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As some of you may have noticed we have 6 rather unusual new freshers this year namely George, Major, Tango, Chas, Major! and Archie; IC's new secu- rity dogs in residence. Chief Security Officer Ken Weir took 9 months to decide what could be done to lower crime levels on campus and chose dogs for their were cost-effectiveness. On other campuses where they have been used, women have indicated that they felt safer, especially when walking after dark. When dogs were used in a pilot scheme at Clayponds between November and July last year, crime dropped by 90%. They are also very mobile. The dogs are all male German Shepherds around two years old. Open wide: jaws to avoid. Photo: Richard They were supplied and trained by Chartwell l<9, who have been in the business for nearly 50 years, to all had pyschological tests and including their insurance which Home Office guidelines and have pedigree checks to ensure that covers them against vets bills and they pose no danger to staff and any action that may be brought due students going about their busi- to the dogs' behaviour. The initial Biology ness. set-up costs were- approximatley Of the handlers only one came £2000 - £3000 per dog. Beit Halt from in-house, the other 5 being On the practical side of things Imperial College Union selected from 340 applicants by a any mess that the dogs make panel that included the Cheif should be cleared up instantly and Instructor at Chartwell. All but two for the asmathics out there worry- Warning! Security dog* are used to patrol Imperial College premises have previous experience. The ing about all that hair, the dogs will dogs live with their handlers and only go inside a building to assist in cost about £ 10 a week to keep not an emrgency such as an alarm or if an intruder is reported. In that case they will be there as back-up for the handler; there is an enormous psy- Southside Torrent chological advantage to having a dogs; it bolsters the confidence of A mains water supply, running room. Most staircases were dam- the handler whilst studies have The across the top of Southside, burst aged, the rooms on Staircases Six, shown that criminals are reluctant over Staircases Seven and Eight on Seven and Eight being the worst to go up against a canine oppo- Students' the 7th of September at around affected. The top levels of those nent. The dogs will never be Newspaper 9pm. The water flowed from the staircases were completely flood- released however. pipe at an estimated gallon a sec- ed and around a hundred and fifty It has been stressed that these at Imperial ond and ran across the roof people had to be evacuated to dogs, whilst not attack dogs as College toward the other side of the build- Beit, Weeks and Linstead Halls used by the armed forces and the ing, leaking down into the floors with some damage to their prop- like, are not pets either and should below as it went. Engineers were erty. It is unknown whether the not be stroked if only because this forced to drain the water tank that Imperial College insurance policy would make them accustomed to supplied the pipe, shutting off the covers this kind of accident. kindness from strangers and would Issue mains supply first and then turning As the event occured on a make them less effective whilst on 1 092 on all the taps and showers in the Sunday night, no senior staff were patrol. building waiting almost an hour for available to supervise an evacua- So far the animals have assisted 3 it to empty. The water managed to tion of around eighty people from in patrols during the London reach ground level in about forty- their swamped rooms, but recep- Fashion week, held at Imperial, and October five minutes, passing through the tion staff and the Linstead house- helped in the detainment of a man 1997 wardrobes and doorframes that keeper, Sheena McDonagh, dealt arrested for breach of the peace at run from floor ro celing in each continued on page 4 continued on page three NEWS 3 October 1997 ICU Kicked in the News in Ballots HOLE-IN-WALL GOES UP \N> Imperial College Union (1CU) is majority of students at St. Mary's occurred since the mid-1970s, to begin the academic year with had voted en masse for Paul Brown presidential elections must be SMOKE only half the usual compliment of without specifying a second organised yet again, as well as sabbatical staff. The Union current- choice; cast by single transferable those for DP (C&S). In mid-September, the Nat West ly lacks a President and a Deputy vote, Richard Stultiens was Although Mr Allsop intends to cash machine in the Sherfield President for Finance and Services. knocked out first, with the remain- stay on beyond his original tenure, building overheated and caught Last year's president, Eric Allsop, ing votes split between Laurie he says that he must continue with fire. The alarm was raised ini- has agreed to stay on to steer ICU Tweedale and Paul Brown. his interrupted PhD of which he has tially by a student when the through a round of elections for However an even larger chunk of completed "two and three quarter machine failed to dispense her these posts, due to be held on 1 1 the vote was won by New Election years." "1 really have other things to cash, and soon after Ian Gillet, November. and with Mr Brown's votes elimi- do with my life," he added, though Safety Officer, spotted smoke The sabbaticals ('sabbs') are nated, "new election won almost he stressed that he did not want to rising from the screen. elected students chosen during the by default," Mr Allsop told Felix. see harm come to ICU. Once a Hari Nair, manager of the IC second term, who fill four posts at Now, in a situation has not candidate is voted in, he intends to branch of Nat West, was soon ICU for the subsequent academic give them a shortened handover on the scene. Under supervision year - those of President, Deputy after which he will resume his stud- from Ian Gillet, he opened the President (Clubs &. Societies), ies. In spite of Sarah Corneille's door to the machine room Deputy President (Finance &. absence there will be a union allowing in air at which point Services) and Felix Editor. Only the administrator to instruct the new the machine flashed into latter two posts have been filled, by DP(C&5) incumbent. As regards flames. Thick smoke hampered Rob Clark and Jeremy Thomson logistical problems with organising proceedings, but a Security respectively, after student voters more elections, he said that he has Officer was able to extinguish repeatedly chose to re-run the "considerable concerns about the the blaze. presidential elections, and the electoral register". A list of regis- The fire is belived to have been DP(F&S)-elect, Smita Chaturvedi, tered students is not normally caused by the print head in the will be unable to take her up her available until Christmas so screen- recipt-printer overheating and post for not being "in good acade- ing ineligible voters would be much igniting the ribbon and casing. mic standing", according to Eric harder than usual. The burned parts have been Allsop. One option would be to com- taken for anaylsis by the fire The bizarre chain of events pile a list of students as they voted, brigade, and the findings may resulting in the current situation effectively creating an electoral roll result in alterations to all has its roots in March when two in reverse, against which any possi- machines of the same model, of candidates, Sam Baker and Omar ble vote-rigging could be later which about seventy are still in Kier, ran for the post of president. checked. Candidates, he added, use in the UK. Both ran on 'joke' manifestos, and should also be aware of the kind of The cash survived the fire when Mr Kier withdrew, Ms Baker students who would vote in a unharmed, and a replacement was defeated with over 1000 stu- November ballot. "Most need to machine is now in operation. dents voting for 'New Election'. Mr appreciate that the entirety of year Jeremy Clark, Mr Thomson and Ms 1 and the majority of higher years Chaturvedi were chosen for their will have registered. Postgrads... posts in elections held concurrently. are reluctant to go into the melee." MEN BEHAVING Fresh presidential ballots Mr Allsop, who was originally organised in May saw three candi- elected in March 1996, told Felix BADLY dates standing: Oliver Newman, Ali that the election date of November Hussein and Clare Bunston. Mr 1 I th was "set in stone". He went to An intruder was arrested by police Newman, a fourth year civil engi- say that "...people want a person on the night of the 16th of neer, withdraw from the race after they can believe in... the presi- September after he was discov- being offered a job. Mr Hussein dent's role is quite important. The ered wandering the staircases of also withdrew, only to later try to meeting with the Rector isn't just the Southside building. The man, "withdraw his withdrawal", which is for show." With the introduction of whose name is not known, not permitted under election rules. the new Charter, the ICU President entered Southside at about half Ms Bunston, the only remaining is due to become a full member of past nine, slipping past the two candidate, was left to be defeated the governing body instead of security guards on duty. It is by New Election. merely being an observer as believed he made his way to The third round, held in June, before. Hoping for increased fresh- Staircase six where he attempted had a similar outcome in spite of er interest in the vote, he added, to make a girl kiss him, grabbing the perceived quality of the four Unsuccessful presidential candi- "These elections aren't necessarily her wrist as she walked past. The new candidates. The then-RCSU dates (L to R, top to bottom): a bad thing... it's a unique opportu- girl, a vacation guest at the Halls, president and favourite for the ICU Sam Baker, Omar Kier, AH nity for first years to influence knocked him away and alerted premiership, Mo Dulloo, sensa- Hussein, Oily Newman, Clare [union politics] and could create a security who called in the police. tionally pulled out from the race, Bunston, Paul Brown, Laurie greater interest in ICU." They arrested the man after an having also been offered employ- Tweedale, Richard Sultiens, Mo Papers go up on Monday 13 extensive search of the building ment. On counting the ballot Dulloo and the new boss? October, outside the Union office. and found that he was wanted for papers, it emerged that the vast Andy Sinharai 3 October 1997 NEWS

