LATE NEWS Students' fees rise by 24%. > The Government has added a further £145 a year to the tuition fees of 449,000 British students and £295 to those of overseas postgraduates. From September, fees will go up to £740 and £1,525 respectively.

THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION Friday, February 8th, 1980 Issue No. 543

AMNESTY OPPOSING THE CORRIE ICWA LOSES FIRST BATTLE INTERNATIONAL BILL PRISONERS RELEASED See UGM report on page 12 Last Tuesday several members of ICU joined the NUS march and NAC We are happy to announce that ANDY LEWIS LIVENS UP UGM WITH ADVERT rally opposing the Corrie bill. The both of the IC Amncity Club's NUS march from ULU to West- prisoners have recently been minster was attended by about released. Mr B Nyathi, a Zimba- 4,000 students and also supported bwean, was released over the by some nurses and other unions. summer though we have only just By the time we reached Westminster received confirmation of this from his there were already thousands of wife. He was convicted of a political people at the NAC rally in Central offence shortly after the declaration Hall and in the lobby queues. At of UDI in 1965. Seven years later, the rally, among others, David shortly after the completion of his Steel, Liberal MP, spoke out in sentence, he was detained without favour of the act he authored (the trial under an Emergency Powers 1967 act). He stressed that however Act. He is now 'free' but restricted to much we try to improve society, a particular region of Zimbabwe. He women will always need abortions, has been unable to find a job; partly and it is right that this should be because this is always difficult for ex- catered for. He was greeted with political prisoners and partly because enthusiastic applause. whilt he was in jail he developed an Today, Friday 8th February, when injury to his foot. His family is in all probability the Corrie Bill will consequently in need of some have its third reading, there will be a financial support. women's assembly from 1:00pm The Indonesian was working as an onwards in Central Hall, followed by engineer until he was detained, along a torchlight procession at 5:30pm. with over a hundred -thousand others, shortly after the attempted coup of 1965. We know very little about him but have been writing on his behalf to various authorities over the last three years. Last week we received notice that he has been released. To the knowledge of AI, neither of these have either used or advocated violence. We will send some money to help both people soon. The collection during last Tuesday's UGM collected £25, we are grateful to all those who contributed.

CARTOON The Rector, The Lord Flowers, featured in a cartoon on the front page of last Friday's Times Higher Educational Supplement. The cartoon was coupled with an article discussing the possible effects of the almost complete report on the financing of medical and dental education in London. The cartoonist, Dave Smith, said that he drew the cartoon from a photo of The Lord Flowers. Not a great deal has occurred within the confines of the RSM since my last masterpiece so I'll restrict my babblings to events in the near future. TONIGHT at 6:00pm till late, Chaps Club Indoor Fete in Stan's Real Ale Bar. Fun for the all the family and everyone else who comes along. On Tuesday 12th February is the RSMUGM. This time there will be a UGM in G20 at 12:30pm. Also on the 12th February is the RSMA Curry Super with beer. It is free for ALL second years in the RSM, who should have received personal invitations by now. This a good opportunity to see how the Old Students' Association works and to meet some of its members. Friday 15th and Saturday 16th February MOONEY WINS RADIO is Camborne Weekend. Unfortunately all the tickets have been sold. Sunday 17th February is ANDY LEWIS' BIRTHDAY. On Saturday 1st NEWS QUIZ March there's the Nottingham Rugby Sevens Tournament and on Monday 3rd The 'NEWSQUIZ' panel game audience what the significance of the word March there's the Swimming Gala, so don programme that the BBC recorded in the 'Mooney' was, Chris Fox, ICU president, your webbed feet and inflatables and get Union Concert Hall on Thursday was shouted out, "Don't tell him". into training. broadcast early Saturday afternoon. During The programme was repeated on Before the end of term, if you are interested in an RSMU post please see the programme the College was mentioned Monday and the BBC will be returning to the present holder of that post or Bernie several times; but the most interesting point Imperial later this term to record another Pryor. Expressing an interest by no was when the word 'Mooney' appeared in edition of the quiz. 'Mooney' won last means obligates you to stand for weeks quiz and the producer is hoping to one of the questions, which elicited a large anything. cheer from the audience. However, when write him into the script of the next See you tonight Barry Took, the questionmaster, asked the programme to be recorded at IC. Bob the Slob

have had forty stand-by seats modicum of skill was necessary about £200 from the public. A for either Middle Age Spread to win a jug of beer. Not so free bus-rover went to everyone or The Last Of The Red Hot RCSU and ICU. In an act of who collected more than £1.25 Lovers. However, a quick show unparallelled corruption a and so you all missed a chance to of hands in the Cockney Pride peculiar arrangement was see London for nothing and help revealed that there were only made between the teams of the another deaf child hear the word seventeen of us, and most two presidents. By allowing each indifference through a brand new wanted to see Richard Briers other to score goals they hoped radio hearing-aid. and Paul Eddington in Middle to transgress their own league Finally dates of forthcoming Age Spread. So the intrepid and move onto the Super Bowl. events: RCS seventeen rushed hotfoot to However, despite letting each Rugby Sevens: This Sunday, Well January's events have the Lyric Theatre pausing only others feeble shots in they still 10th February. If you can get the come and gone and what a to order drinks for the half-time could not get the required name of your team to Ray month of indifference. With the interval and settled down for number of goals, corners, four- Myers, Chem 2 by midday you election machinery trundelling an evening of cheap, civilised leafed clovers and rabbits' feet to could still be playing. towards the Hustings UGM on entertainment marred only by a go through to the final. Valentines Disco: Friday 15th Thursday 28th February it's lack of support from the rest of February in JCR. Buy your In a three-way play-off for first time to decide whether or not the union. tickets in advance or else, like place the ICPAs won with the you are prepared to inject your Looking back to the Soccer the Halloween Party, you won't Biochem PGs second and Chem enthusiasm into the Royal Sixes, since there was no RCS get in. 2 third. The absence of any team College of Science Union. article last week, another Valentines Rag: Saturday 16th from Physics, the largest Remember each post is what enjoyable afternoon's entertain- February 9:30ish RCSU. Cupids department in College makes me you make it so if you think we ment was savoured by only a and Worlds Greatest Lovers- wonder if there is an exit from the got it all wrong this year, stand handful of hardy amateurs, mot Seducers or Gangsters (St Blackett Lab or if Cyrogenics are up and try to sort it out for of whom couldn't tell one end Valentines Day Massacre). having another go at suspended 1980-81. of the football from the other. animation. Anyway, as a footnote, if you Tuesday's Night Out to the Despite an intriguing league want to stand for any Union post theatre on student stand-bys system, dependent on the Onto the subject of rag. next year drop into the Union was a moderately rip-roaring single-transferable goal and/or Monopoly, usually a huge event Office anytime for a cup of coffee success. Without burning holes plea bargaining most teams managed to attract a mere and a chat to find out what it's all in anyone's pockets we could rapidly discovered that a nineteen people who exhorted about. 2 PEDAL CARS

Last week Guilds won the mens pedal car race around Princes Gardens and Mines won the women's event.

FANTASTIC KNITWEAR SALE Shetland Jerseys £6.95 Lambswool Jerseys £7.95 Many other bargains in gloves, scarves and hosiery. Tuesday, February 12th 12 - 2.30 pm. Junior Common Room

