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N o . 436 F r i d a y , 26 November , 1976 F R E E !

It's a RAGing success

With two events still to come, this year's Rag Week looks

like being declared an all-round success. Attendance at all the

events has been better than expected, and enthusiasm shown for

Rag has greatly impressed the Rag Week organised.

The 'week' started last Thursday with the Rag & Drag disco.

Over 200 people turned up to see IF's Paula Marriott and Mines

Pornographer Stuart Arden win two well fought contests for Rag

and Drag Queen respectively.

The three-legged pub crawl the following evening was even

more successful. Close on 300 people attempted to hobble their

way around twelve local hostilleries. Local publicans, and their

customers took the event in its intended spirit and only two pubs

the Harrington and the Queens Arms, barred their doors to the

•C revellers. Although more a social evening than a race, the

pub crawl was won by John Ashworth and Zinta Krumins from

RSMU.

The tooting of steam engine whistles and the rattling of

collecting cans started the Rag Procession on Saturday morning.

Despite fears about the level of organisation (see last week's

FELIXfront page) the event passed off smoothly. The two '

steam engines present attracted great attention from local

shoppers, as did the continual battle between Dave L o r d ' s

pedal car and the rest of the procession.

The only mishap of the day was when C & G U ' s 'Bo ran out

of petrol just before re-entering College at the close of the

procession. The police, who had marshalled the procession, then

joined everyone for a pint in the Union Bar.

To date the most well attended event was the S C A B evening

Sunday night. Over 350 people warmly applauded Dramsoc's

'After Magritte' production. In spite of complaints from S C A B

Chairman Martin Kessler about the undignified stampede for the

blue films, the event was a success.

150 IC students would have succeeded in drinking the King

George IV pub dry on Monday night, had the pub not closed

early at 10.15pm. The publican was extremely annoyed at the

rowdy songs and boisterous behaviour of the students, who he

felt was driving his normal custom away.

Many people braved the cold weather Tuesday night to gather

around the bar-b-que in Beit Quad. The event broke even.

fcCU rivalry came to its traditional head on Wednesday's

Morphy Day. The pitched battle on the tow path lost its normal

v'gour because most of the action was concentrated on getting

Cartoon: Mike Slone-Murphy

The RCS Rag float with the Lord Mayor's robin.

An n—legged attempt by Steve Braund and friends in the 3—legged

pub crawl.

Morphy Oar. After a 20-minute struggle along Putney embankment.

Mines succeeded in retaining the oar, with a little help from the

police.

On the return journey everyone crowded into one tube train

car — oh what a stench — and passed birthday boy Dave Lord

from one end of the car to another. This dirty, stinking troop of

students they went to tea at Harrods. For once we actually got

served in their way in cafeteria.

Fuller details and more photos of Rag Week in next week's

Rag Felix.

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RAG Queen Paula Marriot

Photo: Bob de Wart.

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letters to the editor That Rag Committee meeting Linstead fallacies

D e a r S i r , — With reference to

the a r t i c l e on R a g on the

front page , and the ed i t o r i a l

in l as t w e e k ' s F E L I X , w e ,

the unders igned (who a l l

a t tended the meet ing) w i s h to

ob jec t most s t rong ly to the

report ing.,

We fee l that at no s tage

d i d any C C U par t i c ipa te in

" i n t e r and i n t r a C C U b i c k e r i n g "

or " w r a n g l i n g " to " u p h o l d

the image of thei r C C U " . . A n y

d i s c u s s i o n , a l though heated

at t imes , was d i r e c t e d at the

leaders of the R a g Commi t tee

on a un i ted C C U front . It

seemed to us that i t was be ing

le f t to the C C U s to o rgan ise

the major i ty o f R a g Week, and

c a l l i n g a meet ing the day

before it s ta r ted , s o that w e

cou ld do t h i s , appeared to

be i m p r a c t i c a l .

A f te r some s e n s i b l e c o n ­

v e r s a t i o n a l l matters were

r e s o l v e d , and there i s no

e x c u s e at a l l for the reports

i n F E L I X , w h i c h made the

meet ing appear to be unpro­

d u c t i v e . T h e s i t u a t i o n ' w a s

o b v i o u s l y overdramat ised due

to the need of a good front

page s to ry .

We f e e l that there i s an

o b v i o u s l a c k of l eade rsh ip on

the commi t tee , but we cannot

i n any w a y der ide the effort

of the C a r n i v a l Co -o rd ina to r ,

Secretary and T r e a s u r e r , s i nce

they have had to p i c k up the

dregs after the summer. It i s

w i t h great regret that th is

let ter has had to be wr i t t en

but incompetent report ing has

g ross l y mis- in formed the who le

of Imper ia l C o l l e g e ,

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

P K u r o w s k i

( R S M U P r e s i d e n t )

M Osborn

( R S M U V i c e P r e s i d e n t )

A Musgrove

( R S M U E n t s Of f icer )

C Y u l e

( R S M U News le t t e r Ed i to r )

S Braund

( R C S U V i c e P res iden t )

S D e a r i n g

( C & G U P r e s i d e n t )

R B e v e r i d g e

( C & G U P u b l i c i t y Of f i ce r )

C A Mor re l l

( R C S U P res iden t )

NUS Time to get out Dear S i r , — T h i s le t ter h a s been wr i t ten in the l igh t o f l a s t F r i d a y ' s s t a r t l i n g announcement from the N U S E x e c u t i v e that they in tend to c l o s e down the U n i o n ' s t rave l and pr in t ing s e r v i c e , due to thei r a c c r u e d d e f i c i t of over £500,000. I sugges t that the time is here for us to' a g a i n examine our p o s i t i o n w i t h ­in N U S .

Bu t before we j o i n the band of d i s s a f i l i a t i n g un ions l e d by E d i n b u r g h , I w o u l d l i k e to e l u c i d a t e some of the i m p l i c a t i o n s and how we c o u l d cope w i th them.

In l as t term's deba te o n whether N U S was represen ta ­t i ve of s t u d e n t s , C h a r l e s C l a r k e used h i s p o l i t i c a l rhetor ic to the utmost . I ask y o u , how c a n a group of f u l l t ime o f f i c e r s represent the v i e w s of s t u d e n t s , the ranks of whom they lef t many years ago? Sure ly our represen ta t i ve shou ld be c l o s e l y i n v o l v e d w i t h i n student c i r c l e s , at the g rass roots l e v e l , and b e democ ra t i ca l l y e l e c t e d .

D o I hear c r i e s of more bureaucracy and e l e c t i o n s ? Qu i te p o s s i b l e , but not n e c e s s a r y as we a l ready have someone who c a n f i l l the r o l l , the U n i o n P r e s i d e n t .

One of the p r i n c i p a l fac tors that bonds the N U S together, i s the c l a i m that they c a n present a s t rong barga in ing body when put t ing forward the student c a s e to the government over matters s u c h as grants fees and graduate unemploy­ment, a reas i n w h i c h I f ee l the N U S must be g i ven s ome c red i t .

What i s aga ins t the I C U P r e s i d e n t pu t t ing forward the v i e w s o f Imper ia l C o l l e g e s tudents to the Government or other in terested bod ies?

A t l eas t he wou ld have c r e d i b i l i t y . If he were to f e e l i so l a ted there i s no th ing to stop commun ica t i on w i th other U n i o n P r e s i d e n t s to formulate a u n i f i e d front. Sure ly th is type of ex te rna l invo lvement i s what we e x p e c t from our P r e s i d e n t and if he f e e l s th is wou ld i nvo l ve too much work then wou ld he not be absen t i ng part of h i s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ?

F a r rather our ex te rna l po l i c y i s i nvo l ved i n matters w h i c h d i r e c t l y i nvo l ve Imper ia l C o l l e g e students i n preference to the spur ious p o l i t i c a l and i d e o l o g i c a l debates over matters a l i e n to us .

A s for the s e r v i c e s that the N U S offer: I c a n ' t think of any sec to r in w h i c h we a s a U n i o n wou ld be i ncapab le of d e v e l o p i n g an a l t e rna t i ve . When c o n s i d e r i n g t h i s , remem­ber that we wou ld have an ex t ra £5,000 in our cof fers that wou ld o therw ise have gone to the N U S . E n d s l e i g h Insur­a n c e , w h i c h acco rd ing to our N U S E x e c u t i v e i s p ro f i tab le , wou ld be a v a i l a b l e to you as a student , whether y o u be a member of the N U S or not. In any c a s e it has often been s ta ted that one c a n obta in a better i nsu rance d e a l from many of the large insurance g roups , af ter a l l i nsu rance i s a compe t i t i ve market .

N o w is the time to s tand on our own , to communicate w i th other i ns t i t u t i ons but o v e r a l l to d e v e l o p the s e r v i c e s we need and w i l l u s e .

T h e d e c i s i o n to leave w i l l be harder to make than the one to s tay i n , but a short term l o s s w o u l d soon be forgotten i n the l igh t of long term g a i n s . Y o u r s f a i t h fu l l y , J O H N M O R G A N I C U Welfare O f f i ce r 22 November 1976

Dear S i r , —There i s much more agreement than he supposes between Mr C h e e t h a m ' s th ink­ing — both h i s c r i t i c i s m o f c o l l e g e r e s i d e n c e s and h i s p ra i se of the kn igh t sb r i dge A s s o c i a t i o n p lan — and the th ink ing beh ind the a l te rna t i ve p roposed by Mr Gard ine r a n d myse l f . In the lat ter we have t r ied to demonstrate the econom ic s and f e a s i b i l i t y of a human s c a l e l o w r i s e s o l u t i o n , w h i c h wou ld harmonise the in te res ts of both s tudents and r e s i d e n t s .

