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Founded i n 1949 The Newspaper of Imperial College Union

Letters

to the

Editor

Dear Mr Marshall

I was pleased with the com­

promise reached at the U G M

between a majority of op in ion

a n d achieving your resignation.

T h e latter would have caused

upheaval and extra burden on

the other U n i o n officers w h i c h

also w o u l d not have been to the

benefit of the U n i o n .

H o w e v e r , may I ask that you

show kindness, toleration and

c o n s i d e r a t i o n to o thers . T h e

fo l lowing is the reason for my

recent attitudes:

' W e a r e a l l i n f l u e n c e d b y

everybody around us. Especial ly

by the media . F r o m reading this

year's F E L I X , it is easy to gain

the impression that M r M a r s h a l l ' s

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

ideas a n d p e o p l e are n o r m a l

h u m a n behaviour . In the years to

come, i f he is to continue and set

the precedent for future editors,

we are a l l l iable to be nastier

p e o p l e as a r e s u l t . Is a n y

employer then going to take on

anybody from I C ? O r , w i l l we be

nasty employers?

I realise that my above a r g u ­

ment is subjective and not easy to

prove, but I fear that it may

conta in t ruth .

I wou ld hope that this issue

need never be raised again.

Tours faithfully

D a v i d Pinnegar

Dear Sir (Stevie baby mate)

Just a qu ick word about the

self-styled nutcases who are at

present t r y i n g to get r i d of you on

a m o t i o n i n the next U G M ,

w h i c h i f this letter is publ ished

w i l l have already occurred. As

you probab ly realise I mean that

P in n egar fellow, the little runt.

A n y n o r m a l person wi th a small

enough sense of h u m o u r cou ld

see that your editorials a long the

lines of two weeks' ago are not

exactly to be taken 100% seriously!

W h i c h is presumably Pinnegar

and his smelly little friend could

not see this. I have talked to a

number of people in the physics

department of p in beggar is a

member , and the general feeling

out of about 160 people is that

this little medlomaniac gets a l l he

has c oming to h i m in the form of

letters like this and promised

muggings. (No, that has abso­

lutely noth ing to do with me).

O K O K , so 48 people did sign

the letter w i t h h i m that appeared

in last week's F E L I X . But my

i n v e s t i g a t i o n s l e n d to suggest

that not a l l those signatures were

actual ly backed up by the people

to w h o m they were supposed to

belong. N o of course I 'm not

suggesting the letter was forged,

but just that some of the people

on it have perhaps in some way

been misrepresented.

Also , Steve, there was a vicious

r u m o u r go ing round that p in

sucker just wanted to get onto I C

R a d i o or something.

Tours against self-styled gadaffis

E r i c the M u t i l a t e d C a m e l

C H a t t o n , D o C Research G r o u p

Dear Sir

As author of the article entitled

" S t u d y in the Shadow of the

G u n " ( F E L I X 578) I should like

to a d d one or two further points.

T h e purpose of the article was

to give advance notice of a talk

by two Palest in ian students from

a u n i v e r s i t y o n t h e I s r a e l i

o c c u p p i e d W e s t B a n k a b o u t

a l l e g e d i n t e r f e r e n c e b y t h e

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

artic le also served as a back­

g r o u n d to the t a l k a n d the

u n d e r l y i n g M i d d l e East conflict.

T h e M i d d l e East prob lem is both

o ld a n d very complex and hence

to do any justice to the subject

the art ic le necessarily had to be

long.

I do not c l a i m for a moment

that the history of Palestine a n d

Israel given in the article is a

c o m p l e t e l y o b j e c t i v e a c c o u n t ,

b u t I c a n n o t a c c e p t M e s s r s

C o o p e r and Axe lrod ' s statement

i n a letter in last week's issue

( F E L I X 5 7 9 ) t h a t B i r Z e i t

" e n j o y s c o m p l e t e a c a d e m i c

f reedom" . T h i s is quite untrue.

M o s t universities in the wor ld

encourage freedom of thought

a n d expression, and as soon as an

outside influence curtails that

freedom, the university's very

existence is threatened. B i r Zeit 's

existence is be ing threatened by

t h e m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s as

reported by the student at the

t a l k . T h i s is c e r t a i n l y n o t

creat ing peace, and since the

purpose of the U N is to create

a n d m a i n t a i n peace and justice

in the w o r l d this offensive is not

be ing taken l ightly .

Tours faithfully

N i c k B e d d i n g

U N Soc

Dear Sir

I f i n d it s c a n d a l o u s t h a t a

famous author should be vis i t ing

I C without massive publ ic i ty .

T h e Bookshop hasn't got any ol

his books i n , he's not appear ing

in the R e a d or P i p p a r d Lecture

Theatres (not famous enough say

College authorities), a n d yet this

is the m a n described by T o m

D i s c h as " o n e o f the sc ience

fiction field's top bananas" . I

d o n ' t k n o w w h a t M r D i s c h

meant, but in any case J O H N

S L A D E K ' s v i s i t is a n e v e n t

w h i c h deserves to be more wel l

known . If F E L I X doesn't send a

reporter a long to Physics Lecture

Theatre 2 on Tuesday M a r c h 17

at 1:30pm, I wou ld like to know

the reason why.

Tours frantically publicising

K C M a n n (Miss)

Dear Sir

I w o u l d like to reply to your

j o u r n a l i s t ' s (s ic) a r t i c l e (s ic)

about the L a b o u r C l u b ' s meeting

wi th C h r i s Price (Labour M P for

Lewisham) .

Whatever Zarathustra 's o p i n i ­

on of the meeting, it was clearly

serious a n d d i d not warrant such

a juveni le report.

F u r t h e r m o r e , it m a y be o f

some interest to those people who

h a v e b e e n to c o m p r e h e n s i v e

schools to know that the remarks

" s i m i a n morons" was addressed

to them a n d not to Ch r i s Price . In

addi t i on , the phrase, " a d d l e d

bra ined b a b o o n " , was not used

a n d Z a r a t h u s t r a was m e r e l y

quietened and not evicted.

A n accurate account of the

m e e t i n g w o u l d h a v e been as

follows: C h r i s Pr ice talked about

t h r e e m a i n a r e a s of p o l i c y ,

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

educat ion. H e concentrated on

arguments against the present

government's pol icy of pr ivat isa ­

tion in these areas.

H e took great pains to exp la in

that he was not opposed to home

ownership as such (stating that

"most L a b o u r M P s own their

o w n houses"), except where it

interfered w i t h housing provision

for large numbers of people. Such

a case is counc i l housing, the

m o n e y c o m i n g i n f r o m rents

provides the finances for the next

generation of houses and a l though

h o u s e h o l d e r s w i l l p a y m o r e

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

p a y i n g r e n t t h a t the a m o u n t

n e e d e d to b u y t h e i r s , th i s is

absolutely necessary at a time

when private sector housing is

a l m o s t at a s t a n d s t i l l a n d i n

L o n d o n a l o n e a p p r o x i m a t e l y

30,000 people are forced to squat

short life property.

H e then went on to criticise

private medic ine and in p a r t i ­

cu lar pay beds in N H S hospitals.

It is not at a l l certain that pay

beds b r i n g substantial amounts of

money to the N H S , but it is clear

t h a t p r i v a t e p a t i e n t s l e a v e

themselves wide open to corrupt

practices. A p a r t from the money

they pay to the A r e a H e a l t h

A u t h o r i t y , private patients also

pay a fee direct ly to the con ­

sultant, based on what treatment

is given. T h i s obviously gives an

unnecessary incentive to consul­

tants to give expensive unneeded

operations.

F i n a l l y , he l a u n c h e d i n t o

private schools, cr i t i c i s ing the

c h a r i t a b l e s ta tus t h a t p u b l i c

schools enjoy, a n d the resulting

subsidisation of the wealthy by

the poor. A smal l example of this

is the way in w h i c h over the last

six years E t o n Col lege (at present

h a v i n g t h e e x c l u s i v e l ee of

£ 3 , 5 0 0 p a ) has b e e n r e c e i v i n g

butter through a char i table E E C

scheme at 32p a p o u n d saving the

Col lege a n estimated £10,000 a

year.

Tours fraternally

B A l e x a n d e r a n d D G u n a wardena

for L a b o u r C l u b

Dear Sir

Last week's F E L I X contained

an artic le w h i c h degraded and

h u mi l a te d the I C L a b o u r C l u b ' s

C h r i s Pr i ce meeting.

It is deplorable that any c lub

o r s o c i e t y w i t h i n I m p e r i a l

Col lege should suffer such an

unwarranted attack in the U n i o n

newspaper, especially outside the

ed i tor ia l or letters section.

N o doubt it prov ided a good

giggle for some chi ld ish Tories at

I C b u t I b e l i e v e the sens ib l e

major i ty o f students here wou ld

agree that the smal l , but enthusi ­

astic, L a b o u r C l u b is a coward 's

target for b l i n d r i g h t - w i n g abuse.

I hope the wr i ter responsible for

the report w i l l apologize (mat­

urely) to the L a b o u r C l u b in this

weeks F E L I X .

Tours faithfully

A . M . K e l l c r m a n

C i v E n g 1

Ed's .Vote

(I find it very difficult to defend

our (new) reporter's actions. So I

won't - I trust that he w i l l do the

decent thing.)

Sir

These are just some personal

opinions on the Hust ings U G M

a n d the candidates invo lved .

W h y were contentious po l i t i ca l

issues such a central point in the

election speeches of the c a n d i ­

dates c l a i m i n g to be a-pol it ical? I

make a special reference to South

A f r i c a . T h e candidates who were

perhaps more ' p o l i t i c a l ' (although

this term is generally used to

discredit people w i t h left -wing

views) took the trouble to stress

the importance of student issues

a n d their i m p a r t i a l i t y to po l i t i ca l

affairs on ly to have aparthe id

a n d other essentially i rre levant*

issues dragged up by candidates

Continued on page 4

Page 2 FELIX, March 13,1981

Hustings UGM Results UGM

UGM Shocker

FELIX Editor

thwarts bid to oust him

Last Thursday the Hustings UGM was held before a packed Great Hall, and broadcast live on STOIC and IC Radio. The meeting also discussed a motion of dismissal of the FELIX Editor.

