FELIX T H E NEWSPAPER O F IMPERIAL C O L L E G E UNION Friday 23rd May 1980 Issue No 554

R A P E I N S O U T H S I D E

Police Ask For Information

O n Saturday night, a female student

f rom I C was ac cos ted in a Souths ide

l i ft . T h e g i r l e n t e r e d the lift o n the

g r o u n d floor intending to go up to her

hall of res idence . H o w e v e r , the only

other person in the lift, a m a n in his

early twenties , sent it to the basement .

W h e n the lift s topped he forced her

out into the basement area a n d the

G e n t s toilets.

T h e m a n threaten^. ! the student a n d

a ser ious c r ime was c o m m i t t e d .

The assailant's description:

A g e : 19-25

Height : 5'10" — 6'

S l i m B u i l d

C o l o u r of S k i n : L ight B r o w n

H a i r : A f r o (with sides tr immed)

Features : F r e c k l e s or p o x m a r k s

o n cheeks . T h i c k lips.

T e e t h : fairly long a n d n a r r o w

Eyes : d a r k

H e was dressed in blue jeans,

b r o w n c rew neck sweater a n d a

white tee-shirt.

An identikit photograph is to

be made up today and we hope

to put it in next week's FELIX.

If you have any information

which could help the Police,

please phone Detective Ser­

geant Webb on 434-6431 or if

you do not wish to contact the

Police directly then phone the

IC Union Office on Int 3915 or

Ext 01-589-5111 ext 1040. Any

information will be treated in

the strictest of confidence.

Did you see the man

described on this

page.. last Saturday?

The assailant probably entered

Southside through these doors.

Editorial comment (back page)

The rape of a female student in Southside is the most serious incident that I have had to report in FELIX.

I was on the scene moments after the

incident occurred and have full

knowledge of the incident. However, I

have not included many details of the

rape in this week's FELIX because I

believe that it would be wrong to do so.

The priority is to help the POLICE

apprehend the rapist before he is given

the chance to strike again.

FELIX ta p u b l i s h e d by the E d i t o r , o n behaff of the Imper ia l C o l l e g e U n i o n P u b l i c a t i o n * B o a r d .

F E L I X is p r i n t e d o n the U n i o n p r e m i s e * i n P r i n c e C o n s o r t R o a d , L o n d o n S W 7 .

E d i t o r C R P s l m c r F E L I X I S S N 0140-0711 Reg i s t e red at the P o s t Of f i ce . C o p y r i g h t F E L I X

1960 F E L I X , the E d i t o r of F E L I X a n d U n i o n O f f i c e r s cannot accept l iabi l i ty in respect of

e r r o r s or o m i s s i o n s c o n t a i n e d in ar t i c l e s h e r e i n

Boat Club

Dear Colin

I would like to publicise Steve

Webb's (the captain of Boat Club)

comment to me as his justification

for challenging the quorum as the

motion censoring the recent action

of the Boat Club was about to be

voted upon.

His comment: " T h i s isn't a

representative meeting — she goes

and drags all the overseas students

in".

Firstly, the "she" refers to Mary

Attenborough, as if this issue was

her personal axe to grind. In fact,

the Anti-Apartheid Group at IC

numbers about thirty people,

which, I should think is a number

not far removed from the number

of active members of Boat Club,

and we are joining an international

campaign to break links with the

racist regime of South Africa.

Secondly, Steve seems to assume that the overseas students were forced to attend the meeting, that they cannot make up their minds for themselves and that their vote does not carry the same weight as that of the home student. For the first time that I can remember, we had a large contingent of overseas students at a UGM because they wanted to show how strong their feelings were about the issue being discussed — why else did they bother to attend the meeting? This is surely the type of response we are aiming at by holding UGMs.

Steve has so far argued that his way is the best way to alleviate the situation in South Africa and up until the uttering of those two phrases, even I thought he really believed that and I merely felt sorry. But now I realise that he just doesn't care — "Steve's alright, Jack."

Jo Armitage

Noise

Dear Sir

Sunday 18 May, 02:10am As I pen this letter three hours after retiring to bed, I am regaled by the sounds of boogie-woogie and rock'n'roll music from the Union Building opposite my room. Who decided to allow parties till this hour in the morning during exams? I know, it's the weekend and we poor Beit residents must expect to put up with some disturb­ance (loud music, empty beer cans and kegs being kicked and rolled round the Quad, etc), but 2:00am? How many more such events are planed for our delight during the

exam period I wonder?

Yours sleeplessly James Gray

Concise

Dear Colin

May I suggest that the Editor of FELIX issues guidelines on how to construct a logical argument, in order to avoid the nine letters which rambled on to no purpose on Iran in last week's issue. Yours sincerely Frank James

Graffitti Sir

Could you please ask your Islamic readers not to write on our College Buildings, this may be the done thing in Tehran, but certainly not in London.

Disgusted of Mayfair

From the Anti -Anti -Apartheid Group/Masses at RSM(IC)

Following the IC Boat Club's successful and prestigious sporting tour of non-racist South Africa, we were pleased to learn that RSM (IC) has offered RSM(IC) Union equipment ot a non-racist white South African team visiting the UK this summer to row at Henley.

In view of the progressive inter­national campaign tg promote sporting links with the enlightened non-racist sporting community of South Africa, we totally endorse the Boat Club's sporting offer.

We are considering holding a RSM(IC) non-racist U G M to discuss this further in PO Box 645 Joburg RSA during July; come and vote for the anti-anti-apartheid revolu­tionary government at IC.

Signed: SAS, Sgd Leader Bamo Woghead, Short-arse, Der Fuhrer, Paddy, Sgt Doe and Slob. PS: Quorum by post not allowed.

C o n S o c

Dear Colin

Following the much publicised

intent of Mary Attenborough to

stand as Conservative Society

Chairman, the Consoc Committee

cordial ly invite her to do so

provided Mark Clegg (Consoc

Chairman) is invited to become

ICWA President for the coming

year. We feel she will be as welcome

in Consoc as Clegg will be in

ICWA.

Yours

William Cortazzi

Chris Webb

Bernard Smith

John Narbourough

Tim Lawes

(Consoc Committee)

Rediculous

Spelling

Dear Colin

Your spelling is rediculous.

Yours faithfully

Arthur Sore Arse

Dear Colin

IC and South Africa

As one who has been at various times described by Sennet as "a Conservative" and by Ms Atten­borough as a "McCarthyite Fascist", I find it rather amusing to be described by the Captain of IC Boat Club as one of "Mary Atten-borough's cronies". IC's growing involvement with the South African regime is rather less amusing. It is a pity that the apartheid system should have as an advocate in your columns someone so ignorant of the facts (re South African education) or at least guilty of terminological inexactititude (eat your heart out, J Newland).

To return to the serious points: there are no mixed-race univer­sities in the Republic. A very small

Iran

Dear Colin

The current interest in the

Iranian situation from members of

this college seems somewhat

misdirected in view of the plight of

minorities in Iran. The most violent

repression is occurring now in

Kurdistan. Kurdish cities have been

indiscriminately bombed in an

attempt to 'crush the rebels' as

Khomeini has ordered. He has no

qualms about using the military

might built up by his predecessor

for his own imperialistic adventures.

