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i n . · Opening · I Big I Heroin:- 8 ld . Ceremony* Cou.ntry · * The ~ e: Repor t p.2 I Review p.l21 .Facts p.20 The Stud; nt Thursday 11th October 1984 page 2 NEWS Less pomp, more Tory letter leak to NUS - circumstance? The tap drips on The fres hers' official welcome. held in th e McEwan Hall. proved to be a consi dera bly less for Thatcher p o mp ous and more interest ing eve nt th an th e A document from Mrs fo r precisely this grOup, wtth htlle Thatcher's House of response from the government. less-than-ea ger hordes of The tetter goes on to express first years had antici Commons office, dated explicit worries about " the severe pated. 16th August 1g7a, has constraint on local authomy Once the w ell · conccated been leaked to Aberdeen s c e n di n ~f' and its elfec t upon discretionary grants. a concern entrance had ltn ally been spotted. University Students ' most ol us were stu nned by the which (it would appear) Mrs decor - a btg diff erence between Association . providing Thatcher has been forced ro thts exam hall and tho old school evidence of a dramatic suppress in her drive to rower gym where tho last th ree years o f turnaround in Con public spending. my exams have been held· But perhaps the most d r ama ~ c Tho organ mustc dtd nolhtng to servative Party attitudes claim In Mr Ryder's letter ts that lessen !oars ol a ncar·relig•ous to the student grant since "the next Conservative govern and htgh· fal ulln' ceremony, but coming to office in 1979. ment will. as we have repeatedly t he on lta nco o r " Ac adomtc promised, c onduct a thorough Pr ocoss•on·· and l olto w tn g The document In question is a rveiw letter fror;n Richard Ryder, of Mrs speeches Qurc ldy dtspclled my review o f ~e student grants In rn• sgtvtngs In tact most o f the Thatcher's priva te o ffice. to Eddie that review . ighest priority w1llgo speake r s gave rema rk a b ly Longworth, the then chairperson to a redu ion in the parental opttmtsttc speeches. laytng a ll the o f the Federation of Conserva tive contri b u tj'a n a nd aft er that doom and gloom "Why arc you Students. It not only expresses changes in the discrct•onary here - even a untver st ty grave concern about cert ain award s system ." Such cla tms 1ai Cdllcalton won't ensure a JOb" as pects o f the student g ra nt. but considerably with, in partlculat, nspccts The Prmctpal, Dr Burnell. suggests major contradictions this hear's halving o f the mmtmum scorned latrly benevolent and gave with subseq uent Tory policy. grant. what lett ltke an absolutely In particular. the te tter draws NUS President Phil Wootas gcnlJinc welcome attention to the fate o f students suggested that " It is ironic that th•s The Rector. Oa vt d Stool. echoed outside the tertiary education letter should come to light in a yea1 tho Pt~nctpal's we/como nnd sector, stating that " It has become when parents are b e i ~g , l aced w•th encoura ged llS to " ma ke tho most increasingly difficult to justify the record levels o f contnbut•ons Stt ol your ttme at Edtn burgh" and , payment of a full mandatory award years later we are still pressmglor once ag nin troa tod us to th o to students in higher education that review o f the grants sys tem. Fres hcrs· Week cllch4) - " Got th o white leav ing most of those in the and of financial support lor the r& Balance Rtght". non·advanced education sector to 19 year aids, to take place. But I One wollld. ho wever. dearly love th e discretion of the local ta ke heart from Mrs Thatcher's to know what John Mannix wa s authority." Since 1979, ho wever, Implicit support tor our campatgn tal ktng about. For th o duration o f the NUS and other student lor a minimum award and a Ne• ht s speec h the entire hall sa t pressure groups have persistently Deal for all students.;. mesme ri sed .as h e mad e a called tor greater financial support lain Camerae monumental cock· up ol one o f the got out what you put in" ceremony was. for me at any rate, very lew occasionG anybody will Ca roline l amont couldn't ha ve see him. Pe rhaps his talk did moan when one of th e Academic boon more different. She gave Procession caught his gown on . a lot to most pe ople. but It might good. practical advice and drew a have been preferable to have the back o f a seat and was las t dclinllo dlstincllon between the seen heard, fr om his own lips, tho muttering Incomprehensible A debatable fu nc t ions o f Stud ent a nd somethlngs under his breath. mysteriou s wo rki ngs o f th o ·Midweek. about which many Jo Bo1g-Thomaon Students' Association. rather than l ros hers might well have remained a reiteration of Direc tors o f unaware. Studios· lfttlo chats on "You only Bu t the highlig ht o.t th e debate In tho PKkod ~boling holl In promlaod to bring out lho btsl T evlot Row Union, the ma11 from the almost fegendarr audience were touR and whlrted tfMakera. It seemed to many, In preposterous happiness as the however, that the luue w11 utlre, metaphor. pathos and somewhat clouded aa each of tht biting wll !lowed like new wine. apeaktrl apparently had their own The motion, 'Thla Houae would penonal version of the motion eloclrlly Hllory O'Neil' olways Mr lan McCormick 'Thla HouM will refuse to addreaa Itself to tht •~:.....-...;;,.. ____"'------, motion' waa In line form. Apa rt from a brief foray Into the areas of naJionallsm and lntellectuJI No compromise on NUS 'New Deal' debate, he remal'ned true to h\1 personal version . We 1 11 l no latest organisation to follow . opplaudod heartily. Mr Jaci Franklin lntetnstlng that the students at this sa ld.that. if Sj r Keith really believes D. Roosevelt's load. and e xploi tat ion o t t he s tude n t McClean, 'Thla commune would launch a " Now Deal " Is none other University still managed to reject in lowering the burden o f taxation, population. electrocute the Aristocracy· w.. than the National Union of the NUS when the real value of then why does he persist In This "New Deal " is a recognition better atill. In tho tradition ol Mart Students, a body which we at student grants has fallen by 17% m a k i n g us e o f p a r en t a l by the NUS itself of its own Anlhony on the stopa ol thelorurn. Edinburgh so heartily declined to slnco they were Introduced In contri butions to studenr grants, shortcomings - its tactics were Mr McClean fed ua smoothly from join In the referendum held last t 962. Almost hall of all students which amount to little more than a bemg seen to be out o f date, February. The campaign has throe who are supposed to roceive a backdoor tax? the high eaolorlca ol debata boring, and ineff ectual. The " New mai n prongs: that students should parental contribution to their grant In a wider sense , the " New Deal" evasion down Into a partlcularty Dear· is an opportunity lor the be Independent from their parents do not rec eive i t all. and involves a Clai m It campaign to poignant episode of 'Boys From and their background; that their substantially ove r hAlf of the encourage ' students previously NUS, and students as (Whole, to The Blackatull'. Absolutely state their case. and explain why it circumstances should give them a student population are dependen t ignorant to apply for benefits lor amazing. We surfaced again to is for the benefit of all concfJ.r,ed. choice of where to study. where to on a bank overdraft at some point which they may qualify. There is to shake the walls with riotous live, or whether to go on to Higher In their academic caree r. be a lett er-writing campaign to It will su rely carry widesPitad support. because eve n amongst aide.. of tht Education at Jill; and that student Accommodation, no w takes up MPs concern ing student travel ,ac~~~·:~o~~:·~~:~r life should be one at reasonable a 25'4 greater proportion of any expenses. 11 seeks tcr involve the s t ud e n t population o f toblo and the vlbroncy ol I living standards. not a device to grant than It did ton yea rs ago. In students more in the running at Edinburgh - a ' non-a ffiliated 'Thla Houae would give me delay unemploymenl. the pas t, students wore told that if their own academic institutions. Unvierslty - many of Its aims must TV urles' O'Neil. Ra'P""JII. Tho " New Deal" was launched In they could bear l o w livi ng and their own courses . The House seem justifiable. It involves more sunning the audience for I res ponse to the NUS's Eas ter standards during t ~l r student ot Commons Is to be lobbied In st udents than any o f its previous acouta or BBC camera a, the Union Conference, which concluded that caree r, then there would be rich view of their forthcoming (and no single·lssue ca m paigns i n President bemusR everyone wl tll the NUS merely reacted to given rewards aller graduation. Now doubt Irreleva nt in terms of Its activities. which really affect array of nebulous abstracllotU si tuations. and did not show g raduate un employm e nt i s infl uence on student life) debate at students - their money, their · unrivalled by the moat obscurt sulflclent l nltiati ve In student runn i n g at o ver 10%, wi th Higher Educalion. course. their accommodation. and Zen masters. We all went barmy ... alfalrs. Tho 1:50,000 being SP