PJ

Once upon a time, there lived a student who felt that a den of technology like IC ought to have a society based upon the visual asthetics. Thus came into being the shady world of Graffitti. Wandering, homeless and destitute, these persecuted individuals were banished to the haunted West Wing of the Union Buiiding. On the cast-off enlarger, drying racks and a printed on with the range of profes- second floor of the stair case to the vertical screen washing trough fol- sional equipment available. Most left of the refectory, there such lowed; together with the largest packaging, tee-shirts, most fabrics, dangerous words as Graphic Arts collection of inks and papers (just) wallpaper, and enormous posters are could be kept far away from the East of the Royal College of Art. the main uses. milling Engineers and Scientists (and What you may ask, is screen With the equipment we have, you miners) so as not to corrupt their printing? Imagine a method of squeez- could produce tee-shirts, badges or devotion to technological endeavour, ing ink through a stretched mesh posters for your pet society, hall or and the Gross National Product. screen. Partially block out the screen, house, or for your own enjoyment. So much for the founding. The as in the diagram, so that only letters Megalomaniacs can see their work all purpose of the society is to provide an or designs are left clear for ink to pass over College and further. Societies outlet for anyone's artistic ability. The through, and that's screen printing. are free to commission posters up to facilities are open for any graphic arts The blocking out is mainly by a SRA2 size (on extended A2). What is (drawing, illustrating, lettering, etc). photographic process, transferring any really needed is people willing to take Over the years, the interest in design on transparent film, or trans- up commissions. A little technique can screen printing developed; as a means lucent drafting film. cover for a lot of detailed artistic of producing volumes of publicity or The ink passes through onto ability. Imagination is the only limit to as an end in itself. (Incidentally, about whatever you put underneath; poster the possibilities. Any potential Andy 20% of modern printing is by this paper, tee-shirts, badge size paper, tin Warhols out there? There's no reason method.) The accumulation of a cans, plastics, or the table! The chief why your work shouldn't be as good home-made light table, a photosoc advantage is that any surface can be as any; we use professional inks and equipment from Sericol, the largest suppliers in Europe. Anyone is welcome to pop up to the workshop at lunchtime Wednesday 6 fcOCK afternoon, seems to be the most active period at the moment. Or contact Chris Sowden, CCD3 or Dave Wheatley, Biochem 2. Dave Wheatley 3 Dear Sir effect, go to minority interests. I Dear Colin Dear Colin I was dismayed to see the would challenge anyone to show Time has come to defend At the time of writing I do first reading of the motion me just one piece of Union student grants! At the last not know the result of your proposing the total abolition of expenditure that has benefitted UGM there was great confusion motion on the Olympic Games, the Imperial College Women's every member of the Union. As about the motion on student but I would like to make some Association passed by such a an aside, I personally would grants. The motion called for comments. Your motion is large majority and with such rather see X pounds spent on national discussion on the level erroneous in many aspects: little discussion at the last ICWA than X pounds spent by of grants not calling for an 1. Athletes from all countries Union meeting. The proponents CCU VPs on drinks in the bar for increase. At present we are have not been training for the of the motion produced very rag collectors. opposing cuts in the increases of 1980 Olympics, as there will be verbose and sardonic argu- Arguably, representation is educational expenditure, we are no South African or Rhodesian ments. They also levelled, I feel, the most important function of not yet fighting cuts in educa- athletes present. tional expenditure. To freeze some unjustified criticisms at the ICWA. Representation of 2. If ICU believes that sport grant levels will effectively de- association. Many important women both within the Union should never be used as a value student grants by 20% (a issues in the debate seem to have and to the College authorities. weapon or for political pur- rough estimate for inflation over become clouded, or overlooked The ICWA President is not alone poses. This is a sentiment that I the next year). Jo has obviously completely, and although the on Council in having the specific agree with, then do you and never lived in non-College problem is not an easy one it task of voicing the views of a ICU approve of the Gleneagles residence, as otherwise she appears to comprise of three particular portion of the Union Agreement? Is it not hypocritical would understand that many basic areas of discontent. membership. The OSC Chair- to propose and support this students cannot live on their Namely the existence of the man, PG Affairs Officer and motion if you do support the grants. It should be remembered ICWA Lounge, the finance that Silwood Park Representative all Gleneagles Agreement which that many students do not ICWA receives from the union have identical functions. The receive sponsorship and that calls for a boycott on sport with and the representation that it has ICCAG Chairman even sits on many students live in private South Africa? on various Union committees Council to inform us of the action accommodation viz, flats, 3. To me the ideals of the and on council. of IC in the "community at bedsits and lodgings. Olympic Games are dead. This The objection to the presence large". I would find it strange if, is because they are no longer of the ICWA Lounge seems to say, the ICCAG Chairman Whilst in an ideal society we apolitical and have not been so me to be singularly ludicrous as it remained on Council to repre- would campaign for the total for a long time. They are used serves many other functions sent the interests of the abolition of the means test, it as a political weapon. Do you other than that of being a community whilst the ICWA should be noted that we can remember the Montreal Olympic women's lounge. Not least of President, who represents the hope to win this campaign Games and New Zealand? They these functions is its use as a views of women in College, was immediately but that the means are no longer amateur events as crash pad at the beginning of the removed. Many people are test must be phased out far as Russian athletes are year. The room is also used for perfectly capable of representing gradually. Unitl that is accom- concerned although they are not meetings, rehearsals and many themselves. They have voices plished we must continue to fight quite professional. for increases in student grants so other purposes. I see no reason loud enough to be heard. Many 4. It is hypocritical to condemn that the grant will not become why any group with a reasonable more voices that are not heard a call to boycott while calling devalued and economically claim cannot use it at any time and need representation by for a boycott of sport with meaningless. The student grant they require it. However, for some person or body more able. another country for political should allow students to study at those parts of the day when it is They should be deprived of this reasons. university and we should actively not being used why is it wrong to right. Further, to state the ICWA Yours sincerely campaign to ensure this. dedicate it to use by women? I President is unrepresentative Lawrence Stucke. Yours sincerely cannot ever recall having heard and out of contact with the Bernard Smith of a case of women barricading membership and that the ICWA Dear Sir themselves in the ICWA Lounge Committee practises some false It appears that only about and refusing to allow anyone else form of democracy is fallacious. Dear Sir five percent of the questionnaire to use it. When one considers It is no more or less democratic Surely anyone would agree sheets were returned. I would that almost every other area in than most other Union comit- that it is irresponsible to suggest to you that the thing is College is populated primarily by tees. If we are going to level the deliberately refuse to see the useless. I think most students men, simply by virtue of the high finger at areas of the union facts before making important here have at least a superficial percentage of men studying at structure that are undemocratic decisions, but that is exactly understanding of random IC, is it unreasonable to allocate and not as representative as they what happened at last Tuesday's sampling in statistics. The a small area as a place where might be I can think of many UGM when my procedural questionnaire has only produced women can go and feel fairly places to point it before ICWA. motion to postpone the ICWA data from students who are confident of finding less men To support the motion for the debate was defeated. interested in returning it (5%). In than women? abolition of ICWA is to selfishly What I was trying to say was no way can this be a truly The financial aspect of the steal away the ICWA Lounge for that to make such a decision random sample of IC students. I problem also seems to be some dubious future purpose, on whether or not ICWA was expect someone from the maths something of a red herring which nobody seems to have irrelevant, we should first see department might assist you in dangled around to mislead us all. thought much about. It is to put a the results of the recent running a more sensible ques- ICWA, like any other group in stop to all the social events that questionnaire rather than rely tionnaire. the Union, receives its finance ICWA organises and prevent purely on the partisan presen- Yours sincerely from UFC. If the Union believes women having a corporate tation of the speakers. This Barney McCabe that it receives money in representative position in the opinion I feel was borne out Physics 2 disproportion to its require- Union and in College. To abolish when speakers from both sides ments then it is up to UFC to ICWA is to sweep away an used the so far unpublished Dear Colin make the necessary reduction in established, traditional and results of the questionnaire to I am perturbed by the con- its grant. To state that ICWA dignified organisation. It is an support their side. tinuous editing given to my squanders too much money, and insult to the women studying at I realise everyone's minds snooker article. I think consequently should be abol- IC and to those women destined had been made up before the ished to prevent this, is like tryng to come here in the future to most people like a bit of humour meeting, but one has to at least to crack a nut with a steam roller. I hope that this will not pay lip service to democracy. Yours wonderously Allocating Union money to happen. John Whitehouse Gareth Machin minority groups is not some form Tony Cox Chem PG Physics 2 of grave sin as all Union grants, in Physics 3 4 TO BE OR NOT TO BE THAT IS Mary and Malcolm checking questionnaires. THE QUESTION (-NAIRE) The final results are not, obviously, ready Eric Jarvis received nine nominations for yet since with five sections and, at the final Best Male Singer, Katy Thatchell five votes for count, 272 acceptably filled questionnaires, it Best Female Singer and Colin Palmer five has taken over nine hours just to do the types votes for Male and two for Best Female Singer. of College entertainment that people like to As early results came in he was wondering experience (including five who ticked 'other'), whether to record a song for IC Radio Eight the best and worst films and part of the FELIX Days A Week. rock and pop awards. We received a lot of helpful suggestions for Best Film: Life of Brian (57 votes) improving FELIX, hence the new puzzles page. Worst Film: Didn't See It (22 votes) Any contributions of puzzles for the next issue followed by Star Trek (14 votes) will be most welcome. Those people who Fanatasia managed to get one vote from a requested more letters will be satisfied if they coke drinking, male, Physics 2 undergraduate. can get more people to write letters (or even For the worst film there were nominations for controversial articles). Cannable, STOIC and Emmanuelle. As for popularity, News was a clear winner Sixty of the questionnaires came from with 132 firsts out of 223 votes, the next was women and a few from those who were not Letters with 35 firsts out of 216 and 70 seconds. Again more news means more news quite sure of their sex, and more than a few ALBERT AND THE wrote "yes". collectors (and writers). If you are dissatisfied College Entertainment with the amount of news then keep your ears BIORHYTHMS open, for small items and large. All con- The form most experienced by those who "What's a biorhythm?" asked Albert. tributions will be gratefully received by the replied to this section was the College bars Cedric frowned, his brow corrugating like News Ed (ie me!). (182), but films followed closely (168). Other mildewed graph paper. He reached for his More results next week but many thanks to results were discos (109), live concerts (117) Collins English Dictionary: Lars, Paul J Upton, Leslie Horrocks and Dave. and Space Invaders (98). The figures in the "Biorhythm . . . Biorhythm . . . Ah, yes, got Mary Freeman brackets being the number who ticked that it, here it is; it's something you can deduce type. Union clubs and societies were the most PS: LATE RESULT from FELIX questionnaires — you take a quoted form of other entertainment; women Best All Time Singles: Bohemian Rhapsody whole load of them, add something up, divide it then voting for parties (6), CCU events (6) and and Nights In White Satin. and then you can tell how critical you are." men for IC Radio (6) and pool (6). "Sounds like maths to me," said Albert, a FELIX ROCK AND POP AWARDS note of apprehension in his voice. Only three sections have been checked as "Umm ... no, can't be — it says the yet, but the following results are known: computations can be performed by any Best Male Singer: Cliff Richard member of the FELIX staff. Apparently ..." Best Female Singer: Kate Bush Cedric's voice faltered like a major claim. Best Single Of The Past Year: Another "Good Lord, what's wrong?" asked Albert, a Brick In The Wall pt 2 new, altogether more vibrant note of The best single result was very close with apprehension in his voice. Message In A Bottle and / Don't Like Mondays "I feel awful; I think I'm going into an receiving just one less vote than Pink Floyd's intellectual critical with a sensitivity plus," single. Adam wins the joke vote. whispered Cedric, his face paler than the underbelly of a Union Hack. "I don't think I know what that means," said C&GU THE PIMLICO CONNECTION Albert. "Neither do J," said Cedric, his supine form Time again to put pen to paper and tell 1980—1981 at odds with the permanent wave of the you lot what's happened. Every Wednesday afternoon from Axminster. Saturday saw the Inter-CCU Monopoly October to January, Imperial College Albert reached for the dictionary . . . with Guilds making a good showing. students visit three inner London Chem Eng 1 won the prize with their comprehensive schools (Pimlico, BIORHYTHM: See FELIX Questionnaire. mascot Brick (?) and Guilds collected Holland Park and Stock well Manor), FELIX QUESTIONNAIRE: a cunning device £220 for Rag. which, in the hands of certain unscrupulous Lots of events are coming up: to help with the teaching of Science people, can prove a positive menace. In Tuesday 12th February is the Guilds and Engineering. particular, closer examination of the 'Food and Drink while at College' section may reveal UGM where we will be having a discussion The Pimlico Connection is now an hitherto unsuspected facets of a person's on the Guilds constitution, especially official ICU society, and we are trying biorhythm. (see BIORHYTHM) (see also election procedure, so to ensure a full to recruit tutors to ensure the INDUCED BIORHYTHM). and representative discussion we need as scheme's academic success in the next INDUCED BIORHYTHM: it has been noted many of you to turn up as possible. ME recently that students are peculiarly vulnerable 342 at 1:00pm. academic year. It is essential that the to biorhythmic induction. The yearly cycle of Friday 5th February is both the schools know well in advance both lectures and social functions with their combined CCU Valentines Party and the how many tutors they can expect overtones of boredom and debauchery channel the energies of the average student into Bristol Twenty-four Hour Pedal Car Race. and what they want to tutor. troughs and crests, rather like your well-known See Nab for tickets, 50p each, for the What did. you do on Wednesday wave-motion in Physics. party if you want to celebrate Valentines afternoons last term? Can't remember? Day. However, if you want to pedal our Why not do something you'll find "And this is a dictionary?" Albert mused . . cars around an airfield outside Bristol and worthwhile . . . Become a Link in the uphold the honour of Guilds see Henry Cycles of intellectual criticals (low level) and Curwen in the Office or Princes Gardens Pimlico Connection! If you're at all interested, please pluses (high level) occur in conjunction with where there are practices going on all the examinations, full moons and opening time. time . . . contact the following for further Ditto with the physical and the sensitivity side. Tuesday 19th February is the Field details: Clive Chandler, Civ Eng 2; Cup. More about that in Guildsheet next Alan Rogers, Elec Eng 2 or Dr J S R . . . there was a crash of breaking glass as Albert hurled Cedric through the window and week. Goodlad, Room 603, Elec Eng. climbed out onto the fire escape. Taking as Sunday 24th February is the Guilds Remember, we need people to many as one step at a time, he rushed to the Soccer Sixes at Harlington. Any lists volunteer NOW to tutor next year. If bottom and ran, with all the speed of a bye-law should be given to Giles Brereton, ME2 you can't find us, drop a note change, to the FELIX Office. Frenzied flicking or the Guilds Union Office. There will be through the mound of questionnaires a liquid prize for the winners. through the internal mail and we'll confirmed his worst fears: Cheers, Bryan. find you! "I still don't bleeding understand ..." Lars Wernberg-Moller 5 Section of a laser engraved typesetting disc.