A problem closer to the hearts of

students is that of attacks on

universities. Many students were

murdered only recently in a number

of universities during violent

clashes. Now examinations are

being taken early as the universities

are to be closed down because of

disagreements between university

authorities and government. The

students of this college could make

an effective protest to the Iranian

government by passing a motion in

the UGM condemning the persec­

ution of students and attacks on

the higher education system. A

telegram should then be sent to

President Bani-Sadr informing him

of the opinion of the Union.

Yours sincerely

Philip Nash

number of non-whites are admitted to courses in certain technical subjects at white universities, but are not allowed the social benefits of full membership of the university. These courses are not offered by the poorly-funded non-white colleges, which cannot of course afford rowing clubs.

It is ironic that Imperial College is offering collaboration with the South African nuclear industry, when a recently graduated Oxford PhD is now under house arrest for alleged spying on the installations of that industry. In the context of the SA-Israeli H-bomb project, such collaboration is against the policy of the UK government. I am all for academic freedoms, but I would urge the Dean of City and

Guilds to consult the Foreign Office on this matter.

For reasons which I would be glad to explain to any Physics undergraduate (perhaps a good comprehensive paper question for next year?) the characteristic X-ray emission of a 4 kilot on atmospheric nuclear explosion is unmistakeable The detection of this signature by the Vela test-ban monitoring satellite last September, during a South African naval exercise, shows how far this project has progressd. Are we (as a College) prepared to assist in the production of a nuclear arsenal in a Fascist country? Yours faithfully Derek Everett Physics PG

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Studentae Imperialis

a review of the species The average visitor to South Kensington rarely

concerns himself with anything other than one

or m o r e of the n u m e r o u s m u s e u m s , or

perhaps the Albert Hall. It is easy, amongst the

grandiose Victorian architecture, to overlook

the shabby, inconspicuous inhabitants of the

area. More than a casual glance, however, will

soon reveal the exciting variety of creatures to

be found. One of the most interesting of these

is Studentae imperialis. It is only recently that

biologists have been able to describe this

species, and I present here a review of the

work so far.

Studentae imperialis is confined to the South

K e n s i n g t o n a r e a , w h e r e there is a total

population of 4,000 individuals. Because there

is great variation in appearance, behaviour and

habitat, five sub-species, or variants, have been

described.

The 'type' species is normalis. This is the

most common variety, comprising 80-90% of

the population, and is believed to be the most

primitive. Normalis is a placid, dull creature. It

a v o i d s c r o w d s , a n d p r e f e r s w a r m , safe

environments s u c h as lecture theatres and

libraries. Males and females are difficult to

distinguish, due to their similar habits of dress.

However, males do vastly outnumber females.

The result of this unbalanced distribution of

the sexes is that a high proportion of normalis

males have poor eyesight and have to wear

s p e c t a c l e s . A l t h o u g h so l i tary by n a t u r e ,

normalis occasionally joins a group of five to

ten individuals to form a 'clique'. These cliques

are u n c o m m u n i c a t i v e and withdrawn when

confronted by other individuals, and can often

be seen sitting by themselves in a circle in a

c o m m o n r o o m or bar . T h e s e g r o u p s are

extremely boring , and the kee n naturalist

should not waste time observing them.

The most common variant after normalis is

socialus, which accounts for between ten and

t w e n t y p e r c e n t of the p o p u l a t i o n . T h i s

colourful variant is friendly and affectionate.

They are more adaptable than normalis, and

have a consequent ly more diverse habitat.

Rarely found in libraries, socialus can often be

found in bars , pubs , or the noisy c r o w d e d

places which normalis avoids . T h i s variant

would undoubtedly increase in numbers and

bring about the extinction of normalis if it were

not for the activity of the predator Examiner

imperialis. This seasonal creature appears for a

month in the early summer . W h e r e a s the

habitat and behaviour of normalis makes it

unappetising to the predator, poor socialus is

highly vulnerable , and the populat ion may

be drastically reduced. (Indeed, the fear of the

predator may be so great that a socialus

i n d i v i d u a l m a y s p o n t a n e o u s l y r e v e r t to a

normalis, becoming just as drab and boring,

and frequenting the same habitats.) U n l i k e

n o r m a l i s , w h e r e c o p u l a t i o n is u n k n o w n ,

socialus may pract ice a primitive form of

sexual reproduction. The production of young

is rare.

Three other small but important varieties

have been observed. The largest of these is

vulgaris. This evolved from socialus, but is

u n d o u b t e d l y d e g e n e r a t e . T h e r e are one

hundred and fifty or so individuals, each having

its own distinctive behaviour pattern. Vulgaris,

w h i c h is often found in the U n i o n B a r , is

m o r p h o l o g i c a l l y d i s s i m i l a r to the o t h e r

varieties, usually being thick-set and rather

ugly. O n e interesting feature is that the right

arm may be better developed than the left.

This may be due to the unusual diet, which is

high in liquid content. Other authorities believe

that, like the eyesight of normalis males, it is

due to the relative scarcity of females. Vulgaris

c a n be o n e o n e of the m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g

creatures for the,keen naturalist to study. One

of Nature's most delightful spectacles is to see

a vulgaris individual bend his head towards the

ground, to hear the distinctive gurgle-splash-

gurlge splash sound that indicates that he is

having, or rather, has just had, a good time.

There are only four individuals of the fourth

variant, Sabbaticalus. They have a short life-

cycle of only one year. Nothing useful can be

said about them, other than that they make a

lot of noise, out of all proportion to their size.

The rarest variant is the much sought after

Eroticus. These females are highly attractive to

males of all the other varieties. T h e y are

extremely rare, and a live individual has not

been recorded for many years. Some authorities

claim the variety is extinct, and others claim it

is a mythical creature that has never existed

outside the warped minds of socialus and

vulgaris males. It is claimed, however, that

there is a stuffed s p e c i m e n in the N a t u r a l

History Museum. This is hard to believe, since

it is wel l e s t a b l i s h e d t h a t it is v i r t u a l l y

impossible to stuff such a female.

In summary, it can be seen that Studentae

imperialis is an extremely interesting creature.

So , for an exciting day out with the kids, get

out the car and drive down Prince Consort

Road. Remember, keep the windows closed,

don't get out of the car, and definitely do not

feed them!

Dave Attenborough

Life Sci 2

Aft

CITY A N D GUILDS D e s p i t e h a v i n g s a i d t h a t l a s t w e e k ' s

artic le w o u l d probably be m y last, m y a r m

has been slightly twisted a n d a typewri ter

put in front of me , so here it is.

T h e Seas ide T r i p o n S a t u r d a y was wel l

a t t ended wi th negative e m p t y seats be ing

available o n the c o a c h . T h e weather was

very good w h e n we left Be i t A r c h but a

few c l ouds appeared as we a p p r o a c h e d

our dest inat ion . Y e s it was M a r g a t e . O n

arr iva l the first task was to sample the

sea a n d a few stalwart (foolish) m e m b e r s

of G u i l d s r u s h ed towards the sea . T h e y

r u s h e d away f rom the sea pret ty qu i ck ly

as we l l d u e to t e m p e r a t u r e d e p e n d e n t

shor ten ing effects a l though some people

managed to stay in the sea. A s n o r m a l ,

once everybody h a d left the sea the s u n

dec ided to c o m e out a n d the rest of the

day was rather good . A f ter a few pints

a n d some greasy fish a n d chips we all

went off to the fun fair to try a n d f ind a

way to get r id of the food. M o s t of the

rides were tr ied. J o l iked one so m u c h

s h e w a s s e e n s t a g g e r i n g a w a y f r o m it

after hav ing -had two r ides. M o s t people 's

o v e r d r a f t s w e r e c o n s i d e r a b l y i n c r e a s e d

a n d a good t ime was h a d by al l . I don ' t

r emember m u c h of the r e turn trip as I

fell asleep unti l w e r e a c h e d the p u b o n

the way back .