The d i f f i cu l t y i n mak ing the compar i son Mr Chee tham wants to make , however , i s that the Kn igh tsb r i dge A s s o ­c i a t i o n scheme accommodates only 72 students and i s enormous ly e x p e n s i v e . Whereas Stephen G a r d i n e r ' s p lan at tempts to meet the C o l l e g e ' s br ie f as far a s i s p o s s i b l e , and w i t h i n the l im i t s of the bene fac t i on . T h i s i s not e a s y . T h e scheme w ins on c o s t s , yet it a l ready represents a compromise (280 h a l l p l a c e s ) be tween the C o l l e g e ' s t a rge t (wh ich i s s u e d in day l i gh t i ng in f r ingements and cond i t i ons that I d i s l i k e a s much as Mr Chee tham does) and the lower accommodat ion targets , w h i c h

wou ld g i ve the space a n d p r i vac y Mr Chee tham v e r y

unders tandab ly d e s i r e s . Of course larger quadrang les

and fewer rooms wou ld make our scheme bet ter . Tha t i s what we shou ld have l i k e d . M e a n w h i l e , though, e v e n i n the scheme as it s tands , Mr Chee tham is wrong about the quadrang les . T h e i r s i z e i s comparab le w i t h that o f seve ra l t reasured p u b l i c gardens in the C i t y . L e t Mr Cheetham exp lore the squares and a l l e y s between C a r t e r L a n e and the r i ve r . C o m p r e h e n s i b i l i t y . Mr Gard ine r and I have of fered to e x p l a i n what schemes l i ke h is wou ld be l i k e . T h e Un ion E x e c u t i v e has not responded to th is of fer . Fur thermore i ts comments on the scheme have res ted on seve ra l ser ious m isunders tand ­i n g s .

Spor ts . Mr G a r d i n e r ' s report , sent to the C o l l e g e , made s u g g e s t i o n s about new loca t i ons for t hese . C a r s . There i s no prospect o f the bene fac t i on be ing a v a i l a b l e to accommodate ca rs in the manner e n v i s a g e d by the Kn igh tsb r i dge A s s o c i a t i o n . If Mr Chee tham l i k e s low r i s e , human s c a l e b u i l d i n g s , l o s s of park ing i s the c o n s e q u e n c e . He cannot have eve ry th i ng . Y o u r s s i n c e r e l y , D A V I D WIGGINS 12 November 1976

Critics corner(ed?) Dear S i r , — I shou ld l i ke to

exp ress my extreme d i s s a t i s ­

f ac t i on w i th recent i s s u e s of

F E L I X , pa r t i cu la r l y number

434. Sure ly there i s not such a

shortage of con t r i bu t i ons , or

a l te rna t i ve l y such a l ow

standard of l i t e racy among

your reade rs , that one pag e

needs to be o c c u p i e d by a

rather f a c i l e d e p i c t i o n of

Morphy D a y , and the cen t re

spread a lmos t who l l y c o n c e a l e d

by banner head l i ne s adve r t i s i ng

R a g Week. I r e a l i s e the need

to make a v i s u a l impact on

the reader , but su re ly i tems

of such doubt fu l r e levance are

ca r r y i ng th is too far ; o n e

would expec t a newspaper to

prov ide a c e r t a i n amount of

reading matter, a s e r v i c e

w h i c h appears to have been

neg lec ted .

H a v i n g s a i d t h i s , I must

welcome the d i s a p p e a r a n c e ,

in i s s u e 434, of the op in iona ted

and somet imes cont rad ic to ry

comment appear ing in the

' W h a t ' s O n ' s e c t i o n . C a n Ian

Morse c l a i m that conduc t ing a

persona l vendet ta aga ins t

'Sounds ' (from whom the

concer t informat ion appears to

be bor rowed, judg ing by the

iden t i ca l p r in t ing errors) i s

the leg i t imate funct ion of such,

a co lumn?

Compar ing the t echn i ca l

s tandard , and apparent expense ,

of product ion of Sennet a n d

F E L I X , one wou ld expec t a

s i m i l a r super io r i t y of c o n t e n t '

in the la t te r . U n l e s s mater ia l

of more re levance and in teres t

to 1C students i s i n c l u d e d ,

th is unenv iab le compar i son

may be con t i nued ; the gate o f

Sennet needs no further

comment.

C O L I N A D A M S

Mat . S c i 2 .

12 November 1976

IAN MORSE rep lies :-

You are quite alert in your

assumption that the gig guide

is obtained from Sounds. As

for me conducting a vendetta

against this poor-mans NME;

if pointing out unaccuracies of

truth entails the term 'vendetta'

being used, then I see little

harm in it, although two small

pieces concerning Sounds can

hardly justify a 'vendetta'. To

conclude, I am told some

people actually find the

'What's On' column both

interesting and informative.

dA f i l e of those requ i r ing

l i f t s (by car ) to IC and those

prepared to offer them i s now

being c o m p i l e d . D e t a i l s —

p l e a s e keep these to a

minimum — shou ld be p lace

on a p la in pos tca rd and sent to

MISS J C R A W L E Y , Department

of G e o l o g y . A t y p i c a l card

wou ld read thus: (top l ine)

Of fe red /Wanted , p l a c e of

s ta r t ing ; (underneath) name

and internal con tac t po in t ,

(No 'phone calls and No

Long Letters, just the essential

facts on a postcard.

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N t w w c n or MKKIM. cOLitoe UMOM

sL a s t w e e k ' s front page story was

wr i t ten by P a u l E k p e n y o n g (Rag

P u b l i c i t y O f f i ce r and l a s t y e a r ' s

F E L I X Ed i t o r ) , and sub-ed i ted by

Duncan S u s s and myse l f . We have had

2Vi, V/2 and 3 years exper ience respec ­

t i ve l y in work ing in the student med ia .

Mr Ekpenyong and myse l f were at the

C a r n i v a l Commit tee meet ing , but d id

not take voc i fe rous part in i t .

Qui te a few of the authors to the

let ter on page 2 , conce rn ing th i s

ineet ing ,d id take a very v o c a l , and at

t imes unproduct ive part in the

Commi t t ee ' s p roceed ings . There w a s

C C U b i c k e r i n g as desc r i bed and the

C C U s d id comp la in about the lack of

o rgan isa t i on of the R a g p r o c e s s i o n

as reported in the a r t i c l e .

The F E L I X story was fac tua l and

competent ly wr i t ten. Whi ls t appre­

c i a t i n g Ca r n i va l Commi t t ee ' s p rob lems ,

1 only w i s h that even ts had made i t

unnecessa ry to wri te such a s to ry .

But that was up to the peop le at the

meet ing . . . ^

Regard ing R a g Week gene ra l l y , i t

has gone w e l l . The week i s in tended

to encourage in te rna l support for R a g .

However , the response from l o c a l

res iden ts to the p r o c e s s i o n s h o u l d

in future be c a p i t a l i s e d on. P e r h a p s

next year even ts c o u l d be arranged to

invo l ve the l o c a l s as w e l l a s IC

s tuden ts .

Tha t wou ld ce r ta in l y g ive s tudents

and R a g a better image in K e n s i n g t o n

and Kn igh t sb r i dge . A f te r the D r i n k

A P u b Dry e x e r c i s e i n how to g e t

yourse l f o v e r p i s s e d I th ink we need

i t . Many expe r i enced M i n e s d r i nke rs

wa l ked out of the pub, d i sgus ted w i th

the i r f e l l ow s tuden ts ' behav iour . A

member of the I C U E x e c conveyed the

same op in ion to me; I concur — the

even ing was not a great advert for I C .

SIt i s indeed sad to see N U S T r a v e l

c o l l a p s e . What i s hear ten ing , though,

i s that student un ions are t ry ing to

set up a v i a b l e a l te rna t i ve t r a v e l

s e r v i c e b a s e d on the N U S T r a v e l

b u s i n e s s c h a n n e l s . Cong ra tu la t i ons to

N i c k B r a y s h a w and Hugh Bar re t t for

the hard work they ' re put i n over the

las t week to get a L o n d o n t rave l

bureau go ing . Y o u ' l l be ab le to hear

about this at T h u r s d a y ' s U G M .

xStudent papers can never af ford to

turn away staf f . B e i n g an of fset -

l i tho paper p r in ted on our own

p r e m i s e s , F E L I X needs more staf f

than most student papers . Whatever

the i r l e v e l of committment anyone who

wants to work on F E L I X i s we l come .

A t the moment though there i s a d i v e

need for photographers and feature

wr i t e rs .

F E L I X O f f i c e , Imperial C o l l e g e

Union , Pr ince Consort R o a d ,

London SW7 2 B B T e l 01 589 5111

ext 1048/1042/1043 int 2881.

C l i v e Dewey - Editor

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F E L I X , N O V E M B E R 26th 197b - 3

'What about the (permanent)

worker? T h o s e of you who have been brows ing

through the Un ion D i rec to ry , and whose

e y e s , perchance , s t rayed over the page

headed ' I C U C o u n c i l ' may have wondered

what the members of th i s motley c r e w

a c t u a l l y d o . W e l l , some are reasonab ly

se l f - ev i den t (eg Welfare O f f i ce r , A c a d e m i c

A f f a i r s O f f i ce r ) ; but what about t h e s e

s i x , he re? ' 'Permanent Work ing P a r t y ' .