•S De•r Sir, elapsed and you're back to normal th1 ... As tho lato Sunday aflorr;'IOon prices - nol such a ''happy" state sun plays on the closed curlal ns ol ol affairs. • ENT·STUDENT·STt 'S Pollock, we at last havo time to si t At the Soclolics Fatr we all back and rollect on tho past wook cnthuslnstlcally tr~ od to ."got Week mvolvod" (it only tor lho sheer Fur coat and no knickers Star :::.~~~~ ; t~··~,.~ ":.:~~.~~ bl~~ prosligo ol having p wallet l ull o f Let me tell you a story. One evening during ca rds. blue Bnnk or Scollnnd clrp- tmportant-looklng membersh ip boards nnd " Blue Monday" d1sco cord s). regardless of tho problems Freshers' Week I got a phone call. II was In response to letter megn-remlxos - n wook Wflero st1ll to booncoun torcd when wo try an ad I had placed In The Scotsman looking for " What 's your coursot namot to lit homo brewing, pooh sticks 1 nnd Lnftn American Solidnrit_y into accommodation. Except the person who called had no ~~~~ 1',r;n~ or~~ ~'' s~~~ ; cr~, : ~~~ :~ one evening n week . accommodation to offer. Instead he was a very lonely· cnrroe r bngs were muc h on Tho Spans Fa1 r wns,pnrtlcutnrly fresher who was wanting to meet some other people ~ ~ evodence. dnuntmg os oth lclic types hnitcd and !)ad selected my name from the paper at random We Freshors spen t our seven unsuspoctmg F.ti)shors tnlo sub days profitably l'll ViHtOUS dtSCOS nqun tcncu1g nnd other sinulnr as someone he COUld meet and Someone WhO COUld Dear Sir, coth or bouncong , chokong on dry- relmong pursuits to case tho IntrodUCe him to other students. His description of I am gl ad to see that Ms O'Neill ICO or adrnuong tho boundless ICfl SIOfl Of the ICCIIlle hall . ~OW lonely and neglected he felt was enough to bring ha s made 11 to nallonal TV on a energy ol th o ond ospensnl>lo FH s. As ow w oo~ nc01od 1t s close we ~·" Monday night. Normally on n or. tor those hnvtng knowledge o i Wlli!Od Wt l h On!IC1p0 110n fo r a lump to the most CallOUS throat. Monday night f play Gorfln Tevlot. "Poll ock 1nrgon".thestalwno t JCR Snlwdny mght Tho g rnnd clunn;x This Incident took place on the eve of the Opening However, Gorl Is broken. Why Durong th o day wo lloc•od to (b1Hod ns tho "linn! ll1ng" 111 our Ceremony In the McEwan Hall. Therefore I suggested doesn' t Hilary "5 K. year" O'Neill Bro st o Square lryong dos pcrn lely Froshcrs' B1blcs '84 ) wn s the do something to get Gorl flxC d to took ns 1 o knc t c " Ann10 N 1gh!1ngnlc Slnps ii C~ that he go along to that for starters and he may get Instead ol gallvanllng about wflh were dong1 n7,d ww: r::.o 9 wh~l Evmung" where those law who advice and encouragement. I also went along to the our glorious Rector In some nc tunlly goong to do when or ,, we dcc1dCd t o wn1 1 un t 1l Ms Ceremony to See What my friend WOUld be subjected Glasgow TV s~~~~~~ fonally reached llwt dostonat oon N1ght1ngntc ovcntunlly nppcnrcd 1 were JU Sil y rownrdod by tho to. What followed was one of the most Irrelevant, self- r rol e student ~b~.'~;~~~e dH·~~~ : ~·~~~~~~r ·~."~~~~ spoc tnc tc at c ustard p10s nnd Boy tlndulgent exhibitions of back-patting that I have seen. 1------__J " Ko ng's Buofdong s". TT - "the George 1mpcrsonnt•ons Then. ns We have been here for 400 years, aren't we too tots" l wore employed ns the linn! strnm s o t " Two Tr~b cs " d 11llcd mto tho mght to r the lns t marvellous? We have had a Students' Association for The Phantom ~~:~·;,~:~·~~~~~~~~,s~~~~~ 1~,;~,~~',';.• 1 tunc ttus week. we s tag ~red 100 years, Isn't that Impressive? The point Is that It Is p t "" whliewo fwl ovolyconsuttedow homo 111 a doze at mental tlnd marvellous and It Is Impressive, but who cares? If we oe • • • Froshors' Handbook5 concealed phys1cnt c;x hnu stion - n f•l mg •assume that my first year friend Is not unique (and 1 ~;u;l·~~" ~~~ :~• s ol tho obliga tory ~~~~ t~ht~tu h~~t11o0/1~ d.~~15d 11:~~~:~:~ 'think We must) tfien We can also assume that the other Dear Sir, Tho s hn s also boon th o wee • of 1nstitul •on o t icnrntng One 1 5 1 5 )first years gathered expectantly In the hall wanted A i :;~ ~n' :~/ po~~~~ ~~~~ ' an 111 o m.1nnnoth bar q u eu es - tho roassuru1g lhough t rcmnm s - 11 some SOrt of guidance, not the sham that they actually Wo wai l with bat ed bre"'h for tho Pnok Room and Chambers St rool: we mnnngcd to got thr ough got of self-cftngratulatory Liberal MPs and assorted suoely tho onl y plncos '" Edon - Frcshc rs' Week unscnlhod. the '-' outcome o r events 10 tu slo ry: la ugh where you cn n spend lho 119 0 urs o l the no;x t lo ur year s o l Speeches On SUCh topiCS as the philOSOphy Of Polilicn f opponenls debate woth entoro Happy How queucong on ly wuvcrs1 ty lifo should paso no education and loyalty to the Alma Mater. inc reasing hosllli ty. to rond thnt as you.ovenlun11y ge t problem nt al l And nal ions poles apart plot t The opportunity was there for John Mannix, the deslrucrion ol hu mnno ty your •ands round yow glass lhe Your s. el(ceptlonally well-Intentioned Senior President, to v proCIOUS 60 nun utcs have already Nikki Macleod
give some sort of guidance about the Association and In ,;nnJ:~:d~.~~~~~ ~;'.,"a~~~~~~~ · remember II means em . .. Oh the role that It can play In making these years easler for And I hough men cn rr y on th cor A UUNDEE RE SIDENT WRITE S yeah, quod erat demonslrandum. all of us. Instead, John chose not to talk on this Issue, work lh oy nwai l lhc onfe rnal Education: Um, well, II I was to (I think. ' ) Anyway, thai sort ol tffs but rather to wander liberally around the notion of blast write, well, ur, sort of write down Into our equation, like, y'know, lor my thoughts as they, y'know, sort saving the country's oducatlonal education for all and other such related Issues. I n~~:~~~~';:'::,~~ ~~g~~;,'om c ntth c ol,llke, came Into my head,' this Is lacllllles. • Yeah, so, like people It Is time for the University of Edinburgh to take off And around the world roo moflo ons sort of what It would, ur, look like. who gel psychology degrees Its fur coat and reveal Its bare ass for all to see. Then, at t th e waotin g wort be pas t A bfl. aren'l ea:actly ' (I s anything ea:act? Oh yeah, " Education", What Is II perhaps, we can· begin to serv.e our function. Let us not Like, urn, yes, I s'pose) third clan On tho o ther hand, lor rnl/ll ons then, this thing called " Educe· clllzens, y'know. Oh yeah, the lOSe sight of our objectives. We are about students, not more th e end o f tunc will como lion"?' Well, II we, ur, lived In an solution Is em . .. avoid all politics. ravel Shops and Reprographlc Centres. It Is time to W ith equal hnslo. but no dcspan. Ideal world,· um, well, Just say we win the power and then em . . . et back to basics, disregarding the excesses of no warhead. bo rnb o r gun do OK? (I know' we don'l. bulthlsl thlngy. Oh yeah, lnlluence people. For we arc told I hill once ngnu1 our sort ol, well. em, speculation. Isn't Or Is It lrlends? No. um, you sort omp, and start caring for the people who keep us In • God Wi tt send H1 s Son U?) Yeah, anyway, education (or ot."i!nl':- wln them. llhlnk ' (or do 1?). uslness. T o lfi~ O Hr s own- but oth ers will " Educallon"') would be sort ol, Um, well, drop me aline sometime, havo nowhere loft 10 run perhaps, possibly, quite easy to maybe. Um. taff delfnll. (Maybe.) OED. Thai, em, Adria Mole (ag ed t 3J/,.) Felhuet : Uor: M•chaol De ... rm Robon Homy Two m a bed bOi h slocp•ng. one sort or Just came Into my head.· P.S.: The. um, asterisk thlngles. JoronPolroc taken one rcma 1n s. Y'know these things happen, like. sort of show areas I didn't, em. ~t l st•ntEd : ErOanor Zeal Two women busy work ing . one Anyway, II we remember, ' like, our really have time to sort ol, like, 81Ck P1ge: Inn Macgregor loll. ono hcilvcn gains; em, O · grade Latin, we'll study In detail, y'know. Fm. Kalrona Ptuhp Two farmers reaping in a l•old. Allin Munro ···= Grlphlct: Toby Porter then one ilmongst tho canes: lam Cameron Sluu la Harvey Marll. Porco ... al As in th o days of Noah when he wai ted for the rams . Ptoot(HJtlpht: tan Har ... oy Wlu1'1 On: ODEON FILM JanoMcNeoU Lu cy Kot von Holen Boll Oavod Yarrow N o ea rl y warning sys tom will mako CENTRE tho peopl e turn , Artt: Eleanor Zeal Sport: AleaLasClllldos Those who reject tho Gospel and Pa ul Ouonn AndtowWyan ' still our J esus spurn. Eta.ne Proctor Keo lh Om me We 'll oa l and drink an d marry, we'll 7 CLERK ST• (Tel • 667 7311) Juha Mau rrce R•chard Mawdsloy Foona Macleod work and build and burn, The 8 f I E f rf I f will be business as usual right o____ _.... __ M1n1ger: T1 n yaWooll 'II e_s__ n_Tn __ e_a_n_m __ e_n ___ -1 Mutlc: Alasta11 oauon up to his return. r Roy Wilkinson Advertising: ('Luke 17:t8 -30) Peter Ca11011 Nevrllo Morr ON THE LARGE SCREEN ON THE SMALL SCREEN
OOEON 1 From Fr iday 12 th Oct. Tho Professionals In Vldoo WALT CISNEY'S Enterta in men t A STUDENT MANAGER is niieded to look after THE SWORD IN THE STONE ou 1 RANK VIDEO SCENE and financial aspects of STUDENT newspaper, attract Winnie Pooh 1nd 1 D1y lor Ee Yore tut Separlle progflmmes II 1 $0 fe• Sun). Supor Octobo r Savors advertising revenue, organise selling and think up . .. 50, 1 so t5 Llle Memberthlp ~ Inc:. 1 Frn new money-spinning ideas: Gu.sl Ticket to thlt c:lnem1. t OOEON 2 E;xcltemonl- Romance Comedy - Adventure All tho lattut lilies a~ttllable on PUB.liCATIONS BOARD needs an enthusiastic new MICHAEL DOUGLAS VHS and Bettt /tom as little a.s ROMANCING THE STONE o•O> £1 pet n ight, Promotions Director to publicise activities within " Separate progr· mmel II 2 15 (u Sun), 5 10, 800. the University and outside. (Promotio s Director Most Tl:~s Also For Sato
should have experience on Publications Board!) ODII!OH 3 Whe re Fa iry Storlef moot Top Twenty Music VIdeoS £18.15 Horror SJ,orles Al1o e wfde ..l«lkltt ol oiMr MuiJc NEIL JORDAN'S Vkleoalor HI,. or I'D IJut. THE COMPANY OF WOLVES "" Interviews for both positions will take place ·on DAVID BOWIE Monday 15th october in the Middle Readirfg Room of JAZZIN FOR BLUE JEANS I POl ASK ABOUT OUR BONUS VOUCHER StPIIIIe pr9011mmes 112.30 (e• Sun). SCHEME AND HIRE YOUR WAY TO Teviot Row Union at 6.30 pm . 5.30, 8 20 A FFREE FILM STI/RT LOOKING FORWARD TO: Please no.tify Chairperson EUSPB, 1 Buccleuch <9 ROADWAY DANNY ROSE (PG) 26 th Oct: ROBERT REDFORD is THE NATURAL (PG) Place of your applications in advance. DUDLEY MOORE. in UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (15) 9th Nov: RED.DAWN (15) 9th Nov: THE BOSTONIANS (PG)