N o w on to an event y o u will probably

not k n o w about . A s we have co l lec ted

about £18,200 this year for R a g , it was

d e c i d e d at R a g C o m m i t t e e that it w o u l d

be a terrifically spiffing idea if we c o u l d

increase this total to over £20,000. T o this

e n d t h e r e w i l l be a f i n a l m a s s i v e R a g

c o l l e c t i o n o n 1 4 t h J u n e . D o n ' t w o r r y ,

most people 's exams wil l have f inished so

there is no reason for not turn ing up .

F u r t h e r details of this will be available

f r o m t h e O f f i c e a n d i n n e x t w e e k ' s

F E L I X .

C h e e r s

Bryan

Studentae Imperialis Vulgaris

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A Modest Reply From Justin Newland Two weeks ago, an essay entitled "The American-Iranian Conflict: Some Historical Perspectives" appeared in this magazine (FELIX Issue No 552, dated 9th May 1980). The following week, a number of letters criticising my article were published in FELIX. I should like to thank the Editor for allowing me this opportunity to reply to these criticisms.

First of all, I humbly apologise to any and all Muslims whom I may have offended by describing their religion as Mohammedism, rather than Islam. This was entirely due to my ignorance.

Now, the letter from Islamic Society kindly informs us that "the teachings of Islam . . . regard men and women ps equal before God".

While the italics are theirs, I would be more inclined to emphasise the word " r e g a r d " . Perhaps Islam regards equality in such a way that it bears an uncanny resemblance to gross inequality? Have you ever seen a Muslim man wearing a veil?

Nonetheless, I did admire the nimble dexterity with which they have exploited the current situation: in the same letter, they tell us that "the aim" of sending us all their religious propaganda was not to disseminate the Muslim faith, but on the contrary, "was to clear many misconceptions about Islam, common in England". Indeed, I was interested to read in their 'Brief Guild to Islam' that "from dawn to sunset every day for thirty consecu­tive days . . . a Muslim voluntarily gives up eating, drinking and sexual habits". I wonder if they could explain why, in some Muslim countries, this "voluntary" activity is supported by legislation.

Yet I fully realise that this is a captious objection to a faith which is a magnificent spiritual sanctuary, but whose articles, like those of Christianity, are being insistently questioned.

Two critics commented on my literary style. May I ask them, was my essay merely a piece of prose, and nothing else? If so, then all criticisms should have been aesthetic,

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or judgements on the form, rather than intellectual or logical, or judgements on the content. But my article was not a poem; it was a serious attempt to examine the current American-Iranian struggle from both sides and to draw some historical analogies. Therefore, any aesthetic comments should have been supplementary to a review of the content of my work, and should have been confined to a single issue: whether the style was appropriate to the content.

If I am to understand their aesthetic judgements correctly, writers in FELIX should use no metaphor, similie, or any literary embellishment save cliches, and God forbid if they should ever quote any foreign words and annotate these with their meanings. And eternal damnation to an author whose vocabulary forces his readers to pore over a dictionary.

On a personal note, I cannot believe that my essay offended Ms Ann-Marie Tomsett as much as her spiteful, vindictive letter wounded me.

However, this same lady suggested that my essay should have been entitled "The American-Iranian Conflict: Some Personal Historical Perspectives". Allied to her objection that my work was " . . . opinionated . . . verbal tenesmus" (what the hell does that mean?), these arguments may seem like those of a fool whose bolt is soon shot. In fact, they raise an important issue. For example is the historical perspecitive called dialectical materialism (n.b. if I explain this theory, I'll be accused of verbosity, if not, then pomposity) a universal law, or merely one personal interpretation of history? I had always thought of looking at history as similar to looking at a panorama: some folk pick out this aspect, this detail, this tree, or this leaf, while others see the valley, the forest, and the landscape as a whole. Either way, the view is individual, and therefore bound to be opinonated.

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a Mr Stephen Goulder concerned my "libellous" accusation that the Western media is notoriously biased. I should say here that, as a good citizen, I believe everything I read in newspapers, down to the last monosyllable in the Sun. How can the British Press be slandered in such a way when, for example, just recently they unerringly explained to the curious British public just why the Day of Action had been called? God forbid! It would be like accusing these honourable journalists of distracting the attention of the public from the central issue (ie, the present administration's iniquitous policies) by creating a ballyhoo about Len Murray's holiday.

Indeed, the same critic thought that my conclusion "we must look beyond . . . the framework of international law for the eventual resolution of this crisis", did not account for the presence of the UN to deal with such situations. Well, I suppose they have managed it so well that they have already resolved the conflict, but are keeping it a secret for the time being? Like its illustrious prede­cessor, the League of Nations, whose mere existence did so much to halt the onset of the Second World War, the United Nations has feathered its cap by preventing the Suez crisis, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and a couple of Middle-East wars to boot. Seriously though, I accept that the U N may help resolve international quarrels once they have arisen, but are their conventions universally recognised, or, more to the point, are they never broken?

However, it was this alert gentle­man who alone raised any fresh questions on the content of my essay. His realistic analysis, as far as it went, was excellent, but in some places, dogmatic. At one point, he states that: "If the Americans agreed to the terms demanded this would then put every foreign embassy in the world at risk." Here he fails to establish

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the principle motive of the Iranian students in occupying the American Embassy in Tehran; originally, this was to force the US to extradite the ex-Shah back to Iran, where he would face a treason trial. Inciden­tally, new evidence seems to suggest that one reason the Amer­icans refused to comply with this demand was that the ex-Shah had enormous dollar holdings in the US

While I do not have the space to comment on some other pertinent criticisms raised by Mr Goulder, I will say this: in my opinion, it is now irrelevant whether the Ameri­cans accede to the terms of the Iranian students, in so far as the current vogue in terrorism has shifted from plane-hijacking to attacking embassies.

Finally, any discerning reader of my original article will have realised that I deliberately adopted a stance of non-alignment; hence the criticisms levelled against me by both sides. I repeat my claim that the one positive common factor shared by the American and Iranian people is that they are each and all members of the human race. Thus it is the springs of humanism that must eventually join these, and all, peoples together.

At the risk of provoking - the derision and hostility of some of my readers, I will couch my concluding remarks in a figure of speech.

It is only when every country's belief in the UN, or some other institution embodying the principles of humanism, has been nourished by the rains of time that the flower of universal peace and equality will prosper.

Until then, we must endure the stench of wars, the sickness of the Third World, the starvation of millions, and the most nauseous sight on this earth . . .the suffering of children.

J U S T I N

N E W L A N D

G A Y Y O U T H LEADER S A C K E D IN

EARLS C O U R T Members and part-time workers at

the Third Feathers Club in Earls

Court have occuppied the premises

in protest against the sacking of

Richie McMullan, a youth leader at

the club. Richie is gay and the

management have privately admitted

to him that that is the reason for

his sacking. The Campaign for

Homosexual Equality and the

National Council for Civil Liberties

are supporting the campaign to get

him reinstated. Support at the

occupation by IC students would

be welcomed, particularly during

the day (there are quiet rooms to

revise in!). Anyone wishing to help

should go along to the club:

17 Bramham Gardens, SW5 or

contact Mary Attenborough (ext

4338).

