.TRLBOT RICE . GRU.ERY Glasgow University _of Edinburgh, Old College Herald South Bndge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL Tel: 031-6671011 ext4308 31 Mar-12 May Student UNDA McCARTNEY Photographic Works Newspaper . Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm Admission Free 1n Association with Friends of the Earth Scotland of the year Subsidised by the Scottish Arts Council thursday, april26, 1990 page8 happening MANDELA -d-D1ZE STEPHEN "TIN DUFFY •. The ultimate Gig Review Life after Duran Marchers slam Pro-Life
him or herself without party affili by Louise Wilson ation, was, Ms Keogh said, "free dom for those MPs to hold their ON THE NIGHT before the morality up to women." Only 41 House of Commons was due out of about 650 MPs are women. to vote on an amendment to She said it was time for Parliament shorten the legal time limit to listen to women, and the major on abortion from 28 weeks to ity of women were happy with the . anything as low as 18 weeks legislation as it stands now . ' The slogan for pro-choice cam supporters of the Scottish paigners, she said, should be "No Abortion Campaign (SAC) time limits" especially with were marching in Edinburgh respect to Scotland which is in that to voice their protest. About situation at present. The current 400 people on Monday night 28 week limit is in fact contained marched along Princes Street in the Infant Life Preservation and up to Festival Square to Act 1929 which does not apply to Scotland. attend a rally with speakers Ms Keogh accused the pro-lif Eileen Penman of the Edin ers of "not caring less if women burgh Trades Council and die or suffer". Women would be Marianne Keogh of SAC. again forced into having Pro-choice campaigners were 'backstreet' abortions - 50 women angry at what they call the a year died prior to the 1967 Act - "hijacking" of the Human Fertili although this would not be a prob sation and Embryology Bill into lem for the rich. Those who would the abortion debate. MPs that suffer most would be older same night voted overwhelmingly women who discover as a result of in favour of allowing research on amniocentesis that their child is human embryos despite heavy severely handicapped and those campaigning by pro-lifers which women under 16. included sending life-size plastic Eileen Penman pledged the models of 20-week old foetuses to support of the Edinburgh Trades all MPs due to vote. District Council and reiterated Protestors m_ar~h against the reduction of the 28 week abortion limit. On Tuesday night, the Commons The protesters also objected to the argument that abortion is a broughtthe limit down to 24. Prominent anti-abortionists Anne Widdicombe and David Alton both of whom the method of voting under which choice for women to make. The favour an 18-week limit, now accept that, the issue will not be raised again in this Parliament. amendments to the Abortion Act MPs voting in Parliament have no 1967 were to be decided. The 'free right to vote on the reduction of vote' whereby every MP votes for women's rights. Rugby Club trash KB Union
. - in 'the mayhem, thus dealing a by Neil Rafferty The club members came armed explained: "They smashed a win- they destroyed". - . _ · with flour, eggs and tomato sauce, dow in the mens toilets, broke Hinting that the damage may damaging blow the S. U _ Presi dent's credibility. MEMBERS OF THE Um- she said. "I've never seen such a some toilet roll holders, let off ~ave been caused by those study versity Rugby Club could mess in my life and in so short a three fire extinguishers, urinated mg at George Square, Ms McLin tock said, "I'd be interested to It was pointed out that many of face severe discipline after time". The behaviour caused on the curtains and on four cars the Rugby Club members were parked outside". She warned that know how many of them were KB reported mayhem at their' great distress to the waitresses on ashamed at the behaviour of their the club will be sent a bill for dam students who use the facilities". annual dinner at Kings Build- duty, who eventually refu~ed to team mates and indeed many ages once the total cost has been ings Union last Friday night serve them. Ms McLmtock Sports Union President, Allan were seen leaving after the event - reported that "after someone calCulated. McLeod, expressed condemna got out of control. One member Around fifteen members of the chuck d . t 0 f b h tion of Friday nights events saying club created such a mess at the bar mean a pm d e~dr over t e Ms McLintock was heavily crit oif the KB Union Committee · h · ager, we ec1 e to c 1ose ical of the club members, saying, the situation was "well out of noted that "There were a lot of U mon t at, accordmg to KB corn- the bar" hand" and "way over the top". He mittee member Jim Thompson, it · "I think their behaviour was apologies." appalling and the fact that it was warned that action would be took a team . of ten people, four "Some of the club didn't like taken when a full report had been The club will now face increas hours to clean up. this", she continued, "and tried to premeditated makes it even ing difficulty in finding University worse" she continued "It's completed. Head of KB union committee, keep the shutters open, damaging However a source at KB has premises to hols ocial functions. Kathleen McLintock, expressed them in the process". The damage behaviour like this that gives stu Last year similar behaviour led to dents a· bad name, particularly identified Mr McLeod as one of" her disgust and described the however was not restricted to the those who took a prominent part a ban from Teviot row Union. events of Friday night. bar area, as Ms McLintock when its their own facilities that student 2 thursday, april26, 1990 news AUT holds back Nominations on strike action scarce platform, including emphasis on by Sarah Holloway Ireland, Gay Rights and womens will have to at least equal the. 9 .5o/; were going on in an amicable fash ·issues. The Socialist Workers by Mark Campanile A WEEK BEFORE the increase in the Annual . Earnings ion and it therefore seems irrespon have yet to d~cided on their candi . Index for the year to April1990 and sib le for the AUT to assume the . deadline for EUSA election dates, but there will definitely be "substantially contribute to closing position which they have." nominations, the candidates someone from' their ranks going THE ASSOCIATION . of the gap between our members' pay · · .. board in Potterow is over for President. Likewise, Labour University Teachers and that of comparable profes- "The action that the AUT has sions'." The AUT clai·ms that thi·s . : taken is wholly premature, and it is whelmingly empty, save for a have yet to decide, but they will. announced this week that it gap is 2 %. wh o 11 y unJUSt!· ·fi a ble to make stu- few names swallowed up in not be favouring a comprehensive 7 slate this year. A few of them will would delay any decision on Describing the -mood of the spe-: dents a weapon 1·n pay ne go t'la- its overall blankness. industrial action to give the cial council meeting, AUT general" · tions." he added. There is an air of calm inactivity be going for arts and music reps Owen Morris will probably stand Committee of Vice Chancel- secretary Diana Warwick said, The next meeting between the in the student political parties, with many asking "When's the for external affairs, and Stuart lors and Principals time to "Members were fed up with the uni- AUT and the CVCP is scheduled Kirkpatrick is likely to go &lr improve its pay proposals. versities' mean mindedness. The for 2nd May, and the AUT national ·closing date again?". The presi- dent of student SNP claimed that everything. All of the labour can The CVCP has offered univer- pressure for action was intense, but executive committee will meet the didates will be standing sity teaching staff an increase of they agreed to wait two weeks to next day to discuss the course of "No-one's motivated enough to stand for any important posi wholeheartedly on the standard 7.25% in this financial year, fol- give the vice-chancellors the chance negotiations. 1 Labour platform, unlike last year, !owed by 9% in 1 99 ~2, but the AUT to fulfil their public commitment to. A decision on whether to accept tions", although he will probably stand for science rep. Andrew when Jimmy and Martin de special council "vehemently a substantial increase. If they don't, the CVCP's pay offer or ballot emphasised their Labour connec rejected" what it described as "a pit- action on exams is inevitable." members on holding an exam mark- Grey of the Revolutionary Com munist Party is going to stand for tions, openly supporting Labour iful and insulting offer." However, a spokesman for the ing ban will be made by the AUT policy over education alorie. The AUT says that any CVCP told Student, "Negotiations special council on 4th May. President on the standard RCP ~~==~~~======~~~ that night, participated in the ritual as far as downing a pint in one. He drew the line, however, at , being challenged to a naked mas turbation contest.
Goldsmiths College, London, Radical proposals for the on the other hand, has much to · restructuring of the four EUSA boast about in political achieve- · sabbatical positions were used BRISTOL Polytechnic is going ment. President Finbarr Roche and unanimously accepted by the through political turmoil arising Kelly proudly told Student that he, Student Representative Council on from its presidential elections. along with 15 union associates, Tuesday evening. EUSA G~eg Myers, who had o~iginally 'coughed loudly' during the stu President Jirnmy Quinn told the gamed the office on the maJority of dent loans debate in the Ho 0 t Council, " This is the first time the one vote, has _had his victory Lords on l9th March. use Association has been able to look Msnatched from him after Met Fox- · Th"1s resu It ed m· rune· s tuden ts ' at the concept of leadership and ason, th~ newly elected welfare being thrown out. 'It was a bit where it has going wrong.'' officer, claimed her vote had not a k b t · 11 ood ti • F" been counted. w c Y' u JO Y g un, m- The proposals suggest the . barr was heard to comment. amalgamation of the Secretary and It has been suggested that other the Deputy President's job and factors may have been behind greater emphasis on sabbatical Myers' recall. A week before the involvement in SRC co-ordination. elections he had been thrown out. On a more serious note, the The Secretary would undertake . of the National Student Services Journalist Club in Aberdeen are • planning to organise a 24-hour . the leadership of the Publications Organisation's annual dinner for newspaper raise money for the Board leaving the Publications asking to sleep with the waitresses' to Manager more time to organize daughters and jumping out of a Aberdeen Students' Charity Cam- the newspaper, diary and second floor hotel window while . paign coinciding with their Rag · handbook. The role of the · being pursued by his treasurer Week. President as a figurehead would Andy Keeling, who he had just The Bullet will have to arrange also be strengthened. all its advertising and content punched in the mout~. For the amendments to becoine within 24 hours and will, if suc effective they must be passed by cessful, be on the streets of Aber the Committee of Management deen t_his morning. and the SRC next term. They will then be taken to the AGM of the Imperial College, London, is Association in November where also not to be outdone in student At the University of Stirling the they must be passed by a two frolics. A college drinking club nomination of one of the B~ third_s majority of a quorate Diggers, has been banned fro~ gham Six, Paddy Hill, for Honor .meetmg. using union facilities after vomit ary Students' Association Presi ing and urinating on the table dur dent, was comprehensively beaten One of the protestors at Monday night's pro-choice t"ally. On Tuesday !,i~my Quinn told me ruefully, Like any organization that's been ing the first course of their annual after a vote of no confidence at the the Commons voted to reduce the time limit on abortions to 24 weeks, going for one hundred and eight dinner. · g~neral meetin~. Health Minister Kenneth Clarke described the move as being "in line years the Association is in need of Sidney Harbour-Bridge, who by Andrew Heavens with public opinion." . som~ fine tuning." was being initiated into the club
A warm welcome awaits you at the SCOTlAND AT THE CROSSROADS ARGYLE NEWS? What's News? BAR If you think you have a news story, bring it in to the Student Offices A fine selection of real ales and ask for Neil. OPEN ALL DAY Alternatively ring 558 1117/8, and ~ open seven days A selection of home-cooked lunches leave your message. food served all day fri Be sat FOR GUIDANCE served between 12 noon and 2 pm restaurant AND DIRECTION You'll find us at tuesday-saturdQy 1900-2200 GET 15 Argyle Place NEWS? What's News1 ~*·~~ Edinburgh student .news Catto claims poll tax issue 'shifting'
by Ed Humpherson mate shoul_d_ they be elected. He. 'Council was to talk of their "waste lAIN CAITO' former Sec- was als~ cntlcal of the Roof Tax , and incompetence." These com- Lab~ur s alternative to the Coin- ments , to be expected from a retary of E.U.S.A. and now mumty Charge: "not even Conservativecandidateinanelec- Conservative candidate for Lab~ur's supporters like the Roof tion campaign , were nonetheless the Prestonfield and Mavfield Tax He suggested that Scotland difficult to reconcile with Prince area - which includes Pollock would be _a guinea pig for the Charles' description of Edinburgh ~ails . - in the regional elecr schem~ as lt had been for_the P?ll as "most beautiful city in Britain" tions m May' satd on Monaay tax. HIS grounds for thiS claim (reported in Student ' 19.4.90.) It that the "political ground is were ~hat D~nald Dewar , was also hard to accept his view shifting " over the poll tax Labours Sco~tiS~' leader,_ was that the poll tax would be a vote · · Ed' b more fulsome m h1s promotiOn of winner rather than a vote loser for h R fT h N 'I tssue m m urgh. He said t e oo ax t an e•. Ki_n~ock. the conservatives in Edinburgh. that in his campaigning he Mr Catto declared h1s d1shke of Mr Catto complained about had encountered less corn- the current Lord Provost w~o had Labour tactics in the campaign , a plaints about the poll tax ~aken_ ~15,000 ~llowances ,mclud- complaint echoed by the univer- . itse}( and more about the mg VISits to Kiev and the CoJ?- sity's Conservative and Unionist· high ·· lever- .. · set by Lot- m?nwealth G~mes. He also d1s- Association in student politics. hian Regional Council. · m1ssed Labour s plans for a metro Last week Midweek carried im · ~ory candidate lain Catto, in full now, at Teviot Row on Monday. He was speaking to the Conser- in ~din burgh as "an ideological article by Lu~y Pratt , a member Conservatives , refused to write be h1ghlighted ". He al. o cor- vative and Unionist Association · white elephant." The Tories alter- oft he student Labour movement the article when asked because rected an inaccuracy in the article in Teviot. He told the meeting native scheme - to reuse existing which analysed Conservative stu~ Midweek had promised a Conser- about the resignation of Michael that Labour's poll tax next year lines built in the last century but dent politics in a critical way. Mid- vative riposte before asking Mr Hirst , president of the cottish would be $560 ,something he said now disused- would, he said , take week promised an equivalent arti- Begg to write it. In a letter to Mar- Young Conservatives. He invited Labour would never admit during 2 years to build instead of 16 for cle by a Conservative student tijn Quinn , EUSA Secretary, Mr both Quinn and Pratt to hear an .election. This is substantially Labour's scheme. His concluding about left wing students. Begg said that "your dishonesty to · Hirst speak and meet an "hone t Ntls- d~~~;; ~·~i{ ~·~·~ R;g·,week loaas action day r~"!~~ ~~?