T h e meeting opened after 1:00pm w i t h over l ive hundred people

present. T h e S T O I C lights glared down on the Exec table at the front,

and the first of the large number of paper planes to be thrown d u r i n g

the meet ing took to the air . M a r k Gi l le t te qu ick ly moved that the

mot ion on the F E L I X E d i t o r should be discussed after the H o n See's

Business, a n d this was accepted on the vote. T h e President, D P and

H o n Sec gave their respective Exec News reports, and these

were a l l accepted.

Dave P innegar then proposed the mot ion against the F E L I X Ed i tor .

M r P innegar rel ied heavi ly on the argument that by his editor ial

comments a n d otherwise M r M a r s h a l l had la id the U n i o n open to suits

for defamation of character and l ibel . H e argued that the editor should

not have made the comments he d i d about Princess A n n e . M r Pinnegar

received two extensions to give h i m four minutes speaking time. These

were readi ly agreed to by the meeting.

A t this point, G r a h a m K i n g proposed an amendment to delete the

clause " t h e present F " E L I X E d i t o r shal l be deemed dismissed' ' a n d

to insert a clause w i t h d r a w i n g the Edi tor ' s sabbatical grant for one

week. H e thought a " n o confidence' ' mot ion was too severe, but that the

E d i t o r needed to be repr imanded . D a v i d Pinnegar spoke against the

amendment a n d it was not carr ied.

A t this point Patr ick C o l l , F E L I X Stal l ' O r a t o r rose to address the

meeting. Speak ing on behalf of M r M a r s h a l l , he out l ined the

procedure by w h i c h a sabbatical can be dismissed, po int ing out that a

mot ion passed at two U G M s w i t h two thirds majority were required to

remove the Ed i t o r . It wou ld take to the middle of next term to remove

h i m from office. " T h i s meet ing , " he said, " i s probably the best

attended a n d most representative U G M this session and therefore it

provides the best test of op in ion of the student body at this Col lege. T h e

vo t ing on this mot ion w i l l be more than a test of op in ion , it is a vote

of no confidence in Steve M a r s h a l l , and in F E L I X this year.

" U n l i k e the U n i o n Execut ive , M r M a r s h a l l is a m a n of definite

op in ion a n d beliefs a n d does not treat this mot ion l ightly . H e is only

w i l l i n g to edit the newspaper as his judgment allows, or not at a l l , and

he has no wish to stay in office on technicalities. Therefore, if this

mot ion is passed against h i m by the required majority here today, he

w i l l immediate ly tender his resignation as F E L I X Ed i tor . If a mot ion

of no confidence is to be passed, then it should mean what it says. If it is

honestly your op in ion that he should go . . then he w i l l .

" I n that event F E L I X w i l l be edited by the H o n Sec who cannot

real ist ical ly be expected to do two people's jobs wel l . T h e standard of

F ' E L I X w i l l fa l l , a n d an outlet lor student opinion would be lost.

V o t i n g for this mot ion serves no useful purpose vote against i t " .

After this, M a r k Gi l le t te summed up lor the mot ion , referring to the

l ibe l issues, a d d i n g that D r M o n r o was considering suing the U n i o n ,

but he made no reference to the editor's threatened resignation. T h e

mot ion then went to a vote, w h i c h was a hand count as the issue was

regarded as sufficiently important . T h e vot ing was 232 lor, 227 against

w i t h 46 abstentions. Therefore, the mot ion was not passed by the

required majority .

T h e meeting then moved on to the hustings lot sabbatical president,

deputy president a n d honorary secretary. A l t e r this, a procedural

mot ion was passed to a l low the E l Sa lvador motion to be considered

next. T h e mot ion expressed sol idarity wi th the people of E l

Sa lvador i n their current situation. A n amendment , to send J o h n

Passmore to E l Sa lvador , was not put, a n d t he motion was defeated.

A t this point Dare A f o l a b i proposed a procedural mot ion that the

B r a n d t R e p o r t m o t i o n be c o n s i d e r e d nex t . J o n F i r t h , U G M

C h a i r m a n , however refused to accept the motion, and M r A i o l a b i then

proposed a mot ion chal lenging the C h a i r m a n ' s ru l ing . Th is was

overwhelmingly defeated on the vote. T h e meeting went on to pass

three B y e - L a w c h a n g e s o n t h e i r f irst r e a d i n g . T h e s e c o n c e r n e d

extending the grounds on w h i c h Col lege staff may become life members

of the U n i o n , d i sbanding I C W A and p lac ing the Ents C h a i r m a n on

C o u n c i l . A t this stage, Steve G o u l d e r moved a mot ion for adjournment

a n d this was passed 75-67 at 3:20pm.

Next year's Sabbaticals: Mark Smith (FELIX Ed) in foreground and (left to right)

Marco Ledwold (Hon Sec), Nick Morton (President), Barney McCabe (DP).

Next Year's Sabbaticals Next year's Sabbatical Officers are to be Nick Morton, President; Barney McCabe, Deputy President, and Marco Ledwold, Honorary Secretary. The results were announced at the Results UGM yesterday afternoon.

T h e meeting opened at 1:15pm to about 350 people in the Great

H a l l , but without ' M i k e ' , I C U ' s mascot, present.

T h e President briefly pointed out an article in that day's Times

w h i c h said that the Univers i ty Grants Commiss i on were going to make

representations to the Government about educat ion cuts. T h e D e p u t y

President, announced that the U n i o n estimates w o u l d go in to Col lege

for considerations next Tuesday.

T h e H o n Sec, L i z L indsay , announced the retirement o l 'John F u l l e r

a popular College Traff ic W a r d e n , and presented h i m wi th I C U Social

Colours .

J o h n Passmore , as s a b b a t i c a l r e t u r n i n g officer a n n o u n c e d the

election results. These were:

President H o n Secretary

N i c k M o r t o n 1,121 First Allocation

Al'tab G u j r a l 521 M a r c o L e d w o l d 647

Abstentions 33 Pete N e w m a n 348

Spoilt 19 K i r s t e n Pratt 490

Deputy President Abstentions 103

B M c C a b e 1,042 s P o l l t 106

N M o r a n 462 Aller reallocation

Abstentions 74 M a r c o L e d w o l d 804

Spoi lt 116 K i r s t e n Pratt 536

T h e total pol l in each election was 1,694. After these results, M a r k

S m i t h , next year's F E L I X Ed i t o r , made a short statement out l in ing his

plans for his term of oll ice.

L i z L i n d s a y took over as re turn ing officer at this point in the

meeting. Hustings were held for U G M C h a i r m a n , between Steve

G o u l d e r and P h i l M e r r y m a n . T h e meeting ratified the election of Ian

Greenwood as U L U R e p , M a r t i n T a y l o r as E x t e r n a l Affairs Officer,

a n d Sean C o y l e as I C C A G C h a i r m a n (the only candidates). Hustings

were held for the post of R a g C h a i r m a n between M a r k W i l k i n s , B i . l

Durod ie a n d D e b o r a r h Nicho l l s .

A point of order was made asking the C h a i r m a n to tell the S T O I C

cameraman to turn his headphones down as it was d is turb ing having to

listen to them. T h i s request was accepted.

H u s t i n g was thus held for the post of A c a d e m i c Affairs Officer,

between Lee P a d d o n and M i k e Booty.

T h e U G M went on to the motions, and a procedural move was

made to place a mot ion on W i l l i a m C o r t a z z i ( instructing that he

should be thrown in the ' R o u n d Pond ' ) at the head of the agenda.

Before it could be voted on, W i l l i a m C o r t a z z i successfully challenged

Q u o r u m , showed his U n i o n c a r d and wi thdrew hastily from the Great

H a l l .

Most other people there though stayed on for an informal discussion

on the motion.

T h e results of the elections held by paper ballot at the U G M were

announced later, and Steve G o u l d e r , B i l l D u r o d i e a n d M i k e Booty

were elec ted. Papers for Wel fare Officer are to remain up on the L o w e r

Lounge noticeboard as no one has stood lor the post.

FELIX, March 13,1981 Page 3

Letters to \

the Editor /

who had seconds earl ier promised

a reduction of ' po l i t i ca l ' issues at

U G M s . A m I alone in ho ld ing

strong views on hypocrisy.

Secondly, I was surprised at

the number of candidates a n d

proposers who 'slagged-ofF this

years exec in hustings speeches.

Construct ive cr i t i c ism is i n v a l u ­

able. If these people thought that

the U n i o n was going wrong , why

d idn ' t they step in a few months

ago a n d give some useful help.

O k a y , so it might have been a less

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

U n i o n , but who can cast the first

stone? T h e Exec should not be

used as scapegoats lor a l l the

shortcomings as they are not the

o n l y m e m b e r s o f the U n i o n .

Snide comments are not useful in

i m p r o v i n g the U n i o n and they

are a n a p p a l l i n g form of election

technique.

*I say irrelevant in the sense

that the Exec must represent the

views of the U n i o n as expressed

by democrat ic meetings. There ­

fore their o w n views are worth

only as m u c h as anyone else's.

By the way, Steve, where is the

art ic le I submitted a few weeks'

ago?

Pete Stevens

Ed's Note

(Pete, I read your article wri t ten

i n y o u r p o s i t i o n as U n i o n

Wel fare Off icer a n d found that it

conta ined absolutely no in forma­

t ion, so I discarded it.)

Dear Steve

A s o r g a n i s e r o f the C o n s o c

o p i n i o n po l l ( F E L I X 578) I feel I

m u s t a n s w e r some o f M a r t i n

C a s e y ' s c r i t i c i s m s a b o u t i ts

va l id i ty .

1. H e says he fails to see how

any po l i t i ca l group can get a

meaningful result from such a

p o l l . H o w e v e r , the f irst f our

sec t i ons w e r e c o n c e r n e d w i t h

i t e m s o f g e n e r a l i n t e r e s t to

students not wi th party pol i t i ca l

p o i n t s , a n d the last p a r t (on

C N D ) was inc luded as a response

to the interes t i n the sub jec t

b e i n g g e n e r a t e d by I C C N D

themselves here.

2. W e dispute his c l a i m that

different -wording a n d order ing of

the C N D questions would have

given a 'quite opposite response',

the questions were worded in a

n e u t r a l f a s h i o n , a n d d i r e c t l y

prove the major planks of the

C N D argument.

