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66 c o l l e g e s o c c u p y i n g i n protest over teacher

unemployment .

N o . 421 F r i d a y 28th May, 1976 F R E E !

sAP REHASH T H E R E C T O R has d e c i d e d to

sa lvage the A l t e rna t i ve

P r o s p e c t u s ( A P ) by a s k i n g

R i c k P a r k e r ( I C U A c a d e m i c

A f f a i r s O f f i ce r ) and P e t e r Mee

( C o l l e g e Reg is t ra r ) to check

the e x i s t i n g ed i t i on and

produce a p rospec tus d e v o i d

of f a c t u a l , punc tua t ion and

grammat ica l e r rors .

Should changes to copy be

n e c e s s a r y then the s e c t i o n s

concerned w i l l have to be

repr in ted. F E L I X ed i tor and

next y e a r ' s IC A c a d e m i c

A f f a i r s O f f i ce r P a u l E k p e n g -

ong f e e l s that due to the

nature of pr in t ing the who le

p rospec tus may w e l l have to

be repr in ted at a c o s t of over

£900.

T h e add i t iona l c o s t w i l l

be met by the C o l l e g e .

O r i g i n a l l y it had b e e n '

hoped to send out the A P

wi th the C o l l e g e P r o s p e c t u s ,

thus sav ing pos tage c o s t s .

T h i s w i l l now not be p o s s i b l e .

T h e new A P w i l l p robab ly be

ready for d i s t r i bu t i on in J u l y

and pos tage c o s t s are thus

l i k e l y to be around £600.

So the A P , wh ich i n i t i a l l y

had a budge of £1,100 l o o k s

set to cos t anyth ing up to

£2,500 a l l t o ld . T h e f u l l

c o s t s of the A P , are be ing met

by the C o l l e g e .

A c c o m m o d a t i o n

F o r those who w i l l be

down in London look ing for

f la ts for next s e s s i o n , the

Un ion i s running a Temporary

Accommodat ion Scheme. The

Scheme runs from 18th to 25th

September i n c l u s i v e . Rooms

w i l l be a v a i l a b l e at the cos t

of 50p per night p lus a £5

returnable key depos i t .

A l l you have to do , if you

w i s h to make use of t h i s

f a c i l i t y , i s to turn up at thfe

IC Un ion O f f i c e on the days

conce rned . Y o u must a l s o

br ing wi th y o u , a s l e e p i n g

bag, o therw ise it i s the c o l d

hard f loor for y o u . P l e a s e do not

bring a l l your luggage w i th

y o u .

T H E D E P A R T M E N T of

Educat ion and Sc ience (DES)

y e s t e r d a y a n n o u n c e d

increases in undergraduate

grants of about187.. T h e new

grant leve ls (with this year 's

f igures in brackets) are £ 9 5 5

( £ 8 1 0 ) for c o l l e g e based

students in London , £ 8 7 5

( £ 7 4 0 ) for c o l l e g e based

students outside L o n d o n , and

£ 6 7 5 ( £ 5 7 0 ) for s t u d e n t s

l iv ing at home. L a s t y e a r the

grant leve ls were ra ised by

22%.

A c c o m p a n y i n g the grants

i nc reases are changes i n

parenta l con t r ibu t ions and i n

the amounts of Supplementary

Bene f i t that s tudents c a n

c l a i m in the C h r i s t m a s and

E a s t e r v a c a t i o n s . F r o m Sept­

ember onwards the s ta r t ing

po in t for parenta l con t r i bu t ions

r i s e s from £2,200 ' R e s i d u a l

Income' to £2,700. A D E S

spokeswoman s a i d that

parenta l con t r ibu t ions w i l l be

reduced throughout the s c a l e .

A s expec ted s tudents w i l l

no longer be able to c l a i m

supplementary benef i t i n the

short v a c a t i o n s .

Fur ther d e t a i l s of the

award are not y e t k n o w n .

P e s s i m i s m

F i r s t r eac t i ons to the

award have been tep id and

p e s s i m i s t i c : A n N U S spokesman

commented that 'the award

would do little to shore up

the ravages of inflation'. Over

ha l f the i r members wou ld not

benef i t from the changes in

parenta l con t r ibu t ion . They

were a l s o d i sappo in ted that

d i sc re t ionary awards remained

una l te red .

E x - I C U P r e s i d e n t T revo r P h i l l i p s was more pro found. 'An 18% increase is .definitely

inadequate and at first sight

students in London are going to

face the same problems arising

from an inadequate grant but

only more so.

'To a degree it demonstrates

the cynicism and bankruptcy of

Government policy on public

expenditure because, inspite

of universal agreement that

the grant level is- too low,

they (DES) appear to have

reduced it even further in

real terms.'

Comments from IC O f f i c i a l s were a l i t t l e more o p t i m i s t i c :

'My immediate reaction' s a i d

ICU—Pres iden t P e t e r T e a g u e ,

'is that it is a very good award.

18% is better than I expected,

but a great deal depends on

the details of the schemes for

next year which 1 have not

yet had time to acquaint myself

with.'

O n a more centre vers i a l note

he added , 7 would rather have

seen this extra money put

towards abolishing the parental

means test'. #

A more rese rved a t t i tude

came from the R e c t o r , S i r

B r i a n F l o w e r s . 7 don't think it

would be wise of me to comment

in detail until I have seen the

very long document which I

understand sets out the terms

of the new award.'

'1 believe there is some

amelioration of the threshold

above which the parental

contribution will be payable,

but on the other hand I think

there may be less opportunity

for claiming supplementary

benefits during at least the

short vacations.

'Nevertheless the increase

amounts to 18% which at first

sight is better than I had

expected.'

Hard times ahead T H E U N I O N was to ld l a s t

week that i t i s to r e c e i v e a

10% i nc rease in i t s b l o c k

a l l o c a t i o n from the G o v e r n i n g

B o d y . T h i s w i l l mean an

i n c r e a s e per c a p i t a of 5.3%.

T h e U n i o n had o r i g i n a l l y

reques ted a 23% i n c r e a s e per

c a p i t a and was most d i s ­

appointed at the s m a l l i n c r e a s e

it r e c e i v e d .