Brief.. Beef-eaters beware

In Nature published yesterday cow, which rules out effective con- However, outcomes from the questioning about previous crimi- (Volume 389), Professor John version of normal human prion into latest series of experiments in nal activities. Collinge and co-workers from the its pathogenic strain by the bovine which mice were inoculated with In a separate incident, the ladies' prion disease group based at St prion. BSE and vCJD prion have convinced changing room in the Imperial Mary's Hospital provide further evi- scientists that the two types of College Sports Centre was the dence that the new variant prion are one and the same agent. centre of attention for another Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (vCJD), Mice which contracted BSE and unwanted visitor on night of the which has so far claimed 21 lives in vCJD showed striking similarities in 25th. Security was alerted and this country, is caused by the con- the prion deposition pattern in two guards chased the peeping sumption of BSE contaminated their brains. Biochemical analyses torn out of the centre. In the beef. have also identified the pathogenic ensuing struggle, the man tripped It has previously been argued prion generated as a result of and fell, breaking his arm and that BSE and vCJD are brought exposure to vCJD and BSE to be the elbow. about by different strains of prion, same. Phyz the infectious agent responsible for The conclusion of the paper is a range of transmissible neuro- that these data provide compelling degenerative diseases, such as evidence that BSE and vCJD are BIG MAC, BIG scrapie and kuru, by converting the caused by the same prion strain, normal form of the protein present and vCJD is indeed caused by BSE DEAL in the brain into its pathogenic vari- exposure. The theoretical possibili- ant, which accumulate and lead to ty that both BSE and CJD arise from This autumn saw the launch of a damages to the central nervous exposure to a common unidenti- new deal jointly by MacDonald's system. Results from earlier exper- fied source has also been strongly and the National Union of iments suggest that a "species bar- ruled out. Students. Under the scheme, rier" may exist between human and Kent Yip students are entitled to a free Hamburger or Cheeseburger on purchase of an Extra Value Meal. Over 1.6 million students across CALL HOME the country are expected to ben- IC Security goes to efit from the deal. SAVE UP TO 70% ON INTERNATIONAL CALLS To take up the offer, students must present a valid NUS card and MacDonald's own Student the Dogs CHINA 50p Privilege Card at the counter. The latter would be issued in GREECE 29p conjunction with the NUS card from front page at Fresher's Fairs. However, stu- the sports center. They have KENYA 59p dents from non NUS affiliated also helped in some "incidents" at : MALAYSIA 37p institutions, such as Imperial Wilson House and with another :'.-.en''--"': ,'it :-r/i)<;:'J:, ' '-" ' College, are not eligible to apply intruder at Evelyn Gardens during '. ii'-- - '. . NIGERIA 50p for the Privilege Card. the holidays. It has been admitted Most of MacDonald's restau- that they have had limited success than must vvoikinR clogs.

sities, and the latest move by better. The effectiveness of the unit . . 1 USA 9p the company is their first will carefully monitored by war- eigth to ten years when they will attempt to run such promotions dens, tutors and techincal staff and either be retired and re-homed at a national level. When asked any comments are welcomed. SI', if '':'!' Many more countries available!! if the scheme would be extend- ed to cover students from IC, Mr Simon Wistow (EX VAT. PER MSN) Lloyd Evans, manager of the Knightsbridge branch, replied that he would be happy to make INSTANT CONNECTION similar offers to them. The mat- ter is currently being considered PREPAID SERVICE by the Imperial College Union and the marketing board of MacDonald's. Kent Yip CALLMATE

