F o u n d e d i n 1949 N E W S P A P E R O F I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E U N I O N F R E E !

N O . 381 F R I D A Y , 7 T H M A R C H , 1975

R C S U

R e s u l t s L A S T T H U R S D A Y Ron K i l l

d ec ided to withdraw from the R C S U p res iden t i a l e l e c t i ons so at T u e s d a y ' s r e su l t s meet­ing Steve Br ightman was de­c l a r ed e l ec ted .

In the count o f votes cas t i n the H o n . S e c . e l e c t i on , no cand ida te had reached quota after a l l the votes were trans-f e r ed . The e l e c t o ra l reform soc ie ty was con tac t ed . Mean­w h i l e the R C ' S U mee t ing agreed to he bound by the s o c i e t y ' s d e c i s i o n . The soc iety dec la red the cand idate who remained after a l l votes had been tran-s fered shou ld be e l e c t ed . N i c k Roe thus became l i o n . Sec . o f RCSIJ for s e s s i o n 197 5/76.

S im i l a r l y the meet ing had to ratify the e l e c t i on o f H o n . Jun io r T reasurer in w h i c h the quorum was not r eached . The e l e c t i on was duiy ra t i f i ed C h r i s More l l was e l e c t ed , de­feat ing D .Rawnse l y by 210 to 88.

J ohn White, and John H o l d ­ing had prev i ous l y been e l ec t ­ed unopposed a s V i c e - P r e s i d ­ent and A c a d e m i c A f fa i rs Off­i c e r r e spec t i v e l y .

Sieve lirighlman

V O T E today and next

Monday for the post of I C

U n i o n Deputy P r e s i d en t .

B a l l o t boxes w i l l be in the

J C R , Un i on and Sou ths i d e .

Do not forget your reg is t ­

ra t ion ca rd .

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C & G U

H u s t i n g s

AMID A f lurry of computer c a rds , the cand ida tes for the C & G U E x e c u t i v e 1975/76 were duly husted in M e c h . E n g . 220 las t Tuesday l unch t ime .

The meet ing was t y p i c a l l y bo i s t e rous w i th the cand ida t e s get t ing the wors t of i t . The quest ion and answer s e s s i on be tween the cand ida tes and the meet ing featured the usual top ics o f student apathy , pro­mot ing the Un ion e t c .

The cand ida tes are: F o r P R E S I D E N T : K . A h l e r s , T . F i s h e r ; V I C E - P R E S I D E N T : D . L o r d , C W a l d r o n ; Hon .Sec . Ms J F o r d , T . P i c k l e s , Ms A . P i c k a r d ; H o n . Jun .Treasurer: M .Hughes , P . L y n c h , R . D o y l e ; E n t s . O f f i c e r : D .Crook ; O . C . ' s Rep: S .Hoy l e ; A . A . O . J . E l k i n , M .Johnson .

The e l e c t i o n s w i l l be he ld on March 1 3th.

N e w D e a n

for R C S

P R O F E S S O R R J K . S . WOOD P h D , A R C S , D I C , F . I . B i o l . has been e l e c t ed to the of f ice of Dean of the Roya l Co l l e g e o f Sc i ence , for the next three years and w i l l take o f f ice as from l s t September 1975.

P ro f e s so r P . T . Mathews who has been Dean for the past three years w i l l retire from the above date .

DEMO

D r a m s o c

Success D r a m s o c ' s C h r i s t m a s pro­

duct ion of "Albert's Bridge" has been s e l e c t e d , from a large f i e ld , for i n c l u s i o n i n the Sunday T i m e s N a t i o n a l Student Drama F e s t i v a l . T h e f e s t i v a l runs from the 6th to the 12th of A p r i l at a number of West End theatres . It i s thought that "Albert's Bridge" w i l l be performed at the C o l l e ­giate Theatre on Wednesday 9th A p r i l . Tom Stoppard (the author) w i l l be present to wa tch .

T H E D E M O N S T R A T I O N ca l l ed by the N a t i o n a l Un i on o f Students a s part of the cam­pa i gn for fa i rer grants took p lace last F r i d a y . Be tween twe lve and fifteen thousand (es t imates vary) s tudents took part in a march from Be l v ede r e Road to Hyde Park to hear J o h n R a n d a l l , the P r es iden t o f the N U S , attack the government 's proposed cu ts i n expend i ture on e d u c a t i o n .

The tu rn -ou t from I C w a s higher than the prev ious occ ­a s i o n ( s i x ty s tudents as com­pared to forty last t ime) . T h e I C U P r e s i d e n t was s a i d to be "disappointed" at the turn­ou t .

F E L I X

W i f O i t M L M i c h a e l W i l l i a m s

T H E P A S T week or so has seen the annual indu lgent spec tac l e o f Un ion e l e c t i o n s . No t i c eboa rds , w a l l s , w i n d ­ows, doors - any th ing i n fac t , that w i l l ho ld a drawing p i n or se l l o tape - have a l l been de f i l ed by a mult i tude o f post ­ers and bumph, each and everyone sc reaming out for a t t en t i on . B o l d words have been spoken, promises have been made. The o l d chestnut o f student apathy and U G M at tendances have been g i v en their perfunctory a i r i n g s . P u b ­l i c i t y mach ines have been fur ious ly g r ind ing out the pear l s o f w i sdom, the hopeful messages and adherent c l i c h e s .

What will come of it all? A t the t ime o f w r i t i n g , (Wednesday afternoon) i t i s not at a l l c e r ta in that the I C U e l e c t i ons

w i l l be quorate . A thresho ld o f about 1050 voters i s necessary to make the e l e c t i ons v a l i d - i f the thresho ld i s not reached, new e l e c t i ons w i l l have to be h e l d , new s l ogans w i l l have to be thought up , cand ida tes w i l l be c a l l e d upon to make even greater efforts w i th the i r c ampa i gn ing .

N a t u r a l l y , i f the e l e c t i o n s are quo­rate , then le t u s congratu la te the v i c t ­o r s and commisurate wi th the not-so-l u c k y . B u t i f the e l e c t i o n s are deemed i n v a l i d , then some people are going to have to do a lot of hard t h i n k i n g wi th regard to the i r future .

The demonstrat ion for fa irer grants

l a s t F r i d a y appears to have been a s u c ­c e s s . A 15,000 turn-out neve r the l ess be remembered that there were Welsh and seen in the pe rspec t i v e o f the fact that Welsh and Sco t t i sh demos were be ing h e l d s imu l taneous ly can on l y rate a s a s u c c e s s i n terms o f p a r t i c i p a t i o n . The turn-out from I C was 50% higher than that recorded for the l a s t demo: a new s e s s i o n a l h igh o f s i x t y s tudents . T r e v . P h i l l i p s w a s extremely d i sappo in ted , and jus t i f y ab l y so.

The ques t i on now be ing a s k e d i s > How many of those who have recent ly s tood up and endorsed the f i ght ing of the proposed educa t i on cu ts were on that demo?

More deve lopments next week .

I . I E 7 7 I E 3 S Dept. of Mathematics, Imperial College .

Dear S ir ,

M s . L i s t z ' s a n a l y s i s of p i n -b a l l as an out le t o f r epressed sexua l i m p u l s e s i s e s s e n t i a l l y c o r r e c t . O f course , minor po in t s are open to d i s p u t e . S h e does not e x p l a i n the deep sa t i s f i ed c l i c k s and sh i r r s the machine makes when a b a l l i s l o s t down the ho l e . Furthermore , my per­s ona l s k i l l (or l a c k o f s k i l l ) i s such that I never get a rep lay . T h i s does not mean that I de­r ive no sa t i s f a c t i on from the game .Howeve r , l e t us not ar­gue on t e c h n i c a l i t i e s .

In her c o n c l u s i o n , M s . L i s t z condemns "sex substitutes" such a s the p h a l l i c p i nba l l machine , The ta , and the Que­en ' s T o w e r . May I po int out that there i s a s ex ratio o f 10: 1 i n I . C . c l e a r l y , some subs t i t ­ute i s more g l o r i ous , more maj­e s t i c , more ...imperial than the noble art o f p i n b a l l ?

Y o u r s fa i th fu l l y

D a v i d Cooper

Dept. of Chemical Engineering Imperial College 26th February 1975

Dear Mr W i l l i a m s

I am w r i t i n g to y o u to pro­test about the p u l l i n g down o f posters around C o l l e g e at U n i o n E l e c t i o n t imes . It i s oommon p rac t i c e o f the s oc ­i e t i e s at Imperia l C o l l e g e that no posters put u p by other s o c i e t i e s adve r t i s ing future events are p u l l e d down, but those w h i c h are out of date can be . A l though C o l l e g e U n i ­on pays for the pos te rs through S C C / R C C , they are s t i l l ex­p e n s i v e and account for a reasonab le percentage o f the soc i e t i e s annual grant from the U n i o n .

On Monday (February 24th) two pos te rs were p l a c e d i n the

J C R near the door, and o n Tue­sday (February 25th) they had been rep laced by a pos te r o f a person s tand ing for a U n i o n o f f i ce . There were many blank s e c t i ons of w a l l where th i s poster cou ld have been p l a c e d but they were not w e l l p o s i ­t ioned .

I f everyone p r a c t i s e d th is habi t , NO POSTERS would re­main up for more than a few hours, and no-one wou ld know i f any meet ings o f interest to him or her were o c c u r i n g that lunch t i m e .

I appeal to peop le to stop this hab i t of p u l l i n g down posters around C o l l e g e .

Y o u r s f a i th fu l l y ,

L . J . J u l i u s Secretary, Jewish Society .

Imperial College Union 28th February 1975

Dear M i k e ,

It seems I gravely m i s r e ­presented the G l i d i n g C l u b at the hus t ings on Thursday when I s ta ted that they had a grant of approx imate ly £1000 and on ly 20 members. I have s ince d i s cove r ed that the i r grant i s on ly £750 and that they have a membership of over 70 p e o p l e .

I w i s h to p u b l i c l y apo log i se to the G l i d i n g C l u b and hope that my mis take does not jeop­ardise their grant for next year .

Yours s i n c e r e l y ,

Ma l c o lm Spencer

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Dear S ir , Imperial College

In the event of Mooney be­coming even more expens i ve , I fee l sure that the major i ty of I . C . s tudents w i l l stop u s i n g the re fec tor ies , c aus ing yet another i nc r ease i n p r i c e s due to a dec rease i n tak ings . No t only i s the s tandard of food l ow, but a l s o that o f service .

T o quote but one example ; on Thursday l a s t I went down to the Un ion Refectory at 3pm in the hope o f buy ing a la te l u n c h . H a v i n g entered the re­fectory I was h u s t l e d out to c r i e s of "closed for lunch, open in half an hour," a l thou­gh the s igns c l e a r l y state that the lower un ion refectory i s open from 11 30am unt i l 5. 55pm . When I returned at 3 3 0 , I was s e r ved w i t h c h i p s that had o b v i o u s l y been fr ied before the refectory had been c l o s e d , and by th is t ime were greasy and c o l d .

T h i s i s not the fault o f the staff; however, may I suggest that were th i s a c ommerc i a l enterpr ise , the manager wou ld cove r w h i l e staf f had the i r own m e a l s . May I a l s o suggest that, i f the re fector ies faced reasonab le compet i ton, a n d d i d not have a ' c ap t i v e c l i e n t e l l e ' they wou ld have to improve their s tandards or c l o s e . No-one wou ld mind pay ing h igher p r i c e s , to eat i n reasonable

surroundings and be served w i th pa la tab l e food.

Y o u r s s ince r e l y ,

D.West . Aero 2.

Dear S ir ,

Physics Dept. 28th February, 1975

Something was s a i d at the U G M on the 27th February that annoyed me, and c e r t a i n l y have angered members o f the Imper ia l C o l l e g e G l i d i n g C l u b . T h i s was the statement by Mr M.Spencer, a candidate for the post o f I C U Hon . Sec . i n rep ly to a ques t i on , that in the event of the U n i o n ' s budget be ing cut , he would rather see s e l ­ec t i ve cu ts i n minori ty inter­es t c l u b s , eg . G l i d i n g C l u b wh i ch est imates over £1000 for next year for on l y twenty members. Apa r t from be ing m is ­l ead ing th is r a i s e s a number of

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O C C A S I O N A L L Y in our more c r i t i c a l moments we may a s k

ourse l v e s - what are we do ing here, for what end , i s that end

wor thwhi l e or in te res t ing even? It was in teres t ing to note the

packed lecture theatre in last w e e k ' s Genera l S tud ies 'Horizon'

f i lm "Science is dead - Long live science" obv i ous l y there is a

widespread concern and awar­

eness that a l l Is not 100% rosy in the wor ld of s c i e n c e and technology . However , these concerns tend not to get expressed voc i f e r ous l y In a c o l l e g e ded ica ted to the s i n g l e minded t ra in ing of s c i ­e n t i s t s and eng ineers wi thout encourag ing us to a sk 'what

is it tor?' Thus the demarca­t i on between the " t w o c u l ­t u r e s " is ma in ta ined .