Howeve r , the C o l l e g e

i t se l f , i s on ly r e c e i v i n g a

4% r i se in i ts grant a l though

supp lements w i l l be g i v e n for

C o l l e g e s a l a r i e s i n c r e a s e s .

T h e ac tua l i nc rease in the

Govern ing Body a l l o c a t i o n to

the U n i o n w i l l be £7,892 but ,

on the la tes t f i gu res , ove r

ha l f of th i s i s accoun ted for

in i n c r e a s e d staf f s a l a r i e s

(£2,367) and i n c r e a s e d N U S

s ubs c r i p t i on s (£1,680) .

Inc reases in S a b b a t i c a l

S a l a r i e s and H a l l R e n t s

account for another £1,000

thus l e a v i n g a tota l i n c r e a s e

of £2,845 to cover i n c r e a s e s

on a l l other expend i tu re . T h e

U n i o n i s s t i l l s e e k i n g c l a r i f i ­

ca t i on o n , whether the grant

i n c l u d e s £1,300 for next y e a r ' s

A l t e rna t i ve P r o s p e c t u s or

whether t h i s w i l l aga in be

t reated sepa ra te l y . If i t i s

i n c l u d e d , then £1,545 w i l l be

lef t for i n c r e a s e s i n a l l other

U n i o n expend i tu re .

T h e d e c i s i o n on the A P w i l l determine whether c l u b s , s o c i e t i e s and U n i o n Commi t t ees

rece i ve a 2% or 4% i n c r e a s e on

their a l l o c a t i o n s . With i n f l a t i on

current ly running at 18%, I C U

P r e s i d e n t , P e t e r T e a g u e , s a y s

a cur ta i lment o f a c t i v i t y w i l l

n e c e s s a r i l y resu l t next year .

" R C C c l u b s w i l l a lmos t

ce r ta in l y have to cut the i r rate

of subs idy and A C C c l u b s

may have to res t r i c t the number

o f teams or f i x tu res for each

c l u b ' , he s a i d . S u b s i d i z a t i o n o f

s o c i a l even ts s u c h as Freshers

Dinne rs and F o r m a l B a l l s w i l l

be d r a s t i c a l l y reduced .

En te r ta inments may a l s o have

to be cu r t a i l ed .

A l l i n a l l , the future l ooks

b leak for IC U n i o n i n the

next yea r .

2 m i x

Disabled students: some

financial points Being disabled can result

in various additional expenses

as a student. Here are some

ways to relieve the financial

burden:

Addi t ional grant

A n ex t ra grant of up to

£150 i s a v a i l a b l e from l oca l

educa t ion au tho r i t i es to any

student who , a s a resu l t of

h i s / h e r d i s a b i l i t y i ncu rs ex t ra

c o s t s . T h e s e c o s t s must be

re la ted to s tudy , for examp le ,

buy ing a typewr i ter or tape

recorder , or add i t i ona l rent for

s p e c i a l c o l l e g e accommoda t ion .

T h e grant cannot be c l a i m e d

in respect of d ie t o r c l o t h i n g .

Supplementary benefit

Thus usua l p rov i so of

a v a i l a b i l i t y for work does

not app ly to d i s a b l e d s tudents

when c l a i m i n g s o c i a l s e c u r i t y .

However , if you are r e c e i v i n g a

grant, your income w i l l

probably be too high to c l a i m

in term-time but you w i l l of

course be e l i g i b l e in v a c a t i o n s .

Attendance and Mobil i ty

A l l o w a n c e s

D i s a b l e d . s tudents are

en t i t l ed to a tax- f ree sum of

£9.60 per week if, in med i ca l

o p i n i o n , they are in need of

part a cont inuous a t tendence .

A taxab le a l l o w a n c e of £5

per week i s a v a i l a b l e for

those who are unab le or

near ly unable to w a l k .

A further benef i t known a s

the "non-con t r ibu to ry i nva l i d i t y

p e n s i o n " (phew!) c a n be

c l a i m e d by those who are not

ab le to work but have not

su f f i c i en t insurance s tamps to

rece i ve i nva l i d i t y or s i c k n e s s

bene f i t s . Students are not

normal ly en t i t l ed to t h i s , but

each c a s e i s d e c i d e d

i nd i v i dua l l y so there is no

harm in t ry ing !

Usefu l organisat ions

Cer ta in vo luntary o rgan i s ­

a t i ons offer va r ious s e r v i c e s

inc lud ing reduced p r i c e s on

s tudy-a id equipment e t c .

P l a c e s to con tac t a re :

D i s a b l e d L i v i n g F o u n d a t i o n ,

34b Kens ing ton H igh t St

Phone 602 2491

N U S D i s a b l e d Students R e s e a r c h

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Phone 821 1958

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Appalling complacency Si r ,— H a v i n g read concur ren t l y ,

both the p i e c e s wh i ch have

appeared in the past two

ed i t i ons of F E L I X on the

t o p i c s of academic work and '

s o c i a l a c t i v i t i e s at th i s

C o l l e g e , I w i s h to a i r my own

v i e w s .

Stephen Humby ' s a r t i c l e

makes cu r ious read ing ; he

seems to b e , indeed he s ta tes

qui te exp l i c i t l y ; , that he i s

d i s s a t i s f i e d wi th C o l l e g e l i fe

at both the academic and s o c i a l

l e v e l s . He c l a i m s that answer ,

ing the ques t i ons set on the

workshee ts is a moronic

a c t i v i t y ; a v iew wi th wh ich

your other cor respondent , C G

M i l l e r , wou ld seem to d i sag ree ,

s a y i n g that the way to conduct

o n e ' s work i s to ' s o l v e the

problems a l i t t le at a t ime ' .

O b v i o u s l y M i l l e r is s a t i s f i e d

wi th the s y s t e m , a comp lacency

wh i ch I f ind a p p a l l i n g . Where

Humby makes h i s error is in

con fus ing the sys tem of work

wi th the sub jec t being s t u d i e d .

It i s the latter top ic where I

fee l the d i scon ten t a r i s e s .

