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Founded in 1949 The Newspaper of Imperial College Union
SIR KEITH POINTS THE WAY On Thursday, Sir Keith Joseph, the Minister for
Industry, came to Imperial to speak as a guest of the IC Conservative Society. 400 students packed Mech Eng 220 and Mark Clegg, the Consoc Chairman, was extremely pleased with the way people behaved and also thought that Sir Keith spoke well at the meeting. Sir Keith chose the theme, 'The Basic Choice.'
S i r K e i t h s a i d , " W e a l l s h a r e " T h e e c o n o m i c p r o b l e m o f
t h e s a m e p u r p o s e , t h a t w e w a n t a e v e r y s o c i e t y is t o r e c o n c i l e t h e
p r o s p e r o u s f r e e s o c i e t y w i t h t h e
m i n i m u m o f u n e m p l o y m e n t . T h e
B a s i c C h o i c e is b e t w e e n c h o o s i n g
a s o c i e t y i n w h i c h t h e e c o n o m y is
d o m i n a t e d b y t h e g o v e r n m e n t o r
a s o c i e t y i n w h i c h t h e g o v e r n m e n t
p r o v i d e s a f r a m e w o r k f o r t h e
e c o n o m y a n d l e a v e s as m a n y
d e c i s i o n s a b o u t e c o n o m i c m a t t e r s
as p o s s i b l e to i n d i v i d u a l h u m a n
b e i n g s . "
i n t e r e s t s o f p e o p l e as p r o d u c e r s
w i t h t h e i n t e r e s t s o f t h e s a m e
p e o p l e as c o n s u m e r s . T h a t
p r o b l e m is m o r e n e a r l y s o l v e d b y
C a p i t a l i s m , b y f r e e e n t e r p r i s e ,
t h a n it is b y a n y o t h e r s y s t e m y e t
c o n c e i v e d . "
" C o m p a r e d t o o u r n e i g h b o u r s
i n W e s t e r n E u r o p e o u r s t a n d a r d
Continued on back page
Wham, bam,
thankyou ma'am!
LAST SATURDAY, at 9:30, when most students were in bed,
and hours before IC Radio was due to go on the air, the ears
of Southside's peaceful slumberers were rent by an appalling
roar. A witness, Mr D Jarvis, remarked: "it nearly made me
spill my tea".
Guilds Union later admitted responsibility for the
disturbance, and issued the following press statement.
Continued on page three
Colin Palmer
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No. 564 Friday October 24,1980 Free!
Dear Sir
I C S F S o c b a l l s u p . T h e I C
S c i e n c e F i c t i o n S o c i e t y f i l m o n
T u e s d a y , O c t o b e r 9, m a d e a loss
o i ' a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2 3 p . T h e
m a x i m u m e s t i m a t e o f t h e a u d i
e n c e w a s a b o u t o n e h u n d r e d .
S i g n i f i c a n t l y , n o b o d y w a l k e d
o u t u n t i l t h e e n d . O n l y s e v e n t y -
t w o p e o p l e j o i n e d t h e s o c i e t y
b e f o r e 6 : 3 0 p m . J o n a t h a n F l i n t ,
t h e m a n r e s p o n s i b l e , w a s i n
S t a n ' s B a r a f t e r w a r d s . W h e n
a s k e d w h a t c o u l d b e d o n e a b o u t
t h e h i g h a t t e n d a n c e , h e a n s w e r e d :
" I d o n ' t k n o w w h a t to d o . . . . I
t h i n k I ' l l r e s i g n " .
M a r k J e f f c o c k , t h e S F S o c
T r e a s u r e r , m a d e a s p o t d e c i s i o n
t o k e e p t h e a d m i s s i o n fee e x a c t l y
t h e s a m e , i n a last d i t c h a t t e m p t
t o r e d u c e t h e a u d i e n c e . S o I C S F
S o c m a d e a loss o n t h e film o f 2 3 p
c o n s i s t i n g o f 1 6 p f o r i h e film itself ,
3 p o n c a r r i a g e , 3 p o n V A T , a n d
1 p f o r d o o r m e n , a n d o f c o u r s e , t h e
cost o f p u b l i c i t y .
S O W H Y D I D N ' T W E G E T A
H E A D L I N E ?
Yours blatantly,
T e l e p h o n e B i l l a n d t h e
H a m i l t o n i a n O p e r a t o r s
PS: Y o u c a n h e a d l i n e t h i s ' T C S F
S o c P i s s A l l O v e r O p p o s i t i o n " i f
y o u l i k e .
Dear Steve
S i n c e w e d o n o t t h i n k t h a t t h e
p o i n t w a s m a d e c l e a r e n o u g h i n
y o u r f r o n t p a g e s t o r y last w e e k ,
m a y w e t a k e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y o f
r e m i n d i n g I C s t u d e n t s t h a t t h e
( u n s u c c e s s f u l t o s a y t h e leas t ) N o
D i c e c o n c e r t w a s i n n o w a y t h e
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e I C E N T S
C o m m i t t e e . E N T S m e m b e r s
w e r e a s k e d to help on the night.
S o m e t h i n g w h i c h w e d i d as a
p e r s o n a l f a v o u r t o J o h n P a s s m o r e
( a n d w o u l d d o i t a g a i n , i f t h e
o c c a s i o n a r o s e ) . A s t h e m i n u t e s o f
o u r p r e v i o u s m e e t i n g s s h o w , t h i s
is as f a r as E N T S i n v o l v e m e n t i n
t h e g i g w e n t . I n c i d e n t a l l y , t h e
last c o n c e r t s t a g e d b y E N T S w a s
t h e B l u e s B a n d o n e . w h i c h w a s
v e r v s u c c e s s f u l .
T h e E N T S C o m m i t t e e
Dear Sir
I m u s t s a y I w a s r a t h e r t a k e n
a b a c k a t t h e h y s t e r i c a l r e a c t i o n
f r o m H a m s o c , p r o v o k e d b y m y
s m a l l a d i n F E L I X 5 6 2 . O b v i o u s l y
t h e o p e n i n g p h r a s e w a s d e s i g n e d
t o g e t a t t e n t i o n , r a t h e r t h a n
b e i n g a n a i m o f t h e C l u b . L e t
m e t a k e t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y t o
e x p l a i n e x a c t l y w h a t is g o i n g o n
i n t h i s c o u n t r y w i t h r e g a r d t o C B
R a d i o .
I n s p i t e o f b e i n g t e c h n i c a l l )
i l l e g a l , t h e r e a r e a n e s t i m a t e d
1 0 0 , 0 0 0 C B e r s i n t h e c o u n t r y ,
a n d I h a v e s p o k e n to at least 2 0
i n m y h o m e t o w n , w o r k i n g o n l y a
t e n m i l e r a d i u s . T h e r e is n o
d o u b t t h a t C B w i l l b e l e g a l i n t h i s
c o u n t r y w i t h i n a c o u p l e o f y e a r s ,
a n d it is v e r y l i k e l y t h a t 2 7 M H z
w i l l b e t h e f r e q u e n c y u s e d . E v e n
i f a d i f f e r e n t f r e q u e n c y i s
p r o p o s e d , it w i l l b e v e r y d i f f i c u l t
to c o n t r o l t h e v a s t n u m b e r s o f
p i r a t e sets i n t h e c o u n t r y a l r e a d y .
T a l k i n g a b o u t f r e q u e n c y ,
t h e r e is a l o t o f r u b b i s h t a l k e d
a b o u t i n t e r f e r e n c e . R a d i o c o n t r o l
m o d e l s a n d r a d i o p a g i n g s y s t e m s
a r e o n i y a f f e c t e d b y t h e u s e o f
c h a n n e l 16 ( o u t o f 40 ) a n d m o s t
C B u s e r s s h u n t h i s c h a n n e l l o r
t h i s r e a s o n . W e d o h a v e s o m e
m e a s u r e o f r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ! B y t h e
w a y , r a d i o m o d e l l e r s m a y n o t
k n o w it y e t , b u t t h e y w i l l b e
a s k e d t o m o v e u p t o 3 2 o r
3 5 M H z w i t h i n a c o u p l e o f y e a r s
t o b e i n l i n e w i t h t h e rest o f
E u r o p e .
T h e use o f C B r a d i o c a n n o t b e
c o m p a r e d t o t h e a c t i v i t i e s o f
H a m s o c . T h e a p p e a l o f C B is
s h o r t r a n g e c a s u a l c o m m u n i c a
t i o n , r e q u i r i n g n o t r a i n i n g , n o
e x a m i n a t i o n , n o l i c e n c e , n o
t e c h n i c a l k n o w l e d g e , n o f o r m a l i t y
( c o m p a r e c a l l s i g n s : ' F e r r e t ' as
a g a i n s t ' G 4 C T P ' ) a n d v e r y l i t t l e
e x p e n s e — a g o o d C B set c a n b e
h a d l o r as m u c h as a c a r s t e r e o
r a d i o .
I d o n o t p r o p o s e to e x p l a i n just
h o w C B c a n b e u s e d t o b e n e f i t
t h e c o m m u n i t y , b u t i f t h e r e is
a n y b o d y w a n t i n g m o r e i n f o r m a
t i o n o n C B m a y I r e c o m m e n d t h e
m a g a z i n e Breaker ( L i n k H o u s e
P u b l i c a t i o n s , 8 0 p , W H S m i t h s )
as b e i n g a v e r y g o o d p u b l i c a t i o n ,
s e t t i n g o u t f a i r l y a l l s i d e s o f t h e
e n t i r e a r g u m e n t .
I u s e C B as a s i m p l e f o r m o f
f r e e s p e e c h . I d o n o t w a n t to t a l k
to o t h e r c o u n t r i e s , b u t r a t h e r
to b e s u r e o f a v o i d i n g t r a f f i c
j a m s , g e t t i n g i n t o u c h w i t h
f r i e n d s , a n d g e n e r a l l y as a c a s u a l
m e a n s o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n .
C a t c h y o u o n t h e f l i p .
The Ferret
( R e a l n a m e a n d a d d r e s s s u p p l i e d . )
Dear Sir
M e r c y ' s S a k e s ! S o m e p e o p l e
r e a l l y w a n t t o d o m i n a t e t h e r a d i o
w a v e s . I r e f e r o f c o u r s e t o t h e
l e t t e r f r o m H A M S O C l a s t w e e k .
A c u r s o r y g l a n c e a t t h e r a d i o
f r e q u e n c y s p e c t r u m w i l l s h o w t h e
m a s s e s o f s p a c e a l l o c a t e d t o
H A M . A l l C B e r s w a n t is a tiny-
j o t o n t h e s p e c t r u m .
T o s u g g e s t t h a t j o i n i n g
H A M S O C w i l l p r o v i d e t h e t y p e
o f e n j o y m e n t o n e g e t s f r o m a C B
set is q u i t e r i d i c u l o u s . C B is a
s h o r t r a n g e ( a b o u t t e n m i l e s )
m o b i l e c o n t a c t s y s t e m , w h i c h
a l l o w s d r i v e r s to c o n t a c t e a c h
o t h e r l o r t r a f f i c i n f o r m a t i o n ,
a s s i s t a n c e , e t c .
A b s o l u t e l y n o i l l e g a l a c t i v i t y
w i l l b e c a r r i e d o u t i n t h e n a m e o l
I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n . I f a C B
C l u b is f o r m e d , it w i l l b e a p u r e l y
s o c i a l c l u b t o h e l p c a m p a i g n
n a t i o n a l l y f o r t h e l e g a l i s a t i o n o f
2 7 M H z C B r a d i o . A n y w a y ,
t h e r e a r e m a n y n a t i o n a l o r g a n
i s a t i o n s c a m p a i g n i n g f o r t h e
l e g a l i s a t i o n o f a w h o l e r a n g e o f
a c t i v i t i e s , s o m e o f w h i c h I C U h a s
a f f i l i a t e d to i n t h e p a s t .
H A M S O C c l a i m n o t to b e
o p p o s e d to ' o p e n c h a n n e l ' . T h i s
is a e u p h e m i s m l o r a r i d i c u l o u s
e x e r c i s e s u g g e s t e d b y t h e H o m e
O f f i c e w h i c h w i l l m e a n h a v i n g to
p a y p r o h i b i t i v e a m o u n t s f o r a set ,
a n d t h i s s y s t e m is c l e a r l y u n a c
c e p t a b l e to t h e m a j o r i t y o f C B
e n t h u s i a s t s t o d a y .
F i n a l l y , i l l e g a l C B o p e r a t o r s
a r e c e r t a i n l y n o t b r i n g i n g
a m a t e u r r a d i o i n t o d i s r e p u t e .
T h e y h a v e b e e n o f i n v a l u a b l e
s e r v i c e to t h e P o l i c e i n t h e p a s t i n
t r a c i n g g e t a w a y c a r s , e t c .
W i t n e s s t h e n u m b e r o f C h i e f
C o n s t a b l e s i n t h e p a s t f e w
m o n t h s t h a t h a v e o p e n l y s t a t e d
t h a t t h e i r m e n a r e n o t g o i n g to b e
i n v o l v e d i n c h a s i n g u p C B u s e r s .
/ have the honour to remain. Sir,
your most obedient and obsequious
servant,
S h l o m o G o d s i
M a n S c i P G
Sir
I r e a d w i t h i n t e r e s t i n last
w e e k ' s F E L I X a r t i c l e o n
H A M S O C , t h a t " n e g o t i a t i o n s
a r e c u r r e n t l y u n d e r w a y to h a v e
t h e U n i o n B u i l d i n g m o u n t e d o n
a l a r g e r o t a t o r " .
I h o p e t h i s d o e s n o t h i n g to
effect t h e p o s i t i o n o f t h e I C W A
L o u n g e .