0800 376 0707 NEWS 3 October 1997 London Fashion week brings new style to IC

The Queen's Lawn played host to a myriad of however came towards the end of the show, stars from the fashion world this week as the hip when turquoise broidreanglais was worn with and trendy congregated in South Kensington for vibrant cerise lycra, a partnership which served to London Fashion Week. Of those designers exhibit- enhance the already childlike qualities of the pre- ing their wears, many did so within the confines of pubescent looking models. Imperial College, and so, no sooner had the Silk knits coupled with Chinese silk or with examination tents been dismantled, than new and embroidered chiffon layered over satin, later more extravagant models were erected to house added that currently popular oriental feel. Skirts the collections of some of the most innovative were slinky, loosely figure hugging and knee British designers. length, while dresses skimmed the bottom and Designers as diverse as John Rocher and trousers hung loosely from the hips. The 'big Alexander McQueen were seen to peruse the IC knickers' which have become a feature in many concourse and a gaggle of incredibly skinny girls collections during the last six months also reared also found their way to the Queen's Lawn. their, some would say, ugly head here, this time However, actually managing to obtain tickets to vaguely camouflaged under tiny translucent the highly popular catwalk shows proved a hope- Seventies smock dresses. less task for many people. The make up remained simple throughout the I was lucky enough to attend the exhibition of show, so as not to up stage what the press and J.&. M. Davison. The collection was aimed at the public had really come to see, with the current minimalist in all of us, with the emphasis firmly on trend for glowing cheeks and sun-kissed skin texture and tailoring. Initially, Pastel colours were meticulously adhered to. teamed with cool creams to provide a somewhat Over all the show was deemed a success by ethereal atmosphere as scruffy haired models all and nothing but praise was heard for the hus- paraded down the catwalk. Stylish creations in band and wife design team. black, brown and navy provided 'the classics' with Kelly Robinson the boost they have been hankering for for a long time. The most unusual colour combinations, Water-halls from front page closed for longer as there were with the situation in a "well- worries about the amount of water organised fashion" despite the dan- the building had absorbed from the ger involved due to live wires and pipe - acroprops were put into cables. Although power had been place to support the ceiling beams Junior Enterprise Society shut off to the levels affected, the and pillars of the lounge. Most of extent to which the water had the wood in the building that spread was not realised until later absorbed water warped and A new student venture which manages and when a shower room was inspect- swelled, in some cases so much ed for water damage and the that doors were not able to open or performs projects for companies and flourescent light was found to be close properly at all. flickering on and off. Pipes and cir- A cleaner informed us that the organisations in Britain and abroad. cuitry that ran through the walls carpets took at least a week to dry were heating up and cold water out even when they used vacuum If you have the ambition, imagination came out boiling due to heat dissi- cleaners designed to suck up water and motivation to help to run one of the pation from power lines. Room and had to resort to using blankets 681 had power cut to it complete- and sheets from beds. first Junior Enterprises in Britain, come ly after shift engineers inspected it Another small flood occurred and find out more about us: and found the wires in the light on the 25th of September to a dif- switch had almost burnt through ferent pipe on Southside, a hot due to a probable short-circuit and water supply pipe, but it was con- at our stall at the Societies Fair on could have caused a serious fire. trolled and cleared up within min- Tuesday 7th October. The engineers also found a battery utes. Apparently, the plumber room flooded and were met by a knew the pipe would probably "wall of water" when they opened burst but went to lunch instead of at the Introductory Meeting on the door. repairing it. Tuesday 14th October at lpm in room Southside Bar was closed and Phyz cordoned off for several days and a 770 Mech. Eng large amount of repairs had to be completed before it opened again. by e-mail on [email protected]. The lounge above the bar was 3 October 1997 LETTERS

Welcome to Imperial? Letters to Felix... i - : ., . , weapons and as much ammunition not feel threatened by our neighbor ffl SCARY LETTER as they deem desireable at any coming over for a beer with his time of day or night. Other state double-action FROM ACROSS have "strap-on" laws, which state Smith and Wesson model 59 you don't even need a permit to strapped on, nor do we think it THE ATLANTIC wear a pistol openly on your hip. unusual to drive down the block Southside Torrent Right-to-carry laws guarantee the with a rifle in the gun rack on the Dear Felix: right to carry a pistol to any Law rear window of our pick-up truck. 1 came on your WEB pages on abiding adult male or female. That is the difference between my son's Internet browser and am I regularly carry a snub nosed living in a free country, like moved to write. .38 stainless steel police special, America, that puts a space vehicle As an American woman with and sometimes a dock. My hus- on the moon, and a nation like three children I can state there was band prefers a .45 automatic. We Great Britain, that doesn't trust its never a King born who wasn't the are not gun "nuts". Just ordinary citizens and swears allegience to a son of a whore and wasn't a Queen Americans, amazed at how easily whore descended from God they born who wasn't one. Great Britain banned guns during a call "The Queen!". Ha. A monarchy or a government forty five minute "guilitine" session The citizens of Great Britain based in any part on a monarchy is of parliament. have potential, but they must stand simply not a legitimate form of As for myself the United States up for themselves. Freedom is government. People cannot vote government would take my gun something very special and is 3 October 1997 on whether to swear allegience to a only out of my cold dead hand. worth shedding blood for. monarchy. The vote is not legal. A government that denys the Great Britain needs to get rid of I would favor a United Nations right of a citizen to protect him or all ties to a monarchy. Try it. You'll resolution not recognizing govern- herself should be brought down in like it. Then you people need a Felix, Ben Quad. Prince Consort ments based on Monarchs and the blood. constitution guaranteeing your Awl, :,or,.:io-. :SW/.A use of armed forces to bring them We own homes in two states rights. SnAr i A/.'-.. A>:. ',.0C;>;>'.: down. and in Florida every family on the We have a Freedom of AtfAuAt «;.!::' fc: O'.n s .'-;,/> ?*;'; In America, in a place called block owns two or more rifles as Information act guaranteeing us v ':. ir-hirii.ii;' Brooklyn across from Brooklyn well as a handgun or two. Families the right to government files. -A ^ ' i V'>4 ;».;;<;., Technical high school is a mass are kept in touch by beepers and England has an Official Secrets Act. grave of twelve thousand we don't need police if there is Air accidents in the US Air Force are Americans tortured to death in the trouble. We have an M-16 in 5.56 fully investigated and the results infamous British Prison shops caliber NATO in the semi-automat- released to the public. moored in the East River. All they ic version and keep handy thirty The Royal Air Force refuses to had to do to be set free was to magazines fully loaded. A maga- release accident investigation files swear allegience to a monarchy. zine keeps twenty rounds but we and this police on the part of British When my youngest son found use eighteen to avoid straining the Aviation.authorities was partly

i'S:;N'Kv!o ?,'v:: i out the English has a King he springs). responsible for the problems with explained: "The whole country The right for a woman to carry the Comets, and is the reasons must be filled with morons." a pistol is especially important. 1 many Americans will never fly in an You see we believe all men are travel in my work and often drive Airbus. created equal, endowed by their alone. My life was saved once by There is no justification for creator with certain inalienable me having a gun in my car. Great Britain not ennacting a