T H E R E IS N O T H I N G so good

for exam dep ress ion wh i ch

seems to spread l i ke a f lu

e p i d e m i c , than to hear about

a good o ld E n g l i s h wedd ing ;

a wedd ing that br ings tears to

mother 's e y e s ; and masked

rel ief to f a the r ' s . But not a l l

wedd ings run as smooth ly as

that. Let me te l l you about a

wedd ing wh ich except for a

few minor c a l a m i t i e s passed

off just as rehearsed !

R igh t on t ime, the v in tage

R o l l s drew up ou t s i de the

church and my s i s t e r c l imbed

down supported by my fa ther ' s

rather shaky r ight arm. E v e r y ­

th ing ran qu i te smooth ly unt i l

after the s e r v i c e , when I had

to s i gn the reg is te r . Of c o u r s e ,

there was one sma l l prob lem;

the v i c a r only had a r ight-

hand pen so an en t i re l y new

techn ique had to be employed

if the phenomenon of a left­

hander emerged.

We tr ied the left edge of

the pen; then the r ight to no

ava i l unt i l w i th the n ib

comple te ly reve rsed , a sp idery

sc raw l s l i p p e d a c r o s s the

page. Na tu ra l l y th i s f a r c i c a l

The conten ts of the va r ious

sub jec t s are at the moment in

th i s C o l l e g e , and in the

s c i e n c e f a c u l t i e s of other

c o l l e g e s , devo id of real

in terest . There i s no uni ty in

a sub jec t , no re l a t i onsh ip , or

e l s e very l i t t le between c o u r s e s

in the same sub jec t , wh ich

i s bad. What i s even worse

is that there is no connec t i on

between the di f ferent s u b j e c t s ,

e s p e c i a l l y in the p h y s i c a l

s c i e n c e s , the s i t ua t i on be ing

s l i gh t l y better in the b i o l o g i c a l

s c i e n c e s , though they cou ld

learn from the p h y s i c a l

s c i e n c e s and v i c e v e r s a .

A l though I have c h o s e n the

example of s c i e n c e , I am sure

that, in the very nature of

th ings , s im i l a r remarks must

apply to a l l the s u b j e c t s

s tud ied at th i s C o l l e g e .

The method by wh i ch a

sub jec t is s tud ied , that i s

wo rkshee ts , may or may not be

s u i t a b l e ; it rea l l y depends on

the ind i v idua l student and

sweep ing gene ra l i sa t i ons in

th i s respect are genera l l y

s i tua t ion took p l a c e in fu l l

v i ew of the congregat ion and

an aud ib le f i l te r was by now

r ipp l ing through f r iends and

re la t i ons .

The f i rs t embar rass ing

s i tua t ion past , I returned wi th

the best man to the front pew.

P ray ing posed another

prob lem. Seated on the pew, I

cou ld not understand why the

knee le rs were so far away

from the pews . Despe ra te l y

t ry ing to reca l l s choo l days

when I was re luc tan t l y compel led

to kneel con f ined in a s p a c e

of n ine square i nches for the

purpose of p ray ing , th i s

s p a c i o u s area overwhelmed me.

Not s a t i s f i e d wi th f o l l ow ing

the example of the best man

and my s i s t e r who knel t w i th

some grace upon thei r knees ,

I took two s teps forward,

pu l led out my knee le r and was

about to p lace it on the f loor

when the best man exp loded

in a s tage wh isper :

"What the he l l do you

th ink your d o i n g ? " , w h i c h I

thought was most i r r e l i g i o u s .

However , it d id not end

there. Oh no, the fun had

unsafe ; but the content of

what i s s tud ied ce r ta in l y needs

to be ove rhau led .

Turn ing now to the s o c i a l

s ide of the l i fe at th i s C o l l e g e ,

the pos i t i on taken up by your

cor respondents appears to be

the same: Humby d i s s a t i s f i e d ,

M i l l e r s a t i s f i e d . In the latter

c a s e , if M i l l e r en joys h imse l f

us ing present f a c i l i t i e s , he

has every right to cont inue to

do s o . E q u a l l y Humby has the

right to say 'I do not en joy

the f a c i l i t i e s ' . However ,

wr i t ing about not en joy ing

them is not very c o n s t r u c t i v e .

If he wants something di f ferent

he shou ld get on and do

something about it, not

c r i t i s i s e others for en joy ing

what he does not, an at t i tude

of "mind wh ich I c o n s i d e r

chu r l i sh and smack ing or

d i c ta to rsh ip and sour -g rapes .

A P o s t g r a d . Student

Spoof

articles S i r , - In the past it has been

noted that a r t i c l e s have

appeared in F E L I X wh ich

were pure i nven t ions , of the

au thor 's imag ina t ion . T h e s e

a r t i c l e s hav ing no fac tua l

b a s i s .

The f i rs t f i c t i c i o u s fancy ,

on ly just begun. I sudden ly

became aware of the insuppor t ­

ab le weight of both my s i s t e r ' s

and my bouquet; so I gave

A n n e ' s to the best man who

p laced it on h i s seat and

n e e d l e s s to say wou ld have

sat on it if I had not laughed

at the appropr ia te moment and

snatched it from beneath h im .

Af te r a l l , c rushed o rch ids

would not have looked very

pretty in the wedd ing photos

would they.

Suddenly it was a l l over .

I handed the bouquet back to

my s isTer , arranged her t ra in

and was just th ink ing how

w e l l we had a l l done when I

looked up to see the br ide and

groom a l ready 40 ya rds away

from Sara and I.

T h i s was rea l l y go ing too

far. She had warned me about

the danger of t reading on her

t ra in , but th i s was too much

of a d i g . She was mak ing her

lack of con f i dence in her

acc iden t prone s i s t e r a l l too

apparent for a l l the wor ld

to s e e .

P e r s o n a l l y , I th ink for

someone who has made her

ent rance to a party by w a l k i n g

in to , a (swimming) pool

f u l l y - c lo thed and near ly

drowned tak ing a sw imming

test , I d id qu i te w e l l . I d id

not fa l l into the font anyway ,

wh i ch was qu i te on the c a r d s .

P a u l a M a r r i o t t

w h i c h appeared some t ime ago ,

was taken to be qu i te humorous

However , the f requency of

fa i ry s t o r i e s , appear ing in

F E L I X , has become a la rming ly

h i g h .