.. - ..~------~~-y\ Tne Student Thursaay 1 tn October 1964 page 6 ARTS - An Assortment of Rubble Ou!l(lr s Standmg Nude to the t•on SI9"'' Y'"9 1 a 11 never got o I 1 A Survey of Sculpture mar a stra ct wo rlo. s hlo. c F•gur m the grouno Talbot Alee Art Centre 'IO oy 8111 Scali or Sta If' oy The wora.. ot Carol Taylor 1S esocc1ally tntcrest•ng e g Ch1ld Mark Mlwurdz (Oct 6-Nov 3) Ja~c Harvey l e cho•ce ol mater•als m each -Dcvourmg IS Momcr seems to The Street Wise Monkey Sculpture ccmunly seems to t> •• sculpture •s o f part1cula r touch on an em0110n approach1ng tnc mam awacr•on as regaras 1mponancc e.g Bill Scott:.S hysterra S seems to be mak1ng Channel Four Books C.r h lbt ltOns I 15 month Tnts IS I c F1gurc ga•ns an an1mat10n and th e pomt tnat a Chtld makes so " Trouble is, when you're a"" ~ i d . lu st cAfuO•t•on of the Fcocrat•on o t monumcntal1/y by be•ng sculoted many aemanos on 11s mothe that you have to rely on what adults Scotlls Sculptors founded .n lrom ,, ruggc tree trunk On the er li te IS cruen away Tn& 1mprrnts wrrte for . to rely on them - big 1983 Tnc atm ot tne tcaerallon •s ot cr t1and Inc tenderness ol a shoe sol e on the ca nvas people." o crcale a o 11 r cltm,lte lor c' cnenced m Handles Mother perhaps allu es 1 e express10n of Mark M1wurdz. fas t· talk 1ng sculpture •n Scollann But •t•s not and Child benefits !rom the bcmg tteat(>d ,, ... e a doormat sa t1 nst cum poet ol the Tube. can merely a home·t>as a concern SimpliCity and clea rness ol line PerhaPs tn(• rnost oeaulllul ol all now be bought in book from for Already rncy arc ma lo. •n contActs allorded oy oron1e the work s IS r.l Snowd on's 'Female ( 1.95. As big people trying to be and plilnntnq , tf>•llons il cad One or tile w11t1CSI works 1S Ftgure '" Fol•a e Th1S shows funny go. he's not bad. Th e Stroot Most of rnc wo rk. s on show stem Gcorqe \'1 ~ ~c s l ne tncomolcte a naked woman •n th e foeta l Wrse Monkey works better on !tom tnc last lour years ana 1 e HISIO ry Ol Teamsportm A tnCIIC.1 POSI II On ana surroundeO by a lme paper than most sketches would. dt CfStly Of C ' -PICSSIOO IS H~>rc Wll lo.. IC Illustrates tnc legend ol entw1ned leaves The work ts There are nostalgic look-backs at CSPCCIBIIy nota IC The scutplutf·~ o r 1 t~ eagle wno ducc ted upturned so mat she appears as 1f a Meccano and Va riety Pack· rang l from nc more ltgutiH•v£• Columbus to Amer 1ca A pafiiCular She IS JUS ! a OtJ IIO Shp Th iS QIVeS rrdden childhood. It is personal w o rlo.s h lo. c Vdham H,1ncllcs corn•c toucl'l 1s tnc tog·ournmg· th e sense tn.1 t her secu11 1y and and endearrng wtth enough M o t cr ana Cntld MHl VHlCC'nt roc ket attne oas of the constr ue· peacefulness hang precarr un1versaltruths - like how boring school can be - to make it w1d ely When Attitudes Became Form . ~- · accessible. Typtcal people of (da tes as above) and covers the mterest to Mark Miwurdz are yea rs t965·1972 TtHs perrod was drinkers . .. , used to go to Uni one when arl underwent a. where I lrke to spend all my grant complete re-evatua11on The 1dea money and a good deal of m y Illustration lor ol an art ObfCC I as somcth1ng parents' savrngs on lager and permanent was rCJCC ted . and Pernod 1n the students' bar. It was 20 1: a School Ess ay . content rather than aesthetiC style good .. There ts a happy note ol My n ame is Mark and 1 became the cen tral tssue By opt1m1sm in Mark's words. A am seven and a hall and 1go to emphaSISing the propert1es o f the readable book. More advtsable to ihE;ioavid Bo wie AnnexeJun1or rnat e 11al s. the r ela t1 o nsh1p read someone else's copy than school . ... between th e ob1ec t and the waste"money on 11 however. spectator and evok1ng other Christina Moller concepts such as perceptiOn and tn ougllt processes. the art1st hoped to be able to commun1ca te [l r.w ~ [~ [Q] all th e HTJPOrtant soc1al messages 3 1:3 El I;:::J ~ olthe 11me One ol the most controversial work s •Su M Bra•d· Mar l•n's ·oak "2.~~~~1Jlll!U ~~ Tree·. whiCh •s actually a glass ol water se t upon a glass shell (Or IS tt ?) l!'s certa tnly a good work tor all buOO•ng philosophers to haggle ove r anyway' A work ma ny more o f us may be works ra ther lhan car vmg or able to ldCnlll y wtlh IS Gilbert and moocll•ng thcrn He employs many George's ' B alls . tho even1 ng mdustr •rtl procedures such as before th e mornmg alter - boiling Qluf.'ll19 o r scrcwmg drm lo.. tng sculpture· ( 197 21 11 1s a togethrr r11s wo ra.. s ;ma nc mamty se1•es ol photographs cmphas•s• ART uscs ia n 1natro .,..000 or '"9 lhe way lh WhiCh We VIeW The Frultmarket Gallery qalvii~I(•O metals ObJeCts alter rather heavy Onr otth<" mos t stu •ng fea tures consltmptr on of alcohol' (6 Oct.-17 Nov.) o the work s ;u c 1 h If 1mrncnse I can ' t p rom1sc you wdl An exhlblllon ol the work ol Sl/1.' c g L1lo.(\ a Bnd· Here understand rnuch o f the work but1l IS cet1a1nly one ex h1b1110 n that w111 south London artist. Richard Deacon sug csts th e flight ol a orovoke much cO mment Deacon 11981 -84). OHO tnoccd the sense of soa rtnQ •s pa rt1 culiHiy well conveyed by the Elaine Proctor The lhll lttl •m presslon mat one has tree . swcepmg hnes o f the wood on cntcong the gallery whe re tus t 11e open spa ce between these wor t.. 15 diS,llaycd 15 that ot fill llnos suggests the vast open sky <'Jdvcnturc pli\ygrouno Deacon through wh1 ch the b11d ll•cs The cJCSCIIOeS hunscll as it labiiCilhOil total ollec t IS one of fr eedom and rno amng lh,11 he constructs hiS DlllllCSS Seeing Stars Portraits from the Golden Age of Cinema Retrospective Cornel Lucas embark ed upon th e cl ass• c al p h o to graphiC l1pprcnt1ccslllp at tho age o f t6. but as w•lh a lot o f good th1ngs that convincing In a ~elllshly dllllcull sp rang fr om tho late 1930s. war part. broke out Far fr om bcmg dotrr· In tho blurb, Twelfth Night Is mental to h1s career. tho role of Crou Scott Fitzgerald with described 11 "'entirely lacking in RAF public rel ations photo- Shaktlpeare and what do you the sombreneu that pervades get? .,.., " grapher wa s another rung on tho Shakespeare's later comedies". ladder ~ The answer awaits you on deep The production unfortunately P1ncwood Stud1os. a name pile whitt carpets amid the gentle follows this advice to the teller. whtch conturos up v1s ions o f Unkllng of champagne gluses. The sombre tone, the unsettling double - b rea s t ed su1t.s w i t h Perhaps the similarities betwee n note are eu entl•lto the play. and the thirties and the times ol Good to make Malvollo an entirely ~:~~~ct! :f~~ o r:~d Br:~~~~~;'~ ~ Queen Ben had not struck you laughable llgure Is fo lose hugg1ng lame dresses A trea t flelore. Perhaps you had newer something of Shakespeare's rich wh1 ch you arc not doprrvod of at lhought about lt. This production Intention. Simply Imming lhe th1s exhibitiOn. foaturrng Lucas' will ma,ko you think about it. 11 will lights every ao often doesn't hide youthful portraits of Pmowood also make xou laugh out loud. the frivolity ol one or two scenes. and Hollywooo stars 1n their Being transported to the thirties Fortunately Fette Ia there at the heyday N ames ltko Al ec Is the best thing that ever end to leave us slightly ltll than Gurn . Donald Sindon. Terry happene d to sir And,rew hilarious. Tho s and from Hollywood AguochH k and Sir Toby Bolch. Julia Morrice o, Peck. Hepburn and othor.s Delightful play Is made ol all tho photographs arc fr om umbrellas and m onoc:: les and one olden Ago Recent portra1ts ol tho highlights ol the show Is P udo a p ens 1v e Gordon their Impromptu dance routine Jackson, Dav1d Putlnam and tpo with Fute. Feste doesn't come olf over grateful R1 chnrd Atten too badly If! the time-warp either. borough. he emerges as some kind of Tho print quality is oxcollont. As melancholy bea ch bum and you enter all eyes follow your quietly steals the show on progress around the gallery, each occulons. as Indeed he should. star smiles warmly as II welcoming The only characters who aren't you to thei r dressing-room lor a completely socceulul are, un· mug of horlicks. fortunately, the leads: Oralno and Th•s atmosphere-makes a vls 1t to VIola. OK , Orsino Is laid back, but Slills Gallery in I he High S1 reo1 an In ll"ris producllon he lull lcn"t lnteruting Interlude. see It bolero there hill tho limo: Vtot. to aloo 1 Salurday 201h Oclot>er. little llghtwolgh t, but "trono MacDougall 11 on tht whole The Sludonl Thursday lllh Oclober 1984 page 7 ARTS lion playing lho dillicull part of Colin in Mike Leigh's sadly Streets of neglected " Moan!ime··. He is very enthusiastic about working with the ldiosyncralic Leigh. " It's never Fire writlcn. never scripted. You're just put in a room with someone and Over The Hill? your characters rea c't. It was an exhausting experience. Most of Walter Hill's fil ms arc very thin m Grapes of the actors Involved wore very plot. relying 'to a dangerous extent precise and careful, they all on cinematographic ~f l ee ts and a worked very hard and all the high standard o f acting. In this Roth actors. especially Phil Daniels and film. however" the nc tors are Marion Bailey, woro so innovative neither well known nor obvtously Bill Williamson chats to and clOver." talented. and much ol the staging. the East End hltman It wa.s as a result o f his pe rf orm· editing and se lling Is tn cllecllve. aspiring to Shakespea! e. ances for Clarke and Leigh that he The fi lm deals with a motor· biko landed his role in ''The Hit'' gang who capture a lemnlo pop Surprisingly he had no problems star and keep her unt1t th e herO. wnen 1 spoke to Tim Roth returning to a scnpted character Tom Cadi, an old boylrtend of recently he was walling for as he finds that "alter wo r k i n~lll hers. makes a successf ul nnd swtnble