The IC Sc i ence for Peop le group (soc ie ty for s o c i a l r e s ­p o n s i b i l i t y In sc i ence ) e x i s t s to provide a forum of d i s c u s ­s i o n on the i s s u e s of th is i n ­terac t ion between s c i e n c e and s o c i e t y . We do th i s by meet­ing at luncht ime on Tuesdays in Souths ide Upper lounge for a dr ink (everyone welcome) and i nv i t i ng speakers of var ­i ed renown to ta lk or lead a d i s c u s s s i o n . To see what we ' ve been up to th i s year, we star ted w i th Dr .Je r ry R a v e t z , h i s t o r i an and ph i losopher of

s c i e n c e , who mainta ined that s c i e n c e was not neutral and attempted to destroy the ideo­logy of 'pure s c i e n c e ' .

T h i s term we inv i t ed S i r B r i a n F l owe rs who ta lked on s c i e n c e educat ion and resear­ch from the perspect i ve of IC . H e d i s c u s s e d the theme of a c c o u n t a b i l i t y of a s c i e n t i s t a s an i n d i v i d u a l , to h i s em­ployer , to the pub l i c good, but re fused to be drawn on the v a l i d i t y of the var ious inter­e s t s , and whether we had sat ­i s fac tory mechan i sms of e n ­s u r i n g a c coun tab i l i t y - e s s e n ­t i a l l y a p o l i t i c a l p r o cess . He s a i d that means are techno­l o g i c a l but that ends are po l ­i t i c a l ; thus s c i e n t i s t s ought to be conversant in the s o c ­i a l s c i e n c e s , so they can con ­tr ibute to the debate over both means and e n d s . H e hopes c o u r s e s in " r e l e v a n t " s o c i a l s c i e n c e s w i l l be introduced at IC . However , he is adam­

ant that IC shou ld not turn i n ­to another L S E . .I hope, per­s o n a l l y , that he does not s u p ­press necessary p o l i t i c a l d i s c u s s i o n .

L a s t week, D a v i d D i c k s o n , s c i e n c e j ourna l i s t and author of " A l t e r n a t i v e T e c h n o l o g y " , presented h i s thes i s that the demarcat ion between techno­logy and p o l i t i c s cannot be ma in ta ined , i .e . the d e c i s i o n to deve lop a technology, the technology i t se l f , and the uses to which it is put, a l ong w i th the s i d e e f fects , are i n ­ex t r i cab l y l inked throgh the structure of a g iven s o c i e t y .

A s for the rest of th i s term, we hope to have Bra in E a s -l ea , author of "Liberation

and the Aims of Science",

and Pro fessor Bernard F e l d from MIT, a c t i v e in "Pug-

wash", and reputed to have been on N i x o n ' s l i s t of " e n e ­m i e s " , who w i l l d i s c u s s the ro le of Non-super Powers who never the l ess have nuc lear " c a p a b i l i t y " e .g . B r i t a i n , F r a n c e , I s rae l , India e t c .

Look out for further de-t a i l s or contact Pe te G l a s s P h y s i c s 3.

R C S U N i gh t Out Tuesday March 11th:

Ice s k a t i n g at Q u e e n ' s . 50p . Meet at S tan ' s B a r at 6.45pm

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4 FELIX

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A number of s tudents have recent ly a sked me to e x p l a i n some o f the factors concerned w i t h my nominat ion to a v i c e -p res idency of the N U S , and what I i n t end to do. Pe rhaps I can take a short w h i l e here to c l a r i f y my p o s i t i o n .

F i r s t , the mechan i c s : as P r e s i d e n t of U L U I w i l l be a s abba t i c a l o f f icer o f U L U ; as a v i c e -p res iden t o f N U S I wou ld not be s a b b a t i c a l . There are, i n fact on ly four fu l l - t ime o f f icers of the N U S - P re ­s ident , Deputy P r e s i d e n t , Secretary , and Treasure r . The obv i ous reason for th i s i s that the N a t i o n a l E x e c u t i v e dominated, no tby fu l l - t imers based in E n d s l e i g h Street but by " o rd ina ry s t u d e n t s " , and sabbe t i ca l o f f i cers in d i r e c t touch w i t h s tudent needs . That way the E x e c u t i v e i s no t i s o l a t e d from the student body i t ­se l f .

T h e second po int conce rns my own reg i s t ra t i on . I am s tand ing for e l e c t i o n as a student of Imper ia l C o l l e g e . I am f lat­tered that so many peop le have i n d i c a t e d

.that they w o u l d w i s h me to remain a s tudent of I C (nomina l l y , a t l east ) for the next year. I should po in t out that my o n l y reservat ion was whether th i s w o u l d be accep tab l e to the C o l l e g e ; my a l l e g ­i a n c e s , a s a student , have a lways been to I C , even when the U n i o n h a s taken react ionary backward p o s i t i o n s wh i ch i n my op in i on , ac t ed aga ins t i t s own in t e r ­e s t s . They remain so . With regard to L S E their reputat ion i s an undeserved one, and my in te res t was i n terms of a course o f s tudy , not b a s h i n g in the gates , o r the D i r ec to r .

* The other major po int i s the fac t that

1 am s tand ing as the cand ida te o f the B road L e f t . P e o p l e have a s k e d me what the Broad Le f t i s , and why I am part o f i t . The space a l l owed here i s not enough to o u t l i n e th i s f u l l y , but I w i l l try to g ive some i d eas about the nature of the B r o a d L e f t i n a few paragraphs .

E s s e n t i a l l y , the B L i s an a l l i a n c e o f s tudents - L e f t L a b o u r (mostly from the " C l a u s e 4 " group, w h i c h i den t i f i e s

w i th the T r ibune group of M P * s), Comm­u n i s t s , and non-a l i gned s o c i a l i s t s l i k e myse l f . We take part i n that a l l i a n c e be­cause we have a broadly s i m i l a r c oncep ­t ion o f the ro le o f s tudents i n t oday ' s

Most people at IC have now heard of the newly formed "Women in Science" group wi thout know ing why it e x i s t s and what are i t s a i m s . There seems to have been a lot of misrepresenta t ion a s we have been branded p o l i t c a l , women 's l i bbers who are out to destroy ICWA THIS IS N O N S E N S E as anyone who has had any ­thing to do w i th the group knows .

"Women in Science" e x i s t s to promote interest in s c i e n c e among women, to e n ­courage more women into s c i e n c e , to i n ­ves t i ga te any pre jud ice a ga ins t women s c i e n t i s t s and to study the a t t i tude of s c i e n t i f i c r esearch towards women.

When a group was started at IC the a ims of the group were formulated on two l e v e l s , women in s c i e n c e genera l l y and

s o c i e t y . The B r o a d L e f t t r i e s to put for­ward p o l i c i e s that the mass o f s tudents c a n iden t i y w i t h and uni te b e h i n d , i n f i ght ing to defend the i r educa t i ona l and l i v i n g standards - thus the a im o f b u i l d ­ing strong student un ions w h i c h c a n fight on ques t i ons l i k e G ran t s , educa t i on c u t s , and hous ing .

A l l s tudents w i t h i n the B r o a d L e f t see the in t e res t s of s tudents as b e i n g l i n k e d to those of work ing peop le , because i t i s not o n l y s tudents who suf fer from a l a c k o f e duca t i ona l p r o v i s i o n , or o f accommo­dat i on .There fo re , we cannot operate i n -dependant ly of those work ing peop le o r f i nd separate s o l u t i o n s to the prob lems. A s a member o f the B L , I fee l that s t u d ­ent un i ons shou ld t a ck l e these problems a longs ide the o rgan isa t i ons o f wo rk ing people - the T rades U n i o n s . T h i s goes both for na t i ona l and l o c a l l e v e l s .

I kbow that i t i s somet imes d i f f i c u l t for students to d i s t i n g u i s h between di f ­ferent " l e f t y " g r o u p s . However , I wou ld say that we di f fer from the other ma jo r

l e f tw ing group, the U l t ra - l e f t , a s s i g r -i f i c an t l y as we d i f fer from the R i gh t i n s tudent un i ons . The U l t r a - l e f t do not be­l i e v e that i t i s wor thwhi l e f i gh t ing on " s t u d e n t q u e s t i o n s " or t r y ing to un i t e most s tudents on par t i cu la r i s s u e s . They w o u l d rather try to w in a sma l l number of s tudents d i r e c t l y to " r e v o l u t i o n a r y s oc ­i a l i s m " , an approach wh i ch we stra n^ty re ject , for t h i s on l y r e su l t s i n d i v i d i n g s tudents , i n a l i e n a t i o n , i n s tudents b e i n g " p i s s e d o f f " w i t h the U n i o n , and apa thy .

The R i gh t w i n g (as exempl i f i ed by R A G , the L i b e r a l s , and the To r i e s ) i n . student u n i o n s e s s e n t i a l l y attempt to do much the same - d i v i d e s tudents , weaken student un ions a s campa ign ing bod i e s , to generate a " d o - n o t h i n g " atmosphere. T h e fact that the U l t r a - L e f t and R i g h t of ten team up , as at L S E recent ly .where they t r i ed to d i s c r e d i t the U n i o n , by s e t t ing l u d i c r o u s demands, and c a l l i n g for tact­i c s w h i c h were t o t a l l y u n r e a l i s t i c i n that s i tua t i on (u l t imat ion to the D i r ec to r , o c c u p a t i o n s , etc) shows how in te res ted they are i n s tuden ts ' we l fare .

Fundamenta l l y , I see the B r o a d L e f t a s an o rgan i sa t i on w h i c h w i l l try to un i t e s tudents i n f i gh t ing in their won in t e r es t s

K a r e n G a d d

women in s c i e n c e at IC . T h i s lead to d i s c u s s i o n s about s o c i a l we l fare of the women at IC and we a l l agreed that there i s a lot to be done not only for the women but for everyone here and that the women in s c i e n c e group i s a s good a s ta r t ing p l ace a s a n y . With th i s in mind the organ­i s a t i o n of a "Flatshare" centre i s be ing undertaken and shou ld start work next term. Other s o c i a l we l fare campa igns for improvement of the hea l th cent re , and the p rov i s i on of fami ly p lann ing s e r v i c e are be ing d i s c u s s e d and it i s hoped that we w i l l get w idespread support f r om people at IC who are ou ts ide our group.

T h e a ims of "Women in Science" are

be ing ou t l ined and emphas i s ed by the o rgan i sa t i on of l ec tures and debates , the

Trevor Phi l l ips

- and i n the present s i t ua t i on , the in te r ­es t s of the educa t i on sec tor as a who l e ; one w h i c h c a n prov ide the i n d o f l eader ­sh ip that the N U S (and student unions ) needs . T h a t i s why I stand as a B r o a d

L e f t cand ida te

* Anyone want to buy a B L Journa l?

On l y lOp .

* Af t e r a l l the talk o f " f r e e s p e e c h "

l a t e l y I wou ld l i k e to point to what I regard a s a r ea l l im i t a t i on on the free speech o f some U n i o n members. I refer to s tudents who be long to the S e r v i c e s . Many o f these s tudents f ee l that they c a n ­not take part i n " p o l i t i c a l " a c t i v i t y a s s tudents , b e c a u s e of p o s s i b l e r epercus­s i o n s on the i r careers i n the S e r v i c e s . E v e n the N a t i o n a l Demo was cons ide r ed " t o o m u c h " for them.

I c ons ide r th is a s c a n d a l o u s s i t u a t i o n . Whether these students ate " r i g h t " or " l e f t " , they shou ld be a l l o w e d to speak out on i s s u e s , j u s t as much as any o ther member of the U n i o n and take part i n ac t ­i v i t y open to other s tuden ts .

The sooner the Se r v i c e s stop pre tend­i n g that s o l d i e r s , e t c . are mach ines and r ea l i s e that they are human be ings w i th v i e w s the better i t w i l l be for them.