'i : !']-) : .! A' rights. We have a military M-14 in Freedom of Information Act. U'i: In the American State of New 7.62 NATO and also keep twenty I cannot understand how any Prince Consorr Road. London. Hampshire the state motto is "Live ready magazines (twenty rounds sane rational person could write an ..V ' ::: : r ' J Free or Die". I understand the each capacity, but we keep them article making a case for the motto in Shropshire is "Kiss Prince filled with eighteen). Monarchy. I guess mental illness Charles Ass!". We have two shotguns, a semi- and deficiency are more wide- A;:.-.;. The United States has a consti- automatic and a pump action with spread in England than 1 thought. : Mihir r : -.Aon tution guaranteeing freedoms and a pistol grip. You people should come over establishing the government gains For my sons eigheenth birthday to America to live. There are plenty legitimacy from the governed and next month we are buying him his of jobs, low taxes, and a chance to arc: iii-W'i ii not the other way around. We have choice of rifle, which is a Browning be free. 1 am descended from a second amendment automatic rifle in .308 NATO. It is a desertors from the British Navy and :' .: : : Guaranteeing the right to keep and big expense, but will be a collec- we never look back for a minute. :'Al '::.!! .11 bear arms. Every state also has a table. We are not terrorists. But we constitution with more rights. In love freedom. Keep up your WEB site. It's really New Hampshire the state constitu- Every family members knows nice. tion part I article IIA states: "All we have loaded firearms in the persons have the right to keep and house at all times and all of my kids very truly yours, bear arms in defense of them- know how to shoot. 1 have taken Kelly Green Collators, th os': selves, their families, their property them all hunting and we have deer and the state." meat in the freezer. The animal was Thirty seven United States have shot by my fourteen year old. what are called "right-to-carry" You know the interesting thing laws mandating police issue a per- is the casualness with which mit to carry one or more concealed Americans treat firearms. We do J! LETTERS 8. NOTICES 3 October 1997 t

of this fire regulation may see us WOMEN'S MINIBUS SERVICE Hi LICENCE TO lose our Licence. The Police have re-iterated that DRINK we cannot operate a "one in one A free service run by Imperial College Union, to ensure lone female out" door policy, as we are in a students can get home safely. Dear Felix residential area. The minibus service will take female students home to anywhere in We cannot emphasise enough London, leaving from Beit Arch outside the Union building. This is just a little letter to let the importance of this Licence to Runs from midnight until the Union closes every Wednesday and you all know what has been hap- the Union, and the benefits to you, Friday evening during the autumn and spring terms. pening about the Union and it's in being able to provide a safe, fun Extra service for Freshers' Week: From midnight Monday. pursuit of a Public Ents. Licence for and value for money entertain- the bars and dBs. ments, where the profits are re- After two visits to court, a lot of invested in other services for you. sweaty palms, a considerable Please co-operate with us and amount of time and effort, we are help us to reach the high standards now happy to tell you that the the authorities will expect, we have Society (OpSoc) Union holds a full PEL, with Music worked hard to get this licence, TUTORS and Dancing. Basically this means help us to make the most of it. that there will be regulated late WANTED! /.uI. o< Mii'iir or. oi.r pair ut< dul night bar openings on a Above all else though have a bril- not manage ro y,cr .in iwv into Wednesday (until midnight) and liant year. As you hopefully know by '/if ICI I ;M;M'>I ii'li. Hi HI CUT. Friday (lam), without any prob- now, Imperial College has a >s any* lems of licences being refused, Mark scheme whereby students spend whne /vrwcvn a iiM'uc rr> over which has happened on a number Events & Marketing Manager one afternoon each week going whelming interest in singing, danc- of occasions during the last two into local schools and helping ing and on-stage performing act- years. the kids with science or maths. ing. We pur on three shows a year, To the Union, this is a huge EDITOR COMES It's perfect for would-be and are planning to perform 'Salad improvement, and allows us to teachers as well as those just offer you a much more reliable CLEAN after a rewarding break from Itc meet lot /I'/ii-r.sci.'s evict- a nerk series of events. their studies. It's also a good - an guarantee a good laugh and a However, this benefit comes laugh, with plenty of social warm welcome to all. with certain responsibilities, and It's Friday, term has not yet events throughout the year. See you at Freshers' Fair! we can only hope to keep the started, the college is quiet and For more info seek us out at licence with your co-operation. The relaxed. No people, no action - no the Fresher's Fair - we're in the Police and Licensing Authority have letters. Tradition dictates that we Ante Room. imposed certain conditions on our make up a few spurious entries of licence, and the main ones that will dubious value to fill up this page, effect you are: but I'm feeling too stressed to be HAIR NEWS HAIR NEWS HAIR NEWS Complaints about behaviour humourous. Take it away, Tom... and noise after an event may result in the license being withdrawn. So please be quiet when leaving the A LOAD OF LIES I area. The loss of the licence for HAIRCUT your bar and events could be lost for everyone, as a result of an indi- Dear Felix, vidual. Don't let that person be 1 am an Imperial graduate £8.00 you. from 2001, and I have just fallen Capacity for Carnivals has had through a hole in time from the to be reduced by 100 on the future to this week, my freshers IMSEX UNISEX UNISEX UNISEX UNISEX INCLUDES: grounds of Health and Safety, so week. I would like to take this you'll need to get tickets even ear- oppurtunity to complain about the playstation to me all year. PRECISION HAIR CUT by fully qualified hair stylist, you get there early it's still free. But on a good note, the destruc- experienced in modern hairdressing, Individual rooms within the tion of the Queens tower was venue now have an official capaci- funny, as was the giant fruit fly that USE OF HAIRDRIER with complementary gel or ty, so there is a chance that should escaped from biochemistry. I also mousse to finish your style. a room, say the Union Bar, be completly agree with the next deemed too full, a Union steward letter. OPEN 9-00AM - 6.00PM will ask you to use another bar. Yours temporally Last Appointment for Hair Cut 6.00pm This may seem petty, but a breach Tom Parkinson Phone for information on other special otters, e.g. Perms. Highlights. Tints.