4

J U S T A S E C

Thank you all for turning up to the Annual General

Meeting, it was indeed good to see the place full.

The social and athletic awards, which were announced

then, are printed in this edition of FELIX. If you ai;e on the

list you may purchase from the Bookshop a tie or pendant.

However, don't rush along now, wait for a certificate to be

sent to you in the internal post. This must be presented

when you go to buy it. Congratulations to you all.

Union General Awards were presented to Chris Fox,

Malcolm Brain, Bill Robertson (Senior Assistant Registrar

at College since 1967), T i m Hil lyer and myself.

Your comments on the French kids completely backed

up my own thoughts. " A pain in the arse" was the phrase I

heard most around Southside. Since then I have taken the

matter to the Union Council Meeting, held last Monday,

and the Union does not support any profit making venture

which* is to the inconvenience of students. Clearly this

means the French kids if you are studying in your room for

exams. A letter has been sent to the Refectory Chairman.

I have been asked to inform you that members of the

College have been invited by the Mayor-elect of South

Kensington and Chelsea to attend the Civic Service at St

Mary Abbots Church at 11:15am on Sunday 1st June.

That ' s all for this week, except have a good Bank

Holiday.

Roger Stotesbury

SOCIAL C O L O U R AWARDS 1979/80 SESSION

R A G

Ruth Langford Steve Tyson Barney McCabe Annie Lathaen (RA) Rae Snee (RA) Dave Hardwick

A C C

Roger Davey Pat Dunleavy (RA) Charles De Bono Cyril Knowles Andy Pearce Suki Kalirai Johnson Afilaka

A C A D E M I C

Bob Bradley

Gary Nichols (RA)v

I C C A G

J Beasley Mike Smith Sunila Nimalasuriya Fiona Sinclair

W E L F A R E

Shona Ward (Nightline)

M Arthur (RA) (Accommodation)

ICWA

Merche Clark (RA)

E X T E R N A L AFFAIRS Chris Webb John Passmore

O S C

Dr Leo Pyle (OSC)

Dince Mitlie (Turkish)

Ella Shum (Chinese) KY Tan (Chinese) KY Lam (Chinese) Mr Shah (Pakistan)

K-R Ansah (Afro-Caribbean)

Nick Lambrou (Hellenic)

George Mitstoulis (Hellenic) F Gouzales (Latin-American)

Avijit Chakravant (India)

Ishwaran Rajendram (OSC)

Christopher Sivaprakasam (OSC)

Aftab Gujral (OSC)

S Saboury (Iran)

PUBLICATIONS B O A R D

Lars Wernberg-Meller (FELIX)

Ian Morse (RA) (FELIX)

Jeremy Nunns (ICR/FELIX)

Rob Shepherd (ICR)

Roger Edwards (ICR)

Keith Renton (ICR))

Simon Milner (ICR)

Adrian Jeakins (STOIC)

Grant Richmond (STOIC)

Alistair Knight (STOIC)

Mark Smith (Phoenix)

Sean Giblin (Phoenix).

Jon Firth (RA) (Pub Board)

C O L L E G E Brian Lloyd-Davies (College Admin) Neil Vincent (Electrician) George Targett (Cleaners) Loretto O'Callaghan (Day Bookings) Bill Robertson (Registry) George (Estates)

I C U H A N D O V E R A G M

Last Tuesday's ICU A G M was held in the Concert Hall. About 200 students

were at the meeting.

The Officer's reports were printed in a special edition of EXEC NEWS and

after these were discussed, social and athletics colours were announced.

Members of staff were then given their social colours and the Union General

Awards were presented. »

The post of U G M Chairman was handed over to Jon Firth and the meeting

moved on to the motions. A successful attempt was made to change the order

of the Agenda. The motion on the Boat Club (see letter from Jo Armitage on

page 2) was heard. After one speech for and against the motion, the meeting

moved to a vote. At this point the quorum was successfully chalenged and the

meeting continued in the Queens.

R S M U Paul Gerrard Trevor Fletcher Bernard Pryor (EO) Prof Peter Pratt Andrew Lewis

C & G U

Bryan Stephenson

Jamie Atkinson

Jo Armitage (EO) (RA)

R C S U

Martin Watson

Elizabeth Lindsay

Sean O'Boyle (EO)

Barney McCabe

Mo Misra (RA)

R C C

Andy Walker (Hot Air Balloon)

Pete Dickinson (RA) (Hot Air Balloon)

Chris Golding (Hang Gliding)

Al Dempsey (Hang Gliding)

Geoff Keymer (Billiards & Snooker)

Sanjit Teelock (Billiards & Snooker)

Steve Jeans (Billiards & Snooker)

Dewe Nuttall (Billiards & Snooker)

Jeremy Wyndham (Bridge Club)

Neil Beresford (Surf Club)

John Savage (Ham Soc)

Russell Whitworth (Ham Soc)

John Freeman (Chess Club)

Andy Jobling (Wine Tasting)

Paul Minton (Gliding Club)

Guy Buckley (Dancing Club)

T Cook (EMG)

Nick Towers (Underwater)

Andy Cameron (Underwater)

John Tidy (RCC)

Roger Brugge (RA) (RCC)

S Morrison (RCC/Mountaineering)

S C C

Henry Rzepa (SCC) Frank James (RA) (SCC) Essam Zaghlotte (Islamic) Ali Mahdmina (Islamic) El Saie (Islamic) Karen Harget (WLC)

-Margaret Bell (RA) (WLC)

OGreene (Amnesty International)

Mark Brown (Industrial Society)

L Herbert (Catholic Society)

Kieron Brennan (Catholic Society)

Jan Czernuszka (Soc Soc) :)

Dilip Gunawardera (Labour Soc)

Peter Dodd (Methodist Soc)

Ian Hanley (RA) (Methodist Soc)

Sean Kelly (PATA)

S C A B David Britton (Folk Club) Mark Wiszowaty (Dramsoc) Mike Town (Dramsoc)

Nick Moran (Dramsoc)

Roger Nichols (Opsoc)

Tom Carlstedt Duke (Stage)

Jon Griffin (Jazz)

Ken Haley (RA) (Stage)

Duncan Jarvis (Opsoc)

Brian Cresswell (Ents)

Edward Richards (Music/SCAB)

Graham Hill (Jazz)

Tony Cox (Jazz)

Neil Smith (Jazz)

Pravin Patel (Film Soc)

Sue McClaughry (Choir)

Hunter Danskin (Choir)

Andy Cheyne (SCAB)

Richard Dickins (Conductor)

O T H E R S John Anderson (Services) Dave Ashforth (Chaplin) T Hillyer (Ext/FEUX/ACC/WUS) Roger Stotesbury (RA) (Exec) Steve Marshall (Phoenix/Rag) Michael Sandwith (KCOS) Kirsten Pratt (Rag/Academic) Jo Armitage (RA) (Exec) Malcolm Brain (RA) (Exec) Chris Fox (RA) (Exec) Rick Kirman (Book Buyer) Gene Wilson (Silwood) JWhitehouse(ICCAG/TWSetc) * John Samworth (Bookshop) G Dearmer (PWP/Ext/Liberal Club) Kevin Courtney (Soc Soc/External) Philip Cole (Ext/Liberal Club)

5

A T H L E T I C C O L O U R S 1979/80 SESSION

A s s o c i a t i o n F o o t b a l l

F u l l C o l o u r s : A H a r a l a m p o u s ( M a t h s 3); I S t e v e n s o n (Met 3); K

Reeve ( C h e m 3); G B r e r e t o n ( E O ) ( M e c h E n g 3). H a l f C o l o u r s :

A Bet ts (Aero 3); D D e a n ( M e c h E n g P G ) ; C H e n d y (Bio 1); M

K e n r i c k ( R A ) ( M e c h (Eng 3); G " R i c k a r d ( R A ) (Phys ics 3).