POSTGRADUATES

NEW ARRANGEMENTS

FOR

HALL & HOUSE APPLICATIONS

Those going into 2nd or 3rd year

should apply by 21st March, so that

places can be allocated by June.

The closing date for those beginning

a PG course next year remains at 1st

August.

IDA GLASER

ICU WELFARE OFFICER

f i rs t of w h i c h took p l ace last week and was very s u c c e s s f u l . It a t t racted women from other London C o l l e g e s , fifth and s i x t h formers and some women who have made their careers in s c i e n c e and eng in ­ee r ing .

T h e "Women in S c i e n c e " group at IC is o r gan i s ing surveys to s tudy a t t i tudes towards g i r l s who app ly for indus t r i a l s ponso r sh i p s , and the a t t i tudes third year female s tudents face at in te rv i ews for j o b s . In both of these , i n c i dences of b latent d i s c r i m i n a t i o n have been r e v ea l ­ed , how w idespread is the pre jud ice , and it w h i c h areas it most frequently o c c u r s .

I c ons i d e r it important that we emph­a s i s e that we are a non -po l i t i c a l group, that we cons ide r our a ims s e n s i b l e and important. Anyone who d i s m i s s e s us as "just more Women's Lib" i s c l e a r l y i n ­

capab l e of c ons ide r ing any moves a g a i n ­st i n jus t i c e and into lerance a s worth -w h i l e . We we lcome A N Y O N E who w i s h e s to at tend our meet ings w h i c h are he ld Wednesday luncht imes in the ICWA lounge - if you are interested in our group or any one of the a ims of our group, come a long to a meet ing and bring any i d e a s .

U n m a n i n S a i a a a a

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T H E C O L L E G E has 1147 p laces in H a l l s and Houses w i th approx imate ly 150 p laces in the area of Hamle t Gardens . T h e app l i c a t i ons for these p l aces must be in by March 21st and you may app ly for e i ther the F l a t s or the H a l l s / H o u s e s not both.

Now for some information about the va r i ous ca tagor i es by wh i ch you may f a l l under if you are a p p l y i n g for r e s idence .

1) . There are a number of p l aces a v a i l a b l e for s tudents want ­ing a second year in r e s i d e n c e . T h i s number is f i xed at 12% of the total number of p l a c e s in the r espec t i ve H a l l or H o u s e . Hence if you want to be one of the lucky 12% get a form at the beg inning of March from the Res i d ence O f f i c e , Room 161 C o l l e g e B l o c k . T h e s u c c e s s f u l r eapp l i can ts are chosen by a committee c o n s i s t i n g of s tudents in that H a l l or House who are chosen by the Warden a c co rd ing to h i s w i s h e s .

2) . 18% of the p l a c e s in H a l l s and Houses are des i gna ted for pos tgraduates . T h i s has been increased from 15% recent ly as the demand for p laces has now increased to about s i x a p p l i ­cants to one p l ace , ( s im i l a r l y for the r eapp l i c an t s , up from 10% to 12%). The extra 3% w i l l be accommodated ent i re l y in the H a l l s because the House Wardens have d i f f i cu l t y in get t ing postgraduates in shared rooms. A n important point wh ich post­graduates may not know i s that any years in r e s idence a s an undergraduate are d i scounted and hence s e l e c t i o n is random.

3) . There are forty med i ca l or we l f a re/compass ionate p laces d i s t r ibu ted throughout the H a l l s and Houses and the Student Counse l l o r , Mr. Don A d l i n g t o n together w i th D r . Grey nominate students for these .

4) . Un i on p l a c e s are for U n i o n O f f i c e rs w h o need to be near C o l l e g e in order to carry out the i r dut i es normal ly . T h e s e s t u d ­ents are : P r e s iden t , Deputy P res iden t and Honorary Secretary of I C U , the three C C U P r e s i d en t s , Cha i rmen of S C C , R C C , A C C , A s s i s t a n t Secretary of A C C , P res iden t of ICWA, R C C Transport Of f i cer C a r n i v a l Coord inator , N i g h t l i n e Cooord inator , E d i t o r of F E L I X , Enter ta inments Commit tee C h a i r m a n . There are a l s o another four p l a c e s at the command of the P res ident of I C U . Genera l l y tow of these may go to the Rag Treasurer and the Cha i rman of S C A B . A Un i on o f f i cer a s above may have up to and inc lud ing a third year in r es idence , only the P r es iden t , Deputy P r e s iden t and Honorary Secretary of I C U may have a fourth year in r e s i d e n c e . (Welfare and Med i ca l / compass i ona t e p l aces do not come under th is ru l ing ) .

5) . There are 24 Wardens p l aces in the H a l l s on l y , three per H a l l , o ve r w h i c h the Warden concerned has c o n t r o l . Staff mem­bers may app ly for these and the i r a p p l i c a t i o n s are cons ide red by the Wardens.

6) . A s m a l l number of p l a c e s e x i s t for U n i v e r s i t y Exchange to accommodate v i s i t o r s .

7) . The remain ing group of p laces are a l l o c a t e d to freshers and s c h o l a r s . H a l f of the p l a c e s in H a l l s and H o u s e s are for freshers who are nominated by their p rospec t i ve department. There are 35 p l a c e s ( inc luded in the freshers p laces ) for s t u d ­ents who obta in e i the r a R o y a l or En t rance S c h o l a r s h i p w h i c h carry the opt ion of hav ing the f i rst year in r e s i d ence . Ten V i c k -ers s cho l a r s have a s many years in r es idence a s they w i s h and up to three S e l k i r k s c h o l a r s have a p lace in S e l k i r k for the i r s cho l a r sh ip per iod .

Here ' s a few s t a t i s t i c s for those who l i k e them. Number of s tudents a t C o l l e g e 4080 (approx)

in H a l l and House 1147 " Hamlet Gardens and

Cambr idge Gardens 150 (approx) " female s tudents at C o l l e g e 413 (approx)

in r e s idence 119 29%

%

% male 28%

Hamlet Gardens and Cambridge Gardens

The f la ts in Hamlet Gardens and Cambr idge Gardens in Ham­mersmith and North Kens ing ton are sub- le t to s tudents by the

C Y C L I N G T H E B I C Y C L E , as a form

of transport , shou ld be encour­aged in urban a r e a s . The fre­quency of e xp ress i on of sup ­port for c y c l i n g i s inc reas ing and there i s good reason be­h ind th is support : a s an e c o n ­omica l means of d a i l y t rans­port it is u n r i v a l l e d . Those who deplore the po l lu t i on and waste of cars support the b i c ­y c l e as a v i ab l e a l t e rna t i ve .

If you feel that, for any reason whatever , you are suf­

f i c i en t l y mot ivated to reg is ter a protest there w i l l be many others of s i m i l a r mind gather­ed on Saturday, March 8th .On th is day there i s a 'Cycle-in'

at R i chmond . T h i s hopes to ga in some cons ide ra t i on for c y c l i s t s in the re -p lannlng of R i chmond centre and a l s o to p u b l i c i s e the c a s e of c y c l i s t s

a s a w h o l e . The 'Cycle-In' s tar ts on R ichmond Green at 10.45am on Saturday (tomor­row), it is o rgan ised by the Ba rnes and R i chmond group of The F r i e nd s of the E a r t h .

Consider Cycling.

H e a r A l t h e a Jones on S c i e n t i f i c R a c i s m

1.00 pm, Wed. March 12th C i v . E n g . 2 0 8 .

(Organ ised by the J C A R F )

B B C S Y M P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A T I C K E T S - F R E E !

See J e n in the U n i o n o f f ice for further d e t a i l s .

1C Photographic Society

A . Scot t -Moncr ie f f ( a mem­ber o f C i v . E n g . stafO shows us s l i d e s of h i s re­cent v i s i t to N e w Z e a l a n d . Tuesday, llth March in Mines 228 at 18.45.

Remember you can help to S L I C E fuel c o s t s . L o o k out pos te rs and s t i c k e r s on l i gh t and power s w i t c h e s .

Sw i t ch off a l l unnecessa ry l i g h t s . U s e as l i t t l e e l e c t r i c a l

power as p o s s i b l e .

A 5% sav ing on e l e c t r i c i t y c a n save over £10,000 on the

C o l l e g e b i l l . A l s o : Keep doors and w indows t i gh t l y shut, e sp ­

e c i a l l y when the ou t s ide temperature i s l ow.

S L I C E Save L i g h t i n g and Imper ia l C o l l e g e Energy

C o l l e g e as head l easee . The Un ion p i c k s the a p p l i c a n t s for the f la ts theo re t i ca l l y but in fact de l ega tes th i s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to the Warden who in turn s l e e t s the s tudents in con junt ion w i th the subwardens . The f la ts are in s i x e s , s e v e n s e s , e i ghts w i th 4 x four and one three. Y o u s tand a better chance of get t ing in if you submit a group a p p l i c a t i o n . It i s p o l i c y that s tudents w i s h i n g to have a second year in the f l a ts have f i rs t cho i c e of wh i ch f lat and get pr ior i ty over f irst t ime a p p l i c a n t s . There are no ru les regarding maximum number of years in the f l a t s , s i m i l ­a r l y r e s idence in the f l a t s does not count when a p p l y i n g for H a l l s and H o u s e s . F r e s h e r s are not e l i g i b l e for r es idence in the f l a ts but married coup l e s are .

S U M M A R Y If you want a cheap room near to the C o l l e g e or not far from

the Ravenecourt Pa rk tube s ta t ion then f i l l in the appropr iate form but don ' t forget that you w i l l need two passpo r t - s i z ed pho­tog raphs . A n y ques t i ons shou ld be sent to me (care of ICU Off ice) or to a very he lp ful A n n Hen l ey , the R e s i d e n c e C l e r k in Room 161 C o l l e g e B l o c k .

Undergraduates and reapp l i cant postgraduates a p p l i c a t i o n s shou ld be in by March 21s t , new app l i c an t postgraduate a p p l i c ­a t i ons by Augus t 1 s t .

P S . Members of ICWA: you are en t i t l ed to at l eas t one year in r es idence yet and w i l l be third year next year then see the R e s ­idence C l e r k , and complete the necessary form before March 21st , and you w i l l get one year in H a l l or House a u t o m a t i c a l l y . N . B . One year in r es idence i s any period longer than one ha l f -s e s s i o n , ( ha l f - s e ss i on ended on 31st January ) , l e s s than hal f a s e s s i o n i s counted a s z e ro t ime in r e s i d ence .

Dave Salisbury,

ICU Student Residence Officer.

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6 FEL IX

DOWNS is Hon. Secretary

EKPENYONG is Editor of FELIX

A T Y E S T E R D A Y ' S U G M , J o h n Downs and P a u l Ekpenyong were dec l a r ed e l e c t ed as Hon . Secretary and E d i t o r of F E L I X r espec t i v e l y for the s e s s i o n 1975/76.

"WINE, WOMEN & SONG" 1C F o l k C l u b presents a

c e i l i d h w i t h the INSTANT CEILIDH BAND C a l l e r : M i k e B a r r a c l o u g h

and the Twadd l e B a n d .

Wed. March 12 J C R C o l l e g e B l o c k 8 00pm

T i c k e t s : 50p (40p adv) Members 30p (20p adv) .

A v a i l a b l e from F o l k C l u b o r Un ion O f f i c e

F e a r s that the e l e c t i on might not be quorate were i n ­deed j u s t i f i e d for the quota of votes w a s on ly j u s t reached. The ac tua l vo t ing f igures were:-HON. SEC.

.1.Downs 699 M. Spencer 268 A b s e n t i o n s 83

FELIX EDITOR C . Dewey 4 4 0 P . E k p e n y o n g 527 A b s t e n t i o n s 81

SCIENTIFIC RACIALISM The pamphlet , 'Science, Racism and Ideology,' wr i t ten by an

Open U n i v e r s i t y r esearch team i s a d e t a i l e d rebutta l of the E y s e n k / J e n s e n theory of the inher i tance of i n t e l l i g ence , w h i c h is used to 'p rove ' that c e r ta in groups , notably Neg roes , J e w s and even the who l e work ing c l a s s , are inherent ly l e ss in t e l l i g en t than var ious other groups, not­

ab ly whi tes and the midd l e -c l a s s e s . It t races the his tory of these ideas , w h i c h are not new a n d know the uses to w h i c h they have been put (eg jus t i f y ing the murder of J e w s by the N a z i s ) and those to wh ich they are be ing put now, (cf the c a l l by the Na t i ona l Front for the repatr ia t ion of co loured people .