work to appear. It is Mike you apply his methods to destructive rescue attempt Polt co •nc rcdiblc that he should have to every character you play. When 1 cars got shot to pieces and lots at wm t for 11 at ~all lor. at just 23. he has work I research, I build a chara cter motorbikes explode alter b0 1119 hit already appeared in productions that I can believe in, and I thtnk tl by rille bullets. Codt, played by by M1ke Leigh and Alan Clarke and comes over." He based Myron. lor Mrchnct (who's he) P a r ~ . ha s n seems likely to es tablish himself as example. on the " wlde·boys you l tnal showdown with tho leader ol one of the best young ac tors m can meet in any Peckham pub". th e ev il Bombers which tn volvcs Bntn•n. At the moment he can be working with' · Frears he found. an Interesting piece ol ha ncH o seen at the Dominion giv•ng an " very good. it was very rela xed. hand combat with plcknxes Codr clcclr•lying performance as Myron Not very restricted at all as he did ltnally loaves the town unnott ced. Benvenuta '" Str-phen Frears' brill/nat new have faith in all the characters." assured altho pop singer's love lor Meet Gowart Grona MeG land, a l• lm " The Hit" . One of the strongest fea tures of him, and accompa nt ed b y anotner acute characterisa- the film Is the rapport between colleag ue in violence McCoy The Story of Llvio"s Scottish poet ol Welsh and 1rlsh Since reading an intcrvrow wtth lineage who dislikes " paperwork" Hill. my initial impresstons nbout Ardent Desire for but has n ~lin i t o affinity for the film have been rno lltlted Fanny alcohol and married women. Having considered it a I lim lor un· Roubon Reub revolves around In telligent Amenca(ls by un tho misadven ures and subso· intelligent Americans, nnd only at Fanny Ardant tS amazing. She quont doclin o f thts lovable yet In terest to Brttish motorhtke has big lips ltke Nast'assjia Kinskl. palt~otlc 'character . play e d but there tho si milarity ends. enthusra sts , I l ind that I hnvcn't reasonalbv well by To rn Conll Ardant's Benvenuta is understood the dtrector ·s real convinci ng Gowan later trtes to pull tntention. Apparently th e ltlm was - lascmatrng throughout - htmso ll out o f his predicament by a d;Cam fantasy. created out ot desptte the unlikelmess ol such a fall ing 1n love with a young woman Hill's rock and roll rn emortcs. beauttlut woman falling lor the nnmod Geneva. But th ese llatsons. decreptt and tedious Livia. played using artilictal sctttng. nHISIC. adulterous as well ns innocent. deliberately heavy· handed ccl tl tng by Vittorto Gassman. Bonvenuta ts join together m dragging htm worth se emg for her perlorrnnnce and scene-changil'\9 and nctors down. al one. Also lntorostmg ts tho play i ng s tr o n gTy d e l t n e d Beside thts emphasis o n. th o screwed-up Catholic issue which archetypes, ralhe( than natural· poet thoro seemed to be an un· serves as a temporary excuse lor istic roles. Hill has said "The h1g deve loped sub-plot regarding a tho fa ilure of Benvenuto's allatr thing was to separate tl fr om certnm old, homespun phtlo· wtt h Ltvto. (Their motives are not reality. so that the audience docs sophor nnmod Spofford but it !nils strictly procreational.) not get confused." The audtencc to become a necessary pa rt o ft he Story· line: charming script does got confused, the only clue a trim . The screen piny results in the wnter played by Matthieu Carier.e provided being the words a t tho combinatton o l two works, the visits an older novelist 20 years beginning: " A Rock and Roll novel Roubon by Peter Do Vrtes. alter publication of her book - Fable. Anytime. Anyolace" and lho piny ··spollord'" by presumably autobiographical - As I've sard, too much depends Hnrman Shumlfn. about tho Uvlo·Bonvonuta liaison. on the acting. which ts lifeless. H ill The- madequate development ol In reCOUJlling her memories to has some Iunny vrews on ac llng Spollord is detrimental to the lllrn him, they become very close. The anyway: " I think tha( ~ acting. to because It drew tho audience's film juxta poses past and present in portray archetypes ." TRey give no attention fr om tho pool Without a fairly clumsy way. but Andre noticeable i ndtcation of th e the distraction tt might have bee n Delvaux p l ano mus c - particular image they want to easier lor the audtenco to under· Benvenuto was a pro fe ss ional project; th ey just seem stupid, too stand and sympa th ise w 1th pt. st - and shots ol au tumny c lean-cut and good !,ook l ng Gowan. Ghent cobbled streets as well as (!ashton models ra th er th an .. The photography wn s qutlc TlrnRolh scenes in Pompeii and Naples. actors). Consequently every thing conventional but at ttmes fairly Delvaux's Inspiration comes Hotn, wno comes rrom a mtOOie· Myron l'llnd Willie (Terence Stamp) is dull and unmterosting. The good. As fnr as acting, oth er than class family, grew up in Tulse Ht ll . wh1 ch Roth says was duplicated fr om the novel La Conlosslon Tom Conti, only two oth er actors mustc tsn't very exctting either Anonyma by Belg ian writer where he attended the Dick o ff screen. I wondered how he had Htll used words Ilk& " com1c are worth mentt onmg Robert Suzanne Lrlar. It wa s considered Shepherd Comprehensive School. found working wi th tjlat other book". " mock eptc". " mOVIe Blossom as Spollord and K811y scandalous on publication 20 He would have gone to Public great British actor. John Hurt. heroic" . .: operat ic" and " Cowboy • McGtlllc dtd a rcas onnly good job years ago. Sacred and profane sc hool had he not latlcd the " Before I met htm I was terrified cltchC" to descrtbe tiS stru'c turo o l g tv tng th ei r c hnrn c t o r s love becomes very confused 1n exams, an expe r ien ce h e because o l hts work. I fell very and content. and ha sn't realr se d credtbtltty. dcsc rtbes as " the best thmg th at small by compattson but as soon this trauma o f a woman obsessed th e se ll - par o dym~ clement wasn 't RotJbon Ror1b On 1S ontert am fng wtth a God-worshipping man who ever ha ppened to me!. You lea rn a as I met htm he wa s great He's one conve yed str ongly enough. One due to se veral humorous scenes neverlheloss cannot keep h1 s lot more at a comprehenstve. get a olthose guys who just wants to act suspected that Hill wrll remarn which make tl worth whtlo but dt llcrent sort of education .... I'm and that's what it's all about. It's hands oil women, plural. overall tt IS llnwed by tho content that the lrlrn matched up to Well worth a tnp to th o sure I wo~:~ldn ' t be doing what I'm not about betng a star, tt's not nts mental images ot' what tl ambtguity Cf Cat cd by !he subplot domg no w tf I'd been to Durwich." about glamour." - ... Film house. and tho lack ol any brilliant ac ting. should have been Christina Meller It wa s while at school that he Such comments exemplify J . Penn James Ervin lust acted. securmg a part in· th e roth's refresh ingly candid allttude school play. " by accident" . Acting, towards his profession. He avoids he dtscovered. was " good fun". th e " H tppodrime film sta r routtne" and at arl school he found himself and whilst he finds the allention he devottng more and more time to it ts receiving " llallering", he insists. at th e ex pense of his studies. " you can't start believing it or When forced to decide between you'll start doing a Hllchcock th e two he chose to act and began number". working In fringe th eatre including His ambitions Incl ude shake· spells with Lumiere and Son " as a speare "cos he wrote some glooli9d extra" and Glasgow fucking wonderful stuff. The Ctltzens Theatre where he go this chance to stand up on stage and Equity card. say some of that is what every Shortly afterwards he was se nt actor wants at some time but I have lrQtn " The Oval" to audition for no preferences." Allan Clarke who was looking for Surely, I thought, as most ot his skmheads. The result was an work has been with alternative or acclaimed performance as the radical directors that must be how skinhead Trevor In Clarke' s Roth saw himse lf. " No. 'f never controvosial TV play " Made In rea lly thought o f it like that. I just Br itai n", The work was hard, "very, th ought I've boon lucky to have very hard graft, I researched a hell worked with some bloody good of a lot. I went out In character as a director s and I hope th at Sk•nhead to skinhead pubs even continuos.... I'm not the radical be fore rehearsa ls." young actor. That's nt>t how !think He followed " Made in Britain" of myself. It's a job, isn't it?" Bill Wllllamaon
·· ROB ERTO"S MESSAGE:· Which I~ ~I Hn In his on n IJdllthllul l 'b r utnlu)l~ . " \\' ,. ·"'' un h 111·1 h ··~-:ir un n :.: I P I. nul\ 1!,.,, · In d . ontt' . i( I tl •. •' t ,tl l :1 .l .tllf tll;.: dto· \I,H ,ttn, tlt ' UI~ tl.t ll•t' tho \\ .tli.t t· ~(to~l lll ' l•t oll • t , tl\ttnl tt ,t !l. l''"lll th . ttl lltt' l lwlwt o• tlwtll • • I'l l t'• tllutt\o•t ful, J•••lttl' t ful I ,tl•t'l ~ ,ttH! Ullo '· •l t Jtfll' l • ...~ ...... ~,~------~~--r----
