Felix Issue 504, 1979

THE NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION Friday, November 16th, 1979 Issue No. 534 FREEZE ON CCD EXPENDITURE The Computing and Control Department's staff/student committee heard, on Tuesday evening, that CCD is in a dire financial situation. With commitments such as staff salaries and maintenance taken into account CCD is already £40,000 in the red for the whole academic year. As a result Professor Lehman has ordered a complete freeze on all expenditure, in the hope of bringing the true nature of the situation home to the college authorities. As the Head of the department explained at the CCD freshers dinner at the end of October the situation has arisen because the department if funded at the same level as a mathematics based subject. Its fiscal needs, however, correspond to that of an Engineering Department. In the long term Professor Lehman is hoping that when the Mathematics and Computing subcommittee of the University Grants council visit the department, next March, they can be persuaded to re-classify GUILDS ~ TV STARS AT THC LORD MAYOR'S SHOW Photo by Colin Palmer the department. This would theoretically increase the amount of money allocated by Wednesday was Morphy Day and once £200 for every full time student. again the CCUs battled it out for the Oar. An MORPHY DAY If the present freeze on expenditure is alliance of Mines and RCS rapidly continued it is expected that the supply of overpowered Guilds and eventially the Mines line-printer paper will runout by the end of ter van drove away with the Oar. line-printer paper will run out by the end of A heated battle then followed with the term. First year students face additional CCUs hurling an assortment of rotting problems in that the supply of punched cards, vegetables, fish, soot, flour and fruit, at each which is the only form of input medium used other. Only one major injury was sustained, by CCD1, will be exhausted within 3 weeks. when a person was hit in the eye and had to be ICRN taken to hospital. MISSING PAINTING The revelers then went to tea in Harrods, Photo by Steve Groves A painting has gone missing from the spreading vile smells along trains in the process. Upon arriving at the store, they were Botany-Zoology Common Room. It was let in, despite the smell, but were laterthrown titled, "Phenomenal Cardinal Wingspan." It is NEXT WEEK'S FELIX out as they looked around the store. described as a bright, modern depiction of a WILL BE PRODUCED IN AID OF Another part of Morphy Day was the rowing butterfly. The college is particularly anxious IC RAG competition. The results were as follows: to trace the work, since it is on loan from a YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DONATE In the competition between the rugby professor. The painting is insured for over 5p (or more) NEXT FRIDAY. teams. Guilds won by a third of a length £300. FELIX is published by the Editor, on behalf of the having taken the lead in the last 10 strokes. Any information regarding its whereabouts Imperial College Union Publications Board. FELIX The Lowery race was won easily by Guilds, as should be given to Mr. Dawson, the chief is printed on the Union premises in Prince Consort was the ladies competition. The Morphy race Road. London SW7. Security Officer (Room 165 Sherfield Editor: C R Palmer was won by the Royal School of Mines team Building). A photo of the painting will appear FELIX ISSN 0140-071 1 Registered at the Post by 3 1/2 lengths. This is the first time in 15 in next week's FELIX. CINA Office Copyright FELIX 1979. years that Mines have won this race. ICRN Dear Colin Sir that this many have drowned at Following the slow-moving A few weeks ago, OXFAM made sea at the hand of Heng Samrin. proceedings at last Tuesday's an appeal to the Joint So as to stop this letter getting UGM, surely debates and Chaplaincies of the Colleges in too long, I can only refer anyone speeches could be shorter in West London to raise funds for still interested to articles by John length. In one and a half hours, their Cambodian relief. This Pilger (New Statesman, Sept 21st one motion was voted on, and a approach was discussed at the and Oct 12th) and the publication second fully debated only to be Chaplaincy General Meeting of 'Cambodia is dying - Why?' cut short by the stupid actions of October 28th, where I subse- produced by Third World First. someone yelling quorate, not quently volunteered to organize Finally, if Mr Cortazzi, or because the meeting was the Imperial College end of the anyone else concerned at the exceptionally small or undemo- Collection. plight of the expelled ethnic cratic, but just for political ends to Although debate was very