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London Imperial Network for Education Hello, Hello, Hello campus were also to blame, though perhaps this was due in a Development Greetings all new and returning larger part to poor planning than students (and those unfortunate vindictiveness. With the aim of enough to be here all summer). For throwing more weight behind their Do you want to have a say in your own education? those who don't know, Felix is IC's votes, they have inadvertently put Does the way we learn and create knowledge interest you? free students' newspaper. It's writ- all students at a disadvantage. Do you want to join a team who are involved in developing ten and produced entirely by stu- New elections are set for 1 I student learning at Imperial College? dents and is funded partly by November, and I sincerely hope Are you interested in visiting universities across Europe to dis- Imperial College Union and partly their are taken in the correct spirit; cuss the way students learn in other countries? by advertising income. Unusually, great fun, but extremely important. Do you want to help design new courses which meet industry's though, we have editorial freedom needs? from ICU so that we can print what Thursday Evening, 7pm Can you help us to develop student's creativity and innovation? we like (so long as it is legal). If you picked up this copy from On Monday, 1 was apprehen- We hope to set up a network of park in this unique initiative, your hall, I'm afraid that's a novel- sive, but confident. By Tuesday students in each department to please contact Caroline Baillie ty. Felix usually appears in piles in lunchtime, a certain feeling of join with the ICU president and on 46084 or C. [email protected] the larger departments on Friday dread had set in. Wednesday was the LINKED team of staff edu- or visit her in the Materials mornings. We like to do our bit for grim, but quiet. Where were all my cation developers, in creating Department. First years are your academic standing by giving contributors? What had happened the future of the way students welcome. Motivation and you a reason to vacate your warm to the articles that I had been faith- learn at Imperial College. If interest are more important den on a Friday morning. fully promised? I slogged through you are interested in taking than experience. to lam, which I know is not partic- ularly late, once again cursing my Headless Chickens, and Other unfounded faith in people and my Creatures foolish belief that they will do what : , K! 7,7: 7 ..: 7 7 7, ., .'vyiV. : ' .77' 7 ':':,/ 77 i' < ZQUjl', *A:'\i-2\\-h. they say, when they say. Not that ICU currently lacks a President I'm any better myself. and a Deputy President for Clubs But now it's Thursday evening, and Societies. While the lack of DP and already I've broken my unwrit- "y.yys ';,;'.>'«:. .:>: y'lyis iyy y > '! yy y.yi yb;,t :wKi'V; ''SkiCU 1Sl;/}7Hp!H;««;'y, C&S is unfortunate, the missing ten, personal vow not to keep the : hi' ' " . .-.<: . - . : 7 ., 7y ' ": th'-tYif President is a sorry indicator of the printers here after hours. And still indifferent attitude common at the arts page is blank. '-'0. 'b';- r::t. y7.i:yy''vyyy /, Imperial College. Granted, turnout So the symbolic first issue is rose considerably over last year, completed (almost). It's good, but

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Tony Blair once said that his obtained unless he takes himself The summer infighting with emasculated. The worries project to modernise the Labour out of the shadows and into the John Prescott, the Deputy Prime are justified, since that is Party would be finished when limelight. His formidable political Minister over who was in charge essentially what the leader- people had learned to love Peter power is invisible and his talents when Blair was on holiday did ship are trying to do - not destroy Mandelson. This received a serious used among the 'back room' fixers. Mandleson no good. His arrogance its role, but not to allow it to cause setback last Monday, when a veter- His attempt at an NEC seat was to in going for an NEC seat against the a massive split in the party with the an left-winger, Ken Livingstone, justify his position in the party. "I advice of his friends came a full cir- nation watching. The Government's took the seat on Labour National want to be recognised by the party cle and taught him a lesson in policies must also be decided with Executive Committee Mandelson the nation rather than the so desired. Mandelson had been a Conference shenanigans in mind. prime mover behind modernisation Hamish Common under Kinnock in the eighties, The party voted these reforms becoming the MP the Hartlepool in through happily, with even the 1992. He has had 'the ear' of Westminster trade unions giving them their Labour leadership for over a grudging consent. However the decade now, with the exception of NEC elections still discarded John Smith, with whom he never Eye Mandelson for Livingstone whilst got on. Mandelson's profile rose retaining the left-wingers Diane after his election as an MP, becom- Abbott and Dennis Skinner. This will ing the darling of the public-rela- send a message to the leadership, tions led 'New' section of the party for what I am and what I do" he humility that rather more politicians that although they consent to and simultaneously a figure of said. On the night of NEC results, could do with. Not all is lost for the reform and change, they will not infamy to the unreconstructed old Mandelson found himself in the good Mr Mandelson however. His tolerate the left's voice being muf- left. rare position of Labour MP of being loss with the NEC must be set with- fled completely. Perhaps the party jeered at by his own party, delight- in the wider context of what is hap- membership is more sensible than He knows perfectly well that in ed that he had been humbled, and pening in Labour at the moment. people, including its own leader- politics, the Rasputin never by the press and news broadcast- Widespread reform is still taking ship, give it credit for. becomes Czar. His ultimate goal is ers, who poked fun at him in the place within the party, with its con- a seat in the Cabinet and maybe same way they poked fun at the sent, although there are worries the leadership itself. This cannot be Conservatives a few months ago. that the Conference itself is to be

II o Church Street Tube: Edgware Road. Open Mon - Sat. Not quite as good as the others bu,t con- W(ate r venient if you live around there. Right, now that I've finally managed to For fruit, veg and meat the answer is Brixton squeeze myself into this lofty publication, simple: go to a street market. They have Tube: Brixton (turn right out of station, I can prepare the Culinary Revolution the freshest produce at the cheapest prices under the rail bridges and right again). which will change the world's eating habits and there's one in most areas of London. Open Mon - Sat. Similar to Ridley Road forever. During the year I will be writing Here are some I particularly recommend: but bigger and more vibrant. A great place, recipes, tips and whatever diatribes I feel I go there just for the atmosphere. are appropriate. But first I must prepare North End Road the subjects: you lot. So let's start with the Tube: Fulham Broadway (or walk). Open Although most of the stalls get their basics. Mon - Sat. It's enormous, it has all the goods from the same wholesalers, there usual produce plus an unbelievably cheap are differences in the price and quality so To make good food you need good cheese stall. it's worthwhile checking out and compar- ingredients. This is absolutely not a prob- ing a load of them.

