—although I would have

to charge interest on any sum

overdrawn, naturally. And when

summer term came and times

were hard, I'd be prepared to

listen if he wanted something to

tide him over. I'd make it quite

clear that I wouldn't expect him

to go and blue the money on a

new tape recorder, but if he was

sensible and impressed me when

talking across my desk, I'd very

likely be able to help. I already

have a number of student

accounts, and I think I've been

fair with them all.

"It's my job to listen to prob­

lems and to try to unravel them.

After all, a talk with your bank

manager ought not to be like

an audience with the Pope. I

like to see my customers. I

make my judgements on them

through meeting them face to

face and I'll back my judgment

every time.

"That's what a bank mana­

ger's job is all about".

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Page 8 F E L I X February 6th, 1973

o c k e / MARTINS Last Saturday the 1st and 3rd X I s travelled to Har ­

row by a team coach. However, this coach was delayed

for forty minutes whilst a l l those who had brought cars

to go in found somewhere to park them. F r o m the

start trouble was evident, since the strongmen of the

committee, R o n Pa 'mer and M i c k Downs, had to per­

suade the driver that Har row means Stanmore. No t

to be outdone got well and truly lost in Har row —

or was it Stanmore?

Things then became more confused as the two

teams had to be dropped off at two different grounds.

We l l the 3rd X I were taken to the door, but the 1st X I

— even wi th the help of an A - Z — had to c l imb over

a rai lway bridge and trundle through muddy fields

before they caught sight of the mud-heap that became

the pitch.

Ment ion here should be made of John Ast ley who

thought it would be better to go by scooter armed

wi th an A - Z . Af ter an even greater tour of H a r r o w

than the coach, John finally found the 3rd X I ground,

but then decided it was too late to try and find the

let X I ; so he went home!

The match itself — shortened due to our late arr iva l

— was very average. Ha r r ow , even wi th an extra

man, d id not live up to expectations as members of

the 1st d iv is ion of the Middlesex League. The first half

ended wi th a blank score-sheet, main ly due to the

home side's erratic shooting.

The second half had some memorable scenes: M i c k

Downs clearing off the goal-l ine w i th everybody else

beat; M i c k Downs — again in defence — wi ld ly swip­

ing, but missing the bal l and knobb l ing T i m Hansen's

shins. H e even swore after the match he wasn't pissed

the night before.

The final score was 1 — 1 C o l i n Dyer scoring for I C

after a fluff by the keeper. The equaliser by H a r r o w

fol lowed a free hit f rom just outside the circle.

T eam: S. Bou l ton ; R. Cameron, R . Palmer; B.

Evans, T. Hanson , G . Popple; A . Tatche l l , M . Downs,

J . Gah i r , C . Dyer.

R u m o u r has it that the 2nd X I lost 3—0 and the 3rd

X I drew 1—1, John Andrews being the scorer; but

rumour of the result of last Wednesday's 1st X I match

against Brune i st i l l has to seep through to darkest

C lapham. Doesn't anybody know where the Math ' s

letter racks are?

Af ter last week's report M i c k Downs demanded an

apology for his ment ion but I move that he should

dr ink a pint of Heineken since he arranged a Sunday

morn ing match wh ich was cal led off by the opposit ion

— a fact 1 d id not learn unt i l I arrived at Har l ing ton .

motor sport

Readers of other C o l ­

lege publ icat ions w i l l have

noticed that I a m once

again contr ibut ing to

B R O A D S H E E T (wotzat?

— E d ) . If the editors of

any other publications

guildsheet for example

want to improve the whole

tone of their periodical

they should drop me

note (preferably blue with

a picture of H M the

Queen, V i s i t o r to Imper ia l

College) and I w i l l see

what can be done.

o n p a r k i n g

There is insufficient

space for a l l those stu

dents who have park ing

stickers to park their cars.

Therefore no permits w i l l

be issued until further

notice.

o n Wint Wine w i l l be sold by the

bottle in Southside Bar .