The authors separate three s t rands of the argument; (i) a tendency to assume that b io ­l o g i c a l d i f f e rences cause r a c ­i a l d i f f e rences ; ( i i ) a r i s i n g from (i), they c l a i m that any aspec t of human behav iour a r i s e s from gene t i c s and env i r ­onment and that these are s ep ­arab le ; ( i i i ) be l i e f that IQ tes ts measure pure cu l tu re - free i n ­t e l l i g ence , known a s " g " .

When di f ferent r a c i a l groups and c l a s s groups are tested for IQ, there are d i f f e rences in the averages ob ta ined . E y s e n k and Jensen a s k , "how much ot the difference is due to genet­

ics and how much to environ­

ment?" The a u t h o r s show that th is ques t i on is mean ing l e s s , in e s s ence because gene t i cs Inf luence the environment and v i c e - v e r s ea . F o r the genes produce c h e m i c a l s wh i ch af fect other genes , and th is must affect the environment in wh ich later genet ic events occur . In di f ferent env i r on -

How is NEURO-PHYSIOLOG1CAL

ENLIGHTENMENT possible for everyone? A talk on>

TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION

1.00pm 11th March

R O O M 406 E L FX ' . E N G

A L L I N V I T E D

ments the name group of genes can produce di f ferent charac t ­e r i s t i c s , thus there are no such th ings as "high IQ genes" or "low IQ genes," wh i ch are e s s e n t i a l to the E y s e n k / J e n s e n theory.

E y s e n k and J e n s e n wou ld probably concede that the c o n ­t r ibut ion of gene t i c s and of environment to a pa r t i cu la r trait l i k e i n t e l l i g e n c e i s not meaningful for an i n d i v i d u a l , but wou ld c l a i m that they can be neasured for a popu la t i on . They def ine he r i t ab i l i t y a s the rat io of the in t e l l i g ence diff­erence between members of the name populat ion due to gene t i cs to the tota l i n t e l l i g ­ence d i f f e rence . A popula t ion be ing a group of people w i th s i m i l a r genotypes . For wh i t e popu la t i ons they g ive a f igure of 0 . 8 . But th i s he r i t ab i l i t y c a l c u l a t i o n cannot be used to set l im i t s to genet ic or env i r ­onmental in f luence , due to the interac t ion mentioned ea r l i e r , they are thus u s e l e s s for their intended purpose .

The authors then ind ica te that IQ tests do not measure F'jre i n t e l l i g e n c e , but on ly the p o s s e s s i o n of c e r ta in s k i l l s determined by those se t t ing the test .

Thus the authors destroy the E y s e n k / J e n s e n theory and expose the worth l e s s n e s s of the ev idence (IQ scores ) w h i c h E y s e n k and J e n s e n then use to prove the supposed in fer ior i ty , and others to prove the b i o l o g ­i c a l imperat ive o f the present pos i t i on of these groups in s o c i e t y .

It is hoped that one of the authors w i l l be coming to IC in the near future to speak on th is sub jec t .

T H E F T !

A person was seen tak ing a WHITE K A N G O L F U L L - F A C E

C R A S H H A T from the Souths ide Re f e c t o r y . If th is person i s

spot ted he w i l l be quest ioned u n l e s s , i n the meant ime, he

returns the c rash helmet to the Souths ide Messenge r ' s desk

(no ques t i ons asked ) .

There were e ight spo i l t papers thus mak ing the total number of votes cas t for the H o n . Sec­retary and the E d i t o r o f F E L I X e l e c t i o n s 1050 and 1048 r e spe c -ti vely

The e l e c t i on o f Pe te T e a g -ue to the post o f P r e s i d e n t o f Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n was rat i f i ed at the hus t ings U G M . Three I C U execu t i v e p o s i t i o n s remain to be f i l l e d , namely the two V P ' s and the post o f D P .

Peter Teague

Richard & Linda Thompson M A N Y people have been a s k i n g who th is "minority interest"

duo who are appear ing in c o l l e g e tomorrow n igh t . Here is a short m u s i c a l h i s t o ry : •

R i cha rd Thompson p layed s t y l i s h e l e c t r i c gui tar in Fairport Convention in i ts ear ly days of 1968, when it was regarded as a fo lk group. He wrote songs such as ' ' N o Man's LancT',

"Tale in Hard Time", and

the c l a s s i c " M e e f On The Ledge". H e s tayed w i th the band through numerous chang ­es of m u s i c a l p o l i c y , and con ­tr ibuted many more notable songs on later a lbums , among them "Cajun Woman", "Gene­

sis Hall", "Farewell, Fare­

well", and "Crazy Man Mic­

hael".

When he left Fairport In 1971, he dropped out of the l ime l i gh t , but was s t i l l work­ing in a folk duo wi th L i n d a Pe t e r s , who later became h i s w i f e , and d id many s e s s i o n s for o ld f r i ends , i n c lud ing Sandy Denny and Andy Roberts

R i cha rds gui tar p lay ing has a l w a y s been notab le for i ts economy, and h i s f i rst s o l o a l ­bum, "Henry The Human Fly",

was a t y p i c a l l y low-key and engag ing record. The comina -t ion of R i c h a r d ' s guitar and growing songwr i t ing a b i l i t y w i th L i n d a ' s warm, strong v o c a l s proved v i r tua l l y i r res-i s t ab l e .

Unfortunate ly the birth of the Thompson ' s daughter l i m i ­ted the duo ' s l i v e appearances , but they d id play support on the B r i t i s h part of Traltic's 1974 World Tour .

In their new a lbum, "Hokey

Pokey", R i c h a r d p lays gui tar ,

mando l in d u l c i m e r s , and p iano , a s w e l l a s sha r ing the lead v o c a l s w i th h i s w i f e . A l l but one of the songs are by R i c h ­ard , and they vary enormously from the t i t l e t rack to the sad ly r e f l ec t i ve "/'// regret it all in the morning".

You can see them live on

stage tomorrow night in the

Great Hall at 8.00pm. Tickets

are on sale in the union office

from 12.30 today, 70p for IC

students, 80p for other ad­

vance tickets. Some tickets

will be available on the door

at £1.00.

F E L I X

D A V Y ' S ESGf lP f lDES

A T L A S T "Davy" is back home in M ines ! H i s 53 day a d v e n t ­

ure into the outs ide wor ld ended last F r i d a y when he was returned

to h i s cus t od i ans and once aga in took up r es idence in the RSM

b u i l d i n g .

Dur ing the months that

f o l l owed the d i sappearance of

"Davy", r e la t i ons became

s t ra ined as s u c c e s s i v e comm­

un i ca t i ons from the Doctor and

the G u i l d s Un ion c o n s i s t a n t l y

con t rad i c t ed ea r l i e r communi­

ques . Of one th ing there was

l i t t l e doubt: The 'Doctor' and

his organisation were a force

to be reckoned with and affor­

ded every respect.

The wa i t i ng game is apt to

bore men of a c t i on so , w h i l e

the RSM Union played out the

o f f i c i a l wrang l ing , i ts members

set to work wi th a var ie ty of

p l o t s . Most came to nothing

but one, the bugging of the

C & C U of f ice , bore fruit and

fuel for the RSM "peep soc".

Names cou ld not a lways be

l i n k e d w i th v o i c e s , conseque ­

nt ly we are s t i l l wonder ing who

it w a s , on the eve of the

G u i l d s ' D i n n e r & Dance , who

warned Jenny J o n e s , "You'll

have to keep your legs together

tomorrow night, Jenny"!

Amusement was never e n d i n g .

I hardly be l i e ved my ears , as

I was t ak ing my turn on w a t c h ,

to f ind mysel f in the midd le of

a G u i l d s ' Commit tee meet ing ,

hear ing for the f irst time

acknowledgements from Mr

Barnes of the super io r i t y of

M i n e s . C l e a r l y the RSM 'Brain

Cell' cannot be so bad after

a l l , for openly and unashamed­

ly the V P of G u i l d s was

poach ing on our In i t i a t i v es ,

g i v i n g fact to the fee l ing that

J o h n

M o r t i m e r

what M ines does today, G u i l d s w i l l do tomorrow. Need any help with your apathy problem

Dave?? By compar i son , Gu i Ids i l l e g a l attempt at radio t rans­m i s s i o n s from the RSMU of f ice was brief and u n s u c c e s s f u l .

The G u i l d s ' offer to s e l l Davy to the Camborne Schoo l of M i n e s was made on January 28 th , before any cond i t i ons were offered to us , and a copy of the letter was rece ived by me on Thursday , 30th . From

Election Manifestoes D E P U T Y P R E S I D E N T R . I . Z . S . S h a k i r ( p r o p , by N . J . P a y n e )

I have been at IC for two years and though I did not take active part in the Union in my first yea r ! remained interested enough to know what went on and how the Union works. I did however take as full a part as 1 could in hall (weeks) life and helped m the running and organising of social events. I have also done this in Garden Ha l l but due to committ­ments to F E L I X these activities have been limited.

My duties as Features Editor took me to College Block (especially in connection with producing the careers supplement) and as a result,) now know how the administration is run and who runs it. In the course of this it has become crystal clear to me that a gulf exists between the students and College Block. This gap must be bridged and one way of so doing will be for me to arrange talks (by the C B officials) and ques­tion and answer sessions where students could meet these people and express their views.

The DP (thro' the House Committee) is responsible for the Union facilities. In addition to upholstering of the furniture and the possibi l ­ity of fitting a cord carpet in the lounge bar (which is already being looked at), I intend to make the refectories much more aethetically appealing and also to ensure a high standard of cleanliness and hy­giene. I would also like to see some repairs carried out in the gymnas­ium.

If I am DP next year I shall be available A L L of the time. This wil l help me to represent your views more accurately thus making it poss­ible for the union to do what Y O U WANT IT TO , F O R Y O U R B E N E F I T .

I think I have the ability to negotiate which will help me when I am representing you on the various committees. Final ly I wil l ask you to vote for me AND please V O T E .

M , F . K e s s l e r ( p r o p , by R. A r g e n t !

As I see it, the job of Deputy President is split into three main parts 1, Maintaining the Union Areas 2. Representing the Union on var­ious College committees and 3. Some general Union Administration i.e. Union Meetings, committees, including Counci l . I feel that during my time at College, I have gained sufficient experience to enable me to cope with all aspects of the D.P . ' s job. As a C C U V P , I have learnt about Union Meetings the hard way, from the front, I have sat on many committees and learnt how to handle the prolonged wrangling that most committees ca l l d iscusssion. I have been to many Council meetings and, also, have made myself known al l over College. This w.il be use­ful as DP for although the Deputy President's job is not primarily soc­ial , it is important for him to be widely known. This is particularly so in connection with running the Union Building because if anything needs repair it is much easier to find someone you know than just a D P .

Over the last few years, the function of many rooms in the Union Building has changed and most of the furniture has been replaced or renovated and so, next year, the emphasis must change from renewing to redecoration and furnishing each room to suit its purpose, eg the T V room could do with dimmer lighting. " M i k e " has been back at College for about a year and I would like it put on permanent display - if ade-guate security can be arranged - so, if elected I would do a l l I can to build a secure plinth so everyone can 3ee our mascot.

I seem to have to the end of my 300 words, so to sum up, I want to vote for me because I have (I think) the knowledge and experience to do the DP ' s job successful ly.

U n i o n R e s o u r c e s Working Party

I C U C o u n c i l set up a work ing party w i th the f o l l o w i n g terms of

re ference : "To examine the workings of the Felix Office and the Union Cen-ral Administration and to report on the options open to the Union in the deployment of its resources in and between these areas". The comments of U n i o n Members are urgent ly sought . P l e a s e send them to the Honorary Secretary , U n i o n R e s o u r c e Working P a r t y , c/o Un i on O f f i c e .

the depths of the RSM bu i l d ing

the s eed of the idea sprang

into l i fe and the pr int ing press ­

es c la t t e red into a c t i o n . We

knew by then that Camborne

had rece ived the offer and were

shor t l y to submit a b id . By

submi t t ing an ear l i e r rep ly ,

there was a chance that we may

have succeeded in pos ing a s

Camborne .

A s the headed notepaper

spun off the press , the problem

of beat ing the Camborne reply

pressed even harder on our

m inds . S t i l l , we d id i t . Typed ,

s i g n e d , s ea l ed , postmarked and

de l i v e r ed , all on Friday morn­

ing! The rest was reported in

F E L I X . A l a s , the letter was

not opened unt i l Monday at the

same time as the real rep ly .

B y then our bug had been d i s ­

covered and so we were in the

dark . The rest was my own

f a u l t ! We dec ided that to p lay

it through cou ld do no harm.