What do they do?

T h i s i nev i tab le query i s answered

in true IC bu l l sh i t f ash ion by a s k i n g

another q u e s t i o n , v i z , Who represents

the genera l in terests of ord inary(?)

s tudents on C o u n c i l ? T o whom do you go

if you w i s h to r a i s e a matter not d i rec t l y

concerned wi th F i n a n c e , Ex te rna l A f f a i r s

or wha tever? Matters l i k e 'Shou ld w e

sc rap such -and-such a commi t tee? or

'Why don ' t we have an Of f i ce r for

b l a n k e t e y - b l a n k ? ' Tha t , good peop le , i s

what the P W P (another entry for the ICU

code-book) i s for .

Continued on page 4

y A p o l o g i e s are in order to M ines

P r e s i d e n t P a u l K u r o w s k i . Whi ls t P a u l

to ld me 2 w e e k s ago that he wou ldn ' t

be s t r e a k i n g , a R S M U n i o n mee t ing

l a s t T u e s d a y vo ted unan imous ly that

he shou ld not s t reak . The mee t ing

thought the stunt was unor ig ina l and

that peop le wou ld pay to laugh at the

s t reaker , rather than to support R a g .

I'm sorry the front page car toon cap t i on

d i d not c o n v e y t h i s proper ly-

C l i v e Dewey

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4 - F E L I X N O V E M B E R 26th 1976

New ideas for a lost cause Two weeks ago F E L I X reported

new developments to help overseas

Students at Imperial C o l l e g e . In

part icular we drew attention to a

group of ac t i v is ts who wanted to give

a new l i fe to overseas student affairs.

Here the same ac t i v is ts outl ine

their plans in an open letter to a l l

IC students.

I C ' s O v e r s e a s Students C o m m i t t e e

(OSC) has been very p a s s i v e over the

last year , probably due to loose o rgan­

i sa t i on now more than ever , s o we

a c t i v i s t s from o v e r s e a s , together wi th

some ICU o f f i ce r s , have come together

and t r ied to change the o ld form of the

O S C , to a new form w h i c h we th ink w i l l

be more e f f ec t i ve in dea l i ng w i th our

common prob lems. In the new form, the

O S C w i l l be a new major sub-commi t tee

of ICU C o u n c i l a l l nat iona l s o c i e t i e s

wi II be aff Mated to the new sub-commi t tee .

A new cons t i t u t i on has been prepared

and w i l l be submit ted to c o u n c i l for

app rova l . By the time th is is done, a

general meet ing of ove rseas s tuden ts

w i l l be c a l l e d to e lec t the e x e c u t i v e

commit tee, e t c .

The new O S C w i l l a im to:-

(i) bring ove rseas s tudents together ,

by o rgan i s ing s o c i a l even ts (ie cu l tu ra l

e v e n i n g s , to he lp exchange of knowledge

on how people in our coun t r ies l i ve and

what thei r ob j ec t i ve s a re .

The Links Club, conceived on

26th October 1926 by a young Ameri­

can anglophile, 'RIP' Mayor, and

three fellow Guildsmen, 'John 'Millard,

'Bobbie' Mayes and 'Percy' Shelley,

celebrated its fiftieth birthday with a

special Anniversary Ball on Sat. 30th

October.

N o contemporary record of this

in format ion e x i s t s excep t by way of

r e c o l l e c t i o n . The or ig ina l M inu te Book

and D inne r B o o k m i s s i n g for many y e a r s ,

mys te r i ous l y a r r i ved at C o l l e g e on the

Thu rsday before the ann i ve rsa ry . The

record of the f i rs t d inner and mee t ing ,

he ld on F r i d a y 10th December 1926 i n

the Mars R e s taurant, Soho (now demol i shed)

con ta ins the f o l l o w i n g :

This memorable occasion of the first

meeting opened with musical honours,

'Pug' being at the piano and well

assisted by the Links Chorus

A very enjoyable meal followed inter-

mingled with wit and wisdom, fast and

furious jokes, the clank and clink of

glasses. 'RIP' rose: "We are gathered

together for the first time as 'Friends,

Goodfellows, Sportsmen'; for what better

reasons could we meet? The foundation,

the ideals and objects of the Club are

bound up in these words, they form the

keynote of our existence as a corporate

body: that we may ever prove true,

loyal and cheerful, and that our acts may

always be those of men and sportsmen."

T h e meet ing was adjourned at 10.30

pm when:

Several Links thereupon wended their

way into the blazing night of L ondon

town in search of entertainment a nd

amusement. Rumour hath it that they

visioned the dawn of day.

L i t t l e has changed in those f i f t y

y e a r s .

W e l l , that g i v e s a br ief exp lana t i on as

to why some Gu i l dsman c a n be s e e n

wear ing those navy , b lue , maroon and

p ink s t r iped t i es on T h u r s d a y s . T h e

f ina l paragraph from those f i r s t m inu tes

probably he lp to ex p la i n other b izare

Thu rsday phenomena. E a c h new member

e l e c t e d to the C l u b i s g i ven a n ickname

and a l i nk bear ing h i s name i s added to

the L i n k s C h a i n . T h e precepts of the

(i i ) o rgan i s ing a c t i v i t i e s re la ted to the

problems fac ing ove rseas s tudents in

th i s count ry , e g , d i s c r i m i n a t i o n in tu i t ion

f e e s , rac ia l d i s c r i m i n a t i o n , r es t r i c t i ons

on immigrat ion and vaca t i on work .

The c a s e of ove rseas s tudents is not

at a l ! l imi ted to the arguments about the

leve l of the tu i t ion fees , (which has

r isen from £80 in 1967 to £416 in 1975).

Ra the r , it i s one s p e c i f i c aspec t of w ide

rang ing l i n k s that e x i s t between the

third wor ld and the wes te rn powe rs .

A f te r World War 2, there was an

'economic boom' in the western w o r l d

and there was urgent need for labour.

In B r i t a i n , workers were needed as t ra in

d r i ve rs , nu rses , c l eane rs and s o on .

P e o p l e from the West Ind ies , A f r i c a ,

India, P a k i s t a n came over here to do

p rec i se l y these j o b s . But these workers

were never told that they were needed

a s cheap labour.

A g a i n in the pas t , the B r i t i s h

Government had we lcomed s tudents from

her c o l o n i e s and other under-developed

c o u n t r i e s , because they were needed to

man her c o l o n i a l and neo -co lon ia l

appara tus .

Y e t , wi th the B r i t i sh economy fac ing

the wors t c r i s i s s i n c e the war , the

immigrant workers and ove rseas s tudents

f ind themse lves faced w i th rac ism and

The chain is forged

nlr

)ss

C l u b nave been main ta ined to a greater

or l e s s e r extent s i n c e 1926 and the C l u b

has seen many a r i s e s and s u r v i v e d .

There seems no reason why it shou ld not

cont inue to do s o .

On 27th May 1935 the minutes record :

After many good stories, we adjourned

to the bar where we commandeered a man

with a banjo and sang ourselves hoarse

until closing time much to the amusemen{

of a watching policeman above.

In 1943 the war and other more usua l

events( ! ) dep le ted the returning members

at the s tar t of the '43—'44 s e s s i o n t o

jus t three, two of whom had only been

e l e c t e d the prev ious term and the th i rd

the term before that. The C l u b ' s c o n ­

s t i tu t ion had not fo reseen this d i f f i cu l t y

and was temporar i ly suspended ( I C U pay

no at tent ion! )

In la ter y e a r s , to prevent the d i s ­

banding of the C l u b , the c o n s t i t u t i o n

was amended, i nc lud ing an a r t i c le s ta t ing

that the d i s s o l u t i o n of the C l u b cou ld not

occu r un less consent of a l l the members

and Queert V i c t o r i a was ob ta ineu . T h e

future of the C l u b seems secu re .

Of those four founder members, ' R I P '

Mayor d i e d about f i ve years ago, ' P e r c y '

She l l e y was las t heard of in Burma i n

1931. The other two, ' J o h n ' M i l l a rd and

' B o b b i e ' M a y e s , were both ab le to

attend the Ann i ve rsa ry B a l l , together

wi th f i ve other L i n k s from the 1 9 2 0 ' s .

Judg ing by the comments in the d inner

book p a s s e d around at the B a l l , the

even ing w a s a sp lend id s u c c e s s . ' ' A

memorable e v e n i n g " s a i d ' J o h n M ' ,

" N e v e r to be fo rgo t t en " , ' B o b b i e ' .

be ing to id that they are no longer wanted

in th is count ry .

A t tempts are being made to i s o l a t e

the ove rseas s tudents through rac i s t

p o l i c i e s . If the ove rseas students a re

de fea ted , the Government w i l l face a

d i v i d e d and hence weakened student

body. More a t tacks on the student body

wiII then fo l l ow .

In br ief , our s t rugg le as ove rseas

s tudents is one wi th that of the immigrant

worke rs , who are much more e x p l o i t e d

and o p p r e s s e d . It is a l s o inseparab le

from the economic s t rugg le of B r i t i s h

s tuden ts .

A s long as we are compe l l ed by

c i r c u m s t a n c e s to come to th is coun t ry ,

we s h a l l f ight d i s c r i m i n a t i o n and any

attempts at further e x p l o i t a t i o n .

U N I T E D , F I G H T D I S C R I M I N A T I O N and

D E F E N D Y O U R R I G H T S .