P a t r i c k C o l l
M a t h s 1
Dear Sir
I t h i n k it is a s h a m e t h a t
S a n d r a O ' S u l l i v a n h a s r e s i g n e d
as I C W A P r e s i d e n t , as s h e w a s
t h e o n l y m e m b e r o f t h e c o m m i t t e e
w h o h a d a n y c o n t a c t w i t h , o r
c a r e d a b o u t , t h e w o m e n o f
C o l l e g e . H e r a t t i t u d e is s h a r e d b y
a l a r g e n u m b e r o f I C W A ' s
n o m i n a l m e m b e r s , a n d m o s t o f
its o t h e r ' m e m b e r s ' d o n ' t c a r e a t
a l l . It is h a r d l y s u r p r i s i n g t h a t
I C W A h a s n o t h a d a q u o r a t e
m e e t i n g f o r y e a r s . I f I C W A
c o n s i s t e d o n l y o f t h o s e p e o p l e
w h o w a n t e d t o b e i n i t , t h e y
s h o u l d h a v e n o t r o u b l e i n g e t t i n g
2 0 % o f t h e i r m e m b e r s t o a
m e e t i n g . ( 2 0 % is v e r y l o w f o r a
q u o r u m a n y w a y — a l l o l C o u n
c i l s o t h e r s u b c o m m i t t e e s h a v e
m u c h h i g h e r q u o r u m s . ) I C W A
h a v e f r e q u e n t l y p r o v e d t h a t t h e y
a r e i n c a p a b l e o f c h a n g i n g i t , a n d
w i l l b e f o r as l o n g as a l l t h e
w o m e n o f C o l l e g e a r e a u t o
m a t i c a l l y m e m b e r s . I C W A is
i n c a p a b l e o f e i t h e r r e p r e s e n t i n g
w o m e n , o r o f i n t e g r a t i n g t h e m
s o c i a l l y ( w h i c h t h e y a r e s u p p o s e d
t o d o , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e i r c o n s t i t u
t i o n ) . I n f a c t , i t s a t t e m p t e d
a c t i v i t i e s w o u l d s e e m t o b e
d e t r i m e n t a l t o t h e i n t e g r a t i o n o f
w o m e n — w h y s h o u l d w o m e n
l o c k t h e m s e l v e s i n t o a g h e t t o
s o m e w h e r e i n t h e U n i o n e v e r y
l u n c h t i m e , a n y w a y ? M o v i n g t h e
l o u n g e m a y h a v e u p s e t s ix o r so
w o m e n ( a n d it c a n ' t h a v e h a d
m u c h e f fec t o n S n o o k e r C l u b , as
t h a t r o o m h a s a l w a y s b e e n u s e d ) ,
b u t it h a s b e e n v e r y b e n e f i c i a l t o
t h e m a n y c l u b s a n d s o c i e t i e s w h o
n o w u s e t h e U p p e r L o u n g e . W h y
s h o u l d I C W A , w h i c h h a s a
s m a l l e r a c t i v e m e m b e r s h i p t h a n
a n y o t h e r s o c i e t y , h a v e a r o o m o l
its o w n a n y w a y ? L a s t y e a r , t h e y
f r e q u e n t l y m e t i n t h e M a t h s
C o m m o n R o o m , w h i c h s h o w s it
c a n b e d o n e . W h y c a n ' t I C W A
b o o k a r o o m , l i k e a n y o t h e r
s o c i e t y ( a n d m o s t s o c i e t i e s h a v e
t o b o o k t w o o r t h r e e w e e k s i n
a d v a n c e t o g e t a r o o m at a l l ) . M r
M a r s h a l l o b j e c t s t o J o h n
P a s s m o r e ' t h r o w i n g £ 5 0 0 o f
U n i o n m o n e y d o w n t h e d r a i n '
( F E L I X , n o ' 5 6 3 ) . b u t t h a t is
p r e c i s e l y w h a t h a p p e n s to t h e
£ 5 0 0 g i v e n to I C W A — it is u s e d
b y e v e n less p e o p l e t h a n c a m e to
t h e N o D i c e c o n c e r t .
F i o n a S i n c l a i r
M a t h s 3
Sir
I n r e p l y to t h e l e t t e r i n last
w e e k ' s e d i t i o n o f F E L I X f r o m
M e s s r s C h e l l , C a v a n a g h , a n d
C u r r y , I fee l t h a t I m u s t c o m e t o
t h e d e f e n c e o f t h e i r c o l l e a g u e a n d
c o h a b i t a n t . I c a n a s s u r e t h e m
t h a t h i s p e r s i s t e n t a b s e n c e f r o m
t h e i r i l l u s t r i o u s c o m p a n y h a s
b e e n f o r a n o b l e c a u s e . I c a n
r e v e a l t h a t h e h a s b e e n t a k i n g a
c o u r s e i n ' T h e P r a c t i c a l A p p l i
c a t i o n s o f B i o l o g y ' a t n i g h t
s c h o o l , a n d is i n d e e d e x c e l l i n g i n
t h i s s u b j e c t . I n l e a r n i n g h o w t o
p r o d u c e t h e p u r e , c h a s t e , u p
s t a n d i n g . C h r i s t i a n c i t i z e n s o f t h e
f u t u r e h e i s e n s u r i n g t h e c o n t i n u e d
s u r v i v a l o f o u r s p e c i e s a n d s h o u l d
b e c o n g r a t u l a t e d o n h i s r e s p o n s
i b l e a t t i t u d e .
Yours faithfully
H i s B i o l o g y T e a c h e r
Page 2 FELIX, October 24, 1980
Continued from front page.
KERSPLATT!!!!!! Dear Sir
W e a r e ^ w r i t i n g i n r e p l y to a
l e t t e r w h i c h a p p e a r e d i n F E L I X
N o . 5 6 3 s i g n e d b y K J C h e l l , S J
C a v a n a g h , a n d J P C u r r y . W e
fee l t h a t t h i s l e t t e r is a t t e m p t i n g
to d i s c r e d i t — t o q u o t e " t h e i r
m i s g u i d e d f r i e n d " a n d r e n d e r
h i s r e p u t a t i o n t o t h e d i s g r a c e f u l
l e v e l o f t h e i r r e p u t a t i o n s . T h e
e x p l o i t s o f t h e t h r e e d i s r e p u t a b l e
a u t h o r s o f t h e l e t t e r ( e s p e c i a l l y
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c i t i z e n s " s o i n a p p r o p r i a t e l y
a p p l i e d t o a n y o n e . " T h e i r
m i s g u i d e d f r i e n d " h o w e v e r
a p p e a r s to a l l o f us t o fit t h i s
d e s c r i p t i o n a d m i r a b l y . W e
s u g g e s t t h a t a n y f u r t h e r a t t e m p t s
to d i s c r e d i t t h i s h o n o u r a b l e g u y
s h o u l d b e i g n o r e d .
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u p s t a n d i n g , C h r i s t i a n c i t i z e n s "
Dear Sir
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e x p r e s s m y s i n c e r e t h a n k s t o
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a n d M i c h a e l S a n d w i t h f o r t h e
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t r i p f o r s o m e o f u s o v e r s e a s
s t u d e n t s a t t h e i n v i t a t i o n o f t h e
E s s e x b r a n c h o f t h e V i c t o r i a
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g o t o L a d y B i n n e y a n d o t h e r
m e m b e r s o f t h e V i c t o r i a L e a g u e ,
E s s e x b r a n c h f o r a l l t h a t m a r v e l
l o u s e n t e r t a i n m e n t t h e y g a v e u s .
T h e t r i p w a s q u i t e e n j o y a b l e
a n d it q u i t e w e l l a c h i e v e d its
p u r p o s e — t o m e e t t h e E n g l i s h
p e o p l e i n t h e i r E n g l i s h h o m e s .
A p p a r e n t l y , e v e r y t h i n g w a s
E n g l i s h — m o u s t r a p c h e e s e ,
d e l i c i o u s a p p l e p i e p u d d i n g v e r y
m u c h u n l i k e t h a t i n S o u t h s i d e
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e x h a u s t i v e b e c a u s e o f s p a c e
c o n s i d e r a t i o n s .
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m i t t e e is d o i n g a g r e a t j o b f o r u s
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t h e n e c e s s a r y s u p p o r t a n d
a p p r e c i a t i o n . T h a t ' s a n o t h e r w a y
to m a k e I C o v e r s e a s s t u d e n t s
e n j o y t h e i r s t a y a t I C . C h e e r s !
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Dear Fellow Union Members
L a s t t e r m t h e f e e s f o r t h e
n u r s e r y i n P r i n c e s G a r d e n s r o s e
q u i t e a l a r m i n g l y . T h e m e t h o d o f
p a y m e n t w a s r e - a r r a n g e d a n d
t h i s y e a r t h e n u r s e r y is s t i l l l u l l
w i t h a w a i t i n g l i s t . I h a v e h a d n o -
o n e a p p r o a c h m e a b o u t t h e c o s t ,
a l t h o u g h a f e w p e o p l e h a v e b e e n
a w a r d e d a h a r d s h i p c o n c e s s i o n .
N o w , d o e s t h i s m e a n t h a t p e o p l e
a r e q u i t e h a p p y t o p a y t h i s m u c h
( a d m i t t e d l y f o r a g o o d s e r v i c e ) ?
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i c e .
I a m n o w c o n c e r n e d t h a t s o m e
p e o p l e m a y n o t e v e n h a v e
a p p l i e d d u e to t h e fees. S o , i f y o u
h a v e a c h i l d w h o is n o t i n t h e
n u r s e r y b e c a u s e y o u c o u l d n ' t
e v e n c o n s i d e r t h e p o s s i b i l i t y
p l e a s e c o n t a c t m e v i a W e l f a r e
O f f i c e r — U n i o n O f f i c e o n
i n t e r n a l m a i l .
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Sir
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r i g h t t o f r e e d o m o f e x p r e s s i o n ,
w h e n l a w f u l l y e x e r c i s e d is u s u a l l y
g u a r a n t e e d t o b e i n a l i e n a b l e .
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t o p r i n t m y r e p l y t o t h e c o m m e n t s
y o u a p p e n d e d to m y p r e v i o u s
l e t t e r ( F E L I X 5 6 1 ) o n n o o t h e r
g r o u n d s t h a n t h a t y o u " f e l t " it
w a s n o t n e c e s s a r y t o p u b l i s h i t .
S u c h a n a c t i o n b y y o u is ultra vires
i n v i e w o f t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f I C U
B y e L a w s , I C U P u b l i c a t i o n s
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a n d t h e F E L I X C o n s t i t u t i o n ,
n o n e o f w h i c h b y m y h u m b l e
i n t e r p r e t a t i o n m a k e s m y r i g h t to
r e p l y c o n d i t i o n a l o n t h e o p i n i o n
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s h o u l d l i k e to p o i n t o u t t h a t y o u
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t h a t l e t t e r o f F E L I X 5 6 1 . I
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i n t h e m a n n e r y o u p r i n t e d i t , o r ,
p e r h a p s , m y h a n d w r i t i n g w a s
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p l e a s e d f o r a c o r r e c t i o n .
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m e m b e r s l i k e m e at w h o s e m e r c y
y o u d r a w y o u r p a y c h e q u e s as
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t h e f a c t u a l c o n t e n t s o f t h e
c o m m e n t s H i s O v e r l o r d , t h e
E d i t o r o f F E L I X , f e e l s l i k e
s t i c k i n g to t h e i r l e t t e r s , d o h e l p
y o u r s e l f b e l o w .
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m a x i m t h a t a n y p u b l i c i t y is g o o d
p u b l i c i t y . I r e a l l y m u s t c a l l y o u r
j o u r n a l to t a s k f o r c o n t i n u a l m i s
s p e l l i n g o i m y n a m e . O n c e is n o t
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i n t h e G u i l d s U n i o n O f f i c e . T h e
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t e n d e n c i e s o f t h e g e n e r a l p u b l i c
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a b o u t w h a t w a s to c o m e . "
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P o r t o b e l l o R o a d . It w a s c o n
fidentially a d m i t t e d t h a t D a v e
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d e n t ) d i d n o t k n o w t h e l o c a t i o n
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f a c t u r e r s C o n g r e s s ( I F C M C ) .
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n e r s o f h e a t s w h i c h t o o k p l a c e at
h u n d r e d s o l v i l l a g e fetes t h r o u g h
o u t t h e s u m m e r c a m e to I m p e r i a l
to t r y to w i n t h e ' G r a n d P r i x d e
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h e l d i n t h e S h e r f i e l d a n t e - r o o m .
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t h e C o n g r e s s a n d K e n f r o m t h e
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l i t t l e f r e e n i b b l e ' .
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" B u t f o r R u t h ' s ( H i l d e b r a n d )
i n f a l l i b l e s e n s e o f d i r e c t i o n w e
m i g h t s t i l l b e i n N o t t i n g H i l l " .
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w e f i n a l l y r e a c h e d P o r t o b e l l o
R o a d , w e set u p o u r h i t s q u a r d s .
W i t h i n m i n u t e s w e w e r e c o v e r e d
i n s h a v i n g f o a m , m u c h t o t h e
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t h o u g h t t h a t w e ' d b i t t e n o i l m o r e
t h a n w e c o u l d c h e w i n c o m i n g to
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n i g h t s e c u r i t y t h a t h e h a d b e e n
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a r m t w i s t e d a n d g e n e r a l l y
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l a d s . L e s e s c a p e d f u r t h e r i n j u r y
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FELIX, October 24, 1980 Page 3
FELIX Feature Article Just where will all the Union's money come from next year?
by John Passmorc
IN FEBRUARY of this year Mark Carlisle, the Minister
of State at the Department of Education and Science,
stated in Parliament that in order to reduce the "open-
endedness" of the present system of Student Union
Financing, and to make students' unions "publicly
accountable" for the money they spend, they will in
future receive a "one part block grant" from the parent
institution instead of receiving "per capita" payments
from the individual Local Education Authorities (LEAs)
that pay for that student's grant.
S i n c e F e b r u a r y , t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n of S t u d e n t s h a s b e e n t r y i n g t o
get f u r t h e r c l a r i f i c a t i o n f r o m t h e D E S of t h e i r p r o p o s a l s . A s y e t , t h e
D E S h a s n o t b e e n v e r y r e s p o n s i v e — i n f a c t , t h e l a t e s t D E S b r a i n c h i l d
o n l y c a m e t o l i g h t a l t e r t h e ' i n t e r c e p t i o n " o f a c i r c u l a r f r o m t h e D E S
to t h e C o u n c i l o f L o c a l E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s !