~~~ -· The NUS spokesman told Stu After the day of action theN u~ more refined vers1on of by Mark Campanile dent: "We're withdrawing our plan to keep up pressure on the EDINBURGH STU- : beer'n'~eering invol_ving n~t account from the Royal Bank and. Roy~l Bank to withdraw banking DENTS Charities Appeal ~lcohohc but gastronomic THE NUS IS planning a · we're calling on other people to facilities from the Student Loans b 't I Rag Week , mdulgence ; on Wednesday , rag 1 do the same." · Company by organising picketing . egan ~ ds annu; k b raids to l9ewcastle , Inverness , national day of action in Scot of individual branches and last Fn ay an 1° 0 s to . e and maype St Andrews ; and on land on 9th May to protest at thereby raising customer aware- well on the way to surpassmg Saturday morning there ~ill b~ a the Royal Bank of Scotland's "We've got to take a stand ness of the Royal's activities. last year's total. ~ancy dress breakfast , m wh1~h decision to provide banking somewhere down the line, and if EUSA p 'd t J' · Q · . mnocent members of the pubhc facilities for the govern banks want to make money out of Id Stude~e:~a~~he ~:J' Ex~~~. 'The resounding success so far are served a ~trawber_ry breakfast students then they will have to t? . . . . has been the Beer'n'teering on by students m amusmg outfits , ment's Student Loans Com take other things into considera t1ve w11l decide what actiOn, ~f Saturday night, which raised outside the Caledonian hotel. The p~ny. tion." any, to ~ake on May 9th· EUSA IS £1500. This is a record figure for highlight of Rag Week is on Satur- Details about the forms of pro not affiliated to the NUS. this event , which was won by a day afternoon , when the Float . test have yet to be finalised, but a He added that it would eventu As reported in last week's Stu- team from Holland ~ouse. Other . procession makes its way down · member of the NUS Scottish ally be up to individual student dent, the Royal Bank of Scot- events already held mclude a fun- Princes Street This event alone Executive told Student that the unions to decide what action to land's position with regard to act- . fair for underpriveledged and raised £6000 last year. Chri Smith Royal Bank's main offices in take, but that the NUS would sup ing as banker for the Student handicapped children on Friday' a ' ESCA General Convener ' con Edinburgh and Glasgow will be port any form of action from a let Loans Company is that it cannot fete on Saturday, a 9-Legged bed- fidently expects to beat la t year' · targeted, along with branches ter writing campaign to student take political considerations into push o~ Sunday , and ~ torchlit total of £31000, although the cost · near campuses throughout Scot occupations of Royal Bank account when it is making banking processiOn on Monday m~ht from of moving office associated with land. branches. decisions. the Castle to Calton H1ll. The the Guthrie Street explosion last torch wa~ lit by the Lord Provost autumn may mean that the total of Ed1~burgh , Eleanor , given to charity remains roughly McLaughhn. All these events, the same. 15 charities are up have been_ successful , although : parted by ESCA , including Bar the fete ra1sed less than expected nardos Scottish Aid Research because poor weather kept people Appeal ', the St Andrews Ambu away. . , lance Appeal, and the Children's F.vents still to come include , Holiday Venture. tigrew, the designer, promised, ''they can be played on ordinary IN BRIEF tape decks and will probably cost ·newspaper allegations about his, Pat Kane, the lead singer of rock just a few pence more than stan by Steve Martin and other members of the Scottish group Hue and Cry has been dard cassettes." judiciary's, private life. elected as Rector at the University The fifty five year old father of of Glasgow. He defeated left-wing A FORMER TOP two, will take up the post later this Labour MP Tony Benn. Mr Kane Scottish Women Against Pornog JUDGE, Mr. John Murray term and will work within the ran his campaign under the ban raphy have targeted the newsagent QC. ,has been appointed department of Scots Law at Old ner of the Scottish Nationalist John Menzies in an attempt to College, although a University Professor of Company and Party. make them reconsider some of the spokeswoman told 'Student' that commercial law at Edinburgh magazines they seD. The campaign ·university, the first such chair the precise details of the scheme Paisley College of Technology is which was started last weekend i in Scotland. have yet to be worked out. set to be pushed to the forefront of according to Edinburgh member, The new position, which .has recording technology after its . Elaine Henry, designed to Mr. Mtirray, who as Lord Der been set up with sponsorship from development of a cassette tape that demonstrate ''the direct link bet vaird was a senator of the Scottish the legal firm, Dickson Minto, is produces sound quality near to ween porn and male sexual 'io College of Justice, resigned from intended to meet the growing that of compact discs. Archie Pet- lence towards women." the bench last year after tabloid employer demand for graduates student 4 thursday, apri126, 1990 focus paigners, and by a male majority management rightly decided to Women have the right to the Howe and favoured by Mrs of middle aged and classed politi clQse. KB Union this year, Teviot choice of abortion. The pro-life, Thatcher, to reduce the time limit cians, who ten to one will never the last; how can unions be and the pro-choice campaigners to 24 weeks has been pushed experience such a situation, is expected to run efficiently, when will continuously sound each other through, and further discussions STUDENT unforgivable. The unborn child the people they provide for abuse out; but the ultimate choice should are trying to reduce the weeks even does not know about death, it is them. · be that of the pending mother. more; but to what good? not conscious to life: not it is not an The situation is not only appa Social, mental and physical condi In Scotland 97.9% of abortions artefact, but a disabled child, to rent in Scotland's capital. Impe. tions, for her, should be taken· take place under 18 weeks, in 1988 Established In 1887 many women, could mean a pres rial College London seemed intent check. Instead, Tuesday night saw only 23 abortions were performed surised burden, and its greates to wreck as much havoc for some after 24 weeks, out of 183, 798 650 MPS (only 41 of them women) 48Ptusmtct. Etlitrburglr ~H89TI. Ttl. J~.W7/88, contribution should be to relieve initiating ceremony. vomiting, vote on an amendment to David abortions operated in Britain. that, thorough medical research, urinating and masturbation make Steel's 1967 Abortion Act and These late abortions are invariably impose upon itself and those close forever. the down-in-one pint challenge imposed, for the first time, a time performed in cases of severe foetal to it. humbly fall to its knees in belittle limit for legal abortions in Scot abnormality; traces of which can· The pro-life campaigners see OUT OF ORDER ment. · land. not be detected until after the pro embryonic research as the Such events; newsworthy in There hav e been 15 backbench life campaigners wanton 18 weeks. embryos' death; and it brings us . Student behaviour is legend for their degrading atrocity, only attempts to tighten the law since Surely the unborn child, aborted back to that question of when life being rowdy, but it is disturbing to serve to blacken the name· of stu 1967, and at the time of writing, because of its detected abnor actually commenc~. The argu find our University housing its dents in general. All are not tarred the sixteenth attempt, brought for malities would serve medic al ment should lie more upon know very own brand of intellectual soc- with the same brush, but the ward as part of the Human Fertili research better by an investigation ledge. The conscious suffering of a -cer hooligans. The Rugby Club not debauched angle will always pre zation and Embryology Bill has into its genetic disorder, rather woman forced to knowingly bear only came to dinner armed with dominate since it makes for ques finally been passed. The tabled than the pain that the born and an abnormal child due to the pres food to throw, but tried to trash tionably better, but undeniably clause proposed by Sir Geoffrey growing child's suffering would sure imposed by righteous cam- union facilities when committee perverse, entertaining news. decided to leave. ity. I will know how to react better universities should do surveys on • fi So I suppose this man achieved next time I face such prejudice. the question of low pay when they wrzte 0 r his aim - he managed to make me Yours sincerely themselves pay rates that represent feel humiliated. I didn't even want no •no!"e than the price of an evening to protest, though some of my Michael Bradley meal for some. The negotiators that" Sex, Drugs, Robert Runcie, tfie friends asked me to. And it's only act on be.half of both the university Poll Tax, Global warmfng, South Dear Student, · in retrospect that I'm becoming Sir, and NUPE should jointly hang their Africa, Downing Street, Blackett It is encouraging to see that NUPE heads in shame for the neglect that Avenue, Lithuania, Iraqui guns, Last Thursday's sunshine pro- more angry at my own ready com is soon to be negotiating a substan vided a welcome interruption of pliance with this kind of treat has accumulated over the years. Donald Trump, Viv Richards tial wage increase coupled with a 35 I, myself have a reasonable pen- . Malcolm Rifkind, the price o my academic routine. Like many ment. hour week with one day extra hol sion from my previous employment. milk .. . all these issues, and more other EU students, I found myself I am proud to be gay, and I iday after ten years service for all am a position to freely .ex er- are just waiting to be discussed o in the Pear Tree by mid-after- refuse to see why I should be ~d ~ manual grades. clSe my nght exl?ress myself ~·1thout the focus pages. Interested. noon. ~ · ghetto-ised or continually have to The above grades have in my view ·any fe:!r of repnsal from umons or Don't pretend you aren't. C.ome I was sitting with my arm 'moderate' my behaviour for the become the forgotten people in the management. around a male friend, holding his eyes of society. I hope this inci university structure and NUPE must The cry, in !.hi.!: imtar.ce is for jus- o focus: meetings, Mondays 1.4 hand. We were pretty surprised dent highlights the necessity of accept full responsibility for she tice for the forgotten groups whn m., in the Student offices, 48 The when someone came over and having events such as Lesbian and deplorable wage rates, that leave constitute the salt of the earth yet Pleasance. told us this "just wasn't on". Gay Awareness Week (week 3). workers falling over each other for Assuming this man was a member Despite the tireless efforts of the the scraps of overtime that exist to :~~~~~~;ckl~:kcd upon as merr· fio c us of the bar staff, and also assuming Gay Movement, our society is still supplement their' mediocre take Ivor Hill that this was some kind of very far from viewing lesbians and home pay of £83 for a 39 hour week. Handyman homophobic policy, I simply gay men with any sort of equanim- It is an absolute outrage the the · Dick Vet STAFF LIST
MANAGER: "'"'"'"M'Simon Horrocks Washing with Meryl ADVERTISING: MathewNicoll Stephen Bax · Deborah Macleay An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Or does it ? Zoe Pagnamenta investigates STUDENT NEWS SERVICE: Deidrie Mackintosh Michael Barron YOUR GRANNY COULD Pesticides in fruits eaten by PROMOTIONS: Mark Sommerville BE POISONING YOU. As you Caroline Workman the age of6 could give people DISTRIBUTION: Stephen Fraser took a large bite out of that heal COMPUTER thy-looking apple this morning, cancer in later life. CONSULTANT: lvanReid you could have been giving your self an unhealthy dose of Captan - flllllllijijl toxic substance called methyl a commonly-used pesticide which . parathion, which has been shown has been linked with cancer in . CO-EDITORS: AlisonBrown humans. to have degenerative effects on Maxton Walker nerve tissue and genetic and NEWS: NeiiRafferty The actress Meryl Streep has reproductive effects on animals. Andrew Heavens ha~ a major part to play in a · Louise Wilson Umted States campaign to limit Waxing of fruit and vegetables Craig Williams to make the product more attrac FOCUS: Hester Marriott the use of pesticides on American Zae Pagnamenta farms and to improve the amount tive worsens the situation. The INTERNATIONAL: Ian Younger of testing done. There have been a apples sold in the Union Shops for Dirk Singer number of television commercials example, which squeak when · Paola Buonadonna showing Meryl at the sink, scrub touched, are probably laden with SPORT: ChrisStephenson bing fruit and vegetables before pesticides. The amount of wax Hamish Lorrain that has been put on them is virtu Smith giving them to her little Streepet MUSIC: JohnTuson tes. ally impossible to wash off and Stuart Walker helps seal in the pesticide residue ARTS: Eleanor Wood Testing is generally seen as further. To top this, fruits have Fiona Gordon very often been submitted to col FEATURES: TimDams being inadeqU~Jte ouring techniques. JamesNiven FILM:· TobyScott The campaign, 'Mothers and If not carcinogenic, many Andrew Mitchell Others for Pesticide Limits', was WHAT'SON: JiiiFranklin set up after a report was published of these pesticides are Susan Gillanders neurotoxic. AnneMcCall last year by the nonprofit-making, Richard Fra5er environmentalist organisation, What should one do? What KaursarButt the Natural Resources Defense would Meryl say was the pestici- Council. The report made some sion? Washing? Peeling? Cook- SCIENCE: Alex Spatuzzi Chia-Meng Teoh alarming discoveries. As many as ing? Scurvy? . · PHOTOGRAPHY: 66 of 300 pesticides tested , HighPinney Here are a few. GRAPHICS: Eduardo Welsh residues of which are frequently antitoxiC tips:-· 1. Beware the found on fruit and veg that we buy most dangerous pesticides around of adults. Plus - their bodies are' shiny. A safe rule to go by in life in in the shops, could be cancer are virtually undetectable. still developing. general- the shinier a product the .------: linked. If not carcinogenic, many Ah, but doesn't all of this only The worst cancer risk appears more dangerous it probably is. 2. The shinier a product the of these pesticides are neurotoxic affect you if you eat fifteen apples to occur in apples or apple pro ~ash fll!it an~ veg well ~ even more dangerous it probably - designed to poison insects' nerv a Lucy Hooker sends her second report from Leipzig. In this weeks article she reports on the success and set-backs of student protest in East Germany. Most revolutions owe at least they are ordinary students. The There wa a brief, \\ell beha\ed a little to the energetic and speakers are refreshingly nervous sit-in in the town hall fovcr, more a_!ld straightforward. idealistic members of its stu to pa~s the tim th,m •• n) thmg else . CalL for m1litancy were dent community. Most ot JUSt in Lcipz1g. but received humouroush . The stu swings in political culture throughout the GDR. students dents were not pla~ ·mg polit1c~ have been influenced by the arc testing the vuncrabilit • o the though, the) wc1e pla)ing basic coffee bar activists of the uni fluctuating political situation. needs . The) happen to ha\ versities. Leipzig is no such They arc treading the floor boards woken a httk earlier than the hot-bed. if student and pressure group poli Trade Union~ from thc1r tortv tics for the first time. They arc year slumber and arc anx1ous t~ enjoymg it as they arc also takin!! secure the1r means ol living and Since the "October Revolu it 1\ppropriately seriously. basic conditions in the institu tion" many of the citizens initia tions "We will not let ou1 tives and new movements have "We will not let our interests intcrc. ts be shoved under the slumped into an exhausted and round or any other table" they recently disillusioned silence . b e pus }ze d un d er t h e roun d or say . Despite this the students arc at any other table." · last pulling on their patched jeans, neglecting their studies and get Two 'uay later, desp1te the ting down to Karl-Marx-Platz. During th first week in April co untries economic co nfusion , Your average Edinburgh stu about six hundred of Leipzig's stu the students have ·cored their first dent would no doubt recognize dents gathered at the town hall. success. The Leipzig round table the fau lty megaphone and the They had singled out one of their has as ·ured them that student snappy slogans demanding higher most pressing demands. The need accomadation will be protected grant and better facilities. But for an assurance that cheap living and that the rent contracts prom this is spontaneous - they do not accomadation be kept available ised to those sq uatting (in some of .._~_....