3. R e g a r d i n g the U G M of

December 2, the C N D mot ion

was debated in a highly charged

atmosphere, and to put it mi ld ly ,

was not opposed in the most

informative way it could have

been, thus g iv ing the proposer,

O w e n G r e e n e , v e r y m u c h a

monopoly of cred ib i l i ty . T h e

Consoc po l l a l lowed people to

make their minds up coolly and

ind iv idua l ly a n d we regard the

C N D findings as va l id .

Yours sincerely

T i m Lawes

Treasurer , Consoc

Dear Sir

O v e r the past term Consoc has

in various ways sought to cur ta i l

o r d e n i g r a t e the a c t i v i t i e s o f

Imper ia l Col lege C N D G r o u p . I

a m g lad they take us seriously.

U n t i l now I have been unable to

consider them in the same light,

but their tactics impe l me to

object v ia your columns.

A p a r t from a selective ques­

t ionnaire and a n uninformative

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

Consoc has distr ibuted a leaflet

support ing the case for deploy­

ment of Cruise missiles. Amongst

other distortions a n d unsupported

emotive language, this includes

t h e a r g u m e n t t h a t R u s s i a n

m i l i t a r y spending (17% of G N P

compared to 5.2% of U S G N P )

i n d i c a t e s a r e l a t i v e R u s s i a n

b u i l d - u p . T h i s comparison is a

nonsense. A p a r t from the val id i ty

of these statistics (no references

are g i v e n i n the l e a f l e t ) , the

i m p o r t a n t f i g u r e is the t o t a l

e x p e n d i t u r e ( $ 1 6 3 b i l l i o n f or

W a r s a w Pact countries against

$164.7bi l l ion for N A T O coun­

tries in 1977 — not inc lud ing

France — is quoted by the U S

A r m s C o n t r o l a n d Development

Agency ; hard ly Soviet propo-

ganda).

R e g a r d l e s s o f the r i g h t s or

wrongs of Consoc's or C N D ' s

beliefs, for a group of people

engaged in higher educat ion at a

scientific college to use this k ind

of distorted logic to support their

case is absolutely disgraceful. It

weakens Consoc 's credib i l i ty .

I question both the intelligence

a n d the ethics of those responsible

for this scurrilous propaganda.

Tours in disgust

Ian Heavens

Physics P G

I C C N D G r o u p

Dear Sir

I would like to thank a l l those

who took part in the U n d u g u

C h a r i t y Sponsored walk despite

Saturday 's bad weather. Thanks

are especially due to those who

helped to organise the walk a n d

e n s u r e t h a t e v e r y t h i n g w e n t

smoothly. Sponsor money must

be collected by F r i d a y , M a y 15

at the latest and cheques should

be made payable to the ' U n d u g u

C h a p l a i n c y C h a r i t y ' .

A C B i r d

Physics P G / C h a r i t y Treasurer

Dear Sir

It was w i t h m o r e t h a n a

passing interest we noted the

W I S T c i r cu lar , re: M i n e s Rev iew,

w h i c h a p p e a r e d l i k e a r a s h

around the College refectories

last week.

O u r attention was d r a w n to

the second paragraph that a

woman's p r i m a r y role is a sex

object, who just .BwshEs exists to

s a t i s f y m e n ' s w i s h e s . " T h e

crossing out is W I S T ' s not ours.

A F r e u d i a n slip perhaps?

Yours sincerely

M P M P G M C A S

Small Ads •Men's 5-speed racing bike, exce l lent

c o n d i t i o n . £ 5 5 o n o . P h o n e R o g e r , int

4595 or 731 6075.

•Man's cycle, well c a r e d for, 2 2 V 2 "

frame, 5 gears , B r o o k s leather s a d d l e ,

£ 6 0 . C o n t a c t R i s b y , 5895111 ext 1160or

int 2658.

•Dawes Supergalaxy bicycle, 2 3 V 2 "

f rame, g o o d c o n d i t i o n , £ 1 5 0 . C o n t a c t S

G o d s i , M a n S c i P G .

•Two tickets for A d a m a n d the A n t s ,

Sat , M a r c h 28, D o m i n i o n T h e a t r e , s o l d

out . £ 6 e a c h . C o n t a c t M a r k C a l v i n , 788

1448.

•The Photoshop are h a v i n g an e n d of term sale o n all r e m a i n i n g s tock . E v e r y ­

th ing must go ! T u e s d a y , 12 :30-1 :00pm,

O l d D a r k r o o m , Beit Q u a d . B e T h e r e !

•Korean translator r e q u i r e d for o c c a ­

s i o n a l letters by A m n e s t y International .

C o n t a c t C P e n m a n , int 4431.

•Wanted: M e m b e r s of E x t e r n a l Affairs

C o m m i t t e e . N o e x p e r i e n c e r e q u i r e d .

Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s : an interest in student

affairs, a n d the future of h i g h e r e d u c a ­

t ion . Interest in S U pol i t ics may a lso be

an a d v a n t a g e , but not essent ia l .

•Elderly couple seek helpful , a m i a b l e ,

male au pair f r o m A p r i l 15, 1981, for

s o m e m o n t h s to live in their h o m e near

N a p l e s , Italy as h a n d y m a n . R e t u r n j o u r ­

ney p a i d . P o c k e t m o n e y to be a g r e e d .

D r i v i n g essent ia l . C o n t a c t A n n i e , IC

U n i o n Of f ice .

•Could anyone p l e a s e l e n d m e a p r a c -

t i c e a m p (for b a s s ) o v e r t h e E a s t e r V a c . I

p r o m i s e to look after it, a n d y o u will

e v e n get a r e w a r d ! M i k a N a k a m u r a ,

L y o n Playfair L i b r a r y , int 3971.

•Wanted: L a d y ' s 1 0 - s p e e d b i c y c l e .

P h o n e L i z , int 2635 or 937 7048 after

6 :00pm.

•Lost in E l e c E n g 304, S h a r p EL-5101

c a l c u l a t o r (named) . I f f o u n d p l e a s e c o n -

tact H i l a r y B r i d g e r . A e r o 1.

•President Elect Hay — G o o d luck in the IF e l e c t i o n s . W h o s a i d W a t e r g a t e

w a s f i n i s h e d ? If P a s s m o r e a n d N i x o n

c a n d o it, so c a n we! — F a l m o u t h S o l i ­

darity C o m m i t t e e .

•Deaf Kiddies Party, T H I S S a t u r d a y ,

S o u t h s i d e S C R . A n y o n e w i s h i n g to

help with f o o d p lease see me, A l a n

E d w a r d s , C h e m i s t r y 2.

•BE1/DNW Wimp of the week ( M a r c h 2-6): D a v e Millet (EE1) , " t h e m a n with

the w o o l e n f a c e " , tho ' R o b t h o u g h t it

s h o u l d have b e e n L u k e . H o w is Easter

Island R u s s e l ?

•Insidious ball-park beast g r i n d s h a n ­

dle o n M u r p h y ' s L a w in B e r k s h i r e .

•Evita — A a r d v a r k ' s t o n g u e s are even

l o n g e r than c a r r o t s ! Is there a d e m a n d

for b i l in g u a l z o o - k e e p e r s in A r g e n t i n a ?

•Mike: T h a n k s for the girl , the b e d a n d

the smal l a d . I now o w e y o u 3. L o v e

A n d y .

•Sincere apologies to F r e d for cut t ing off his e n d last S a t u r d a y — N C .

•Melissa: T h a n k s for last night. S o r r y

the r u b b e r burst. Next t ime y o u s leep in

the wet p a t c h — N i c k .

•America — Want to work a n d travel in

the U S a n d C a n a d a next s u m m e r ? F o r

detai ls of job s c h e m e s a n d work visas

c o n t a c t : B U N A C , G r e e n C o m m R o o m .

3rd f loor U n i o n , o n F r i d a y l u n c h t i m e .

•Wanted: A n y m e m b e r of the R C S a c a ­

d e m i c staff w h o w o u l d be p r e p a r e d to

be the H o n o r a r y S e n i o r T r e a s u r e r for

the R C S H o c k e y C l u b . A n y b o d y w h o is

interested — please d r o p a note in my

p i g e o n h o l e — R M o r g a n , M a t h s 2.

•1 Nakamichi 410 pre-amp, £ 1 5 0 ; 1 L e c s o n A P 3 p o w e r - a m p , £ 1 7 6 ; 1 L e c -

s o n A P I X p o w e r a m p , £ 1 2 0 . P h o n e 5 2 1 -

8531 after 7 :00pm (can be d e l i v e r e d to

S o u t h K e n s i n g t o n area).

Guilds

Elections T H E G U I L D S Elect ion U G M

was held on Tuesday luncht ime,

and the results were announced

soon after.

A n d y R u s h t o n beat Ian Hodgson

by 199 votes to 70 for President.

O t h e r successful candidates are:

V i c e P r e s i d e n t , N i c k J e n k i n s ;

H o n Sec, Sue R i d d ; H J T , Dave

Forshaw; Ents C h a i r m a n , S imon

Shaw; A A O , J i m Boucher; O l d

C e n t u r i a n R e p , M i k e R i chardson ;

Pub l i c i t y Officer, Dave M i l l e t t

Ex-Hack

News T H O S E of you around Col lege

in the past few years w i l l no

doubt remember Bernie S m i t h ,

the Physics D e p R e p who " repre ­

sented one filth of C o l l e g e " , also

stood lor I C U H o n Sec, and

twice defeated in elections for

Welfare Officer.

Bernard is now a part-t ime

M S c student at the Univers i ty of

S u r r e y w h e r e a l t e r " t w e n t y

days " in the place (not count ing

this sabbatical campaign) he has

succeeded in being elected on

first preference votes alone as

Sabbat i ca l V ice -Pres ident , w i th

responsibil ity for Welfare and

E d u c a t i o n . H e pol led 650 first

preference votes out of 1,200 cast,

beat ing his nearest r i v a l bv over

200 votes.

H a v i n g achieved this he is very

l ikely to find himself unopposed

as Surrey area N U S convenor, a

post w h i c h invar iab ly goes to a

Surrey Univers i ty sabbatical .

Page 4 FELIX, March 13,1981

Bare

Faced

Cheek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPOT FIVE RCS PRESIDENTS on a Union Bar table and

there's a chance to take a rare picture. Wait for them

to do a zumba and FELIX has a classic front page!

F r o m left to r ight : fa l l ing o i f the table is Sean O ' B o y l e ( R C S President

79-80), next is the shocked Pete M a l t b a e k (77-78), C h r i s Fox ( R C S Pres.