T h e latest p r o p o s a l s , so far as c a n b e e l u c i d a t e d , i n v o l v e i n c r e a s i n g t h e
t u i t i o n fees o f e a c h s t u d e n t i n t h e c o u n t r y b y a " n o m i n a l " s u m o f ,£32 to
l a k e a c c o u n t o f s t u d e n t u n i o n s ' s u b s c r i p t i o n s . H o w e v e r , a p a r t f r o m t h e
l u d i c r o u s m e t h o d o f c a l c u l a t i o n (as e x p l a i n e d b e l o w ) , t h e r e w o u l d a p p e a r
to b e a m o r e d e v a s t a t i n g effect o f l u m p i n g u n i o n lees w i t h t u i t i o n fees.
A l t h o u g h t h e p r o p o s a l s r e s u l t e d f r o m r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s m a d e b y t h e
p a r l i a m e n t a r y P u b l i c A c c o u n t s C o m m i t t e e to the D E S a n d a r e n o t
i n t e n d e d as a n a t t a c k o n t h e f i n a n c i a l a n d p o l i t i c a l a u t o n o m y o l s t u d e n t s '
u n i o n s p e r se, t h e net r e s u l t w i l l be t h a t o f f i c i a l l y s t u d e n t u n i o n s w i l l cease
to exist .
I n th is f e a t u r e , J o h n P a s s m o r e l o o k s i n t o t h e b a c k g r o u n d a n d t h e
n a t u r e a n d p r o b a b l e effects o f t h e n e w p r o p o s a l s ; s e t t i n g t h e s c e n e for t h e
f o r t h c o m i n g U G M d e b a t e o n
Student Union Financing
The History
U p u n t i l 1 9 7 9 / 8 0 sess ion , I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e U n i o n a l w a y s r e c e i v e d its g r a n t
f r o m C o l l e g e , e s s e n t i a l l y f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y C r a n t s C o m m i s s i o n ' s b l o c k
g r a n t to C o l l e g e . M o s t o t h e r u n i v e r s i t i e s i n t h e . U n i t e d K i n g d o m h a v e
c h a r g e d a n a n n u a l s u b s c r i p t i o n for s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n m e m b e r s h i p i n a d d i t i o n
to t h e t u i t i o n fee ( the " p e r c a p i t a " sys t em) so t h a t , i n effect, t h e s t u d e n t s '
u n i o n s r e c e i v e d t h e i r m o n e y f r o m p u b l i c a c c o u n t s b u t w e r e n o t
a c c o u n t a b l e to t h e p u b l i c p u r s e as h o w these f u n d s w e r e u s e d .
L a s t y e a r , I C U n i o n a p p r o a c h e d
C o l l e g e w i t h a v i e w to c h a n g i n g to
the " p e r c a p i t a " s y s t e m as th is
w o u l d b e n e f i t b o t h t h e C o l l e g e a n d
t h e L ' n i o n f i n a n c i a l l y (see l a t e r ) .
C o l l e g e a g r e e d to this .
V a r i o u s g o v e r n m e n t s h a v e b e e n
o n c e r n e d a b o u t t h e a m o u n t o l
m o n e y g o i n g to s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n s for
M i m e t i m e . I n 1 9 7 1 . M a r g a r e t
T h a t c h e r , as M i n i s t e r o l E d u c a t i o n ,
p r o p o s e d t h a t R e g i s t r a r s b e
e m p l o y e d t o o v e r s e e s t u d e n t s '
u n i o n s p e n d i n g .
I n 1978, t h e D E S p r o p o s e d a
" t w o - t i e r " s y s t e m w h e r e b y t h e
m a j o r p o r t i o n of s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n ' s
i n c o m e w o u l d b e d e r i v e d v i a
C o l l e g e r e c u r r e n t g r a n t s f r o m t h e
U G C , s u p p l e m e n t e d b y a l o w
s u b s c r i p t i o n p a y a b l e b y l o c a l
a u t h o r i t i e s i n a d d i t i o n to t u i t i o n
l e e s . A t t h e t i m e , I C U n i o n
s u p p o r t e d this s c h e m e as g i v i n g
a d d i t i o n a l a u t o n o m y as w e w e r e
t o t a l l y C o l l e g e financed t h e n a n d
w o u l d h a v e s t o o d t o b e n e f i t .
H o w e v e r , t h e s e p r o p o s a l s w e r e
n e v e r i m p l e m e n t e d .
F o l l o w i n g the c h a n g e o f G o v e r n -
m e n t a n d the s u b s e q u e n t " E d u c a
t i o n C u t s " , t h e L n i o n d e c i d e d t h a t
it w o u l d b e n e f i t b o t h t h e C o l l e g e
a n d t h e U n i o n i f w e ( h a n g e d to a
" p e r c a p i t a " s y s t e m . B e f o r e
C o l l e g e h a d a g r e e d . M a r k C a r l i s l e ,
the S e c r e t a r y o l S t a t e for E d u c a t i o n
a n d S c i e n c e m a d e t h e f o l l o w i n g
a n n o u n c e m e n t :
"/ hate decided to make a funda
mental change in the Jmancing of
students' unions commencing with the
academic year 1981182. Instead of fees
being paid through the Student Awards
System, 1 intend that unions should he
financed out of institutions' recurrent
funds."
C o l l e g e t h e n a g r e e d t h a i w e
s h o u l d lie financed b y t h e " p e r
c a p i t a " s y s t e m for 1 9 8 0 / 1 as t h e y
w o u l d not h a v e g a i n e d i n 1981 "2.
w h e n t h e n e w s y s t e m w o u l d be
i n t r o d u c e d . T h e net e x p e n d i t u r e
l o r 1 9 8 0 / 1 w a s e s t i m a t e d b v t h e
U n i o n to be £ \ 6 9 . 6 2 9 . T h i s w o r k s
o u t a t a p p r o x i m a t e l y £39 p e r
c a p i t a . C o u p l e d w i t h o t h e r i n c o m e
f r o m t h e B o o k s h o p , L i f e M e m b e r
s h i p s , B o o k i n g s , e t c . . t h e t o t a l
U n i o n b u d g e t l o r this v e a r is a b o u t
£190,000.
The Crunch
T h e D E S h a v e a p p i r e n t l y a l t e r e d
t h e i r p l a n s yet a g a i n . T h e i r n e w
p r o p o s a l s h a v e n o t b e e n m a d e
o f f i c i a l b u t w e r e l e a k e d to N U S
t w o w e e k s a g o . It w a s t h o u g h t that
a l l s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n s ' m o n e v w o u l d
c o m e f r o m t h e U G C (the s y s t e m w e
u s e d to be o n ) . T h i s is n o t t h e case .
T h e D E S p r o p o s e t h a t £32 w i l l b e
a d d e d to t u i t i o n fees to c o v e r t h e
p a y m e n t o f U n i o n fees. H o w e v e r ,
to q u o t e t h e m , t h e D E S stress:
" t h a t th is is a n a r r a n g e m e n t
s i m p l y to p r o v i d e t h e n e c e s s a r y
a d j u s t m e n t s of f u n d s a v a i l a b l e to
i n s t i t u t i o n s at a n a t i o n a l p l a n n i n g
l e v e l : it is n o t i n t e n d e d to i n f l u e n c e
t h e w a y i n w h i c h f u n d s a r e
a l l o c a t e d to i n d i v i d u a l i n s t i t u t i o n s " .
T h e ^ 3 2 is e x p e c t e d to p r o v i d e
t h e s a m e l e v e l o f f u n d s as is g i v e n
u n d e r t h e p r e s e n t s y s t e m . T h e
f i g u r e o f £32 w a s c a l c u l a t e d b y
a d d i n g u p a l l t h e f u n d s g i v e n to
s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n s i n 1 9 7 6 / 7 a n d
a d d i n g 9% p e r a n n u m for 1977 8,
1 9 7 8 / 9 , a n d for 1 9 7 9 / 8 0 ( 9 % is t h e
i n c r e a s e t h e D E S a d v i s e d t h e U G C
to a d d l o r 1 9 7 8 / 9 a n d 1 9 7 9 / 8 0 .
T h e r e w a s n o a d v i c e i n 1 9 7 7 / 8 . )
H a v i n g t a k e n this t o t a l (£16m)
t h e D E S d i v i d e d it b y t h e t o t a l
a n t i c i p a t e d n u m b e r of f u l l - t i m e
u n i v e r s i t y a n d a d v a n c e d f u r t h e r
e d u c a t i o n s t u d e n t s a n d s u r p r i s e ,
s u r p r i s e , u p p o p s t h e m a g i c a l figure
o f X ' 3 2 .
T h i s is t h e a v e r a g e fee. T h e
D E S , i n t h e i r i n f i n i t e w i s d o m ,
r e c o g n i s e t h e fact t h a t s o m e u n i o n s
h a v e m o r e f a c i l i t i e s t h a n o t h e r s
( e s p e c i a l l y u n i v e r s i t y u n i o n s ) w h e n
c o m p a r e d to those i n t h e p u b l i c
s e c t o r . S o just to r e m e d y this laet
a n d c o r r e c t t h e i m b a l a n c e , m o n e y
w i l l be t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m t h e R a t e
S u p p o r t G r a n t ( the m a j o r p a r t o f a
L o c a l A u t h o r i t y ' s i n c o m e ) to t h e
U G C w h o w i l l pass t h e m o n e y o n
to t h e i n d i v i d u a l i n s t i t u t i o n s . T h e
f i g u r e c u r r e n t l y b e i n g q u o t e d is
£2.1 m . H o w e v e r , i f w e ' c o n s i d e r
S h e f f i e l d U n i v e r s i t y w i t h a c u r r e n t
p e r c a p i t a o f £ 7 0 , ° n e s i x t h o f t h e
£2. l m c o u l d go to t h e m . H o w
m u c h w o u l d t h e o t h e r c o l l e g e s get?
Just to r u b salt i n t o t h e w o u n d s .
I he D E S w i l l r e m o v e a l l m e n t i o n o f
a s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n l e e f r o m t h e
a w a r d so i l a p a r e n t o r g a n i s a t i o n
d o e s n o t w i s h to g i v e m o n e y to its
s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n l o r a n y r e a s o n
w h a t s o e v e r , t h e n it is u n d e r n o
o b l i g a t i o n to d o so.
How the system
might work
N o r m a l l y I C U n i o n s u b m i t s
e s t i m a t e s i n F e b r u a r y a n d n e g o
t iates w i t h C o l l e g e for t h e g r a n t
r e q u i r e d . N o w w e w i l l n e g o t i a t e
w i i h C o l l e g e a n d t h e e s t i m a t e w i l l
b e i n c l u d e d w i t h t h e c o l l e g e
e s t i m a t e to t h e U G C . T h e y w i l l
c o n s i d e r t h e t u i t i o n fee i n c o m e a n d
a n y m o n e y t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m t h e
R a t e S u p p o r t G r a n t to t h e U G C
a n d w i l l t h e n m a k e a n a l l o c a t i o n .
H o w s o o n t h a t e s t i m a t e h a s to b e
p r e p a r e d r e m a i n s to b e s e e n .
How Student Unions
are affected
T h e a b s e n c e o f a n y e a r m a r k i n g
l o r s t u d e n t s ' u n i o n f u n d s c h a l l e n g e s
t h e v e r y e x i s t e n c e o f u n i o n s . U n d e r
t h e n e w p r o p o s a l s , t h e s t u d e n t s '
u n i o n w i l l be c o m p e t i n g l o r i n c o m e
w i t h d e p a r t m e n t s , l i b r a r i e s ,
s e r v i c e s , e t c . , a n d i n e l lect w i t h
o t h e r u n i o n s at a n a t i o n a l l e v e l .
U n i o n s m a y h a v e to c o m p l y w i t h
U G C r e g u l a t i o n s w h i c h state w h a t
m o n e y c a n a n d c a n n o t b e s p e n t o n .
A l s o , it m a y be p o s s i b l e for t h e
L I G C to c l a i m p r o f i t s t h a t U n i o n s
m a k e o n s e r v i c e s as t h e y c a n a r g u e
t h a t it is o r i g i n a l l y G o v e r n m e n t
m o n e y .
How IC is affected
T h i s d e p e n d s o n C o l l e g e . If w e get
a Hat £32 p e r c a p i t a w e w o u l d lose
a p p r o x i m a t e l y £ 3 0 . 0 0 0 o n p r e s e n t
s t u d e n t n u m b e r s . H o w e v e r , s i n c e
w e h a v e b e e n o n a b l o c k g r a n t f r o m
C o l l e g e u n t i l last a c a d e m i c y e a r ,
w e s h o u l d be b e t t e r o i l as C o l l e g e
m a y s u p p l e m e n t o u r i n c o m e . II not
i l w i l l a f f e c t a l l o f u s ; c l u b s ,
societ ies , C C U s , s p o r t s , f a c i l i t i e s ,
a n d a n y c e n t r a l u n i o n a c t i v i t y as
w e l l as s e r v i c e s p r o v i d e d , s u c h as
F E L I X , I C R a d i o . E v e r y o n e ' s
b u d g e t s w i l l h a v e to be c u t .
What we can do
T o d a y ( F r i d a y ) I a m s e e i n g t h e
R e c t o r t o c l a r i f y t h e p o s i t i o n
w i t h i n C o l l e g e a n d t h e resul ts o f
t h a t m e e t i n g w i l l be r e p o r t e d at t h e
U G M . I f t h e D E S p r o p o s a l s a r c
a c c e p t e d t h e y w i l l a l l e c t a l l o i us so
w e m u s t be p r e p a r e d to o r g a n i s e
o u r s e l v e s , to w r i t e to a n d l o b b y
M P s , c o n t a c t L E A s a n d g a i n
s u p p o r t f r o m C o l l e g e a n d b o d i e s
s u c h as t h e C Y C P a n d U G C .
A s S e a n C o s t e l l o . t h e G e n e r a l
S e c r e t a r y o f L S O has s a i d : " / don't
care who is in or out of . \ I S or I.SO.
This affects everyone".
A l t e r s e e i n g the R e c t o r . I w i l l be
b r i n g i n g forward p r o p o s a l s o n the
i s s u e . S e e y o u a t t h e U G M ,
T u e s d a y . O c t o b e r 28 , 1 : 0 0 p m , in
the G r e a t H a l l .
Page 4 FEUX, October 24, 1980
Small Ads
transport — be independent! For sale: one Honda monkey bike ST 70,1 years MOT, cheap to insure, 140+ mpg, £80 ono. Phone Chris on 444-9739 after 6:00pm for further details. •Typewriter, portable, fair condition, new r ibbon, £5ono . C o n t a c t Lea Paddon, Physics 2 via letter-racks or FELIX Office.