Sometime ago a letter w a s

wr i t ten show ing concern about

the g o s s i p co lumn ' T I T B I T S ' .

The a r t i c l e d id s t imu la te

in t r igue, but d id not car ry the

au thor ' s name. T h e co lumn

was cons ide red an exce l l en t

innova t ion , but it was thought

persona l op in ions might be

e x p r e s s e d , that in a l l f a i r ness

required the author the name

him or herse l f .

We w i s h to e x p r e s s two

o p i n i o n s . One is that, a l though

most of the improbable (and in

ret rospect humorous) l i terary

f l i gh ts of fancy , s o far

appear ing , have been ha rm less ,

there might one day appear an

a r t i c l e that cou ld have un in ten­

t i ona l l y se r i ous c o n s e q u e n c e s .

It i s a l s o our op in ion that the

c r e d i b i l i t y of F E L I X i s at the

moment su f fe r ing , and w i l l

cont inue to do s o , from the

inser t ion of invented a r t i c l e s

in the paper.

We hope you respect our

v i e w s , and c o n s i d e r them wi th

the s e r i o u s n e s s we fee l they

d e s e r v e .

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articles have been seriously

considered and I fully agree

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articles are carefully vetted to

ensure that they are not vin­

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or boring.

They are an attempt to relieve

exam blues by taking a light-

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E D I T O R : Paul Ekpenyong

Many thanks to G i l l McConway, Ian Morse, Ph i l Dean, Duncan Suss, Dave Knights, Dave Hopkins, Terry Westoby, Dave Foxa l l , John McCloskey and Cl ive Dewey.

<7 F Only:. A good old

English wedding

M U X

Reviews usie Unrecognised talent

KINKS - S C H O O L B O Y S IN D I S G R A C E ( R C A )

I D U N N O , it seems to me, that over the

last seven or e ight y e a r s , the K i n k s have

lost out in one way or another . L e t s

face it, anyone ment ion the K i n k s and

people immediate ly th ink back to those

great s i n g l e s of the s i x t i e s that f lowed

from the pen of Ray D a v i e s . Y e t , they

have been largely ignored by the major i ty ,

not ga in ing anywhere near the s u c c e s s

w i th thei r a lbums that they d e s e r v e . The

thing i s , D a v i e s has a l w a y s wr i t ten

good s o n g s . ' C o n s i d e r i n g for i ns tance the

K i n k s ' rock opera 'A r thur ' w a s a far

better attempt at th i s abused fus ion than

the acc l a imed shamb les that was Tommy,

there i s no reason to b e l i e v e that

'Schoolboys in Disgrace' w i l l a c h i e v e the

mass s a l e s it d e s e r v e s .

Throughout h i s songwr i t i ng , D a v i e s

has had a sort of tongue in cheek d ig at

the E s t a b l i s h m e n t , th i s a lbum being no

e x c e p t i o n . It t akes the concep t of a

young l a d ' s t r i a l s and t r i bu la t ions

through h i s s c h o o l l i f e . He q u i c k l y

becomes a s o c i a l m i s f i t , la ter gets

h imse l f into t rouble w i th a naughty g i r l

and is f i na l l y e x p e l l e d by the headmaster ,

a l l of wh ich l eaves him fee l i ng bi t ter

towards the E s t a b l i s h m e n t for the rest of

h i s l i f e . A bit c r a s s you might th ink, but

D a v i e s of c o u r s e , t reats the whole a f fa i r

w i th tongue f i rmly in c h e e k .

I cou ld wr i te about how me lod ic the

ind iv idua l songs are , how they fit into

the concept pe r fec t l y , how c l e v e r the

l y r i c s a re , but as a concep t it shou ld be

judged as a w h o l e , and a l l I can say is

it works pe r fec t l y , ' another f ine Ray

D a v i e s effort that w i l l hopefu l l y a c h i e v e

for the man the recogn i t ion he war rants .

F o r the fact remains that on ly perhaps

Ian Drury of the K i l b u r n s has got any­

where near the D a v i e s sense of the

E n g l i s h melodrama, and he too may

s a d l y be over looked by the med ia . T h e s e

two are truly English s i ngwr i t e r s , - in

so much as one never f i nds them indu lg ing

in any sort of A m e r i c a n a , l i ke so many

of their B r i t i s h contemperar ies who

attempt to A m e r i c a n i s e the i r songs and

end up a c h i e v i n g that s t range mid-

a t l an t i c f ee l i ng -we tness .

Ian Morse

Billy Wright and soap? S U R P R I S E S I S T E R S (Good Earth)

WITH T H E s u c c e s s of the abysma l R o c k

F o l l i e s t e l e v i s i o n s e r i e s , there seems

to be a vogue toward a l l g i r l g roups . The

Surpr ise S i s t e r s were perhaps put

together s p e c i f i c a l l y w i th the ambi t ion

of compl iment ing the accomp l i shmen t of

the L i t t l e L a d i e s . The resu l t anyway i s a

p o l i s h e d , if s l i g h t l y p r o c e s s e d , sound ing

debut a lbum.

T h i s record i s much better than that

wh i ch is h igh in the char t s at present .

F o r a start the songs are better — but then

the songs on R o c k F o l l i e s are a t roc ious

anyway and these g i r l s ac tua l l y can s i n g ,

something a l a s , that cannot be s a i d of

the L i t t l e L a d i e s .

Ecstacy for all Daevid A l l e n : Good Morning

F O L L O W I N G T H E d e m i s e of the p lanet

Gong , D a e v i d A l l e n , G i l l i S 'myth and a

host of P H P ' s , oc tave doc to rs and other

gent le fo lk have taken refuge on the

B a l l e a r k Is le of M a j o r c a . Whi ls t on th is

sunny i s l e , they, together wi th a Span i sh

band c a l l e d "Euterpe" ca r r ied on

producing the euphor ic mus ic that Gong

under their i n f l uence used to p roduce.

S ide one i s a c o l l e c t i o n of spacey

folk muses wh i ch seem to bear a d is tan t

re la t i onsh ip to ea r l y K e v i n A y e r s

s t y l e s .