The typesetting disc rotates to the position of the required letter. The location is optically deter- mined by analysing the codes on FELIX the extremities of the disc. THE JOB A complicated lens arrange- ment focuses the image of the (PART 1) letters on to photographic paper. The letter size can be varied from five to thirty-six point. (This text is typeset in nine point.) The style of type font can be changed by entering codes from Last year's elections for FELIX the keyboard or by changing the Editor were fought on rather muddy disc. ground. This year I hope that all the Colin Palmer .Sabbatical elections will be con- ducted ir^the right spirit. If you are interested in standing for the post then please come in for a chat as soon as possible. This week I've featured photos of the computer typesetter. The top pic shows the keyboard which is a terminal with extra keys for entering column widths and type styles and sizes. A full-time operator, Maz, types most of the FELIX copy but it is important that a FELIX candidate knows how to operate the typesetter (especially for producing his/her -i "Jil* election publicity).

The middle photo shows the PCB 1 r boards and the bottom pic features i k the lens mechanism. The typesetter stores one line at a' time and outputs photographic paper into a cassette which is then transferred to an automatic devel- oper . . . more next week. Colin Palmer

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7 IC 1st XI vs London Hospital 1st XI Their winning ways having suffered a setback in their last game IC firsts took the field against London Hospital 1st XI in the mood to put things The continuing saga of the famous right and settle a few scores^fearlier in the season. The IC team settled well and took a stranglehold on the midfield which was to be crucial, Andy Haralampous in particular was forceful and full of running, one of his crossfield passes found Ian Stevenson too busy admiring it to do anything with it, about the only thing Ian did wrong all afternoon. The considerable control IC were able to assert was by virtue of good team play from the Last Friday the Imperial College Ladies Rugby team were featured back all the way through to the forwards. Half time arrived with feeling on the London and S.E. section of NATIONWIDE. The film featured ladies rugby team that it was only a matter of time before IC scored. The wait for the first the IC vs UC match at Harlington which ended in a 0-0 draw. The goal was not a long one. James Roley intercepted the first pass from the cameras focused on all aspects of the game including the boat race in kick off and jinked his way unchallenged through the entire London team the bar afterwards. The film was spliced with interviews with both to beat the goalkeeper with a shot which rebounded off a post. The only captains and Eddie. Everyone in the team who saw it said that they doubt was whether the ball had crossed the line, but the Captain's enjoyed it. It was a pity that the BBC couldn't let us know the persuasive powers worked on the referee again and the goal stood. screening date! The team have also hit the press (again!) notably the Fortified by this deserved success, IC again dominated. The forwards looking Evening News' centre pages. The article was rather tongue in cheek particularly threatening with Graham Rickard prompting the ever-running Dave Dean and James Roley. It was however Chris Hendy who scored and featured a picture of a scrum. The continuing interest in Ladies the second goal. He seemed slightly surprised that the ball reached him at Rugby has also been noted by the BBC World Service. the far post through a crowd of three London players. Rising to the occasion he thrust the top half of his person at the ball and managed to thrust it towards the open goal. IC appeared to consider that two goals were enough and eased up slightly, which provided Steve Veats with more work, he made one fine save tipping the ball round the post whilst IC 5ths vs RSM 2nds: 3 - 2 horizontal, thank heavens he didn't have to catch it! Two-nil was perhaps generous to London who had experienced one of IC's best performances so far this season. Birkbcck 1st vs IC 5ths: 1 - 2 Team: S Veats, J Gamble, M Curran, M Kenrick, K Reeve, C Hendy, A Haralampous, I Stevenson, J Roley, D Dean and G Rickard.