Unfortunate ly the idea of such

a good r e p l i c a had not occurred

to me !

The RSMU Committee d e c ­

ided that the time had come to

submi t . The Doc t o r ' s o r g a n -

i sa t i on had won our respect .

The G u i l d s ' cond i t i ons were

de l i v e r ed to us and they were

agreed in subs tance on 13th

February though later they

were to f ind that their words

had been rather l oose .

F i r s t we were told one t h i ­

ng and then another, but

f i n a l l y the date for the Davy

handover was f i x ed . 1.00 p.m.

Be i t quad, February 2 8 t h . A

large crowd of specta tors had

assemb l ed in the quad, w h i l s t

in the bar last minute checks

were in progress to make sure

that the Davy bearers had the

r equ i s i t sw imming trunks and

G u i l d s s l opp s h i r t s . P a n i c

s t ruck a s 1 o ' c l o c k drew near­

er on the r e a l i s a t i o n that one

of the bearers was s t i l l w i thout

a s h i r t . Many apo log i es to

R i c h Gundersen for way l a y ing

h im in the quad and s w i p i n g

h i s s h i r t !

The RSMU cont ingent e n t ­

ered noncha lant l y from B e i t

archway only to s tand wa i t i ng

w h i l e Dru t r ied to make h i s

beer damped f i reworks go bang

H e f i na l l y succeeded in i g n i t ­

ing a dry banger and as if by

mag i c , Jenny J o n e s mater ia l -

Ised through the b i l l o w i n g

smoke to enquire of the R S M U

bearers why they were not

wea r ing G u i l d s ' s l o p p s h i r t s

and swimming t r u n k s . She had

unfortunately forgotten to tell

us they had to showing !!

T o an e a r s p l i t t i n g shout by

M i n e s , Davy appeared from

B e i t H a l l newly painted In

b lue and red. Q u i c k l y it was

c h e c k e d and then escor ted

w i thout further de lay to the

new home In M ines , w h i l e

G u i l d s performed a boomalaker .

T h e a n t i c l i m a x was complete !

In the f ina l a n a l y s i s , Mines

lost the batt le but won the war .

We lost l i t t l e more than a mas­

co t . T rue enough, G u i l d s took

£150 of our Rag money, but to

the s i x t y people who c o l l e c t e d

£720 to get Davy back, it was

a drop In the o c ean . Our pride

was only s l i g h t l y dented, our

heads were never bowed In

shame. But what d id Gui Ids

l o s e ? They lost the chance to

make us do these th ings and

one chance was a l l they had .

One chance is all the RSM

will give anyone!

M i n i M y s t e r y O N S A T U R D A Y afternoon a

mini w a s s een to be parked o n the g rass i n the B e i t quad mind ing i t s own b u s i n e s s . No one seemed to know who i t be l onged to why i t was there but no one seemed to be un -due ly concerned .

However , la ter that day at about 11.30 pm the mini was s t and ing i n the un ion door w i t h i t s rear bumper aga ins t the inner sw ing doors , a s i f t ry ing to get into the b u i l d i n g .

Apparen t l y , about 60 people mak ing their way home from the bar put the m in i i n t h i s somewhat unusua l p l a c e and qu i t e l y s l i pped away . Sub­sequent ly i t w a s ex t rac t ed and removed to P r i n c e Consor t Road by Dram s o c . members, who h a d been wo rk ing l a t e .

V,

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I I M H

8 F E L I X

FRENCH TRIP 7 5 The task seems to have fa l l en to me to wr i t e th i s account , as

everyone e l s e who went on the tr ip seems to be suf fer ing from w r i t e r ' s cramp a t the moment, or perhaps they have a l l s t ra ined the i r r ight arms l i f t ing up a l l those bot t les of w i n e !

The coach left IC Un ion

A r c h on F r i d a y , 14th February , a t 9.30 am and we headed for Dove r w i th a most competent dr i ver from G l a s g o w c a l l e d J o c k at the wehee l who had never been to P a r i s before in h i s l i f e .

Our f i rst s top was at C a n t ­erbury where a majority d e c i d ­ed they wanted to go to the loo, only to f ind that the gents w a s l o cked , s o nature be ing what it i s , a large mixed queue formed outs ide the l a d i e s . D i d we get some funny l ooks ! We ar r i ved at Dover and the boat l e f t for Bou logne a t 2pm. It was a F rench s h i p and the snackbar had a w i d e range of s a n d w i c h e s - ham, ha or ham?

A t 3.30pm we reached B o u l ­ogne and then s e t off for P a r i s . J u s t before B e a u v a i s (most of us were f ee l ing somewhat hun­gry after those d e l i c i o u s ham sandwiches ) we dec ided to s top at a roads ide ca fe/bar . We a l l entered the ca fe c reat ­ing abso lu t e havoc . S i n c e only 12 were from I F , guess who had to do a l l the o rder ing . . . T h e F r ench i e behind the bar

near ly fa inted when I a s k e d for 27 p la tes of c h i p s ! Was he re l i e v ed to see the back of u s ! We reached P a r i s at 11pm.

On Saturday morning we were taken by the French s t u ­dents to the i r c o l l e g e to be we lcomed by Mons i eur S t r auss . Then we went off on a c o a c h -tour of P a r i s w i th some of the

pare the two, Mooney ' s i s a non-starter .

The even ing was free and a group of us went to Montparn-a s s e , and on emerg ing from the metro were promptly soaked in the sudden down pour before be ing ab l e to f ind a c a f e . W e d i v ed into the f i rs t cafe that wou ld ho ld a l l 12 of us (it turned out to be the dearest ) and once aga in created havoc . However , we got our money 's worth in the end , because someone dec ided to p inch the

D e b b i e P a r k e r

F r e nc h ' s t ud e n t s a c t i n g a s gu i d e s . A t about 1 o ' c l o c k we returned to the co l l e g e for a ce l ebra t i on l u n c h . T h i s c o n ­s i s t e d of a f an tas t i c spread of food, f laming pancakes , and of course , barre ls of w i n e .

F e e l i n g c ons ide rab l y fu l l and somewhat a f fected by the w ine , we were free to occupy ourse l v es a s we p l eased for the a f ternoon. Supper was takenat F . I . A . P . and I have been a s su r ed that if you corn-

menu. The L a t i n Quarter was our next target where we found a n i c e Greek T a v e r n .

Sunday we had lunch at the C i t e U n i v e r s i t a i r e , and then set off for V e r s a i l l e s for the afternoon. Supper was at F . I . A . P . and in the eve ing the F r ench had booked us front s ea t s a t a F o l k l o r e D a n c e / Show . A t f i r s t , we were a bit s c e p t i c a l t h i n k i n g i t w a s a ba l l e t , however we were sur ­pr i sed when we found it was

not, and enjoyed it immense ly , e s p e c i a l l y when J . P . D . had to present a bouquet of f l owers to a lady in the o r c h e s t r a . Next on the agenda was a tour of P i g a l l e where the fr iver was a l l for s topp ing off!

Monday morning we were supposed to be at the co l l e g e at 9am, but need l e ss to say , we were la te . F i r s t we had a we lcome speech by the D i r e c t ­or, then a speech by M.S t rauss .

We had to l eave P a r i s at 1 o ' c l o c k and made for Bou logne ,

s topp ing off at a v i l l a g e on the way to r id them of their s t o c k s of w ine . There was a Fo r c e 8 ga le on the C h a n n e l , and after so much w ine , a few looked pretty green. But we reached IC in one p i ece at about 9 3 0 p m .

I th ink we wou ld a l l agree that the F r ench s tudents were very generous and patient w i th u s , and d id a l l they cou ld to g ive us a good t ime, e s p e c i a l l y the s tudents of the E c o l e Nat ­i o n a l Super ieure de C h i m i e de P a r i s . So now it just re­mains for me to say a s p e c i a l thankyou to a l l those who came and made it such an en ­joyab l e t r ip , because wi thout you it would not have been p o s s i b l e .

get r e a d y f o r s p o m m m ! ! !

I • C • D. S • P R E S E N T S

thi G s

P°rt

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of my mad mother BY A N N J E L L I C O E

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F i t IX 9

F E L I X Photographic Competition

FELIX is having a transparency (slides) competition which is open to A L L STUDENTS AND STAFF of IC. The minimum first prize will be £5 and the entry fees will added to the first, second and[third prizes. THE BIGGER THE NO. OF ENTRIES, THE BIGGER THE PRIZES.

STUDENT PROBLEMS

AFTER 1214

T H E R A P I D inc r ease in the numbers of students i n the years after 1214, desp i te the fact that a f l ou r i sh ing comm­uni ty of s cho la r s was a l s o est ­a b l i s h e d at Cambr idge , meant that the k i n g w a s ob l i g ed to intervene i n the in teres t o f both the s cho la rs and the town. T h e p o s i t i o n w a s made more d i f f i cu l t in the u n i v e r s i t i e s i n 1229 when the temporary d i s ­pe rsa l o f the un i v e r s i t y o f P a r ­i s sent many scho la rs to E n g ­l a n d . Henry III despa tched a se r i es of le t ters on 3 May 1231 to the sher i f f s o f the sh i res of Oxford and Cambr idge and to the mayors and ba i l i f f s o f the two t o w n s . E a c h sher i f f was to co-operate w i t h the b i shop of the d i ocese and the chance l l o r o f d i e u n i v e r s i t y i n r ep r e s s ing 'rebellious and incorrigible' students , e s p e c i a l l y those male fac tors among the student body, who'pretend to be clerks and are not'. T h e k i n g ordered the sher i f f s to see that no stu­dent remained in the un i v e r s i t y who was not under the tutor-; sh ip o f a Mas te r of the s c h o o l s . A t the same t ime the respect ­i v e mayors and ba i l i f f s were warned that their exorb i tant

R u l e s : 1 . The compet i t ion is open to a l l student and staff mem­bers of Imperial C o l l e g e . 2 . The entry fee (Per 5 t ransparenc ies entred) w i l l be 25p (20p for Pho tsoc mem­bers) 3 . The category is " O p e n T r a n s p a r e n c i e s " (35mm or 21/4 sq . ) . 4 . A l l entr i es must have : bottom left corner of the v i ew ing s ide marked; and the entrant ' s name and c o l l e g e address on each t ransparency .

5 . F E L I X reserves the right to p u b l i s h any of the e n t r i e s . 6 . L A S T E N T R Y D A T E IS F R I D A Y , M A Y 2 N D 1975.

Entries and enquiries to

FELIX office or to R.S.New-

mann, Mech. Eng. 3.

rents were l i k e l y to dritfe s tu­dents away. The k i n g ordered them to a l l o w their lodg ings , to be a s s e s s e d in regard to rents in the customary f a sh i ons , 'ft-is clear to us,' s a i d the k i n g , 'that both from this country and from overseas a multitude of scholars has come to our town of Cambridge, which is very pleasing and acceptable ' to us, since no little advant­age to our kingdom and honour to us accrues therefrom.' (from English Society iff the ' Early Middle Ages by D M Sten-ton P e l i c a n H i s t o r y o f E n g ­l a n d , Vo lume 3.)

po in ts , the two most important o f wh i ch are : -

1) T h i s was a very untac t -f u l thing to say , e s p e c i a l l y for somebody c a n v a s s i n g for votes and p a r t i c u l a r l y as such inform­at ion as a c l u b ' s est imate shou ld not , i n my o p i n i o n , be d i vu l g ed before i t has been d i s c u s s e d in the re levant p l a c e s . I do of course have no ob jec t i on to a l l students know­i n g where U n i o n funds go, but the c i r cums tances i n wh i ch Mr Spencer d i s c l o s e d th is e s t i ­mate, wh i ch has not yet been cons ide red for approva l , may pre jud ice c e r ta in nego t ia t i ons at many l e v e l s . A s i s qu i t e of­ten the c a s e when peop le speak about th ings wh i ch they are not d i r e c d y concerned w i th (or not yet c once rned w i th in th i s case ) , the b a s i c f ac t s were wrong . T h e number of s tudent members o f the G l i d i n g C l u b i s about f i f ty and not about twenty a s w a s s tated, and in add i t i on there are about thirty members o f staf f and l i f e members (who pay a h igher sub­scr ip t i on ) i n the c l u b , mak ing

i t hard ly a minor i ty c l u b . 2) A more important po int

i s whether, what Mr Spencer c a l l s minor i ty c l u b s shou ld have a right to e x i s t i f the U n i o n ' s budget were to be re­duced . There are bound to be di f ferent v i ews on th i s , but i f one l o o k s up the "Objects of ICU By-Laws" the f i rst two, out of the three ob j e c t s , are:

a ) T h e promotion o f s o c i a l intercomrse between present and pas t s tudents and a cadem i c staf f o f the Imper ia l C o l l e g e .

b) The encouragement of interest by s tudents in matters outs ide the C o l l e g e c i r r i c u l u m , e s p e c i a l l y c u l t u r a l and a th l e t i c in t e r es t s . It i s to further these ob jects that U n i o n c l u b s are set up, and the w ider the var­i e t y o f c l u b s the more s u c c e s s ­ful ly these ob j e c t s can be fu l -f i l e d . Such ob j e c t s mean that any of the c l u b s in Imper ia l C o l l e g e cannot be a commer­c i a l en te rpr i se and hence try­i n g to app ly ' cos t -e f f ec t i ve ­n e s s ' , as Mr Spencer i m p l i e d he would l i k e to do, c o u l d threaten the e x i s t e n c e of many c l u b s . I f cu t s were necessa ry then a l l c l u b s wou ld have to make c u t s , but none would be

C H E M S O C L E C T U R E Dr B . A . P E T C H I C A U n i l e v e r R e s e a r c h .