-.__~_ ,...., -~--~'--'------ belong to any organisations and for students. They presented their Leipzig's 30,000 empty flats) will there are no leaflets (photocopies points to a meeting of the town's be forthcoming. A quiet but satis are rare in a state paranoid about all-party round table administra fying step forward . underground political activity) - tion . COMMENT Two tribes go to war ever, since 1918 the Romanian . . . · There is always a middle way, for "iMAGINE that the speaking THEm~st1mportantthin~ISth~t in tance the setting up of Hunga have been the persecutors. of your language is regarded Hunganans and Romaruans m rian section in exi ting Univer The collapse of as subversive, that pressure is Transylvania learn to live in sitie . In my faculty for in tance, . . put on you to change your peace. A basic condition for this i already a Hungarian cc communzsm zn t~ere name, and that travel into the We have no wish to equate the · is the acceptsnce of the pre cnt tiOn . ' present government with the Eastern Europe has next country is made very boundary between Hungary and I per onally am not very difficult. This is what life was Ceaucescu dictator hip, but we are still waiting for po itive tep Romania. I think that even the optimistic about the future. The exposed previously like for Hungarians in · in favour of the Hungarians in Hungarians in Transylvania i.tuation i very delicate, and. the Romania until the fall of the Transylvania. Why, for instance dt turbance have made thmg supressed ethnic re ali se that the present bo u ary · Ceaucescu dictatorship. has the Romanian government nd strife, most notably must remain as it is, as there are more Romanians than Hungari------ in the Romanian However, it seems that even There are two million ans in Transylvania. Sometimes the Hun- with the removal of Ceaucescu, province of Tran persecution of the Hungarians has Hungarians in Tran The recent ethnic riot in Tigu garians do ask for too not come to an end. Last month Mures were the result of carefully sylvania, the scene saw riots against the Hungarian sylvania. Is it surpris prepared provocation . I cannot much. However, there population in and around Tigu ing that we are con ay who i to blame, a I wa not of bloody riots be Mures, inflamed by the Romanian there. Even re ident of Tigu is always a middle nationalist organization, Vatra cerned for them ? Mure had difficulty in aying how way. tween Hungarians Romanescu. it tarted. However, I think that and Romanians last extremists on both ide were refused to set up a Hungarian re pon ible of making the situa month. The Romanian government in University in Cluj ? tion worse. Maybe elements of more difficult. However, Hunga its official version told lies about Ceaucescu 's ecret police, the rians and Romaman what happened in the riots, put We are also-accused of meddl Securitate were behind the inci demonstrated in December that ting the blame on the Hungarians ing in Romania's affairs. There dent . friend hip i po ible. Both who were demonstrating for their are two million Hungarians in One thing i for certain: the ' group were re pon ible for bring Elisabeth Sebessy rights. If demanding cultural and Transylvania. Is it sur{lrising that ituation of the Hunganan in ing d wn the eauce cu dictator linguistic rights is provocation, , we are concerned for them ? Tran ylvania ha improved hip. and Hungarian and Roma- (right) highlights then what is not? dramatically ince the fall of the nian died together in Tim ara, the Hungarian Ceaucescu dictatorship. In the where the revolution tarted. No erious Hungarian sugge t town where I live , luj , there are grievances, while The Romanian government ha changing the border. We just a k n w two Hungarian langua e high poken ·of the"burden of hi tory" that the Hungarian in Romania eh I , omething which w uld Mihai Ciucu (far hanging over Hungarians and be treated fairly . At the Brati lava have b en impo ible und r Romanians. The burden of his ummit, the Czechs announced eauce cu. A for the demand right) presents a tory is in fact this: Yes the Roma the formation of a commi ion to for a Hungarian ni ersit in nians were treated badly by the look into the situation of Hunga luj : I personally wa n t again t Romanian view. ruling Hungarians before 1918, rian in lovakia. When will thi . However sometime th Hungarian do ask for too much. whic~ was of cour e wrong. How- Romania follow this e ample ? 6 thursday, april26, 1990 sport student· was a duel to the death. The set than his semi-final opponent and, FENCING ting of this particular contest was a it seemed, the person who was touch unorthodox and only added presiding the contest, but this was to the tension, and it was the not enough to prevent a shock FOLLOWING the great suc Aberdeen fencer who eventually defeat. Conrad was the only cesses of the Fencing Club at proved better at coping with this, fencer to appear in the final round the Scottish Universities winning by the narrowest margin of all three disciplines and Sports Federation tourna 10-9. ' perhaps this made up for his dis ment in St. Andrews, a few Mydge Clerk had a good run in appointing third place in the Foil. gallant individuals went Foil and Eppe, reaching the last Keith Smith and Roger Mac 12 in both. Her best performance Millan commendably made the down to Sheffield to do battle was in the Sabre, where she man last 24 in Foil and Eppe respec in the BUSF championships aged an excellent third. Clare tively, whilst Mike Lynch and before Easter. Shepherd also fought well in Ragu Neppalli gained valuable Three Edinburgh students Sabre, finishing fith overall. experience at a tournament which fought in the Ladies These efforts collectively earned was of high standard. Edinburgh University an overall Fencing is a superb sport not Eppe: Gillian Sagar, Mydge Clerk third place in the Ladies competi only for fitness and copncentra and Katie Ure. In an exciting tion. tion, but also for making friends. repeat of last year's competition, Superstar Conrad Chin was the The club is very sociable, and Gillian met Carol Duckworth, defending champion in the Mens always welcomes new members. from Aberdeen, in the final. Gil Foil, and having just won in all If you fancy learning the art your lian deployed skilful technique three disciplines at SASF in St. self, come along to the Pleasance and thoughtful tactics to crash Andrews, appeared likely to on monday nights or Wednesday into an early lead, amongst an retain his BUSF foil title. He had afternoons; within a few weeks atmosphere ttuggesting the match considerably more experience you'll bea worthy Musketeer. colleagues as the "determined-to- I have always IM!en quickly. OBITUARY be-witty" Stuart Hall, or the reminded of the irrelevance of . "when I was manager at Leeds" sport compared with human life. FOR MANY sports followers, Jimmy Armfield flloundering in Jones was first and foremost a comparison. commentator on football, a sport the excitement of events at Jones summaries were only bet- which encourages a passion in its Aintree, Augusta and tered by his commentaries; even players and followers that can eas- How to do it like a pro Antigua over the aJst few the most dreary middle of the table ily upset perspectives. Jones never weeks has been tempered by showed any sign of slipping into mat c h seem ed to reac h new I eve I s ••••••••••••• mance knock-out. Competitors the recent death of Peter f · t t h h k h such a truap, yet nor did he fail to o ID eres w en e too over t e convey the excitement and emo- WIND SURFING from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirl- Jones who had become some commen tary · · ------ing and many others battled it out thing of a Saturday afternoon tton of live football, his descrpition "And now, with exactly half the of Michael Thomas last minute for the titles. British institution. Edinburgh snatched the team ' second period played I'll hand winning goal to clinch the cham- FISHERMAN• h S folklore has over to Peter jones," his colleague pionship for arsenal last season It t at the Equinox is a time of overall gold, with Sid Johnson tak- The ritual of every Saturday would way, and suddenly the dull will live long in the memory. storms and generally hostile ing the slalom title, second in the afternoon at 5 pm has been bro- draw assumed the importance of a Jones death is a sad one for foot- weather' and this was proved . overall and fourth in the wave - ken, James Alexander Gordon 35 th h f th Ed. b h t cup final, while the exciting match ball, as Jim Laker's was for wen w·mdsurfers went to e ero o e ID urg earn. giving the classified check was was never spoiled by the annoying cricdket. I still cannot accept that Tiree at Easter for the Scot- There were, h owever • numer- always followed by Peter Jones alt• th t be. hysteria which so many other corn- Richie Benaud won't hand over to tish Universi•t Ch m . - ous casu •es, e wors mg summarising the day's big match. mentators seem to specialise in. Laker, and it will take just as long • Y a PlOD · M orag ' s b ro ken 1eg. She t oo k an The ability of any commentator Jones always maintained a to realise that James Alexander ships.· unexpected dismount and had to to sum up and size up a match so balanced approach both in his Gordon will never again be fol- During the week they experi- be flown to Southern General in soon after it has finished is always commentary on the game, and his Iowed by the ex-public school mas- enced wind between force 6 and glasgow, which led to a slight impressive. With Peter Jones, you overall view of it. Having had him ter who became an institution on 10, often cancelling any chnce of transport problem as she had the knew his would easily be the best unfold for me such horrors as Saturday afternoons for Britain's surfing and forcing an exodus minibus keys. summary of the day, leaving such those at Heysel and Hillsborou h, masses. back to the haven of the pub! We would like to thank the 0 people of Tiree for their tolerance 1~iiiiliiiiiiiliiiiiiiiii""~~~;;~~:::::~~~~~~~~~hm~~de~ilis1 overs, an impressive performance real rhythm and demolished- :he~Jj t_he The competition included a and Brian Stark for his help in CRICKET on a docile wicket. floundering Glaswegians With \ lal t d ri · · h .. figures of five for _ s om even an a wave .'pe or- \ ~rgamsmg t e competition. The 1st XI got off to a flying start 43 In the quarter fmals Edinburgh in the Scottish Universities Cham- Ed'm b urg h. were left to chase pionship, demolishing St 160 in 50 overs and it was soon The performance of the day SAILING 0 were drawn against Bristol, also Andrews by five wickets and Glas- . obvious that St Andrews only had was doubtlessly the 90 that the ON 4-6 APRIL at Queen\ unbeaten in their league. In the Glasgow captain Brydie smashed Mary's Reservo•·r frrst race of the match Matt Hope gow by nine last week. two b<;>wlers. As the light began to near f Ed' b h ., . from the paltry total of 115 all out. H thr 5 t · o m urg was so .ar ID front close m the rate fell to Caribbean ea .ow' 7 . earns corn- that Bristol did not realise Edin- Duncan Wood started the dam levels, and two short stops for rain This was a class knock as only one age as Edinburgh took the field other player managed double ~eted m wha! IS now estab- burgh had taken first place. In the looked likely to deny the visitors. 1 second race positions changed fre having won th toss at St Andrews Churchill's belligerent 63, how figures, but was not enough to hsbed as the btggest team rac- ing event in the world. quently but Edinburgh eventually on Weonesday. A nastily lifting ever, se_t t~em back on target and deny Edinburgh a simple win. ball had the opener caught at sec With 5 mens leagues and 31adies emerged with a winning 2,3,4. a ftounshmg 30 from Milnnes Churchill was the only man out ond slip, but it was then a while assured a win. leagues and over 250 races to be Edinburgh's semi-final opponents before the next wicket fell to a notching his second 50 of the sea 1 sailed the organisers had a very were Southampton, last years win previously a wayward Wo;snop, son as Uni romped home by nin tight schedule. Fortunately the ners and favourites. breaking an ominous partnership. Glasgow proved to be less of an wickets. . weather was on their side with Racing was, however, close and obstacle. As anticipated, they each day dawning bright and Edinburgh won the firSt race. in . Paul Newson used the guile of were little more than a two man These convincing wins bod sunny with gentle force 1-3 winds. the second however, . disaster his leg breaks to wittle out the team, and were rolled over with well for the crunch game agains Among the main contenders in struck. Due to the very gusty wind middle order, returning figures of the minimum of effort. Wood was Dundee on Wednesday, whic their league, Edinburgh men had two boats capsized and Edinburgh three for 44. Wood bowled again on target, showing intelli could prove vital to the Cham to face Liverpool-winners of the were out. tirelessly uphill all day, and was gence and skill in his haul of four pionship. Northern Universities Champion- Edinburgh ladies equalled their rewarded with five for 42 from 21 for 36_._Worsnop managed to find NICK ROWSELL ships. Mindful of the fact that only mens achievement qualifying out league winners and the three best ' of their league and beating Bristol Come down to the losers would qualify forthe quar-) ladies quite convincingly in the ter finals·Edinburgh beat Iiverpool quarter finals. They were put out OLD GREEN TREE by a combination of speed and tac- in the semi finals buy ·Sheffield, tics with a clean 1,2,3,. They con- winners of the Northern Univer DAR&BEER tinued in this vein beating every sities championships and favour- GARDEN team in their league. ites according to the Times. THE Scottish Sailing Associaiton only one race -probably due to and try our tasty selection of Championships took place on 23, the Scrumpy. Edinburgh Ladies 24 and 25 March when teams from did, however, return with a Baked Potatoes,Soups,Hot all eight Scottish universities trophy for winning the SUSA Pies,Pizzas and Italian Fil!e.d gathered at Loch of Skene near Winter League. Rolls. Our extensiVe draught Aberdeen for a very wild and The men's competition was beer selection includes: windy weekend. The scene was dominated by Edinburgh. By set by the first race - Edinburgh showing superior boat handling 'BELHAVEN Ladies v. Aberdeen Ladies. One and conservative sailing, they SOl by one every boat capsized remained unbeaten. Jo Pain COURAGE DIRECTORS accompanied by great cheers from demonstrated exceptional skill BEAM ISH BALLGOWN AND COCKTAIL DRESS HIRE the shore. somersaulting his boat over his The ladies league was closely very surprised crew to park it per MURPHYS HATS & ACCESSORIES contested, with each team capsiz- fectly on the shore. TENNENTS LAGER NEW SPRING & SUMMER STOCK JUST ARRIVED ing roughly the same number of times. Edinburgh emerged unde- In the men's final Edinburgh BELHAVEN LAGER STUDENT DISCOUNT 10% feated at the top of the league but were up against St Andrews. With All Baked Potatoes lost in the very close knockout the wind having eased slightly the 3 DUNDAS STREET· EDINBURGH EH3 60G final to Aberdeen. Special note to racing was closer but Edinburgh with filling ·gsp Tel: 031-226 3669 Justine who managed to finish held their form to win. student sport thur day, april26, 1990 7 DRUNKEN IN DUBLI Briefs ll er c.lit mu\t go to tour cap· THURSDAY 12TH saw land's Oldest College (in the form on the part of our hosts and the twelve of Scotland's fine t of a broken window. holiday weekend further matches tain Davie Russell anc.l secretan leave these bonny shore to The home team· full foward .,.. hich had been anticipated, failed John Mackenzie for org.ani ing A cool 15 million dollars ... not then used a touch of Blarney to