Eastern Promise: Hockey Girls Naked Centrefold 20% off for all Imperial students at Tampopo page 18 Science!!! page 4 FREE No 1336 Thursday 24 NOVEMBER 2005 The student newspaper of Imperial College felixonline.co.uk felix SomeUnion results annouced, elections candidates disqualified, shambles appeals launced Matthew Hartfield Politics Editor After weeks of delays, the Union have finally announced some of the The fall of results of Union Council elections. Some results were delayed after numerous complaints were filed regarding the conduct of some can- Southside... didates. Five candidates were dis- qualified for illegal campaigning via mass spam e-mailing of students. Emma Persky was elected as the ...the rise of Linstead Equal Opportunities Officer, defeat- ing her only opponent, Kareem Osman. Dan Lehmann and Christine Itegbe were elected into the Trading and Retail Committee, with Dan elected again into the Services Five disqualified for spam emailing clubs and societies Committee. Laura Parkinson, Alon Or-Bach and Laura Griffiths were piece together what happened,” recipients were on the mailing list” elected as Imperial’s ULU delegates. said Sameena Misbahuddin, ICU said Mr Hassam. When asked why However, a number of elections are President. the recipients were blind carbon still under dispute, and have yet Although the disqualified candi- copied, Hassam said that this was to announce any results; namely dates did not send the offending because it was sent to his friends, those for the Ordinary Members of e-mails, The Union Exceutive were but if a particular person decided Council, for which positions a record unanimous in their decision that a to send a reply to the whole group, number of candidates stood. serious breach of regulations had then this would prevent people who On being elected as the Equal occurred with a deliberate attempt didn’t know the replier from receiv- Opportunities Officer, Ms Persky to hide the evidence. The Union ing an e-mail. He also claimed that was glad. She told Felix, “Equal believe the senders were instructed the e-mails were not saved becuase opportunities is an area I feel partic- to send e-mails by the candidates, “they were sent from website e- ularly passionate about”. The new or the candidates were aware of mail addresses, such as Yahoo or officer announced that she would be the senders campaigning for them. Hotmail, which doesn’t automati- concentrating on ‘Woman’s issues’, The disqualified candidates claimed cally save sent items”. Unfortunatly saying, “I would like to see the that they were not aware that any he didn’t specify if these were per- university putting more effort into rules had been breached, despite sonal adresses, or why he didn’t encouraging young women into sci- being given a ‘candidate pack’, that use Imperial’s own e-mail system in ence and engineering”. stated the rules regarding emails this case. Hassam and Alam were The delays in the annouce- very clearly, at the beginning of the adament that they tried to keep to ment of the Union Council results election. the rules, with both claiming they stemmed from complaints regard- “The hold up has been frustrating did not send out e-mails to their ing two mass e-mails sent to club for all involved”, Ms Misbahuddin respective societies (Alam is head mailing lists, where the recipients told Felix, she issued a warning to of MathSoc; Hassam president of IC did not know who the sender was. future candidates, “This shows that Finance) advertising the elections The Union immediately started an the breaking of rules will not be as they knew that such an act would investigation, which was hindered tolerated; elections must be run and deliberatly swing votes their way. by several factors including the fact fought fairly, and any attempt to Tanvirul appeared defensive, say- that sent e-mails were blind copied breach the rules will be found out”. ing that “My friends who did this (so it could not be seen who the Obviously, some of those disquali- were not on my campaign team … e-mails were sent to), the sent e- fied were not happy with the result. I had no responsibility for what they As the demolition of the much loved Southside building mails were deleted from senders’ Felix spoke to Tanvirul Alam and did”. Both Hassam and Alam were continues (top) a new bar opens in Linstead. The Harrington mail accounts, and the fact that the Haji Hassam, who denied any wrong- also critical of the investigation, Bar & Grill which “is not a Southside replacement” opens at mailing list was split into 15 subsets, doing. “The reason it appeared that with Alam claiming that the Union 