"From Research To Riches 11th March 1975 at 13.00

WANTED A v o c a l i s t for I C

R o c k B a n d . Must be good front man .

A p p l y Tommy T i z a r d 543

ANNOUNCING The formation of I.C. Yoga Society Instruction

in Hatha Yoga Every Tuesday at 5.30pm In Physics Level 8 Com­mon Room Come along or contact P.Glass Phys 3

prepared to accept d ispropor­t ionate r educ t i ons j u s t b e c a u s e somebody i n the U n i o n E x e ­cu t i v e doesn ' t cons ide r their a c t i v i t i e s important.

H a v i n g made those two po in ts , I wou ld l i k e to suggest-to Mr Spencer that i f he were e l e c t e d to the pos t o f H o n . Sec , he wou ld q u i c k l y change h i s v i e w s and l ea rn how (he c l u b s w i t h i n I C are o rgan ised , i f he r ea l l y wants to represent the

majority of s tudents who be­l o n g to the hundred or more c l u b s that e x i s t a t I G Maybe what Mr Spencer s a i d at the H u s t i n g s , was jus t something sa id " i n the heat of the mom­e n t " , but whatever the reasons he w i l l have reduced h i s c h a n ­c e s of be ing e l e c t e d .

I f Mr Spencer i s e l e c t ed then I hope he w i l l take note of what I have sa id in t h i s l e t ter , a n d e s p e c i a l l y the fact that one of the major a ims of Imper ia l C o l l e g e Un i on i s to b r ing a s many a c t i v i t i e s a s p o s s i b l e w i th in the f i nanc i a l c a p a b i l i t i e s o f the students at I C .

Y o u r s s ince r e l y ,

G . R . C a n s e r

(Chairman, Recreational Clubs Committee)

Imperial College

1st March 1974.

Dear S i r , I was hor r i f i ed to hear of

the c r i m i n a l proposa ls made in the N U S document, r e l a t ing to student s i t - i n s , en t i t l ed ' D i r e c t A c t i o n Briefing'. F o r those o f you who have not read the reports I w i l l quote from the Guard ian : 'A guide, which includes advice on the laws of trespass, use of drugs and drink, and, more controversi­ally, recommends photocopying "incriminating documents" was sent out two weeks ago to

about Q00 student unions under "General Hints" comes the advice: Files can be very revealing, a lot of dirt can be found out about the authorities; every use should be made of such information."

I cannot b e l i e v e that such a document c an do any th ing other than a l i ena te p u b l i c op in ion . Mr J .Randa l l s a i d on L B C , "It was a private communication to student union presidents and hence not intended for public­ation." N o w i t i s we , the s tu ­dents , who are r espons ib l e for the a c t i v i t i e s of the N U S , and we are the ones who suffer e v e n t u a l l y . H e n c e I be l i e ve Mr P h i l l i p s shou ld re lease the document at the next U G M , where we can p u b l i c l y re ject i t s i n t en t i ons .

T h i s l eads to my nex t po int - to quote from the B road L e f t statement in l a s t weeks Sennet; "Conference is the Governing Body of NUS and decides pol­icy which is a consensus not binding on local unions and their membership unless they accept it at their won General Meetings." A t present i t seems that N U S proposa l s are accept ­ed at I C a lmost without ques ­t i on , hence a change in our c ons t i tu t i on i s i n order. A mo­t ion s u c h as 'all matters relat­ing to NUS policy should be adopted at IC only after they have been accepted by a quor­ate UGM'. wou ld ensure not

on ly debate of N U S p o l i c y as i t happens , but, i n concentrat ­i n g more power i n the IC U n i o n , create more in teres t i n our own U G M s (any comments Mr Teague? )

Now I must comment on N U S demos. Whi le Mr P h i l l i p s s ta tes that 'public reaction on the route of a march is in general sympathetic or indifferent', the obv i ous f law in th is argument i s that most peop le are not on the route of a march , but hear about student demos through the med ia , where they have l i t t l e a c c l a i m . Inc iden ta l l y yes terdays demonstrat ion o f about 12,000 s tudens was com­p l e t e l y overshadowed b y the t rag ic Moorgate d i sas t e r . In the two papers I have read th i s morning the demo got a tota l of one photograph and four l i n ­e s . I think to ob ta in p u b l i c support and at the same time to p u b l i c i z e our cause we must f i r s t separate un i v e r s i t y and po l y t e chn i c s tudents whose a ims are ent i re ly di f ferent, and recogn ise that a grants inc re ­ase i s u s e l e s s i f i t means so l e l y an inc rease in the par­enta l con t r ibu t i on . I propose an en t i r e l y dif ferent k i n d of demo. It may be i d e a l i s t i c to suggest , but I think 1000 students s i t t i n g on the pave ­ment ou t s ide Westminster, not shout ing , but r ead ing and s tud­y i n g , wou ld , by i t s shear o r i ­g i na l i t y ga in p u b l i c sympathy

through the med ia . F i n a l l y , I specua l t e as to

how Mr T . R a n d a l l would feel i f h i s un ion of f ice were to be o c cup i ed on the b a s i s of h i s own p roposa l s !

Y o u r s s ince r e l y

F r a n c i s T o y e Physics 2

Imperial College

Dear S ir , It i s w i th great t rep idat ion

that I must comment on the correspondence o f our Jung F r e u d and I hope a l l can en­dure my a n a l y s i s .

However strong the l a d y ' s v i ews are , to take the pen ( pha l l i c connata t i ons not on l y by shape but a l s o by name) and put t ing i t to wh i t e paper represent ing the v i r g in , and then stroke i t back and forth with a sus ta ined rhythm u n t i l a f ina l c l i m a x i s reached w i t h a f l ou r i sh , namely the s ignature represent ing the need for at tent ion, a po in t ing out of a s e xua l depr i va t i on , can o n l y be interpreted as a masturba­t ion fantasy o f the f i r s t order. Though for pe r sona l satisfac-, t i on . I wou ld rather use a type­wr i t e r .

May we a l l f i nd our own truth, s ecur ty and v i r tue .

F l o r ea t C o i t u s !

M a x w e l l Wrig ley

1 0 FELIX

3

M a r k J o h n s o n

John Martyn: Concert in the Great Hall.

J O H N M A R T Y N was ab l y supported by a consor t ium of m u s i c i a n s based around T h e L u c a s and M c C u l l o h duo on a c c u s t i c g u i t a r s . A f te r a coup le of numbers Inc lud­ing Jon i M i t c h e l l ' s "Yllow Taxi". They were jo ined by Kenny - T h e - F i d d l e r (from S l i m Chance ) whose p l ay ing at t imes was amaz ing and a lways en te r ta in ­ing . H i s p iece "de resistance" was a • rendering of "The William Tell Overture"

on j ew ls harp - yes j ew 's harp! We were treated to an encore of innuendo on group manages .

f

"l was the only one who could handle Daniel The Spaniel Superstar"

John Martyn k i c k e d off w i th h i s o l d i e "May you never" .No one can deny, J o h n ' s s k i II on gui tar and c l eve r use of m ix ing and-echo . But h i s s t y l e does not have un i v e r sa l a p p e a l . H i s dry humour and be­hav iour o n s t a g e i s const rued , by some, to be arrogance, but hav ing ta lked to h im I de not think th is i s s o .

He has now introduced drums into many of h i s songs , "Because I felt like

it". On the c l a s s i c "Bless The Weather",

I do not th ink they were en t i r e l y at home. John was accompanied on Double bass , a s ever, by the energet ic Danny Thomp­son , who exc e l l ed h imse l f on th is o c c a ­s i o n . Fo r the last two numbers they were jo ined by the legendary P a u l Kosso f f , who appeared to have been k i c k e d out at c l o s i n g time and just made it to the c o n ­cer t . He may have kept h i s fans happy but th is was not P a u l Kosso f f at h i s v i n ­tage best .

Fo r the ded ica ted Martyn fans th is was a concept to remember and for newcomers to h i s mus i c it was a good adver t isement . T h e aud i ence was warm and in J o h n ' s words , " A lot looser than the usua l L o n i don a u d i e n c e . " The support band, hav ing now f in i shed th is tour, are forming L u c a s and M c C u l l o h ' s A l m a n a c . So watch out for them they c ou ld be worth it.

When asked what he was doing now, P a u l Kasso f f s a i d he was gett ing a band together th is week, so keep an eye out for that too .

J a c k L l e w e l l y n

David Gates: Never Let Her Go (Polydor)

D A V I D G A T E S has that rare q u a l i t y w h i c h i s so often l a c k i n g in the pseud arena of the contemporary rock s c e n e . It i s c a l l e d finesse, and Ga tes has it run­n ing out of h i s ta lented ears . L i s t e n i n g to Never Let Her Go i s to return w i th a nos t a l g i c s i gh to the days when he was the i nd i spensab l e core of B r ead , the soft-rock s oph i s t o e s , who t rag i ca l l y d i s b a n d ­ed some two years ago .

A l though it cou ld never be sa id that th i s a lbum i s a s ta l e pas t i che of that band, it is neve r the l ess true to say that D a v i d Ga tes m u s i c a l resources have re­mained unf lawed and unexp i r ed . T h e s t y l e is exac t l y the same; it i s s imp ly

the orchest ra t ion that has undergone s l i gh t mod i f i c a t i on .

Cu ts l i ke "Never let her go", "Part-time 'love" and p r a c t i c a l l y a l l of s i d e two leave me despa i r i ng a s to the v a l i d ­ity of hard rock showing i ts grotesque (by compar ison) face in pub l i c . A l r i g h t , a l r i gh t . So maybe I'm an incurable roman­t i c - it is just that th is v i r y l i s ind i sput ­ab ly one of the best around at the moment.

Ralph McTell: Streets (Warner Bros.)

IT WAS inev i tab l e after the s u c c e s s of the s ing l e "Streets of London", that Warner B r o s , shou ld f o l l ow it up w i th an album of M c T e l l s i n g i n g main ly h i s own mater ia l and inc lud ing , of course , the or i g ina l s i ng l e a s ba i t . The venture as such pays off handsomely : the ta lented M c T e l l renders ample i l l u s t r a t i o n of h is b a l l a d i c v e r sa t i l i t y .

Mixed wi th t racks that are best des ­c r ibed as "typically folk" are some s u p ­erb ba l l ads such a s "Grande Affaire", "Pity the Boy" and "Lunar Lullaby"

w h i c h , far from being harmonica l l y t r i t e , show a matur i t y of perspec t i ve w h i c h t ranscends the normal run-of - the-mi l l fo lk garbage.

Films J a m e s W i l k i n s o n

The Valley (obscured by clouds) .

A s you may have guessed from the second part of the t i t l e the m u s i c a l s co re of th is f i lm i s wr i t ten and performed by P i n k F l o y d , s o it s tar ts w i th a point i n i ts favour. The photography is exce l l en t , the ac tors are comple te ly be l i e vab l e in the i r r o l e s , and the mus ic b lends super ­bly into the a c t i o n . However , desp i t e a l l t h i s , "The Valley" is for me a s l i gh t d i s appo in tmen t . The theme l a c k s immed­iacy and at t imes the pace f l a g s . If it is t ry iug to put over a message it e ludes my g r a s p .