S ide two h a s one t rack in the same

s t y l e as s i d e one and then launches into

a time c a l l e d "Wise man in your heart"

with M ike Howle t t on b a s s , P ie r re

Moer l i n on drums, P e p e M i l an on g locken

s p e i l and G i l l i w i th s p a c e wh i spe r . The

s t y l e is that of " L o v e i s what U w a n t "

from " A n g e T s E g g " . Is th i s t rack a fond

fa rewe l l to the much be loved p lanet?

T h i s i s f o l l owed by a b loomdido type

sax entree into "She doesn't she...", a

happy me lod ic t rack re la t ing how "The

real pot head pixie has learnt to speak

Spanish". Of c o u r s e , th i s a lbum w i l l

not on ly be en joyab le to f i l thy drug

a d d i c t s , perver ts and s c h n i z o p h r e n i c s ,

but you too c o u l d de r i ve a s ta te of e c s t a s y

from th is beaut i fu l pathway to N i r v a n a h .

Gnome

T h e a lbum star ts wi th the best cu t ,

D a v i d G a t e s ' 'Watch Out'. G i v e n an

in te l l i gen t P h i l l y sound ing b rass arrange­

ment, it g i v e s a f i rs t impress ion that

the S i s t e r s are in fact a wh i te sou l ac t ,

but not r e a l l y . It becomes apparent as

you l i s ten to the record p rogress , .that

the s i n g s become more d i l u t e d , un t i l

you reach about hal fway through the

second s i de when they become l i t t l e

more than midd le of the road pap,

resembl ing more a sort of b l eached

P o i n t e r S i s t e r s , they (the Surp r i ses )

l ack ing the dr ive and range of the

Amer i can out f i t .

I doubt very much if the a lbum w i l l

br ing them any great s u c c e s s and indeed

the late seven t i es w i l l br ing any form of

rev i va l for a l l g i r l g roups , l i ke the fad

ach ieved twenty yea rs ago , when the

l i kes of the K a y e S i s t e r s , the Vernon

G i r l s , A l l i s o n s and the wonder fu l

B e v e r e l y S i s t e r s adorned the hit parade.

Who cou ld ever forget the B e v e r e l y

S i s t e r s ? P a r t i c u l a r l y the one who married

the great Wo lves and Eng land cap ta in

B i l l y Wright (105 c a p s ) . Who then

together a c h i e v e d further g rea tness

adve r t i s i ng co l d tar soap on t e l e v i s i o n .

T h o s e were the days

Ian Morse

Lunch am served IT O B V I O U S D A T de summer am 'e re ,

' c o s o' a l l de fo r i ' n t rend ies w a l k i n '

about w id de Ko jak shades an ' de

e l a s t o p l a s t on de bonce f 'om not be ' i n

ab le to see de overhang in ' s t a i r c a s e s in

de South S i d e .

I hear in ' dat de inmates o' de M u l t i ­

nat iona l H a l l in downtown B loomsber ry

c o m p l a i n i n ' 'bout de beens on toas t . Dey

dam lucky , nex t h i n ' dey be wan t in ' dem

taken outta of de t i n s . De Mooney got de

right idea , r e c y c l i n ' de fodder f 'om de

p la tes so no one n o t i c i n ' . Mus ' taken

years to get de d i sh w a s h i n ' mach in ' set

up r ight . Now dat I am s t rugg l i n ' to

afford a bowl o ' r i ce in de Un ion refectorry

I n o t i c i n ' dat de F e l i c s staff s w i I ! i n '

down de B o w j o l l a y a n ' de Lobs te r

Termostat w in de b i rds f 'om de Pen thouse

C l u b . A l though I yam not e x p e c t i n '

payment fo ' d.ese l i t ' ry mas te rp ieces o'

nerve sha t te r i n ' prose what I am c o b b l i n '

together, af tah a l l , they am p r i c e l e s s , I

wou ld ' p r e d a t e a few e x p e n s e s l i ke de

wear a n ' tear on de wax crayon an ' de

bus fare on de No 14 f 'om de Male t

Street .

I rememerin ' l a s ' year a s k i n ' de

Mooney why him mak in ' de f i nanc i a l

l o s s what mak in ' Br i t L e y i a n d ' s de f i c i t

l ook in ' l i ke de P a r k i n ' F i n e , a n ' him

s a y i n ' " B u t , yo ' Ma jes t y , S i r , de s tudes

won ' eat de c r a p . " " D o n ' g i ve me de

legal j a r g o n " I s a y i n ' , " g i t out dere an

put de c h i p s on w h i l e I go an ' e l im ina te

de compet i t ion by c h u c k i n ' de Cha teau

Molotof f ' 75 through de grease s ta ined

window o' de loca l Iti res turan ' shou t in '

Ma f i a an ' de c l i e n t e l l e runn ln ' f 'om de

Hot Pot l i ke de rats f 'om de s i n k l n '

s h i p . A l s o b in a h igh occu rence la te ly

o ' de c o l o n i a l s tudes e a t i n ' de leather

c o v e r s o ' de p r i c e l e s s tomes in de

Ha ldane l i b r ' y .

Only th in ' I f a n c y i n ' 'bout de Mooney

food h a l l s am de c h i c k on de ICR c a s h

t i l l . I buy in ' de p i l e o ' s a r n i e s , round in '

de corner a n ' s e e i n ' her. Wid one bound

I were at her s i d e , mah hot bref b rush ln '

her ear . " Y o u dam hansome bugger fo '

de student l e a d e r " she s a y i n ' , " 3 8 pee,

a n ' do yo ' w a n ' de top off de c o k e " . But

duty am c a l l i n ' so I h a v i n ' to rush back to

de Un ion a n ' r ing up de C a p i t a l H i t L i n e

to git dem to hit de E a r l s Court P o t s , only

to f ind dey play i n ' de records ' s tead o'

pok in ' de .38 through de letter box to

order. T P

M U X S

C r o s s Country

"The most

unfortunate team" Recent ly two members of IC

C r o s s Country C l u b t ravel led

to Hol land to take part in a

long d is tance relay race

through several countries'.