12pm today. But, Roger Pownall, Bar Manager, wasn’t too keen with each e-mail sent to a different a mailing list was used is because Executive had already “made up on Felix publicising the opening: “We don’t want everyone to part of the list. “It was only through our friends were e-mailed, and continued page 2 come here until we know we can handle it.” the help of ICT and other electronic being our friends we naturally have infromation that we were able to the same interests, which is why the Leader, page 19 felix 2 www.felixonline.co.uk Thursday 24 November 2005 NEWS [email protected] 1,336 felix Millionaire murdered near IC halls Dean Veall The court heard how Monckton, Thursday 24.11.05 head of bonds management at Legal and General was “tricked” into The Old Bailey heard on Monday, 21 opening the door to White, who was What they did next - November, how the daughter of fin- posing as a Royal Mail employee. TeachFirst ancier John Monckton witnessed her White then forced his way into the ‘What are you goin to do when you parents being “brutally” attacked house breaking a security chain on finally leave Imperial?’ near Imperial College halls. The the door with the help of Hanson It’s a question that has most of us attack, last November (Felix 1308) dressed in a balaclava and brandish- at Felix stumped, so we thought left her father dead. ing a knife and firearm, it is alleged. we’d give you some inspiration. Two suspects, Damien Hanson and Hanson demand jewellery and cash We’ve hunted down soem recent Elliot White, both 24, are currently from Ms Monckton. Imperial graduates to find out on trial for murder and wounding The prosecution claims that what they’re doing now. with intent. Richard Horwell for the Hanson stabbed Ms Monckton in the Page 23 u prosecution said witnesses saw back several times as she reached the men fleeing the scene on 29 for the panic alarm, before turning November 2005. The attacks took his attention to Mr Monckton. The place minutes away from Evelyn pair left the house very soon after- Gardens, the location of Imperial ward, leaving with only a few small College halls of residence, in a three items of jewellery. The defence storey townhouse on Upper Cheyne suggested that Mr White was at Row, Chelsea. the scene of the crime as his blood The looks, the spring The attackers left both Mr. was found at the house and he fully and the wardrobe Monckton, 49 and his wife Homeyra, admits to the charges of robbery Winter wonders to warm cold 46 with several knife wounds to the but denies murder. The court heard nights and Kate Thornton chest and back. Monckton later died that there is no scientific evidence to Page 19 u at Chelsea and Westminster hospital place Hanson at the murder scene. John and Homeyra Monckton whilst his wife underwent intensive The trial continues. violently attacked close to surgery, she eventually recovered. Imperial halls of residence This Week Science 4 Arts 12 Film 8 Music 14 Nightlife 16 Comment 18 Environment 10 Imperial wins £4.9m Gates Electionscontinued from page 1 Leader & Letters 19 Agony Aunt/ their mind” as to whether they were AIDS grant guilty or not. Alam added, “Some of Yu Lun Tang the questions they asked were out Sudoku No 1,336 of order”, but he refused to supply Felix with an example. Complete the Imperial College has received a Another disqualified candidate, grid so that 9 1 3 6 £4.9 million grant from the Bill and Shazad Khalid, was even more criti- every row, every Melinda Gates Foundation to design cal of the Union Executive.” I will column and 5 6 a simple, affordable and effective not appeal against the Executive every 3x3 square test to measure the health of victims decision by presenting my case contains the dig- subject to HIV/AIDS in developing in Union Council. We cannot for- its 1 to 9. Email 1 3 8 countries. get the situation that occurred last your solution to In the fight to combat HIV/AIDS, year with Collin Smith’s campaign sudoku.felix 7 5 the crtical disease-fighting cells in HIV/AIDS treatment in Zimbawe in support of Baber Ahmed, [which] @imperial. the blood; CD4+ and T-Lymphocytes caused the arrival of 6 security ac.uk by Friday 1 8 are often difficult to keep track of. tries. guards before Council finally came 4pm. When we The “CD4 Initiative” aims to devel- Professor Stephen Smith, to their humane senses”, he told will randomly op a device to measure such dis- Principal of the Faculty of Medicine Felix. “Since then, they have been select a winner 2 4 ease-fighting cells in an easy to use at Imperial College London, said: trying to re-claim credibility with to receive either manner.