Br i e f l y the plot concerns a French woman who is i n i t i a l l y in New Gu inea to procure B i rd of Pa rad i s e feathers but be­comes invo lved w i th a hippy (not too c l i c h e ) exped i t i on in search of the va l l e y of the t i t l e , wh i ch is a blank o n the map be ing obscured by c l o u d s . F i l m e d on loc ­a t i on the actors mingle w i th unrehearsed na t i v es of the Mapuga tr ibe dur ing the s tory , before they cont inue their guest . The ending was the type I hate -i n c o n c l u s i v e .

The part that s t i c k s in my mind ( bes id ­es the q u i c k erot ic bits ) is the opening photography to the accompaniment of P i n k F l o y d . Not a f i lm to see for the s tory ; but worth ca t ch ing for its a r t i s t i c q u a l i t y .

J a c k L l e w e l l y n

Peter Fonda, Susan George: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (20th Century Fox, Director: John Hough)

THIS F I L M is a reasonably mediocre attempt to enter ta in the aud i ence wi th a s u c c e s s i o n of motor car s tunts and l i t t l e e l s e . The attempt f a i l s d i s m a l l y .

Peter Fonda of "Easy Rider" fame p lays ' C r a z y L a r r y , ' , a speed freak wi th ambi t i ons for big-t ime motor r a c ing . With h i s s i d e - k i c k mechanic , Deke (Adam

Rourke) , he p i c k s up with 'D i r t y Mary ' (Susan George) , who by a l l a ccounts is a whore, but th i s aspec t is never i l lus t ra t ed (sexist! - Ed.). A f t e r hav ing robbed a . supermarket c a s h o f f ice , the rest of the f i lm is devoted to the po l i ce chase that e n s u e s . Wh i l s t the plot is a bore, the sub ­plots had a lot of po tent ia l . P i t y that they were left open ended and never exp l o i t ed .

A l l the car s tunts have been done be­fore; the re i s a s p r i n k l i n g of four letter words , hence the X - ce r t i f i ca t e ; a l l in a l l , th is f i lm i s one that w i l l only appeal tcr ca r - chase a d d i c t s .

J o h n A n d r e w s

Thomas Pynchon: Gravity's Rainbow

(Pacador).

T h i s i s a mammoth p iece of work not only in vo lume, and to be ab le to s w a l l o w it a l l in one he lp ing would require a per­c ep t i v e mind the l i k e of wh i ch is not often found amongst s c i e n t i s t s , or most other s p e c i e s of mortals .

One rev iewer of th is book sa i d that most other nove ls are rea l l y a bit t r i v i a l when compared to th i s , and he was right .Mr P y n c h o n ' s imag inat ion i s matched on ly by h i s ta lent as a wr i ter ; into th i s bubbl ing cau ld ron of a book he throws sex , b io logy , war psycho logy , love, organic chemis t ry , humour. . . I cou ld add a lot more .It is often e r o t i c , often very funny (sometimes at the same time); it a l s o has i ts moments of s a d ­n e s s and ser i ous comment.

P a u l E k p e n y o n g

Facts in Focus

The book is comp i l ed by the Cent ra l S t a t i s t i c a l o f f ice and is e s s e n t i a l l y a summary of the more Important s t a t i s t i c a l f igures In paperback for the mere p l tance of 60p A w ide range of t op i c s are looked at w i th data on E E C countr i es and a few compar isons wi th the major i ndus t r i a l i s ed count r i es such as the U S A . F o r those i n ­terested In pub l i c a f fa i rs of any sort it ought to be a use fu l guide for more Infor­med debate , e s p e c i a l y at U G M s e tc .

P h i l l i p W e b b e r

Eric Ambler: The Levanter

' Y E T A N O T H E R T H R I L L E R ' from E r i c A m b l e r who i s however very good at

w r i t i n g them the resu l t in th is c a s e being a tmospher ic w i th a good complex plot and a tw i s t or two thrown in for good measure.-

Set in the Midd l e E a s t th is i s based around one cent ra l charac te r M i chae l How­e l l , 'The Levanter' and h i s involvment -a l l but u n w i l l i n g - in A rab - Israe l i guer­i l l a a c t i on in a plot to overthrow I s rae l .

Once got into , th i s is a hard book to put down and that is what a thr i l l e r i s supposed to do - s o take it a s good for stra ight entertainment va lue , wi thout per­haps the me taphys i cs or d e s c r i p t i v e n e s s of a nove l , wh i ch i s the s t y l e of book I

FELIX 11

An ear l y morning in te rna t i ona l was arranged aga ins t Buenos A i r e s Rugby C l u b for Saturday l s t March . They ar r i ved on t ime but of course we d idn ' t , (did we Terry? )

T h e game eventua l l y s tar ted at 11.00am w i th our favourite referee, Gordon, b l ow ing the w h i s t l e ( o c cas i ona l l y ) . I C burnt of f

to a roar ing start and w i t h i n f i ve minutes Hughes had snook in near the comer f lag for a

l s t X V v W e l s h G u a r d s

good team try. The Agen t in -i a n s fought back w e l l and d i d w e l l to keep IC at bay for the rest o f the hal f and at ha l f time the match was even ly p o i s e d w i t h the score at 4 - 0 to I C .

F o r the third quarter the match was again rather fur ious and very even. T h e inexper-i enced A r g en t i n i ans f requendy went unpunished when o f f s ide in both ruck and mau l . F r u s t ­rat ion was r i fe among the I C forwards and some dir ty p lay was beg inning to creep i n . T h e sta lemate was broken by a Terry Fearn try. A movement down the r ight w i n g moved i n ­s ide w i th Fa tman i n support and a bad ly timed pass found F e a m who d i ved over to g ive I C a c onv inc ing 8 - 0 l ead .

The A rgen t in i ans came back strongly w i th what can on ly be d e s c r i b ed as over robust p l ay . A f t e r a maul i n w h i c h the A r g -en t i ans were b la tant l y gu i l t y o f off s ide A u s t i n took matters into h i s own hands , so to speak . Re t r ibut i on was e xac t ed in the next scrum when A u s t i n emerged with a b ru i sed and cut eye and was forced to ret i re . On l y ten minutes remained but they were to be ten minutes o f misery for I C . A lmos t immed­i a t e l y Buenos A i r e s ran i n for an unconver ted try. Short ly af terwards poor t a ck l i ng brou­ght a w e l l converted try by the A rgen t in i ans and th is was f o l ­l owed by another goal in the l a s t minute of the ma t ch . D i s ­appo in t ing l y IC had somehow l o s t by 16 - 8.

Team: B.Finney, R.Stern. M. Colter, D.Forbes, G.Clement, R.Hughes, T.Fearn, B.Bradley, R.Austin, D.Hart, K.Lipscombe, S.Booth, J.Smith, P.Robbins, M.Kilbride .

W E L L S O C Midday L e c t u r e :

Dr Derek B a n k s "The New Cosmology and

the Great Experiment" Thursday March 13th

P h y s i c s L e c tu r e Theatre 3 (Song Sheets P rov ided )

Fo r the second time th is season the brave s ta lwar ts of I C prepared to meet those v i c ­i o u s supporters o f peace and l ea rn ing - the Welsh Guards . H a v i n g p r e v i ous l y drawn aga in ­st a very l u cky Guards s i d e (the referee has recent ly been promoted for saw ing h i s com­rades honour), B r a d l e y ' s B o y s l o oked forward to a more pro­f i tab le r e su l t at Ha r l i n g t on .

T h e day started badly for the B a n d i t s w i th the two chos­en centres d e c i d i n g to stay at home for tea. R a p i d rearrange­ments fo l lowed. B y 2.15 a ful l s ide was present at Har l ing ton and watched a s ' A ' gave some l a s t minute i ns t ruc t i on on how to k i c k .

Three o ' c l o c k saw the score a t I C - 15 . Guards - 0 . They s t i l l hadn' t a r r i ved . B u t the sun was s h i n i n g so the team sat down to i c e d tea and b u s c u i t s .

With in the hour the tumble o f a ten - ton truck (complete w i th c age and Major) was heard approach ing .

Out o f the truck c l imbed twe l ve men and the i r c ap ta in , Major . " S o r r y we ' re la te c h a p s " . " T h a t ' s O . K . , Major-C a p t a i n " . Now to get changed .

K i c k - o f f was at 15.15 hun­dred hours , so i t w a s no sur­p r i s e that I C were t i red from the start . The B a n d i t s burs t of f to a v igorous start and comple te l y dominated the G u a r d ' s X I I I i n both set and l o o s e . R e s u l t s came rap id l y w i th Zappe r running i n a f ine try from h i s own ha l f after a w e l l t imed (?) p a s s from the P o t . Unfortunate ly no conver­s i o n .

B a c k in the front row, A u s t i n was g i v ing h i s oppos i t e number a ve r i tab le l e s s o n , who responded by k i c k i n g young B o b ' s knees i n apprec­i a t i o n .

R e a l i z i n g that they were i n complete c on t r o l , the I C pack l e f t the f i e ld for tea and b i s ­c u i t s . They c l apped apprec ia t ­i v e l y from the touchline as Mr T . F e a r n (arr ived on T ime) i n ­tercepted a pass and dashed down the p i t ch to score a f ine try under the p o s t s . Try con­verted by F o r b e s .

The Guards made a surpr i se come-back wh i l e the pack c a l ­l e d for s e conds . The score was 10 - 6.

T h e p a c k was then forced to return to the p i t c h . B u t no-one was rea l ly in teres ted anymore, so the I C l s t X V beat the p r i de o f the B r i t i s h Army 10 -6. N i c e one, Ma jo r -Capta in .

B rad l e y p layed we l l a ga in , but needs to work harder a t h i s s i ng ing .

Team: vaguely as follows Z.Williams, D.D.Crosswell, G. Pot, D.Forbes, B Finney, R. Hughes, T.Feam, B.Bradley, R.A.AUSTIN. D.Harte, K.Lip­scombe, S.Booth, J.Smith, P. Robbins, M.Sergot.

hockey l s t X I v B a r t s

M C C t ra in ing team i n N e w . Z e a l a n d beware . . . ! T h e c r i c k e t i n g a l l s ta rs o f the hoc­key c lub are in prac t i ce for the summer season . A r r i v i n g at the B a n s ground ear ly (makes a change) we found no oppos i t i on awa i t i ng our a r r i va l and so took to the c r i ck e t f i e l d B y the t ime F a c t s had turned up

up the score board read; IC ( M C Q 5 for 10, s l eepy 5, P e t e r L e v e r Mac l ean 2 w i c k e t s , E x t r a s : 2 no b a l l s (Hodge).

It w a s obv i ous from the start that IC were going to w i n a s F a c t s had not supp l i ed an Ump i r e and consequent l y ac ­co rd ing to L e a g u e R u l e s they l oose 5-0. D e s p i t e th is easy v i c to ry I C set out to prove they were worthy of the two p o i n t s and p l a y ing up h i l l i n the first ha l f p r e s s u r i s e d the

B a r t s defence throughout w i t h ­out a c tua l l y s co r ing .

Congra tu la t i ons a l l i n order for ' K i c k e r s ' H u t s i n who per­formed a magn i f i cent c l e a r ence when c a l l e d upon to touch the b a l l for h i s f i r s t and l a s t t ime i n the game. Anyone w i s h i n g to j o i n the supporters c l u b con­tact our out-of-work goa lkeeper .

H a l f t ime arr ived wi th the score 0-0 a n d then short ly a f terwards , w h i l e I C were s t i l l nosh ing oranges , B a r t s s co r ed from a w e l l taken short c o m e r . Mot i va t ed by th is sur­p r i s e goal I C swi f t ly s t ruck b a c k . What we had been threat­en ing to do i n the f i rs t h a l f we d i d i n the s econd . F o u r goa l s were scored in a l l , one ap i e c e from L e v e r Mac l ean (Pena l t y

F l i c k ) , S tar 22, God and ! T h e only forward not to score ( O . A . P . ) c l a i m s to have set

up three of the goa l s (un­fortunate ly he d i d ) .