Here is a report from R i c h

Harrington one of those

intrepid runners:

On Thursday 6th May at

some r i d i cu l ou s hour that we

s c a r c e l y knew e x i s t e d , ' A l t '

Garnet t and myse l f , pretending

to be In ternat iona ls , and

va l i an t l y fo rsak ing the U L

a t h l e t i c s champ ionsh ips left

B r i x ton and c r o s s e d into

The in tense heat produced

many sunst roke c a s u a l t i e s ,

inc lud ing one of our team and

near ly one of our female super ­

s ta rs (she c o l l a p s e d just as

she f i n i shed her leg , but was

immediate ly rev i ved by a

posse of more-than-wi I l ing

pseudo med i cs ) .

The last leg of 12.5km

fo l l owed a restart and our

runner came in 4th, to the

f i n i s h at the spor ts s tadium of

E n s c h e d e U n i v e r s i t y , to the

sound of a brass band and

motor c y c l e esco r t . O v e r a l l we

f i n i shed 8th in a t ime of 12

hours 34 .43 , and were presented

w i th a pr ize for ' the most

unfortunate team' .The race w a s

won by a N i jmegen team in a

t ime of 10 .54 .20 .

The who le event was

b r i l l i an t l y o rgan ised by the

hosts at N i jmegen (as were

the a s s o c i a t e d ce lebra tory

a c t i v i t i e s ) . It c reated a unique

atmosphere throughout wh i ch

compe l led us to promise our

return next year .

Eng land to ca t ch a t ra in

to Dover . Here we jo ined a

motley bunch from R e a d i n g ,

Surrey and ( inev i tab ly )

Brune i U n i v e r s i t i e s to take

part in the Ba tav ie ren road

re lay in Ho i land.

T h e race c o n s i s t s of 24

legs of between 5 and 12.5km

(cover ing a tota l of about

120 m i les ) and beg ins at

midnight on the F r i d a y / S a t u r d a y

from N i jmegen U n i v e r s i t y

(which managed to produce 22

teams for the event ! ! ) By the

third leg our team had a lead

of about a k i lometer over the

2nd of the 62 ent rants . By

03 .00 , the race had passed

f r o m H o l l a n d , in toWest Germany

over the Rh ine and back into

H o l l a n d , and it was soon

after the border that C U number

1 occu r red . One of our number

fo l l owed a member of the

E indhoven team who fa i l ed

m iserab ly in an attempt to

nav iga te by the s ta rs and added

4 m i l es to h i s s t in t , dropping

us seve ra l p l a c e s , to ment ion

but a few. C U ' s 2 ,3 and 4

invo lved our m in ibuses f a i l i n g

to depos i t runners for leg x in

t ime to take over from those

running leg x - 1 .

At 06 .45 , the f i rs t of 3

restar ts took p l a c e . The t imes

for the teams so far were

recorded and the 10th leg

runners a l l set off together.

T h i s was my s tage , and I

covered the 8.9km in a t ime

of 31.06 to come in 8 th . In

the heat of the day , A l f ran

h i s leg of (a very long) 9km in

a t ime of 34 .45 to f i n i sh 5th

fas tes t for the 17th s tage .

Richard Harrington

'VOICES'

A R E N E E D E D

IN T H E

B B C ' s B E N G A L I S E R V I C E

B R O A D C A S T S T O T H E

S U B C O N T I N E N T

We are a l w a y s on the

lookout for new talent in

B r o a d c a s t i n g in B e n g a l i . Our

p r o g r a m m e s — Current

A f f a i r s , Drama and a w ide

range of genera l i n te res ts —

need a var ie ty of cont r ibutors-

Some are needed for jus t

reading B e n g a l i s c r i p t s

but the work i s most ly

t rans la t i on and read ing ;

standard B B C fees are p a i d .

We s h a l l be ho ld i ng

aud i t ions dur ing J u n e . If

you w i l l be i n L o n d o n

during the next a c a d e m i c

year and are in te res ted

p l e a s e wr i te to me g i v i n g

your name and a d d r e s s ,

te lephone number and br ie f

d e t a i l s of your educa t i ona l

q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , p resent

s tud ies and p rev ious

exper ience of b roadcas t i ng

i f any .

Orienteer ing

Navigational problems L A S T W E E K E N D a sma l l

group from IC made the long

journey to North Y o r k s h i r e to

compete in the B r i t i s h

c h a m p i o n s h i p s . The team left

Wandsworth ear ly on Saturday

morning, conf ident of be ing

ab le to produce good runs in

the event on Sunday; however ,

after expe r i enc ing great

d i f f i cu l t y in f ind ing a route out

of North London to the M 1 , it

was dec ided that further t ra in ing

in nav iga t ion was requ i red . With

th i s in m ind , the team left the

motorway at luncht ime in an

attempt to f ind a pub, s e l e c t e d

from a cer ta in we l l - known

pub l i ca t i on . T h i s t ime the

nav iga t ion was per fect , and the

team cont inued the journey in

high s p i r i t s .

In the af ternoon, a t ra in ing

event was held w i th the IC

team l imi t ing thei r a c t i v i t i e s

to very s l o w and e a s y running

round one of the shor ter

c o u r s e s . A l l the team managed

to m iss thei r c h o s e n start

t imes , due to the fact that

their wa tches were ad jus ted to

B r i t i s h summer t ime, whereas

the event was be ing run at

some arb i tary Y o r k s h i r e mean

t ime, approx imate ly 7 minutes

in advance of real t ime. A f te r

the event , A l a n L e a k e y

at tended the B r i t i s h Or ien tee r i ng

Federa t ion A G M , leav ing the

rest of the team at the camps i t e

to attempt to put up the tent;

wi thout the a s s i s t a n c e of

tent pegs : we are s t i l l p u z z l e d

as to why A l a n needed these

at the A G M .

S u n d a y ' s even t , he ld in

Cropton F o r e s t , near P i c k e r i n g ,

ran to a m o r e s tandard

Or ienteer ing t ime (a few

minutes late compared wi th

B S T ) , and thus a l l the team

managed to ar r ive at the

start on t ime, af ter an energy-

sapp ing s t rugg le w i th the

tent. The forest w a s fa i r l y

h i l l y , and soft underfoot , w i th

large areas of brambles and

dense undergrowth mak ing a

lot of the go ing qu i te tough.