•Honda CJ250T, R reg, good condition, T T 100's, 70mpg, £320ono. Liam Spring, Physics 2 letter-racks. •Slmca 1100 LS, 1974 MOT and taxed in good condition. £400ono. Contact Gill Thallon, Tizard Hall, int 3361 or 589-6579 evenings. •Hlllman Avenger, K reg, MOT, V G C , £500. Telephone 937-4679 (evenings). •Cannabis — not available. However, we can supply a variety of quality dried herbs at cheapo prices. Ring Nick or Stewart on internal 2033 or pop up to Lab 406 Botany.
•Guitar wishes to form/join good, solid, rock band. Interested? If so, contact Ray Simpkin, Physics 2 letter-racks in Blackett Lab. Now! •£5 Rewards: A reward of £5 will be given for information leading to the recovery of 3 football shirts removed from Falmouth Laundry Drying Room between 2 :00pm and 5:30pm on Monday, October 20. The shirts are orange with black trim and are from the litesome 'sheen' range.
Anyonewhosaw anything suspicious inside or outside the Falmouth Laundry on Monday afternoon, please contact Imperial College Football Club via the Union Office or Falmouth Hall Sub-warden.
•Archery: If anybody is interested in starting a club at IC, please drop a note to Ramesh Rao, Physics 2. •Crash your own model aircraft without the needless expense of C B Radio gear, heavy fines, confiscation of said gear and physical violence from the ICMAC hit squad. Join Model Aircraft Club on Thursday at 1:00pm in South-side Upper Bar Lounge. •Are you Interested In micros? And would like to contribute an article for the very first edition of ICMC newsletter? Then contact Benny Noturianni, Physics letter-racks. • T M Society: Would anyone who has learnt transcendental meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, please contact Bernard Canetti, Maths PG, int tele 4380 giving name and contact address. We are trying to start up the society again.
•Anybody wishing to play5-a-sidefoot-ball at the Michael So bell Sports Centre in Islington on Wednesday late afternoons/early evenings, please contact J Sharman via Mech Eng letter-racks. •Are your artistic aspirations being expressed? Join Graffitti, and rule the world. 1:00pm, Wednesday intheWork-shop.
•Windsurfing: Is there anyone at this College interested in forming a windsurfing club? Ifyoufeelthissportshould be brought to the students of IC, then please come and talk to me at 12:30pm on Monday, Octobre 27 in the South-side Upper Lounge (above Stans). If you prefer doing it to talking about it — do you want to come to the Students B o a r d s a i l i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s at Plymouth on November 1 and 2? (Experienced boardsailors only, who don't mind getting cold.) I can give a few people a lift. Please contact Nick Ajderian, Mech Eng 2. •Basketbal l : We now have some baskets. Please come along at 6:00pm on Monday.
•Engagement: We would like to congratu late Kei t h M a y n a r d ( R S M President) on his recent engagement to Miss Jill Peachey and also to their forthcoming new arrival in June. Staff and students of RSM. •Athletes foot victims unite! We want to give it back: Norwood isn't far!
Happy
Birthday
Jack!
J A C K W A R N E R c e l e b r a t e s h i s
8 5 t h b i r t h d a y t o d a y .
J a c k r o s e t o f a m e i n t h e s i x t i e s
w i t h t h e B B C c l a s s i c , Dixon of
Dock Green, p l a y i n g t h e l e a d r o l e .
P r i o r t o t h i s , J a c k w a s a p o p u l a r
film a c t o r i n t h e fifties. P e r h a p s
h i s b e s t r e m e m b e r e d w o r k s a r e
t h e Huggetls s e r i e s . W h a t c a n o n l y
b e d e s c r i b e d as t e n d e r p e r f o r
m a n c e s i n f i l m s l i k e The Huggetts
Abroad a n d Here Comes The
Huggetts m a d e J a c k t h e a u d i e n c e ' s
f a v o u r i t e . T h e t u r n i n g p o i n t o f
h i s c a r e e r w a s The Blue Lamp,
w h i c h p a v e d t h e w a y f o r t h e
t e l e v i s i o n s e r i e s w h i c h m a d e J a c k
W a r n e r a h o u s e h o l d n a m e
t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y .
F E L I X w i s h e s J a c k a v e r y
h a p p y b i r t h d a y a n d a l l t h e b e s t
f o r t h e f u t u r e .
Overtime Ban Over
L A S T F R I D A Y , m e s s e n g e r s a n d
s e c u r i t y g u a r d s a g r e e d t o c e a s e
t h e i r o v e r t i m e b a n . M o s t
b u i l d i n g s w e r e b a c k t o n o r m a l o n
S a t u r d a y .
O n A p r i l , 3 0 , 1 9 8 0 , C o l l e g e
p r o d u c e d a n e w s c h e m e w h e r e b y
l o w e r m a n n i n g l e v e l s w e r e
m a i n t a i n e d . M e s s e n g e r s w e r e
r e d u c e d f r o m 4 7 t o 3 6 a n d
s e c u r i t y g u a r d s f r o m 5 8 t o 4 8 .
T h e y w e r e o f f e r e d a 2 0 % r i s e
f r o m D e c e m b e r 3, 1 9 7 9 to J u n e
1, 1 9 8 0 , p l u s 5 % f r o m J u n e 1. T h e
s e c u r i t y staff c l a i m e d t h a t t h e
2 0 % w a s l o n g o v e r d u e a n y w a y
a n d felt it w a s u n f a i r t o c o n n e c t it
t o t h e l o w e r m a n n i n g l e v e l s .
C o l l e g e s a v e s a s u b s t a n t i a l
a m o u n t o f m o n e y d u e t o t h e
l o w e r m a n n i n g l e v e l s . C o n -
I s e q u e n t l y , t h e m e s s e n g e r s / s e c -
u r i t y g u a r d s a s k e d f o r a 1 5 %
i n c r e a s e b a c k d a t e d t o J u n e 1.
T h e o v e r t i m e b a n h a s f a i l e d to
p r o d u c e t h e d e s i r e d r e s u l t s t h e y
h a v e n o w a c c e p t e d t h e i n i t i a l 5%
o f f e r p l u s a £15 b o n u s .
Yalta
vs
Khan? T H E P E A C E F U L s e e m i n g p l o t
o f l a n d o p p o s i t e t h e V i c t o r i a a n d
A l b e r t M u s e u m is i n f a c t t h e
f o c u s o f i n t r i g u i n g c o n t r o v e r s y .
T h e a d j a c e n t s i t e is b e i n g u s e d
b y C a s s o n C o n d o r t o b u i l d t h e
£6m A g a K h a n C u l t u r a l C e n t r e .
It is p r o p o s e d to u s e t h e t r i a n g l e
o f C r o w n l a n d i n q u e s t i o n t o
b u i l d a m e m o r i a l t o t h o s e
r e p a t r i a t e d t o S t a l i n ' s R u s s i a
u n d e r t h e Y a l t a a g r e e m e n t . T h e
p l a n is f o r a w a t e r s c u l p t u r e
d e s i g n e d b y s c u l p t r e s s A n g e l a
C o n n e r , c o m m i s i o n e d b y a g r o u p
i n c l u d i n g s e n i o r M P s f r o m a l l
p a r t i e s a n d e m i n e n t p u b l i c
f i g u r e s . T h e g r o u p is l e d b y
C o n s e r v a t i v e M P , S i r B e r n a r d
B r a i n e , w h o d e s c r i b e d t h e Y a l t a
a g r e e m e n t a s a " m o n s t r o u s a n d
g i g a n t i c t r a g e d y , l a r g e l y c o n
c e a l e d f r o m P a r l i a m e n t " .
I n i t i a l l y t h e s c h e m e w a s
o p p o s e d b y t h e F o r e i g n O f f i c e ,
w h o w a n t e d it m o v e d o f f C r o w n
L a n d . T h i s i d e a w a s o v e r r u l e d b y
t h e P r i m e M i n i s t e r . C a s s o n
C o n d o r t h e n t o o k a n i n t e r e s t .
O b v i o u s l y , n e i t h e r t h e y , n o r t h e
A g a K h a n ' s a g e n t s w a n t e d a
p o l i t i c a l m o n u m e n t p l a c e d o n
w h a t a m o u n t s t o t h e s a m e s i te a s
a c u l t u r a l c e n t r e . S i r N e v i l l e
C o n d o r t o l d t h e Sunday Times:
" M y c l i e n t s d o n ' t r e a l l y w a n t it
r i g h t o u t s i d e t h e i r b u i l d i n g ,
t h o u g h t h e y d i d n ' t r a i s e t h e i r
v o i c e a t a l l , o n o u r a d v i c e . T h e y
r e g a r d t h e m s e l v e s a s g u e s t s i n
t h i s c o u n t r y a n d w a n t t o b e g o o d
n e i g h b o u r s . W e w e r e b u i l d i n g
o u r c l i e n t s ' p l a c e l o n g b e f o r e
t h e r e w a s a n y t a l k o f t h e m e m
o r i a l a n d h a d n o t i o n s o f w h a t
c o n t r i b u t i o n w e m i g h t m a k e to
t h e m e m o r i a l s i t e , w h i c h is a
p u b l i c g a r d e n " .
T h e R o y a l F i n e A r t s C o m
m i s s i o n m a d e a m o r e v i g o r o u s
o b j e c t i o n a d v i s i n g K e n s i n g t o n
a n d C h e l s e a C o u n c i l t h a t a f t e r
c o n s u l t a t i o n t h e y c o u l d n o t
r e c o m m e n d t h e p l a n s . D e s p i t e
t h i s t h e C o u n c i l g a v e p l a n n i n g
p e r m i s s i o n a n d w o r k o n t h e
m e m o r i a l is t o p r o c e e d .
Micro Club saved!
A M O T I O N w a s r e c e i v e d l o r t h e
U G M o n O c t o b e r 2 8 c o n c e r n e d
w i t h t h e a b o l i t i o n o f t h e M i c r o
c o m p u t e r C l u b . T h e E x e c u t i v e
d e c i d e d t h a t t h e m o t i o n w a s
u n c o n s t i t u t i o n a l a n d h a v e n o t
i n c l u d e d it i n t h e A g e n d a p r i n t e d
i n E x e c N e w s f o r t h e U G M . T h e
r e a s o n t h a t t h e m o t i o n is u n c o n
s t i t u t i o n a l i s t h a t c l u b s o r
s o c i e t i e s c a n o n l y b e a b o l i s h e d i f
t h e y h a v e c e a s e d t o f u n c t i o n o r
a r e p r o v e d t o b e d e t r i m e n t a l t o
t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e s t u d e n t b o d y .
Bert and Beryl's Bus
ON MONDAY afternoon a 1927 Hestair-Dennis open-topped
double-decker bus left IC bound for the dreaming spires of
Oxford. On board were members of the Industrial Society, as well
as the driver and his wife, Bert and Beryl Blower of Islington.
W e a t t r a c t e d t h e a t t e n t i o n o f m a n y p e d e s t r i a n s a s w e r a t t l e d d o w n H i g h S t
K e n s i n g t o n , n o t least that o f a s m a l l b o y w h o j u m p e d o n a n d a s k e d t h e fare
t h e T r a n s p o r t M u s e u m . O n to t h e A 4 0 , a br ie f s t o p t o t a k e o n s u p p l i e s at t h e
A c t o n C o - o p , a n d t h e n t h r o u g h t h e H a n g e r L a n e G y r a t o r y S y s t e m , (all at t h e
s t a t e l y s p e e d of 1 5 m p h ) , a n d w e w e r e o n o u r w a y . T h e rest o f o u r five h o u r
j o u r n e y w a s p l e a s a n t l y p a s s e d e a t i n g h i g h p r o t e i n f o o d s s u c h a s p e a n u t s a n d
c h o c o l a t e , a n d d r i n k i n g co f fee in a n effort t o k e e p w a r m . D r i v i n g d o w n the
leafy l a n e s o f O x f o r d s h i r e , o n e m e m b e r , e n t i r e l y c a r r i e d a w a y b y t h e b e a u t y
o f t h e s c e n e r y , v e r y n e a r l y lost h is h e a d to t h e l o w e r b r a n c h e s o f a p a s s i n g
b e e c h t r e e .
W e a r r i v e d in O x f o r d just after 7 : 0 0 p m a n d s t o p p e d at t h e G a t e H o t e l .
R e v i v e d b y h o t d r i n k s (Irish coffee) w e d e c i d e d to h a v e a q u i c k m e a l .
C o n f r o n t e d b y a n e x t e n s i v e m e n u w e c h o s e M e r t o n m o u t h f u l l s , C o r p u s
c r i s p i e s a n d M a g d a l e n e m u n c h i e s . F r o m t h e r e t o T r i n i t y C o l l e g e w h e r e w e
w e r e w e l c o m e d b y the O x f o r d I n d u s t r i a l S o c i e t y , a n d h e a r d S i r A l e x J a r r a t ,
C h a i r m a n o f R e e d I n t e r n a t i o n a l , s p e a k . H i s ta lk c o v e r e d m a n y a r e a s ,
i n c l u d i n g g o v e r n m e n t p o l i c y a n d n a t i o n a l i s m , b u t p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t e r e s t i n g to u s
w a s his p r e d i c t i o n of a s h a r p i n c r e a s e in G D P in 1982.
A f t e r a g l a ss of p o r t a n d a br ie f w o r d w i t h S i r A l e x w e r e t u r n e d to L o n d o n
b y B R .
FELIX, October 24, 1980 Page 5
Parking Permits
T h o s e p e o p l e w h o h a v e b e e n a w a r d e d p a r k i n g p e r m i t s c a n c o l l e c t the s t i c k e r
f r o m t h e U n i o n O f f i c e o n p r e s e n t a t i o n of their v e h i c l e r e g i s t r a t i o n c e r t i f i c a t e
a n d U n i o n c a r d . F o r t h o s e p e o p l e a w a r d e d a jo int a p p l i c a t i o n o n l y o n e s t i c k e r
will b e a l l o c a t e d , w h i c h will h a v e all t h e r e g i s t r a t i o n n u m b e r s c o n c e r n e d w r i t t e n
o n it . A L L s t i c k e r s m u s t b e c o l l e c t e d f r o m t h e U n i o n O f f i c e , b y F r i d a y , O c t o b e r
31 . A n y p e r m i t s w h i c h h a v e n o t b e e n c o l l e c t e d will t h e n be r e a l l o c a t e d .