page H. ARTS wilhir\ which hO workS. .fhe narrative is woll paced and originally handled. produci ng a thnller whiCh is always absorbing. 'Tho Hi!' however, is much more If you're look{ng for a . than a thriller (nc•thor can it be d•smissod gltbly as a ·mota· comfortable and 1nexpens1ve physical ttHillcr' as did Barry Norman). It is also an intol!igont · way to travel condemnat1on of violence and the social codes used to justify it. ~Y pta cng tho East End chara cters m -go Sconish Citylink! The Hit an ai ken envi ro nm ent and choosmg not to develop tho From Edlnburgl!JQ John Hurt plays Braddoc k, a character of the Spanish police Aberdeen £4.00 single : £7 .00 reiUrn callous 'hitman' In th•s talc of a ' sconis h Citylink la kes you 10 almosl chief. tho 111m forces us to every major 1own lhroughoul Brilain, quic kly, With ISIC or Student Coach Cord London gang's vengeance on a concentrate on th e tensions which £2.50 single : £4.50 return grass. Willie Parker. thanks to an in comlon and allhe lowes I possible cos I. develop between them and whict1 we operole every day of lhe week. And admirably lucid screenplay by ulttmatoly shatter their beliefs. Dund ee £2.25 single: £4.50 return Peter Punco and c xc oll ont Th o chaco o f Spain and the in mosl cases you simply lurn up and poy lhe WittliSIC or Student Coach CotO performances by Hurl. Terence references to medieval knights dnvcr. £1 .50 single : £3.00 refurn Stamp (as White) and T•m Roth consc•ously recall th o lie which £1 .25 si ngle : £2.00 return (see .ntorv•ow tll• s pa ge). St ephen was chtvalry, whilst the film's Glasgow StUdenrs Frear's latostl•lm Is tho best Br•t•sh conclusion graphically reveals the release ol tho yea r 10 date fatuousness of tho code ot £0.75 single:£ 1.25 relurn Once aga.n Frears dnocts w•lh violence to which the Parkers and £4.00 single: £7.50 return groat assurance and a com· Braddocks ol thts world adhere. Witn !SIC or Sludent Coach COIIl mendable awareness at the genre Bill W1111omoon £2.50 single : £5.00 return
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Revenge 'Public Eye' by Howard Brenton by Peter Shaffer 1 he progrnmmc dcsc nbcd !Ius Public Eye ltTH1lCd ti11 Ciy won ll i Oductton ns " a Iunny play by II H• tnleiCSI Ol the IHJ (It CilCC by H o wnrd Bre nt on" Accurrttc? tcmplt ng th em 1111 0 th e na rr at•vc Outlo " llovongo" was IIO!ously wtth ;1n unanswcrccl qucstton Iunny 111 pn lls mcludtng some lltght tr ornthc st Filmhouse Usher Hall Queen's Hall (228 2688) (228 1155) (668 2117) Diva 1982 Friday 12th october, 7.30 pm Saturday 13th Octobe r T flurs Oct II m -S;u Oct I Mendelssohn: A M i dsummer Edinburgh L• ght Or cllest•a 600 ,1nd 8 JO Nrght's Dream Overture. T h r:s now O.o.!J cmcly populilr 111 m V a ugh a n W i ll ia ms : Oboe Sunday 14th October, 2.45 Sfl CS a P,Hrsrcnnc postnl Co r1 corto. Arnalda Cohen (ptano) . messenger obsessed wrlh n bl.l c k; S1bOI111S. Symphony No. 4 liszt. Chopin. Amer• can o per.1 st;u runnrng uu Scottish National Orchestra against O r•cnt.11 hooflcqgc rs and a Wed 171h Oclobor , 7. ctingcrous French M aft;t whose Sco ltish Chamber assnssu1 •s a 7 0s punlo. 111 Doc Sa1urday 131h Oc1ober. 7.45 pm Mo zarl. Ravel. Poulflnc Martens• A ll CA!t crnrly worth yOUI Tc ha ikovsky N tght 1ncludes wh tlt• P1an o concerto No 2. S wan Lake · Ballot Swto and 181 2 Overture. Scollish Chnmbcr Orchestra Playhouse The Big Chill 198J (557 2590) Sun Ocl 1-l l h·Wccl Ocl 1/ tr1 Thursday 111h October 6 JO nncl 8 JO t'>. CI Sun (8 JQ) Wednes day 17th October James Last ,\nother tltghly succf'S'i ful ltlrn Buddy Ar ch alltlOUQfl lht5 !Hil t • o1 IOii' 111 0 1(' Friday 12th October Klute plitCt HM General Register Nation;~! Library Gallery of Modern Art House of Scotland Modern Art and ~a lure Children In History Poet and Painter The exhtbt t•on presents th o arttstlc Throughout October The cxh1bllion opens on th e 15th v1c w a t c r n tton. h o m tho M Thursday 11th Oct Jamming Senlona In the Park Sat 13th Oct Tuesday 16th Oct Room, Teviot Row House. (Bring Edinburgh Computers and Social PGSU'a Scolllah Night Reggae Night in Teviot Row your own accordion or whatever.} For tho price at £1 yau·ll lmd Reaponolblllly Group: N "'xl House with Ossio Clark. appy haggis. tallies. drink and some meeting, 7.30 pm. Call Centre Happy Hours· In Student Centre Hour from 8.00·9.00 pm. (behind Buccleuch Place) ./ - trad music. House, 6 . 30 · 7 .30 pm and ~ PGSU. Bucclouch Place. 9 pm. Tolk: The Arl ol Medllotlon Chambers Street House. 8.00·9.0 by Alan Spence pm. Friends fo the Earth Saturday Night on the Upbeat, Faculty Room North. DHT. Fir st meeting: Co ~ e rvati o n . Happy Hour I rom 9.00- 10.00 pm. Chambers Stroot House. BOp. Video: Pete Sykes (l othian Kappy Hour I rom 9.00-10.00 pm In Happy Hour in Student Centro Conservation Corps): Donald Friday 12th Oct the Library Bar. Licencod until 1 House, 6.30·7.30 pm. McPhilllmy (FoE Scotland). All am. welcom e . S i nclair Room , THE DANCE, in T evlot Row l:fouse. 90p. 8.00 pm-2.00 om. A Debate's Workshop Pleasance. 7.30 pm. A chance to lmprovo your debet· Regular Friday Disco In Potterrow. Sunday 14th Oct ing and public speaking. 7.30 pm This week·srive band is Kitsch and Have a civilised Sunday Lunch In Tevlot Debating Hall. All welcome. Lecture: Transcendental the Nightset, SOp . Happy Hour Teviot Row House Carvery. Hot Meditation I rom 8 . ~0-9 . 30 pm. · lood served lr m 12 .30 pm-6.30 Wednesday· 17th Oct . Royal Commonwealth Pool pm. Happy Hour !rom 8.0\)-9.00 I Troy Free Disco in Chambers Street Green Banana Club In Potterrow. 8.00 pm: pm. Student Centre House. Happy h Oct House. Late licence. ·y ol Troy. Hours I rom 6.30-7.30 pm and 8.30- 9.30 pm. Monday 15th Oct PAWS present ·rhe Animals' Edinburgh International Club, Full uncensored version a.1 seen in 7.30, T riangle Collee Club. 7 Free Rock Disco. Chambers Street Free Disco with Happy Hour from British cinema. not TV . Randolph Place. Scottish Country House. Happy Hour In Potterrow, 8.00-9.00 pm In Chambers Street The Pleasance Theatre 8 prn. Dancing. 6.30-7 .30 piT) . House...... ~;~~~------ The Sludenl Thursday lllh Ocl~b the sot soon degenerated as lnpenetrable blanke t of H1wkwlnd lhan The Si slers; lhey au ack~ overblown visual cliches' overtook guitars and the muddiest bass with a chainsaw rather than 1 even song and had the effect ot sound ever, not to mention hidden st ea mhammer. and to be surt. prolonging each eternally. For behind endless smoke bombs heavy metal Is here to stay. Instance: BYOB (Bring Your Own which almost entirely covered the .Joe Plrlo Body) was accompanied by inane st age throughout thei r set. preaching In an attempt at Beginning with Rep tile House. audience participation while He 's they laboured through such the Grastost Dancer prompted a classics as Heartland, Alice an d a dozen Top Man Clones to take to real dirge called Marianna. Afrika the stage. Top Shop girls back in ( Boredom set In quickly. The line the"aud1once loved it, of course. up of two guitars, bass and Only In tho last half hour. alter Doktor/ Avlancho, their admittedly Bambaata: endless band i.ntroductions (relic hypnotic drum machine • .gave no from tho 70s?) did the Sisters get respite until finally easing the Zulu Nation Under down to the solid disco they are pressure lor their cover of Emma a Groove renowned lor. The powerlul Emma/mo. tho old Hot Chocolate Thinkmg ot You (preface: "We're hit. . thinking ol ovory one ol you" ) wa s Andrew Eldritch. looking much Sitting down alone wat ch~ng rnr rap•dly followed by We Aro more like l ex Gray lrom Mud than TV when all of a sudden II d..lW~ Fam1ly. th eir bost song, and hnally J•m Morrison. (despite all his on me: I was doing not htn9 tho ro-,o l eased 1979 hil. olforts) was occasionally to be wasting my time. so I got me ape, Lost 111 Mus,c. But 11 was patchy. seen through the ovcr· thickening and wrote down a rhyme. ThJshllif os pccmlly il you were the1o lor tho smoke screen they in sisted on tale I've got for you conc(J rns J ge and the rest mus1c. not tho show b•z . pouring out at us. Unfortunately Zulu warrior and his wreck~ Alastair Dalton h1s lyr~cs were totally lost in the crew.'You'veall guessed by no w,&S a matter of course it's AlrilJ of the week's gigs. Sally Greig soun~. so I came away totally unenlightened as to what he ang Bambaataa and .the Soul So/'IIC The rumbling atmos deeper or more soulful vo1ces - about. Force. phere of the Playhouse and thus a tendency to shnllness. However the large crowd 'Cause there's a new club Whon sould classics intended lor g r eeted each song ~ith town and it's right up front and till crowd confirmed that ono voice are attempted by si"- . recognition which 1 put down to graffiti In this cafe is worth tn1 hunt. The first ROP group. b)' n: Sister Sledge wo~ ld have something IS lost .... Sill\, a band Sisters some sixth sense because every to make this last night.of ot tolont and professionalism, and: number was i\lmost identical means wallpaper, set th e tone'" judging by thetr en thusiastic Ending with Body Electric and this now dante hall caper Then OI the tour the very best one reception. one to watch. came the 1nd lans who brought I after the opening of the Glmme Shelter. They loft having Sl ate r Sledge' s ovontoal of -Mercy given little ol themselves away smile but I must say this ain't show had been delayed appearance camo not in tho form throughout the whole show. sl yle. b l a presentat ion of their Well. if you like your fun k spel by· a familiar "technical 15 marvellous stand-out traEks. but No longer burning with a ''p" the Afrika Bamb8atal hitch" more in the ttadition or tho all the band 10 see. They 1 black . candles on stage, Earlier The Skelelal Family mas~ ed Th81r support, the much-In· America n stage show extra· up, they turned It out. In umt)' but w1th longer hair than struggled against a terrible mix t~ demand and talked about vaganza. Their satin trosuors and rocked the house. By th e end and I he apalhy or a hall·emply hall accapella group. Mini Juleps glittery'" vests made up tor the Hawkwind ever had, The I he nlghl I hey ra ised I he roof . 