to matenalise and so the club was the tour v n although he dtd tend battle for the sandy Mackay to be better crack .,..hen he \\a bad for a first season, eh? Well, keep our defence distracted and left to occup} tts time b) wa} of Trophy in the annual Shinty/ allow hi team mates to score four ehatever extra-curricular asleep. that's exactly what top draft quar Hurley match between Edin ter-back Jeff George is due to times, setting up a seeming!) activitie the) could find! Just before the Easter break an under trength Edinburgh ni earn as rookie, a new NFL record. burgh University and Trinity unas ailable lead. When all Over the next 72 hour the ver it) crushed high fl)ing ppin The Illinois College star has been College Dublin, one of the looked lost, up from the back street echoed to the ounds of 10-1 at home. Goals came thick signed by the Indianapolic Colts. top Hurling teams on the came the ari tocratof Shinty in his Moll} Malone and Flower of cot and fast from: Calum Macc.lonand surely an up and rising team! Emerald Isle. Tweed jacket to spark. a revival. , land. while rapturou choru e of With his eye for goal and open- · Ghe s who won the Grand Slam (5), Rand} Korach (3). Victor Another great American inven Ill prepared for the ··dryness" of crotch kit, centre forward Angus , raised the Scotland Schoolboys Clements and Davie Ru sell. Thi tion, the worst clubs get the best Good Friday, both sides proved Davidson seemed best equipped - rugby team to a more spirited per result elave the Uni in econd players and still never make the largely unconstructive in the first to reduce the deficit further, but formance against their Irish coun place in the league with a real play-offs. half, the two varying styles ensur as he did the following night man- terparts at Landsdowne Road. chance of gaining promotion to ing a physical interpretation of aged to fluff a double scoring The touring twelve also found the dizzy heights of Division 3 at "swing high, swing low". Right on chance after some good approach time to lend vocal support to the the end of the season. although half-time a "swing around the So Higgins wants another shot! work. annual boat races betrween arch some tough away matches must be middle somewhere" left full-back Mter last week's furor it now Rod Stephens and Victor Cle- rivals University college Dublin negotiated first, in the coming alan McPherson sucking his 1 transpires that the Hurricane has ments managed to force extra and Trinity College Dublin as well \veeks. thumb for the rest of the tour. signed up for the first five ranking time but a late, late winner sealed as the ational Gaelic Football Victor Clements The second half proved much tournaments of next year! Facing a it for the home side (score 6-5 . · League's Cup semi-finals. How Tour Team ... more exciting, the Edinburgh for ban for threatening to have fellow against) . Olff they trotted, but ever it must also be noted that David Russcll, Niall McLennan, wards keeping their sticks low and countryman Dennis Taylor shot, not with their tails between their close proximity of the Beauty Hip Davie Cameron, Dave Mills, Rod hard ensuring fewer points went and hitting a press officer, Higgins legs or "faces the punnets of ter and the whore fromthe sewer Stephens, Cameron Bell, Victor over the bar than at O'Donaghues obviously still fancies his chances. rasps" for the real tour was about tended to periodically infringe on Clcments, Angus Davidson, Alan that night (subtle). Euan Grant Let's hope he quits while he's to bergin . the atmospher, proving distinctly McPherson, Ewan Grant, Mal opened the scoring after little ahead and doesn't simply get bor· ' Due to some slack organisation environmentally unfriendly. colm Grant, John MacKenzie . ing. brother had left his mark on Ire- CANOEING Has the world come to this? A cricketer being escorted through SATURDAY dawned bright PIPPED AT POST an airport with an armed guard .. and sunny. Thermals and DI A TER! Glasgow U A . Viv Richards was greeted by wetsuits eagerly lapped up the armed police at Heathrow on beat Edinburgh UA by 2 sun, while the mortals slum points (126-124) 'to win the Monday to begin his season·with bered. An hour later the sun Glamorgan: Let's face it, who's Apple ton Trophy for the first going tq mess with him. "I'm not had gone, the mist descended time since 1984. The annual worried what people think of -we got up. varsity match between Edin The venue was Fairneelee, a pic me," he assued timid journalists, burgh and Glasgow took and did they need to be told? turesque little farmstead on the luscious banks of the Tweed. place on the 7th March at the Kelvin Hall in Gla gow. The competition had hotted up a The Edinburgh team were con It was horrible, Murrayfield all little - keen paddlers had been fident despite a weakened team in over again! On Saturday at spotted early on the river; however the middle distance events but Heriot-Watt the England under- we as organsiers had more impor were taught that strength in depth 21 Lacrosse team were demolished tant things to do. Campsite money is much more important than by the underdogs. Guess who! had to be collected - this was handful of stars. Yes, Scotland. In their frrst win easier said than done, since short Five match records were against England ever, the girls of chining all the gates of the field, beaten, all by Edinburgh athletes. showed great determination and the only way was waking up all the Jamie Henderson won the 200m skill in beating a very efficient unit budding competitors . and 60m, the latter a record time . (cor that sounds alright!). Special of 7.1. mention to Ali Rish who had a Edinburgh did themselves Similarly Joan Booth recorded blinder, and Sarah Carter for proud, however results were a sprint double and won the 60m something or other! ·• "•r... · .. v relative as 80% of our com in a record time of 8.0s. Lindsay petitors had never put bum to MacDonald won both the 400m slalom boat before. Ruth, Sara and BOOm both in record times of '· Maybe this year the Scottish Cric and Kate were all successful at 57.9 and 2.14.1, demonstrating ket Team will, for the first time in elast once, despite several capsizes there is still a lot ot running left in their history, progress past the between them; while the ladies her legs. The last record was first round of the Benson and team were palced in the top three achieved by Dugald Scott with a fledges trophy. Why? - a very creditable result. As for pole vault of 4.0lm beating the They have the slight advantage the men, well lets just say they had previous record by lcm. of Gordon Greenridge as their a subdued weekend. Edinburgh failed to find 2 overseas guest. Gordon as if you Competition athletes in the mens 3000m and didn't know is one of the mighty was somewhat parochial in nature the womens 800m thus.,forfeiting 1West Indians who recently beat - the same enthusiasm would be valuable points that could have England. perhaps better directed towards DA VE HITCH COCK COMING IN FOR EDINBURGH been won by anyone. Even in the beating the opposing universities. 1500m a hurdler had to run the event to win a Congratulations to Alistair Hutton Friends of Syd will not be at all who on Saturday was the first Scot CYCLING surprised by th ambitiousness of ever to win the London marathon. the project, his masochistic ten· The Scots seem to be winning in dencies being weU known. When most sports just now, roll on the Two Edinburgh University Student asked Sed about his san· World Cup! students a planning a cycle ity, he replied that that he was ride in Africa this summer, to spending all his trainiq time try· The Sports Day is here again!! help raise money for Save the ing to perfect the art of slip-stream Sunday 13th May sees 1,500 of the Children in Africa and The cycling and that he was always University's finest sportsmen and prepared to take any available Royal Hospital for Sick Chil short cuts! women descend on Peffermill for dren's intensive care appeal. the annual day of contests. Syd Smith, a second year geog~ Because of the tight schedule, The events will include 6-a-side raphy student aad Seb Sharp, also the duo will not be able to spend football and hockey, rounders, a second year, taking Russian, time relishing the real beauty of volleyball, rugby sevens, lacrosse plan to ride from Nairobi, Kenya, the countries, the national parks, and tug of war. The main attrac to Harare in Zimbabwe. The mere the splendour of Mount Kiliman tion will no doubt be the beer tent, 3000 mile trip will take them jaro. which will be open all day. through Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. Between serious bouts of revi· Prizes, alcoholic of course, will Due to Seb's proposed third sion, the pair are busy rai ing be generously handed out, and year in Russia, the pair will have to money for the fund. They can be entry forms a~;e available from the limit themselves to three months, contacted on 332 7055, and would Sports Union office, to be cycling 50 miles a day and hoping appreciate any donations to their returned by Friday 11th. Depend to have completed the journey by venture, "Cycling for Lives' . ing on numbers, entry may be pos early September. sible on the day. Syd and S:eb ... plus bike. l I ' I 11 I J '' I student 8 thursday, april 26, 1990 features .. complete inability to do anything but follow the rest of In tne wake of the Nelson Mandela the crowd which was being aroused by a solitary figure concert, attention seems to have shifted was frightening. The rigid associations of fist remarkably quickly to the real issues at clenching and crowd manipulation by a charismatic figurehead were inescapable and the source of a stake. sudden re-examination of the purpose and implications Or has it? Perhaps the Independent's claim the of such a concept. It was too easy the sinister aspect following day of "a rock concert with a cause" is of the crowd's hysteria which greeted Nelson inaccurate and the reverse "a cause with a rock· Mandela's speech a triumphant cheer followed every concert' would have been more appropri~te. And yet, reference to sanctions and the end of apartheid and a as one of the 75,000 who were present I begin to loud."boo" answered all mentions of the South African wonder how many of the real issues were addressed government. and if the concert was little more than a glamourous The excitement of the concert had died down extravaganza with Nelson Mandela in for good considerably faster than the birthday tribute in 1988, measure. The most Twould discern was an A glamorous extravaganza with Nel extended arm and a clenched fist. After son Mandela and a little conscience-. a while, not even that. pricking thrown in for good measure. The political undertones were just that - · and indeed the publicity for the concert in general Lenny Henry mutilated what might have been a seemed to have been noticeably moderated. Did the powerful appeal to boycott South African goods with a conveners think Mandela in the flesh would suffice by subsequent reference to Kylie Minogue and Jason deliberately figuring on him? It seems perverse to Donovan which, most revealingly, got a far more suggest that Mandela in jail had a more powerful enthusiastic response. And as Mandela himself finally effect. Then again two years ago the musicians were greater and their role in its success should not be too~ the podiu~ amidst a storm of clapping and ventable euphona, the A.N.C. symbol and initials underestimated. For though most of the audience . which. formed part of the backdrop slipped out of view. seemed to be there to see Mandela and the affirm their The hghts were softened and thousands of flames support to the anti-apartheid cause, it seems highly flickered in the stands as people pulled out their likely that had he been speaking at a political rally cigarette lighters or attempted despite the wind to many would have chosen not to come. Thus the light matches. I tried to catch a glimpse of the man importance of the music in disguising the dubious aspects of such organisations as the A.N.C. is who was arousing such intense emotion; the most I t...... ---.....Jill could discern was an extended arm and a clenched fist. paramount. After a while, not even that. Once Nelson Mandela had begun his speech 75,000 clenched fists were thrust ------ Now that the A.N.C is legal, people tend to into the air in unison, pledging unanimous support to forget that it is as hardline as it was before Mandela this legendary figure. was released. And the increasing role of extremism Amidst the screaming within it, and Mandela's failure to exercise on a Perhaps that was the danger - through moderating influence, signs of a peace settlement popular at a supra-political level on the one h~md he adulation of 75,000 seem as tenuous as ever, with perhaps Man de la nevertheless if the prime focus of the A.N.C. on the himself falling victim to the black Marxist militants. oth~r. • • • features meetings .. • • wedn student features thur day, april26, 19 0 9 The two rooms in the Pleasance which house E.S.V.P. copes after Harris and McKenna graduate this summer. McKenna, for instance, has been involved in V~deo · Edinburgh Student Productions ah~wst all E.S.V.P. productions ,t.his year, whether as (E.S.V.P.) have to be the most unassuming ed1tor, producer or advisor. It has been the availability amongst the University's societies. One is a of technical advice and facilities that has attracted and -bare, small studio with an assortment of lights encouraged journalism within the society. In recent and plugs lying about the floor. The other is years, this ~as declined in student T.V., partly because home to the group's editing suite, which is sur 1mproved v1deo technology has tempted productions to rely on special effects and camera tricks rather than dis rounded by a mass of wires, leads, old video ciplined research and carefully written scripts. "We tapes and crisp packets. Although E.S.V.P.'s hoped to change that, so that's why we joined", say "Headquarters" might not indicate a dynamic Sarah and Tristan Brittain-Dissont. "We want to show and high-powered group, it is rapidly gaining a that as long as someone had an issue to discuss the reputation as one of the most respected and suc equipment was there to do it on film." ' cessful student television units. It was the Brittain-Dissont and McKenna team who Edinburgh University admittedly has a good track edited, wrote and produced "Bedlam at the Bedlam" a ·record in the field - some of you long in tooth may comical documentary concerning the recent conversi~n remember the award winning adaptation of Joyce's of the theatre in preparation for "Pericles". At the "Ulysses" in 1986. Up until October 1989, however, the NASTA competition, it won the award for best video in society suffered a disast_roeusly lean period with little the miscellaneous category- and then went on to win the output. Chris Mchenna, E.S.V.P.'s outgoing president trophy for best student video of 1990. "The victory was explains: "I joined in May 1989, and by then the society's significant," ays Sarah, "because we used inferior camera had been broken for a year. Although there was equipment- VHS tape instead of U-matic, for instance a replacement in February, the committee decided to an_d to complete the project we had to hire out an editing operate as a facility - hiring out equipment and advice - u1te. Many other ocieties have their own high-tech rather than as a program making organisation. So all sets. We don't." that was filmed was Rag Week. E.S.V.P.'s documentaries redress the balance in tu The membership had plumetted - no one wanted to dent television - complementing high-tech effects with belong to a T.V. society t)lat couldn't make T.V.