N A M E DEPARTMENT REGISTRATION ZONE
No.
R P S e v i l l e G e o l o g y 2 Y L O 3 5 3 G H 13
A O z k o k Phys ics ' P G L L M 7 7 0 Y H 14
G A Cross, C h e m i s t r y 3 S E A 6821. H 42
A K i l c u l l e n R S M 3 Y L P 630S H 68
I D e m e t r i o u C i v E n g 1 O M M 5 3 3 K H 76
M D o c k r a v E n v T e c h G P G 2 2 5 N H 32 (S)
H K W o n g M a t h s 3 R E V 3 4 7 M S 18
R P I B i r d e n M i n i n g 3 R U F 9 1 5 H S 19
M E l l a c o t t . M e t a n d M a t S c i 3 W M W 1 6 9 K S 20
A F B i c e n M e c h E n g P G X M F 6 2 5 N S 21
W K L e u n g E l e c E n g 2 O J M 5 6 5 R S 22
M A S t o n e C h e m E n g 2 R R G 578J S 23
T C l a r k M t - c h E n g 2 P W C 2 7 8 M S 2 4
C K P a t n i E l e c E n g 2 L N X 7 1 2 P S24 J o i n t )
P G W a l k e r M e c h E n g 2 O K H 6 7 P S 24
A C a b l e M e c h E n g 3 G X K 2 7 7 G S 25
I H a w k e s M e t 3 L O G 2 3 I P S 25 (Joint)
J R e d m a y n e P h y s i c s 3 H R D 3 5 7 L S 25
M A M B r a n d o n B i o C h e m 3 N G N 718P S 26
B P r v o r M e t 3 H Y M 8 1 1 C S 27
G F u l l e r P h y s i c s 2 C A R 9 3 9 F S 28
A S F a r o q u i E l e c E n g 3 P R C 9 8 R S 29
• C h i a n g C h e m E n g P G J 13539 S 30
K H T e n g C i v E n g P G V X C 7 2 N S 31
N M D a v i d P h y s i c s 2 S T G 9 7 7 M S 32
M H a m m o n d A e r o 2 S X J 5 9 7 M S 33
K B a l a s w o r a m a n i a m M e c h E n g P G L J U 7 1 5 E S 34
Y C C h a n E l e c E n g P G O Y V 8 8 8 R S 35
Z A C h a n d h a n y M e t P G K J D 8 4 3 K S 36
B H a r j o n b C i v E n g P G E U V 5 9 5 V S 37
J P D a v i s A e r o P G F U F 3 1 8 D S 38
R B u r r e l l B i o c h e m P G S E F 5 5 9 M S 39
P M o r r i s B o t a n y P G U U V 9447 T 1
S D a l e y C h e m P G E M A 6 7 9 F T 2
F A R o g e r s P h v s i c s P G P L A 8 2 2 W T 3
F G o n z a l e z M a t h s 3 G L T 9 7 2 N T 4
N S E s l ' a h a n i P h y s i c s 2 P C A 31 O H T 5
D J T W e b b G e o p h y s i c s P G B V S 5 4 3 T , T 6 C S J H s u A e r o P G E L U 9 2 2 T T 7
S A W o o d s P h v s i c s 2 J H P 8 8 1 E T 8
S K h u r m i M e c h E n g P G T Y F 3 3 0 M T 9
A S J e s u d a s e n C i v E n g 2 D P P 4 4 T T 10
T P L a u C C D 3 H Y O 5 9 0 K T 11
N J e f f r e y C h e m E n g 3 F A P 4 8 9 L T 12
N A t k i n s o n C h e m E n g 3 D W U 5 7 4 H T 12 (Joint)
P E a s t w o o d C h e m E n g 3 A U R 7 F T 12
J B a s u k i A e r o P G L B W 656S T 13
Breaking Glass scarring Jud Cole
T H E R E V I V A L of interest in
mascotry has a d d e d tension to
t h i s y e a r ' s G u i l d s F r e s h e r ' s
dinners . O n M o n d a y , R C S a g a i n
m a d e t h e i r p r e s e n c e felt b y
p a t r o l l i n g t h e a r e a a r o u n d
Sherfield .
A s S p a n n e r a n d Bolt arr ived
there was a smal l c o m m o t i o n
outside the •Sherfield B u i l d i n g .
J u d C o l e , o f G u i l d s , w h o was
separated from the mascot by a
set o f s w i n g d o o r s , l e p t i n t o
a c t i o n a n d w i t h g r e a t f o r c e
succeeded in passing through the
d o o r s b y b r e a k i n g the glass .
U n c o n c e r n e d t h a t b l o o d was
d r i p p i n g from his h a n d , J u d ran
o n to protect the mascot. J u d
p r o u d l y c o m m e n t e d : " B e f o r e the
broken glass h a d hit the floor, I 'd
rushed across to open the other
doors for S p a n n e r a n d B o l t " .
After the mascot was safely in
place, at the C i v E n g dinner , J u d
went to St Stephen's H o s p i t a l
a n d eight stitches were used to
sew u p his h a n d . O u r F E L I X
p h o t o g r a p h e r was s t a n d i n g next
to Jud at the moment the glass
shattered a n d he explained that
J u d pushed the large glass section
of the door with his h a n d . T h e
door should have opened n o r m
a l l y , b u t J u d used too m u c h
force. T h e r e were m a n y students
near the incident , but fortunately
no one else was hurt .
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Review
Sugar and Spice By lan Morse
I T ' S U N F O R T U N A T E , n o t l e a s t f o r T o y a h
W i l c o x , that c o m p a r i s o n s h a v e late ly b e e n m o o t e d
c o n c e r n i n g the said f e m i n i t e a n d C o v e n t r y bel le
H a 7 p | O ' C o n n e r .
T h e fact is that T o y a l W i l l c o x is a g o o d actress,
a m p l e e v i d e n c e b e i n g her p e r f o r m a n c e in D e r e k
J a r m a n ' s Tempest, a n d is a f a r m o r e v i a b l e
p r o p o s i t i o n i n this co n t ex t t h a n w h e n she t r a m p s
the b o a r d s o f s o m e m u s i c a l pass ion pit a n d g o w n s
the p e r s o n a o f yet a n o t h e r r o c k ' n ' r o l l screamster .
T h e least sa id o f M i s s O ' C o n n e r s prowess in b o t h
• art forms the better .
T h i s b e i n g the case, it must be said she's d o n e
hersel f v e r y few favours in t a k i n g o n a role in N i g e l
W i l l i a m s ' new h a c k n e y e d m e l o d r a m a at the R o y a l
C o u r t .
A t first, she a p p e a r s to be o n safe g r o u n d ,
p l a y i n g S h a r o n , a b u t c h feminist p u n k e t t e , a c t i n g
as v e r b a l o v e r l o r d to a c o m p a n y o f a s s o r t e d
adolescents , g a t h e r e d for a late n i g h t w h i s k e y
session at the t a cky K i n g s R o a d C o u n c i l flat (?) o f
thr ice m a r r i e d S u z e , a n a g i n g tart w h o c a n ' t
escape h e r o w n lust for p r o l o n g e d y o u t h a n d
a t t e m p t s , not too successfully , to b e f r i e n d the
teenagers . T h i n g s get m o r e i n t e r e s t i n g w i t h the
a r r i v a l o f S t e v e , w o u l d - b e f l a s h m o d , w h o ' s
f o l l o w e d the girls to the flat i n a n a t t e m p t to p o c k e t
o n e o f t h e i r n u m b e r . S h a r o n t h e n p r o c e e d s to give
the l a d the p r o v e r b i a l h a r d t i m e , s t r i o n i n e h i m o f
ego a n d c l o t h i n g w i t h a s u s t a i n e d v o l l e y o f a b u s e ,
the first act e n d i n g w i t h her p r e p a r i n g to cut off his
balls w i t h a bott le o f Bel ls .
G i v e n that the plot is m a y b e a little trite , the
g o o d p e r f o r m a n c e s o f W i l l c o x a n d , p a r t i c u l a r l y ,
C a r o l e H a y m a n , as the hopeless S u z e , gives r e a s o n
to expect s o m e t h i n g a little m o r e s u b s t a n t i a l to
h a p p e n in r o u n d two.
U n f o r t u n a t e l y , w i t h the a r r i v a l o n the scene o f
the o p p r e s s e d l a d ' s c o c k s u r e m a t e , the s tory l ine
takes a n e v e n m o r e p r e d i c t a b l e t u r n , e n d i n g u p
w i t h the n e w h a r d m a n h u m i l a t i n g one of the girls
a n d e v e n t u a l l y f a l l i n g out w i t h the p a l he h a d not
l o n g before m a d e G a l a h a d i a n a t t e m p t s to rescue.
T h e p l a y peters out in t o d u m b a n d p r e d i c t a b l e
o b l i v i o n .
I ' m t o l d , a l l N i g e l W i l l i a m s ' p l a y s a r e
i r r i t a t i n g l y s i m i l a r . If y o u ' v e seen a n d e n j o y e d o n e
o f his p r e v i o u s n u m b e r s , t h e n I d a r e say y o u ' l l get
s o m e t h i n g f r o m this. It r u n s u n t i l m i d - N o v e m b e r ,
a n d at o n l y £1 s tudent s t a n d b y is the cheapest p l a y
in L o n d o n .
CND Rally
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Red Cross
O N December 13, 1979, the U K Government
announced that it was going to deploy 160 American
Cruise Missiles. Sites in Berkshire and Cambridgeshire
were chosen on June 17. This came in addition to the
decision to develop £5billion of Trident missiles this
June.
Cruise missiles will be in Britain by 1983. They will be
paid for by, and under the control of, America, and
represent another huge step in the arms race, a step
towards nuclear war. Cruise is not a NATO equivalent of
a Warsaw Pact weapon; it is a totally new missile,
capable of 'cruising' at low level and high speed under the
range of radar. This is on top of a NATO superiority in
nuclear weapons, 7668 to 6000. Britain is the major
European nuclear base of NATO; a tiny island with
industry and people concentrated in a few areas. In the
event of a nuclear war involving America and the Soviet
Union, Britain will be a prime target and will be
destroyed. Home Office reports expect 35 million people
to die, probably an underestimate.
The concept of Soviet Union superiority is a myth.
While the Warsaw Pact has a vast superiority of
numbers in conventional forces, its army is composed of
many different races, many of them antagonistic to the
Soviet Union, and much of its equipment is old. The
standard Soviet tank is the T62, built in the 1960s, and
the other Warsaw Pact countries use tanks built in the
1940s as their standard weapon. Put bluntly, the Warsaw
Pact has superiority of quantity but not quality. NATO
forces are well trained and equipped with the most
modern weapons. Senator Nino Pasti, a fromer Deputy
Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, has said: "The
truth is that NATO forces, both conventional and
nuclear, are stronger than those of the Warsaw Pact".
Conferences on arms limitations have failed, and will
fail again due to the mutual paranoia and fear of America
and the Soviet Union. Meanwhile both countries indulge
in aggressive posturing and a dangerous game of
brinkmanship. It is time Britain took a lead in breaking
out of the mutual fear that is leading us to war and
commenced nuclear disarmament. Renouncing the arms
race is not simply a pacifist option, it is a call to break out
of the never ending cycle of re-arming bred by mistrust, it
is a positive action to show Britain is prepared to not only
talk about disarmament, but practise it as well. It is not
even an option, it is a necessity; we are moving towards a
war that will destroy European civilisation. It is quite
simply a case of 'protest and suvive'.
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is organising
a national demonstration against nuclear weapons this
Sunday from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square. If you
share our concern at the warmongering of America and
Soviet Union and the rising numbers of nuclear
weapons, don't simply grumble, stand up for what you
believe in. A contingent from Imperial College will meet
at Beit Arch at 11:00am, Sunday, October 26. See you
mere!
Philip Co/ege, Chem Eng 2
Jan Czernuszka, Mat Sci 3
SCC Report L a s t T h u r s d a y , S C C g a v e t h e first r e a d i n g to t h e
C e l t i c S o c i e t y p r o p o s e d b y J o h n P a s s m o r e whi ls t
L i z L i n d s a y m u m b l e d s o m e t h i n g a b o u t a R a n g e r s
S o c i e t y . T . M . S o c w a s a b o l i s h e d a s it h a s n o t
b e e n a c t i v e for n e a r l y t w o y e a r s . If t h e B u d d h i s t ,
C o m m u n i s t , G a y , a n d S c i e n c e F o r P e o p l e ,
S o c i e t i e s d o n ' t w a n t t o b e a b o l i s h e d t h e i r
c h a i r m e n s h o u l d c o m e a n d see m e .
A n d r e w Z y c h o w s k i w a s e l e c t e d a s M i s c e l l a n e o u s
S o c i e t i e s R e p in p l a c e d o f the fai led C h r i s W e b b .
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T w e l v e n o o n , S a t u r d a y , O c t o b e r 18, s a w t h e s t a r t
o f a c l a n d e s t i n e o p e r a t i o n b y a g r o u p o f
s u s p i c i o u s l o o k i n g i n d i v i d u a l s i n B e i t A r c h w a y .
S i x s t u d e n t s e v e n t u a l l y g a t h e r e d u n d e r t h e a e g i s
of S i m o n C h a n d l e r , o f t h e I C R e d C r o s s G r o u p ,
a n d t h e n m a r c h e d s o u t h in a d i s o r d e r l y f a s h i o n t q
F u l h a m R o a d . P a u s i n g o n l y f o r t w o m e m b e r s o f
the g r o u p to d e v o u r large c u r r e n t b u n s , w e
f o r m u l a t e d a p l a n for c r o s s i n g t h e r o a d whi ls t
s i m u l t a n e o u s l y a v o i d i n g a l i o n , a b e a r a n d a w o l f
c o l l e c t i n g for c h a r i t y o n the o t h e r s i d e . ( T h e p l a n
fai led — b u t w e still a r r i v e d safe ly at t h e E l l e s m e r e
H o m e for e l d e r l y p e o p l e . )
W e w e r e a d m i t t e d , a n d s t o o d in a n e m b a r r a s s e d
h u d d l e i n t h e e n t r a n c e hal l for a w h i l e a s t h e
v i c t i m s p r e p a r e d t h e m s e l v e s for a n a f t e r n o o n o u t .