01'1 to create a sound not unlike latter further raised tho audience's distinct lack of gold lam&· boob Sisters of Mercy brought Zulu nation under a groove. tgnorf day Penetr•tlon. As with The · expectations by their moderately tubes and stack heolboots the crap and all the junk. see AinU their update of SJjace Sisters, th ey did not seem to have successful , but not entirely amongst the Top Shop/ Man soul· Bambaataa and get drunk on1u any desire to communicate at all ~ satisfactory sot which consisted boy audience. Ritual Live to the Caley Paul Qulnn(teuenl mainly of cover versions. The The strident funk opening set with the hall. and gave the Pala is this week. impression of playing in their problem wllh lhls ~ale sexl ol th e scene: All American Girls But tonight any humour was I alran e - no quickly hll hom e. Unforlunalely rehearsal room. Alii can really say burled deep benealh l he Is that they wore more Inventive Tho Student Thursday 1 tth October 1984 pag e 13 Slater Europe brought th elr."!t,"''''''''''''''-" Glaswegian guitar·based pop to ~, 7U/ Pott c rrow on Monday night. 'L/i.rTEST'~ . Hnvlng formed my music views In ' • ~ tho tate 70s I though t th eir sot, \ \\ pe ppered Wi th inlluonces lrom ' FM Here we come ' Blondre to t ~o Buzzcoc ks, may \ .,, have sounded dated but was groat ' Over the yeert, the John Peel..~ 7tv nonetheless. Keep on strummln'. 'show het become something of a~, With a nome like Autumn 1904. I Their visual Image d chcs ltus Moa nwhllo WeeYellowRip w ore 'natlonel lnstttullon. Playing '"\ expected something en tirely almost from tho start. As I found t•ght enough and seemed to go ~lnterettlng croll between new' different. The Image conceived '" out when I spoke to them allc r the down well with an cosily pleased 'meterlel, and ancient and obscure' the ordinary mind seemed to set gig. th ey see m ed b en t on Wednes day nrght audience. \oldloa, hla Ia the only show on\ the band nea tly w ith the hkes of destroying this Image, and w• th my Hq,wcvor. they only se rved to \rodlo unlettered by the dlctotoa ot\ Simple Minds, Big Country. ea rdrums still numb h orn the rlluslfate tho dillcronco botwcon 'commerclallty . hype and' Bourgic Bourgic and The Cocteou tremendous noise o f the last hour. white boys playing at reggae and 'conservttltm. It Is also 1 new' Twins: as yet another bunch o f I don't doubt it! tho rcalthmg. Worse still. they had 'group's best end . perhep• only' Scottish Bohcm1ans. bursting with All my illus•ons finally slipped no songs. Soo you at Aswad. 'chence of gtlnlng nttloneltlrplft y. ' naive Romanticism, dressing up away when they told me they had \Vol, onothor night hOI boen \ \docked. Rodlo 1 uy they oro oltor\ Ute w ith sw irling melodies and thought of the name in live Sophisticated c ra shing guitar c hords. The seconds in a bus queue. \• younger lmogo. yet nothing lou\ melancholy elegance o f both It was last. loud and lun ous. I Boom Boom \tired ond u oged 11 some ot the\ Autumn and the Edwardian era have never seen so much con· \AOR (Anol Orlontoted Rock) lltth \ seems almost to demand this. contrntod energy by n band. Sophisticntod Boom Boom: an 'which Tommy Vtnce Is now' stra ining every sinew to thr :tsh as old Shnngri La's favountc, tho last ~laying on Thursdty nights. I for' much as they could out of thcu LP lrom Brg Boy Burns nnd Co. \ \ tortured mslrumc nts. My rcccdmg and no w five contribute and outstanding !an do not wan( to li sten to' ~------~Gillan unpc rsonat1 on The some Barclay James Harvest, ' what homely lyrics. wtl1ch arc twec records I already possess or' d on any d ecent jukebox. ' Ill the ll1 CCS I pOSS ible wny, arc is sterile, and' delivered •n unspeakably catchy show sale, tunes. wh1ct1 betray m ore than a I unnecessary : ' h1n t o f country mlh•encc tor Pee l, w ell Radio 1 has ' However. not content merely to · trying unsuccesi tully now~ ooze talent. this is a band wh1c h 1 1 9 0 kno ws ho w to hnve A GOOD 1~ ~=I ~=r:' ~~~~s :p p e:'; ' TIME " Confi dence." op1n cs the pletely from our airwaves, \\ born comcd•nn out front to a would. be nobody · with Well, whe re w ere you? reluclnnt puni er. " confidence IS all I Integrity and ch arism a\\ rely there can't be tha t you need .. him. Consider an DevOid ol any form o f pre· the new (young) bree d\\ ny things to do on a 1 OJ s: Bruno Brooks. , ull Sunday night , tensaon. The Dnmtecs hnvc an endur111g lovabil1ty nboul them. sly Inept and lndescrlb· \ s pecial ly wh e n The Added to this. they have an th e man Is at mpty ., alntees are in town. exuberant capac1ty lor taking n sks Songs arc stopped 111 mind a lot ol you seem to care tor~ Tt11 s worthy bunch o f G eordies flow fo r a ct1a t with the audience 11 special because they arc one lo;8runrovrroekne u~h~lg ~~~~~t;y, !~~' and 11 atf"cuhninatcs m everybody lew bands who can actually swapping mstrumen ts tor the quite elew. What~ I . and write damned good si ng three-part vocal nchly deserved encore. =a~~~~n 0~o~:~:~ ' ~ ~ ~ Coming Soon ...... Holyrood appearances duttng the Festtval - Hlnk W1ngtord ts back' Hts cou~try and western style ts supposedly as- hOI as ever alter a lew ltne-u p changes •ncludmg the Frank· Ha~k-Bragg . addllton at his 'niece'. Oort ene. on vocals. Wtth tongue fi rm ly m cheek. the Wanglord's se t is ltvely. humorous toot·stomptng stufl. showtng the British can be true Caley 21st Oct. Rednecks when tl comes to country music . Hanoi Rocks Tho exuberant Billy Br1gg tops The Caley Palais has disco romp. Now res•dtng tn the btl! and it would see m he is scored quite a hat·trick England. the girts provtdo a begtnntng to achieve tho popular with the appearance of humourous look at tho modern su ccess he has long deserved. His Japanese, covering such topics as the Frank Chickens, the brand at gutsy. passionate pop Johnny Thunders a Japanese housewtle livi ng 1n songs com municate a messa ge Hank Wangford Band and Milton Keynes and Samurai Super th'at doesn't requireanything more Caley Palals, 7.30 pm . everylh ing Hanoi Roc ks woultj h ~t Heroes. Much of the comtc than a votce and a guitar. Having the highly toutd'ci Billy to bo now. ullimate productcl element In the performance comes achieved some c ult status through 18th October Iru! Bragg supporting each a was led youth - at h is best yOJ from their vtsual presentation - simply grea t gigs. followed Qy the Henoi Rocks are five can forgive his macho postunt'lg other on Sunday 21st Success at the Spy vs. Spy mini· .:l i ffer ent varieties of and general rock 'n' roll excesses. October. !heir strt kmg appearance and album , Btlly :s back with a ne""' because he is so good. and at IUS hJiarious mtmo and dance are as album Bre wmg up with Bragg, his Freddi e Mercury , a This gem of an evening gets Important to unders tanding tho Worst. he is a hollow shell of 1 ~ first l ull LP. and· a tour to coincide. term inal junkie backing underway at 7.30 pm so bo thoro Frank Chickens as list ening to the c u lt hero he used to be. Q uuewt!J His gig should include tots ottresh early - nothing should be m i s9C d~ w•tty lyocs. However. tho sharp band fronted by would-be he w il produce at the Caley Palali Va riety Is the order o f the night. the mat eoal plus many old lavountes. edge ol tho music cuts through at is anyone's guess. A nyone wno tar-east moots the Wild Wost b\Jt Billy's ability to reconcile hts blonde bombshell Mike points t ~ r ovoa l l n t e r es h ng potnts can produce a record as good al with distinct Brltts h llavour in comic banter between songs w itti Mqnroe. a about preJudice in both Japan and - You Can 't Put Your Arms Round' thoro too. the songs them selves. proves htm Btttain. ComblntnQ tho pretty with A btl o f G tn, a btl ol 1978 Japan, Memory is worth taking a gamb~ Two little maids all tho way from to boa rea l talent as a performer, tho POitticat. these Sa m ura• In a btl of lggy Pop, they mtght find on. 11 might be a tedious n1ghl Japan. Frank Chickens, will shake and brmgs cabaret back down to geish a's clothmg should be seen themselves on the pages of Jackie . lourth·rate heavy metal, t>UI up any preconceptions you mtght• earth as well as heard. or Smash Hils. but they haven't we·re really lucky, It might be tnt have had about gentle. fragile All tn all a ntgh t to be tnlormed. Fresh from popular accla•m at found a mustcal•denttt that really greatesl rock ·n· roll show pass•bf geisha girls with their O(ienta l, enterta•ned and 10 smtle. Ius. hts tnlamo g Hankto goes to tn the Caley PalaisAnnl Burnside Bloke Smith Johnny Thunders tn 1978 was ..... The Student Thursday 111h Oclober 1984 page 16 FEATURES this r egard was t hat 01 Sitting back from. Aberystwyth University's Anat.: the hurty - burly of Thea!re • Co~pany . W1th 1 ., .com1c . vers1on o . Homer , Edinburgh's Festival and Odyssey, packed 1nto s i ~ r, Fringe, lain Cameron minutes of ha i r ~ ra i s mg thea tsr pulls out his type- writer they negated all th e stoues ot stale, p lay ~ it·safe . and JUSt Pia ~ and purges his soul. bad student producttons As u audience sa t on th e floor m Lit ~n •c secmc B oroughmuir ' Anne :..e . a n~ scuttled around to mak e wa y lor the action as it caree red all OY!f the school hall, they were oltf, moved to spontaneous applaw. for some magnificent t hea t r~ improvisation. Ouestton. 0, would you recrea te the realm Hades on stage and on the cheap II you said by usi ng a spotlamp a, umbrella. and a couple of !-.ett1eso1 boiling water. then yciu shouiObt Free Shows at Aberystwyth. not Edmburg Either that or you saw the sho ., What was truly 1mpress1Ve about Th e Odyss ey, however. was lilt combinatiO n a t all the elements-a crackling scri pt . 