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Clubs & Societies Arts Guns, glory and The Imperial high-pressure gas fashion in AirSoft collection page 38 page 29 Guardian Student Newspaper of the Year No. 1,363 • Friday • 10 November 2006 • ffelixelix felixonline.co.uk Ex-editor wins The complete Guardian award cost of NUS affiliation Andy Sykes awarding powers separate from the Extra discount. Editor-in-chief University of London (UL), it will Mr Collins stressed that the even- still have students on degrees affili- tual departure from ULU would The financial arrangements sur- ated with UL, and therefore must pay for the NUS affiliation fee, and rounding the NUS affiliation fee and continue to pay a fee to ULU to use cover the loss made in the hypo- the legacy of leaving the University the services they provide. thetical first two years of NUS af- of London Union (ULU) were re- The figures reveal that the first filiation. As the ULU affiliation fee vealed this week. year cost of the NUS affiliation fee decreases over time, the NUS af- The sabbs were briefed about the is predicted to be £35,000, and that filiation will increase to the cap of possible cost projections a week the fee paid to ULU will be £78,000. £52,000, likely to be reached within ago, but were told that the infor- As College pays this fee directly to three years. Assuming all students mation was to be kept confidential, ULU, that will leave the Union need- at the College currently on UL de- as “it concerned an ongoing ne- ing to find £35,000 to cover the NUS grees will have completed these gotiation between two, if you like, fee. Whether or not the College will within five years, Felix’s back-of-an- corporate identities,” in the words step in to help carry this financial envelope calculations suggest that of Jon Matthews, Deputy President burden is not clear yet, and John after three years, the Union begins (Finance & Services). The figures Collins, the Union President, has to break even, compared to simply appear to have leaked to numer- been meeting with College officials, paying for the ULU affiliation fee. ous non-sabbaticals. Mr Matthews, including the Rector, Sir Richard Mr Collins also promised that when asked if the figures had been Sykes, and the Deputy Rector, Sir NUS affiliation would bring savings made available in the past, stated Leszek Borysiewicz to discuss this in the training of Union officers of that he believed so, but did not possibility. “a few thousand pounds,” further know in what committee or what The second year’s figures show off-setting the initial expense. paper they had been made avail- the ULU fee dropping to £45,000 Mr Collins did point out that the able. Ashley Brown, Live! editor, from £78,000, while the NUS figure Union has a sizeable cash reserve attempted to locate these figures in increases to around £42,000 from (estimated at around £1m), as well Union minutes and papers, which £35,000. These figures do not in- as numerous other contigency are available online, but was unable clude additional costs, such as the funds it can draw upon to pay the to do so. replacement of services that were fee. However, this cash reserve is The figures are divided into two once provided by ULU, predicted currently set aside to cover the cost parts. The first set of figures con- by Mr Collins on questioning by Fe- of the Union redevelopment, which cerns the affiliation fee the Union lix to be “around £10-15k”. It also is estimated to have cost £1.25m so will have to pay if the student body does not include the likely income far. Mr Collins said that the College votes to join the NUS in the upcom- from sales of the NUS Extra card. should be footing the bill when it ar- ing referendum. This number is £4 of every £10 card sold is return rives, but the money has not been based on the money the Union re- to the participating Union. To cover provided yet. ceives from the College to provide the above cost, the NUS Extra card This reporter would like to re- its services (called the subvention) would have to be bought by more mind its readers that Felix is bound Rupert Neate (pictured), last year’s Felix editor, walked away and the number of students who than a quarter of the student body, by the Union constitution’s regula- with the top prize at the Guardian Student Media Awards 2006, are members of the Union, and is something that seems unlikely giv- tions on referenda, and therefore being named Journalist of the Year. The prize entitled Mr Neate capped at £52,000. en IC student apathy and the nega- is not permitted to hold an official to six weeks’ work at the Guardian. Felix also picked up the The second part of the figures tive feeling that the Extra