There w i l l be a good se­

lection of low and

medium - priced w i n e s

which should compete

with W A I T . . . sorry

loca l shops.

The College Cel lars are

very wel l stocked and it is

possible to purchase wine

in bu lk — at a discount

(my boy?) Fur ther details

and list f rom M r . V i c t o r

M o o n e y (int. 2878).

o n p o o ^ t

B y the time you read

this, the new improved

Col lege B l o c k Bar should

be open and serving a

wide range of ales.

Rentawe ld Treasure H u n t

R a l l y

The ever active Gu i lds

M o t o r C l u b held a Trea­

sure H u n t R a l l y i n the

wi lds of Hertfordshire on

F r i day evening (2nd Feb­

ruary). E leven enthusiastic

crews set out f rom the

start near Windsor , and

ten managed to find the

finish.

The infamous Perry

Newton had to be rescued

at one point as his car

took to the water l ike a

d u c k — i t loved going in ,

but wouldn ' t come out

again. M a r t C l emow man­

aged to find more mud

than anyone else, but man­

aged to finish.

The ra l ly was won by

Simon Briscoe (again!)

w i th J o h n C o x o n and

Pete W i l k ins second and

third, and the majority of

crews seemed to have en­

joyed the event.

v L es W i l k in s M . E . 3 .

GIRL wanted to share large room in comfortable self-contain­ed flat. £25 per cal. mth. Call at Flat 15, 19 Courtfield Road, SW7 any evening (top flat).

STUDENT WORLD B I R M I N G H A M U N I V E R S I T Y has

now decided to come out on Rent Strike,

despite a decision of last term not to do

so. The result, however, is disappoint­

ing: only one of the seven halls has come

out in support. The Communicat ions

Secretary of the University U n i o n told

a Fe l i x reporter i n early January that

each hal l 's J C R had indiv idual ly voted

against strike act ion; it wou ld seem that

they are st icking to that decision. " R e d ­

b r i ck " , their newspaper, was the only

other in the country besides " F e l i x " to

run a special Rent Strike issue at the

start of term.

LEEDS UNIVERSITY halls have

been plagued by hordes of Assurance

salesmen — one hall had no less than

seven visits last Sunday alone. "Leeds

Student" names the firms as the Gradu­

ate Assurance Bureau, Lynn Assurance

Services and the University Assurance

Service, which are not known to operate

in Imperial College.

N O T T I N G H A M halls seem to be los­

ing a lot of glasses — so one of them

has set up a deposit system for half and

pint glasses. The deposit is lOp, refund­

able on return of the glass . . . but it

looks as if the hall could lose out, as

there is nothing to stop people collecting

glasses f rom elsewhere and c la iming the

deposit !

SUSSEX UNIVERSITY staff and

students are complaining that the inter­

disciplinary teaching system is being dis­

carded. The scheme involves teaching

science to arts people and arts to science

people. One of the problems is that there

are more arts than science students.

L A N C A S T E R students N i n a Thomas

and Geoffrey Foote, banned f rom attend­

ing pol i t ical meetings o n campus for

disrupting a right-wing meeting, have

withdrawn their appeals to the V i ce -

Chancel lor , Charles Carter.

OPEN UNIVERSITY applicants

number more than 10,000 . . . even

though they are now only six weeks into

their six-month enrolment period.

The Steering Committee of the N U S

S T U D E N T J O U R N A L I S T S ' C O N ­

F E R E N C E to be held i n L o n d o n i n

A p r i l voted last week to abol ish a l l

awards for student newspapers, maga­

zines and journalists at once, and there

w i l l thus be no Paper of the Y e a r o r

Journal ist of the Y e a r this year. The

Committee, made up of about ten edi­

tors f r om around the country, has set up

sub-committees to investigate the setting

up of a Nat iona l Student Press Service

and a Nat ional Space Brokerage for

advertising.

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