We need you a l l to par t i c ipa te for the benef i t of a l l of u s .

We hope to see you in our next meet ing w h i c h is on 30th November a t 1.00pm in the (Green) Commit tee R o o m , Room at the top, Un ion B u i l d i n g . ( T o p f loor ) .

The more we get united, the stronger we will be.

A c t i v i s t s of the O S C

' J o h n C * wrote " w h o e v e r invented the

t i e ? " and S i r D a v i d N i c h o l s o n ( ' N i c k ' ) ,

" L o n g L i v e L i n k s . " S t e l l a S k e t c h , w i f e

of 'W i l f r ed ' Ske tch of 1927 fame comments

"I a l w a y s thought it was the L y n x C l u b "

Remarks from lat ter v i n t a g e s 4 i n c l u d e

" A l t h o u g h I'm a woman, I'm one of the

l a d s " by Anne P i c k a r d ( C & G Hon S e c

75—76) guest of ' B l u t o ' H o y l e , f o l l owed

by an anonymous " Y o u cou ld have

foo led m e . " " I t was worth the tr ip

from C a n a d a " s a i d ' A p p l e ' C o r r , and

there were many comments s u c h as

" s e e you in 2 0 2 6 " , " a n d 2 0 7 6 . "

It was ce r ta in l y a marve l lous par ty ,

and in the v e i n of those o r i g ina l minutes

Rumour hath it that they visioned the

dawn of day.

Paul Jowitt

Worker continued from page 3

The membership i s s i x Ordinary

Members, e l ec ted by and from a U G M

(hence the former t i t l e , ' F l o o r R e p s . ' )

augmented;-when meet ing ou ts ide C o u n c i l

by the P r e s i d e n t , D P and Hon S e c . It is

important that you a t least get to know

who we are, as it is your in terests that

we represent . The present s i x members

are : Sue K a l i c i n s k i (Chem E n g P G —

Former Wel fare O f f i ce r and current

Southwe l l Warden), S teve Ward (Min ing 2

misnamed 'S imon ' in the d i r e c t o r y , ) ,

Dave N i c k s o n .(Botany P G — P h y s i c s

E m e r i t u s ; co-fot inder of the Abbot

D r i nke rs ' A s s o c i a t i o n ) , Steve Pa te rson

(Met 3 usua l l y dubbed 'Squaddy ' , M i n e s

Hon S e c ) , Duncan Suss ( E l e c E n g 2 -

o c c a s i o n a l F E L I X s ta lwar t ) and las t ,

but not l eas t , R o s s Da r l i ng ( P h y s i c s 2

of 'I s a c r i f i c e d my beard for D r a m s o c '

fame).

Unders tandab ly , we need feedback to

do our job proper ly , o therwise we ' re just

a Permanent T a l k i n g Pa r t y . Most of us

are fa i r ly c o n s p i c u o u s , and each c a n te l l

you who the others are ( i t ' s c a l l e d

p a s s i n g the buck) . So do probe us , do

argue wi th us , and do te l l us your

op in ions on the U n i o n ' s St ructure. In

the words of Winston C h u r c h i l l : ' Y o u

don't need a long stick to sttr s/i/f,

but ithelps!) R o s s Dar l ing Sec

Secretary PWP

F E L I X , N O V E M B E R 26th 1976 - 5

Fake is funnier than sex Standing in a dark comer — approp­

r ia te ly enough — I was approached by

the Ed i t o r who , as brazen as ever ,

managed wi th l i t t l e subt le ty to convey

h i s w i s h that I rev iew the latest e ro t i ca

from S Y L V I A K R I S T E L . T o cut a long

story shor t , I went to see it and c a n

report thus: it is a beaut i fu l ly shot f i l m ,

as are a l l F ranco - I t a l i ans f i lms c o n c e r n ­

ing s e x . Unfo r tuna te ly , but as u s u a l ,

there is no story l i ne , or even p lot , as

s u c h . M i s s K r i s t e l , in her second

coming as Emmanue l l e , moves e a s i l y

from one sc rew to another w i th only a

s l i gh t - paus e for re l ie f )? )

R e l i e f comes to her in the form of

o rgasmic b l i s s induced by acupunc tu re .

So much then for Emmanuelle 2; s e n s u a l ,

e ro t i c and s o B O R I N G .

E q u a l l y d i sappo in t i ng , but not s o

bor ing, is Rene C a r d o n a ' s Survive (x

A B C Shaf tesbury A v e and F u lha m R d ,

re leased by EMI ) . It is a re-creat ion of

the A n d e s p lane c rash of 1972 and the

subsequent ordea l of the s u r v i v o r s . A n

in tense f i lm — it s ta r ts off d rama t i ca l l y

enough, w i th i ts opening sequences of

the c rash — al though it f a i l s to b r ing

home the impact of the ac t i ons of the

su rv i vo r s to stay a l i v e . Scenes of

c a n i b a l i s m are treated very tamely ; the

camera zooming in on ly to zoom out

a g a i n , l eav ing one in doubt as to wha t

has just taken p l a c e . But it d id happen;

why, then, the t im id i t y? One can o n l y

c o n c l u d e that the d i rec to r ' s own re t i cence

that is the root c a u s e .

T h i s is a pity because C a r d o n a ' s

loose gr ip permeates through t o the

p l aye rs , some of M e x i c o ' s lead ing

a c t o r s . Le f t to their own d e v i c e s , they

more or l e s s wander through f i lm in no

way g i v i ng it the emot iona l impact that

it needs . Y e t , desp i t e a l l t h i s , Survive i s

worth wa tch ing ; some sma l l part of the

rea l - l i f e su r v i vo r s does seep through.

A n d it a s k s of the aud ience , ''Would you

have done t h i s ? '

FOR FAKE, wr i t ten , d i rec ted and

starr ing O R S O N W E L L E S is about fakery

and the masters of that t rade. L e a d i n g

the pack i s E L M Y R D E H O R Y , ce lebra ted

for h i s fo rger ies (or s h a l l we s a y , more

k i nd l y , exac t dup l i ca tes ) of post-

impress ion i s t pa in t i ngs . So good, in

f a c t , ' t h a t (so ca l l ed ) art exper ts have

authent ica ted them. But We l l es wou ld

never be content w i th a story so s i m p l e .

He s i d e t r a c k s the aud ience to another forger - de H o r y ' s b iographer, C l i f f o rd I rv ing.

The connec t i ons do not end here, however . We l l es revea ls yet ano ther l ink between I rv ing, Hughes and h imse l f (and there we get the f i rs t g l impse of

the cha r la tan W e l l e s ' beg inn ings as a n

ac to r ) . Impunity is the forte of a great

forger — and We l l es has it, r ight from

the s ta r t . (At 16 — broke, and out o f

work — he got h i s f i rs t ro le as an ac to r

in Dub l i n by c l a i m i n g he was a Broadway

s ta r . H o w ' s that for bare- faced cheek? )

With a l l th i s fakery and imposter ing ,

Wei les q u i z z e s :

'How important is an artist's signature

to his work?' How he answers h is own

ques t i on is the most revea l ing aspec t of

h i s who le a t t i tude to sub jec t . I leave it

to you to f ind out what he s a y s .

Fake i s a beaut i fu l mas te rp iece , (or is

it?) w i th We l l es looming through, O J A

K O D A R s e n s u o u s l y f loa t ing by, E L M Y R

D E H O R Y p lay ing at being h imse l f , and

C L I F F O R D I R V I N G despera te ly t ry ing

to maintain a facade of i nnocence .

H a r l e c h ' s mob were s o impressed

w i th it , they have awarded Fake the

unique ce r t i f i ca te M (for mas te rp iece ) .

F a k e is now showing at the E s s e n t i a l

C i n e m a , 76 Wardour Street , Soho (439

3657) and the E l e c t r i c C i n e m a , W11

Slapstick and intimacy Ralph M c T e l l at IC 's Great Hal l (last

Saturday)

F i r s t off, congra tu la t ions to E n t s for

a superb Saturday e v e n i n g ' s en te r ta in ­

ment! (makes a change from last week —

E d ) . They had us in s t i t c h e s for the f i rs t

hour, wi th an o r ig ina l l ine-up c a l l e d

Theat re S l a p s t i c k — two g i r l s and f i v e

lads w i th a bewi lde r ing cong lomera t ion

of instruments ( i nc lud ing a gun and duck

mat ing c a l l s ! ) wh ich they used w e l l in a

w ide range of s o n g s . T h e s e ranged from

fa i r l y s e r i o u s funk rock numbers to dead

funny q u i c k i e s .

Throughout , we had s k e t c h e s a ' l a

Monty P y t h o n , m im ic ry , mime and jus t

genera l s i l l y buggers (a l l w e l l rehearsed ,

t imed s l a p s t i c k ) . A l l in a l l S l a p s t i c k

made everyone have a good t ime; they

shou Id go far.

H a v i n g be ing put in a good mood, we

a l l w a i t e d , wi th bai ted breath, for

Ra lph M c T e l l . H e rece ived a love ly

we l come , and got s tuck in wi th 'You

Were My First Song? T h i s was the

second t ime I've seen th is f e l l a l i v e ,

and on both o c c a s i o n s he ' s managed to

generate an int imate atmosphere a lmos t

immedia te ly . There was abso lu te

s i l e n c e — apart from the drunken bum

someone merc i fu l l y esco r ted out — w h i l e

he s a n g . I fe l t a s though he was s i n g i n g

to (and for) me a lone — qu i te a feat in a

packed Great H a l l .