With two thrilling and entertaining matches on Wednesday and Saturday which both produced nail-biting finishes; the fifths collected yet another four IC 2nd XI vs Barnes HCW: 2-1 points to improve their chances of a late bid for the title. We expect you're all wondering why the IC hockey 2nd XI never gets a Wednesday's match against RSM 2 was a superbly refereed, well balanced mention in this illustrious publication. Well, we think that it stems from a game with either side looking capable of snatching the points until 'Big' Dave vicious rumour that maintains that we never win! This remarkable state of Dean, covering a lot of ground to run onto a Damian Kelly pass, placed an affairs was put right on Saturday when a Barnes team of average age 34V2 unstoppable shot out of the reach of the Mines' keeper. Earlier in the match was well and truly hammered into the ground by the ruthless tactics and the fifths had taken the lead when Nick Matthews was sent clear by Russ effective hockey that so typifies the play of the seconds. (Actually, we Gilbert and made no mistake with his shot. And it was Nick Matthews who laid managed to scrape through 2-1!). on the second goal for John Healy after Mines had equalised his earlier effort. We overcame the first hurdle with some ease by persuading the 1st XI With Mines equalising just before half-time to set up a thrilling second half it to take captain Gordon Baxter off our hands. From this point on, the was no surprise that even after the fifths winning goal Mines continued to apply team could do not wrong. Arriving at the ground forty-five minutes before pressure on the IC defence to get another equaliser. Great credit must go to the opposition, Dave Cornwell managed to get an excellent snapshot of defenders, Pat Chown, Phil Lakin, Nick David and Bill Caffyn for withstanding one member of the side relieving himself of the pre-match tension! this pressure with great skill and composure. And a special mention must be Once on the pitch we proceeded to con Barnes into thinking that we made the fifths goalkeeper Duncan Brown who produced four 'world class' were the 3rd XI. They were so taken in by this that Gordon wylie was saves to deprive the opposition at vital moments. able to carve through their defence and score from a narow angle. A On Saturday the fifths faced yet another daunting prospect against a second goal soon followed, as a defender helpfully kicked Mike Chew's Birbeck side who had won their last ten games. One of the main problems was shot inside the post. In the second half, the team never quite recovered found to be transporting players to the ground. With Mark Clegg the fifths from being 2-0 up and allowed Barnes to score late on. However, thanks captain, and tactical genius, unfortunately absent with flu, the fifths were to good defensive work and Martin Shaw's umpiring, we hung on to deprived of an extra car which would have proved invaluable. Paul Gohil's late record an historic victory. arrival, with car, eased the situation, but Dave Brannan, Steve Simms (one m), Thanks must also be expressed to keeper Martin 'Banks' Cooper for Pat Chown and Dave Griffiths were still forced to sample the delights of only touching the ball twice — once to pick it out of the net!; to Steve London transport. Rampton for effectively body-checking their right-wing whenever he could; However, when the match did finally kick-off the fifths proved that they had and to Gordon Wylie for not getting a green card this week! not been disheartened by these events or Quentin Merrit's navigating, and in a Andy Stoomer and Simon Gray goalless first half the fifths were unlucky not to score on several occasions, particularly Quentin Merrit who after a fine run through the Birbeck defence was robbed of a certain goal when he was cynically uprooted by a Birbeck Falmouth beat Keogh defender whose crime went completely unpunished by an otherwise excellent Falmouth Hall beat Keogh in the football match held this morning in referee. Hyde Park. Two spectators watched the match, equalling the crowd In the second half Dave McPhail started to show his true class and was attendance record, but they left when Falmouth were leading by five goals consistently causing the Birbeck defence trouble, even before, he sent a to nil. There was no violence, except for a couple of minor fouls, which rasping thirty yard shot into the roof of the Birbeck net. And it was he who resulted in a very clean game; however, in another sense, the game was made the second goal for Nick Matthews shortly after, following some fine extremely muddy, in fact the ball virtually refused to bounce and stuck in work between Steve Sims and Dave Brannan (playing his first full game of the the mud quite a lot. One player described the game as being more like season). With Birbeck getting a goal back from a fairly harsh penalty decision, water polo, and Harry Jingh wore goggles for part of the match. it was left, to what has now become a very solid fifth team defence, to hold out Mick McNicholas was the major scorer for Falmouth with three of the for what seemed a very lengthy last ten minutes. It came as no surprise when six goals; Huddersfield scored one of the two Keogh goals, the second of Paul Gohil, Pat Chown, or Dave Griffiths, and Nick David did this with which went in while the Falmouth goalkeeper, Charles Rich, was leaning consumate ease. Once again Duncan Brown was also on hand to make several against his goalpost in the closing seconds of the match, waiting for the vital, breathtaking saves in the dying minutes. A special mention to Russ final whistle. Gilbert who when Duncan was beaten once from a corner was 'on hand' to Having beaten Keogh 6-2, Falmouth's next game is in a week's time make a very handy score. Caroline holds on against Linstead who beat Willis Jackson House 4-2 last Sunday. FOOTBALL CLUB P ARTISTS — RCS 6-A-SIDE WINNERS AN IMPARTIAL SIDE

Name: Steve Veats. Status: Postgrad. Position: Goalkeeper Remarks: Known by most as 'Hands', once scored a hat-trick for QMC becoming the first IC player to score a hat-trick for the opponents. Was solely responsible for the three points scored' against FCPA in the Tournament. Is known to have posed for action photographs in FELIX (before the game). Did not drink after the game! Name: Chris Hendy. Status: First Year. Position: Defense STAR WRECK Remarks: Animal, eats raw meat and This is the story of the Imperial 4:00pm: Two more canoes now 'holed'. opposing players despite defensive College Canoe Club on its weekend Several more canoeists have taken an role claims to have been top scorer, mission to explore the uncharted early bath after capsizing. Return lives in a cage under auspices of first bends of the River Dart, to shoot home to base at Dartmoor Expedition team captain. Does have one redeeming treacherous swirling rapids, to boldly Centre for hot meal. feature however, Jill, his girlfriend who paddle where no canoeist has paddled 7:00pm: Off to quiet local in Widecomb is free on Wednesday and Saturday before. for evening. afternoons. Captain's log: Stardate 25/1/80 11:30pm: Have to discipline two Name: Kevan Reeve. Status: Third 5:00pm — Club assembled outside members of the crew, side tracked from Year. Position: Defense Union Arch. After problems in obtaining duty by a highly suspicious invitation to Remarks: First team captain, FCPA one of our two vans, we've phoned a pyjama party. captain, Chris Hendy's keeper and 'Dial-a-wreck' who've sent us their Sfar 9:00am: Time for two more runs before cage chaner, founder member. Steve Wreck. we have to warp back to London, Veats Appreciation Socity, Father 12:00pm: Star Wreck can go no further succeed in holing another nine boats on Figure to inexperienced first year — forty miles outside Exeter — rocks. Only two boats still OK. Now we players (know what I mean). Wears marooned. have thirteen 'star wrecks'. i i 'if* I ' - shirts next to his skin 3:00am: Having cleared the anti-matter 3:30pm: Set off to London. and hangs around in bars. Mentioned pods and decoked the warp-drive, we 6:00pm: Break journey at Wylyle to in last year's IC Handbook. eventually arrive at destination. 'refuel' crew. Name: John Healy. Status: Life 11:30am: River is low. Thirteen brave 11:30pm: Home. Never again . . . Beam Member of ICU. Position: Under canoeists embark on the perilous me up, Doris. Consideration by Employees rock-dodging descent, negotiating the If you're interested in joining the Remarks: Old man of the side, fifth likes of 'Lovers Leap' and 'Triple drop' crew, why not be 'enterprising' and team captain, lack of offside rule in without too many casualities. come down to the swimming pool on ccrrnpetition suited his style of play. 2:00pm: All arrive safely, though one Tuesday nights at 6:30pm. See you Continually shouting Eagles despite canoe leaking too badly to use again. there . . . being told there are none in London; 2:45pm: Half a dozen of the more talks a lot, ... of rubbish mainly. intrepid attempt another run. Chris Rider Name: Bobby 'Dylan' Dhillon. Status: )ld Bo> Position: Attack. Remarks: Foreign body in the team, member of illustrious gang known as The Sun Tan Kids. Permanently recovering from excess alcohol, giving rise to an immaculate body swerve- stagger thinks all British women are great. Wishes to meet a six foot blond but any girl of normal chest size would be considered. Name: Kevin Buckley. Status: First Year. Position: Attack. Remarks: Owner of the 'games kit' bag, Laughing Cavalier of seconds, despite rumours that he was a third choice for the team played brilliantly, wishes to thank all who brought him a drink afterwards. Has been known to hold up trains (see FELIX, 25th January). Off the field a very quiet person except when joining in a chorus of In Mobile. I certify that the above is a true and accurate record. The Beau Brummie