78-79 & I C U Pres 79-80), R i c h A r c h e r (80-81) and Dave T h o m p s o n

( R C S President elect).

T h e z u m b a was the high point of last Sunday 's R C S bar night w h i c h

was held to celebrate the election of next year's Exec .

R i c h A r c h e r commented to F E L I X that he wou ld be proud to see the

photo in print . Both Sean and Dave laughed when shown a copy.

Engineering Professors

want fewer students E N G I N E E R I N G professors are to cal l for a major reduct ion in numbers

of engineering students s tudying at universities. A t its annual assembly

this m o n t h , the engineering professors conference is expected to pass a

resolution ca l l ing for a 25% reduct ion in future numbers ol engineering

students, a drop from the present figure of about 10,000 to 7,500.

T h e move, w h i c h is being recommended by the committee of the

conference, is being put forward to ensure that the new four-year

degree courses, proposed by the nat ional conference on engineering

educat ion and t ra in ing , can be introduced.

Professor Robert S m i t h , C h a i r m a n of the conference, said that i f

present student numbers were kept at the university for a further year,

the present £270m annual cost of engineering educat ion wou ld be

raised by a further £80m. " I n the present economic c l imate there is

l ittle chance of getting that money , " he added.

Instead, it is proposed that the engineering student populat ion

should be kept at present levels but wou ld remain at university lor an

extra year. This wou ld reduce avai lable places by 25%, cut t ing

add i t i ona l costs, a n d four year degrees to about £10m.

T h e engineering professors p lan , w h i c h follows discussions between

them and the Univers i ty Grants C o m m i t t e e and the Department of

E d u c a t i o n and Science, is be ing proposed because of their enthusiastic

endorsement of the four-year degree p lan .

Rag Chairman

& Treasurer kicked out T H I S Y E A R ' S R a g C h a i r m a n , Ian Hodgson , and R a g Treasurer ,

E i r a H a y w a r d , resigned last week, after a mot ion ca l l ing for their

resignations was passed by the R a g Commit tee .

Ian Hodgson was s lammed for his lack of enthusiasm and lack of

organisat ional ab i l i ty , in par t i cu lar his failure to attract sponsorship for

the deaf chi ldren 's party this weekend. E i r a H a y w a r d was criticised for

her cont inued absence from the I C U n i o n Office thus de lay ing

payments to charities, and her failure to order slopshirts for sale in the

U n i o n Office.

W h e n the new R a g C h a i r m a n is elected alter Thursday ' s U G M , he

w i l l take over immediate ly from the three C C U Vice-Presidents a n d

A l a n Edwards ( R a g Secretary) who are current ly r u n n i n g I C R a g .

T h e election for R a g Treasurer w i l l be held at the R a g C o m m i t t e e

meeting on T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 19.

Steve T y s o n , R a g Pub l i c i t y Officer, also resigned at the meeting last

week.

Mary Whitehouse

calls off visit

M A R Y W H I T E H O U S E , a

leading member of the 'c lean up

T h e Press and T . V pressure

groups, and a campaigner against

indecent a n d degrad ing displays

and publ icat ions d i d not come to

Imper ia l Col lege yesterday. She

was to have given a lecture on

"Twenlie/h Century Morals" as part

of a series on "Christianity Today.''

T h i s is the second time that M r s

Whitehouse has had to postpone

her engagement at I C . Last term

the cancel lat ion was due to illness,

but F E L I X can only speculate as

to the reason this t ime.

Guilds win Swimming Gala

L A S T M O N D A Y evening saw

the I n t e r - C C U S w i m m i n g G a l a

t a k i n g p l a c e i n t h e C o l l e g e

s w i m m i n g p o o l . T e a m s f r o m

G u i l d s w o n the men's water polo,

and both the men's and women's

s w i m m i n g races. T h e presidential

race, however, where part ic ipants

swim bl ind- fo lded and w i t h lour

fully inflated waterwings, was

w o n b y R C S , d e s p i t e D a v e

G a y e r l o o k i n g l i k e D u n c a n

Goodhew. M i n e s d i d not enter

the compet i t ion .

Rae Snee snatch attempt

T H E O L D R I V A L R Y between

Chelsea Col lege, Q E C and

Imper ia l was rekindled last week

when students attempted to

k i d n a p t h e I C U D e p u t y

President. R a e Snee.

T w o students from Chelsea

came to the F E L I X office, on

Wednesday night , a n d asked,

" W h e r e are your U n i o n officers? -

It's i m p o r t a n t . " W e gave them

the n u m b e r of Rae 's room in Beit

H a l l .

T h e Deputy President was

fortunately in the company of M r

Steve Tyson . After l istening to a

feeble attempt to entice R a e out of

her room. M r Tyson leapt across

the floor a n d s lammed the door.

T h i s incident follows M o n d a y ' s

Q E C ra id on Chelsea Col lege.

T e n 'heavies' c l a i m i n g to be from

Imper ia l forcibly k idnapped the

Chelsea President and demanded

the donat ion of 30 pints of b lood

for his release (a paltry amount - Ed).

C i t y Univers i ty made an

attempt last term to abduct Dave

G a y e r , G u i l d s President, but

m i s t a k e n l y n a b b e d J o h n

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

mistake, M r Passmore was

qu i ck ly released, w h i c h must say

something for his importance .

It seems that Imper ia l has been

fairly passive in the field of

mascotry a n d pil lage so far this

year. Is the W o o d e n Horse

Organ i sa t i on dead or merely

dormant?

Head Blow! A C H E M I S T R Y P . O . , A n d y

M a c M a h o n was detained in

hospital alter fa l l ing o i l Beit

A r c h w a y , whilst c l i m b i n g around

it on Tuesday evening. H e was

taken by ambulance to St

Stephen's Hosp i ta l w i t h a large

gash over his eye. H e was kept

under observation wi th suspected

concussion for 24 hours.

Blow Head! P R O F E S S O R D M Blow P h D ,

F R S is to be the next D e a n of the

R o y a l Col lege of Science. H e w i l l

take over from Professor W K

H a y m a n M A , F C D , H o n A R C S ,

F R S , at the beg inning ol

September. Professor B low w i l l be

D e a n lor three years a n d w i l l

coordinate the academic work in

the R C S lor that per iod .

NUS demand

grant rise

Student representatives met D r

Rhodes Boyson, under-secretary

lor higher educat ion, this week to

press their case for a 21% increase

in grants a m i d widespread local

action in support of the c l a i m .

Demonstrations were held in

Glasgow, Dundee . Aberdeen a n d

E d i n b u r g h , while in E n g l a n d

students lobbied M P s a n d local

authorities. T h e y want a 15%

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

in l l a l i on and a further 6% to

compensate lor a low a w a r d last

year.

T h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n of S t u ­

dents believes that without this

increase, some students cou ld be

forced to abandon their courses,

and that already many students

laced hardship in meet ing ha l l

fees well above the £835 element

al lowed at present for board a n d

lodging. The basic grant w o u l d

go up from £1,430 to £1,740.

Since 1978 the grant has risen

by 30% in value, but prices have

gone up by 35%, travel costs by

41%, and board and lodging by

57%.

Boyson opts

for loans scheme

D i Boyson has decided on his

f a v o u r i t e o p t i o n for a m i x e d

grants and loans scheme and w i l l

s h o r t l y p u t it to a C a b i n e t

c o m m i t t e e

T h e s c h e m e , w h i c h w o u l d

r e p l a c e the present sys tem of

m a n d a t o r y a n d d i s c r e t i o n a r y

grants, is believed to involve a

f l a t - r a t e g r a n t o f a b o u t £ 5 0 0

lopped up by loans administered

by the Department of E d u c a ­

tion and Science. T h e loans wou ld

be repaid when the graduate's

earnings rose above a certain

level. Tui t ion lees wou ld con­

t inued to be pa id in l u l l for home

students.

Sir Geoffrey

at odds with IC T H E R t H O N Sir Geoffrey Howe

M . P . , P . C . , Q C , C h a n c e l l o r of

t h e E x c h e q u e r , e x p r e s s e d

disagreement wi th the I C Bar

Commit tee decision not to raise

beer prices, in a House ol

C o m m o n s speech last Tuesday

afternoon.

T h e Bar Commit tee had

decided not to put 2p on the price

of a pint of beer, but in a budget

statement to a crowded C o m m o n s

chamber , he announced that beer

prices would go up by 4p per pint ,

and spirits by 60p per bottle.

Motorists w i l l have to pay 20p

extra on a gal lon of petrol , and

smokers 14p m o r e for 20

cigarettes.

FELIX, March 13,1981 Page 5

Easter Good news for those who appliea for rent rebates last Christmas and were turned down because their contract with the landlord was a l i c e n c e r a t h e r t h a n a t e n a n c y agreement. From April 1 1981 the relevant part of the 1980 Housing Act changes all this, giving licencees the same rebate opportunities as other folk. It's quite in order to apply now and have your claim pending, s o don't be put off by any Town Hall officials who may not be ready to proceed yet with the new regula­tions. This rebate cannot be back dated so it is important to set the wheels in motion well beforehand. Unfortunately 'holiday' and 'com­p a n y ' lets and a c c o m m o d a t i o n shared with the landlord are all still outside the range of rent or rate rebates, but you may be eligible for o t h e r benef i ts a n d it is a lways possible to take a 'holiday let' to the county court for reclassi f icat ion when it is obvious that the tenants are not on holiday.

For those who haven't applied for any benefits before and would like some more information here's an updated version of last term's article on the various ways and means w h e r e b y rent payab le over the holidays can be wholly or partially offset.

Supplementary Benefit

For most students this benefit can only be claimed during the holidays when you are available for work and can register as unemployed. The v a c a t i o n e lement of the grant (£19.20) is approximately equal to the single persons basic S B allow ance , so these two cancel out leaving any rent payable during this period as the only additional sum that can be claimed. Entitlement to this benefit is only valid when you are signing on regularly as unemployed in the same area as the one in which you are paying rent. However, it is possible to get a holiday form, allowing you up to sixteen days away from your London address. Alter­natively, if you are away for a field trip during the vacation or remain in London for an extension of your course it should be possible to get your L E A to award you a supple mentary maintenance grant.