m lem if you're loaded, even in this country. Portobello Road After you've done the rounds of your " !: All you need to do is bomb it down to (The northern end, not the cheesy favourite market, you'll probably have a Harrods in your stupidly powerful flash car antiques bit near Notting Hill). Tube: few bits and pieces still missing. For cere- and take your pick. Or else send your PA to Ladbroke Road. Open Mon - Fri, with als and pulses and stuff like that I go to pick up some just ripe papaya from wher- organic stuff on Thursday. More or less a organic shops (because I'm like that).. ever. On the other hand you may want to pedestrian area and has some interesting Neal's Yard in Covent Garden is pretty minimize your alimentary expenses so you head shops. Plus a fantastic greasy spoon good and there's also a place in can spend your flash on something more with full breakfast for £2.95. Westbourne Grove opposite the funky liquid. In this case you'll have to make a bit loos which I recommend. Unfortunately, more effort. Ridley Road all these places are overpriced but hey, Supermarkets (may a thousand camels Tube: Dalston Junction. Open Mon - Sat. sometimes you have to splash out. relieve themselves in their head offices) can Smaller than the last two, it nonetheless Another favourite of mine are the be useful but only for stuff you can't get has everything you might need (including shops in Chinatown (around Lisle St, anywhere else. In particular they are rub- the tastiest beetroots north of the river) Soho) where you can find a mystifying bish for fruit and veg and meat. plus loads of Caribbean veg like yams and array of stuff from plain bean sprouts to Unfortunately if you're into fish there isn't plantains and the most evil chilies ever weird dried things that probably shouldn't an alternative as SM's have wiped out near- (handle with care and preferably a biohaz- exist in this plane of reality. ly all the independent fishmongers. ard suit as well). Antoine I F ir Morgan means more investment in you.

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arty sorts of all description well we are a science college, eh? yes, really. Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough. Thought for the day No 1: Columbo. You must know Columbo. Lieutenant Columbo? The man with the HARM MWf dirty mac and the ever-present cigar? One of the greatest crime-fighters of the modern televisual age. A great lateral thinker, methodical, always polite, never defeated by even the most complex and dastardly criminal acts. However, after hours of watching this fine man's classic and inim- itable sleuth style, something has struck us here at the Felix office. Do you ever find Columbo's cy behaviour slightly strange and off-the-wall? Let us examine the evidence. Columbo always turns up twenty minutes after A the rest of the police force. Why is this? Does he perhaps ,-; w o live far away? Does he have trouble dragging himself away from Mrs. Columbo? You must admit this is odd. Notice the squint; the mumbling slurred UNION DINING HALL speech and the staggering deliberate movements. His great capacity for thinking not / | MONDAY, 13TB OCTOBER, just laterally but also longitudi- $^$MiKI?':t':,.: it : nally is most advantageous but, Wlffs'SI! r^yim/yMmdm' f . 8PM at the same time, slightly worrying. Is he perhaps struggling against an alcohol problem? Possibly. We have another explanation. BAR, HOT FOOD, LIVE BAND His interrogational technique may provide a further clue: "Ma'am, theresh jusht one thing I just don't undershtand. How do H they get the shipsh into thosh little bottlesh? And can I have a bite of that doughnut?"

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MIGOVEC SYSTEM TOLMIN, JULIAN ALPS, SLOVENIA ALT. 1830m, DEPTH 958m, LENGTH 7.2km subterrainean SURVEYED TO BCRA GRADE 5b Imperial College Caving Club Jamarska Sekcija Planinskega _J> slovenia Drushra Tolrntn 1994-97