10 so far ICU has only raised £800. That is FOXES HOLE WANTED: ONE CHAIRMAN, 17p per student. Seventeen pence per Philosophically Speaking student? Please will you give some.more UNION GENERAL MEETINGS Traditionally this is a term when every money. Simply the price of a beer from At the UGM on Thursday 13th March, one settles down to some work and half the IC studes would raise £950. elections will be held for various IC Union everything stands a fair chance of falling There will be a preliminary meeting of a posts including UGM Chairman. Papers will apart. Well, I haven't fallen apart yet, but group to organise further collections in be going up on Thursday the 28th of this have you? Involvement is something that my office at 12:45 next Thursday. month. all four of the college unions spend much DISAFFILIATION 1979-80 has been the first full academic verbiage expounding, but is it, in the As vou probably know both Kings and year of this job's existence, holders having average student's interest if the the Union Reading have disthinged from the NUS, becomes a distraction rather than an been Malcolm Brain (last academic year) this means that ICU is no longer alone in attraction? and myself. the outside. It will be very interesting to In theory, all one has to do as Chairman is What I am calling for is awareness. see if any other universities follow suit to sit there and announce which item of Don't wander round like a 1980's version and whether NUS can adapt to the business comes next, ask for speeches and of Tommy (for pinball substitute space financial implications. say whether the motion (etc) is passed or invaders). You aren't blind, deaf or dumb, BBC defeated. For some reason, though, it never though most IC students do give that I hope that those who went to the really works out like that tind even the impression. Radio 4 recording of the News Quiz essential familiarity with Standing Orders I can understand people being dissatisfied enjoyed it. There will a further recording doesn't remove the need to 'live on your with ICU, I don't think it "walks on on 21st February. Free tickets are wits' when things get conflicted. There are water" either. What I can't understand is available from the IC Union Office. still many 'grey areas' in the Standing the way people can drift on the tide MEGALOMANIA (POST UGM) Orders (eg length of speeches!) and much is without so much as an attempt at altering left to the Chairman's discretion. the course. I have always had tendencies towards this unfortunate mental condition but now I have found that the more you Gary Nichols posed the "What is a understand about what's going on, the Hack?" question. Well, it is difficult not to I am determined to let it get out of hand. easier the job becomes — so 'reading up' on become a hack when you spend more The inference at the UGM that I spend motions and amendments beforehand is than twelve hours most days up to your my whole time writing letters to foreign useful — especially when one is called to pits in Union biz, but I do believe that regimes is totally untrue. make a decision on 'a move to vote', 'hackdom' is more a state of mind than a Yes, I do write letters, as and when a state of being. I must say that I have concerned union or sub-committee sees 'question be not put' or 'take it in parts' deliberately avoided steeping myself in the fit, these letters, however, take a small procedural motion. mystique of Standing Orders and fraction of mine and the permanent staff's Although motions must be submitted to Procedural Motions, but I can feel time. Meetings, and general administration, the Hon Sec seven days beforehand to be guaranteed a place on the Agenda, the hackdom coming on take up far more. Of course I care about the services that the Union and College Chairman may subsequently accept WUS — IC THIRD WORLD SCHOLAR- offer. It is ironic that I had proposed a motions and amendments at his discretion. SHIP major change in the Union sub-structure So here's the bottom line — no one has This is designed to fund a student from to increase the Union hand in this area yet approached me about standing — if you the Third World on a relevant MSc just minutes before this attack. do plan to stand for UGM Chairman, I might course, and it will come as a great Anyway, must stop now. I'm playing be able to pass on some useful hints. surprise to the few of you who have been squash with President Tito tonight! Mick Berry pestered to the point of bankruptcy that Chris