- and good old fashioned journalism. Other projects near then the old timers graduated in June taking all their completion by the Brittain-Dissont/McKenna team , experience and expertise with them. All that was left was include "Fooling Some of the People", concerning the me, Ed Harris, Tassos Stephens, a 1978 copy of "On ------Koestler Chair of'Parapsychology. A film by Rebecca Palmer and Marcus Friedlander - "Class of 1990" - is Camera" and a new video camera gathering dust." T Tntl.l.last October These bare bones, however, proved to be Adam's rib. l..J .J now in the editing stage. Next year sees a drive by E.S.V.P. was relaunched in October 1989 and, despite E.S. V.P to encourage budding journalists to use video Ed • b h s d and film as a means of furthering such careers rather \ its t~en sma_ll; inexperienced membership, has develop- lfl urg tu en t ped m to a h1ghly successful video production unit. From than the automatic reliance of many upon "Stud;nt" and "Midweek". After all, E.S.V.P. can upply the equip the 4-6th of April at the National Student Television Video Productions, a Awards (NASTA) held in York University, the society ment and the skills, and they are available to anyone entered three videos (out of forty); two of these won T T • •t :t:,•J k who pays the five pounds subscription fee. three of the five trophies. The society has also gained a l..J Dl V ersl y 11 m-m a - The final significant addition to E.S.V.P armoury has · higher profile within the University, having filmed the • • J been the influx of talent from the field of drama. Tassos Bank of Scotland's School Debating competition and Jng SOCJety, was ow Stephens, Jonny Mallet and Mary Paulson-Ellis are having organised and financed its own production of prime movers in 'Dead Fly Films', a quirky subset of E.S.V.P .Essentially jt consi ts of Bedlam actors, writ "TheHitman"inTeviotDebatingHall. on output member Finally, E.S.V.P. will shortly emulate the achieve- - ers and producers turned film-makers, and its yielded several films. Stephens began the process in the winter of ment of Ulysses with a film to be shown at the Fit- ' h • d J mhouse. Considering that at the start of the academic S JP an mora e. 1989 with 'T.V. Dinner', a live action-video stage show. year none of the members had ever completed a film - Things have since got bigger and better. "Shaft Bar bados", a spoof trailer for an action film, was a triumph and many had no experience of filming or producing- Things have changed of snappy editing, lively acting and a stunning sound E.S.V.P.'s success is nothing short of phenomenal. So track. It won second place in the drama category at how has this small group wowed big-wigs at Yorkshire drama tJ·ca11y Tr1•stan N.A.S.T.A. Television and the B.B.C., and how has it surpassed the .J. ' ~ ' efforts of the more· long-standing and technically B •tt • D • J1 advanced student video groups? Tristan Brittain-Dis- sont, E.S.V.P.'s Head of Documentaries puts it down to rl aln- 'lSSont te s What does the future hold for ESVO? some have rue- " hard work and the lucky combination of some people why fully suggested that given the NAST A successes, the with four crucial skills_ technical; administrative; jour- • only way is down. But it would be wrong to couch 'suc- nalistic, and dramatic. The first two inputs have largely ------cess' purely in terms of 'awards' (look at the Oscars, for come from Chris McKenna and Ed Harris, E.S.V.P.'s instance!) What is crucial about ESVP's recent perfor- engineering manager. competent and knowledgeable film-makers. Their con- mance is that in every field- technical; journalistic; and They are happy enough to admit that much of their tribution is perhaps best illustrated by their "Hitman" dramatic- it is making extremely well-received and knowledge has been gleaned from trial and error ses- production on March 2nd. This was a live venture, incor- high quality programmes. Some of its members are now sions with the equipment; by voraciously reading any porating video mixers, four cameras, computer graphics firmly established on the bottom rungs of the tv and relevant literature (including coursework); and by col- and the like. theatre industry ladders: Many of these people had .taring any T.V. professionals or academics for advice It gave many people valuable experience in a variety never had a camera before October 1989. Now a and help. This eclect'lc approach has provided them with of roles -production assistant, camera-person, engineer momentum has been built up, and there is a pool of considerable technical ability, which they have confer- etc. so successful was the project, it captured the experience and skill that anyone can exploit if they are red very successfully to the other members. By running NASTA prize for best entry in the live programme sec- interested in television work serious or not. regular video and editing classes, McKenna and Harris tion. And tomorrow, April 27th, sees "The Hitman II" Look out for the ESVP film festival mid-May- ee have turned raw and enthusiastic new members into in Teviot Debating Hall. It will be interesting to see how what you can do. day 1.15 pm. • • student offices 10 thursday, april 26, 1990 music student Perfect Neighbours sunny days"), the band confined to the obscurity of b THE GO-BETWEENS constantly recieved the sides, been overlooked on LPs i978 -1990 appreciation of the press, if not of or simply remained unreleased.' Beggar's Banquet the record buying masses. That, And for this · we should be it has to be said, reflects rather eternally grateful, for material badly on the taste of the great such as the marvelous kicking FROM BRISBANE to British public, for at times the country stomp of Don't Call Me Sydney, via London, Paris, Go-Betweens scale heights Gone, and the intensely personal which are nothing short of When People Are ·Dead London (again), Glasgow, astonishing - the sheer joy of deserves more than a place on and London (again), the Spring Rain, for instance, or the the back of a long deleted single. career of the Go-Betweens oboe skipping its way through Not only is the music straight out of - Grant McLennan, Robert Bye Bye Pride, are the sort of the top drawer, but the packaging sounds which restore your faith Forster, and an ever in popular music as an art-form of the album is also of the highrst changing entourage - has with a shelf life of longer than calibre. Mclennan and Foster g\ve provided some of the most twenty minutes. In gathering a commentary on each song in simi together the majority of the Go critically acclaimed music of lar fashion to El vis Costello on his Betweens' better known songs 'girls, girls, girls' LP of last year, the past twelve years. (and we're talking in relative From the energetic teenage terms here), the quality of this and the whole thing is housed in a elegy to Karen, the librarian who album is guaranteed. But rather gatefold sleeve, t.astefuuly fronted provides an excuse to rhyme than taking the easy option of with a picture ofblue sky and green "James Joyce" with "right just cobbling together the band's shrubbery. All in all, both a perfect choice", through to 1988's 16, seventeen singles, the creators introduction for new converts, an( Lover's Lane and its trio of poppy of this compilation have instead singles, represented here by chosen to be adventurous, and so a tresurable souveneir for old affi Streets Of Your Town ("The here we also have a selection of cianados BBC would only play this on tracks which have until now been John Tuson ANNA PALM arts, must seem to think that ••••••••••••• ARRIVING & CAUGHT they are onto a good thing here, making music for sad and WHAT? NOISE Competition UP confused individuals who have One Little Indian LP just received their newly fitted Fat One Little Indian LP OH Lordy! Will the world never steel plate foreheads. V AN MORRISON AND GO-BETWEENS EXCITEMENT "Here, stick this drill in your ear. . tire of "dance floor fusion"? Do ANNA PALM's music is Good, eh? Bet you didn't know you always need flapping flares, operatic in a way Philip you're listening to Tad." I bum-bag and a hooded tent to Thanks to the ever generous Polydor · Glass would approve of. . wouldn't really like to know listen to music from 1Vt t t .}:1 J .. lt I .. ~ ' i ! J lt }f-t' ) t" student music thur day, april26, 1990 J 1 -Esso-ential I could do with The Sub Club, Glasgow a Chuck D. Following widespread criticism of their last album, and the departure of guitarist Sean O'Neil, Barrowlands,Giasgow TPE decided to make a low key return to live Picture, if you will, the scene. shows, so a trip to the Flavor Flav, member of infamous black supremacist group Public City Of Culture Enemy, perched on top of a wall (apparently) was in order of speakers telling us that we are to see wgat gems, if any, all brothers and sisters, even people from England and, God lie in store this time. forbid, Dundee. Unlikely? Maybe, around. but only because of Old favourites like Swamp, misrepresentation of P.E.'s Under The Sky, and the still . It is on these numbers that the views and by one single, and stunning Big Decision punctuate rawness of the Manic Pop Thrill since departed, member of the the set, but tonight was really LP is rediscovered, with the group. Public Enemy's position is about the new material. Both band relishing the opportunity to not one of seperation and Hey Venus and opener Blue To really let go, and with St~ve supremacy, but of unity and Black were o.utstanding, Mack, still the "most shaggable mutual recognition of cultures. showing that the Petrols still man in pop", moving about the Almost every song tonight is favour the dance edge of the last stage (well, the floor behind the followed by a few minutes album, and the slower Sweet makeshift barrier) and whirling discussion, including a lengthy Shiver manages to send shivers his ropes of hair with rarely . justification of the new album's where shivers shouldn't go. encountered energy. • title: Fear Of A Black Planet. Real highlights, though, come on Enthusiasm of this sort should Despite attempts in these the more straightforward rocking not go unrewarded, and going by . interludes to bring some humour out of Fat Mouth Creed, this performance the time may · into the proceedings, the finally have come for the petrols . Hendrix's Manic Depression, menacing presence of the mandohn, accordian - seems to and Scumsurfin', a song to break into the big time. God Security Of The First World is a THE · knows they deserve it. ' sigh in and out of the songs, unashamedly ripped off from constant reminder of the JUNKIES successfully making the their "good friends" Sonic seriousness of the group's Robin Mitchell Glasgow Pavillion transition from binyl to Yo.uth. message. The music is as sharp performance. Visually, they're as on record, with Flav and owes much more to a Smiths/Bea Chuck D interacting well over the The Cowboy Junkies play s~tic but it's such a comfonable country music but not of latd-~ack . appearence that rou The Spooks Bikini Club tles identity, essentially combin flawlessly solid backing provided '. t:an tmagme the show takmg ing indie pop with sixties jangle. by Terminator X. Even the lads Moray House the stetson vanety. place on somebody's front porch. As a band they're cute, shy and who had spent the night supping There's no doubt that some Margo Timmins'· voice is as THE SPOOKS, lest you unassuming, but maybe too much at the bar were seen to be people are put to sleep by their natural as breathing when she never look at billboards, are so. A short set fails to make a unashamedly dancing to the slow hypnotic style, but if you're sings her adult lullabies. The powerful impact on ears innocent closing number, Fight The inclined to a bit of Patsy, we'll band create a strong atmosphere, resident band at the Bikini Power. Club. Complete with mop of their music, and just as you continue. The canadian four an intimacy with the audience begin to understand where they're piece is extended to eight but and a breath-taking power of tops owing more to the at (bedsit pop with potential) it's RobiJJ- Mitchell this doesn't clutter their vast emotion. ( Cavern than the Hacienda their last song. open sound. The country-folk , Liverpudlian similarities But they do their goodbyes so range of instruments - lap-steel, Clare Brennan hardly stop at the hair. .well. Their final cover version of . Examine the suits, the boots Brown Eyes Blue, heard in a . and the width of the grins. On venue where people don't under THE SOUP DRAGONS term) shows their innovative side from a fine bunch of lads. Women stand cult youth trash ideas, had a and pre-empts Primal Scream by and men alike screamed for more Saturday night we just had to poignancy unimaginable. Network some three months. On more as the Soup Dragons left us twist and shout. Claire Brennan. quiet moments like Softly Sean cruelly with a one song encore of Both sets were executed with UITE FRANKLy Th proves that he can still write I'm Free. Well,it may have been a jovial panache. The hall was too Q ' e cracking good lurve songs in the criminally short set, but for just darn hot but positively soaked in SENSELESS THINGS Soup Dragons are so vein of Soft As Your Face. over an hour the Soup Dragons the sixties. The pastiche is played devastatingly talented that were the best band in the world to great comic effect, but the The Venue • they scare the fuck out of and no-one could touch them. Spooks write all their own mate l.f · h . . · Forget Manchester, forget the rial, the quality of which can still THIS IS what I e m t e me: . Movmg ever forwards the Souptes Insipid Carpets, Bellshill is where be greatly appreciated when their real world's all about! This Bemg the most tmportant band of have abandoned all the trappmgs it's at .on-stage high jinks have finished. was worth suffering the the C86 anoraked crop great of indie-pop and what we have · The second set was something of a unwanted attention of a forty things were expected of them and here is a fine collection of songs ~eiron Mellotk: · k Thi in the last four years they've more surprise move, for never before year old bald Nazi pun · s than fulfilled our expectations; have the Spooks cited the seven was the biz, but where were what with releasing an unbroken ties as an influence. The band you all? line of classic pop records and appeared garbed in tribue to the The Venue was only half full for playing thoroughly orgasmic live WETHERBY OFFICE decade that taste forgot. the best concert I've been to in shows, how could tonight not be Fab, and by no means a hard ages. From the first chord the brilliant? But they surpassed even day's night. Senseless Things barely pused for my expectations!! The set opened TRAINING Clara Grant breath, and neither did we. How with Can't Take No More, the BOOK NOW FOR anyone could have kept still with- Soupies' finest moment live and on out the ad of a large weight tied to vinyl, and the only old song SUMMER COURSES IN their ankles beats me. The won- included in tonights set. Instead der of songs like Shoplifting, we were treated to songs from the THE TRASHCAN SINAT d T M h new LP Lovegod that show a more *TYPING *WORD PROCESSING Drunk and Soppy an °0 uc focused side to the band in RAS Kissing, which had us thrashing *AUDIO comparison to the confused sound *SHORTHAND The Kelty Rock Club about in a_general~y sweaty way_- of their fab 1988 debut. Jim's *COMPUTING *BOOK-KEEPING The Trashcans are a bit of a but who gtves ~ shtt ~bo~t smelh- guitar is brought sharply to the ness when ,you re. enJoymg your- .fore, and this along with Paul and INTENSIVE OR PART TIME COURSES buzz at the moment, and the ·self? There s nothmg be_tter t~an a Sushil's pounding rythmn section START DAILY prospect of seeing them in a ~unch o.tt:enagers playm~ gwtars provides a perfect backdrop for small venue was appealing, hke theu hv~s depend on tt, ~spe- Sean's Bolanesque lyrical delivery. so I travelled the expanse of cially when tt makes you gnn at The splintered guitar driven genius STUDENT DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE the Forth over to Fife to a vil complete strangers all the way of biker's anthem Backwards Dog back up the road. and the distilled pop brilliance of OPEN DAYS, EVENINGS, WEEKENDS lage music venue. This sort of thing doesn't bap- Crotch Deep Trash enleash new The band appear to a tape of pen very often; you should be ·energies and surpass all former 93 HIGH STREET Abba's greatest hits. A five piece. kicking yourselves if you weren't glories, whilst Mother Universe, THE ROYAL MILE from lrvine, they're a west coast there. the awesome indie-dance EDINBURGH pop band, but not of the Wet Wet Jill Franklin crossover thingy ( God, I hate that 031-225 8626 Wet/soul boy variety. Their brand ... 