A good network of roads and

r ides s i m p l i f i e d nav iga t i on on

the longer s t a g e s , but on these

s tages there were a l w a y s

severa l p o s s i b l e routes to

choose be tween .

Dav id R o s e n had another

very good run to f i n i s h 4th,

4 minutes behind w inner

Geof f P e c k , in a t ime of 90

mins 15 s e e s for the 12.8km

cou rse . The four m a j o r

in ternat ional s e l e c t i o n races

of 1976 have now been

comple ted , and D a v i d has

f i n i shed in the f i rs t four p l a c e s

in each of these , and he thus

has a good c h a n c e of be ing

inc luded in the B r i t i s h team

of f i ve for the World C h a m p i o n ­

sh ips in Av iemore in September .

A s the ' A ' c l a s s w a s

res t r i c ted to 60 compet i to rs ,

A l a n L e a k e y and Rob A l l i n s o n

competed in the B c l a s s , over

a 9.8km c o u r s e : both had

good runs to f i n i s h 43rd and

50th in 92 .13 and 95.29

r e s p e c t i v e l y . Ian Isherwood, in

h i s f i rs t champ ionsh ip r ace ,

ran the 7km C cou rse in 86 .45 ,

f i n i sh ing about 50th: t h i s was

a very good run after some

d i sappo in t i ng per formances in

recent w e e k s . Of other U L

runners in the even t , A l a s t a i r

D o y l e was 27th in the A c l a s s

in 102 m i n s , a good per formance

for h im, and C l i v e R e i d 57th

in the B c l a s s in 97 m ips 55 .

The team, by now h igh ly

prof ic ient in nav iga t i on ,

managed to f ind another pub

on the way home in w h i c h to

ce lebra te the i r good runs . It

was here that Ian earned h i s

new n ickname, ' the C u c o z a d e

k i d ' . Our thanks go to the

event o rgan ise rs for a very

f ine event , and to s e v e r a l

northern b rewer ies for the i r

very f ine re f reshments .

Cr i cket

NELP overwhelmed A L O N G T H E E a s t India D o c k

Road into Ba rk ing t r ave l l ed

the 1st XI to p lay the Nor th

E a s t London , P o l y t e c h n i c last

Wednesday. IC sk ippe r Tom

Ghosh won the t o s s and dec ided

to bat. In what w a s to be a

40 over match but after 31

became a 35 overs ma tch ,

supposed ly because of poor

l ight . IC then accumula ted 190

for 8 , s i gn i f i can t w inn ings

coming from Maur ice Throbb

(59), Tom Ghosh (31) and N i c k

Morton (28).

N E L P never looked as if

they wou ld sco re at the requi red

rate of over 5 runs an ove r s o

some p layers were g i ven the

rare opportuni ty of bow l ing by

thegenerous C a p t a i n . E v e n t u a l l y

however N E L P were d i s m i s s e d

for 127 wi th two recogn i sed

bowlers tak ing most of the

w i c k e t s ; notably D a v e M i l l a n f

wttfi 4 for 26 and D a v e Bramley

w i th 3 for 28 .

Team: T Ghosh, D Millard,

V Brown, N Morton, K de Silva,

A Paul, S Godding, J Coates,

D Bramley, P Jeffs, A Han.

* F E L I X

EXTERNAL ECLAIRS AS YOU P R O B A B L Y know by

now, trainee teachers all over

Britain are occupying their

colleges after the ball was set

roiling in Scotland a fortnight

ago. You may not realise why

rational and normally moderate

students are taking such

drastic action. They want to

draw the attention of the public

to the Government's cuts in

teacher training and in teaching

numbers, which mean that up to

80% of students leaving

colleges this summer will not

obtain jobs in teaching - or

probably in anything else.

It is not often that the

entire student movement is

united on one issue but this is

the case over Education Cuts.

E v e n the F e d e r a t i o n of

C o n s e r v a t i v e s tudents re ject

the pos i t i on of the Tory Par ty

on th i s matter, a l though some

of the i r membersh ip p r i va te l y

admit that they see no a l t e rn ­

a t i v e for the Government . It

seems s e n s e l e s s to d i s c a r d

these teachers who are so

badly needed in s c h o o l s . A f te r

a l l , on ly a f rac t ion of the

popu la t ion enter H igher and

Fur ther E d u c a t i o n , b u t eve ryone

goes through E d u c a t i o n be tween

the ages of f i ve and s i x t e e n ,

and s o th is i s where s c a r c e

resources shou ld be c o n ­

cen t ra ted .

T h e Government have of

c o u r s e been su rp r i sed by the

f a l l i n g of the bir th rate and

E D I T O R I A L Alternative Prospectus

T H E D E C I S I O N to re-ed i t and repr int the A l t e rna t i ve

P r o s p e c t u s ( A P ) must , I s u p p o s e , be we l comed , pa r t i cu la r l y

s i n c e C o l l e g e are to foot the b i l l . N e v e r t h e l e s s i t i s rather

presumpt ious of C o l l e g e to s e e k to ed i t a student p u b l i c a t i o n

when they have c o n t i n u a l l y re fused to permit s tudents to

ed i t the i r P r o s p e c t u s (barr ing the I C U n i o n s e c t i o n ) .

T h e C o l l e g e P r o s p e c t u s does have fac tua l errors i n i t ,

and f a i l s to g i ve p r o s p e c t i v e s tudents a fu l l p ic tu re of what

going to c o l l e g e e n t a i l s . B e s i d e s forget t ing to ment ion that

most s tudents f ind some, i f not a l l , of their cou rses and

lec tu rers bo r i ng , the p rospec tus g i v e s a f a l s e f i n a n c i a l

ou t look .

Students com ing to I C th is Oc tober have been to ld that

they 'can expect to pay, at current prices, about 25p for

breakfast, 30p for lunch and between 2Sp and 50p for an

evening meal'. N o ment ion c a n be found in the P r o s p e c t u s

o f the qua l i t y o f I C re fec tory food. Nex t y e a r ' s F r e s h e r s

ce r ta in l y are i n for a s h o c k .