You must be off your f g head. Stand FIRE EXTINGUISHERS THE BRAIN for Hon Sec, or President, or something It's been pointed out to me that a lot of else silly like that. students probably live in a flat with DRAIN Seriously, anyone taking on a Sabbatical others, all having various valuable items in Union office expecting it to be a doss would rooms with no fire insurance, who might ANYONE WANT A JOB? get a very nasty surprise. Getting like to club together to buy a fire Is there anyone who hasn't got a job involved in the Union can be enjoyable, extinguisher. I can get some at a discount for next year yet who: but being full-time makes a big difference; price — anyone wanting to place an order (1) likes working for long, irregular you're expected to work twenty-four can see me in the Union Office. hours a day, and wherever you go in hours. MULTIGYM (2) must live on campus (in order College people moan at you. Of course that people can come to see you or there are some advantages; you can lead The multigym should arrive sometime ring you up at any time of the night). a hectic social life (it would be difficult to in March and will be kept in the Sports Centre. It will be available for anyone to (3) enjoys working on committees (33 avoid this), which can be fun, and if you use for weight-training or just general at the latest count, and you can even want to go into a management career keep-fit exercises. be chairman of six of them). when you leave the experience you gain Entry to the Sports Centre is 15p but is (4) is prepared for drunken idiots in in the Union may enhance your job free for members of Weights Club the bar threatening to push your face prospects. Just remember that doing a (membership El.OOpa). in. sabbatical is mainly work, worry, and (5) doesn't mind having people more work — you're basically cheap VANDALISM/THEFT labour. constantly moaning to you about Someone has broken the lock on one Anyone still seriously considering what you're doing about bar and of the Durex machines in the gents' standing for DP should come and see me refectory prices, etc. toilets in the Union. I take a dim enough to learn more about what is involved (6) people doing the same as (5) view of people accidentally smashing sometime soon. behind your back (but ten times as things whilst they are pissed out of their much). ANYONE WANT AN EASIER heads; I like thieves even less. Anyone (7) likes having dustbinfulls of mixed JOB? caught will be handed over to the police Mooney/abattoir/fish market slops Better paid too! I need someone to (eventually), banned from the Union for poured over their head to raise make up curtains from material I'm going life and publicly ostracised in FELIX, their money for Rag. to buy for a Union room. ICWA have a department informed, and anything else I (8) doesn't want to earn much sewing machine. Come and see me in the can think of at the time. money. office sometime. You have been warned! Want to be a Deputy President? Malcolm 11 Motions 1. Finniston Report (proposed by Rick LORD ANNAN AT THE UGM REPORT Waldenberg, seconded by Mark Brown) BOARD OF STUDIES President's Business This motion noted the recommendations MEETING of the committee of inquiry into the The petition to Ted Heath against "So this is the Right Honourable Lord engineering profession which are that: overseas students' fees increases had so Annan, the Vice Chancellor of the a. Engineering courses should become far gathered 1,500 signatures (including University of London," I thought as he more biased towards futures in approximately 170 from the staff), but no spoke to the Board of Studies meeting management. reply had been received to the request for last Wednesday. This is the top bod in b. The status of engineers should be an appointment. The crib sheet on 'How London University, one of the most increased. to Lobby Your MP' is available for those important people in higher education in c. The engineering student should who would like to do so. The BBC 'News this country. One expects to be impressed receive an extra £250 in recognition of Quiz' programme was recorded and by people of this stature. I was not their importance in industry. broadcast, and another visit will be taking impressed at all. Far from it, the man doesn't place on Thursday 21st February though, It advised that, since Imperial College know what he's talking about; and that's since most of the tickets were handed out students would be greatly effected by this not my opinion, that's fact. report, students should read a synopsis (the at the last quiz, there are only a few "The students' union of this college, actual report is over 200 pages long) and tickets left. like all other colleges, is financed directly play a role in the development of a response The accommodation photo competition by local education authorities," he said. to the report. is now open for entries. Wrong. We are one of few student's Bernard Smith's proposed amendment to unions in the country which receives its the motion, which would add to ICU Deputy President grant as a subvention from the college Believes that "Engineering students should Fire extinguishers for people's flats are and hence our funds come from the block not be considered in isolation from the rest on sale in the Union Office for between grant given by the University Grants of the student body" and "That non- £13 and £17 and fire blankets may be Commission to IC. engineering students are as important to ordered. Of the areas where economies could be Industry as engineering students," was Work has now started on the Union made in order to cope with the Govern- unfortunately misinterpreted; both by Bar Hoist. ment cuts, one of his principle suggestions Bernie and those present at the UGM. The Honorary Secretary debate on Bernie's amendment thus was that students should play sports on Sundays as well as Saturdays and John Anderson, Tansy Hepton, Andy became more of a question as to whether Wednesdays so that the number of sports Cheyne and Gary Nichols have been engineers should receive an extra £250, and grounds could be reduced. I'm sure that chosen at random from the Council to sit almost developed into a Guilds vs The Rest on the Elections Committee. Election debate. will go an enormous way towards saving the many millions of pounds that need to rules and job desriptions for those The procedural motion that the question be saved. Mind you, Senate House are thinking of standing for a post can be be not heard was passed by a majority vote doing their bit: a couple of staff have left obtained from the Union Office. and thus the amendment was defeated. and they haven't been replaced he told us Twenty pounds has been allocated to When Bernie tried to oppose the main emphatically. buy a new Union banner. motion with exactly the same speech he How about closing one of the smaller used for the amendment the procedural By-Law Changes London colleges, somebody asked. motion that the speaker be not heard was 1. ICWA (proposed by Jo Armitage) moved, and again passed by a majority (Which, realistically, is one of the few It took thirty minutes of discussion and vote. ways that really substantial savings could speeches to eventually pass the first be made, even though it may be The motion was eventually passed, reading of the proposed change, which, if undesirable.) He didn't sound too keen: it though voting appeared to be close. passed at the second reading, will delete may be considered by a committee he's Chris Fox also announced that Sir Monty the ICWA constitution from the Blue setting up to look into it. Finniston will be visiting the College on J3ook, change the ICWA Lounge into the Exam costs are coming under attack Monday 3rd March, and hence members of Upper Lounge and remove the "President alot these days, and quite rightly as Guilds and Mines have had all lectures after of the Women's Association" from 3:30pm cancelled for that day. adminstration of exam costs London Council. University nearly two million pounds a A procedural motion to adjourn the John Whitehouse moved a procedural year. Lord Annan believes in exams meeting so that the Anti-Corrie Bill lobby motion that the question be moved to a though, he told us: "A three hour exam is march could be joined by members of the later meeting, when the results of the meeting was not accepted. a good test of character . . . puts the ICWA questionnaire had been published, student under pressure; after all, we're all 2. Megalomania (proposed by P Merryman, but this was turned down by the under pressure." I must admit I found it seconded by S Teelock) Chairman. difficult not to laugh in the face of this The amendment, proposed by Malcolm This was, according to Mr Merryman, British Colonial Army Stiff Upper Lip Brain, to remove the right of ICWA to obviously a joke motion, and in his speech stuff. he put forward that the letters written to the have a specific room (the ICWA Lounge) What about the University trying to Soviet Embassy and Mrs Thatcher would but delete the rest of the by-law change raise some money? Well, he's definitely have no effect on their policies and, as such, was narrowly defeated by 106 to 96. doing his bit to help there. Oh yes, he's the motions passed recently on those 2. Establishment Of Internal Service inviting some top industrialists to the subjects, and the motions on South Africa Committee (proposed by Chris Fox) anniversary dinner of the QueetL Mum and Cambodia were futile and a waste of The first reading was passed without being chancellor. And by 'rationalisation' Union time. opposition, so that the Service Committee does he mean cuts? shrinkage? . . . well, and the Haldane Library Committee may be The amendment which proposed to we didn't actually get an answer on that replaced by the Internal Services delete ICU instructs, was defeated and one. Committee. The Deputy President would the main motion was passed, in spite of I'll say one thing for Lord Annan, he become the chairman of this committee. Chris Fox's statement that the Exec does fully appreciate the folly of the knew that their letters had little effect, but 3. To Put Academic Standing Clause Into present government's attitude towards that every bit of opposition, however By-laws (proposed by R J Stotesbury) higher education. He, like anybody else small, helps. The second reading was passed without who has given the matter any thought, This will mean that the EAO will now opposition. This will now specifically realises that the government calculations have to apply to the UN, on behalf of prevent a repetition of the John Shuttle- of 'full economic cost' for overseas worth case. ICU for a seat on the UNC. students aren't based on common sense. The meeting was adjourned at 2:20pm. So that was the Lord Annan we've all Mary Freeman heard about. As I say, I'm not impressed. (News Editor) Gary Nichols 12 SINGLE ROOMS FOR £3.50 A advantage to the owner is that the group undertakes reasonable repairs to the WEEK house. Most importantly, homeless people As many IC students will know from are housed at low rents. personal experience, it is very difficult to One such house is being run by the find a place to rent, at a reasonable price, group in Mortlake (SW14). An unfurnished in London. The problem is so great that house of four bedrooms, lounge, kitchen, local councils often have to house bathroom and two gardens was occupied by homeless families in hotels or bed and four students at the cooperative's rent of breakfast places. So it is rather surprising £3.50 each per week. Sound interesting? that there are tens of thousands of empty Furniture and equipment has been bought properties, often council owned, dotted second-hand, or scrounged, and despite around London. Many of the houses are some early problems (like flooding the awaiting redevolpment — which may take neighbouring house!) the place is now very years — some have simply been 'lost' by comfortable, the licence will probably last the bureaucracies involved, others are for six months and maybe longer. Houses somewhat derelict, and so on. The aim of which needed lots of-work would only be the Backdoor Housing Cooperative used if they were available for longer and formed at IC last year, is to make use of structural repairs would be paid for by the these 'short-life' houses for its members. cooperative — this is why a rent is collected. Empty houses are easy to spot — If you like a Bohemian life, surrounded by especially if they are boarded up! Once paint pots, fuse boxes and copies of found, chances of success are best if the Alternative London; or if you are property is council owned. The hard part cooperatively minded and would help run a is to persuade owners that participating is group to try and house people (including to their advantage. Typically a group of yourself), come to the next meeting on members from the cooperative might take Thursday 14th February at 12:45pm in the over a house and live in it for six months SCR (first floor, Union Building) and help to several years at a tent of £3.50 per decide about: week. The owner benefits because an 1. Street surveys to find more houses. occupied house deteriorates more slowly 2. Registering as a limited company (this has Peter Weinberg than an empty one. If the owner is the legal advantages). local council then an additional 'perk' is 3. The cooperative's bank account. The terrace house in Mortlake the rates revenue, paid by the cooperative PD Weinberg out of the rent received. A further DSES PG

TUESDAY 12th FEBRUARY ASSOCIATED STUDIES PRESENTS: PHOTSOC SHOP in the Old Darkroom 1. The World At War (Thames TV), episode betwen 12:30 and 1:30. Wolf Pack at 1:15pm in the Great Hall, WHAT'S RIDING CLUB MEETING in Room 1110 (level Sherfield Building. 11) Elec Eng between 1:00 and 2:00. 2. Lunch-hour concert with Hideko Udagawa LUNCHTIME PROM WITH WINDBAND at (violin) and Marios Papadopoulos (piano) in the 1:00pm, Queen's Tower or environs. Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate at 1:30pm. ASSOCIATED STUDIES PRESENTS: GLIDING-CLUB MEETING with talk on Field Landings at 5:30pm in Aero 254. ON 1. China Since Mao: The Political Aftermath of Maoism with Prof Richard Harris in the Read ENTS FILM: EIGER SANCTION in Mech Eng Theatre, Sherfield Building at' 1:30pm. 220 at 6:30pm. Entrance fee 30p. FRIDAY 8th FEBRUARY 2. Architecture in Britain Since 1945: New BADGE SOCIETY MEETING at 5:30pm in the Towns And Townscape with Lawrence Burton FRIDAY 15th FEBRUARY in the Pippard Theatre, Sherfield Building at ICWA Lounge. IC CHRISTIAN UNION meet at 6:30pm in the 1:30pm. IC CHRISTIAN UNION meet at 6:30pm in the Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate. STOIC TRANSMISSION 1:00pm. Music Room, 53 Prince's Gate. VALENTINES DISCO at 8:15pm in the FILM: NETWORK at 8:00pm in the Hughes LECTURE: An Introduction To Remote Hughes Parry Hall, Cartwright Gardens, WC1 Parry Hall, Cartwright Gardens, WC1 (nearest Sensing in Min Geo Lecture Theatre, third (Russel Sq or Kings Cross tubes) at 8:15pm. tubes: Russell Square and Kings Cross). floor, RSM at 5:45pm. All welcome. Admission 50p to non-members and SU cards Admission 40p. DARKROOM DEMO at 7:00pm in the Old are required. DISCO at 8:30pm in Bedford College Union Darkroom. Common room. Admission 30p and SU cards SUNDAY 17th FEBRUARY are required. Gallagher and Lyle have cancelled tour. WEDNESDAY 13th FEBRUARY SATURDAY 9th FEBRUARY PIMLICO CONNECTION Lunchtime Election TUESDAY 19th FEBRUARY Meeting at 12:30pm in Elec Eng 606. All AN EVEN MORE EXTRAVAGANT ADVEN- ICWA PANCAKE RACE 1:00pm Beit Quad. present and past tutors are urged to attend. TURE PLAYGROUND REFURBISHMENT STOIC TRANSMISSION with Happy Birthday RAG COMMITTEE MEETING at 7:00pm in EXTRAVAGANZA. Meet Union Archway at To Us, STOIC's tenth anniversary special at Bot/Zoo Common Room. All welcome. 10:30am. 1:00pm and again at 6:00pm. LIVE MODERN JAZZ WITH THE JOHN IC CHEM SOC/ICI JOINT LECTURE on MONDAY 11th FEBRUARY KOTRE QUARTET AT 8:30pm in Stan's Bar. Lasers And Molecular Chemistry by Professor Free! EXPLORATION SOCIETY INFORMAL D J Bradley FRS (Head of IC Physics) at MEETING at 12:30pm in Southside Upper 5:30pm in Chem Th C. Lounge. THURSDAY 14th FEBRUARY COMMUNIST SOCIETY DISCUSSION on HANG-GLIDING CLUB MEETING in Mech Eng FRIDAY 22nd FEBRUARY State and Revolution at 6:30pm in Botany 342 at 12:45pm. Constitution changes are being ENTS CONCERT: BERLIN and support at proposed at the meeting as well as flying rules. Common Room. 7:30pm in Concert Hall. Admission £1. FILMSOC PRESENT: STRAW DOGS with CHRISTIAN SCIENCE OPEN MEETING ON Dustin Hoffman in Mech Eng 220 at 6:30pm. TIME at 1:00pm in Second Year Seminar ENTS DISCOs are held every Friday at Admission 40p to non-members and 25p to Room, Botany. 8:00pm in the Union Lower Lounge. STOIC TRANSMISSION at 1:00 and 6:00. members. Admission still only 20p. -A-* X.C. RADIO TIMES