12 thursday, apri126, 1990 ·arts student with their lives and death. There is MORTAL a terrifying moment when Naomi remembers her death, and Theatre Workshop realises where they are going· French Spring 20-21 April intensified by the excellent sound' effects and lighting. [Sylvia Hal is called "or not to be.") Bent on "TWO SANDWICHES lett and Dee Kyune.[ SHORT of a picnic" declares redefining tradi tionl concepts of The set is also very cleverly man art, these people are ripping up Sophia of Naomi. Just one of ipulated, transformed from hospi the memorable lines that metro posters and pasting them tal to boat. It is though, perhaps entertained the audience to boards, or covering models . Alison Mach in non who "steals during The Woman's the show'' as Sophia; the ginger in clay, arranging them on Theatre Group's production wigged old lady, with her glass of plinths in heroic, statuesque ofMaco Green, and Caroline Sangria and witty one-liners. "Doesn't have any effect on me fashion against a starry night Griffin's play, "Mortal". sky, photographing the scene, 'cos I don't like the taste," she "Mortal" is the amusing and declares on more than one occa .and doctoring the resultant sion as she degenerates into a negatives with corrosives touching story of the life and jour ney to death, o f t h ree women stupor. 'Much of the work on display is· accompanied by an angel, Gab The play is an unpretensious based around photography, and riel. Gabriel is played by the exploration of Ieligion, life the best images in this field young, black actress Sandra death, and sexuality. But sexual: challenge the boundaries James-Young. The Christian con- ity, namely Lily's Elizabeth Kelly between documentary realism notations of Gabriel are tempered lesbianism, is not so much an and decorative art. "Les 62 by the Classical allusions of the issue, as a part of life. Naomi says Membres du Club Mickey, 1955" womens' journey to another exis- she thought she knew all the is a deeply ambivalent image; the terice over the sea on a boat. It is answers; don't we all? "Mortal" expressive portraits of children during this journey that Gabriel leaves you thinking that perhaps and young adolescents, variously helps the women to come to terms you might not. Tracey Rose stiff and worried with regulation clean face and tidy hair, confident and tousled or self consciously beautiful, are juxtaposed against Plenty of slapstick comedy was each other in a large collective THE WOODEN BOY thrown in, seemingly to please the image which seems to negate "wee ones" but with one or two their individuality. The artist, we Traverse Theatre exceptions it tended to detract assume, is in the picture too, as 21 April from the overall atmosphere of anonymous as th others. enchantment, brilliantly, This is a diverse exhibition. The MIME, RHYTHM and heightened by the music of Nick obsessive perfection and dance in a new, 'sinister' ver- Dwyer - the children watching irritating detail of Fa vier's · db h · · miniscule drawings le f t me eo1 d, SI. on of the tale of lovely old seemed fascmate y t de'd tmagma- • fi but Morellet's "Geometree" "Give a little whistle" Pin- tive movement, but 1 n t nd much to giggle at, until a non-' (with the emphasise on the last nochio? I could tell many o f knicker-wearing Gepetto split the syllable) is probably the most the other 'over-sevens' in the seat of his trousers about three pleasing image I've seen for a h h d long time anywhere. Traverse t eatre s are my 1uarters of the way through the trepidation towards the show. Unfortunately this was dur- One room is h · d and artists who have dominated by the succinct Ben, forthcoming evening. I ing one of the most auntmg an 'crucial scenes, as the Wooden boy CONTEMPORARY ART who makes word pictures. "It Is f 1 for twenty years exclusively Of No Importance!" screams one Fortunately we were all to be 'is eaten by a whale. Peals o gee FROM FRANCE with stripes of the same 8.7cm work in red against black. ' amused and intrigued throughout ensued , asthe little darlings plot 1 Gallery of Modern Art width. All creative life, itseems Revolutionary posturing? this rather eerie reworking. Visu ted the progress of the ever-wide is here, engaged in intense and Perhaps, but the exhibition as a 'ally, it was a very strong piece, as ning tear. 7 April-29 May whole represents intellectual and !' moody lighting and terrific However, the energy and talent reverent speculation on the na artistic self-indulgence of the choreography combined to con- of the two actors soon overcame TORN poster work, wire, ture of art (Two cubes, one most 'vital, stimulating, and !vey both the mischief of the nar any minor trouser problems. This bronze and wood; artists who painted wood, one bronze. forgivable kind. rating sprites and the real pathos show was a well-crafted joy. make sculptures out of paint Sculpture or painting ?The piece Joanna Swanson. iof their tale. Jenifer Colgan ·~- ..,.._ . . totally inappropriate. Ina{'prop ite place in which to reach oneself. trees came across as a sensuous, THE ROAD TO MEIKLE riate? Only one of the three artists The incoherence of love and sco but essentially pasive experience. draws his inspiration directly from SEGGIE earth" It still means nothing. "Nostalgia", in contrast, had a his wanderings. Barbe's series of 80 portraits, Queen's Hall The Richard Demarco western romanticism in its lush Beith reproduces photographi La Mere et La Putain' could not 20 April Gallery cally, almost in life-size detail, the however leave the spectator string sound. The soloist, Takashi Shimizu, brought a profound and until19 May headstone monument to a witch unmoved with its pulsing, : burnt some three hundred years unquenchable colours and It's a well-used concept to place almost sexy tone to the melody prior. If the scale of the reproduc unequivocally daunting subject an innovative work beside a more which, as an elegy to the ftlmmaker Ce matin-la, Richard les tion does not stun then the ironic matter. 80 portraits strung across conventional piece. Tarkosvky,was moving in its un menait tous trois, Pascal, dedication across the photo will: the walls of a single room. One sentimental commiunent "Richard, Maggie could turn the Jean-Sylvian et Francoise, mesmeric glare drags the eye from The framework tonight, however, tide" the last. Unblinking, challenging, Framing these pieces, Barry sur la route de Meikle Seggie was coherent on paper but not in sneering, all eighty women stare Douglas gave a highly individual pour que se rejoinent, enfin, performance. Our attentions were A contemporary namesake full frontally from the canvas. and persuasive account of a. I' art et la vie.' Catherine pulled jealously back and forth combined with the monument to a Beethoven sonata and concerto. Chevalier's wistful, lyrical The generous, thick brush between Beethoven and Takemitsu, burnt witch makes for eerie, Instead of contemplation and coop prose seduces and introduces uncomfortable or amusing view strokes juxtapose contrasting col and between the hugely idiosyn eration, the stage screamed with the viewer to the three ing depending on your point of ours- the black outline of the head cratic Barry Douglas on piano and brave virtuosity. Douglas crouched French artists - the Pascal, view. against the solid sickly green of the hugely huge Oliver Knussen, Jean-Sylvian and Francoise Vergier's La Come d'abon the background, or a pure white over the piano like a bird of prey, conductio~ the modem works. of the extract - currently dance is the most problematic of highlights the contours of a red pouncing on chords and just catch face, reminisant of a biological exhibiting at the Demarco the three works specially commis The Takemitsu should have reen ing runaway semis and tricksy sioned for this exhibition. A diagram representing the muscle Gallery , having wended the main challenge and highlight ommanets. He pigheadedly dead sculpture presented on a raised system. The whole effects a vio ened lumps of notes, refusing to their way along the road to platform whitewashed solid sky lence with Pollockesque oftheevening. Thetwoworkswere Meikle Seggie. blue. Across it are tossed glass threads of colour flung across the satisfyingly different Treeline was pander to gratuitous politesse. It marbles, one eccentrically twisted portraits, interrupting the unity of unmistakeably oriental in sound was undiplomatic music, extrovert Meikle Seggie, not... a geographi and hollow ram's horn spewing the subject. , and mood with the harp taking on and brilliant and so alien to the cal reality but a meandering trail more glass marbles and a large, from Edinburgh to the Hebridean the character of a Japanese koto in world of the works it embraced, as smooth rock distinguished by the The accompanying notes to the Island World, seething with his delicate, hollow quarter-tones. A to almost crush them with its force- white writing which designates it torical, literary and social associa exhibition are marked by fulsome meditative walk through acaica as the symbolic representation of tributes to Demarco and he it is ful energy. Harriet Wilson tions. Here it was at Dunning that the Auld Alliance between Maggie Wall was burnt as a witch, who provides an extensive France and Scotland. A passing, there below the Vale of Douleur oratorio of an introduction. The respectful nod to their past cul whole venture smacks of the An art auction is to be held at the pictures for sale, donated by the rivers - Burn of Sorrow and tural links. Talbot Rice gallery today in various galleries, friends and Burn of Care, join and eo-mingle unbiquitous presence of that high profile Edinburgh personage. The memory of the four Endiburgh relatives, and the money rais~ whilst Trossachs marks the heart students; Justin Arbuthnott, I look, nothing. Admitting to Road to Meikle Seggie more will go to the RNLI. Viewing wtll land of Scott's Rob Roy and The Mathew Hallifax, Isabel Pryce my ignorance - appropriately, the Pilgrimage to be from 2.30pm, with the auction Lady of the Loch. Lloyd, and Alexander Ricketts, Richard Demarco's. to be staged by a member of what does it mean?' - I surren who died in a boating accident The descriptions provided are der to the artist's words: "I make Phillips at 6.30 pm. All are wel last summer. There are 150 ~ome to attend . poetic, romantic , rhapsodic• and of feminine ~rrationality, a favour- . SungKhllf!g student art V film ]. "I TRIED TO under tand how ix feet two of ma culinity could feel u d by five feet of girli h innocence." Thi was one of the entiments which emerged from Mitchell Benn's intensely personal. funny, and moving monologue. Set for the most part in the narrator's dishevelled bedroom, littered Memorable were the heated scene of the 70s, one of tho e with magazines and dirty debate between the two EDDIE GOMEZ QUINTET rarified mu icians who gets paid washing, the play gives forth one fathers, often condu ted t speed Bedlam Theatre Queen's Hall by the note, struggling to his hi sensitive young male's and di playing an impre ive cues, or standing grizzled and comments on life:"There is a way 17-21 April ma tery of the efferv nt NOBODY likes to see their impassive behind his bebop to be male and human," he cript. Simtlarly, Hermi and icons shattered, and people shades asserts. Music features largely WR Frederick mounted n rid in this production, particularly ITTEN BY Edinburgh attack upon each other before who turned out to witness the Despite the general impres ion Blues, which he plays on his student Roddy Mcdevitt, embracing and deciding to el pe! aural pyrotechnics of the of jet tag , however, there were moments, particularly during the beautiful red guitar called Honey, the farcical "Friction Clad in si!¥en dre ing gown, Eddie Gomez Qunitet may first set, where the group would and which he says is,"A voice Fiction" opened the Hami h Clerk proved the urce have left disappointed with a which whimpers and weeps and of mu h hilarity, a in th o ning lock in on the subtle rhythmic and Bedlam's spring season in cen wh re tr ditional rol are performance sometimes harmonic nuances of Eddie cringes Why?, and the world shrugs its houlders and walks style. rever ed a son rebuke lacking in personal commit Gomez's Latin composition , and away." Other features include The dexterou plot explore the di solute fath r. Th well-tim d ment and fundamental orchestrate textures into an evolv Benn actually shaving on stage, complex inter-relationships et entrance of Postm n Bob organisation from musician ing stylistic whole in ways which and a wonderful unexpected up when pedantic psychologi t complete with ludi rous w 1._ as obviously capable of better. few groups ever manage . Randy moment where he switches on Carl Jung clashes with he is seventy percent bike rai d Part of the problem may have Brecker, for example, re trained the television and we see his dipsomaniac novelist Flann a laugh, a did th cla i been excessive expectation; his cu tomary high note acroba face ridiculously illuminated by a O'Brien over the enigma of life portrayal of "Sh g" and people starved of an indigenous tics for a methodical held under blue light while western-style and love. Initially, all th y have "Doobie," H rmia' "eo I" music scene here have come to exploration of the middle regis music blare out of the set. in common i an abhorren e of hippie a ctate with regard New York as the ters Gomez's signals a break "Clint, that's all I bloody need!" the contrasting life tyle of th ir · prcdil tion for. m king "lndi o apotheosis of jazz life, a creative away from the improvisatory he sighs as he is reminded of his offspring, th coquctti h Hermia M o r r o c a n ferment and a centre of instru exhibitionism of Steps Ahead first love who had an obsession and the academic Frederick. Velv t Blis .. " The four Pandemonium en ue , however, main characters tackled their mental excellence, where gods towards the deceptive melodici m with the star. of the Latin fusion of Pat Metheny This marked hte tone of a very inti as in true Jeckyl-nnd-Hyde .tyle per onality vacillations not mortals engage in the con characters tran form in what th tmpres ively and su. tain d th tinual reincarnation of the new. and Elain Elias, and as such it mate lunchtime performance, which requires a different set of li tening elder O'Brien terms, "a humour throughout, r suiting in a Consequently I think most people was a credit to Mitchell Benn. molecular orgy," deriding Jung's highly ntertaining and exciting were unprepared for the sight of priorities which may be unaccept able to some. Fiona Calder psychological theories until th y production. Clar 8 swlck Randy Brecker, veteran trumpe become temptingly plau ·ibl . ter of the burgeoning session Gordon Drummond The Artful Dodger are juxtaposed with reports of the unemployment, and wonder why thereby preventing a potential their tourism campaign fails when catastrophe. ROGER AND ME rising crime wave, and while THE HUNT FOR The necessary sen e of Roger Smith speaks at a Christ the main attraction is a model of RED OCTOBER Dir: Michael Moore an autoworker, serenading the · uncertainty is not created mas Eve party on 'Human Dignity . the film to the extent robot that has just taken over his Dir: John McTiernan throu~hout Cameo and Goodwill To All', the local to whtch it needs to be. The plot sheriff is shown evicting a family job. A film subsidised by ~eekly Cannon is also confused, the dialogue of five who have nowhere to go. • bingo games has no time for pre weak, and the ending of thi It has not been a widely Although dealing with serious . tensions. SET IN the pre Glasnost underwater thriller is submerged known fact that the issues, Moore approaches his sub This true story and biting social era, a time when Russia to such an extent in a sea of unemployment capital of ject with a wry humour which will commentary is on a highly per was still the evil empire maudlin American appeal to a wide audience. sonal level: One man's view of the America is Flint, Michigan. American Dream and the reality and commie bashing was entimentality, that the film fails He sees comedy as 'a means of to make the impact it should. Michael Moore, writer, pro coping with the depressing times', behind it. The final titles say it all: all the rage, John ducer