1m agmatl'tr directio n. assured actmg and Y~o· e c Italy's renowned ana rchist playwright, Da rl a Fo. oertormed music - to create J totai p erlormance. p~rsts ent rumours tna t SarnlJ You've probably heard the words "acid rain" Raindrops Keep Falling . .. t o the SCand1nnv1ans· most Scand1navra have been affec ted becoming more and more common In the media of proc1ou s asset, her lakes. thAI led (see tho University o f O slo state recent months. They aren't quite the household words to public concern over acid ra in; in mont below for an Alt ernative Germany It was the tllought o f tho VI CW) , they are In Germany, Sweden and other European &tf loss of tho Bavarian forests that ~d~ (3) Local sources may be m ore countries where It Is a major ecological and, by d 61 d d spurred action alter years ol responsible than remote sollrces. Implication, political issue. So what, you may ask, is It? Acid1ty is m easured by the pH l"tr nns1gcncc on tho issue o f nerd In tllis olfod to compromise. rrun. Ycttn Ontain. •I mny well be a And, more Importantly, how does It affect us? scal e 1 to 14 . where 1 IS most acid ho wever, the CBI has tended to and 14 is most alkaline Neutrnl1ty d1 ssolvmg Nelson's Column thnt como d oWn on tho side of the ma kes the dlllorcnco. Ac• d rain is the direct result of em ission o f pollutants IS central to IS pH 7. pure distilled Wi'H er ·more e vidence is n eed ed " atmospheric pollution by sulphur the controversy surround1ng Inc Normal ra infall has a pH ol around • In Bntam's more temo tc nroas. argument d• oxidc (501 ) and n•trogen oxides issue of ac id ra in. and was 5.6 due to dissolved carbon suctl ns the Central H•ghlands. · C ounctl l o r Env,onmonta f (NO.) from the burn1ng o f fossil thoroughly covered durmg the diox1d c fr om the atmosphere - ram ac1d1ty hns 1n cronsed at an Conservation: Tho CEC noted that ntarm1n g rate. It IS cspccrnlly fu els like coal and oil. Alter a scr• cs three d ays o f the conference. this is so d1lute you wouldn't be whilst study o f lake sediments o f chemical reactions m the Since the major sources of sulphur able to taste i t, g1vc n the dangerous u1 those areas where showed that acidifi cation IS an atmosphere. these gases arc pollution is the coal burned by b1g opportun1ty. Eac h div1 s1on ol the grnn1t c is tho bedrock rntllCI than ancrent process. 11 has accelor convPrted to sulphuric and nttrrc industries, such ns eloctnclty pH scale represents n !actor ol tO . ACid ncutrai1 S10g limestone. Many nt e d si n ce th e Indu s t ri al ac•d which fall in a diluted form m production, th ere has been some so that pH 5 is ten tunes more nrcas o f Bntnm arc receiving up to' . Re volution. th is g o vernment tw1 ce the amount o f sulphur (that's ramwatc r. In this way. lakes and reluctance on tho part of these acidic than pH 6. so on nppnrently funded bo dy bc liuves that I hero is u p to 40 kg/ hec tare/ year) than the strea m s In Sweden. N orway and produce rs to implement sulphur 'small change In pH 1n d1cn tes a suff1 C10nt evidence to hove " . C anad 1a n a u t h o riti e S hav e Canada have been acidified. r ec! uction m easu r es . The se substan tml diflerence m the pollution controls Implemented seriously affecting fi sh popula measures w ould be costly, but not amount o f acid present Actd rnm dcc1d cd IS toforablo - no t even generally and soon". ncar the d os trablo 1d eat. t• ons: trees arc dying in Germany. unduly so. II has been independ IS rain w1th n pH of less than 56 With relcrenco to the UK not Sw•t ze tland and North Amenca. ently calc ulated that etectric1ty OK. that's the dull chcm1 str y Policies and Proving Things export ol sulphur: " We nrc the allccting large tracts of forest bills would rise by around 5% to lesson over. How about n bucl A falf pic tur e o f the current state polluters . . !we must) increase lan d; th e stonework of many older cover the cost s o r sulphur history lesson? Np. really. h;mg ol allaHs w1th regard to acid rain rosear ch into air pollution and ncid blllldmgs in cilies is bcmg eaten scrubbing equipment. on. this 1s good . con be obtained 11 we took nt the ra in." away slowly but surely. It is important to note that In 1661 and 1662. English policy statements made by groups Frionds ol th~ Enrth : The FoE Britain is a not oxportor or sulphur 1nvestigators Evelyn and Graunt 111 attendance at the Scott1 sh said they wer " ex traordinarily rl'he Acid Rain Inquiry pollution. i.e. we produce more fir s t not e d that tn d u s tt~al W1ldllfc Trust conference: concerned abou acid rain" and A n i ncreasing amount of than we receive. The excess omi SS ions could affec t the health Dopartmont of tho Envuonmont. went on to point out that: concern has arisen over acid rain. su l phur IS transported long o f people and plants. and that (No te. no repr esentative o f th e ( 1) acid rain fleets in rivors Is bo th nationally and internation distances by high level winds to th er e wa s a trans b ound ar y DoE wns present. so a statement no longer jusi a foreign problem: ally. This was made apparent at northern Europe and Scandinavra. exchange between England and wa s rend ) The DoE claim that EE C (2) there is ovld onco of tree the Scottish Wildlife Trust's o pen These countries arc not importors Franc e . The se pr o n ee rtn g proposal s nrc overly costly to damage in Britain: international conference, the Acid o f sulphur (hence acid ra in). The re searchers suggest ed plac1n g 1mpl e mont with att e ndant (3) there Is nn nppnrcnt link Ram lnquuy. held in Edinburgh. g overnments o f the affected mdusiry out o f towns and us1n Q problems ol solid or l1quid waste between product1on o f So1 and 27 ih-2 9th September. The scare o f countries arc understandably less tall ch imneys to disperse tho nnd that new technolog1 es ar c d cposit1 on o f ac id. the problems presented by ac1d than amused by th e situation. Over " smoake mto distant parts" Th1 s requtrcd. The government. they FoE suggesllhnl Britnm join the ram was defined during the three· the last few yean; many European tactic soomod to work until th e say, aims to roduco em1 s_sions by 30% c lub immediately. day conference. as speakers from c ountrie s have r e alised the 30% by the end of tho 1990s. It is Umvotstty ol Oslo:'l n o written " d1s tant parts" started1tp notice the all over the world presented d angers o f acid rain and have eff ec ts of industrial pOII u t1 on stressed that th1 s is a mf\IICr ol statement Ivan P. Muniz stated· ev1dencc o f the damage caused s1gncd an EEC agree ment Robert Smith (no relat1on. I'm p o l i cy rather thon a l ull " Acid deposit ions hove Inflicted and d1 s cussed me thod s o f requinng a 30% reduction 10 sure) observed in 1852 that comn11tmont. Our engines. they ma!or changes in tho natural controll1ng Omi SS IOns. su lphur (from 1980 levels) by 1993. sulphurrc acid in c1ties led to a say. should be made more cnvnonmont 1n Norway and Britain is not. however. a member discoloration o f textiles and elf1 cient. thus producing less Sweden ... acidified ground Water The quost1on o f controlling o f this "30% c lub" . corrosion of metals. Sm1th later nitrogen oxides. has aff ected the drinking water (1872) went on to com the term CEGB: The CEGB Slalcmcnl quol1 ty m many parts of Sweden." " ac1d rain" . It seems strange. in made by Or Peter Ches ter claimed Rcg1onat tosses o f f~h. )i: ~gns ol tight or this h1 storica1 data . that tho that tall stacks made a cont ri bu· fores t damage and BCf1tmUIQtlon Commo n s Selec t C o mm111 ee lion to a c lean urban environment ol toxic metals in ~ f i..s.!!,o nd aquatic reporl publrshed severn! weeks ( I thought that went out 322 years buds nrc all part or Scandinavia's ago seemed so shocked to note ngo ... ) and that there were d oubts problems. There Will be continued STOP the dete11 oration o f buildings due about the effec tive results of a d e· pressure for national nnd mtor to acid ra in exposure. I suppo se sulphurisatlon programme. Dt nntional om1 ssion controls. da ta has only bee n accumulating Ches ter mdlcatcd the CEGB No Future? ACID RAIN for the las t 132 yea rs mves tmcnt tn new d os ulptwrisn tl on technology and 1n the So Much For The Trees deVe lopment ol .811t1 Sh n1trogen o x1d e red uc t1 on system. A reluctance to spend money on the part o f a nHl )Or sulphur Tile dnnmgc bo1ng d one to our pr oducer 1s l•tllc d1 sconcertmg. n ta kes nnd tt ees may well prove to but no t at all surpnsmg be urov crs1blo - so no w IS the CBI Reprcscnl1n g orga n1 St1 · lime lor ilCIIOil. Durtng the Ac 1d li On s wh o h nvo con ii1 CI1n g Ecolog1sts h.1ve been mos t con Ha1 n lllq1nr y. Ken Coihns. Member '"!cres ts. some who'd benefit . cerned about th e elfoc t o n the o f Ewopenn Pnrt1ament. oltc red n some who'd lose out1n tho event o f c rwtronmcnt m rural area s. but 11 no te ol optun1 srn w11t1 respect t.J ac1d rnm teg 1slnt•o n. the CBt cm e· seems to have ta ken tho threc11 to rm p l c rn c ntil ii On o f p o llut1 0 n fully sat on the fence They rn.1de 1t1e 8 t1t1 sh puhl•c's b eloved . contr ols 10 Br 1t01 n' " We ca n move na t1 onal monumen ts to p rovoke the lollowmg cln un s up to tile Ir on! ol 111e pn c k where any s1gns o f act10rt by the ( t ) Forestr y dnnmgc (diCback ) we ought to be " It's just a mntter go ve rnment It 1s, I Uu n k. a hils not bee n provoo to he ac•d Will acid rain kill the lith that sewage couldn't and the trees tnat Dutch Elm Oltease o f po llt1 cat rn OIIvnllon, o ght? didn't gel? reltcct10n o f natronill consc1ous· 1nduced R1 ght GraohtC bv Johni·Um dorson ness that 11 was the damage d one ( 2 ) Only s m a ll n1c a s o l M ark Percival Homosexuality-the closet remains Although attllu ~ towards homosexuality are becoming a little more liberal, the young homosexual still faces a all of taboo and Indifference when he decides to come out. Robbie Foy takes a look at the problem. Well , it's another way to spend Saturday night .. . I lean own protection before. to face shock lend to varying reactions " School sex education said It was society as a whole. The problems from ignoring to disowning their perverted, that II your glands over back against a mirrored wall, surrounded by a blaze of faced by homosexuality " coming oflspring. Tho doctor is also A secrete you 're gay." Peers light, sound and heat. "High Energy" mos'ic out" lrom both wide-ranging