Felix Issue 0854, 1990
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WE'W GOING TO SPAIM f ( ( C ICU Social Colours Malcolm Aldridge Amanda Green 1 Hie ' John St-Hill Joseph Andrews Chris Greenwood Lesley Mayers Nick Stafford Susan Appleby Rhydian Hapgood ! • 'iien McCabe Dr David Stuckey Rose Atkins Richard Hardiman Vernon McClure Vijay Thakur Pat Baker Dr John Harrison Neil McCluskey Andy Thompson Michelle Began Jen Hardy-Smith << Namee Benjamin Turner Reggie Blennerhassett Simon Heaps ! • *' 'i-e ' Louise van der Straeten Pete Bowen Zoe Hellinger 1 . Meyfroidt Wouter van Hulten Terry Briley Simon Holden Dr Don Monro Dr Ken Weale Jeremy Bunnell Chris Home Ramin Nakisa Dave Williams Hal Calamvokis Rufus Isaacs Fiona Nicholas Nicola Williams Dr Chris Champion Adrian Johnson Dave Osborne Murray Williamson Dr John Cosgrove Gwyn Jones Chris Owen Bob Westaway Rory Curtis Doug King David Peacock Yvonne Woods Steve Farrant Tim King Yve Posner Tom Yates Joe Ferrtley Andy Klava Chris Pote Ken Young John Finley Spenser Lane Ian Richards Paula Young Robin Fisher Lay Hamish Rose Ian Frith Lester fiisb flews " Dr John Galley Graeme Littler i >r mi, Schrater Alistair Goodall Andy Lovatt Jackie :>mn Pierre Grosgogeat Carol Luscombe ...Emma :*itt. Mike Graveston Nick Marley David I Full Athletic Colours Half Athletic Colours Chris Cox Carl Boone Peter Cripwell Simon Brindle Cathy Drake Gully Burns Rhys Wyn Evans Chris Burton Russell Green Simon Cain Nick Hills Diane Chadwick-Jones Simon Holden Richard Court James Hurr Gordon Davies J.F. Lucas Pete Drew Helen Mackintosh Simon Evans Dave Matthews Dom Faulkner Tony Menzies Felix Francis Lawrence Morgan Brian Greensmith Paul Northrop Tim Griffiths Jorg Pollock Jeurgen Haeberle Mark Rayfield Rob Hambleton Maurice Ricou Julian Jones Debbie Tucker David Knight Patrick Welche Boon Wee Kuab Philip Wickens Mark Landon Marcus Peter Marcus Pittaro Outstanding Service Awards Lisa Preedy Peter Reilly Thomas Sommer Hal Calamvokis Sam Spence Joe Fernley Simon Taylor Alistair Goodafl James ,; Wouter van Hutten Malenn / ';>.< Stephen McCabe David Peacock Yve Posner David Smedley Andy Thompson Tom Yates Contents 2 ICU Colours & Awards 56 Secret Society 4 News An investigation into freedom of 6 Music information in Britain 58 Hunk of the Month 8 Festival Fun '90 A guide to summer festivals 59 Reviews Review 89/90 9 How do you like your fur, A summary of this year's reviews madam? Gassed or trapped? 65 Tasty Beit ':;,tS:;:|pj|:|^^S^|#^ trade 66 The human guinea pigs 12 News Review Are drug trials on students dangerous? 68 Profile-Ken Weale 16 Reviews 69 Imperial College sold to 22 Cryptography—useful nonsense Mitsubishi 24 The Knights of Cheapskate-a Next year's FELIX Editor unveils his plans tragedy 70 Hot off the presses or just 26 Flocculents and The IC Nerds lukewarm? Cartoons FELIX looks at other student newspapers 31 It could be you... in Ixmdon Alcoholism at Imperial College 11 Space Aliens ate my previews! 34 London Clubbing Entertainment over the summer 36 Trafalgar Square Bashing 74 The dream machine? A view on Easter's poll tax riots The perils of computer systems 38 Handwritten CV, please 76 Catching the travel bug How your hatuiwriting reveals your 78 Science This week plus 25, 50 and 100 years ago; 4i MI revolutionary biochemistry; creepy—crawly / Spy goes crazy in College; in the homes garden; advice; all made up!; ore you 82 Subscriptions and Bound Editions nice to know? 83 The Editor 49 D$H%&£HB3L!GJ%!? Hie FEIJX Staff tell you what Dave Drug abuse—a guide Smedley is really like 50 Walks in London 84 The Staff 52 High life in London And Dave Smedlev gets his revenge 85 tutorial 54 A risky operation Dave s final rant 87 The FELIX staff photo 55 Puzzles Student dies after falling from top floor. Southside tragedy A student living in Tizard Hall died after falling from the top floor of Southside in the early hours of Saturday 9th June. The student, Shourjo Madhab, had been drinking and was seen climbing along the back of the building just before the accident. He landed, apparently on his back, on a second floor gallery over 70ft below. There were no suspicious circumstances. Despite the efforts of friends and passers-by who gave him emergency first-aid, Mr Madhab died in Westminster hospital two hours later. He is said to have lost consciousness within seconds of falling. One half of a double door leading on to the gallery had to be broken down to allow the stretcher bearing Mr Madhab to leave. The security guards on duty had been unable to unlock it although Chief Security Officer Geoff Reeves claims they had a key. The key may have jammed. Mr Madhab had been among some 20 Tizard Hall residents who had gone out for a meal the previous evening after which he and