periaL I.C. Radio Top Twenty 4/2/80 Sexual Problems is the first of a series of programmes made in collaboration with the COLLEGE Family Planning Association especially for 1 (7) Lene Lovich Angels students. You can hear it after the news at 2 (1) Madness My Girl 11pm on Monday night. 3 (8) Boomtown Rats Someone's Looking at You DAOX) 4 (3) The Buggies The Plastic Age 5 {51 Barclay James Harvest Love on the Line Focus on lOcc this Sunday at 5pm is 6 (14) Sheila B. Devotion Spacer presented by Simon Littlejohn, who traces the 301m 999kHz Medium Wave I 7 (-) Peter Gabriel Games Without Frontiers history of the band from their early beginnings to 8 (-) The Flying Lizards - TV their present day duality. 9 (6) New Music Living by Numbers Also by line to: Stan's Bar, 10 (-) Joan Armatrading - Rosie Linstead Bar, Keogh gallery level, 11 (10) Jon and Vangelis - I Hear You Now 12 (-) Matchbox Buzz Buzz a Diddle l! Felix Rock & Pop Awards Felix office and coming soon to 13 (-) The Specials - Too Much Too Young On Sunday evening between 6.30 and 7pm, Tizard gallery level (Pool room). 14 (9) The Clash - London Calling Colin Palmer, who organised the awards, 15 (-) The Selector - Three Minute Hero 16 (12) Janis Ian - Have Mercy Love will be going through the results with 17 (13) Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Dave Fuller on the Wibbly Wobbly Wireless 18 (19) The Only Ones - Trouble in the World Show, including a track by the winning Male 19 (18) The Jags Woman's World Vocalist. Ragged Heroes is I.C. Radio's Folk 20 (4) Joe Jackson - It's Different for Girls Programme and as such allows it's presenter Eric Jarvis, an opportunity to give an airing (some of them are old enough to need it) to any records Compiled from the most played records on (fusty or otherwise) that take his fancy; of course I.C. Radio during the last two weeks by with the restriction that they can loosely be Sarah Talbot, assisted by Tony Ferguson. described as Folk music. Hence interspersed between Martin Carthy and Richard Thompson, The new I.C. Radio chart can be heard on your ears (provided that you haven't stuck your Monday evening at 8.30pm in Viewpoint. fingers in them) wiil be assaulted by the likes of Thin Lizzy, Al Stewart, Sonny Boy Williamson, George Thorogood, Roy Harper, Bill Nelson, even live recordings (sic) of Folk Club, a topical pome, the Colonel (and his thoughts and ramblings on the degeneracy of the nation as a whole, and Monday's programme co-ordinator in Aboue: "I'll just see if we have that record particular; sorry Sarah), and Blind Lemon Pledge in our catalogue." Simon Woods answers a (the one-armed deaf, dumb and blind blues request phoned in on Internal 3440. singer). Pfiofo by Jeremy Nunns All this and more (e.g. nervous breakdowns, live on-air) can be yours for the price of a tranny, Left: This is not a spoof picture to match the every Monday night from 6 to 7pm. heading style, but instead is another reminder to B. Levin (mine's a Guinness) listen to Focus on lOcc, Sunday at five.

come as college finanaces are restricted college grant for unions, but this would and must only result in a decrease in'our require Statutory Instruments to be Union facilities. In the autonomy case it is passed in Parliament and some MPs have EXTERNAL possible to make ultra vires payments, eg said that they would not be passed. in the past one college made payments to The problem with autonomous unions is AFFAIRS the IRA. (We have policy against ultra that there is no public accountability and vires payments!) Also colleges can agree a SU may misuse the money allocated to it ICU at present receives its funding from with unions to increase the per capita by as above, but the legal restrictions on the College. This is done by negotiating with large amounts if unions allow some of the use of this money have increased — ultra College each year based on estimates from money to go to the colleges. vires payments (payments to bodies outside the past year. Most other SUs however, The whole system of SU funding has one's own responsibility eg to other unions) are funded on a per capita system from been under discussion for some time now are illegal. Also the LEAs must make LEAs and are thus totally autonomous and three proposals have been made: payments in which they have no negotiating from their colleges. However, the LEAs 1. Flat-rate fee (£15-20) from LEAs and a power. cannot negotiate with the unions concerning set amount from colleges. However the per capita system in the the per capita required. These unions 2. Voluntary membership and amount present economic climate must be negotiate with their colleges to decide a from colleges. preferential to that in which unions must fair payment which the LEAs must then 3. Block amount to UGC (j£15m) distributed compete with academic departments pay. to colleges and college/union negotiations. finance. Both these systems have anomalies, in The problems with each of these is that NB ICU spends approximately .3% (''/,„„„) our case we compete with academic again unions are competing with academic of its total income on External Allairs. departments for our money, an issue which departments for money. The alternative to John Passmore will feature more and more in years to this is that the UGC earmarks some of the External Affairs Officer