and director of the However, the film has it's good an attitude the people of Flint "This film cannot be shown within McTiernan's entertaining points. Director John McTieman witty and hard-hitting film seem to endorse: Undaunted, the city of Flint. All the movie cold war thriller centres on (Predator, Die Hard) create the 'Roger and Me' aims to • they enlist an Evan·gelical theatres have closed." the attempt of a Soviet necessary sense of change that. · preacher to rid the city of Julia Nozelar claustrophobia and the submarine Captain to When General Motors decided r--=----~-~~~~-':;;===------, underwater vi ual effects are to close several plants in the origi defect to the West and the tunning. The acting is f!r t nal Venice City, 35,000 people confusion and panic which class, with Connery bemg formidable as Ramius and Alec lost their jobs. Distressed and out results from this action. raged at the rapid disintergration Baldwin giving a fine Captain Markus Ramius (Scan performance as Ryan. 1 of his hometown (where rats out Connery), who's wish it is to teve Townsend number residents by 50,000), defect, brings with with him his Moore spent two and a half years fellow officers and a high-tech trying to persuade GM Chairman Russian submarine, named the Roger Smith to visit Flint and wit Red October, complete with a Top Twenty ness the scene for himself. new secret weapon, undetectable The film follows the search for on U.S sonar equipment. Captain l. Dead Poets Societ the elusive Mr. Smith, from yacht Sean Connery directs his ship 2. Lethal Weapon 11 clubs to New York hotels, and towards the American coast, 3. The Cook, The Thief, H' presents a contrasting and uncom with the result that the U.S top Wife & Her Lonr promising view of life in Flint dur brass come to the conclusion that 4. Dirty Rotten Scoundrel ing this time. Moore's notorious he must be a madman intent on 5. FlyD talents as an investigative jour attacking the American mainland 6. Major League nalist are everywhere apparent in and starting a Third World War. 7. Phy ical Evidence his film debut. Meanwhile, the Soviets are 8. The Rainbow More a documentary than a sending the whole Russian navy 9. PeUethe ooqueror to stop Cannery from defecting movie, this is a lively and enter . t 0. Rosel ne and the Lio with their submarine. On the 11. Ho to Get head in- taining combination of vintage American side, Connery's wi h footage and revealing interviews, Adnr tising . to defect is only recognised by 12. Running on Empt~ accompanied by Moore's own C.I.A analyst Jack Ryan (Aiec offbeat commentary and a sound 13. Wilt Baldwin),who eem to be 14 .. farried to th lob track that adds an extra dimension uncannily attuned to the IS. 'aked Gun of irony. A brilliant sense of comic Russian' thought proce e . 16. Karat Kid II timing and choice of material is Alec Baldwin set off single 17. La tRit itself an eloquent gesture in sup handedly to change the minds of 18. Three t'ugith port of Flint's unemployed. the intransigent American naval 19. lara' Heart • Scenes of the town's elite on the officer and convince them of 20. ber • • • • golf course. or at a garden party Left to right: Rhoda Britton and Flopsy '· ~ichael More and Fred Ro . Connery,'s intention to def et, 14 thursday, april 26, 1990 film student their fantasies, the film continu through killing, she first comes to consciousness. If this technique provides the perfect expressionis ally draws attention to its own think of using his boastfully verges at times on the heavy tic backdrop for the sordid fa - CffiCAGO JOE AND THE handed (cuts from grey reality to tasies of Jones and Hulten. Sad~ SHOWGIRL artificiality. Multiple references macho character to seek her own to the characters' film-star looks thrills. the exotic dream-world of though, the ~uts from the audi Dir: Bernard Rose abound - when Jones watches There is no attempt to moralise Chicago's gangster heyday) it ence made It clear that Hol 'Double Indemnity' her dreams about the possible consequences achieves its best expression in the lywood's lowest-common. Odeon transpose Hulten into the charac of the murder. Fantasies, essen way Rose turns the constraints of denominator trash has had such ter of Waiter Nevv at the moment tial at the best of times, are even the studio to his advantage. numbing. effect. . on the . coUec . tiv ea A WEEK, it would seem, is a of the second murder, and thril more so in drab, bombed-out By emphasising the artificiality cmema-gomg 1magmahon that of the backdrops (especially in many people ~re now i!lcapable of long time in more than just ling at the idea of two people London. We are merely shown the world as it is reflected in their . two overhead shots of London) he makmg the simplest Imaginative politics. In October 1944 it being permanently tied together ------~ leap. took American deserter Kart .. Faced with the difficult task of Hulten (Kiefer Sutherland) maintaining an underlying consis and British stripper tency of character in the face of Elizabeth Maud Jones Rose's stylistic approach, both the (Emily Lloyd) a mere six leads try their hardest, but while Lloyd achieves a genuinely dis days to meet and graduate turbing malevolence, rather than from petty theft to cold being drawn into Sutherland's blooded motiveless murder. ·naively lethal world the audience Neither knew, or wanted to . is continually being forced to know, the tawdry reality of derive character impressions sol the other. For Hulten, Jones ely from major outbursts of vio was an actress just waiting for lence rather then any gradual that big Hollywood break, development. Ironically, whilst technical skill allows us to be lul whilst he fulfilled all her cel led into an unquestioning accep luloid-inspired fantasies of tance of the films expressionism AI Capone, speak-easys, and it's the supposedly naturalisti~ killing for kicks. acting that gives the whole a It's this central confusion bet slightly jarring quality. ween dreams and reality that Ber . But this is a minor quibble. nard Rose explores so master Chicago Joe is an impressive film fully. Fully aware of the implicitly by a name to watch out for. Give it incestuous circle which he risks what it deserves - an audience. establishing with his audience and Kiefer ''the ubiquitous" Sutherland William Parry never tied up and!urches along _and encouragement by their UNCLE BUCK with little regard for the niceties of · STAND AND DELIVER charismatic and unconventional pacing or subtlty. The scenes of Dir: Ramon Menendez new maths teacher. They sit an Dir. John Hughes American youth depicted make advanced exam in calculus and do Cannon me glad for the first time to be old Video Review surprisingly well. So well that and British, and could someone The cassette sleeve of this their marks are rejected by the JOHN Candy is a fat slob. please tell me when writers are social drama, originally authorities as being impossiblv Funny? Of course not, but going to realise that having small anomalous. The pupils are faced that is the basic, if not to say kids saying adult things simply released in cinemas in 1988, with the dilemma of either dispro sole, joke in Uncle Buck, and isn't funny on its own? is misleading. The photo- . ving the charge of cheating by after an hour and a half it John Candy tries very hard to graph of Edward J ames resitting the exam or defending muster what little talent he has to Olmos, the film's main their right to be trusted and begins to wear thin. give some depth to the role but The essential story is that Buck character, clutching a meat believed. Buck is too slovenly for his cleaver and an apple suggests It's a common cinematic theme the slob has to look after his rich gilrfriend to have put up with him . and coordinated brother's chil a general likeness with a film · but is here treated with unusual for that long (and runs the major dren for a week, during which . subtlety, avoiding cliche and sen- risk of being crushed to death 1 time he makes them realise how to Ike "The Principal" - timentality and quite possibly, should they ever marry) and yet be nice to each other and he him another tale of a teacher sticking to the facts. Olmos is not an almost instantly perfect self realises what a brute he's been gaining respect and re-estab- another Robin Williams, but falli "father" to his bother's children. to his gilfriend by not getting mar lishing authority in an anar- ble and rather less flamboyant and Even worse are the one dimen ried and having kids himself. At chic inner city high school. · appealing nevertheless. Other sional supporting characters who the end of the film everyone is a But unlike that mediocre and characters are rather sketchily have what little life they had bled better person than they were at sensationalist . film, which drawn in - Lou Diamond Philips out of them by some consistently the beginning and the family starred James Belushi as a plays a mother-protecting tough forgettable performances. reigns supreme: God bless guy and there are. other represen- In the end, Uncle Buck is as bad . America, Mom and Apple Pie, baseball-bat wielding tative teenage 'types', but it is as it was always going to be. Being but next time Lord, please deliver teacher, "Stand and Deliver" really a two-character film, nothing more than a vehicle for unto us some jokes. There simply is a convincingly credible teacher and class being the two Candy, it works as long as you find isn't anything funny about watch account of human determina- heroic protagonists. him funny and for the remaining ing a very fat man cook a 24 inch tion. "Stand and Deliver" has a 89 minutes is merely tedious. pancake or punch a clown on the It's a true story, we're told, and small-scale grandeur that suits the There one or two funny moments nose for turniljlg up drunk. the plot synopsis proves more television screen well, it doesn't here which work despite the best Almost all of the problems stem interesting than it sounds. A try to show off with a sweeping efforts of .cast and crew to ruin from John Hughes, his script group of underdisciplined teena- score or dramatic · cinematog them, but they on their own being unfunny and his direction Edward James Olmos persuading gers in the Hispanic community in raphy, but tells an appealing story scarcely justify the price of the tic- his students to "seize the day" · or lifeless and clumsy. The plot has ket. · Los Angeles, learn to value edu- well , and with conviction. too many loose ends that are Toby Scott something similar. cation when treated with respect Gavin Boyter The new FREEWHEELIN' CYCLE SHOP now at Bonded by blood . . . .Q' .. THE KRA VS (18) 91 ,Siateford Road SEAN ALEC Showing at 12.30, 3.00 5.30, 8.30. CONNERY BALDWIN TEL: 337 2351 JOHN TRAVOLTA KIRSTY ALLEY Invisible, Silent, Stolen LOOK WHO'S TALKING (12) Stockists of: THE HUNT FOR 12.45, 3.00, 5:25, 8.30. 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" :. • .w .... 9 student science SCIENC Political REPORT Ragged Rockets Science The m)'lterious cawe of the e.xpJosioll which destroyed the Ari.ane space rocket last February has finally been un- · education up to the fourth grade party members , they tellme that control ot teaching and research vered. .a.---•lvanowu'--..... ·er- 00 D b 1989 lS only . She publ1'shed var1'ouys ood d · · ed · · bl' h d d' ~~J • ., u .... ecem er a g stu ents were mvtt to JOm esta . IS IT!ents an tscus~io~s ·-•"' left in one of the rocket's water month that I shall never scientific books , " they are good the party , if they refused then are still gomg on . But one thmg IS ~J -·' • • loss f thrust and 0 forget , during that troubled books " Andrei and Mihai assure they could expect a lowering in certain , much money , books and ppcs...... tmg m a . month the world was me " but they weren't written by their avrage marks. Although for ties with similar institutions in the consequently the loss of the flight 6.2 . her " . through political pressure undergraduate studies being a west is needed to help romani aecondl after lift off. Despite the ac:ci- shocked and thnlled as . and manouvering the dictator' wife party member was not absolutely science to get back on its feet . dent the Ewopean Space Agerv:y bo another domino tumbled manged to become head of several necessary , 90% of the PhD Mihai and Andrei were own Ariane are still doing good busi- down and the romanian scien~ific establishments and students were party members . unanimous in their opinion about nesswith4contractsoonfinnedand 1 in f d h acquue sevral honorary The education system is the old regime, and were eager to the pipeli:ne. Launches ue to be re- peop1 e ree t em se 1ves credentials . In this way science in now being changed by both expose the way in they lived . 1U111eCf by the end of the summer. from one of the most Romania was coherced to serve teachers and pupils , the interim Although only four months have repressive regimes in the regime , and disciplines not. government has made some elapsed since the revolution, they E E involved in government changes , like reopening the " tell me that it seems so long ago asternAs~~~~ former dictator programmes were neglected . vacant places " in universities ( and in talking about the present Writing for the science these were places " reserved " for they show their discord in political N • D and his wife were were tried and page I didn't want to get side the sons and daughters of views . Although both agree that ew AidS rug executed the press over here was tracked into political discussions, professors relatives of many more changes are needed filled with teh atrocities commited but it seems that scince and and that it will take a long time A new drug to combat the virus whi h by Ceaucescu's regimesince his politics are not separable , Sct'ence educatz'on z's before everything is normalised , causes AIDS is currently undergoino rise to power in the late sixties . · 11 · R · Alth h A d · d h · -'0 ·n the west were ~specta Y m ~mama . .o~g more theoretz'cal due to .n r~l exp~esse lS trials at St. Mary'a Hospital, London. We here l m maths , bemg an empmcal dtsapomtment wllh the present 1be dru ddi 'nhib'ts tr 1 1 bombarded with stories not science, the old regime didn't have l k fh · h [' government satin~ that it is going . g hi h • reverse; ~- dissimilar from Orwell's 1984 much to say about the curriculum ' ac 0 tg qua lty too slow ' shymg away from scnptase, w. c . lS necessary .or. u•e it seems that in other subjuctes equipment. making changes ; on the hand normal fwtc!lorung of the AIJ?S vltUS. ideologiceal restrictions were . . Mihai is content to wait un til the This trial is unique because 11 has an Big Brother establish imposed. The students enrcling in gover~ment offtctals etc. ) and elections , after which thje newly optiontoensureallpatientsinvolvedin ment affected scientific the science faculty enrole for a four rem~>Vmg SOIJ!ne of the compulsory elected government could make the trial willreceiveeitherahighorlow year course with an optional fifth subJects · Llke the rest ~f the much more constructive change. . dose of ddl instead of the traditional community. year of research specialisation . c 0 u n ~ r Y the s c 1 en. c e Andrei will vote for the Liberal drug-and-placebo method. It is hoped Like here students have the establishments are undergomg party and Mihai for the newly th ddi ill l tAZf the nl freedom to choose their scientific restructuring , but the people are formed Ecologist party a~ AIDwS comp cmthen __._' othy Stories of a society ruled by the .sed · anu- drug on e m...... et at e caprice of the CEaucescu family , courses , but the government w~ary Of loo m u eh CentralI moment. the un controlled curruption of requires for every student to take \lex Spatuzzi government officials , compulsory social sciences and ' f)(<.ELt: '-lT Sf\MPl.E'S l Nomenklatura , the infamous language subjects and also do Securitate ... , in fact a Big Brother sport through out the university . HUST HAVE establishment that affected all The level of teaching on parts of society not least the the whole is good " I think tlmt we scientific community , academies are worked harder in Romania " Of Mites and Men and Institutions which had to Mihai informs me , but science education is more theoretical than survive under the ever growing Many people suffer from respiratory shadow of Elena Ceaucescu's ego over here due to lack of money to · buy high quality equipment , which allergies such as a runny nose or attacks of asthma while in bed. The cause of 1 With all these is specially acute in the computer bewildering events in mind I took sciences . The research these allergies can usually be attributed advantage of the presence of the establishments ( which are to dust mites which are especially com romanian students in Edinburgh separate from teaching ) also mon in peoples' beds. But what do and edcided to find out for myself suffer from lack of equipment , but mites find so attractive in beds? A the effects of the old regime and even then they manege to publish researcher at the University of Glasgow the revolution on the scientific two mathematical journals that are believes that it is the highly nutritious establshment . I invited Andrei recognised throughout the world . dried semen in beds which attracts the Parschivescu , a maths student at Another factor that mites (no kidding ... see New Scie111ist 3 Bucharest university , and Mihai hinders education is the presence March 1990) and he has calculations to of incompetent teachers . They • Ciucu , another maths student but back himself up. Assuming that mar are trying to get rid of them now , at Cluj university , for a chat , to ried oouples copulate twice a week, and which they enthusistically agreed . but before the revolution they half the ejaculate misses the target, then • Whenever anyonyone couldn't be remved for they talks about science in Romania infalably turned out to be members 3.5ml of semen containing 420 million they talk about Elena Ceaucescu , of the Communist party . Being a sperm will accumulate on the bed each and that's where we started . party member has its advantages , week. Plenty for the mites to feed on. A Elena was about the only doctor in and as the two students mite's life must really be a bed of roses. chemistry in the world that with ashamadly a~mit to having being When you go for your mterview and they ask you what work experience you have or what you did at university, what will you say? 