How To Apply For SB

1. Register as available for work on the first weekday of the vacation at your nearest Job Centre.

2 . A s s u m i n g that t h e r e is no suitable job available ask to be registered as unemployed. Y o u will be given a card and form B l .

3. The card is taken to the unem­ployment benefit office (often in the same building as the Job Centre) where you will receive instructions about signing on regularly.

4. Form B l is taken to the Supple­mentary Benefit Office. A n appoint­ment system is normally in operation, s o it may save time if you phone them first. It will also save time if you have all the necessary documents with you when you go to the S B Office to be assessed. These are as f o l l o w s : a r e n t b o o k / t e n a n c y agreement/letter from landlord or the Student Services Office if you are in C o l l e g e a c c o m m o d a t i o n ,

Welfare including proof that you are resident at the address stated, a recent bank statement and a students' unioncard or other proof of identity.

The amount of benefit that you receive may not be your total rent bill as various sums may be deducted, s u c h as £4 .35pw if h e a t i n g is included in the rent, since this sum is included in the basic S B allowance already balanced off by your grant. A l s o , if your rent has not been registered by the rent officer or rent tr ibunal and seems higher than average the calculations may be based on a rent more in line with similar accommodatin that has been fair rented . Apar t from this the D H S S (Dept of Health and Social Security) have a ceiling of £19 for single householders, £14 for sharers, £24 for a double bedsit and £24 for a one b e d r o o m e d flat. T h e t e r m householder implies someone who is i n d i v i d u a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e for all household expenses. However it is not precisely defined, so even if you live in a flat or house with other students and have your own room, meters, etc, it may be possible to argue that ypu are maintaining a separate household. Furthermore, if you share a flat and will be the only tenant remaining during the holiday you will be a single householder for the relevant period. A person living as one of the family is classified by the D H S S as a non-householder. The way that S B is w o r k e d out for sharers is to classify them as non-householders with a special addition equal to their share of the difference between the householder and the non-householder scale rates (see figures below).

To calculate your own S B , first calculate your requirements, then your resources. Next subtract your resources from your requirements. The amount you are left with should be the amount payable per week.

Requirements

Non-householder £17.05+rent Sharer

£17.05 + (£4.25 + no. of sharers) + rent Householder £21.30+rent

Resources Vacation element of grant £19.20 plus any part-t ime earnings (£4 disregarded)

The rate for one student sharing with four others paying£15eachwould be: £17.05+ £1.06+ £15 £19.20 = £13.91.

The calculations for your S B will be sent to you and if you disagree with the assessment you are entitled to appeal within twenty-one days.

A n d don't forget that anyone receiving S B can automatically get free N H S dental treatment, glasses and prescriptions. So if you think you might be needing any of them ask for an exempt ion certif icate while you're at the D H S S Office.

Rent And Rate Rebates

T h e s e are ava i lab le for anyone (apart from the above mentioned exceptions) with a low income. They do not normally offset so much of the rent as Supplementary Benefit, but they can be paid even while you are away and do not entail all the rigmarole of 'signing on'.

How Rent And Rate Rebates Are

Worked Out

As with SB the rent is firstly equated with similar accommodation which has been fair rented. Then a 25% d e d u c t i o n is usual ly made for furniture, with a further amount deducted (up to 25%) if heating is i n c l u d e d in the rent . T h e rate e l e m e n t ( a p p r o x 25%) is a l so removed, but this will be subject to its own rebate. The basic rebate will be between 20% and 30% of the remaining figure. The percentage varies according to the rent payable, shr inking as the rent increases. However if you're income is less than £34.90 (the single person's housing benefit needs allowance), as it n o r m a l l y w i l l be d u r i n g the vacation, then 25% of the difference between the income and the needs al lowance is added to the basic figure. If your income is more than the needs allowance then the basic rate is r e d u c e d by 17% of the difference between the income and the needs al lowance. F o r those students who apply during termtime some additional calculations (which I won ' t go into here) c o m p l i c a t e things further, making it pointless applying unless your income is well below average.

Example for a student paying a fair rent of £15pw (not including heat ing or rates) less 25% for furniture:

Rent:£11.25.25% Basic Rebate: £2.80.

£34.90 (needs allowance) - £19.20 (in­

come) = £15.70. 25% rebate: £3.90.

Total Rebate: (£2.80 + £3.90) £6.70.

If a rate rebate is applicable this part is not subject to any initial reductions, but the calculations tend to be even more tortuous without providing a very clear indication of the f i n a l o u t c o m e . T h e a b o v e example may not be typical since the r e n t o f f i c e r s s t r e s s that e a c h application is unique and subject to its own v a r i a t i o n s . H o w e v e r , it would seem that the return is well worth a trip to the Town Hall, if you're not eligible for Supplementary Benefit or Unemployment Benefit, so give it a try and let us know how you get on.

How To Apply For Rent And

Rate Rebates

1. It's best to phone your Town Hall first to discover their interview procedure and establish just where the relevant office is since it may not be in the main building.

2. D o n ' t forget to have all the necessary identification, proof of rent and bank statement with you (as described when applying for SB) for a n y t h i n g m i s s i n g wi l l mean another visit and possibly lost rebate since it only begins when they have established all the relevant facts.

Unemployment Benefit

Last, but by no means least, this is the one to go for if you can. In order to be eligible you will need to have p a i d C l a s s 1 c o n t r i b u t i o n s on earnings of at least £875 between April 1978 and April 1979 or £976 between April 1979 and April 1980. This will give you a basic rate of £20.65 without any other complica­tions, indeed you may get more if you have earnt enough to qualify for the earnings related supplement.

T o c l a i m : go to y o u r l o c a l Unemployment Benefit Office on the

first day of the vacation. Any earlier than this they will turn you away, any later and you may lose money since payment cannot normally be back dated. Take your P45 with you or a note of your national insur­ance number.

If you run into any problems when claiming these benefits let us know since we may be able to help and we appreciate any information that can usefully be passed on to others.

N E A R E S T OFF ICES

for College Head Tenancies

Hamlet Gardens J o b Centre and Unemployment Office: 200 Shepherds Bush Rd, W6. Tele: 603 3456.

Supplementary Benefit Office: Charles House, 375 High St Ken­sington, W14. Tele: 603 4633.

Town Hall: Borough of Hammer­smith and Fulham, 5 Nigel Piayfair Ave (off King St), W6. Tele: 748 3020.

Gerrard Mansions J o b Centre and Unemployment Benefit Office: Chadwick St, SWT. Tele: 222 8060.

Supplementary Benefit Office: 4 Regency St, SW1. Tele: 834 8433.

Toicn Hall: Westminster Council House, Marylebone Rd (nr Baker St Station). Tele: 828 8070 ext 4176.

IC Halls/Evelyn Gdns/Earls Ct Sq / Redcliffe St

Job Centre and Unemployment Benefit Office: Wyfold Rd, SW6. Tele: 385 2241. (70/74 bus, ask for Kingwood Rd).

Supplementary Benefit Office: Waterford House, Waterford Rd, SW6. Tele: 736 3399.

Town Hall: Kensington and Chelsea, Hornton St, W8. Tele: 937 5464. (R&R Rebate forms for this area are available at the Welfare Centre).

Lexham Gardens

Job Centre, Unemployment Benefit Office and SB Office the same as Hamlet Gardens. Town Hall the same as IC Halls.

R E M E M B E R !

All applications for College accom­

modation for next session (except

from new-applicant postgraduates,

applying to Halls and Houses) must

be handed into the Students Service

Office, 15 Pr ince ' s G a r d e n s , by

5:30pm T O D A Y (Friday, March 13).

UNFURNISHED F L A T S

South Kensington, from £4-5 per

person per week

Several unfurnished flats have been

made available by the Sutton Housing

Trust for letting to Imperial College

students.

They will only be let to Imperial

College students pursuing full-time

courses which end before November

1981. The accommodation will not be

available beyond this date.

The Trust is, unfortunately, unable

to let to research assistants.

Each flat will be let either to two

people whoare bothfull-timestudents

at Imperial or to a married couple

one of whom is a full-time student at

Imperial.

For further information, please

contact the Student Services Office,

15 Prince's Gardens.

Page 6 FELIX, March 13, 1981

ICCAG AGM

The Annual General Meeting will be held next Tuesday, March 17, at 5:30pm in the I C C A G Room, top floor of the Union Building. Members are urged to attend, as next year's committee will be elected during the meeting, as well as future policy and events being discussed. Please try to come.

S o u p R u n s

Help is still needed on the soup runs, every Friday and Tuesday night. Meet in the kitchen, Falmouth Hall, at about 10:30pm.

Mentally Handicapped This is the year of the disabled, and we are helping at a club for mentally handicapped children and their friends on Saturdays. More volunteers are required, so if you can spare the occasional Saturday afternoon please contact Sean Coyle, Elec Eng 2. Thanks.

Don't forget the AGM - please come!

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

IC R A G

presents

A DISGUISE PARTY

Friday , M a r c h 20

in the J C R

8:00pm till 2 :00am (bar extension)

T i c k e t s 50p f r o m I C U a n d C C U Off ices.

s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s

Christian Union Most people know that Jesus Christ died on a cross 2,000 years ago, yet few examine closer than that. Christians believe that the death and resurrection of Jesus is relevant to us today, and as Easter approaches the Imperial Co l lege Christian Union takes the opportunity of inviting you to an open service. The service is at Holy Trinity Brompton (behind Southside) at 12:30pm. It will consist of readings and songs, culminating in a talk by Steve Williams looking at the death and resurrection of Jesus and its meaning. Steve is a curate at Holy Trinity, Brompton. We've even got food laid on! See you there.

Timothy Blower Chem Eng 2

ICYHA A S M A L L E R G R O U P than usual ventured into

the wilds of Somerset a few weeks ago, staying at

Holford youth hostel.

The weather was fine on the Saturday and we

headed for Bridgewater Bay where we followed

the cliffs for some miles, returning by a rather

devious route in the evening.

O n the Sunday we walked on the Quantock

Hills as far as Triscombe and back. Last weekend

we went camping in Langdale in the Lake District

although the weather could have been better.

O n the Easter tr ip to the C a i r n g o r m s in

Scotland we will also be camping and plans are

underway for the summer trip to Norway.

Yesterday (Thursday, March 12) we had our

A G M with elections for next year's committee

posts and the destinations for future weekends

were discussed.