A t last , f o r c i f i e d b y a t u n e o n t h e rest h o m e p i a n o
b y X a v i e r , f i v e b r a v e r e s i d e n c e s e n t r u s t e d
t h e m s e l v e s to o u r c a r e a n d w e b o a r d e d t h e V W
m i n i b u s h i r e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e .
L u r c h i n g off at a h u g e v e l o c i t y w e p r o c e e d e d
t h r o u g h L o n d o n in t h e (very) g e n e r a l d i r e c t i o n o f
t h e T o w e r . T h e O A P s lost n o t i m e in p o i n t i n g o u t
h o w m u c h t h e y l i k e d a p i n t , b u t the h i n t w a s
i g n o r e d a s t h e b u s s w e p t a l o n g t h e L o n d o n
s t r e e t s p a s t B u c k i n g h a m P a l a c e a n d a l o n g t h e
M a l l , S t r a n d , F l e e t S t r e e t to S t P a u l ' s C a t h e d r a l .
A l l t h e w a y t h e y p r o v i d e d a m a s s o f i n f o r m a t i o n
o n t h e c i t y , a i d e d a n d a b e t t e d b y t h e v o l u a b l e
d r i v e r . W e c r o s s e d t h e r i v e r at L o n d o n B r i d g e ,
t h e n b a c k b y T o w e r B r i d g e , a n d t h r e a d e d o u r
w a y w e s t — p a s s i n g t h e G u i l d h a l l , B a n k o f
E n g l a n d , a n d S m i t h f i e l d .
B u t a n h o u r w a s l e f t a s w e s w u n g i n t o
K e n s i n g t o n P a l a c e (e i ther h i t t ing o r n a r r o w l y
m i s s i n g a s u r p r i s e d p e d e s t r i a n ) . W e p r o c e d e d
a n o t h e r s i x feet a n d w e r e h a l t e d b y a s c r u f f y
l o o k i n off icial w h o t o l d u s w h e r e t o g o , to get to
the p a l a c e . W i t h a c h e e r y w a v e w e t u r n e d a b o u t
a n d left h i m , r e t r a c i n g o u r s t e p s to t h e c o r r e c t
e n t r a n c e .
D i s g o r g i n g o u r s e l v e s f r o m t h e b u s , w e e n t e r e d
the b u i l d i n g , a n d five m i n u t e s later ( the R e d C r o s s
h a v i n g t a k e n c a r e o f t h e e n t r a n c e c h a r g e s ) , w e
t a c k l e d t h e s t a i r s , w h i c h w e r e o f u n u s u a l
d i m e n s i o n s a n d b e c a m e m o s t t r i c k y g o i n g d o w n .
A t t h e t o p o f t h e s t e p s , s e p a r a t i n g i n t o g r o u p s o f
t w o o r t h r e e , a n d f o l l o w i n g t h e " t h i s w a y " s i g n s ,
t h e p a r t y s c a t t e r e d o v e r t h e d o z e n o r s o r o o m s
o n s h o w t o t h e p u b l i c .
U n t i l a b o u t half t h r e e , t h e s m a l l p a r t i e s t o u r e d
t h e a r e a a n d e v e n t u a l l y d e s c e n d e d t h e w a y t h e y
h a d c o m e — l u r e d b y the t h r e a t o f m i s s i n g their
t e a if t h e y w e r e t o o late b a c k to t h e n u r s i n g h o m e .
T h u s b y 4 : 0 0 p m t h e m i n i b u s w a s a g a i n p a r k e d
o u t s i d e E l l e s m o r e a n d b o t h s t u d e n t s a n d
p e n s i o n e r s h o p p e d o u t . L i b e r a l t h a n k s a n d
f a r e w e l l s w e r e o f f e r e d b y the y o u n g to t h e o l d a n d
v i c e v e r s a , a n d w h i l s t t h e y h a d d e c l i n e d a n offer
to d r o p i n t o hall for a " b a k e d b e a n s o n t o a s t "
s u p p e r s o m e n i g h t , a p r o m i s e w a s m a d e to
o r g a n i s e a n o t h e r t r i p .
A l l t h i n g s s a i d a n d d o n e , w e w e r e safe ly t u c k e d
u p b a c k at C o l l e g e a g a i n b y 5 o ' c l c o k . F o r v e r y
little effort t h e s ix o f u s h a d b e e n g i v e n a free t o u r
o f L o n d o n a n d K e n s i n g t o n P a l a c e ( a n d hints o n
c o o k i n g s a l m o n ) w i t h five of t h e fr iendlist t r a v e l
g u i d e s p o s s i b l e , a n d a d r i v e r w h o a d d e d a little o f
t h e J a m e s B o n d t o u c h to t h e w h o l e affair. W h a t
w a s m o r e i m p o r t a n t , t h e five f o l k s w e ' d t a k e n
w i t h u s e n j o y e d t h e m s e l v e s just a s m u c h .
If a n y o n e w o u l d be i n t e r e s t e d in this s o r t of
t h i n g , it's q u i t e p o s s i b l e m o r e will be o r g a n i s e d , s o
p l e a s e c o n t a c t : S i m o n C h a n d l e r , M a t h s 2 o r t h e
R e d C r o s s G r o u p at I C .
This space is empty
Discuss
FELIX, October 24, 1980 Page 5
Freshers' Dinners are now water under the bridge hat has just been crossed. Term moves into the all before Rag Week. Or does it? Not quite. There is still life about. Tomorrow is the Alternative Rag stunt, organised by Rich and Steve. They're not quite sure what it is, but they do know that it starts in the Union Bar at 1:00pm. It could be fun so why not go along.
On a more serious note the first General Committee of term takes place on Monday evening at 6:00pm in Bot/Zoo Common Room. All members must attend and observers are also welcome.
The second U G M is on Thursday, October 30, at 1:00pm in Physics Lecture Theatre 1. Four members of the Entertainments Committee have to be elected and you are needed to exercise your democratic right to vote. (Strains of The Stars and Stripes' in the background.)
Phil, the Broadsheet Editor is grovelling to ask me to remind everyone that Broadsheet will be produced on Wednesday afternoon in the RCSU Office. Willing hands are wanted, especially those that can type and put up with flying gestetner ink and bad coffee.
That's about it for another week, except to start rumours about . . . the Halloween Party! (gasp, shock, horror)
A bientot
PJ
C&G FIRST, the good news: Ruth's jacket has been
found, none the worse for its ordeal. The bad
news is that there has been another theft. After
the Chem Eng Freshers' Dinner some swine
nicked six packets of coffee and fifteen pints of
milk. I hope he dies of caffeine poisoning or gut-
rot. Then we might get the coffee back, 'cos we
need it for other freshers' dinners. We also need
wine waiters. Any volunteers (who will get a free
meal normally costing £6) should see Sandy or
put their names on the board in the Guilds Office
Monday, October 27 is the Elec Eng Freshers'
Dinner and Thursday, October 30 is Computing
Freshers' Dinner.
On Friday, October 31 there will be a Joint
C C U Halloween Party in the JCR. Tickets should
be available soon from the C C U offices.
On Sunday, November 2 Bo goes to Brighton.
You can go too if you get a coach ticket from the
Guilds Office. Turn out in your pyjamas to see Bo
off from Hyde Park then join the coach (don't be
late or you'll be left behind) and greet Bo in
Brighton with a rousing Boomalaka and, judging
by last year, by demolishing a fence. Then there's
a meal in a hotel which you can regurgitate back
up at the funfair. There's also some sea and a
beach, if you're that way inclined (in November!).
The tickets for this event always sell quickly, so
come and get yours as soon as possible from the
Guilds Office.
Andy Dixon
Publicity Officer
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NICOLE
67 Notting Hill Gate, London W l
F A N T A S T I C K N I T W E A R S A L E
Shetlands £6.95
Lambswool £7.95
Thursday, October 30
12:00—2:30pm
Junior Common Room
It is remarkable to me that postgraduates seem
only too willing to take part in PG Group activities
(Cambridge Trip, Ploughman's Lunch, etc.) from
which they expect to reap benefit, and yet are
totally unwilling to spend about twenty minutes
on a Wednesday lunchtime to come to a meeting.
I wonder if any of them realise that the
organisation which gave them these events can
only be run as a successful enterprise if they are
willing to lend a hand every now and then. After
all, it is their organisation.
I presume that they realise that the present
committee are only acting because insufficient
people are concerned enough to get off their
backsides and ratify them. Do they realise that an
acting committee cannot be forced to do anything
for them?
I wonder also how many PGs are aware of the
new security arrangements which are about to
come into force. If they can't be bothered with
one side of PG Group, then this matter will
probably concern them. However, unless a
concerted body of opinion can be put forward on
the matter, they may find themselves being
locked out of departments at all sorts of
inconvenient times.
College Security are in the process of installing
'cardkey' access points to the departmental
buildings. So far they've said very little about how
these points are going to be operated, when
they'll be in use, or who will be given cards.
These points are very important to the many
PGs, who for whatever reason, work outside
norma) hours. Consequently, I hope youH turn
up to next Thursday's meeting, where more
details should be available and discussion can
take place.
Finally, an apology to those who did attend on
October 15, and have just read this minor tirade. I
hope, however, that they will realise that they too
have a part of play in dragging people along to
meetings, otherwise nothing will get done; PGs
will have no voice and they will be trodden on
even harder — or maybe that's what they want.
Graham Green
Chem PG
Matters Raised
Lost! £10 ,000 worth of pots
That was the amount lost in 1978/9 in glasses, crockery and cutlery "disappearing" from refectories and bars. As this amounts to about 2p on every pint of beer you buy, it's in your own interest to return any glasses, plates, etc., promptly, i.e., before they become so ingrained with muck they're uncleanable and therefore useless. Prompt return also ensures there is no shortage of glasses in the bars, so please
cooperate and help us keep prices down.
Haldane Library
At the recent committee meetings we were
presented with a distressingly long list of missing
books. If you have any forgotten loans lying in the
back of your cupboard, or see any library books
just lying around, please return them — no
questions will be asked.
I'd also like to remind library users that, with so
many popular records, cassettes, and books
available, prompt return is essential so that other
users can have their turn. However, loans may be
renewed by calling in, or (in an emergency) by
phoning internal 3980.
L o n d o n Student Travel
Another plug for our wonderful office on the JCR
walkway — you shouldn't be able to miss it with
its nice new sign. It is now open 10:00am till
5:00pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, for railcards, tickets, and all general
travel enquiries. We should also be selling British
Rail tickets in a few weeks time.
Feedback
Yet again I'm appealing for your views on any of the above, or anything else the Union provides or should provide. So, if you have any suggestions or complaints please tell us, because it's only when we know the problems that we can do something about them.
Cheers.
Rae
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT, GotoaUG
Tues. 28th Oct. lpm Great Hall
Going thru the motions L e c t u r e r Training
T h e U G M A g e n d a
O v e r s e a s Students ' Fees
G r e e k Students ' Fees
A N D , wait for it, a mot ion of censure on F E L I X Editor , Steve Marshal l .
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AND THE
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THEM. To pay for most 24-hour
services you need 24-hour
The NatWest SERVICETILL
provides exactly that.
It's called a SERVICETILL
because it not only offers you
cash, it will , if you wish, send
an up-to-date statement of
your account or a new
chequebook. During the
working day you can even
get a check on your balance
on the spot.
Why don't you ask for de
tails at your nearest NatWest
branch?
The NatWest SERVICETILL.
You can make it work all
hours for your money
& National Westminster Bank Level 2, Sherfield Building
FELIX, October 24, 1980 Page 9
W h a t ' s o n
r
Friday, October 24
'Socialist Society Bookstall, lunchtime, JCR.
•Christian Union: Jesus said I am the Light, Sue Knight,
6:30pm, 53 Princes Gate.
•Outing to B S F A meeting, 7:00pm, meet at Hammer
smith tube station.
Saturday, October 25
• I C C A G : Building work and mural painting and general helping out at theHolySt Adventure Playground, 10:00am, meet at Beit Arch. Bus fares are paid. •The Ram Walkers, 11:00am for 11:15am departure, meet Brewary Tap, High St, Wandsworth.
Sunday, October 26
• C N D demonstration against Cruise and Trident mis
siles. IC contingent leaves Beit Arch at 11:00am.
•Wargames Club Meeting, 1:00pm, SCR.
Monday, Oc tober 27
•No Badgesoc Meeting on Monday.
• A Meeting for people interested in forming a Wind
surfing Club at IC, 12:30pm, Upper Lounge (above Stan's).
•External Affairs Committee Meeting, 12:45pm, Upper
Lounge, Union. All welcome.
• M O P S O C visit to Battersea Power Station. See committee members for details.
Tuesday, October 28
•STOIC transmission, 1:00pm, JCR, Southside TV
Lounge, and Southside, Beit and Linstead Halls. Featuring
'Papa Whiskey', a programme about flying light aircraft.
•Der- of Humanities present:
1. World War Two: The War Beyond the Fighting: Intel
ligence, with Prof M R D Foot, 1:30pm, Read Theatre,
Sherfield Building.
2. What's New in Engineering? Digital Recording with
Martin Morcom, Sony UK Ltd, 1:30pm, Pippard Theatre,
Sherfield Building.
•Jewish Soc Elections, 1:30pm, Union Senior Dining
Room, Beit. All members requested to attend. New mem
bers very welcome.
•Natural History Soc Lecture: Bird Brains and Calling
by Dr T J Sellers, 1:00pm, Lecture Theatre, Botany
Basement.
•Photosoc Talk: Out Of My Mind (an approach to
landscape), by Mr C Westgate (FRPS), 7:30pm, Metallurgy
303 (RSM).
•Microcomputer Club Meeting, 7:30pm, Dept of Com
puting, Room 145.
•Mountain Club E G M , 8:30pm, Union SCR.
Wednesday, October 29
• M O P S O C visit to Battersea Power Station. See
committee members for details.
•An introductory talk on Transcendental Meditation,
1:00pm, Green Committee Room, Union Building.
•Wargames Club Meeting, 1:00pm, SCR.