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He is reflecting on the prospects for a concert later "We have turntable hits. In a perfect world we would have that night at Harlesden's Mean Fid DREAM ·SATURDAYS PARADE The Mission: tracksuits and waist-pouch Wilkie House: mix of garage, rap, CLUBS , thingys essential. Reportedly good for APOCALYPSE house and funk but even at Easter we its type. (i.e. house nonsense). Chambers Street: biggest night of the can guarantee no Judy Garland. 10 pm-3 am, £3. week. Students a nd guests only. If pm-3 am, £3 (Students £2.50). 9pm-1 am_. THURSDAYS MARLEYS MAMBO CLUB Shady Lady's: reggae (this is esoteric THE AMPHITHEATRE Network 3: African dance music. CHATEAUX CHA CHA reviewing). The stuff that first week rugby club 10.30 pm-3 am, £2 members/£2.50 Blue Oyster Club: Gay/Straight club, 10.30 pm-3 am. discos are made of non-members. Thursday night fever for designer 10 pm-4 am, £I. 75 before I 1 pm. £3.50 ·GREEN BANANA CLUB after. groovers. Potterrow: Music good, drink cheap, WEDNESDAYS 10.30 pm-3 am, £2.50. people outgoing and professional, POWER seeking suitable partner. BREATHLESS SHAG The Mission: Wot no Ka~aroo Klub? 8 pm-1 am, students 50p with Matric Potterrow: Leave the house music and The Mission: we can all sleep easier in 10 pm-3 am, £3. Card. our beds knowing the ABBA music fruit machines and venture, if you dare, ' IMMIGRANT CLUB upstairs to sample the amazing pinball museum pounds on. THE FLORAL RIOT ShadyLady's: What's On's club pick of · •nachines or even the overwhelming 10.30 pm-3 am. !1.50. Network 2: an unknown quantity. the week, due largely absence of 10.30 pm-4 am, £2. change machine. tracksuiets and the presence of reasona 8 pm-/ am, students 50p with Matric ble music. FRIDAYS Card, guests £1 :5~. UFO 10.30 pm-2 am, £2. The Venue: The Inspiral Mondays and EARTHBEAT The Happy Roses played regularly to INFINITY 1HEDEEP Wilkie House: Wot no Spanish Harlem? keep those flares a flapping. Oblomous: Techno, House and free. The Mission 11 pm-3 am. £3. Midnight-4 am, £2. 9pm-1 am. 10 .30 pm-3 am, £2 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN HANOVER FINE ART THE FRENCH INSMUTE GARDENS, 5527171 22a DUNDAS STREET 556 2181 • 13 RANDOLPH CRESCENT 225 5366 EXHIBITIONS INVERLEITH HOUSE ------SUZANNE GYSEMAN: FLOWERS OF BERNARD FAUCOPN: LA PEUR DU VOYAGE EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIB SHELTERS AND BASKETS ISLAY Touring exhibition of sculptures made Landscapes from where else, but Islay. Faucon has been commissioned by the RARY from objects the artist found on his Until 28 April. Institute to take photographs recording wanderings in the countryside. Edinburgh life. GEORGE SQUARE 6671011 Mon-Fri 10 am-5.30 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm Until29 April. Until5 May. Mon-Sat 10 am-sunset; Sun 11 am-sunset. 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NATIONAL GALLERY OF M on-Sat 10.30am-4.30 pm; Sun 2.30-4.20 om. Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm. CENTRAL LIBRARY SCOTLAND ; GEORGE IV BRIDGE 2255584 The Mound 556 8921 GRAEME MURRA VGALLERY TORRANCE GALLERY ------==-=;.:. •15 SCOTLAND STREET 556 6020 29b DUNDAS STREET 5566366 RIVERS OF THE CITY ROMANTICK VIEWS BY JOHN Work by pupils of Edinburgh Academy CLARK OF ELDIN WAR TIME GARDEN IN ORKNEY WATERS on Edinburgh's rivers and streams. In the Drawings and etchings by the 18th ·Twenty-four stone carvings by I an Seascapes by !an Maclntyre. Fine Art Library. Century artists. Hamilton Finlay. Until21 April. Until30 May. Until3 June. Until6May. Mon-Fri 11 am-6pm;Sat 10.30am-4pm. Mon-Fri 9 am-8 pm; Sat 9 am-noon Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 2-5 pm. Tue-F..ri 10 am-5 pm; Sat 10 am-I pm. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE WORKSHOP KING'S THEATRE GR/NDLAY STREET 229 34 HAMILTON fLACE 226 5425 2 LEYEN STREET THEATRE OFFI'HE WALL Fri 27 April- Sun 6 May DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS JULIUS CAESAR BEDLAM ?.30pm American Connexion in Eugene O'Niell's 7 '3 £5(£3)JAn innova~ve pr~~ramme of new classic set in New Englan. .Highlr raledCompass Company perform __ 225 98 German and Scorush wnung featuring ,.2..Lf5..l!OaRuRJ.tEo.lS~T!...LIR~O:tlA~D:.._ -.A_d_.a:_~-~!.·_ Wed2-Sat5 May Shakespeare's political thriller. the worlc or Heiner Muller Tankred 8pm Until Sat 28 April OFF THE WALL Dorst , Robert Silver and Grace Bames. £3.50 (£2.50) 7.30pm (Wed and Sat MaL 2.30pm) Tues lst-Satl2 May £3.50- £6.50 Leith Reps trilogy about Mental Dlness. 7.45pm(Mats 2.30pm) Until sat 28 ~pril. £2.5~-50p 7.30pm £2/£1' ' . ·student happening pageiii SUNDAY MONDAY SATURDAY TUESDAY ENERGETIC KRUSHER THE REFUGEES AVALON LOST SU PR EMOS MUSIC No, this is not some sort of perverse Bloues country cork fronted by Fj aere Folk rock. Blues covers. torture, mind you , that would depend Nilsse n. £1 afte r 9 pm . 9 pm Free. on your attitude to wards thrash, I will 9.45 pm Free. say no more. · THE PLAYHOUSE SUNDAY 8.30-10.30 pm. WEDNESDAY CAFECOSTE WEDNESDAY THURSDAY THE GREAT JUNCTION STREET THE NOTIING HILLBILLIES THE PERIST ALIS BROTHERS BAND WEDNESDAY Mark Knopfler and mates don the DRUGSTORE TRACKS, THE SCI I hope they've got easy first names like Melodic Rock THE RUBY SUIT stetsons and bootlace ties to convert lots SSORMEN Joand Bob. £1 after 9 pm Local band who are well worth seeing. of Dire Straits fans to country and blues. I think the Scissormen played Potterrow 9.45 pm Free. once, but, em, I've never heard of 7.30 pm £9.50, £8.50 WEDNESDAY Drugstore Tracks. PRESERVATION HALL NEGOCIANTS RAW Deal GLASGOW COLLEGE STUDENTS THURSDAY THE VENUE Blues UNION THURSDAY 7 pm Free. BO'WEEVIL FRIDAY \ SUNDAY THE KITCHEN DEVILS Popular blues cover band. ST JAMES OYSTER BAR MY BLOODY VALENTINE 9.30pm RUBY BLUE God, you can see them twice this week. One of the original and best, former 9.45 pm Free. THURSDAY bowl cuts. What can I say except plead ignorance, FRIDAY but there are four of them and they're SUNDAY THE KINGHORNS sort of indie but not really. god, I'm KIM BEACON BAND useless Why on the earth call yourselfs after one JC FLINT BAND Rock, I think. 8 pm-12 am . of the most boring places in Fife. They probably do covers. £1 after 9 pm ' 9.45 pm Free. 9 pm Free. MONDAY THE MODERN ART SOCIETY GREEN BANANA CLUB Life Drawing-.ciasses every Tuesday and EU ANTI-APARTHEID Indie and alternative in our favourite EU CONSERVATIVE & Wednesday. Bring Materials / SOCIETY nightspot. UNIONIST ASSOCIATION 7-9pm, Top Aoor, Hunter Building, Art Focus on newly liberated Namibia. Talk Evening, Potterrow. lpm, Teviot Middle Reading Room College, Lauriston Place, £2. · and slides by Joni Wilson, recently SOp with matric card returned from Namibia. 7pm, Chaplaincy Centre TEVIOT ROW UNION DEBATE swss Happy Hour 8.30-9.30pm "Something is ronen in the state of the EU FOLK CLUB AEC AUDITIONS Union open till 2am legal profession" 9pm, Pleasance WOMENS RIGHTS UNDER ATIACK 7.30pm Teviot Debating Hall The attempts by anti-abortionists fhis For "Living Quarters" by Brian Friel, the A variety of entertainment, from the disco CAROUSEL week in Parliament to reduce the abortion AEC entry for th Edinburgh Fringe 1990 upstairs, ~o the disco downstairs, with Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group •time limit represents a major attack on a plus general meeting MTV somewhere in between. perform this wonderful Rodger's and woman's right to choose . How should 7pm The Pleasance LESBIAN AND GAY Hammerstein musical. THE HITMAN 2 socialists respond to this - come and join AWARENESS WEEK Churchill Theatre Edinburgh University Student Video the discussion. GIVE BLOOD Bookstall and information Toes lst-Sat 5th May Productions host another hilarious night lpm, Chaplaincy Centre The Blood Transfusion service mobile 7.30pm of games and music. Potterow 12-2 pm unit will visit the Chaplaincy Centre . Cheese and wine. Chaplaincy 7-9 Tickets £4.50 (£3) KING'S BUD...DING lO.OOam -5.30pm Teviot Debating Hall LUNCHTIME TALK LABOUR CLUB WEDNESDAY BECOMING A WRITER POLITICS SOCIETY ' lpm, snack lunch at l2.45pm CHAPLAINCY CENTRE Gerry Malone: Editor of Sundat Times TUESDAY CHAPLAINCY CENTRE INSOMNIA Talk on post-abortion syndrome by (Scotland) "Information Society and Interdenominational Service of Holy Eastern Europe" "Rave On" at Wilkie House . Cider British women who have had abortion.All FRENCH SOC LUNCH Communion. promo all night welcome. lpm DHT Faculty Room North All welcome for brie, baguettes, and l.lOpm, Chaplaincy Centre 5.15pm ' beaucoup de vin. Thursday llpm-3pm SATURDAY £3/£2 (bring matric card) l pm; French Dept Basement, 60 George ALL EU CLUBS CAN ADVERTISE Square LUNCHTIME CONCERT THROUGH WHAT'S ON ... JUST APOCALYPSE Mark Bailey on cello and Isobel FRIDAY LESBIAN AND GAY LET US HAVE THE DETAILS OF This club is pulling in more punters than Anderson on piano perform Alleluia AWARENESS WEEK THE MEETING OR EVENT BY Chambers St has ever seen before - get safer sex training session (men). Pasha Nostrum Opus 85 by leighton and CHAPLAINCY CENTRE lpm ON MONDAY, AT THE down there and see for yourself. Chaplaincy centre 12-2pm Franck's Sonata. 9.00am in the Chapel STUDENT OFFICES. l. Evening,_ Chambers St .. the tomb of Tutankhamun. 'on Saturday ~Princess Street). Around the university Boris is back The Lesbian and Gay Awareness this week with a vengeance when Week starts on Monday 30th Aprril REVIEW ESCA try their damndest to get the and runs until Friday4th. Events VIDEO . FILM HIRE rest of us to give money to a hundred include a 'Gay University Challenge' This week the What's On "pick of and one worthwhile causes or on Wednnesday (Chaplaincy Centre 36 West Preston Street 136 Marchmont Road. the week's" entertainment has to be alternatively to get involved in the 12pm-2pm) which promises to be {9 Aenderson Row 20 ROsebUm·Terrace the exhibition on in the Lochwinnoch fon and frolics of rag week. more enlightening than sitting in . Community Museum entitled "The Personally I have very bad Potterow all lunchtime and a debate Grand Piano Came By Camel - an memoriss of the Lee House bus/float on Friday on the 'Embryology Bill Egyptologist and his family c1890 of 1988, even though I, along with (Chaplaincy Centre 7pm-9pm). tol928" .Now I'm not quite sure the majority of the house • For all those discerning club goers where Lochwinnoch is exactly but as abandoned the bus just before (and those with free tickets) 'Floral they took the effort to send us some Princess Street after the journey Riot' (Network 2, Tollcross l0.30- interesting information I thought I'd from the Pleasance had reduced our 4am) on Friday promises : James, better mention them. For anyone 'Summer Holiday' to 'Bus with large The Byrds, Orange Juice, The Smiths who might be passing through cardboard palmtree'. and a plethora of other good music •Lochwinnoch or are so inspired by Make an effot to join in the and it sounds like a welcome break the title as to pay a special visit, the ESCApades this · week as you;ve from the usual Friday night track run of this exhibition has been still got 3 days left: whether it ie the suit get-togethers. Try and get there extended until the 14th of July and Slave Auction on Friday night early as they had to shut the doors has some artefacts on display from (Teviot) or the infamous Rag Parade at lam last week. NEW TOWN CLASSIFIED . 1 COMPLETE TWIN OR 1 DOUBLE l SINGLE ROOM ROOM (West End) GERMAN LESSONS in a 4 person flat in a 3 person flat offered by native speaker (student Rent: £99 pcm and shared bills. Rent: £115 pcm and bills from Germany). GRAMMAR Male preferred. Ref. No.Ol567 LANGUAGE - CULTURE. I can also help people, translating . NEWINGTON 2 SINGLE ROOMS in a 4 person flat. difficult German texts. For details 1 SINGLE ROOM in a 3 person flat. Rent: £95 and £115 pcm and bills. call Richard Birke; 031667 2533. Rent £112 4 weekly and bills Ref. No.015~8 Ref. No.Ol553 AVAILABLE UNIVERSITY FLATS 1 SINGLE ROOM (Sciennes) FLAT/HOUSE PARTY need some DJs? Then phone Botch or n a 5 person flat Steve on 6671971 ext. 3033. Rent: £98.20 pcm MARCHMONT . Rc~,f. No.01588 Production Assistants needed · . CENTRAL 3 SINGLE ROOM$ Edinburgh Student Video needs production In a 5 person flat 1 SINGLE ROOM assistants for Friday night (Hitman and her) Rent: £99 pay pcm and shared bills . in a 3 person tlai. A great chance to get expereince in TV and · Ref. No. 01540 Rent: £99 pcm and shared bills Video work Ret No.01543 Phone Tristan 225-5867 . . , WHAT'S ON SPONSOiiED By _ ,. i ,COiillESPO\DJ!\T ~"" ASSOCIATION GENERAL ELECTIONS 1990 Positions Available 1. ASSOCIATION-WIDE President Societies Convener Deputy President Publications Convener Secretary Finance Committee (3 seats) Treasurer 2. S.R.C. POSITIONS (i) Conveners (iii) Faculty Representatives Accommodation Community Affairs UNDERGRADUATE Education Arts 6 seats External Affairs Dentistry 1 seat Transition Divinity 1 seat Welfare Law 2 seats Medicine 3 seats (ii) Faculty Conveners Music 1 seat Arts Science 8 seats Dentistry Social Science 5 seats Divinity · Veterinary Medicine 1 seat Law Medicine POSTGRADUATE Music All Faculties Science (continuing postgraduates) 5 seats Social Science Veterinary Medicine (iv) Faculty Council Positions Arts Secretary, Treasurer . Law Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, Vice-President, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Year Representatives Medicine Secretary, Treasurer, Publicity Secretary, Phase Ill Representatives(3' seats) Science Secretary, Treasurer Social Science Secretary, Treasurer (v) Societies Council Positions: Secretary, Treasurer 3. UNION POSITIONS (i) Committee of Management ·Debates Convener Life Member House Convener - Chambers Street, Student Centre, Teviot Row House Secretary- Chambers Street, Student Centre, Teviot Row Ordinary Member - 3 seats (ii) House Committees (iii) Debates Committee Chambers Street 4 seats Office-Bearers 5 positions Student Centre 4 seats Teviot Row 4 seats 4. DATES Nominations open Tuesday 17th April 1990 Nominations close 12 noon- Tuesday 1st May 1990 Election Day Thursday, 1Oth May 1990