Steve Clarke

Bookshop News T H E B O O K S H O P is now an official stockist of

maps and guides published by Michelin. What we

haven't got we can order.

The Royal Society of Chemistry, University of

N o t t i n g h a m , wi l l have a s e l e c t i o n of the ir

publications on show in the Bookshop from

March 11 to 20.

L e a d T i t les

The Zero-Sum Society - Lester C Thurow (Basic Books, £7.95)

As the rest of the World begins to overtake us in real economic growth and product iv i ty , our society seems paralysed, unable to act or even agree on what action is necessary. Why? This book tries to find out the reasons.

Vodka-Cola - Charles Levinson

(P Peline Books, £4.95)

" Y o u bottle our Coke and we'll buy your Vodka . "

V o d k a - C o l a is a w i t t y , a m u s i n g , thought -

provoking, sensational look at the East-West

detente.

Understand your friends. The following glossaries

are now in stock:

Rhyming Cockney Slang 75p

Scottish-English, English-Scottish 60p

American-English, English-American 75p

Australian-English, English-Australian 75p

INCOST '81 D U R I N G T H E W E E K April 1 to 8 of this Easter vacation, I C U will be hosting the fifth International Conference of Students of Technology. The conference provides a forum for discussion for approximately fifty students from many nations.

The opening address will be given by Mr James McDivitt, Director of U N E S C O ' s Division of Technological Research and Higher Education, setting the ground for a conference with an international approach. U N E S C O has agreed to sponsor two students from underdeve loped countries to attend I N C O S T .

Topics singled out for special attention this year are: The Information Revolution, Educational Preparation for a Scientific or Technical Degree, The Role of Research in Univers i t i es , and Transportation in an Energy Conscious Society. To aid with these discussions, I C U has invited a wide range of expert speakers , f rom both academic and commerical worlds, to address the conference.

Apart from the working sessions, a widely v a r i e d p r o g r a m m e has been p r e p a r e d for delegates, including visits to industrial works, a trip to Silwood Park and a full entertainments programme in the evenings.

C M Rich EE3

I N C O S T Committee

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

B r a h m s : E i n D e u t s c h e s R e q u i e m

M o z a r t : V e s p e r a e So lennes de C o n f e s s o r e

Friday , M a r c h 13 at 8:00pm

IC G r e a t Hal l

C o n d u c t o r E B r o w n

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R A P E A L A R M S

priced £2.50, now available f rom Rae S n e e in

the I C U n i o n Off ice .

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First A i d L e c t u r e and D e m o

for S p o r t s m e n

T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 19

1:00pm

Health C e n t r e , Prince 's G a r d e n s

J U S T A Q U I C K one this week If you haven't got. a ticket for tonight's Satanic Rites or put your name down for Dinner in Hall next Tuesday then you're too late! It's your own fault, but you've still got a chance to redeem yourself. Tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 in the Southside S C R , Rag is putting on a party for the deaf kids we are helping this year. Party games and jelly and ice creams are the order of the day, so if you fancy reliving your childhood or just joining the fun, come along tomorrow.

Also in aid of Rag, a Masked Ball is being held on the last day of term. Tickets are available from soc reps for a mere 50p. Finish term in style!

See you.

PJ

F r i d a y , M a r c h 13

Pedal C a r C l u b Dinner

S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 14

Deaf Children's Party

T h u r s d a y , M a r c h 19

Rag Committee Meeting

F r i d a y , M a r c h 20

Rag " M a s k e d B a l l "

A n y o n e who competed in either the inter­

departmental or the twenty-four hour pedal car

race is welcome to come to the dinner tonight, at

Bortsch 'n ' Tears. The cost depends on what you

eat. Meet at 7:00pm in Stan's or 7:30pm at

Bortsch 'n ' Tears.

Help is needed for the Deaf Kiddies' Party from

12:00 noon; the party starts at 2:00pm in the

Senior Common Room in Southside.

The Rag Treasurer, Rag Mag Editor and Rag

Publicity Officer will all be elected on Thursday at

5:45pm in the Union Building Senior Common

Room. Come along if you want to stand.

Tickets for the "Masked Bal l " are 50p each

from the Guilds Office. It will be a normal J C R

party but everyone should go in disguise.

Andy

SFSoc Apologies must be made for the non-appearance of last week's bulletin. We did submit one. It was not printed. We were told that his was due to "lack of space". For those of you who really want to read it, it will be serialised on Mark Jeffcock's badge from March 16 to 20, and marketed as a board game by TSR early ne*t year under the name "Cosmic Bulletin".

Now, a serious paragraph. John Sladek, world renowned S F author, will visit Imperial College on Tuesday, March 17, as a guest of I C S F Soc. His speech, to be del ivered in Phys i cs L e c t u r e Theatre 2, will be on the subject of robots (his current obsession), past, present and future. For those of you who don't know, Mr Sladek is the author of The Steam-Driven Boy, The Muller-Focker Effect, Keep The Giraffe Burning, Mechasm, and his latest novel Roderick. He has also written a non-fiction work, an encyclopaedia of crank beliefs, called The New Apocrypha. So, turn up at the aforementioned time and place for a really interesting free event.

This is the first talk in a planned series given by famous authors arranged by ICSF Soc. The next is at the beginning of next term, to be given by Christopher Priest.

Well, I'm sorry that this bulletin has contained so much information and so few jokes, but Steve Marshall doesn't like us to be entertaining, and we really do want this bulletin to get printed. Don't worry, I promise that you won't be able to understand the next one.

The really serious Kenneth Mann Really serious ICSF Soc Publicity Officer

FELIX, March 13,1981 Page 7

ICU HANDBOOK 1981/2

ARTICLES C l u b s , s o c i e t i e s , C C U s , C o u n c i l p o s t s ,

e t c , e t c , y o u r a r t i c l e s f o r t h i s y e a r ' s

H a n d b o o k a r e r e q u i r e d N O W ! ! If y o u r

e l e c t i o n s h a v e n o t y e t t a k e n p l a c e

( e s p e c i a l l y c l u b s / s o c i e t i e s ) p l e a s e i n f o r m

t h e l i k e l y c a n d i d a t e s t h a t t h e y m u s t

r e t u r n c o p y t o m e a s s o o n a s p o s s i b l e .

N e x t y e a r ' s C C U s , s a b b a t i c a l s y o u c a n

w r i t e y o u r r e p o r t s / a r t i c l e s n o w a n d

r e t u r n t h e m t o m e b e f o r e t h e M ? n d o f

t e r m .

HELP A r t i c l e s a n d offers of he lp , to W e n e e d a n y b o d y n e v e r m i n c V ^ f f i a t

Paul Donovan, s h a p e y o u a r e t o d o t h e f o l l o w i n g : s u b -

Handbook Editor , edit, p a s t e - u p , e t c . , n o w a n d o v e r t h e

F E L I X Office. s u m m e r .

Unilet for Hi-fi W e offer a wide range of top brands

all of which may be demonstrated

under relaxing conditions. Y o u don't

need to be rushed into a decision

over your hi-fi. None of this "Don ' t

waste your time listening to it, all the

details are in the instruction booklet.

Surely you don't want to open the

box — it's guaranteed after all, and

anyway there's a queue of people

waiting . . . "

Y o u don't have to put up with this

treatment in order to get low prices.

Ki l l two birds with one stone — spend

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

choosing your hi-fi, at Unilet.

1 4 B u t e S t r e e t

L o n d o n S W 7

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A T A B E T T E R P R I C E

Y o u r c h o i c e o f t h e t o p b r a n d s : A & R , D u a l , L i n n , M e r i d a n ,

N A D , N a i r n , N y t e c h , Q u a d , S a n a u i , A i w a , A K G , A R C ,

Ariston, A T C , A u d i o Linear , A u d i o Pro, Aurex, A v o n , B & O ,

B A S , Beyer, Bose, Castle, D e n o n , Denyo, F R , Grace, Hadcock,

Hafler, H K , I M F , J B L , J R , J V C , K E F , K X H , Lentek, L u x m a n ,

M a r a n t z , Mayware , M c i n t o s h , Mission, Nakamichi , Ortofon,

Pioneer , R e v o x , Sennheiser, Shure , S M E , Sony , Spendor ,

Stanton, Supex, Tangent , T a n n o y , Tascam, Tea c , Technics,

Thorens, T r i o , U l t i m o , WestclifF, Y a m a h a , plus a full range of

accessories.

Little B o b Story — Light of my Town

(RCA Import)

Little Bob is wider than he is tall. He is French

and is vocalist with a band who sound not

unlike Bruce Springsteen, both in the type of

music they play and the gravelly mumbled

vocals.

Eardrum distortion as a musical technique is

little used now, but at the Hope and Anchor

last week, Little Bob used it to its fullest extent

and effectiveness, rather like the guitarist uses

harmonics. Despite this, the sound was

amazingly pure with all five band members

clearly discernable. The band is over in

England for a short, virtually unannounced

tour to promote their new album, Light of my

Town, available on R C A (France).

The set featured most of the new album,

although the emphasis was on the fast

rock'n'roll songs, such as Switchboard Julie

and Rockin Down My Street. Slower songs

such as the title track of the album, relying

more on keyboards, came over less well. The

ideas sound mostly borrowed but there is a

certain freshness and variety on the album,

where the strongest songs are perhaps the

slower ones, and particularly Steelv Blue

Morning sounding uncannily Springsteenish.

They deserve support from more than the

handful of people who turned up to see them,

half of whom were French anyway.

G r a c e Slick — We/come to the Wrecking

Ball (RCA)

Grace emerges triumphantly from the ruins

created by D & V Wrecking Corporation,

dynamite tucked down her strides. The fact

that she remains unscathed is as amazing as

her youthful looks, considering that this is the

Grace of Jefferson Airplane/Starship White

Rabbit St Charles fame.

A n d the album is even more amazing

making Motorhead sound like Joe Dolce on

acid. The title track, one of only three co-

penned by Slick with lead guitarist/vocalist

Scott Zito (the rest being by Zito alone), opens

with a mindless mayhem interspersed with

bursts of pneumatic drill. The sound is

suggestive of oily denim clad B O smelling

bikers rather than the elegant, sophisticated

lady standing in the terrified 'no, please! —

don't send me to disco dance classes' pose.

Not for the nervously disposed — this album

bears little resemblance to anything Jefferson.