B a s k e t b a l l

F u l l C o l o u r s : T K a k a s ( E O ) ; M A i n s l e .

B o a t (1978/79)

F u l l C o l o u r s : A D y s o n ; M J o h n s o n ( E O ) . H a l f C o l o u r s : C

W e i r ; A Burgess ; N Ray ; G Gri f f i ths ; J Scou lar .

F e n c i n g

F u l l C o l o u r s : D C r i s p (Physics 2); G K a y e (EO) (Elec E n g 2).

H a l f C o l o u r s : P C o l e m a n (Physics P G ) ; V B r o w n (Life S c i 3); P

B i r d (Elec E n g 1).

G o l f

F u l l C o l o u r s : R Pu l l en ( E O ) (Phys ics P G ) . H a l f C o l o u r s : A

H a r t l e y ( M e c h E n g 3); P J o h n s o n ( C i v E n g 2).

H o c k e y ( M e n s )

F u l l C o l o u r s : I C r o w e ( M i n 2); C D e b a r r ( M i n 3); P W e b b (EO)

( M e c h E n g 2). H a l f C o l o u r s : P H u g h e s (Phys 2); R D a v e y ( M e c h

E n g 2); G F o r b e s ( C i v E n g 1).

H o c k e y ( L a d i e s )

F u l l C o l o u r s : F H o o d ( C i v E n g 3); A O v e r s b y ( M e c h E n g 3); J

T o w n s ( E O ) (Life S c i 3). H a l f C o l o u r s : C C r o s s l e y (Physics 3); A

B u r n i p (Life S c i 3).

J u d o

F u l l C o l o u r s : T O ' B r i e n ( E O ) (Phys ics 2); H M c C u l l o c h (Life S c i

3); M H o d g s o n ( M i n P G ) . H a l f C o l o u r s : N A u d i n ( C h e m 1); M

W e e d e n ( C h e m 1); S M a t t h e w s ( C C D P G ) ; N B u s k e l l (Aero P G ) ;

A H o p e (Aero P G ) .

K u n g F u

F u l l C o l o u r s : F S a d r e s h e m i ; 1 S e w a r d ( E O ) . H a l f C o l o u r s : J

Savage (Phys ics 2); J D i x o n (Phys i cs 1); D Pos t i l l ; S Ingram

(Aero 3).

R i f l e a n d P i s t o l

F u l l C o l o u r s : J E v a n s ( M e c h E n g 3); E C h r i s t i e ( M i n 3); L

W e r n b e r g - M e l l e r ( M a t h s 3 ) ; R M a r g e t t s ( M e c h E n g P G ) ; J

Bloomf ie ld ( R A ) ( M e c h E n g 3); A Jo l leys ( R A ) (Physics P G ) ; P

E a s t e r f i e l d ( R A ) ( P h y s i c s 3 ) ; A R e e v e ( E O ) ( M a t h s 3) . H a l f

C o l o u r s : J S a c k e t t ( M e c h E n g 2); D S leath ( M e c h E n g 1); J

T u n n a r d ( M i n 3); A Pearce ( C h e m E n g 3); C D a r l i ng ( M i n 3).

R u g b y

F u l l C o l o u r s : S T o w n s e n d ( E O ) ; J C h a n d l e r ; E B u d g e n ; P

Dunleavy ; R Pu l l en ; R Dav ies (R). H a l f C o l o u r s : J A u s t i n , W

B u r g o y n e ; A L o r a n s ; J M a n z o n i ; R S m a r t ; D W a b o s o ; A W a r b y ;

P Ratcliffe.

S a i l i n g

F u l l C o l o u r s : «I W i l l i a m s ( M e c h E n g 2); K A n d r e w s ( E O ) ( M e c h

E n g 3). H a l f C o l o u r s : A B e a n y ( M a n Sc i ) ; J B a x t e r (Phys 1); C

M u r r a y ( M i n 2); N A jder ian ( M e c h E n g 1).

S k i i n g

F u l l C o l o u r s : F H o f m a n n ( B o t P G ) ; P S m i t h ( E O ) . H a l f

C o l o u r s : J M c F a r l a n e (Bot P G ) ; M J o n e s ( C h e m E n g 2); N

A t k i n s o n ( C h e m E n g 2).

O r i e n t e e r i n g

F u l l C o l o u r s : S K i r k ( E O ) . H a l f C o l o u r s : A B r i t t o n ; A M a y n a r d ; A

P a r k e r ; C S m i t h ; K W a r r e n ; N W a t m o u g h .

S w i m m i n g a n d W a t e r P o l o

F u l l C o l o u r s : P M i l l s ( E O ) ; N B u c k l a n d ( M i n T e c h 3); D

Rober ts ( M e c h E n g 2); B A s k w i n ( C i v E n g 1). H a l f C o l o u r s : P

Por te r (Phys ics 2); P Thwai tes ( M i n 3); N L a s t (Phys ics 1); D

Papacons tant inov ( M e c h E n g P G ) .

T a b l e T e n n i s

F u l l C o l o u r s : P R u t h e r f o r d ( E O ) ; K L a k h a n i . H a l f C o l o u r s : A

C o w l i n g .

T e n P i n B o w l i n g

F u l l C o l o u r s : J K n i g h t ( M e c h E n g 2) ; B M a c G o w a n ( E O ) . H a l f

C o l o u r s : S C o x ( C C D 3); R C o o k ( M i n 1); T Hi l lyer ( M a t h s 3).

V o l l e y b a l l

F u l l C o l o u r s : M Y o u n g ( E O ) . H a l f C o l o u r s : C W a c h i n c k i

( M e c h E n g P G ) ; B H e r m a n s s o n ( C C D P G ) ; A C u i k s z a ( C h e m

E n g P G ) .

C r o s s C o u n t r y

F u l l C o l o u r s : I M o r t o n ; S K i r k ; M P i c k a r d ; E C a m e r o n . H a l f

C o l o u r s : M T h w a i t e s ; G L o n g h u r s t (R).

Y a c h t

F u l l C o l o u r s : A P e a r c e ( E O ) . H a l f C o l o u r s : S M a n n i n g (Elec

E n g 1).

C r i c k e t ( 1978 /79 )

F u l l C o l o u r s : S teve Top l i s ( E O ) ; M i k e P i t t s ; P a u l T o m l i n s o n ;

P a u l Stant i ford ; M a r t i n F u r n i s h . H a l f C o l o u r s : R i c h a r d Fi f ie ld ;

N i c k M o r t o n ; M a n o .

U L U S R C A G M

The U L U Students' Representative Council

held its A G M on Tuesday.

The Sabbaticals' reports included discussion

on the 23% (average) increase in Intercollegiate

Hall fees for next session; the Government's

award of a paltry £1.6 million support for

overseas postgraduate students, and changes

in the course unit system. (As from the 1980

intake students will need to pass nine units,

not eight, for validation of degrees, a move

stimulated by engineering departments which

unlike ours use units).