14 EDITED . . . IC BILLIARDS MOTORCYCLE CLUB AND SNOOKER CLUB REPORT Last term was one of the most A number of members compete in On Wednesday occurred the biggest successful periods in the club's short motorcycle road racing at Club level event since the hour before. The 'A' team history since it was formed four years including Nick James on another played the 'C team or visa versa. In one ago. incredibly ancient Velocette (against of the most dramatically unmemorable In October the Club received an Pukka racing Yamahas? what a man) sequences in Transylvanian history, the invitation to take part in a competition and a few others are starting this year. 'C team were annihilated like a Benn- organised by the Barking Road Safety The Club now has strong links with Callaghan interaction with the 'A' team Officer to find the 'Safe Rider Of The the motorcycle racing school at playing with the authority of a Peter Year 1979'. The event attracted riders Brands Hatch and will be helping to Purves darts commentary, the 'C team, from all over London and consisted of run in the schools new batch of even though high on 'scar' music were a number of low speed tests, designed Honda 400 twins. We also anticipate defenseless (cor, Madness!). This first another trip to the school later this encounter of the depraved kind, was term for tuition, so that all budding between 'Chalky' White and David Barry sheenes can play at being boy Crassland. Dave put up a performance racers. reminiscent of a pregnant jabberwocky The Club meets every Wednesday at and was lucky not to get his unbeaten 1:00pm above Stan's, and always record squashed into a flacid pulpy sludge welcomes new members, possession by the 'C team's electrifying (at 'cast of a motorcycle is not necessary. telling from the hairstyle) White. However, Dave won. Next on was me 1 and I lost to Martin Proudlove. Sorry to let you down, Ray Reardon, Next on was Mssrs Teelock and Nuttall. Mr Nuttall, recognised for his f ability to act like the spastic who won the to test the riders' balance and control World Disco Dancing Championships, put of their bikes, followed by a Highway up an erotic performance, but lost, Code test. There was great surprise mayble owing to the fact that his hands amongst the Club members when [ never left his Hungarian magic cube : Chris Rees, the Club's Captain, except to change his nosebag. Teelock someone not noted for his safe riding, ; r was as stupidly, gormlessly happy as was declared the winner. Dave Edgley, usual (who wouldn't be with a harem like Club treasurer managed a runner-up his?) and congratulated Mr Nuttall slot, on his "amazing" Honda CX500 afterwords for losing. (known as a plastic maggot due to its Last on was — a day late — Damian shape and material construction). Kelly who was rescued last week by some Other IC entrants included Nick SAILING CLUB surreptitious misediting by Mr Palmer Tames on his incredibly ancient IC vs Cambridge University (not Arnold) who played Geoff Keymer. Velocette 350 viper, which proved Geoff won difficult to handle around the staggered Having beaten Oxford on their home water last week, IC sailing team Last but one on was the match bollards and he rode into an adjacent between G Curtis and Crass Tripp, which brick wall. travelled to Cambridge on Sunday to take on that university's team. was billed as a flyweight contest with one The next competitive event of the term ball or a submission deciding the winner. I Conditions were light and variable, came when four of the Club members did hear cries of "I submit" from Curtis mainly due to the lake (a duck pond, were invited to attend the Star Pupil Day but I think it was the ball which won it for actually, I think) being surrounded by run by the Motorcycle School at Brands Mr Tripp, giving the 'A' team a five-nil trees, but IC took commanding first, Hatch. These members being Bill Nash, win. Steve Warin, Chris Rees and Julian second and sixth positions at the start Harris. This annual competition is run of the first race. However, having The 'B' team played LSE at home later in for the best thirty-five pupils from taken two lots of penalty points, the the day. The 'B' team's reservists were led approximately 2,500 who attend the team needed to improve on the sixth by Mr A Leclezio. Second on was Steve school in any one year, and requires race, and so by the finish the positions 'Frank Spencer' Jeans. were first, second and third. Unfortu- entrants to complete ten laps on the Third was andy 'Poleslastin War' nately, Colin Murray collided with school's bikes whilst being judged on. Kresewski who sporting 'Moscow team-mate Ian Robson on the finish lines, braking, gear changing, smooth- Olympics' stickers played a true commi- line, resulting in more penalty points, ness, etc. Track conditions on the day amateur-cum-professional to earn a win but the positions were good enough were far from ideal, having rained in and two free tickets to try to esccape for IC to win the race. the morning the fraction was at from Alcatraz like Clint Eastwood really In the second race, IC were again minimum. Steve and Bill were the first did in real life. Fourth on was CMS, I first, second, and sixth by the first of our members to ride and came back mean CC, Chris Calvert who was mark, with team captain John Williams complaining of terrible front and back wearing matching leg shackles and holding a good lead. Nick Ajderian, wheel slides (not recommended on rucksack. In this informal atmosphere, taking a turn on the helm, and lying two wheels). Julian and Chris were in not even a John Travolta movie could second, was put under some pressure the last group out and produced some stop CC from losing (although Urban by the Cambridge boats, but held out reasonable lap times with Julian Cowboy came a close second to Moment so that IC finished first, second, and eventually putting in a one minute six By Moment in the JT popularity stakes). sixth, winning the race and the match. seconds (very quick in the wet and Last on was Phil Peters, a true Irish With home matches against Oxford fastest of the day). After processing immigrant smuggled inside a ten pound and Cambridge to come, IC's position the results it was announced that bomb in 1975. His explosive action, «with in the league looks very strong. Julian had finished second, winning as much style as a Bob Geldoff haircut or Team: John Williams (capt), Gill fifty pounds and a silver trophy while a Jess Yates sermon, won him the day to Butler, Ian Robson, Kevin Andrews, Chris was fifth collecting twenty give the 'B' team a four-one win. Colin Murray and Nick Ajderian. pounds. Gareth Machin

15 ICCAG I'm sure there are still a lot of you — in fact EDITORIAL most of you — who have had nothing to do with us and so that makes it useful to put yet another (I'm getting quite good at being a We've had a fairly good response to the you something really intellectual. Take out publicity officer) report. questionnaire. Thank-you to everyone for your frustration with your work by digging a Right: On the 29th February we'll be the 272 entries and cheers to everyone who hole! entertaining some deprived kids from took it seriously. It will take longer than I On Saturday the FELIX news team will be Birkenhead and so you're very welcome to thought to interpret the results. covering the 2nds and 4ths ULU Cup games come along and offer your services (Catholic or Anglican or specialised butty-making) to us After the UGM last Tuesday .... I expect and on Sunday we will be at Hariington with if you want a day doing something besides to see ICWA fighting to survive - is it really RCS and the Ladies Rugby team (they're lectures. After all it's only once in four yr s, the end? The motion has to be passed by a playing Cardiff). so ICCAG can make that day doubly spt lal two-thirds majority at another UGM before Midas will be appearing at IC Folk Club for you. And there are the soup runs. As less and the abolition of ICWA is effected. next Monday. less people take notice of me more and more Several sabbatical candidates have asked Credits this week: Mary Freeman, Lesley room becomes available on Tuesdays and me for advice with respect to the production Horrocks, Jeremy Nunns, Lars, Linda and Fridays to jump in a minibus to visit some of London's West End high spots like the flower of posters and handouts. Don't forget to Andy. We're desperate for collators, so if beds in Lincoln's Inn Fields and under the contact IC RADIO and STOIC if you are you can spare the time .... please drop in to bridge to Charing Cross station at the thinking of standing for a sabbatical post. the FELIX Office on Thursday night at 7.00 Embankment. If you don't think that's your On Friday March 7th I will be running pm. scene, you already have something in common sabbatical election manifestos in FELIX. Cheers, Colin with the people we visit because to tell the truth, I'm sure they don't like it much either. The length limit is 300 words. Please hand in FELIX Editor That's at 10:30pm in Falmouth kitchens and it a photo to be printed with the manifesto makes their life a little more bearable. On Friday Feb 22nd ENTS present And if you've any other bright ideas we BERLIN in the Union Concert Hall. The Student Meeting to discuss are always available on the third floor of the ticket price is £1. The questionnaire results the Finniston Report Union Building on Monday dinnertimes to pack showed that you want more live gigs so you off to hospital visits or visiting thousands of long stay patients in beautiful Surrey. here's your chance. 6:30pm, Monday 11th See ya There is still work to be done on the Holly February in the Senior John Evans Street playground and so if you've nothing PS: Are there any reclamation schemes for much on tomorrow morning just hang Common Room, Union computer paper? If not we'll start one. We have now warned you. around Beit Arch at 10:00 am and we'll find Building.

FOR SALE LINSTEAD HALL FUTURE EVENTS IC OPERATIC SOCIETY ROVER 80, 1960. Magnificent Appointment of'a Sub-warden present OSC AND KCFFOS vehicle with real character. MOT til One of the two resident sub-wardens in GILBERT & SULLIVAN'S Linstead Hall of Residence is leaving DINNER AND DISCO July. £650. Ring Martin, int 3184. THE SORCEROR College at Easter. Applications are FRIDAY 22nd FEBRUARY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL with invited for this post from members of announces the sale of Amnesty JCR from 7:30pm academic or research staff, or from COX AND BOX publications in the Union Book- Bar until 11:00pm postgraduates. From Tuesday 12th February to shop for the next four weeks. Tickets £1.50 from OSC societies The Hall has 116 male residents and Saturday 16th February Reports on various countries and in October a further 74 places will be and Union Office. several general topics. Tickets available from the Sherfield available in the adjacent new building. Building (ground level) at lunchtimes. LEVER ARCH FILES 50p EACH Thereafter, there will be a samll C&G SOCCER SIXES or five for £2.00. Sherfield Building proportion of places for women. at Hariington Room 451 afternoons (ring int The responsibilities of sub-wardens SUNDAY 24th FEBRUARY 3049. are to assist in the running of the Hall in Free transport and beer prizes PG GROUP ELECTION social and financial aspects, under the Entries with captain's name and There will be an election for PG general direction of the Warden. WANTEDS dept to Giles Brereton, Mech Eng Group Chairman at 6:30pm in the Appointments are for one year initially Union Lower Refectory on Tuesday LARGE WOODEN NUT AND and are renewable. Applications from 3 or Guilds Union Office. BOLT to complete set. All offers 12th February. All PGs are entitled to those who offer more than one year will IC CHEM SOC ANNUAL DINNER considered. Ring 01-589-5111, ext be particularly welcome. Rent free attend. Papers are up in the common with special guest 1044 and ask for Boris, or reply via accommodation is provided which is room. this journal. 4-44-44 Club. suitable for a named couple if so PROF CADOGAN FRS at Would the b who stole my IC required. SALE!! SALE!! SALE!! scarf in the Holbein House party Please apply in writing, with a brief BANQUETING HALLS, OF (23rd Jan) please give it back. Alun curriculum vitae, to the Warden, Dr M REMBRANT HOTEL, SW7 SPORTS EQUIPMENT D Carabine, before 22nd February. Richards, c/o Physics 1 letter- on FRIDAY 7th MARCH IN THE JCR racks. 7:00pm for 7:30pm ON STOIC television would like to Tickets £6.50 from reps Monday and Tuesday, interview people who have had BUNAC: Time is running out if you 18th and 19th February accommodation problems. So if want to work in America this SHORT-LIFE HOUSING GROUP starting at 11:00pm. your roof has fallen in, or you pay summer and haven't started doing MEETING

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