Only one song, Shooting Star has Starship

overtones, with Zito sounding like Paul

K a n t n e r - John Miller

Scaramouche I a m a n o t o r i o u s l y heavy s l e e p e r , a n d

because of this I am quite certain that all alarm

clocks regard me with suspicion and hatred.

Indeed, the only c lock which has ever got the

better of me was one of those sadistic Gobl in

devices which squirt boiling water over you if

you don't get up in time. Happi ly , it drowned

itself one day when I was out; I have spurned

teasmades since.

Sti l l , my present bedside c lock nearly had

me fooled recently. What happened was this:

in the early hours of this morning there was a

power cut, and so I went to bed. Because of

the power cut, I expected the clock to be slow

the following morning, and so when I awoke I

t u r n e d on the r a d i o to l i s t e n for a t ime-

check.

I was rather puzzled by the first time check;

the clock appeared to show exactly the right

time. Fifty minutes later there was another

time-check and the clock appeared to be an

hour and forty minutes slow. W h e n the third

t i m e - c h e c k m a d e my c l o c k a p p e a r f i fty

minutes slow I was wondering whether to

concede defeat; after all, there couldn't have

been another power cut, or the radio would

have stopped. Happily, just before lunch I

realised what had been confusing me. Each

time I thought I had been looking at the clock, I

had been looking at its reflection in my bedside

mirror. This was at 12:15 precisely. H o w did

the reflection of the clock appear then?

Solutions, comments and criticisms to me

c/o FELIX Office. There is a prize of £5

(donated by Mend-a-Bike) for the correct

entry randomly selected at 1:00pm on

Wednesday.

Last Week's Solution

Using an obvious notation for 'up', 'down' ,

etc., the following method takes 61 moves.

T w o directions are bracketed together when

they refer to the same piece.

U U R R D L U (UR) R U L L L D D R R U L L

(UL) R D L L U R (DR) D L U U R D ( U L) U U

L D D R R D L (UR) R R U L L D D R R R U L

(UL) U R D and the piano can now be moved

out.

F r o m the five people who found solutions in

61 moves, Jane Will iams, Zoology 2, was

randomly chosen as this week's winner.

Next week will be the Easter F E L I X with a

special puzzle page from me, with help from

G r e y Spider and others. I'm not giving any

clues as to what it will contain (I haven't any

idea myself yet) but I will say that you should

brush up on your lateral thinking before next

week

Page 8 FELIX, March 13,1981

Don't Let WELLSOC die!!!!!!!!!!! If anyone knows anything about the H.G. Wells Society, or

would like to take it over and run it, could they please contact

Ian Hanley (SCC Chairman) via the Union Office or Steve

Marshall who would be willing to lend a hand,but would not

have time to run it (unfortunately).

Otherwise, it will be abolished - a shame for one of the most

successful societies of latter years.

IC Football

Fifths win ULU

Lower Reserve

Cup Final IC V v L S E IV

1 — 0

T H E previous Saturday had seen ICV beat Q M C I V by f our g o a l s to two a n d h e n c e confirm them as champions of league SR.

O n Saturday, March 7, ICV played against L S E IV in the final of the lower Reserve C u p . O n the way to the final IC had beaten Q M C IV, C h a r i n g Cross II, Go ldsmith ' s III and St Thomas II, while in their semi- f inal L S E had beaten IC VI, but cou ld they beat the vastly superior IC V?

Cond i t i ons were not ideal for good football with the ground being very heavy. IC started confidently with Archer , Kelly and Hardy contro l l ing midfield but the forwards Healy, Burns and Dhi l lon created few chances as they came up against a so l id L S E defence. When L S E did attack they had the help of the referee and one of the l inesman, but the s t r o k n g t a c k l i n g of f u l l b a c k s A u d i n a n d G o h i l , the control l ing influence of centreback Hatton and the sweeping of Cab le left the keeper Brown with very little to do (thank goodness!) . About half way through the first half Archer saw his volley well and truly beat the L S E keeper only to hit the bar and go out o f p l a y . S u d d e n l y I C f o u n d b e l i e f in themselves, a ball by Kel ly found Healy on the edge of the L S E box, his shot was only parried by the keeper and Dhi l lon running in, knocked the ball back to Burns who buried the ball in the net and IC were one up. It should have been two when minutes later Healy weaved his way passed three defenders and with only the keeper to beat passed the ball to Hardy whose shot was c leared off the line.

At half-time the score was still one-ni l , the refreshments consist ing of luke-warm weak instant tea.

In the second half L S E pushed more men forward in a vain attempt to get the equaliser but IC h a d o t h e r i d e a s . M i d f i e l d n e v e r stopped running, G o h i l tackled as if his life was at stake, A u d i n "dealt" with the winger admirably , Hatton won everything in the air and C a b l e stamped out what attack was left. This led to an L S E player go ing to hospital for stitches and L S E were again reduced to ten men a few minutes later when Healy mistimed one of his rare tackles. B r o w n made the box his own and stopped everything that was thrown at h im. Towards the end L S E began to tire, A u d i n overlapped twice down the right only to see the forwards squander chances , Dhi l l on , Burns and Hardy all c ome close when put through by both Hatton and Cable . Dhi l lon was about to float a long throw- in into the L S E box when the referee blew for fu l l -time. IC V had become the first football team to achieve "the double" for years.

A spec ia l mention must go to the substitute Ken Ba ldwin , and the many supporters who turned up to cheer us on, inc luding IC's lucky C u p Final mascot — Shir ley Coarses Wellies.

T E A M : Duncan Brown, Nigel Audin, Al Cable, Barry Hatton, Paul Gohil, Damian Kelly, Ian Archer, Dave Hardy, John Healy, John Burns, Bob Dhillon. S u b Ken Baldwin.

Water Polo IC v St. Thomas Hospital

9 — 1

IN a match at U L U pool last Tuesday, IC scored a crushing victory against St Thomas ' Hospital . With one goal against us in the first 'quarter'. Boucher scored two fine goals in q u i c k s u c c e s s i o n to r e g a i n t h e t e a m ' s col lective confidence. From then on, IC just k e p t o n s c o r i n g , m a r k i n g t i g h t l y a n d generally passing well .

A l l credit to everybody involved for a fine performance. If Westminster Hospital don't scratch out next week again we'll try and repeat our success .

T E A M : Boucher (2), Last (2), Kilgour (1), Bradley (1), Leach (1), Porter (1). Ashwin (1),

Heffernan (goalie).

Tennis T H E first match of the year took place on Wednesday, March 4 away against Kings Col lege .

The result, never in doubt, was an easy 6 V 2 -2 V 2 win to IC.

The first pair only dropping five games, and the second pair winning all of their six sets. Leaving the third pair with V 2 p t (1 set) to their credit.

Thanks to Tony for driving and the reserve for turning up.

The summer looks promis ing , but we will need players with exams at different times as the matches go on throughout the term. So don't worry — if you want a match your talents will be cal led upon if last year was anything to go by.

T E A M : Waas, Haeger, Tscoukkas, Pike, Cornwell, Page.

Ten Pin Bowling H I S T O R Y was made at the Leeds Doubles Tournament last Saturday. The IC team made it to the semi-f inals. The first Imperial team to do so ever. There were six teams in each heat and each team had to play all the other teams. IC were in G r o u p G and only lost one game out of the five p l a y e d a n d w a l k e d h o m e overall on pi nf al I. The semi-f inals cons isted of four teams playing against each other. The competit ion here was tough and IC lost the first game but pulled back by winning their second game. At this stage every team stood a chance of reaching the final from this s e m i ­final group. Unfortunately, after a poor third game, IC was knocked out. Congratu lat ions must go to Engwel l and Knight , the IC team, for a good day's bowling.

The two other IC teams did not have such a good day and were both knocked out in the heats , even t h o u g h g o o d m a t c h e s w e r e p l a y e d a g a i n s t v e r y g o o d c o m p e t i t i o n . Thanks to M a n , Smith , Qu inn and C o o k for c o n t r i b u t i n g to an o u t s t a n d i n g I m p e r i a l presence. Thanks again to J o h n Knight for providing transport.

Snooker Y O U could have knocked me down with a feather when it became apparent that the B t e a m w e r e g o i n g to l o s e t o L S E l a s t Wednesday. The final result was 3-2, after we lost the first three frames we seemed do o me d to a h u m i l l i a t i n g d e f e a t . H o w e v e r f i n e performances by Bennett and myself saved our reputation. It now looks as if the B team will not be league champions this season, mainly because of the upsets in the team's structure over the last few weeks.

T h e A t e a m is g o i n g f r o m s t r e n g t h to s t r e n g t h a n d c a p i t a l i z i n g o n t h e p o o r performance of its rivals. They won h a n d ­somely against Q M C by only d ropp in g one f r a m e . T h e y a r e on the v e r g e of t o t a l boredom if they win the league.

The C team provided everyone with laughs as they scraped a narrow victory over L S E ' s second team. Their performance was their usual cautionary, tactless effort.

Sailing L A S T weekend saw the Bri t ish Universit ies Sai l ing Assoc iat ion Trials at the Welsh Harp. Out of thirty-five competitors from all over the c o u n t r y , L e w i s a n d B a x t e r , b o t h of Physics 2, won through in conv inc ing form to take two of the six places in the team.

Chr is Lewis won two of the three races he sailed. Unfortunately in the third race his boat's mast snapped.

James Baxter won one race and came second in his only other, and happily didn't wreck any boats.

' W r e c k e r ' L e w i s was la ter a s k e d to be Captain of the B U S A Team w h i c h is to sail the American Universit ies in the summer.

Ladies Rugby IC v Warwick 4*16

L A S T Sunday, the intrepid IC Ladies 14 set out for Warwick just in time to stop anyone getting a drink beforehand! We arrived to f ind our opposit ion with 13 players — things were looking up!

P l a y was very s l o w d u e to the m u d d y condit ions, but unfortunately they weren't as slow as we were, and they scored their first try after about ten minutes. Possess ion was fiarly even dur ing the first half, a l though Warwick were al lowed to score again short ly before half-time. IC started the second half a lot better, and for ten minutes we put them under a lot of pressure, keeping play within their 22. However, the moving mountain they had at fly-half then got the ball , and ran the length of the pitch to score their third try. For the whole of the second half we had a lot more possession, but cou ld not seem to score. Then in the last couple of minutes , after yet another five-yard s c rum, Mary sent their fly-half ' f lying' as she tried to kick the ball, and Andree dropped on it to score , just before the final whistle blew.