The U L U constitution is under review; the

aims of the review body being firstly to make

the Sabbaticals more accountable (currently

they are responsible to only the annual joint

assembly of Sports, Societies and S R C ) .

Secondly, some reorganisation of the inter­

relationship of the three councils is needed, to

ease administrative and financial problems.

The annual SCR Executive report made

plain the problems encountered by the six

faculty senators in trying to improve contact

with AAOs in their respective faculties. This is

important, because these students are our

contact with the Senate of the University,

giving us all another line of representation,

which at the moment is very under used.

The rest of the Exec reported work on

Student Grants (based on Bernard Smith's

paper), Libraries and Lecturer Training.

The elections of next year's executive were

then ratified, including:

John Passmore — Chairperson

Chris Webb — Senator for Science & Education

Bernard Smith — Executive Officer

Motions debated were as follows:

1. A motion from» Chelsea College Union

condemning the promotion deal done by NUS

with Philip Morris Tobacco Co (Marlboro, etc).

Helen Connors, the National Treasurer, turned

up to defend both the deal and the secretive

manner in which it was arranged, explaining

that it was designed simply to help finance

student film societies. The motion was passed

overwhelmingly nonetheless.

2. ICU's Human Rights policy was passed after

some debate, centred on the clause containing

the assertion that "the family is the natural and

fundamental unit group of society . . . " Frank

James finally explaining that families were natural

in the most literal anthropological sense of the

word.

3. The final motion passed proposed by Q M C

Union on the Chix Chewing Gum dispute; this

concerns the basic right of workers to join a

Trade Union.

The meeting closed due to inquoracy (a very

rare event) before the motion concerning

smoking during S R C meetings could be

discussed.

Chris Webb

6

R E V I E W S

STRIKESBMK

^7M

(U, Irvin Kershner) Despi te the avalanche of post S t a r

W a r s rip-offs, the sequel must be one

of the most eagerly awai ted films of

all t ime. F o r those of y o u w h o

enjoyed the or iginal , I c a n assure y o u

that T h e Empire won ' t be in the

least d isappoint ing .

T h e original cast r e turn in their

familiar roles along wi th a few

interesting newcomers . D a r t h V a d e r ,

having surv ived the des t ruc t i on of the

D e a t h Star , is out for revenge. H e

eventually finds the secret rebel base

o n the ice planet H o t h , where L u k e ,

H a n , the Pr inces , et al are hiding.

T h e y are a t tacked in spectacu lar style

by hugh mechan i ca l wa lk ing ' tanks ' —

a real t r i u m p h for the effects t eam of

G e o r g e L u c a s . In the confus ion L u k e

takes R 2 - D 2 off to the m a r s h w o r l d

of D a g o b a h , where he is t u t o r e d by

Y o d a , a n 800 year o l d J e d i master .

Y o d a is no s trapping hero t h o u g h ;

the charac ter was c reated by M u p p e t

m a n F r a n k O z a n d is rather l ike a

c ross between G o n z o the G r e a t a n d

a hobbit .

M e a n w h i l e the others escape in the

M i l l e n i u m F a l c o n through a n astero id

s t o r m , again uti l ising a series of

magnificent spec ia l effects. T h e i r paths

eventually converge o n the c l o u d city

of B e s p i n , w h e r e D a r t h V a d e r f i n a l l y

confronts L u k e .

Luke Skywalker rides a tauntaun on the ice planet Hoth.

T h e n e w c o m e r s are L a n d o C a l r i s s i a n ,

an o ld fr iend of H a n S o l o a n d

the mercenary B o b a Fett . L a n d o turns

out to be quite a hero , but little is made

of B o b a Fett w h o wil l obvious ly figure

prominent ly in the next episode of the

saga.

In true S tar W a r s style, the plot is

a non-stop ac t i on r o m p w h i c h

pretends to be noth ing but entertaining.

A little love interest filters in , but to

m y m i n d the outs tanding strongpoint

of the film is the spec ia l effects. T h e

w o o d e n act ing pales into insignif icance

w h e n s u p p o r t e d by the s tunning

Darth Vader confronts Lando Calrissian and Boba Fett.

i l lusions, w h i c h are c reated by G e o r g e

Lucas' company, Industrial Light and

M a g i c . T h e spacecraft weave in a n d

out of astero ids a n d swoop d o w n

into craters ; -the d inosaur- l ike taun-

tauns r u n freely across the s n o w of

H o t h a n d s p a r k s fly as light sabers

c lash again. A l l great stuff.

F ina l ly , the confus ing bit. If y o u

thought S tar W a r s was the beginning

of the saga then you 're w r o n g ; L u c a s

is planning a NINE part saga in

w h i c h S tar W a r s a n d T h e E m p i r e are

par ts 4 a n d 5. T h e s e wil l be fol lowed

by "Revenge O f T h e J e d i " , part 6.

T h e n two other trilogies are p lanned ;

1 to 3 exp la in V a d e r ' s deve lopment

a n d 7 to 9 wil l probab ly be the

downfal l of the E m p i r e . It's difficult to

see h o w long the appeal will last, but

at the m o m e n t I can 't wait to see

the next instalment . S o until the

Revenge O f T h e J e d i . . . .

M T F B W Y (pure corn) .

Mark Smith

Foreign Oskar Winners

Two other films well worth mentioning are The

Tin Drum (X, Odeon Haymarket) and Get

Out Your Handkerchiefs (X, Curzon), both

of which won oscars for the best foreign film.

The former concerns the development of Nazi

Germany as seen through the eyes of Oskar, a

three year old boy of uncanny talents. Not only

does he refuse to grow up, but he has a glass

shattering scream. The film is quite fascinating,

but drags in places.

Better, however, is the latter. A young man

decides to give his wife away to another man in

order to make her smile, which eventually

leads to further affairs with a neighbour and

then a very nasty child genius,

stylish and at times very

enjoyable, indeed.

The humour is subtle. Very

Mark Smith

7

PIPER I A L COLLEGE

Phil Coll ins

Peter Gabriel

M ike Rutherford Tony Banks

4mm In 1968, a group of public schoolboys from Charterhouse,

Surrey, approached a music company with some tapes of

songs they'd written at school. Nine years later, their band

was simultaneously "Best British Band" and "Best Live

Band in the World" in the Melody Maker Readers' Poll.

This Sunday at 5, Simon Milner presents Focus on

Genesis, part one, tracing the careers of the band and its

members from 1968 to the departure of Peter Gabriel in

1975.

The second part, bringing the story up to date, will be

broadcast the following Sunday at 5.

IC RADIO TOP TWENTY 19th May 1980

1 <i) The Cure — A Forest 2 (2) Pete Townshend — Rough Boys 3 (3) Peter Gabriel — No Self Control 4 (14) Genesis — Duchess 5 (12) Graham Parker — Stupefaction 6 (4) Undertones — My Perfect Cousin 7 (7) New Musik — This World Of Water 8 (5) Squeeze — Pulling Mussels From The Shell 9, (-) Kate Bush — Breathing

10 (9) Steel Pulse — Don't Give In

11 (-) Shakin' Street — Susie Wong

12 (20) Phoenix — Juliet

13. (6) Boz Scaggs — Breakdown Dead Ahead

14 f (-) Paul McCartney — Coming Up

15 (18) Delta Five — You

16 (10) Jona Lewie — YouH Always Find Me In The . . . .