T h e same P r o s p e c t u s quo tes tennly h a l l rents a s L i n s t e a d

(£80.25, Sou ths ide (£52.75) and B e i t New H o s t e l (£50.25) .

R e n t s w i l l i n f ac t be £145 .60 , £105.60 , £ 105.60 r e s p e c t i v e l y .

T h e pa l t ry d i s c l a i m e r 'The information given in this

Prospectus is that current to going, to press. May 1975, and

is subject to alteration' does noth ing to n u l l i f y the C o l l e g e

w h i t e w a s h .

A l l i n a l l C o l l e g e o f f i c i a l s and a c a d e m i c s shou ld not

throw s tones at the f i r s t A P when they themse lves l i v e i n

a g l a s s parapet .

D e s p i t e t h i s , one fact does s tand out ; the A P is a

n e e d l e s s was te o f money. If the C o l l e g e were prepared to

t e l l p rospec t i ve s tudents the who le truth there wou ld not

be a need for a student P r o s p e c t u s .

The re are two p o s s i b l e w a y s out o f the current hypo-

c i r t i c a l s i t u a t i o n . F i r s t l y a jo in t C o l l e g e and U n i o n board

shou ld ed i t the C o l l e g e P r o s p e c t u s w i th each party hav ing

equal s a y . T h i s wou ld remove the need for an A P .Second ly

the P r o s p e c t u s c o u l d be a l t e red to i nc l ude the" o f f i c i a l

C o l l e g e s e c t i o n and on s o l e l y s tudent -ed i ted A P s e c t i o n .

Bo th w a y s wou ld save C o l l e g e money . Cor respondence on

th is sub jec t i s w e l c o m e d . P a u l E k p e n y o n g

have opted to ma in ta in the

s ta tus quo rather than to use

the resu l tant su rp lus of

teachers to reduce c l a s s

s i z e s throughout the s y s t e m .

L a s t year , the number of

teachers in ma in ta ined s c h o o l s

inc reased by 16000. T h e

pred ic ted in take for each of the

next f i ve yea rs i s on ly 8000 —

a dec rease of 50%. In a d d i t i o n ,

the i nc reas ing graduate

unemployment means that

teacher ta in ing s tudents have

to comple te for jobs w i th a

greater number of graduates

from the U n i v e r s i t i e s .

A year ago, the D E S expec ted

to a t ta in the teacher -pup i l

ra t i os put forward by the ninth

report of the N a t i o n a l A d v i s o r y

C o u n c i l on the T r a i n i n g and

Supply of T e a c h e r s ( N A C T S T )

and the ten percent i nc rease

put forward by the 1972 White

Pape r , " A Framework for

E x p a n s i o n " . It now seems

doubtful whether even these

a ims w i l l be reached — and

prospec ts of removing a l l

c l a s s e s in e x c e s s of th i r ty

seem even more remote.

D Everett

ICPGG- a new breath of life needed

D O E S IC need a postgraduate

groupe? T h e answer i s , I

b e l i e v e , most e m p h a t i c a l l y ,

' y e s ' . The form it shou ld or

w i l l t ake is far from s e t t l e d .

The group has s t rugg led

by th is year , but for the

major i ty of th i s t ime it has

had no cha i rman , few a c t i v e

members and even fewer

mee t ings . C red i t shou ld be

g iven to R i c h a r d Up ton , who

has kept the very threads of

the group together . H e o r i g i na l l y

intended to be the t reasurer

but found h imse l f , by de fau l t ,

wear ing the hats of cha i rman ,

secre tary and t reasurer .

On the s o c i a l s i d e , the

group has o rgan ised a s u c c e s s ­

ful theatre tr ip just before

E a s t e r and is at present

prepar ing for i ts summer

ex t r avaganza . T h e lat ter w i l l

take the form of a mag i ca l

mystery tour on the Thames

wi th transport in the form of a

boat wi th d i s c o , bar and

food e v e n . T h i s shou ld happen

on a balmy summers even ing

ear ly in J u l y .

T h i s year has a l s o seen

the set t ing up of a work ing

party w i th in the C o l l e g e to

cons ide r the future d i rec t i on

of P G educa t ion and the

pos i t i on of and the. needs of

the P G s in the C o l l e g e . T h i s

work ing party has three P G

members and id due to report

soon .

E x t e r n a l l y , as w e l l , P G

"educat ion has been under

c l o s e sc ru t iny from a l l s i d e s .

The Commi t tee of V i c e -

C h a n c e l l o r s and P r i n c i p a l s ,

the S R C and the Par l iamenta ry

Expend i tu re Commi t tee have

a l l produced reports on

postgraduate educa t i on . The

implementat ion of the recom­

mendat ions of these reports i s

imminent and cou ld c a u s e

many changes in the sys tem

as we know it. Not a l l of these

recommendat ions a re , I f e e l ,

in the best i n te res ts of s tuden ts

or of educa t i on .

P G ' s must take an interest

and an a c t i v e part in the

making of d e c i s i o n s concern ing

their future and educa t i on . In

a c o l l e g e w i th such a large

P G sec to r as IC h a s , it i s

amaz ing that over 1500

postgrads make s o l i t t le

impact and that thei r combined

v o i c e i s s o pa the t i c .

Most postgrads at IC g i ve

the impress ion of be ing here

to work and work o n l y . We

are here to work but sure ly

there are other th ings to be

ga ined from o n e ' s t ime he re .

The IC postgraduate group

must be put back on i ts feet .

Y o u can make a start next

week by coming to the A G M

on Wednesday 2nd June at

1.00pm in E l e c Eng 408 .

See Mr Up ton , the one man

e x e c .

Hear reports on the P G

wor ld for the past 12 months.

E l e c t some o f f i ce rs for the

next year . (Why not be one

yourse l f? )

Buy a t i cke t for the r iver

boat par ty .

A l l th i s and more.

I C P G G needs a new breath

of l i f e . If you are an IC P G

come to the A G M and he lp us

to g i ve you a postgraduate

group to s a t i s f y your every

d e s i r e .

R i c k P a r k e r