Bizzarely-named his summer the Caving Club ground and returns to the surface the plateau. Ml6, was visited. of rope. One member of the team hole, and in a storm it may sump. trips to bottom the pitch. We were returned to Slovenia for the deep in the surrounding valleys; Many of the members wrote-off was the Slovenian caver Andrej However they were not discour- 910m deep and the water disap- t fourth consecutive year to the plateau is covered with large the area as being unpromising, i Fratnik. When the bottom was aged—they had explosives to make peared through a crawl which we chambers and continue the exploration of depressions and holes caused by Some however, had been in Torn reached the growing fear that this the hole bigger! could fit through, but you had to the caves of the Migovec Plateau. water erosion and in winter many T-shirt during a violent storm and was actually part of the cave M2 At -800m the caves split into get very wet to do so. Additionally, painfullly narrow The cave system which we have holes on the surface 'breathe' had heard the roar of a stream was confirmed. Adrej found a plum two ways, one wet, one dry. The we were unsure how quickly the discovered has developed from a (blow relatively warm air) which beyond the squeeze. They felt sure stone at the bottom which he had first way to be explored was the dry stream reacted to heavy rain passages. Tim 'Shed' tight and unremarkable cave into demonstrates that a significant vol- that there were significant discov- dropped the last time he was down way. On Monday 4th August a storms, a pulse flood in such an an impressive system containing ume of air is trapped underground. eries to be made if only we could there in 1979. team returned from camp to the area would very dangerous. On huge galleries, vertical pitches, Despite all the potential for a large force a way through this obstacle. The next trip concentrated on surface. Every one was waiting for FA999 there was no room for mis- Wright reveals all. streams and chambers. The cave system it eluded explorers for In '95 we came prepared with exploring The Void. Adrenaline was the news. Unfortunately that part takes. We decided that at this Migovec System, at 958m deep, is many years. crowbars, hammers, chisels and a 1EOTIHUACAN high, the pitch seemed to be about of the cave only reached 958m stage we should look elsewhere for now the fifth deepest and fourth In 1994 the caving club wrote cast iron will, in Torn T-shirt we got 40m deep. Eventually we got to the deep, this section was named leads. Again the 1 km had escaped longest cave in Slovenia. Potentially to several Slovenian clubs with a through the squeeze which defeat- top of a large pitch. We had found 'Good not Grand' as it didn't make our reach. the cave could attain a depth of view to setting up an expedition. ed us the pervious year Level 2, a chamber about 25m high the kilometre. At the bottom was a What we had found in previous 1300m which would make it the We got a reply from Andrej Fratnik (Optimisqueeze) only to find it lead and 30m in diameter. It has two static sump. This led to discussion years happened again—some of second deepest in Slovenia and of the JSPDT in Tolmin who gave us immediately to a second squeeze pitches in it: Arian 5 (about 30m), of whether it was the limit of depth. the best leads were made fairly make it the deepest cave ever dis- permission to explore the Migovec (Turtle's Head squeeze). We ham- Divine Brown (about 10m). A large It is generally considered that it close to the end of the expedition, covered by a British group. Plateau that summer. The 1994 mered our way through and even- passage also went off in a northern isn't. Predicting what the cave will leaving a number of exciting leads The Tolminski Migovec plateau expedition spent six weeks pros- tually got to a 30m pitch. We were and southern direction. When the do was a hot topic of discussion. for next year. The Slovenian cavers is at an altitude of 1800m and is pecting on the surface of the soon squashed into several even cave survey was plotted using the Our hopes hadn't faded as no doubt will be doing some explo- situated in the Triglav National Park plateau and looking for promising tighter passages. The absolute GOOD N*^ computer we noticed that the new there was still the wet way to push. ration in the cave. The cave has in north-west Slovenia, bordering leads. The most important discov- worst was the Nutcracker squeeze 1000 passages were within 20m of M16 This Way although wet was not too developed from a small shaft series on Italy and Austria. Exploration of ery was Torn T-shirt (M18) which is which is so tight that you have to (the other cave explored by the wet. Then we hit FA999, the name to a world class system that is the caves of Migovec was first car- extremely tight and arduous and remove your harness to squeeze Slovenians). A lot of effort was put gives an indication of what this Slovenia's most important recent ried out between 1976 and 1981 was explored to -78m. through. All this work meant we into trying to find a connection with pitch was like. It was a 40m wet discovery. There has been a one by the Tolmin caving club (JSPDT). Additionally, during the '94 expedi- had less than two weeks to explore M16 and eventually this effort paid pitch, unfortunately the stream hour program on radio Slovenia During that time they found two tion, the deepest known cave on the newly discovered NCB off. We had laid the foundations for breaks up and fills the whole pitch discussing the exploration of the significant caves passage. The most access to the lower parts of the with spray. The water temperature system. It was also one the high- which they called important leads wpre a massive free hanging pitch and a system. is about 1°C. It took two camping lights in the recent British caving M2 and MI6 small crawl from the roof of the passage. The big pitch was Arriving in Tolmin this year, we conference and the deepest dis- which were 350m named Godzilla. Every attempt to bottom it was unsuccess- went to the pizza cafe for the usual covery by a long way! It has been a and 547m deep ful—it took a rock 4.5 seconds to hit the ground, and from final taste of beer and real meat. privilege to explore in this area. respectively. The the bottom of 90m ol' rope it was thought that the bottom We met Andrej and Simon, two of If you think you want a piece of caves did not join, was still 20m-30m down. "Had difficulty in threading the Slovenians, who told us that this action then why not try caving? although their descender at the top of new pitch. Went down to first knot the cave was now 700m deep not We will have a stall at the Freshers entrances were and, in the midst of nothingness, spent 10 mins. trying to 281m as we expected. In 1996 we Fair. You never know, you could within 100m of work out how to pass it...kind of scary! Slowly down to sec- had found a way off to a 50m pitch soon be exploring system Migovec, each other. In M2 ond knot, the rope hanging closer to the wall. Top of rope at the end of Exhibition Road 1 km under the ground and making a very large 120m well out of sight and no sign of the floor. Worried now. Down (which we called Bikini Carwash). history... pitch called to end of rope, slowly, very slowly. Tied on the last rope and Unfortunately we had not enough 'Tolmniski Silos' went down doing my best not to bounce around (as there time to go down it. The Slovenians Slide show Thursday 9th October at was found and was a bit of a rub point higher up). Nowhere near floor at end had pushed down this pitch 7pm (venue to be announced) also a massive of rope...! reckon another 20m. Thought I could see two pos- (named XXX) and found another E-mail: [email protected] chamber called sible ways on at the bottom. Ascend slowly finding it a bit of even bigger 75m pitch 'Sajeta'. At 'Galactica' in an ordeal -my whole life resting on four bits of stretched rope the bottom of this was a stream. Ml6. The plateau and a bolt put in by CV Pete!" (diary entry). We had to wait This was the first time a stream had has many features for next year's expedition to explore further. been found in the cave. There are which indicate Morale was very high in '96. An underground camp was other wet sections, but they were good cave poten- set up in NCB passage. We were fortunate enough to be lent only seepage of water through the tial; all the rain a laptop computer by Hewlett Packard, which allowed us dis- rock. This stream had been fol- water and snow play the map of the cave while we were on top of the moun- lowed down to -700m where the James Hooper at the entrance to melt sinks imme- tain and visualise its progression. The first camping trip was way on got too dangerous. The M16. diately into the Tony Hayden abseiling into Ml 7. Photo: Richard Anderson to bottom Godzilla, a team of three went down with plenty water disappeared through a small Photo: Mark Evans 14 FILM 3 October 1997

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We take a look at some of the Air Force One films currently in the cinema that Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary you may have missed over the Oldman, Glenn Close summer... Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Harrison Ford was born to be My Best Friend's the US president, so playing him is probably good practice. He Wedding certainly starts off well, giving a Starring: Julia Roberts, Dermot publicity grabbing speech saying Mulroney, Cameron Diaz that he will never succumb to ter- Director: P] Hogan rorist threats. These honourable motives soon become tested to the The most successful romantic limit, however, as Air Force One is comedy ever is an odd one. hijacked by terrorists demanding Roberts plays Jools, a vicious food the release of a Russian revolution- critic who has been the best friend ary leader. The President and his of Michael (Mulroney) for eight family are on board at the time and years. On hearing of his impending this action thriller sees Ford sneak- marriage to the young, beautiful ing around the plane trying to save Kimmy (Diaz) she realises that she the hostages. feels more than just friendship for As far as films of this type go, him and so sets out to ruin the this is excellent stuff. Breathtaking wedding by any means necessary. visuals and sound combine with This clearly isn't the sort of Ford's usual stylish hero to make activity that romantic comedy leads this the best action film of the usually get up to. But, as many summer. reviewers of this film seem not to have noticed, we're not expected "Okay, okay, I'm sorry. You did to root for Jools. When she humili- look great in The Full Monty" ates Kimmy in a karaoke bar it is the naive girlfriend we feel for, not the manipulative "best friend". So this strange plot doesn't put us off Men In Black The Full Monty some truly hilarious sequences, Starring: Robert Carlyle, Ray Starring: Will Smith, Tommy- Starring: Robert Carlyle, Tom usually centred around Rupert Winstone, Steven Waddington Lee Jones, Linda Fiorentino Wilkinson, Mark Addy Everett playing a gay friend of Jools. Director: Antonia Bird Director: Barry Sonnenfold Director: Peter Cattaneo He's drafted in to pretend to be her fiancee in an attempt to make Another heist-goes-wrong film, If you haven't heard of this then Haven't seen it actually. But, Michael jealous, but is too camp to this time set in the heart of gang- you're probably one of the aliens absolutely everybody who has says be convincing and is uncomfortable ster London. Five robbers fall out that feature in it. The brilliant Smith it's "bloody amazing". Six un- with the deception. Everett steals after discovering they've only combines with the ultra-cool Jones employed men try their luck at every scene he's in with a combina- nicked a fraction of the two million to protect humanity from the stripping in their local club. And tion of great lines and quality phys- quid they were expecting. Honesty extraterrestrial vermin that infests that's about it, but apparently it's ical comedy. among thieves is soon discarded as our planet. Together they are the insanely hilarious so go and see it. In fact, all the actors are one of them helps himself to the Men In Black, stopping illegal immi- impressive, except the slightly dull booty and so the villains start fight- grants eating humans and driving Mulroney who doesn't seem the ing amongst themselves. taxis. sort of guy that women would fight Quality acting and some The two leads work together over. However, what sets this film inspired directing make this a perfectly and the special effects are apart from so many others in this superior thriller. great - the only problem with this genre is that rarest of attributes: an excellent film is that it's too short. unpredictable ending.