17 (13) Rodney Franklin — -The Grove

18 (19) The Only Ones — Fools

19 (-) E L O — I'm Alive

20 (-) Elton John — Little Jeanie

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8

CRICKET

IC SUNDAY XI vs BAYGREEN Skipper Price won the toss for the sixth

consecutive time, this time using the

double-tai led coin to maintain his

unbeaten run this season (despite

winning the toss every game, though,

he's only won one match, drawn one,

and lost the rest). He elected to bat on

a beautiful summer 's a f ternoon.

Forshaw soon sacrificed his wicket by

being stumped for 1. Then Chadwick

came in and dominated an hour long

partnership of 72 with his contribution

of 15. Meanwhile at the other end,

Stantiford was showing a bit more

calm and composure with his batting.

He took 58 minutes to reach his 50,

being dropped only once on the long-

on b o u n d a r y . He was j o i n e d by

Morton after Chadwick was caught,

and the crowd were treated to two

vastly different styles of batting.

Stantiford was punishing the bowling

with his usual textbook-style shots

whilst Morton, showing his forming

background demonstrated most of the

shots that you wouldn't find in textbooks.

Stantiford reached his 100 in just two

hours and finally finished up with 127

N O, including four 6s and twelve 4s

whilst Morton scraped a meagre 61 N

O in his ninety minutes at the crease.

C o n s e q u e n t l y Pr ice was able to

declare at 210 for 2 at ten (reluctantly,

though, because he had lost the two

games in which he had previously

declared).

WHAT'S O N

FRIDAY 23rd M A Y IC Christian Union Meeting, 6 :30pm in

the M u s i c R o o m , 53 P r i n c e s G a t e . W i t h

talk o n ' G o d ' s G r a c e ' .

T U E S D A Y 27th M A Y Riding Club Meeting in R o o m 1110 (level 11) E lec t r i ca l Eng ineer ing between

12:30 a n d 1:30pm.

WEDNESDAY 28 M A Y Graffitti 'At Home' be tween 12:30 a n d 1:00 in the Graf f i t t i W o r k s h o p , 2 n d F l o o r ,

W e s t S ta i r case , U n i o n .

T H U R S D A Y 29th M A Y STOIC transmission at 12:45pm a n d again at 6 :00pm. W i t h S u m m e r N e w s -

B r e a k .

H o t A i r B a l l o o n C l u b Informal

Meeting at 12:30pm above Stan ' s B a r .

FRIDAY 30th M A Y IC Christian Union Meeting in the

M u s i c R o o m , 53 P r i n c e s G a t e at 6 :30pm.

W i t h t a l k o n ' G o d N o w ' by V e r n o n

B l a c k m o r e .

Senkiw and Morton opened the

throwing after ten. The former, although

ageing, showed plenty of class and

was most unlucky not to get a wicket

in his open ing spe l l . The latter,

Morton, with a wider variety of short

balls and long hops down the leg side

managed to pick up the wicket caught

by his partner Stantiford behind the

stumps. The next bowler brought into

the fray was tennis player, Middelboe.

He boweld with great spirit, if not skill

and took a wicket in his mammoth

four over stint. Next we were treated

to a truly breathtaking display of the

art of spin-bowling, by Myers and

Price. Myers bowled over 11 overs, 1

for 30, the wicket being a diving catch

by the sk ipper at mid-off . Pr ice ,

keeping his spinning ball for every

10th over, managed with deceptive use

of flight and pace to take four wickets

for 44 runs off 15 overs, all of them

being cuaght off half vol leys just

outside the off stump. Despite these

breakthroughs and the re-introduction

of Senkiw into the attack, Baygreen

held on to a draw and finished on 137

for 7. Forshaw helped Baygreen by

very ably dropping 2 catches in the

slips off Senkiw's bowling. The evening

was crudely rounded off by Morton,

Stantiford and Middelboe suggesting

various poetic phrases for the skipper to

write on his 'good luck' card to, as

Morton, put it, his 'passion flower'!

Team (only 10): Price, Morton,

Stantiford, Maguire, Clark, Chadwick,

Senkiw, Myers, Middelboe and Forshaw.

A E R O S O C

WIN

A E R O ­

N A U T I C A L

C H A L L E N G E

IC may have lost University Chal­

lenge, but C & G Aerosoc won

Aeronautical Challenge.

Aeronautical Challenge is an

annual competition run by the

Graduate and Students Section of

the Royal Aeronautical Society with

the same format as University

Challenge.

Teams of three, from each of the

four London sub-sections (Imperial,

Queen Mary, City and Kingston

Poly) competed against each other,

answering questions on aeronautical

subjects.

In the first round Imperial beat

Kingston Poly by 170 to 50 points

and in the final we beat City by 130

to 60 points.

The team consisted of Mike

Napier (Aero 2), Paul Butcher

(Aero 2) and Huw Robert (Aero 2).

Once again, this confirms the high

standing of Aeronautics students at

IC.

Merrie Mannassi

(Chairman)

BOAT C L U B

Nottingham City Regatta Over the weekend, the majority of the

Boat Club were competing in the Two

Day Nottingham City Regattas, held

on the Glare international course at

the National Watersports Centre.

The 1st VIII had a weekend of mixed

fortunes. Competing in the Senior 'A'

event on Saturday, their only opposition

came from Durham University. However,

the crew had a bad row and were

beaten by about two lengths. Sunday,

however, was a different story, and

despite being down in the first part of

their f inal they rowed well , and

eventually rowed through to win by

just over a length'from Lady Margaret

BC Cambridge.

The 2nd VIII, qualified easily for the

final of the Senior ' C Vllls event, by

finishing third in their heat. A good

start gave them an early lead in the

final, which they increased throughout

the race, to win by about three to four

lengths. On Sunday, suffering from

the night before, and competing in a

higher class, they were fifth in the

Senior 'B' Vllls final.

The most unfortunate competition of

the weekend was novice Scu l l e r

Alistair Rowe. On Saturday he finished

second In his final and seemed about

certain to win the same event on

Sunday. However, with about a minute

to go in Sunday's final, as he was

taking the lead, equipment failure

robbed him of victory.

The Ladies Senior 'B' IV, had a very

hard race with a Hereford RC crew in

their Saturday final, but just managed

to hold them off to win by about half a

length. On Sunday, they had to row in

the Unclassified IVs event, where they

came up against a potential inter­

national crew from Thames RC. The

girls rowed well to keep in touch for

the first half of the race, eventually

los ing by about four lengths to

Thames, but beating a Nottingham BC

crew.

A Ladies Seniro ' C IV and a Ladies

Novice IV were also entered for the

Sunday event, but neither of the crews

rowed as well as they can, with the

Senior ' C IV losing to a very good

Wallingford School crew.

Winning Crews

Senior 'A' Vllls (Sunday): Bill Bradbury

(bow), Steve Webb, Matt Pritchard,

Chris Geary, Tony Reynolds, John

Urry, Richard Fearnheard, Miles Fellows

(stroke), Steve Crampton (cox).

Senior ' C V l l ls (Saturday): Bob

Maddocks (bow), Steve Collier, Ed

Hobhouse, Chris Adams, Paul Gerrard,

Pete Allen, Tim Joslin, Pete Maysey

(stroke), Ian Simpson (cox).