card has opinion on the NUS referendum. award for Student Newspaper of the Year, beating rivals such as concerns the fee the Union must generated among many students’ This reporter would also like to Cambridge University’s Varsity. pay ULU as part of the withdrawl unions, with the NUS actively at- remind readers that the Union’s agreement. Although the College tempting to block students without constitution requires that you think FULL STORY ON PAGE 2 is to be awarded its own degree- the Extra card from receiving the before you vote. 2 felix Friday 10 November 2006 NEWS [email protected] Tanaka snubs Union A winner is Felix Attempts to work with the Business School have ended in failure The Tanaka Business School have been obstructive in a number of the Union’s activities in the past month. In recent weeks, Deputy Presi- dent (Graduate Students), Shama Rahman, has been looking into lo- cating available space within the College to procure for the long- promised postgraduate common room. It is understood that Miss Rahman approached the Business School to see if she could gain ac- cess to the Tanaka cafe for more than just those students studying within the Tanaka Building. Miss Rahman’s request was politely denied by the Tanaka authorities, leaving the cafe exclusive to the The Tanaka Business School sets itself apart from the rest of College From left to right: Lauren Laverne, Alex Antonov (Science), Shaun students that study there. Stanworth (aka the Hoff), Chris Miles (News), Saba Shafi (Design), The Business School has also Hannah Theodorou (Food), Emily Lines (Arts), Samantha Perera managed to irritate the Union in running clubs, and the backup of (Clubs & Societies), has spoken to (Fashion), Rupert Neate (Editor, 2005-6) a number of other ways recently. the Union should anything go awry. the Business School regarding this A number of “clubs” have been Some members said that the Busi- matter, though no clear decision formed, under the umbrella name ness School was actively encourag- has been reached. Felix scooped the top two prizes ence magazine, won runner-up in “Tanaka Industry Clubs” (TIC). ing clubs to work with Tanaka, and Last year, Felix was prevented at the Guardian Student Media the student magazine of the year These include the recently-founded not with the Union - one member from being distributed in the Tana- Awards 2006, held in Old Street on category, with Cardiff University’s Imperial College Entrepreneurs, even went as far as to say that he’d ka cafe. The bin that the newspaper Wednesday. Quench winning the category. and the older Imperial Entrepre- been told the Union was “crap”. normally resides in was removed, The newspaper had been nomi- Other notable winners from neurs. Both of these clubs had tried The establishment of clubs by and attempts to re-establish distri- nated in the Best Student News- around the city included UCL’s to get space at Freshers’ Fair, but College bodies is somewhat of a bution in the building have failed. paper category, and I Science, the Cheesegrater, which won Best were denied as they were not Un- grey area. The Union’s consitution The Business School’s patron is companion science magazine, had Small Budget Publication. Chee- ion-affiliated clubs. says that the Union shall exist, and himself no stranger to controversy; been nominated in the Best Student segrater has often been praised as Of the club members that this re- it shall be responsible for the run- Gary Tanaka was arrested in July Magazine category. Rupert Neate, being a fearless exposer of idiocy in porter has spoken to, many of them ning of clubs. It does not, however, 2005 on charges of defrauding a last year’s Felix editor, and Chris UCL’s management, as opposed to were unaware of the benefits being say that the Union shall be the ex- former client of £5m, which he alleg- Miles, last year’s news editor, were the rather toothless Pi. Goldsmiths a Union-affiliated club provides, clusive organiser or authority for edly used for various philanthropic both nominated in the Best Student College’s newspaper, Smiths, won such as financial help, training in clubs. Eric Lai, Deputy President purposes. Journalist category, and Mr Neate student publication design of the was also nominated for Best Travel year. Writer. Rupert Neate, when contacted On Wednesday’s awards cer- by Felix, said: “I couldn’t be more emony, Mr Neate won the overall pleased, it’s fantastic. I’d like to Journalist of the Year award and thank everyone who worked for Fe- Hustings is a farce once again will spend six weeks working for lix last year; it is an award for all of the Guardian as part of the prize.

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