felixonline.co.uk @felixImperial /FelixImperial [email protected] Keeping the cat free since 1949 issue 1601 March 13th 2015 Inside... The biggest and best global festivals Our pullout covers all you need to know about the big day The Big Travel 36-43 College celebrates Elections Women@Imperial week 2015 News 6 Meet the fashionistas come of Imperial College Felix to a predicts who will Fashion 20-21 close Union to campaign take against Weeks hall the top spots News, page 3 News 5 2 13.03.2015 THE STUDENT PAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON FELIX This week’s issue... [email protected] Felix Editor Philippa Skett CONTENTS EDITORIAL TEAM Editor-In-Chief Elections have finished PHILIPPA SKETT News 3-8 Deputy Editor PHILIP KENT Science 9 Treasurer Politics 10 for another year... THOMAS LIM Technical Hero Music 11 LUKE GRANGER-BROWN This week in Felix we have a THIS WEEK’S EDITORIAL an exit poll for the first time ever Television 12-14 mixture of happy and also very sad this year, to find out who you are News Editors news. voting for and why. Although the CAROL ANN CHEAH CECILY JOHNSON Film 15 We are extremely sad to run the turnout for the poll isn’t as high as KUNAL WAGLE story on the death of the first year other surveys we run (*cough* our sex Arts 15-19 student Georg Zänker, who passed me were worth it; I love my job and survey, which is still open by the way Comment Editor away last Saturday. The passing of will be sad to pass the gauntlet on to *cough*) it was filled in by enough TESSA DAVEY Fashion 20-21 a student is always difficult to deal someone else. Luckily I personally people to get a bit of a feel for how Technology Editors with, and if you are affected by our think the candidate running is very results may turn out tonight for the JAMIE DUTTON Varsity pullout 23-34 coverage, please do consult our competent, a lot of fun and also so sabbatical positions. OSAMA AWARA welfare pages for a list of helplines much cooler than I, so I know Felix Last year, a poll ran by The Tab Welfare 36 and contacts that are more than will be in good hands when I up and for the role of Union President Science Editors happy to talk to you and provide any leave. was actually incredibly close to the LAUREN RATCLIFFE Travel 37-44 help that you need. Also, as an *ahem* older student real-life outcome, so who knows? JAMES BEZER In happier news, the elections now, my Facebook feed isn’t as highly Saying that, we do have less contested Games Editors Hangman 45-47 are finally at an end. As someone populated with election posts, events positions then last year, so many MAX EGGL who has run in not one, but two Big and statuses as it used to be. There of the predictions aren’t really CALUM SKENE Puzzles 48-49 Elections as a sabbatical candidate, I is light at the end of the tunnel, I surprising considering it is either a Arts Editors can tell you honestly it is completely promise you. fairly competent candidate running FRED FYLES Clubs & Societies 50-51 exhausting to run around campus, It has been fun to watch the against RON. KAMIL McCLELLAND throwing sweets in the faces of elections from afar though, and Anyway, by the time you are Sports 52-56 students you don’t know and would genuinely like to say Luke has reading this, campaigning and voting Music Editors pretending to be so cheerful and ran the most hilarious, if not slightly would have closed and the decision GRACE RAHMAN happy for two whole weeks. bizarre election I’ve seen since I’ve will already be out of your hands. Television Editors As much as I love Felix, being editor been here. I do think students should Look out for the results tonight on GIULIA GABRIELLI and campaigning to become editor enjoy campaigning and not take it our twitter feed and the Union twitter JOHN PARK are two very different things, and too seriously, and remember that it is feed, or come along to the party in require different levels of strength not the be all and end all if the results Metric later on tonight if you fancy Film Editors ELLEN MATHIESON and determination. Those two weeks don’t turn out as you would like. watching everything unfold for JACK STEADMAN I spent harassing students to vote for Speaking of results, we’ve also ran yourself. JOHN PARK Web Editor JUNE GAN Fashion Editor CECILE BORKHATARIA Food Editors CAROL ANN CHEAH Coffee Break Editors TESSA DAVEY ELLEN MATHIESON Travel Editor YUNG NAM CHEAH Politics Editor JOSHUA RENKEN Welfare Editors DIBA ESBATI CHANON WONGSATAYANONT Clubs and Societies Editor There is still time to get BEN HOWITT Sport Editor involved! KUNAL WAGLE Email felix @imperial.ac.uk COPY EDIT TEAM Copy Chiefs STEPHEN BALL ELLEN MATHIESON Felix, Offices Printed by