He p layed many t racks off h i s new

L P , i nc l ud ing 'It's a Long Way from

Clare to Hdre' (C la re being a p lace i n

Ireland), 'Tequila Sunset' and 'Weather

the Storm'. The latter in tune w i th the

a i r condi t ioner .

Ra lp h a l s o showed h i s ta len ts on the

p iano ['Naomi' and 'Old Grey Rag' — an

attempt at ragt ime he s t i l l hasn ' t q u i t e

mastered) as w e l l as on gu i ta r . Th rough­

out a l l the songs there was a depth of

f r i vo l i t y .

'S t reets of L o n d o n ' f i n i shed the se t ;

enco res were 'Sweef Mystery' and y e t

another c o c k n e y fo lk s o n g . You ' i re the

best M c T e l l , and I th ink we a l l ag reed

that you d idn ' t need to wear brown

t rousers af ter a l l .

Plum

.....with Ralph McTell

Ralph M c T e l l - 'Right Side Up ' -

Warner Brothers

Ra lph M c T e l l ' s fourth L P for Warner

Brothers is the second ve rs ion of t h i s

a lbum; the f i rs t of these he s c r a p p e d

because , w h i l s t t e c h n i c a l l y per fect , he

fel t it w a s not truely h is s t y l e .

The ' s e c o n d ' ve rs ion proves to be a

w e l l - b a l a n c e d combinat ion of l ight -

hear ted, i n t rospec t i ve s o n g s . When I

f i rs t heard it, I thought 'oh y e s , just

another bit of background m u s i c ' . Bu t

after a w h i l e I found that the emot iona l

content of the songs genu ine ly gets to

you — they ' re s i n c e r e , and it c o m e s

a c r o s s w e l l . G i v e the L P a c h a n c e , I

thoroughly recommend it.

The e l e v e n t racks inc lude 'Weather

the Storm' (h is new s i n g l e ) , as w e l l as

two beaut i fu l songs from a coup le of h i s

con temporar ies : Tom Wa i tes ' 'San Diego

Serenade' and John Mar tyn ' s 'May YQU

Never' (a personal favour i te ) . H i s v

m u s i c a l a b i l i t y i s w e l l exp lo i t ed — wi th

keyboards on 'Naomi' and a good range

of v o c a l m e l o d i e s . The me l low mood is

ca r r ied over from the f i rst s i d e onto the

s e c o n d .

I reckon i t ' s an ideal record to cu r l

up by the f i re to, wi th a hot cup of co f fee

and someone n i c e . Plum

Would anyone wi th b l a c k and wh i t e

photos of R a g Week p l e a s e br ing them

into the F E L I X O f f i c e a s soon a s

p o s s i b l e , p re ferab ly today or over the

weekend but ce r ta in l y by Monday l u n c h ­

t ime.

A Princely Production Hamlet at the O l i v i e r , Nat ional Theatre

Albe r t F i n n e y ' s Hamle t , d i r e c t e d

by Pe te r H a l l has reached i ts f ina l

res t ing p l a c e in the new O l i v i e r Thea t re .

It is near ly twe l ve months s i n c e i ts

journey began at the O l d V i c , before

be ing t ransferred temporar i ly to the

s tage of L y t t e l t o n , the Na t iona l T h e a t r e ' s

p roscen ium s t a g e . A t the O l i v i e r we may

now see Mr F i n n e y in a l l h i s g lo ry , no

longer cramped behind the p ic ture- f rame.

Suddenly the who le product ion takes on

an a i r of author i ty w h i c h I found l ac k i n g

before.

How e x c i t i n g to see Hamlet for the

f i rs t t ime, a g a i n ! Y e t I fe l t that, in t h i s

Hamlet, I was s e e i n g the p lay anew . N o

longer is the P r i n c e the d roo l ing tow-

ha i red youth dr iven to the depths o f

despa i r by h i s i nab i l i t y to make up h i s

mind; here he is dynam ic , d e c i d e d , but

f rustrated by an inab i l i t y to do the d e e d .

Mr. F i n n e y ' s performance i s des igned to

ex t rac t the maximum of humour from the

p lay , from the emula t ion of O s r i c , the

a f fec ted cour t ie r , dropping r 's a l l over

the p l a c e , to the ins t ruc t ions to the

p l a y e r s , where he looks to the aud ience

for a s s e n t .

Apar t from br inging the play out onto

the open s tage , the O l i v i e r br ings the

aud ience up to the a c t o r s ' e y e - l e v e l

w i th ex t raord inary r e s u l t s . In the ' T o be

or not to be' s p e e c h , the eyes c o n t i n ­

uous ly dart around the aud ience d rawing

the who le house into the mind of the

P r i n c e .

Mr F i n n e y is supported by an e x c e l l e n t

c a s t , Susan F l e e t w o o d ' s O p h e l i a and

D e n i s Q u i l l e y ' s C l a u d i u s in pa r t i cu la r .

The length is somewhat e x c e s s i v e — the

play being sp l i t into two a c t s of

about two and a ha l f hours and one

hour, but the end ing i s we l l -wor th

wa i t i ng for, a s a re the b lue den ims

protruding from the bottom of one c l o a k

in Fo r t i nb ras ' army.

Thomas Stevenson

6 - F E L I X , N O V E M B E R 26th 1976

yD i s c o

IC En ts D i s c o : 8pm. Un ion

Lower Re fec to ry .

C h e l s e a C o l l e g e Student Un ion

D i s c o at Un ion Refec tory 8pm

15p.

G i g

Crty & G u i l d s Rag C a r n i v a l

Fea tu r ing S a s s a f r a s , F o s t e r

Brothers Band & A l a n Wfi i te.

D i s c o and late bar , Food and

F i l m s . T i c k e t s £1.90 from G u i l d s

Un ion O f f i ce th is lunchtime or

£2.20 on door ton ight .

F i l m

IC F i l m s o c presents Bus te r

Keaton in ' T h e G e n e r a l ' and

Humphrey Bogar t and Ingird

Bergman in ' C a s a b l a n c a ' .

7 .30pm. Great H a l l , Imperial

C o l l e g e . F ree wi th membership

ca rd or 25p to non-members.

C l u b Ac t i v i t y •

Orienteer ing C l u b . Luncht ime

Mee t ing . 12.40pm. Un ion Senior

Common Room. C h e a p lunch

a v a i l a b l e .

yD i s c o

ICWA D i s c o : 8pm. Un ion Lower

Re fec to ry . 10p. A l l we l come .

" F a n n y ' s A m a z i n g D i s c o " :

P l a y Canterbury H a l l . 8pm.

Canterbury H a l l , Car twr igh t

G a r d e n s , WC1 ( R u s s e l l Square

Tube) . 50p inc lud ing supper .

73 or 30 B u s . Canterbury H a l l

is an a l l female es tab l i shmen t !

Gig

IC E n t s present ' S p l i t E n z

8.00pm. Great H a l l , Imperial

C o l l e g e . T i c k e t s : IC A d v a n c e

70p, A d v a n c e 85p, on door

£1.00. B r ing IC Un ion card to

E n t s o f f i ce today to obta in the

s p e c i a l IC A d v a n c e P r i c e .

R a c i n g C a r s at C h e l s e a C o l l e g e

Student Un ion H a l l 8pm.

Misce l laneous

R a g Week: Cha r i o t R a c e at

Speakers Corner , Hyde P a r k .

Meet a t C C U O f f i ces 11am.

yD i s c o

Q E C - D i s c o . 8pm. Un ion Bar

Campden H i l l R o a d , W8. 20p.

Neares t tube H igh t S t . Ken (for

the lazy bones) .

C l u b A c t i v i t y J a z z C l u b present a Sunday

s e s s i o n wi th ' M e k k e r s ' & D i s c o

7pm — 10.30pm. F r e e . (Mekkers

are a Rock & R o l l band).

Misce l laneous

' H e c k l e the R e d s ' out ing by

C & G Un ion and R i d e s in ' B o .

Meet C & G U o f f i ce at 10.30am.

yC l u b Act iv i ty

IC La t i n Amer i can S o c i e t y .

' T h e current s i t ua t i on in

A r g e n t i n a ' . Speaker from

Argen t i na S M . 6.30pm. Lec tu re

Theate A , Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g .

W e l l s o c : 'What C l e v e r Morons

We A r e ! ' Pro f . Score r . 7.30pm.

Mech E n g 220 .

Me teoro log ica l and E n v i r o n ­

mental Soc ie ty Lec tu re . ' T i d a l

F l o o d Pro tec t ion Prob lems of

the R i v e r Thames ' by RW Horner,

C h i e f Eng inee r G L C . 5.30pm in

Room 719 New Hux ley B u i l d i n g .

yF i l m

IC L a t i n Amer i can & H e l l e n i c

S o c i e t i e s P resen t 'Bo rn of

A m e r i c a s ' (About F i d e l C a s t r o ' s

v i s i t to C h i l e ) 6 .30pm. Mech

E n g 220. 40p.

C l u b A c t i v i t y

Imperial c o l l e g e R a i l w a y Soc ie ty

17 .40 . Mech Eng 340 . A ta lk on

' T h e London Underground and

Metros in other coun t r ies ' By

Mr R M R o b i n s .

IC Y a c h t C l u b present a T a l k

on s i n g l e handed t ransat lan t ic

r a c e s . P h y s i c s lecture theatre 3 .