T E A M : Lois, Sara, Jane, Pam, Steph, Andress, Mary (Capt), Rad, Sabs , Les , Jill, Helen, Cathy, Ruth.

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Some Honest Guff!

Re: Mr Pinnegar's motion of No Confidence in the Editor of F E L I X .

Some concern has been expressed over my way of producing F E L I X . While it is true that FELI X is the "Newspaper of Imperial College Union" , I will be the first to admit that I exert a very strong personal influence over it. FELIX is produced by a small group of individuals. I discuss my ideas with them — they act as a restraining factor on my strong desire to tear this bloody incapable Union to fragments (Ooops!). It is always wise to get second, third and fourth opinions on any content ious mater ia l to be printed in F E L I X , but in the end. I am responsible. I can only produce the kind of F E L I X I think I would like to read if I were a student. I think I have performed that task admirably. B U T , what do other students feel? If I felt that F E L I X was not reaching its readers, I would resign now. While I concede it cannot satisfy everyone, I think the majority of students enjoy reading the kind of F E L I X I enjoy producing. It is interesting to note that only those who do not will write to inform me so.

It is important to remember that the only connection that the "average student" (what does that mean?) has with the Union is via F E L I X . It is therefore essential that F E L I X enjoys press freedom. Every student should feel that he can have his views aired in FELIX and that is why I encourage such an active letters page. I have used my editorial to criticise the Union, with s p e c i a l re ference to our P r e s i d e n t , J o h n Passmore. M r Passmore has not used our much cherished "right of reply" to defend his position; from this you must draw your own conclusions.

(I should not restrict my condemnation to the Exec — what about the "average student'? He too is a fully paid-up member of the Union and should not sit back and allow the Union to disintegrate through poor leadership. Is there anyone out there?)

Does Mr Pinnegar want an Editor of FELIX such as John Passmore? Does he want me to "Hush mah mouth"? Does he really feel that the students of IC are so impressionable? Or would he rather that I used my position as Editor to provoke (is this the right word? — I think so!) discussion within this stagnant pond of bored and boring individuals. I'm no cynic, but when I look at the pathetic Union that used to be so lively when it had some actual characters in charge of it, I sincerely feel that we need to confront our plastic President and Executive and shout: "For God's sake, G O ! "

This Ultra Vires Business

During the discussion of the El Salvador motion at

the Hustings U G M it was pointed out that one

section of the motion asked for I C U to affiliate to

the campaign. It was stated that in view of recent

developments concerning the C N D affiliation fee,

this action would be Ultra Vires the Constitution. (Incidentally, "Ultra Vires" is merely a succinct way of saying "outside the powers of".)

Immediately, Mr Passmore agreed and said that this section would be deleted. Owen Greene disagreed most strongly to this action, and he was right to do so. A trend that is annoying me more and more in this "slightly right of centre" College is to dismiss left-wingers such as M r Greeneasbeing out of order. Being slightly right of centre myself, I disagree with many of Mr Greene's views, but I find myself agreeing with him here on this point of principle, not ideology. It is only Ultra Vires to pay such an affiliation fee from "trust money" such as Union money. B U T it is quite legal to raise the money by organising collections (such as W U S collections) to pay the fee. A N D it should be the Exec's job to investigate all of these methods and organise a collection at the U G M — after all, if a majority vote to affiliate, then surely these people are morally bound to contribute to such a fund.

It angers me as much as it does M r Greene that John Passmore should A L W A Y S opt for the easy way out, and what suits his own personal politics. He has got his little letter from the U n i o n Solicitors stating the Ultra Vires position and he clings to it like a limpet. He is quite aware that collections tor affiliation lees are not Ultra Vires. Anything for the easy life, eh John? C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s

To the four new sabbaticals elected for next year. Commiserations to the losers.

It's interesting to see that they are all R C S men. Perhaps this says something about the highly vocational nature of courses in Guilds and Mines. I'm sure that next year's Exec will function as a team — they all know each other and seem to get on well. Might be a good year. One thing though, what is this Twenty-Two Club they all appear to belong to? — 1 can't find it in the Union Handbook anywhere.

Easter Issue

Next week, 1 will be attempting to bring out FELIX

on Thursday. This will be the bumper special

Easter issue. As with the Christmas issue, I hope to

have a Scaramouche extravaganza, and maybe a

few other treats. All copy should be submitted by

Sunday lunchtime. I can't guarantee anything

submitted after that going in.

Handbook & Freshers' FELIX

Paul Donovan, Handbook Editor, wants your

articles now.

I would like to point out that it's no use thinking

that if you don't have an article in the Handbook,

that you can make up for your laziness by having

one in the Freshers' FELIX — 'fraid that's just not

on! I've had a word with next year's Editor, Mark

Smith, who tells me he will only be accepting

articles which detail a Club's activities in the first

few weeks of term from those clubs kind enough to

submit to the Handbook.

Thanks to

Colin, Mark, Patrick, Steve, Phil, Caroline, Martin,

Dave, Paul, Zar, Ian and Maz.

Incidentally, I simply L O V E SF Sock articles to

be entertaining and may I say that 1 a/u;ays find

them so. Kenneth Mann, a man so talented and

dedicated to entertaining the masses through

F E L I X that he couldn't spare five minutes of his

time to do so in this year's Phoenix magazine

deserves the admiration of us all. I hope the

Phoenix (out next term) does not suffer adversely

from this sad, sad omission of creative excellence.

Hard luck to those Chelsea people who tried to

kidnap Rae Snee this week. I guess that's just

tough titties.

Finally, Happy Birthday Scaramouche!

This week's puzzle is on page 8.

I think Steve Marshall is gradually taking over

the back page. Aaarrrgh!!!!!!

Friday, March 13

• S o c S o c 25th A G M , 1:00pm, S C R .

• I C C h r i s t i a n U n i o n M e e t i n g , Worship and talk on

Fruit of the Spirit, 6:00pm, Music R o o m , 53 Princes Gate .

'Prayer Meeting' afterwards, 8:30-10:00pm.

• H A M D R A M 81 F i n a l , 7:30pm, I C U Concert Hall. £1.00.

Saturday, March 14

• H A M D R A M 81 F i n a l , 7 :30pm,ICU C o n c e r t Hall , £1.00.

Monday, March 16

• F i l m at the G o e t h e Institute : Oberon, 7:30pm. Tickets

£1.00 {students and O A P s 50p).

Tuesday, March 17

• U N S o c M e e t i n g , 12:30pm, Southside U p p e r Lounge

(above Stan's Bar). Next term's activities will be planned at

this meeting. Suggestions welcome.

• R i d i n g C l u b A G M , 1:00pm, Elec E n g 1009.

• S T O I C T r a n s m i s s i o n , 1:00pm, J C R and Halls.

• L a b o u r C l u b D i s c u s s i o n on N O L S Conference M o

tions, 1:00pm, Maths 341. All members urged to attend.

• S F S o c L e c t u r e with J o h n Sladek, word famous S F

author, speaking on Robots , 1:30pm, Physics L T 2 . Free.

• S P T h o m p s o n E l e c E n g S o c presents a lecture by Prof

Eric Laithwaite on Facfs and Fallacies in Science Today,

1:30pm, EE408. All welcome.

• I C C A G A G M , 5:30pm, I C C A G R o o m , T o p Floor,

U n i o n Building.

• R a i l S o c A G M , including a variety of films, 5:40pm,

Maths 340.

• E x p l o r a t i o n S o c i e t y present Prof C o n w a y speaking on

Where to go and What to do on an Expedition, 6:00pm,

Environmental Studies Dept.

• S o c S o c D i s c u s s i o n on The State in Developed Capita­

list Society, 6:30pm, G r e e n Committee R o o m , 3rd floor,

U n i o n Building.

• P h o t o s o c T a l k on Facers of Colour by R J Freeman

<ARPS), 7:30pm, Mines 303.

Wednesday, March 18

•IC B a h a ' i S o c i e t y i n f o r m a l d i s c u s s i o n on The earth is

but one country and mankind its cirizens-Baha'u'llah,

5:00pm, U n i o n U p p e r Lounge. Al l welcome.

Thursday, March 19

• E a s t e r S e r v i c e , 12:30pm, Holy Trinity Brompton (be­

hind Southside) with talk by Steve Williams, curateat Holy

Trinity. L u n c h provided. All welcome.

• I C Y o u t h H o s t e l l i n g G r o u p M e e t i n g , 12:30pm, South

side U p p e r Lounge.

• S P T h o m p s o n E l e c E n g S o c B a r L u n c h , 12:45pm,

Linstead Bar. Tickets from Elec E n g S o c Reps at 50p.

• F i r s t A i d L e c t u r e / D e m o for S p o r t s m e n , 1:00, Health

C e n t r e , Princes G a r d e n s . Especially for next year's C a p t s

and V i c e - C a p t s .

• P A T A F i l m a n d T a l k about Alternative to Abortion (Life

care and housing), 1:00pm, Huxley 130. A talk by members

of a Life G r o u p will follow the film.

• H a n g - G l i d i n g C l u b M e e t i n g , 1:00pm, A b o v e Stan's

Bar.

• S T O I C T r a n s m i s s i o n , 1:00pm and 6:00pm, J C R and

Halls. With News-Break.

• L u n c h - h o u r C o n c e r t , 1:30pm, T h e Music R o o m , 53

Prince's Gate .

• G l i d i n g C l u b M e e t i n g , 5:30pm, A e r o 254.

• E x p l o r a t i o n S o c i e t y , Expedition to North and West

Africa, 6:00pm, Environmental Studies Dept.

• R e a l A l e S o c M e e t i n g , 7:30pm, C r u s h Bar , 2nd Floor

U n i o n Building. Beers: Bourne Valley — A n d o v e r Ale,

Crabbit Bitter, and Rambler Bitter (first time in London) .

• U L U G a y s o c M e e t i n g , 8:00pm, R o o m 2 D , U L U , Malet

Street.

H A M D R A M 81 S i t u a t i o n d e s p e r a t e , t i c k e t s se l l ing fast ,

audience react ion favourable , sell out a

possibi l i ty ( though remote) . T i c k e t s still

available. D o n ' t miss it.

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 1981. Editor: S.J. Marshall, Advertising Manager: MA. Smith. Registered at the GPO as a newspaper.