Iliffee Print Cambridge, Winship Copy Editors Beit Quad, Prince Consort Road, Road, Cambridge. BEN HOWITT JUNE GAN London SW7 2BB MICHAEL FAGGETTER Registered newspaper ISSN 1040-0711 JACK STEADMAN Email: [email protected] Copyright © Felix CECILY JOHNSON Tel: 020 7594 8072 www.felixonline.co.uk Front page picture: Philippa Skett FELIX THE STUDENT PAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON 13.03.2015 3 News [email protected] News Editors Carol Ann Cheah, Cecily Johnson & Kunal Wagle The Big Elections 2015: Felix finds out who you’re voting for PHILIP KENT As it is possible for the person Two positions which were also chose RON in slightly larger voters, while Ali Lown’s increased. DEPUTY EDITOR who commanded the greatest share uncontested were Deputy President numbers. RON consistently performed better of the vote from first preferences (Education), where Chun-Yin Lucinda Sandon-Allum was also with older students (bar one hiccup to not win the election – this was San commanded 70% of the 107 chosen more often by female students in the trend with DPW). Candidates or the first time in its history, seen (for example) last year in the responses, and RON 30%; while for than male. Looking at DPCS, Issie who bucked the trend included Tom Felix has run an exit poll for election for RCSU President – there Felix Editor, Grace Rahman took 85% Barrett took nearly double the Rivlin (DPCS), Lizzie Campbell Fthe Big Elections. Now voting is a possibility that the person we of the 111 responses and RON 15%. number of choices from female (DPFS), and Ali Lown (DPFS). has closed, we can now announce our identify as coming first place may Chun and Grace are expected to students than male ones. Whilst this Full demographic breakdowns predictions for who will be next year’s not actually win the election when be next year’s DPW and Felix Editor may suggest that people vote along will be on the Felix website later on sabbatical officers. subsequent preferences are taken into respectively. gender lines, further research would Friday 13th March, and the actual Our poll, which was open from consideration. However, one of the most be needed to confirm this possibility. results of the Big Elections 2015 will the start of voting until Thursday Additionally, readers are warned interesting cases was Deputy Perhaps more interestingly, with be announced at the Union’s results evening, asked voters who their that this poll may not be completely President (Clubs and Societies), where DPFS, Chris Kaye’s popularity party (Friday 13th, 8PM, Metric) and first choice preference was for the accurate, as a result of the low number Tom Rivlin took 29%, Ben Howitt dropped significantly with female online shortly afterwards. positions of President, the Deputy of responses (150), especially for 47%, and Issy Barrett 15%, leaving Presidents, and Felix Editor. certain groups of students (namely RON with 10%. The number of votes cast has those in the RSM, and postgraduates), Whilst we expect Ben to be next already passed many of last year’s so we warn readers (and candidates) year’s DPCS based on these results, What you’ve been saying on milestones. At time of print we had that the results announced on whether Tom wins on Friday night already beaten the number of voters, Friday night may well differ to our based on second preferences could be although as there are more students predictions. a possibility. 105 people cast a choice Twitter #VoteICU eligible to vote this year, we are yet to Our predictions are as follows. for this position. beat last year’s percentage of 39.31%. For the position of President, Luke Analysis of our demographic On average, students can vote for Armitage was selected by 17% of reports showed some interesting 33.6 positions, although 6 people respondents, Lucinda Sandon-Allum trends. For the position of Deputy have 100 or more positions to cast 59%, and RON at 24%, meaning we President (Welfare), none of the their vote for. The most number of predict Lucinda to become next year’s people who responded to our poll who positions one poor student has to vote President. 118 people cast their choice are medics chose Diba Esbati – it is of for is 144. for this role. note that Jenny Watson is the current Respondents were asked what type For Deputy President (Finance and ICSMSU Welfare Officer. of student they are, what gender they Services), Ali Lown took 22%, Lizzie Meanwhile, DPCS candidate identify as, what year of study they Campbell 16%, Christopher Kaye Tom Rivlin enjoyed much greater are in, what their fee status is, and 53%, and RON 9%, 112 people made a popularity from Natural Sciences what department they were from; so choice for this position.