7.00pm.

IC L a t i n Amer i can Soc ie ty

" B o m of A m e r i c a " — A f i lm

about F i d e l C a s t r o ' s v i s i t to

C h i l e . 6 .30pm. Mech Eng 220 .

40p.

S o c i a l i s t Soc ie ty meeting w i th

a speake r on Gay R i g h t s : 1pm.

Maths 341

Misce l laneous

Ex te rna l A f f a i r s Commit tee

Mee t i ng . 12.30pm. Un ion S C R .

Obse rve rs w e l c o m e .

H a l l D inner : 7.00 for 7.30pm.

Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g . £2.55.

A l l a p p l i c a t i o n s to P A T by

noon today.

R S M G e o p h y s i c a l Soc ie ty

L e c t u r e . G e o p h y s i c s an a id to

minera l exp lo ra t i on . By N Gant

(Hunt ings) 5 .30pm. M in ing

G e o l o g y Lec tu re Theatre (RSM

3.14) . T e a before at 5.00pm in

Con fe rence Room (RSM 3.10)

S t o i c ' s F i l m T a l k : A n in terv iew

w i th the D i rec to r and Producer

of ' T h e Omen' 1.00pm. J C R

Sou ths ide T V Lounge , Un ion

T V lounge. Inc ludes F i l m C l i p s

from ' T h e Omen'

yF o l k C l u b

IC F o l k C l u b : S inger : Mir iam

B l a c k h o u s e . 8 .00pm. IC Un ion

Lower Re fec to ry .

C l u b Act iv i ty

Lec tu re - D i s c u s s i o n : T i t l e :

' S u i c i d e , to do or not D o ' . 7.00pm

M e c h a n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g .

Lec tu re theatre 220 . F r e e . The

T a l k w i l l be g iven by J e a n Burt

(Jo in t Genera l Secretary of the

Samar i tans)

Ca ree rs Seminar on Marke t ing .

F ree beer, and sandw iches

p rov ided . 18.00 hours . Ante

Room, Sher f ie ld bu i l d i ng . F r e e .

Seminar rs for f ina l year s tudents

of any d i s c i p l i n e in terested,

however vaguely in a career in

market ing .

Women in S c i e n c e Group. 1pm.

ICWA Lounge . Un ion B u i l d i n g .

C & G Ae ronau t i ca l Soc ie ty &

The R o y a l Ae ro Soc present

A T a l k On ' T r e n d s in Sov ie t

M i l i t a ry A i rc ra f t D e s i g n ' by

J . W . R . T a y l o r . (Edi tor .o f J a n e ' s

" A l l the Wor ld 's A i r c r a f t " )

7.30pm. Chem E n g Lec tu re

Theat re 1. F r ee tea beforehand.

A t 7pm.

IC L a t i n Amer i can Soc ie t y :

' C h i l e : Future P e r s p e c t i v e s '

Speaker : S r c l aud io Huepe

(Former C h r i s t i a n Democrat

M P ) . 6 .30pm. Lec tu re Thea t re

A . Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g .

yF i l m C l u b IC En ts present ' T h e nine l i v e s of F r i t z the C a t ' . 6 .30pm. Mech E n g 220 . 15p.

IC L a t i n Amer i can Soc ie ty

'Mu l t i na t i ona l s in Puer to R i c o '

Speaker — Sr An ton io Ramos

(Un ive rs i t y of Puer to R i c o )

6 .30pm. Lec tu re Theat re A ,

Sher f ie ld B u i l d i n g .

Misce l laneous

IC Un ion Genera l meet ing.

13.00 hours Great H a l l .

Meet ing feature the ' L S O

Deba te ' & a d i s c u s s i o n on the

' L o n d o n Student T rave l S e r v i c e ' .

S T O I C ' L u n c h B reak ' 13.00.

J C R , U n i o n , Sou ths ide . Round ­

ing up the more unusual a s p e c t s

of IC.

yG i g

Q E C C h r i s t m a s B a l l featur ing

Mungo Je r ry , the P a s s a d e n a

Roof o rches t ra , Hot Wax, Johnny

Thunder & the Ear thquakes &

D i s c o ( t i l l 4 am) and F i Ims.

A i t k i i j s B u i l d i n g s , Q E C ,

Campden H i l l , W8 (Tube: Ken

H igh S t ) . 8.00pm - 8.00am.

T i c k e t s from s o c i a l S e c , Q E C

Student U n i o n . £7 doub le , £4

s i n g l e . Inc ludes buffet and

breakfast Forma l d ress p l e a s e .

C l u b Ac t i v i t y

IC La t i n Amer i can Soc ie ty

' La t i n A m e r i c a Today ' Speaker :

Mr Hugh O 'Shaugnessy v F i n a n -

c i a l T i m e s ) . 6 .30pm. Lec tu re

Theat re A . Sher f i e ld B u i l d i n g .

Miscel laneous '

R o y a l C o l l e g e of Ar t : Dep t . of

Genera l S tud ies ) . Lec tu re by

John C a r s w e l l : ' A passage to

Ind ia ' . 2 .00pm. R C A Lec tu re

Thea t re .

yMisce l l aneous

G u i l d s : Year R a g C o l l e c t i o n s .

9 .30am. C & G Un ion o f f i ce .

Y e a r s to arange thei r own s tunts

and let Dave Lord know as soon

a s p o s s i b l e what they inted to

do and where they intend to do

y

J e w i s h Soc ie t y ou t ing : To

B l o o m ' s restaurant for Haute

K o s h e r C u i s i n e and C e l e b r a t i o n s

Meet 6.15pm. Mech Eng F o y e r .

Approx £3. Con tac t C h a r l e s

C a l l e r ( C i v Eng 2 or 202 0642)

by Thursday 2nd D e c . T o book

your p l a c e .

IC Ski Club Come and dry ski at

Alexandra P a l a c e on Mon.

29 Nov and 13 D e c . Meet

6pm S o u t h s i d e main

entrance.

L e s s o n s ava i l ab le . For

further information see

either Dave La ing Mining III,

or Pete R o s s C i v Eng III

T i z a r d 427.

ICWA e

T h e 3rd c l u e i s an e a s y

o n e . A l l I want to know i s the

name of the creator of ' the

fa i r now of P e r t h ' and ' the

br ide of Lammer moor . ' H e

a l s o wrote : -

November ' s h a i l c l o u d

dr i f ts away ,

November sunbeam wan

L o o k s co l d l y on the c a s t l e

grey.

When forth comes L a d y

A n n e .

Hope i t s not too much of a

' thorn ' in your s i d e ! (Hm): H e

may have had re la t i ons w i th

the Hon Sec ! ) (5 le t ters)

If anybody has not entered

and wou ld l i k e to then s e n d

your answers (a long w i t h 20p

entry fee) to Room 98 B e i t

H a l l by luncht ime Thursday

2nd December . The pena l t y

for late entry i s a donat ion o f

£1 of the pr i ze money to R a g .

Good l uck .

sNow, on a more fes t i ve

note, we have a few more d e t a i l s

of the C h r i s t m a s l u n c h e o n .

T h i s year the luncheon w i l l

be he ld in the U n i o n D i n i n g

H a l l on T u e s d a y 14th D e c . O n

the same day , a C h r i s t m a s

d inner in h a l l . T h e de l i gh ts

(at the ICWA funct ion) i nc lude

home cooked c h i c k e n , s a u s a g e s

a large var ie ty of s a l a d s ,

m ince p i es c i d e r . . .What more

c o u l d anybody a s k for? The

a c t u a l cos t w i l l be known by

the time y o u read th is

a r t i c l e . Whatever the pr ice

(wh ich w i l l be min imal ) the

luncheon i s bound to be good

va ! ' i e for money.

AT h i s Saturday the I C W A

D i s c o moves back , down to

the L o w e r re fectory . T h e

charge i s only l O p , so w h y

not come a l o n g . Its better than

those bor ing problem sheets

and w i l l be a good way to end

a l i v e l y Rag Week.

Isobel Donnel ly

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3 in F E L I X No 434.

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for las t week was T L I N D O N

of C i v E n g 3 w i th 133 po in t s .

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F E L I X , N O V E M B E R 26th 1976 - 7

FELIX SPORT Footbal l

Last minute fight scrapes a point

IC 1 s t XI 2 v Queen Mary C . 1s t XI 2

R u g b y

Injuries and problems stall IC efforts

Determina t ion and an at t i tude of ' L e t ' s f ight for every b a l l ' enab led IC 1st X I to grab a point in th is c l o s e league match l as t Wednesday.

T h e IC team had r e s o l v e d to average an ea r l i e r defeat by the s t rong Queen Mary C o l l e g e . N e v e r t h e l e s s the odds were aga ins t th i s s i n c e IC had not p l aye d a compet i t i ve match for two and a ha l f week s — due to wet weather and a f lue ep idem ic at M i d d l e s e x H o s p i t a l . Moreover Q M C were supremely con f iden t f o l l ow ing their defeat of the re ign ing league c h a m p i o n s , Bedford C o l l e g e , by 4—1 the prev ious week .