• P G Group Meeting: important! PGs please attend,
12:30, Upper (ICWA) Lounge.
•Hang Gliding Club Meeting, 12:30pm, above Stan's Bar.
•Dept of Humanities present:
1. Film: Life on Earth (David Attenborough), 1:30pm, The
Great Hall, Sherfield Building.
2. Lunch-hour Concert with Takashi Shimizu (violin) and
John Blakely (piano), the Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate.
•Socialist Society, 1:00pm, Maths 340. Women's Voice.
•STOIC transmission, 1:00pm and 6:00pm, withNeu;s-
break, and Stuff the Front Page, Hold the Coffee, a
progreamme produced by Network 4, Leeds University's
Students TV Service.
• M O P S O C Lecture, on Severn Barrage Scheme,
5:45pm, Physics Lecture Theatre 3.
INDIA SOC
Satuday, October 1
Annual Diwali Celebration
JCR, 8:00pm
w i t h a f a m o u s live b a n d , d i s c o , t h e ' G r e a t I n d i a n
D a n c e r s ' , I n d i a n f o o d a n d b a r .
C o s t £ 1 . 5 0
E v e r y o n e w e l c o m e .
Wednesday, October 15
Rugby
I C 1st X V V Q M C 32-0
I C 2 n d X V V Q M C 18-9
Football
I C 1st X I V L o n d o n H o s p 4-0
I C 2 n d X I V L o n d o n H o s p 13-0
I C 3 r d X I V I C 5 t h X I 1-3
I C 4 t h X I V Q E C 4-0
I C 6 t h X I V S O A S 3-0
Hockey
I C 1st X I V W H M S 3-2
G u i l d s V K C H 2-1
R C S V Q M C 3-3
M i n e s V G u y s 0-9
L a d i e s V C h e l s e a 1-3
Football Firsts
AFTER a good 2-2 draw against Southampton
University 1st XI the previous week, IC began
their league campaign at London Hospital on
Wednesday. From the first kick it was
obviously going to be an easy game for IC.
Most of the team seemed to feel the same
way, as they promptly missed six easy
chances in the opening minutes. Finally,
Dave Dean put IC ahead after fifteen minutes
and this was followed by a penalty, awarded
for a trip on James Rowley, converted by Kev
Reeve. Dan Dean made it 3-0 before half-
time.
In the second half, IC decided to feel sorry
for their opponents and only managed one
goal, a thirty yard effort from Ged Elliot, who
thus proved the law of averages! Meanwhile,
James Rowley had been continuing his non-
scoring efforts with two shots that hit the bar
and, at the centre of the defence, Steve and
Phil seemed to keep themselves amused!
TEAM: Smirnoff, Reeve, Smith, Mulhall,
Ward, Dick, Elliott, Ryan, Dean, Hartland and
Rowley.
Football Seconds
ON AN excellent pitch, IC started their league
programme against this newly promoted side
with a resounding victory.
IC quickly took a firm grip on the game and
the pressure applied to the rickety LH
defence resulted in several free kicks around
their penalty area. The first half ended at 4-0
to IC with Veenman (2), Carr and Armstrong
supplying the goals.
The opposition's 'electric' defence, which
seemed to have developed a short circuit
meant that the goals continued to flow freely
in the second half. Bateson made forceful
forward runs and was unlucky not to have his
dive in the penalty area noticed by a rather
dozey referee. With the LH attack now non
existent, the defence were free to attack at
will; both MacDonald and Curran putting
their names on the score sheet.
At 10-0 the opposit ion were looking
distinctly disinterested, and some turned to
kicking our players instead of the ball, in the
vain hope of enlisting some more patients. A
good overall performance was finished by a
powerful header from Carr. The complete list
of second half scorers was: Saunders (3),
Carr (3), MacDonald, Niccolls and Curran.
TEAM: Veats, Curran, Beer, MacDonald,
Bateson, Clarke, Niccolls, Armstrong, Carr,
Veenman (Merritt), Saunders.
Football Thirds
IN THE first half of, what proved to be a highly entertaining game, the fifths rock-like defence of Brown in goal and back four, Teahan, Cable, Lay and Gohil dealt with everything, the thirds attack could produce. Just after half-time the fifths went a goal behind to a well-taken opportunist effort by Wiggins.
As the saying goes: "When the going gets tough; the tough get going"; so it proved with the fifths. Finding themselves a goal behind for the second week running they moved up a gear into overdrive to produce one of the finest comebacks.
The equalising goal came from an own goal, and with the thirds now on the rack the fifths started to turn the screw. Both Morris and Archer had shots cleared off the line before Baldwin disposed a thirds defender on the edge of the box and thumped the ball past the despairing keeper. The third killer goal was added soon after, when Audin's deep cross from the right wing left Healy with the simple task of slotting the ball home.
This set the seal on what was a fine fifth team result demonstrating the incredible spirit which has already developed within the team.
A particular mention must go to Dave Hardy and Kev Teahan who were both playing in their first fifth team game and gave excellent debut performances.
TEAM: Brown, Teahan, Gohil, Cable, Lay, Morris, Archer, Kelly, Healy, Baldwin, and Hardy. With Audin as sub.
Many thanks to Al's girlfriend for coming to cheer the fifths to another emphatic victory.
Football Fourths
RIGHT from the start of the game IC had an
edge over Q E C in all areas of play and soon
started to pressurize the Q E C goal. With less
than ten minutes gone, IC suffered a setback
when centre-forward, Burns, had to leve the
pitch with an ankle injury. This did not effect
IC's domination of the game and they took
the lead soon after when McNicholas turned
in a hard low cross from M a d d y . IC
continued the pressure, with any Q E C
breaks being easily handled by the defence
Q E C held out the IC attack until Richy Dolan
scored a brilliant individual goal beating
several Q E C players before prodding the ball
under the advancing keeper to make it 2-0.
In the second half Q E C put up a better fight
and had much more possession of the ball. It
was after a spell of Q M C pressure that IC
scored their third goal with a sudden break
out from defence which allowed McNicholas
to go clear on the right and chip the ball to
Kev Buckley who turned the ball in at the near
post.
There were many attacks and several
narrow misses before Graves got clear of the
defence and side-footed past the keeper from
the edge of the box to score the fourth goal.
TEAM: Williams, Berns, Maddy, Flanagan,
Chown, Dolan, Hunter, Buckley, Burns,
McNicholas, Williams J, and Graves.
Football Sixths
IC SIXTHS cruised to their second victory in
four days with a polished performance
against the School of Oriental and African
Studies.
At first the game was very evenly balanced
and very few chances were created by either
side, however, gradually IC began to threaten
the SOAS goal more frequnetly. IC scored
after twenty minutes following a corner that
Page 10 FELIX, October 24, 1980
broke loose from a mass of players allowing Chamberlain to put the ball in from close range. Following the goal, SOAS launched a series of attacks on the IC goal but could not break through the tight marking and tackling of Davies, Higham and Barton, ably backed up by composed sweeper, Nagle. Although, on the defensive, IC counterattacked well, and, on one of these occasions, IC forced a corner. Sean Davis floated the ball across the area enabling Mike Roache to rise above the defence and head the ball down for John Chamberlain to slot in his second goal. Although IC were two up the game continued to be very even up until half-time.
The second half started similarly to the first half with both sides creating few chances, but as SOAS pushed more men forward they left gaps at the back and, following one of the many good moves on the left initiated by Steve Davies and Liam Gartside, John Chamberlain crossed the ball for Sean Davis to score.
With ten minutes left Christov Caseau came on for Dick Tangier. IC still had their work cut out as the opposition pressed forward. SOAS very nearly got a goal when their forward appeared to outrun Dave Bradley (probably a trick of the light) but the ever alert Neil Hampton raced off his line to make a brave save at the oncoming forwards' feet. SOAS hit the post in the closing minutes, but IC held on to gain a creditable win.
T E A M : Hampton, Higham, Bradman,
Nagle, Davies, Tinkler, Clegg, Gartside,
Davis, Roache and Chamberlain.
D Tinkler
Rugby Firsts
AFTER a scenic two hour tour of London, we
finally arrived at Q M C ' s g r o u n d near
Brentwood. The match kicked off at 3:15pm
in brilliant sunshine, with both sides looking
very pretty in their new strips.
It took a few minutes for IC to get going,
but it was soon evident that our pack would
overpower QMC's. Our first try came after
some tentative handling in the backs finally
allowed George Chan on the wing to go on a
dazzling run, only to be tripped near the line
and be awarded a penalty try. From this point
on, the backs gained in confidence and with
plenty of ball provided from set pieces, we
began to pile on the points. Tries came from
Chan (2), Johnston (2), Davies, Manzoni,
Austin and amazingly 2 conversions from
Morgan.
The 'Random lineout thrower award' goes
to A Lorans with the much coveted 'extra
fullback' award going to R Smart (Capt).
All together this was an encouraging match
for IC who are still trying to find the best
combination before the Guteridge Cup.
TEAM: Pullen, Davies, U-Narbro, Morgan,
Fazacarli, Paixao, Chan, Johnston, Austin,
Stear, Smart (Capt), Warby, Richards, Lorans
and Manzoni.
RCS Hockey N E G L E C T I N G all thought of pulling off
another series of convincing cancellations,
RCS produced a team, an umpire, seven
shirts and a gritty performance against one fo
last year's top teams. Any question of RCS
winning points by luck were dispelled by this
performance. RCS scored first with a dazzling
run from the half-way line by Farrington, but
QMC hit back swiftly to lead 2-1 at half-time.
In the second half, a short corner led to a
mad scramble by the somewhat shaky Q M C
defence and Mike Cope forced the ball home.
Another piece of scrappy defending saw the
ball come to Cope again and RCS were
looking for their first league win for more than
a year. However, they were denied by a late
goal from Q M C . On this performance Gordon
Baxter wouldn't even get to be 15th man.
Robyn
Snooker
Saturday, October 18
Rugby
I C 1st X V
I C 2 n d X V
Football
I C 1st X I
Hockey
I C 1st X I
I C 2 n d X I
I C 3 r d X I
v P o l i c e D D i v i s i o n 8-9
v P o l i c e S D i v i s i o n 0-4
v K i n g s
v M e t P o l i c e
.v M i l l H i l l
v S a i n t s
1- 1
0- 1
2- 1
1- 0
Football Firsts THE FIRSTS made hard work of their match
on Saturday. The side had been reshuffled
due to injury and the 'unavoidable' absence of
Steve Ward! IC found themselves 1-0 behind
at half-time following a medicore first half. In
the closing stages of the game, Hartland
stabbed the ball homefollowng good work by
Elliott. Still looking for a win, IC Pushed
foward again and won a corner on the left. A
deep far post cross found Mulhall rising like a
salmon to connect firmly with the b a l l . . . and
send it flying over the bar!
TEAM: Smirnoff, Curran, Smith, Reeve,
Mulhall, Elliott, Bateson, Ryan, Dean,
Hartland and Rowley.
Hockey Firsts
AFTER the euphoria of last week's victory
over a weakened Birkbeck side, we at last
settled to our usual losing ways.
With or without the influence of certain star
players we played like idiots. Yes, we have to
admit it, we were hopeless and the scoreline
of 0-1 really flattered us; we should have been
creamed. Never mind there's always next
week. Perhaps we can lose more impressively
then.
T E A M : Butler, Crowe, Riley, Davey,
Hughes, Barry, Ayres, Coatesworth, Rao,
Rich, Bell and Gatley.
Hockey Thirds
T H E THIRDS won for the first time this
season despite having two goalkeepers
playing outfield and an outfield player
masquerading as a goalkeeper. The Old
Creightonians, with their high level of
individual ski l l , p r o v i d e d very s trong
opposition.
The first half was goalless with both sides
missing scoring opportunities. IC failed to
convert several good chances, both from atta
cking moves and penalty corners whilst the
Old Creightonians failed to capitalise on two
crosses that split the IC defence, and an
excellent chance when the goalkeeper was
left bemused at one post, as the ball passed
just outside the other.
IC took the lead early in the second half from
a penalty corner. Dave Cornwell hammering a
shot low into the corner of the net. Old
Creightonians were kept out by some solid
defending and were unlucky (?-Ed) to be
denied two penalty strokes. One when an IC
defender submitted to his goalkeeping
instincts and kicked the ball away, the other
when out keeper 'accidentally' body checked
an advancing player.
The game was hard, but played in good
spirit with the final score reflecting IC's
slightly better team play.
TEAM: Hutchings, Sawers, Leinster, Pound,
Webb. Cliff, Cornwell, Taylor, Wylie, Morgan,
Mitchell and Shaw (umpire).
OVER twenty-nine people entered this year's
Freshers' Tournament, the highest since the
last one . T h e eventual winner was C
Gallagher and runner-up Lindsey Hancox.
Drinks were kindly donated by the finalists,
after gentle persuasion by Mr President, to
everyone present.
The league started last Wednesday and we
are ready to defend our hard-earned title of
last year, during which we beat all opposition.
Cricket
Imperial College CC v Magdala CC Indoor 6-a-side Knockout Competition at
Lords
ARRIVING his usual one minute late the
Captain's appearnce only just prevented Mr
Simpkin from conceding the match, so
distraught was he at the thought of playing
without such a devastating bowler.
After making the usual excuses about
tubes, etc., the toss was lost and IC forced to
field. Mr Ellacott not wishing to disappoint Mr
Simpkin, preceded to open the bowling with
Mr Silva. Having got his obligatory couple of
leg side wides out of the way, Mr Ellacott
conceded only 12 runs off his 3 overs with Mr
Silva, although conceding 23 runs, bowling a
Maiden Over, which is quite an achievement
in an indoor game where 10 runs per over is
considered an average run rate. Then further
tight bowling from Mr Simpkin (16 runs) and
Mr Tear (19 runs) and some sharp fielding,
limited Magdala to a mere 79 runs in their 12
overs.
The usual pract ise when in s u c h a
commanding position (especially in ULU Cup
matches) is for the IC batsmen to try and out
do the opponents and get an even more
ridiculous score. But on this o c c a s i o n
tradition was broken. Messrs Simpkin and
White opened with such aggression and
timing that they were hardly recognisable as
IC batsmen. Soon Mr Simpkin reached 26 and
had to retire having passed 25 and Mr White
was caught out for 20. But Messrs Clarke and
Silva proceeded to score at twice the required
rate scoring 24no and 10no respectively.