three friends returned to his room to talk. It was then that, despite his friends protests, Mr Madhab started 'window-walking'. He Tizard Hall Warden, John Hassard, described Mr supportive Indian family, living in the Philippines had been out and back in once and was standing on Madhab, a 19 year old first year mathematics where his father was the director of a United Nation's the window ledge when he tried to pull himself up undergraduate, as one of the most popular people in agency. by his arms. He is believed to have lost his grip. His hall. Dr Hassard said that Mr Madhab had been Ian Gillet, College Safety Officer, told FELIX that friends, one of whom tried to give Mr Madhab mouth- warned about window walking before, but said that the College were still considering the implications of to-moufh resuscitation, were said to be suffering from he was 'very headstrong and very strong-willed.' He the accident. He said that some windows could be shock. added that he was 'much loved and will be much padlocked shut and coated with a reflective film to The coroners inquest into the death began on missed.' keep the rooms cool. He feels, however, that students Wednesday 13th June and the body was cremated the Mr Madhab was said to be a brilliant student and should have a 'certain amount of responsibility' for following Friday. The ashes will be flown to India. a gifted mathematician. He came from a cultured and their actions. Obituary John Hassard Shourjo Madhab (13.5.71 -9.6.90) Shourjo Madhab fell while climbing the ninth storey indispensable people, who made the Hall work. He of Southside. He died in Westminster Hospital never made things happen. He was gregarious, organised having regained consciousness. and sympathetic; he knew everybody and was close Shourjo was in Maths. 1; he had just completed to many. Next year he was to be a Tizard Hall reapp: his dissertation on 'The Farkas Lemma and Duality'. he was a natural choice, and he was looking forward His supervisor, Dr. 0. Pretzel, called it highly to it. original, and Shourjo a first class student. Just ten We all have a great sense of loss - the loss of a minutes before he died, he had a profound discussion friend, a brilliant and incisive mind, a warm and of some Mathematics with a friend: he was colourful character. Shourjo leaves loving and committed, had a brilliant and incisive mind, and extraordinary parents and a large but close circle of loved the beauty and insight that Maths revealed. friends. We'll all miss him. In Hall, Shourjo was one of the dozen or so Page 4 Pownall Council cash Rose goes taken ill Representatives from Imperial College and Imperial Roger Pownall, the College Bars' Manager, was College Union met with local Conservative councilors rushed to hospital last Thursday morning suffering on Thursday 14th June. The meeting, which lasted from heart trouble. Mr Pownall is 36 and, prior to two hours, covered a wide range of issues including the incident, had been very active. The news has the need for a new hall of residence, better sports shocked his many friends at college. facilities, local improvements and problems with the Mr Pownall first felt ill while resting in his flat. College day nursery. He phoned for an ambulance and was admitted to The College was represented Caroline Fox of hospital by 10 am with his heart beating at twice the Registry and John Finley, the warden of Beit Hall normal rate. Rob Northey, Catering and Conferences and an unsuccessful candidate in the local elections. manager who is Mr Pownall's boss, visited him last Imperial College Union was represented by President Thursday night. 'Roger was alright,' Mr Northey Neil McCluskey and Tom Yates, one of the organisers said, 'he was bored with having to read his newspaper of the Imperial College local election campaign. They six times.' met with Knightsbridge councilors Robert Michaels The hospital requested that Mr Pownall stay in the and Robert Moreland. Mr McCluskey and Ms Fox Coronary Unit while tests were carried out and he are now putting together a joint plan to be submitted was discharged the following day. He has gone to to the council. the West Midlands to recover and is expected back Councillor Michaels also asked about the arts at next week. IC. According to Mr Yates, this came as a surprise to everyone: he claimed to have been 'gobsmacked' Lesley Rose, who has responsibility for Residence but believes that it may be possible for the College bills, is to leave Imperial College. She formally Orchestra to obtain a grant to invite a professional handed in her notice on Thursday 14th June. Mrs string quartet to give lessons. He is looking for similar Rose, who had previously worked in the Student Chem Eng proposals from other art orientated societies.