T h e game began at a l i v e l y pace and a l though Q M C had a s l i gh t edge they were re fused cont ro l of the game by an I C s ide apparent ly unshaken by an exp lod ing c o a c h w indsc reen on the way to the match . H o w . ever , mid-way through the f i r s t hal f Q M C d id put the b a l l into the back of the net on ly to have the goa l d i s a l l o w e d for o f f s ide ,

cSoon at terwards IC t o o k t h e

l e a d . S teve B a t e s sent Ian Hunt ingdon c l e a r wi th a measured th rough-ba l l . S t i l l su f fer ing from m i l d c o n c u s s i o n after a c l a s h of h e a d s , Hunt­ingdon expe r i enced a comple te l o s s of d i r e c t i o n , p a n i c k e d , and drove the b a l l pas t the keeper and into the net .

N e v e r t h e l e s s , IC d id no t ho ld on to their lead for l o n g . Q M C ' s e q u a l i s e r came from a right w ing corner c r o s s that was power fu l l y headed into the net from c l o s e r a n g e . Ha l f t t ime 1 - 1.

rWith the IC team apparent ly

a f fec ted by the ha l f t ime news that E n g l a n d had l os t 2—0 in Rome, Q M C proceeded to take con t ro l of the game. IC were now res t r i c ted to rare break­away a t t acks one of w h i c h very near ly brought s u c c e s s when Ter ry L i n d o n b l a s t e d the ba l l jus t over the bar.

It w a s not l o n g , though , before Q M C dese rved l y took the l ead when one of t he i r forwards w a s put r ight through, l eav ing keeper K e v A l l e n w i th no c h a n c e .

Determined not to a l l o w Q M C to do the ' d o u b l e ' ove r them, I C dec ided to s tep up their work rate and fight for every b a l l . . T h i s , and a t a c t i c a l reshuf f le w h i c h sent Andy B a k e r forward out o f de fence , f i n a l l y p a i d d i v i dends when w i t h l e s s than 15 minutes le f t B a k e r sen t a sea r i ng r ight foot shot i n to the roof of the net to make it 2—2, and g ive IC a share of the p o i n t s .

T e a m : - K Allen, C Howley, R

Young, A Baker, D Brabbin, T

Grimwade, S Bates, P Framp­

ton, T Lindon, I Huntingdon,

S Gee.

Boat C l u b

Police launch thwarts Senior success

The sen io r team had rather a busy t ime in their f i rs t match of the s e a s o n (on 13th November) . In the U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n Winter V H I s they had to row their semi - f i na l and then go s t ra ight back to the start for the f i na l aga ins t U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e H o s p i t a l .

T h i s was rea l l y the race of the day ! A p o l i c e l aunch got in the way on the c o u r s e ! , se t t ing up an enormous w a s h wh ich h i t U C H f i r s t , c a u s i n g them to s top . We were l ead ing at that po in t , but the j u d g e s c a l l e d for a re-row. T h i s was c l o s e l y con tes ted and — wou ld you be l i eve it — was a dead head .

B a c k for another re-row! T h i s time the c rew felt about ready to cu r l up and d ie — we rowed hard but l o s t .

In add i t i on to the Senior c r e w , a Jun io r c rew and two nov i ce teams d i d bat t le that d a y .

The N o v i c e c rews had the f i rs t r a c e s , the B crew w inn ing thei r f i rs t race (after 1 month 's

rowing! ) . The ' A ' c rew p u l l e d some s p e c t a c u l a r c rabs by ha l f d i sappea r i ng in a c l o u d of spray on the i r s tar t . Sad l y they cou ldn ' t make up the los t d i s t a n c e .

T h e ' B ' c rew won the i r semi f i n a l narrowly and then l os t in the f i n a l to Queen Mary C o l l e g e , who had rowed for over a year . A p romis ing per formance.

The Jun io r c rew rowed two hard races and won t h e i r semi f i n a l and f i n a l i n e x c e l l e n t s t y l e . T h e y made a bad start in the i r f i n a l , but by the ha l fway po in t rowed through the o p p o s i t i o n to w i n by IV2 l eng ths . T h i s made it the th i rd c o n s e c u t i v e w i n .

P . S . We need c o x s : If you are l e s s than 9!4 stone we ' re in te res ted in y o u . I t 's lots of f un , ample reward — a good crowd of p e o p l e . Con tac t Roger H a l e (Mech E n g II).

Roger Hale

Imper ia l C o l l e g e 1st X V los t a rather d i s j o i n t e d e n ­counter w i th K i n g s C o l l e g e H o s p i t a l 6 ^ 4 on Wednesday 17th November . IC had s e v e r a l p l aye rs absen t through in ju ry , and were a l s o w i thou t K L i p s c o m b e (who had a prob lem sheet overdue! ) and Ian M a c l a i n , who had an opera t i c s o c i e t y mee t ing .

I C s tar ted w e l l , p l a y i n g some good rugby. T h e forwards gave the b a c k s a good share of p o s s e s s i o n , and A l a n Gregory sco red a good ove r lap try. T h e hooker , Sam H e a t h , a l i a s the F l y i n g F r i a r , w a s hav ing an e x c e l l e n t match , and in add i t i on he encouraged h i s makesh i f t front row, w i th S A s p d e n , p l a y i n g t ight -head prop. Un fo r tuna te ly , I C d i d not t rans la te thei r te r r i to r ia l advantage in to po in t s , and a l l o w e d K C H to narrow the

L a d i e s Hockey

defec i t to 1 po in t at by c o n ­ced ing a pena l ty at a ruck .

T h e new scrum ha l f , R o c k y H o b b s , w a s hav ing an e x c e l l e n t game, desp i te t rouble w i t h h i s r ight a rm. T h i s arm was seve re l y s t ra ined by hav ing to l i f t up A s p d e n ' s gut to put the b a l l in the sc rum. A s p d e n was later p e n a l i s e d at a l ineout for t igh ten ing h i s co rse t at the resu l tant m a u l , and K C H ' s k i c k e r made no m i s t a k e .

A t th is s t age , M C o t t e r , wou ld be f l ywe igh t champ ion of St H e l e n s , d e c i d e d the time w a s r ight for a spa r r i ng s e s s i o n . F r o m the ropes , A Gregory came c l o s e to h i s second t ry . T h i s was the star t of a concer ted c o l l e g e effort to s c o r e ; but unfor tunate ly , time ran out , and K C H ran out rather lucky w i n n e r s , w h i l e A s p d e n und id h i s c o r s e t and got back into h i s f lower po t .

Good fight despite human shortage IC 1 v Barts H o s p i t a l 3

IC L a d i e s H o c k e y team turned out for th is league match aga ins t B a r t s two p laye rs shor t , one o f these b e i n g a goa l keepe r .

Due to this shor tage of p laye rs we were * forced to adopt a rather d e f e n s i v e s t y l e of p lay throughout. H o w e v e r , the team put up a good f ight and took the lead w i th a goal from D i a n a . T h i s prompted one o f the oppos i t i on to remark ' Thank

God there aren't 11 of them'.

IC h e l d on to th is l ead for some t ime un t i l B a r t s s c o r e d their f i rs t goa l and the score remained 1—1 un t i l a lmost the end of the match when B a r t s L a c j a s s e

got two q u i c k g o a l s . The f i n a l s c o r e was a

d i sappo in t i ng end to a match w h i c h c o u l d have been much better i f IC had had a f u l l team.

So far the l a d i e s h o c k e y team have had the i r m o s t s u c c e s s f u l s e a s o n for some y e a r s . T h e y have p l a y e d 7 matches w i t h 3 w i n s , 3 l o s s e s and 1 draw.

Anyone who would like to

play ladies hockey on a

Wednesday or Saturday, please

contact Janet Coxage (Bot. Ill)

or Chris Forsyth (Mat Sci 11).

Goalkeepers especially

welcome.

More players needed here too Imperial C o l l e g e 5

On Saturday 20th November

IC L a c r o s s e C l u b p l a y e d thei r

f i r s t league f ix ture o f the

s e a s o n . A s usua l IC were two

p layers shor t , whereas B e x l e y -

heath had a fu l l team. So i t

looked l i k e the match was

going to be a wa l kove r for

B e x l e y . T h i s , however , d i d not

prove to be the c a s e .

In the f i rs t quarter th is two

man advantage d i d not prove

d e c i s i v e — at l e a s t i n d e f e n c e .

B e x l e y d id in fac t have

d i f f i c u l t y in keep ing cont ro l

of the b a l l , and often l os t

p o s s e s s i o n through bad

p a s s i n g and c a t c h i n g .

The a t tack had a di f ferent

p rob lem. Whenever IC a t tacked ,

B e x l e y ' s t w o ex t ra p l a y e r s

wou ld come back arid t h i s

meant that every man was

marked, l e a v i n g two or three

v Bexleyheath ' A ' 8

p l a y e r s free to go for the man

in p o s s e s s i o n .

Hard graft and a re fusa l to

l oose p o s s e s s i o n meant that

IC were a t t a c k i n g B e x l e y ' s

goa l qu i te o f t e n . A t ha l f t ime

the score was 3 a l l .

A t the start of the third

quarter B e x l e y r e a l i s e d that

the i r bes t p o l i c y was to p lay

a w a i t i n g game. A U they had

to d o w a s keep p o s s e s s i o n

and look for any unmarked man

get t ing in to a good p o s i t i o n

and then p l a y the e a s y p a s s .

However thei r f i n i s h i n g w a s

not so good, and the defence

and goa lkeeper were ab le to

break up most of B e x l e y ' s

a t t a c k s . I C ' s a t tack con t inued

to ha rass B e x l e y ' s de fence

and managed to get a coup le

more g o a l s . T h e f i n a l s c o r e

w a s 8—5 to B e x l e y h e a t h .