Chinese 'Boat People' of Vietnam Dear Mr Fox make sure the vote did not go the unlikely, with an agenda already would like to help in a tangible Further to our conversation opposite way to his beliefs (not holding six -motions including way, contacts me (c/o the Union) yesterday (November 12th) I wish the most democratic of actions). those on John Shuttleworth, the I'll put them in touch with the Corrie Bill, Education Cuts and International Volunteer Service to inform you of the following' Both motions moved slowly and Zimbabwe (sic), I decided to wh are currently working with the facts concerning the disgraceful were debated fully, even to present a motion to the UGM of refugees in Kensington Barracks state of the Junior Common excess! Speeches for and against November 6th to draw attention to and are desperately short of Room in the Sherfield Building motions could be restricted to two the current events in Cambodia volunteers. Also, anyone wanting caused by a party held there on minutes, with a one minute and the collection, today, for the to help the starving people of November 11th. extension, and speeches only victims thereof. Cambodia, there is a collection from proposers and seconds for 1. That eight female cleaners had today at IC, the proceeds of which and against the motion, with one Consequently, it was with great to be employed to clean the room will go to OXFAM. speech each way from the floor. interest that I read Mr Cortazzi's after they had performed all their Thank-you This may seem a restriction on very eloquent letter in last week's normal duties in the Sherfield John Whitehouse freedom of expression, but it FELIX. I am preparedto admit that Building. Chem PG would certainly lead to a more this motion, prepared in a hurry 2. That these cleaners were efficient union meeting: with and submitted two days after the required to remove urine stains motions being debated fully, yet official deadline, was somewhat from the cloak room. concisely, and more action! ill-informed, especially in Notes Dear Colin 3. That there was broken glass on Yours sincerely 21 which is totally false, but I can I would like to take this all floors of theSherfieldBuilding. Philip Cole find nowhere in my motion, any opportunity to reply to those 4. That a large number of fixtures Chem Eng 1 mention that Pol Pot caused this fellow members of ICU who, at and fittings (eg light bulbs, disaster, but only that he brought last week's UGM, answered my furniture etc) had been destroyed. it to the present, horrific exercising my democratic right to I wish to point out that this is the conclusion. Even so, I feel I must challenge the quorum of the last example of a long series of Dear Sir offer some reply to this letter, as it meeting with abuse. 'parties' where a considerable Thank heavens for the cuts! appears to me, far worse than ill- Firstly, I felt that the meeting informed, biased. I notice that in unpleasant mass has been left ICU having failed (sorry - not was on the point of making a grave his eagerness to air his anti-Soviet which the cleaners have had to tried) to help the majority of its mistake by passing the motion prejudices, introduced with the clear up. Thse responsible for memebers, the Government has that was before it and therby escape-clause 'most recently', he creating the situation were at last sprung to our aid. A 6% condoning the murder of unborn fails to mention the real cause of obviously incapable of even reduction in student intake next children. this 'prolonged war, instability partially tidying up after year. Just think of the implications Secondly, I believe that if ICU is and violence' and I quote from a themselves. of this. There will be 6% fewer first to pass such an abhorent motion leaflet provided by 'Third World In view of these nasty and extra years competing for places in then it should do so with the • First': duties the cleaners consider that Halls, houses and flats. Ifthere are consent of many more of its they should be suitably less foreign students as well then "For three years from 1970 members than just the minimum recompensed. Otherwise it is the this means even less pressure on Cambodia was subjected to the quorum. general feeling of the cleaners accommodation. Just think for most intense aerial bombardment I do, however, apologise to the that we can no longer continue to every one less overseas student, any country has ever experi- people wanted to get onto the perform such unpleasant tasks. every one less first year, then the enced, by the B52 bombers of the other motions on the agenda, but I Yours faithfully better (less worse) is our chance USA.

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