Our record c r owd o f 5 (2 F a r t s ) c h e e r e d us through to a memorable v i c tory and w i t n e s ­s e d what must be our bes t per­formance th is s eason . H o w are the b a l l s C h r i s ? Team: Shedson, Venushall, Gringo, Sun Tan, Penny Whis­tle, Stitches, Inverse Dog, Sieg Hie I, T.22., Lever, Has Bar.

l s t X I v S i l v e r w i n g

L a s t Wednesday at Ha r l i n g ­ton the l s t X I pub i n a rare midweek appearance . Our f irst m i s t ake of the afternoon was to arr ive on time as S i l v e rw ing d i d n ' t but eventual ly everyone was ready for the b u l l y off. T j e " F u h r e r " drew f irst b lood by w inn ing the t o s s . I C start­ed in their u s u a l dynamic man­ner and w i th in f i ve minutes had taken the l e ad through S leepy who woke up f i rst i n time to put the b a l l i n the net after a superb dummy by Super-s t rap ! ! We soon went further ahead when Superstrap bem­used the S i l v e r w i ng defence wi th a b r i l l i a n t solo run before sco r ing . H a l f time arr ived wi th I C in comfortable 2 - 0 l e a d . Unfor tunate ly , the s e cond h a l f c on ta ined a few unp leasant i n c i d en t s , notably when a S i l ­

v e rw ing defender dec ided to

rearrange the shape of Hopa-

l o n g ' s le f t knee cap c a u s i n g

him to take a b r i e f rest . Super-

strap then dec ided to return the

compl iment w i th the nett re­

su l t that both he and the S i l v ­

erwing defender were sent off

for f i ve minutes (N i ce one

Superstar ! ! ) T h e s e inc idents

tended to interrupt the f low o f

the game and the match bec­

ame very scrappy unt i l the

l a s t quarter of the game when

I C rega ined their rhythm. It

was in the per iod that I C scor­

ed their th i rd goa l . A beaut i fu l

c l e a r a n c e by T i n Wh i sde found

H o t s h o t on the r i gh t w ing and

a l though h i s c r o s s was h a l f

c l e a r ed the hockey c l u b ' s one

and o n l y O . A . P . ( comp le t e

w i t h whee lcha i r ) was on han d

to put the b a l l i n t o the v a c a n t

g o a l .

T h i s was once again a good

o v e r a l l team performance. T h e

de fence was as sound a s ever

w i th P o p - B a b e hav ing a very

s teady game at le f t back . T h e

forwards created many chances

and on ly some b r i l l i a n t goa l -

k e ep ing prevented u s from

s co r ing more than three g o a l s .

F i n a l R e s u l t -I C 3 S i l v e rw ing 0

Team: Kickers, Scruffy, Pop-Babe, P.F.Ace, Tin Whistle, Welsh Wizard, Hotshot. O.A.P. (capt), Sleepy, Superstrop, Hop-along, Ump - Superstar.

M i x e d H o c k e y

On Sunday the Mixed H o c k e y team congregated i n the Un i on for the long awa i ted G u i n e s s Ma t ch . On ar r i v ing at the ground a hour ear ly we managed to get wet ( I t 's the ra in you know) before the ma tch . In the f i rs t ha l f I C looked the better team and t i e l e a d when Dave. ( I can do i t too!) hard pushed the b a l l through the i r keepers l e g s . A n amaz ing feat c ons ide r ing he was p l a y i n g without h i s pre match p int (A great b low to him) L a t e r i n t h i s ha l f T i m M a r s h a l l h i t the post after a b r i l l i a n t dr ibb le ( Inspired by h i s spectator , No doubt) and l e f t Sarah Horn no problem in s c o r i n g our second . Ignor ing the i n c i d e n t s at ha l f t ime when one o f our spec ta tors ran on to the p i t c h , I s h a l l pass on to the s e cond ha l f . In th i s ha l f IC d id not look so impress i ve and were l u c k y to hang on to their l e ad , and unbeaten re­co rd .

A f te r the match came the most important part o f the day, the F R E E G u i n n e s s and Harp lagar , w h i c h T i m and Dave consumed most o f the day, cu lm ina t ed wi th Dave (I f ee l s i l l y H o l d i n g it) B a l d e r s o n m a k i n g u s wa lk ha l f a m i l e , n e e d l e s s l y . T h a n k s to C h r i s P a r k e r for put t ing up a good performance as an umpire and p layer .

Team: NHarrison, S.Fairweat-her, F.Hackle, C.Parker, T Marshall, D.Balderson, S. Horn, A.Brewster, D.Lord, I.Coxage.

F E L I X S P O R T

CROSS COUNTRY F o l l o w i n g c rush ing v i c t o r i e s over B runch and Surrey in U x -

br idge, and a best -ever performance ( e l l , rect ly anyway) in the H P R , the X -Count ry C l u b truned i t s a t tent ion to U C and L S E at Shenley over the i r usua l pasture and mud, h i l l y , 5M mi l e steep­l e chase course . E v e n the absence o f one E l l i s , I. (very formal

th i s ) , l a i d up in drydock after an unfortunate confrontat ion wi th hard rea l i t y , cou ld not a l t e r the i nev i t ab l e ( ie we * won) , though it was deemed the cause of the very s l ow start - even Dave Payne was in the l ead at one stage. The problem o f the absence o f a s topwatch and anyone to ho l d i t was s o l v ed , th is time, by

the Rob A l l i n s o n w r i s t w a t c h , wire mash and f irst-home tech­n ique : th i s might have gone awry had he and Steve Webb been at a l l pushed , but the oppos i t i on was so far beh ind that they c ou ld jus t coas t home. Steve was given f i rs t p l a c e in 32m 10s, h i s f i rs t ever w i n . ( Pause for cheers . )

S O C C F f t l s t XI v Royal Holloway

The most important league seen by al l except the ref, to game of the season for I C f i rst hand le i n the p rocess . Re fus-XI took p l a c e on the 22nd when ing to give up, IC p ressed they p l ayed R o y a l Ho l l oway even harder for the e lus i v e f i rst X I in a top of the table equa l i s e r , and i t eventua l l y c l a s h . Be fore the game I C were Came when Ian P o s t l e t h w a i t e , the on ly s ide who cou ld con-c i e vab l y take the league l e ad ­e r sh ip from Roya l Ho l l oway and the only i f they managed to w i n .

The game, p l ayed i n idea l c ond i t i ons w i th the sun s h i n ­ing and the p i t ch reasona ly soft underfoot, started b r i s k l y w i th H o l l o w a y showing why they are top o f the table by p l a y i n g some at t ract ive po s s ­e s s i o n f oo tba l l , and i n the ear ly stage s bew i lde r ing the o p p o s i t i o n . A s the game pro­g ressed , however, I C came more and more into the p lay and star ted u s i n g their mid-f i e l d trio to set up some dang­erous moves and were very u n ­l u c k y not to take the l e ad on a number of o c c a s i o n s . F o r l ong pe r i ods IC bes i ged their opponents ha l f but paid the pena l ty of p u s h i n g too far for­ward when H o l l o w a y made a q u i c k break and scored the f i rs t goal aga inst the run of p l a y .

The second ha l f was a s im­i l a r state of a f fa i rs w i th IC l o o k i n g much the better team and a t tack ing the Ho l l oway goal r e l e n t l e s s l y . Boby Day had a superb effort v i r tua l l y p u l l e d out of the net by the H o l l o w a y keeper who 1 eapt a c r o s s the goalmouth to make a Gordon B a n k s type save. Short ly afterwards Dave Rudd , who had a good game up front, s truck a perfect ba l l to the near post on ly to see i t c l ear ­ed by the ful l back who was

whose powerful runs down the midd le of the f i e l d have been a feature of I C p lay th is seas­on, made a so lo burst to the edge of the area and had h i s shot de f l ec ted past the spraw­l i ng goa lkeeper who a lmost denied the l ads of an equa l i s e r aga in .

T h e l a s t twenty minutes saw I C tire bad ly thus a l l ow ­ing R o y a l Ho l l oway back into the game and but for a l i t d e b i t o f luck they might we l l have snatched v ic tory in the c l o s i n g s tages o f the game. The game ended in a 1 - 1 draw and IC l s t can count themse l ves as very un lucky not to have won . A l l credi t must be g i ven to Roya l H o l l o ­way who are a f ine f oo tba l l ing s ide and I think w e l l deserve the l eague t i t l e wh i ch they must now sure ly c o l l e c t .

On a more persona l note, the game marked one o f the l a s t appearences for IC by B o b Day who l eaves the c o l l e g e (and the footbal l c lub)

to go and "work in .Viui l i A f n c a on the 14th of th i s month after a lmost 10 years l o y a l s e r v i c e . B r Day who c l a i m s he was footbal l c l u b f ixture secretary in 66 - 67, ( there 's no one here o l d enough to remember that far back ) has p l ayed every season whi l e at c o l l e g e for the c l u b a n d in re­cent y ea rs has been a regular member o f the l s t team . A l l members of the c lub w i s h him we l l in h i s new " c a r e e r " .

P a u l C l a r k e was ahead o f two from U C , one of whom had the mi sfortune to get l o s t on h i s own, course , thus g i v i ng P a u l th i rd p l a c e . Next to plough home ( i s th i s w i t? ) was Dave Hou lbrooke f o l l owed by a right mot ley c o l l e c t i o n : Dave Jones , R i c h Harr ing ton , Dave Payne , M i k e , P e t e , P a d and, s ta r t ing l i k e a l l good ' u n s , Mr One -Lap Hunter . There be ing only three to count, the oppos i t i on were somewhat overwhelmed by our tak ing the f i rs t three p l a c e s . T h e same was not true in the Honorary F o o t a b l l Match that f o l l owed : we lost 7 - 2 desp i te the i nsp i r a t i on of sharing (a l ­most) dress ing- rooms w i th the A r s e n a l squad. Hero of the match was Dave Payne . ( T h r e e t imes th i s week, i s this a re­cord? )

Saturday, the day of the N a t i o n a l s , was unusua l . Where were the ra in , s leet and snow we had come to expect? The Na t i ona l C r o s s Country Champ­i o n s h i p s were h e l d this year i n L u t o n over d s ingular ly dry course on wh ich even the p l ou ­ghed f i e lds were rock hard, the on l y thing to d i s t i n g u i s h it from C r y s t a l P a l a c e track be­ing an inord inate ly steep h i l l of more than suf f ic ient length to make anyone regret they had ever set out . In the Jun io r race, tw ice round th is three m i l e lap , were three stars from IC . P l a c e d we l l up in th i s three m i l e lap , were three stars from I C . P l a c e d in th is f i e l d of a lmost 500 was Ian E l l i s at 251 ' s t , f inding good a p p l i c a t i o n for h i s reba lanced gyros on the downhi l l p lough s e c t i o n . E v e n further up, in fact a lmost up w i th the famous, p e rhaos ' s and maybe 's was

R o b A l l i n s o n in 131st p l a c e . J u s t behind the main bunch , M ike Welford put i n a f ine per­formance f i n i s h i n g 401 's t and A n E x a m p l e To U s A l l .

T h e sun i s w e l l known in South K e n for b r ing ing out cro­c o d i l e s : i n L u t o n on Saturday i t a t t racted one 1400 people a l ong . T h i s was the Sen io rs ' race : 9 m i l e s long and three t imes up that h i l l . The great cheer at the start came not so much from the spectators but from the runners themselves at the " O i a r g e o f the L i g h t B r i g a d e " commentary: at l east one arm was r a i s ed bearing an appropr iate answer ing gesture. Among those a c t u a l l y in the race was Steve Webb f i n i sh ing 5 l 6 ' t h , a gain of 250 on h i s p rev ious best and nearly 400 on l a s t year . Somewhere among the a l s o - r a n ' s was Dave J o n e s (wear ing number 999 but g iv ­i ng no alarum on th is excur­sion) i n 697'th pos i t i on and among the a lmost - ran 's , in 985 ' th , was Ian l she rwood . Tony Weir and Roman Ha l enko f i n i shed in the lower 700 ' s for their c l u b s . A n d so i t w a s over for anotheryear, we were left only the s t ro l l back to the s tat ion see ing the s i ghts o f L u t o n : e.g. M o s s B r o s ' s gasometer . At the s tat ion we were greeted w i th a perform­ance by the Sugar Lump F a i r ­i e s ; t h i s gave cause for Steve Webb to sprint a c r o s s the bridge w i th amazing a l a c r i t y ; twe l ve m i l e s ( th i s Tad takes three to warm up) and then th is w e l l ! ! th i s speed w a s sadly not matched by B R on the jour­ney home, dur ing wh ich there was some ta lk of an 8 mi l e run the f o l l ow ing morning: the w i s e pretended to be as l eep .

D A R T S

F R E M L I N F I N A L S

THIS YEAR'S 'FREMLIN' SINGLES FINALS WILL

TAKE PLACE ON NEXT MONDAY 10TH MARCH IN

THE UNION BAR.

COME ALONG AND SUPPORT

SURE TO BE A GOOD NIGHT