IG LEADS MOVES FOR NEW TRAVEL SERVICE ICU P R E S I D E N T , Nick Brayshaw, and External Affairs Officer,

Hngh Barrett, have this week been-heavily involved in discus­

sions aimed at setting up a London Student Travel Bureau to

provide, on a brokerage level only, similar services to those of

the now liquidated NUS Travel.

A t a meet ing on Wednesday

night leaders of some 4 0

L o n d o n S t u d e n t un ions ,

i n c l ud i n g I C U , were to ld of a

p l a n to set up s u c h a t rave l

bureau. T revo r P h i l l i p s , L S O

sec re ta ry , and author of the

p l a n , e n v i s a g e d a p i l o t scheme

wi th three r e t a i l o u t l e t s , s i t e d

at the U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n

U n i o n , Imper ia l C o l l e g e and

Queen Mary C o l l e g e , whe re

former N U S T r a v e l o f f i c e s

e x i s t . Mr P h i l l i p s p r e s s e d for

a 3 week t r i a l of the s c h e m e

to test i ts v i a b i l i t y .

Bu t th i s was not agreed to

at the m e e t i n g . I ns tead ,

student leaders dec ided to

e lec t a commit tee to look in to

the p r o p o s a l s . In the meant ime

they w i l l go back to the i r

un ions to get support for the

idea and , p o s s i b l y , f i n a n c i a l

b a c k i n g . No monetary commit ­

ments were made at the meet­

ing a l though the I C U E x e c ,

who had s e e n Mr P h i l l i p s ' p l a n s

theday be fo re , had p r o v i s i o n a l l y

agreed to spend £50 on a p i l o t

scheme .

L a s t n ight th i s 7 man

commi t tee , w h i c h i n c l u d e s

both Hugh Barret t and N i c k

B r a y s h a w , e x p r e s s e d op t im ism

about get t ing an a l te rna t i ve

T r a v e l Se rv i ce for IC students

very s o o n .

N e v e r t h e l e s s , Mr B r a y s h a w

i s s c e p t i c a l about the s c h e m e ' s

v i a b i l i t y , s i n c e N U S T r a v e l

had a l w a y s ma in ta ined that

winter p rov ided the l e a s t

b u s i n e s s o f the year . Both he ,

R i c h a r d S i l v e r ( U L U P r e s i d e n t )

and Marcus Turner ( Q M C

Pres iden t ) are a l s o d i sg run t led

that T revo r P h i l l i p s wants to

see L S O running the new

bureau. T h e y , and I C U E x e c ,

wou ld prefer to see a more

genera l and s t a b l e body — s u c h

a s U L U — in admin i s t ra t i ve

charge rather than L S O .

I C U E x e c u t i v e wou ld show

more favour to the scheme if

assu rance that the B r i t i s h R a i l

Student C a r d wou ld be a v a i l a b l e

for the bureau to s e l l we re

g i v e n . A t p resen t , B R has

ind i ca ted that they are w i l l i n g

to cont inue the c a r d . H a l f

_pr ice t i c k e t s w i l l s t i l l be

a v a i l a b l e to those w i t h C a r d s ;

those who have ye t to pu rchase

a ca rd c a n s t i l l do so by w r i t i n g

to thei r B r i t i s h R a i l a rea o f f i c e .

Up t i l l f i v e years ago I C U

d id have i t s own t rave l b roker ­

age scheme w h i c h was making

a pro f i t .

Another o rgan i sa t i o n that has a l ready agreed to he lp any new student t rave l bureaux i s the Student A i r T r a v e l A s s o c i a t i o n ( S A T A ) . T h i s i s the c e n t r a l i s i n g body that c o ­ord inates a i r t rave l opera t ions of many student t rave l o rgan isa t ions a c r o s s E u r o p e . S A T A has agreed to become an a i r t rave l book ing agency for any loca l s tudent t rave l bureaux and prov ide the s e r v i c e s it d i d to N U S T r a v e l

T h e A u s t r i a l i a n T r a v e l S e r v i c e , w h i c h operated f l i gh ts down under w i th N U S has a l s o i nd i ca t e d i t s w i s h to h e l p these new bureaux . The E u r o -t ra in f a c i l i t i e s may a l s o con t i nue , a l though nego t ia t ions are not ye t at a c o n c l u s i v e s tage .

The d e c i s i o n to w i n d up N U S T r a v e l a l ong w i t h 2 N U S pr in t ing compan ies had been taken at an emergency N U S E x e c u t i v e meet ing l a s t F r i d a y . Throughout that week the B o a r d s of the compan ies had been exp lo r ing ways of avo id ing l i q u i d a t i o n . A t one stage the s e l l i n g o f E n d s l e i g h Insurances was c o n s i d e r e d , but th is wou ld not have r a i s e d su f f i c ien t c a p i t a l to see N U S T r a v e l permanent ly out of the red .

ElVz M LOSS

N U S T r a v e l c rashed w i t h l o s s e s jus t under £'/4M„ Of these the main c red i to rs are the In ternat ional Student T r a v e l C o n f e r e n c e and B r i t i s h R a i l . C h a r l e s C l a r k e , N U S P r e s i d e n t , has re f ra ined from comment ing on how much each i s o w e d , but The Guardian put the amount to B r i t i s h R a i l at £'4M. IC U n i o n i s i n fact owed £300 in back rent for the N U S T r a v e l o f f i ce a t I C .

Nobody on N U S T r a v e l ho l i days w i l l be st randed due to the A B T A bond .

" N U S i t s e l f l o s t £80,000 o f share c a p i t a l as a resu l t o f

TEDITED BY ANDREW EVANS

sThe September i s s u e o f

' W h i c h ' , the Consumer C o u n c i 1's

m a g a z i n e , h a s e x p o s e d another

l oopho le in the means - tes t ,

A c c o r d i n g to ' W h i c h ' , i f a

student i s over e i gh teen ,

unmarr ied, a n d not ea rn ing over

£350 a y e a r , the s tuden t ' s

parents c a n p a s s the i r parenta l

con t r i bu t i on through a c o v e n ­

ant to the i r son or daughter .

The advantage comes through

tax re l i e f on the covenan t for

the parent , and r e c l a i m e d tax

for the s tuden t , p rov id ing he

or she earns l e s s than £350.

eT h e Grub War con t inues at

C e n t r a l L o n d o n P o l y , but the

student s t ra tegy of boyco t t ing

the N e w C a v e n d i s h and W e l l s

Street C a n t e e n s on 16th

November i s u n l i k e l y to s tarve

out thei r a d v e r s a r i e s , the

T a y l o r p l a n ca te re r s .

In thei r a s s a u l t on the

New C a v e n d i s h redoubt , the

students were h e p l e d by

ins ide agents (a shop-s teward

and s ta f f of T a y l o r p l a n ) and

by some N U P E members .

wH a v i n g t a i l e d to buy N e w

C o l l e g e out r ight , Wes t f ie ld

C o l l e g e , L o n d o n , has agreed

to rent it from the s u c c e s s f u l

b idder , the Open U n i v e r s i t y .

H a l f of the £35,000 b i l l for

renova t ions w i l l be met by

the U n i v e r s i t y Gran ts C o m ­

m i s s i o n , but on th is c o n d i t i o n :

that N e w C o l l e g e w i l l become

a m i x e d , i n t e r co l l eg i a te ha l l

of r e s i d e n c e for pos t -graduates

o n l y .

(WC)

c e s s a t i o n of t rad ing of the three c o m p a n i e s . On a more o p t i m i s t i c l i n e , E n d s l e i g h Insurance B r o k e r s , N U S Marke t ing and the N U S D i s c o u n t Scheme w i l l con t inue t rad ing a s before.

T h e N U S E x e c u t i v e d e c i d e d to c l o s e down the three compan ies rather than r i s k the N a t i o n a l U n i o n i t se l f f a i l i n g through a bank ing set-off arrangement .

Under th is arrangement the N a t i o n a l U n i o n ' s genera l accoun t maximum l i a b i l i t y was e i the r the amount in the account or the amount over ­drawn by the s e r v i c e compan ies a s a w h o l e , wh i ch ever was

the l e s s e r . Hence i f the three compan ies had not been put into l i q u i d a t i o n , a s i tua t i on c o u l d have a r i s e n where a fa i lu re of one or a l l of them endangered N U S ' s s u r v i v a l .

L a s t F r i d a y ' s a c t i o n pre­vented such a f a i l u r e , a l though a l i t t l e amount of money was los t by th is set off arrange­ment when the compan ies were l i qu i da ted . The exac t amount was not made c l e a r at a Student p ress conference on T u e s d a y . Some student leaders do put th is in the reg ion of £ 1 0 - 5 0 , 0 0 0 . C h a r l e s C l a r k e , has a l ready p romised a fu l l f i nanc ia l , breakdown of the

e l fec t s ot the fa i lu re at next month 's N U S C o n f e r e n c e .

ICUnion General Meeting 1P.M. GREAT HALL

THURS.DEC.2nd Agenda includes

LSO debate London Student Travel Bureau

Disaffiliation from NUS

PROF BREMSSTRAHLUNG

I s a i d , s h o w us y o u r nun

d i s c o v e r y D r F o s s i l !

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Never mmd t h a t ' I'll show

y o u my new d iscovery (

Look'. Wher> I immerse t h i s

brick in water, the (.oss in weight

is eaual to the weight of water

displaced '1

Wel l done Fossi l1

C a l l me again when

j o u invent the wheel!

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