and frequent source for a " remedy". au tomatically ostraciso someone invigorates sporty bopping dancers attired in boxer personal angles are not static. After a period parents usually they perceive as dissimilar lro;n They change with the currents ol a c c e p t th ei r o fl spt~nQ ut their own " norm" and which Is sho.rts and Nika running vests. In the shadows of the fr equently e mbarra :; smen t worse: the viciousness o f adults of floor stand leather and denim butches, fingers around prevents further discussion. A that of c hildren? tepid pints, nonchalantly smoking Malboro's. happier side exists. o f acceptance With some exceptions. lite at by parents. and a sharing o f college is far more satisfactory. Alter some tlme with my friends sec?: a cosy room of young ~ollc e feelings and experiences: " They Homosexuality ra ises its prd"'ile in this rolallvely manly world I gain socialites standing In open circles (my parents) love Ill My sister is helped by Student Unions (one e':lough confidence to ask a discussing German wines, sex gay and my mo ther comes to gay exception being GUU which stranger lor a dance - I'd seldom positions and the overthrow o f places with us." banned gays) and societies like try this In many other discos. heterosexual society? No, gay School life presents troubles lor Lesbian and Gay St u dents Embarrassingly, he gives me a d jscos and pubs are lor leisure and young gays, fir stly via the (LAGS) ol Edinburgh. A quarler of knock-back which teaches me not pleasure, providing an environ curriculum and secondly ' in the the rospondorits met with some to make too many assumptions in ment where gays can meet in a " playground" pres sure to conform unhappiness at college, specific the gay scene. relaxed atmosphere. Perhaps it with fellow peers. Both are i nter ~ ally because they were gay. It is Entering the scene. or at least sounds rather like putting a rare related as the preJ udices of what is still possible to feel Isolated: " Hall Peeping in past the door, did have species of animal behind bars in a social h i st6 ry and personal learned in tho classroom lnlluence was terrible, full of macho rugby Its surprises and disappointments. zoo for its own good, bul being gay history. those of fellow pupils. Homo lypes." (Sounds fam iliar?) The gay c lUb above. " Fire Island", is iiOt so rare and more lmportanlly Parental unhappiness is mainly sexuality is seldom approached !n Has tho progression of society's ( w i th all· o f it s fl irting and · we hav,e to protect the " species" caused by their o wn and society's a 'positive manner whenever views gone tar enough to make admitted - in my view.- mainly lt um our own ways: Homo· predispositions to gayness. as well menti oned , particularly I n homosexuality and coming out ·effeminate bunch didn't impress sexuality is steadily leavin_g its as the ponderance ol: whet have relig i ous studies and sox (Conllnut d on next pogo) me much. But what did I expect to .underground status. which was l,ts we dono wrong? Intolerance and education. One pupil wrote: .. Tho Stu cnt T ursday tn Octon r 198.! age 18 (Continued hom previous page) f• ,1St f•r7 (l'lt\SII" r •' I lhf'H'Sul:<; I ·' '>U I'o''') n, I' •• L ·nrlln G •• , •·f'n.J f;'Grou( ,., ,.,,,, ·.1. hc,r .-r1 I' reputatton as a fe•sty rebel ..,., , . • ,, nl!n•·rt 1 •· , . • 1 ;-r t'!lCf·<; county counc•l photograph. when '/arw •c s 1re w 1C •s a qualities that demand a pa rlta f'tldUINJ 'I /OIIO{j fJ•IYS .1 I•C Ul) 10 the whole JOlly bunch gets beau t tlul i\'10 r~ al coun ty mentary sea t '" somewhere h't ""' f•nt 1 1n : OH mg .tSOf'C. ' S Ol it !r• In together and smiles for once, he somewhere south of he Tyne, 1 Orkney and Shelland But 'At 1 ,-. !,lmtlf f' ngers Heart-.broken One, Two, Three Stroke . If you were wondering Back to tho !raining. The above whether our great sport prog ramme lasted lor the first two 1; Rangers 0 act ually went on at th is terms. during which we se nt crOws to tho Northern Universities of 18.000 came to Tyne fi ne establishment. then rega tta at Durham and a number of Saturday eag er to see read on and discover head races . -Tho summer season have a go at Rangers' sta rls with a wee k's train ing trip to rec ord. And only two what we have to offer you Durham, nnd then It's regatta nto the game Rangers' male or fe male in the season. This is wnoro we realt y record looked Boat Club. stnrt ciOnning tho plato. Last when Jimmy Bono summer we won numerous eve nt s scored with a sharp shot Last year EU BC had one of its most .success ful seasons over. nt Aberdeen. Glasgow. Castle Mc Cloy, that promisi ng Se mple npd Strn thclydo Park. did well to hold. A long w1th many w 1n s t hro ughou t Scott is h rogntt ns Tho se ason As well as the above even ts we from Kenny Bla ck was hope to send crows to the Tideway hnll"-''"f,elv by the Rangers' start ed with n steady land tr nihing programme of mulll·gym weight Hoo d in March and to tho Scott ish trn inmg. indoor fi tness training Championships in tho summer. and runntng. Th•s was supple Asi de lrom all tho strn•n of mented by.J wo to ttnoo oulings n tr aining we oro a very soclnblo wee k on tho can ol. This se aso n tho club with a good repu tation l or ou r be haviour. Th o highlight ot our th ree. but were thwarted tram lng w11t Qe run on much tho same ba sis social calen dar is tho annual " Bonecrusher" Paterson. We row on n milo-long str etch of weekend at Fi rbush Field Point next few minutes there was tho Unton Canal out at cohnton, Centr e by Loch Toy. This tak_cs " excitement as tho game about two miles lrom tho c• ty plac e In November. from end to end. A cent ro Don't bo put o il when you Whether malo or teOu,lo. novice in the Range rs' penalty or export. rower or cox. wo inv11e followed by a swift break see the canal: It Is not quite tho Tham es or Holme Pi orrpont but you to jo1 n tho Boat Club ) you involving Redford and won't reg ret 11 and ending with a g reat it's ce rt illnly n lot more cal m an d peace ful Des pite the restrictions (For further lnfor'mn tion ca ll the turn by Mitchell. o f tho canal many top Scottish o bln Jnck on 33 2 769 1, Nlcotlollo chance of the match was crews have been nurtur ed on H ywnrd on 229 34 80 or Rob by Rangers In the 20th these wa ters C wlord Clnrke on.226 3990) when Cooper robbed of the ball just outside · penalty box and. with the his mercy. famely played pas s wh ich was easi ly cut Serum Down for a New Season tho other end Hea rt s wa sted nity when Donald Park way now members th1 S year would the ball to himself instea d or obviously have a good chance of 11 to the unmarked Bono getting on such unruly jamborees. was going berse rk in his This year tho Froshers also go to pt to attract Park 's attention. Pa ris where we hope to lly tho fl ag began to rise. Kidd lor a short tour II th ey will let us In Cooper. much tot he otte r l as t yea r's impressi ve o f the Hearts fan s. pe rformance . reciprocated by doi ng The so cial lilo at homo is also to Hea rts' golden boy unparalleled. This term atone wo Frantic play lust boost two discos - practice your led to McCloy quickstep as welt ns your sidestep ' " '' e"'"'''" 'l lv' Leve in at tho Rugby Club " Invitation Disco" nex t Wednes day. 17th October at Outer Limits In Tollcross. Tho event promises to be a complete so ll·out after last yea r's similar unruly jamboree. Tickets oro available from club members and th e Pott er row shop - bo thoro or be o hockey player. Tho second event is the Boll , which offers much of the sa me RACING- only In tho more formal setting of Is•tho hangove r you're suffering the Caledonian HoteL Addition· after Freshers' Week ma tched only ally, thoro are numerous Inter by the hea dache or tho sorry state notional trips, Firbush weekends. of your tlnancial affairs? If so, then ton m curries and cosy nights at MEN'S HOCKEY don't des pai r. Help i• at hand. Sir homo in front of the TV. We look l es ter, the Studont's ve ry own forwa rd to moo ting yo u! " financial advise r" has arrived . .E a ch w ee k th i,s gen e r ous gentleman of the turf will share Under Starter's Orders Edln Unlv 0; with student rea ders his key to a victories, fourteen Dave Boll. ou r loader. IS at will take place on Sa turday 20 a lew beers and the Whltecralgs 0 " fort une"! presen t encouraging everyone October. Alter vi siting tho very are back In town. Don't miss th e chance to end the interested or not In horse raci ng, success ful stable of Ken Oliver at term with a larger grant than you to join th o EU Turf Club. Hawick. we will then travel on to Although ELJ's opening match be gan il with. This wee k's tips are Tho Cl ub meets eve ry Tuesday what promises to bo a ve ry Aft er losing 4-Q to a Hibernian XI of the season may have provi ded OPALE In th e Irish 51 Leger: tor lunch In Tho Southsider and enjoyable day ou t at Kelso ra ces. Thursday, the 1st XI stormed tho perfect cure tor any chronic BELLE ISLE WALK at Ayr nnd everyone is welcome. Fu rther details ca n be obtained by k o n Sa tu r d ay w i th a insomniacs watching, it did at POLLY·s BROTHER at York. All The first outing of tho now y ~ar visillng tho Southsi dor on Tuesday 6-1 victory over Cold le ast give them a sa tisfactory start run on Sa turd ay, so don't miss at t om. Be thoro! m. One of the day's h ~ ro s. the against some solid opposition. th em! ele ss. Inso l ve n t Dou g io The first half sa w the Unive rsity i earned himself a "cobalt well on top with much effort with a well-executed hat gai ning little reward . Howeve r. a Goldstream's fate was well-organised and disciplined I sealed by Andy ·s oy" Whitecralg s si de tully dese rved T itch ·Top Man· Mitchell their point aft er giving their I 'One on O ne' Rodgers. opponen ts' de fe nce seve ral Sirn ollaonnu l