The Magdala score was soon passed in
only the sixth over when Mr Clarke despatched
the ball for six over the bowler's head, thus
just about making up for dropping the easiest
catch ever given at Lords, off the bowling of
Mr Ellacott.
Tennis
HOPE everyone heard about the meeting and
found the room. A fairly good attendance
with about 50 people. Points raised included
the fact that the discount arranged with
Drobny's is no more, so don't use them!
A Round Robin tournamant has been
arranged for this and next term. Format will
be two groups and the top pairs from each
group will play each other. Names to T
Tsoukkas, Civ Eng 3 by Friday, October 31
1980. Anyone without a partner (mens and
ladies pairs only please, a mixed tournament
may be arranged later) please send your
name and we'll try and find you one.
Coaching sessions are held every Thursday
(beginners especially welcome) between
12:45 and 1:15(ish).
We hope to arrange a couple of film shows
and a trip to the WCT Braniff. World Airways
Championships in Olympia. For details see
the tennis noticeboard in the Sports Centre.
Please note all of these facilities (except the
last) are free to members, but cost £1 to non-
members, so send your £1 with your name,
department and year to A Clarke, Civ Eng 3 as
soon as possible and become a member.
FEUX, October 24, 1980 Page 11
Tuesday's UGM
I sincerely hope you're all going to turn up to
Tuesday's U G M . Okay, so if we haven't got a
live vibrant Exec it does make things a little dull,
but never mind because I sense there's going to
be plenty of shit flying.
For instance, I notice John Passmore has
made absolutely N O MENTION of the abysmal
No Dice concert cock-up in his U G M Report,
printed in Exec News. He's not even treated us
to one of his apolgies.
As his apology passed through virtually
unnoticed at Council, I feel that he owes some
sort of explanation to the U G M . Furthermore, I
hope some public-spirited individual will
challenge him over the matter.
On the agenda is a motion of censure against
myself proposed by Dare Afolabi (and initially
seconded by Mary Attenborough who backed
out presumably when she saw how ludicrous it
was).
Mr Afolabi seems to think that he has a God-
given right to have one of his letters printed
EVERY week. He has proposed the motion
merely out of spite as I didn't print his last letter
(which complained about the fact that I had
printed his letter the week before!)
Mr Afolabi should not confuse 'freedom of
expression' with 'getting his own way'.
Irishmen
I would like to congratulate John Passmore for
catering so marvellously to the Irish minority at
College by setting up Celtic Club and the Gaelic
Football Club. Well Done!
Thanks to
Mark, Len, Patrick, Phil, Dave, Shanne, Colin,
Nick, Brian, Maz and Ian without whom this
World would not be such a nice place to live (he
has a heart, d'yer hear, he has feeling).
Puzzle Corner By Scaramouche
N o o n e c o u l d c a l l o u r o r c h e s t r a s e c r e t a r y i n c o m p e t e n t , o r e v e n i n e f f i c i e n t ,
b u t she is d e f i n i t e l y a l i t t le e r r a t i c a n d v e r y s c a t t y .
L a s t w e e k she e x c e l l e d herself .
E a c h o r c h e s t r a m e m b e r r e c e i v e d a let ter f r o m h e r to the effect t h a t t h e
n e x t r e h e a r s a l w o u l d be o n M o n d a y at 8 : 0 0 p m i n t h e G r e a t H a l l , b u t as w e
w e r e g o i n g to p l a y m u s i c b y F a u r e , t h e b r a s s w o u l d n o t be n e e d e d .
T h i s w a s f o l l o w e d b y n o less t h a n f o u r letters , e a c h o f f e r i n g a p o l o g i e s a n d
c o r r e c t i o n s , a n d s u m m a r i s e d as fo l lows :
T u e s d a y at 7 : 0 0 p m i n the M u s i c R o o m , to p l a y P o u l e n c ; brass n e e d e d .
W e d n e s d a y at 5 : 3 0 p m in the G r e a t H a l l , to p l a y S ibe l ius ; brass n e e d e d .
T h u r s d a y at 5 : 3 0 p m in the G r e a t H a l l , to p l a y S h o s t a k o v i c h ; brass needed .
F r i d a y at 7 : 0 0 p m in the C o n s o r t G a l l e r y , to p lay S ibe l ius ; brass not n e e d e d .
E v e n t u a l l y , I r e s o r t e d to a s k i n g t h e c o n d u c t o r , w h o w h i m s i c a l l y t o l d m e
t h a t e a c h o f t h e f i v e letters w a s c o r r e c t i n just t w o o f its f ive d e t a i l s .
So" w h e n , w h e r e , w h a t a n d w i t h w h o m is t h e n e x t o r c h e s t r a r e h e a r s a l ?
S o l u t i o n s , c o m m e n t s a n d c r i t i c i s m s to m e c / o F E L I X O f f i c e . T h e r e w i l l
b e a p r i z e o f £ 2 for t h e first c o r r e c t s o l u t i o n o p e n e d at n o o n o n T u e s d a y .
Last Week's Solution
T e n .
E v e r y o n e i n t h e n e t w o r k m a k e s c a l l s to o n e o t h e r p e r s o n , a n d r e c e i v e s
c a l l s f r o m at least o n e p e r s o n , so e a c h c a l l e r is p a r t o f a c y c l e o f c a l l e r s ,
w h o s e m e m b e r s a l l p h o n e t h e n e x t i n t h e c y c l e .
T h u s 7 4 9 4 3 p h o n e s 6 2 9 6 4 w h o p h o n e s 7 1 9 7 3 w h o p h o n e s 8 3 9 5 2 w h o
p h o n e s 7 4 9 4 3 .
T h e o n l y o t h e r p o s s i b l e c y c l e s a r e 7 5 9 3 3 , 6 3 9 5 4 , 6 1 9 7 4 , 8 2 9 6 2 , a n d
5 9 9 9 4 , 5 3 9 5 5 . O f c o u r s e , w e d i s c o u n t 0 0 0 0 0 .
S i n c e a l l t h e c y c l e s c a n exist t o g e t h e r , t h e m a x i m u m n u m b e r o f c a l l e r s is
t e n .
T o s h o w these a r e t h e o n l y p o s s i b l e c y c l e s , o b s e r v e t h a t a f ter s c r a m b l i n g
a n y n u m b e r , t h e r e m a i n i n g d i g i t s a r e e i t h e r 9, 9, 9, X , 9 - X o r 9, X , 8 - X , Y ,
1 0 - Y ; t h e n e x a m i n e a l l t h i r t y cases.
T h e p r e v i o u s w e e k ' s s o l u t i o n was m i s p r i n t e d i n last w e e k ' s F E L I X . T h e
c o r r e c t s o l u t i o n is:
A w a s t o l d C got a t h i r d
B w a s t o l d A g o t a s e c o n d
C w a s t o l d B g o t a first
D w a s t o l d E got a t h i r d
E w a s t o l d F got a t h i r d
F w a s t o l d D got a s e c o n d
A p o l o g i e s for this ; i n f u t u r e w e w i l l t a k e s p e c i a l c a r e o v e r p r o o f r e a d i n g o f
th is c o l u m n .
A p o l o g i e s t o o to t h e p e o p l e w h o c o m p l a i n e d t h a t t h e p u z z l e s h a v e b e e n
t o o d i f f i c u l t ; t h i s w e e k ' s is r a t h e r e a s i e r t h a n t h e first t w o .
•Whole'load of junk cluttering up the Rag Office (old chemicals, an old TV set, etc.) will put outside it on Monday lunchtime. Anyone who wants to claim it should come along then or else it will be thrown away.
•The Brighton Run, November 2: Bo is going as usual. Coaches and dinner arranged for anyone who wants to support him. More details next week, or pop into the Guilds Union Office.
Sir Keith Joseph at IC Continued from front page
o f l i v i n g is v e r y l o w i n d e e d . T h e
s t a n d a r d o f l i v i n g o f o u r
p e n s i o n e r s a n d d i s a b l e d m a k e s
m e a s h a m e d of h a v i n g b e e n a
p o l i t i c i a n f o r 2 2 y e a r s a n d I s h a r e
t h e b l a m e f o r h a v i n g d o n e so
m u c h w r o n g . W e ' v e o v e r -
n a t i o n a l i s e d , o v e r s p e n t , o v e r -
r e g u l a t e d . . . . a l l w i t h t h e b e s t o f
i n t e n t i o n s . "
" T h e w a y t o r e d u c e p o v e r t y is
to a l l o w p r i v a t e e n t e r p r i s e t o b e
c o m p e t i t i v e . Y o u c a n n o t h a v e
f r e e d o m w i t h o u t f r e e e n t e r p r i s e . "
" A s a n e x t r e m e c a s e t h e r e is a
b r o a d l y c a p i t a l i s t s o c i e t y w i t h a l l
its i m p e r f e c t i o n s n e x t d o o r to a
b r o a d l y s o c i a l i s t s o c i e t y a n d t h e y
a r e d i v i d e d b y a w a l l . I f t o d a y t h e
B e r l i n W a l l w a s d e m o l i s h e d ,
w h i c h w a y w o u l d t h e o r d i n a r y
m a n a n d w o m a n g o ? W e s t to
C a p i t a l i s m o r E a s t t o S o c i a l i s m ?
. . . . I rest m y c a s e . "
S i r K e i t h t h e n a n s w e r e d m a n y
q u e s t i o n s f r o m I m p e r i a l C o l l e g e
s t u d e n t s . O n e a s k e d , " C o u l d y o u
p l e a s e e x p l a i n to m e t h e r i g h t s o f
t h e 2 m i l l i o n u n e m p l o y e d ? " S i r
K e i t h r e p l i e d , " H e ' s f r e e t o t a k e
w o r k a n d p r i c e h i m s e l f i n t o a j o b .
D o y o u t h i n k t h a t U n i o n r u l e s
l a b o u t w a g e r a t e s a n d a b o u t p a c e
o f w o r k , w h e r e t h e y s t i l l a p p l y , i n
f a c t p r i c e s o m e p e o p l e o u t o f
j o b s . "
A n o t h e r p o p u l a r t o p i c w a s t h a t
o f i n t e r e s t r a t e s . S i r K e i t h g a v e us
a l e s s o n . " I n t e r e s t r a t e s a r e w h e r e
t h e y a r e b e c a u s e t h e y a r e a t t h e
l e v e l t h a t s u p p l y a n d d e m a n d
f ixes . It i s n ' t t h e g o v e r n m e n t
f i x i n g i n t e r e s t r a t e s - w e l i m p a f t e r
t h e m a r k e t . W e d o s a y M L R
s h o u l d b e s o - a n d - s o . . . . w e d o n ' t
p i c k a f i g u r e o u t o f t h e a i r . W e
c h o o s e t h e f i g u r e t h a t p e o p l e a r e
p r e p a r e d to l e n d m o n e y a t .
Y o u m u s t r e a l i s e t h a t w i t h
i n f l a t i o n s t i l l a t 15 1 / 2 % - a n
i n t e r e s t r a t e o f 1 6 % g i v e s 1 / 2 %
o n l y i n r e a l r e t u r n to t h e l e n d e r . "
No real profit in British
industry
S i r K e i t h s h o c k e d h i s a u d i e n c e
b y s a y i n g , " T h e r e ' s p r a c t i c a l l y n o
r e a l p r o f i t i n B r i t i s h I n d u s t r y
t o d a y . I f y o u t a k e o u t t h e o i l , t h e
b a n k s a n d i n s u r a n c e , m o s t
m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n d u s t r y i s
w o r k i n g o n a v e r a g e a t n i l p r o f i t . "
S i r K e i t h J o s e p h a g r e e d w i t h
C o l i n P a l m e r , l a s t y e a r ' s F E L I X
E d i t o r , t h a t it w o u l d b e a g o o d
i d e a t o a b o l i s h t h e N a t i o n a l
I n s u r a n c e S u r c h a r g e . H o w e v e r ,
h e s t r e s s e d t h a t t o r e m o v e it
w o u l d c o s t £ 3 , 0 0 0 m i l l i o n . L e n
I r a n i , c o n s i d e r i n g t h e C N D R a l l y
n e x t S u n d a y , a s k e d , " I n t h e s e
t i m e s o f e c o n o m i c c r i s i s h o w c a n
t h e g o v e r n m e n t j u s t i f y i n v e s t i n g
£ 5 , 0 0 0 m i l l i o n o n n u c l e a r m i s s i l e s
w h e n it s h o u l d b e i n v e s t e d i n
i n d u s t r y . " S i r K e i t h ' s s h o r t r e p l y
w a s , " B e c a u s e t h e r i s k of n o t
h a v i n g t h e d e t e r r a n t f a r e x c e e d s
t h e c o s t o f h a v i n g i t . " (Wow!-Ed)
M a r k C l e g g t h a n k s a l l
m e m b e r s of C o n S o c w h o h e l p e d
m a k e t h e m e e t i n g s u c h a s u c c e s s .
H e s a i d t h a t h e h o p e s t h a t as
m a n y s t u d e n t s w i l l c o m e to t h e
C o n S o c m e e t i n g o n D e c 4 t h w h e n
T e d d y T a y l o r M . P . w i l l s p e a k t o
C o n S o c .
Commem Day
I M P E R I A L C o l l e g e g r a d u a t e s
l i n e d u p y e s t e r d a y to n o d at t h e
C h a i r m a n o f t h e G o v e r n i n g
B o d y i n t h e R o y a l A l b e r t H a l l at
C o m m e m o r a t i o n D a y .
A t t h e t i m e of g o i n g t o p r e s s
n o t h i n g e x c i t i n g h a s h a p p e n e d
b u t w e l i v e i n f e a r of a t o p d i g n i t y
f a l l i n g o v e r / h a v i n g a c o r o n a r y
b e f o r e ' g o i n g to p r e s s t i m e ' . F u l l
r e p o r t n e x t w e e k .
FELIX is published by the Editor for and on behalf of the Imperial College Union Publications Board, and is printed by the Union Print Unit, Prince Consort Road, London,
SW7 2BB. (589 5111 ext. 1048/int. 2881) Copyright FELIX 1980. Editor: S.J. Marshall, Advertising Manager: MA. Smith. Registered at the GPO as a newspaper.