Ladies Senior 'B ' IV (Saturday):

Angela Burgess (bow), Gwen Griffiths,

Nonie Ray, Cathy Wein (stroke), Steve

Cramptan (cox).

9

Practical joke

fails to amuse

Police

On Sunday residents from Weeks

Hall drew an outline of a body on the

pavement outside their Hall. The

added some tomato ketchup and

surrounded the figure with barriers.

A local resident phoned the Police

and they questioned some of the

students who live in the hall. The

Week's security guard stayed with

the students while they were being

questioned.

FINNISTON REPORT I have had a bitterly disappointing response to* my enquiries about the views of the students in City and Guilds College on the Finniston Report. Our original plan was to formu'ite a student response to be sent to the Department of Industry at the beginning of April, but with a mere 18 replies from our 2,316 students we could hardly be representative, but IT IS N O T T O O LATE.

Mr Richard Morris, who is to organise the conference on Engineer­ing Education, the offical reply to Finniston, to be held in October, has expressed a keen interest to hear our students' views and so we are once again aiming to produce a student response.

So please keep your comments, criticisms, and ideas on the Finniston Report rolling into the Guilds Union Office, Mech Eng Dept anytime until the end "of term. It is obviously important that we, as students of the foremost engineering institution in the country, voice our opinon effectively.

Thank You Jo Armitage President C & G U

Massive scores

on Asteroids

machine

On Wednesday night, students scored a high set of points on the Asteroids machine in Southside. The above photograph of the top ten high scores table shows that IC students are getting pretty good at the game. When will we challenge other London colleges?

E D I T O R I A L

The incident, last Saturday,

indicates how easy it is for

unauthorised people to get into

Southside. The architectural design

of the building adds to the problem.

There are 3 entrances and it is almost

impossible to stop a determined

person from entering the building.

Moving on to other less serious

events. The FELIX Motor Rally takes

place on Sunday 15th June. If you are interested, please

contact your C C U President. The Rally takes the form of a simple treasure hunt round London. Teams of 2 to 5 members. The winning team have their nan.es enscribed on the FELIX Rally pot in the Union Bar. I would like to thank Martin Watson for his help in organising the event.

Last Tuesday the ICU A G M voted that ICU should buy 200 copies per week of London Student next year. The paper hoped that we would buy

more and London Student will need

to have many large orders from other

colleges if it is to survive.

What do think of London

Student? Please write to FELIX

with your views.

Thank-you to Marie-Therese, Jeremy Nunns and Tim Hillyer for paste ups. Ian for impatiently waiting for eight hours while we rearranged the front page. Once again Mickie lias been a great help with printing photographs. Steve Groves has been helping print up pics for the review of the year. On page 3 of this issue I have included one of the photos from the Rugby tour of Holland .... there'll be lots more special photos in the review of the year!

Cheers to Justin Newland for writing another article this week. Mark Smith enjoyed 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 1 hope you do too. Congratulations to everyone who was awarded colours. Colin Palmer FELIX Editor

The Badge Soc Bit The Badge Society A G M took place last Friday in the Bridge Room, as the Green Committee Room was shut. The attendance wasn't quite as high as expected with many of our keener members being unable to make it. However, the elections went without hitch with the following people taking the major posts unopposed.

Chairthingy - me

Secretary - Dave Postill

Treasurer - Dave Greenwood

The remaining two posts, Co­

ordinating Committee members,

will be decided at the first general

meeting of next term. Membership

for next year will be on sale soon,

price 50p, and there will also be a

competition to design the members

badge, so get thinking!

Have Fun.

John Whitehouse

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Shirts and Tee Shirts

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£1.50 - £2.00

from

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212 Brick Lane

EI

(on the corner of Bethnal

Green Rd and Brick Lane)

Only open Sundays

between 9:00 and 1:00

For further details

see Annie in the

Union Office

The

London Student

TRAVEL Office at IC

will be closed next

week and will re­

open on

Monday 2nd June

(11:00 — 2:00)

The Main Office at

111 Euston Road

will be opened as

normal

The Fox Strikes Back Inarticulate—Life in a Fox hole

" A n d n o w , " as F r a n k (the b lue-eyed one)

h a s oft s a i d , " t h e e n d is n e a r " . L a s t

Tuesday ' s A G M , a l though herald ing that

o c c u r r e n c e is not however the finale. I'm

still pressy unt i l the e n d of J u n e , w h i c h

m e a n s I s t i l l h a v e t o w o r k a n d w r i t e

F E L I X art ic les (or inartic les) .

F i rs t ly , I must express m y s o r r o w a n d

h b r r o r over the o c c u r r e n c e last S a t u r d a y .

A n y a c t i o n t h a t n o w f o l l o w s w i l l be

shutt ing the stable door after the horse

h a s b o l t e d , b u t it is i m p o r t a n t t h a t

Souths ide a n d Bei t are n o w m a d e more

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

internal invest igations, I C U C o u n c i l has

ca l led for a Rec to r ' s W o r k i n g P a r t y to be

set up immediate ly to m a k e r e c o m m e n ­

dat ions by the e n d of J u n e . In the m e a n

t ime it lies wi th the residents of Ha l l s a n d

H o u s e s , m a l e a n d f e m a l e , t o be b o t h

m o r e v i g i l a n t a n d m o r e c a r e f u l . T h e r e

must be no further repeats of inc idents of

this k i n d .

Staff O n e of m y jobs as Pres ident , w h i c h not

m a n y people realise is as an employer .

I n c l u d i n g t h e F E L I X s t a f f , t h e u n i o n

employs seven people , al l of w h o m are

excel lent , thereby render ing m y job far

easier than it might be. T h i s is just to

r e m i n d y o u , that whether y o u be in the

U n i o n Off ice , the Wel fare C e n t r e or the

F E L I X Office to treat those people w h o

maintain the Union, despite people like

me, wi th the respect they deserve. Fai lure

to d o so in the past has led to disc ipl inary

act ion .

Council C o u n c i l last M o n d a y , as well as exceed ing

i t s e l f i n t e r m s of n a s t i n e s s (my f a u l t ) ,

d i s cussed the U n i o n reply to a letter f rom

S i r Peter S w i n n e r t o n - D y e r w h o is cha ir ing

a F lowers - type w o r k i n g party o n the n o n ­

medica l bits of the Univers i ty of L o n d o n .

C o u n c i l dec ided that it w o u l d l ike I C to

stay in U of L a n d that there s h o u l d be

m u c h c loser academic interact ion between

the schools .

It t h e n w e n t o n t o s p e n d h o u r s

d iscuss ing F i n n i s t o n a n d U L U , at w h i c h

p o i n t C o u n c i l b e c a m e i n q u o r a t e a n d

ended .

Before the e n d C o u n c i l h a d d i s cussed

boats a n d S o u t h A f r i c a n s , the proposa l

by Co l l ege to bui ld a new hall of res idence

at S i l w o o d w h i c h the residents are not

too k e e n about , a n d lots of o ther things.

WUS Third World Scholarship N o t e s w e r e s e n t t o a l l a c a d e m i c staf f

a s k i n g for donat ions so far the response

h a s b e e n g o o d s o k e e p t h e c h e q u e s

ro l l ing in .

Colours M a n y congratulat ions to all those w h o

were a w a r d e d C o l o u r s at the A G M a n d

especial congrats to M a l c o l m , W o d g e r ,

T i m a n d Bi l l for getting U G A ' s (the top

award) .

O h well back to the Off ice .

B y e

The Fox