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Contact Starring: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods Director: Robert Zemeckis Jodie Foster returns after a break of three years to play a sci- entist who devotes her life to lis- tening to the airwaves, waiting for a message from space. Her prayers are answered when she receives an extraterrestrial transmission giving instructions on how to build an alien ship, but there's a problem. Sent with the D1Y guide is an image of Hitler giving a speech, which Jodie Foster still can't pick understandably raises doubts in the up Channel 5 in Contact US government about the motives of our intergalactic neighbours. WANT TO 111' Based on an award winning novel this is far above the usual Bean Austin Powers: GEORGE standard of Hollywood sci-fi. It Starring: Rowan Atkinson examines the different attitude Director: Mel Smith International CLOONEY S NEW between religious believers and sci- entists to the questions of faith and The idiotic Mr Bean ends up in Man of Mystery FILM BEFORE proof and, whilst hardly being America as a representative of the Starring: Mike Myers, Liz Hurley degree level philosophy, makes for Royal National Gallery in this con- EVERYONE ELSE?.. Director: Jay Roach a pleasant change to the version to the big screen. Independence Day approach to Circumstances see him mistaken Wayne's World's Mike Myers Well, thanks to FFI Beatwax and aliens. for an art expert asked to officiate returns to the big time with a spoof Felix you can. We've pulled some At times the whole thing at the opening of the greatest US of the worst of 1960s psychedelic big strings with UIP and have becomes a bit too Forrest painting ever, with the usual films. By day he is a photographer managed to get hold of a print of Gumpified in overdoing the senti- disastrous results. but by night he is a secret agent, their newest blockbuster; The mentality and superimposed If you're a fan of the TV show fighting the frightening Doctor Evil. Peacemaker. effects. In general, however, this is then you'll love this but for those The whole film makes a mock- This adrenaline pumping thriller a first class film which develops a who dislike the rubber-faced ery of every Bond film ever made sees George Clooney and Nicole sense of wonder about space not weirdo this isn't recommended. in a very stylish way. Don't expect Kidman on an international man seen since Close Encounters. There's only a small amount of much of a storyline and you'll find hunt trying to track down terrorists character development and noth- this seriously amusing stuff. who have stolen a nuclear bomb. ing to convert those who aren't Following an "accidental" explo- already fans. sion in Russia, governments world- wide are on red alert and so America's best nuclear scientist and finest intelligence officer are called upon to defuse a global crisis.

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ALBUMS

I know what you're thinking. "At DUBSTAR last, the music pages!!" Well, yes, the following pages of reviews are Goodbye Like rabbits, Dubstar en last dance, suspicion and jeal- by a crack commando squad of are frozen in the head- ousy leading to some serious fang- highly-qualified reviewers who live, lights of an approach- baring - "To get my revenge I want- breathe, eat and sleep music. ing second album. ed to spike her 1 And laugh in her Their only intention in life is to Loaded down with tons of glowing face when she's tripping with fear". bring their opinion of the latest copy about Disgraceful, the album Jesus, you twisted bitch! But if it's releases to you so you have some- thunders toward them, about to blatant pop thrills you're after, thing interesting to read in lectures crush them like... well, like roadkill. there's still enough to keep you on a Friday morning. Can they break free from the fixat- happy. / Will be your Girlfriend has ing beams? Can they produce the such a triumphant little guitar riff it This week, as well as all the usual follow up to what was in my (and distracts you from the fact that the albums and singles, we have part many other's) opinion, the finest title lyric is no flirtation - it's a one of a summer albums round- album of '96? threat. The suffocating stench of up. This will give you a guide to small-town life is smelt on The the best albums released over the Although not as instantly accessi- View from Here, and soundslike past few months and is truly indis- ble, Dubstar haven't eschewed the Abba's The Day Before you Came. pensable. lush melodies and poignant, Yes, it's that good. Sadly, Goodbye Smithsian lyrics of their stunning loses my attention in the more Every week, we will endeavour to debut. Rather, they have expanded string-laden, produced, tracks such bring you reviews of everything their sound to encompass a much as It's Over or Ghost, which is wor- from pop to drum 'n bass, from wider range of influences. Just lis- ryingly close to lift muzak. But the hip-hop to dance. As well as the ten to the Red Snapper oboe loop final track, Let's Go, restores my reviews, there is the news column on Inside, and the minimalist, icy faith, so brimming with defeat and (which you are currently reading) beauty of Polestar for evidence. resignation that as it fades out you which will tell you all the latest Sarah contem- And always at the heart of these can believe their hearts fade with it, news and gossip from the glitzy plates modelling songs are minor key melodies, stilled by the sheer scale of the music world. If there's anything for Cossard. brought into sharp relief by Sarah's ache within. you want to know about your melancholic delivery. On No More favourite artist (or indeed anyone) Talk, a plea for an end to the end- Back on the road, Disgraceful roars then write in and ask - this is where less dissection of a floundering past. Dubstar blink and realise that you get your answers. relationship, or When you Say whilst making a worthy successor, Goodbye, where the acid tang of they've survived. Norm H There will also be countless com- paranoia creeps through the drunk- petitions over the next 30-odd issues, including ones next week for Alanis Morrissette, Tori Amos THE SUNDAYS Think You Can Do and Fleetwood Mac videos, so keep tuned in. Static & Silence * '/2 Better?

Finally, don't forget to get involved. If you want to get free avid Gavurin. and Harriet enough, but at least spare a If, after reading these next few tickets to gigs, get free music and Wheeler probably get sick of moments thought for your rapidly pages, you're thinking to your- other free stuff, and you can write Dhearing these words - fluffy, decreasing audience. self, "I could do that", then make coherently (or even if you can't!) cuddly, lovely, cosywarm and snug. your way over to the Felix office then we would love to meet you. Thing is, if you're going to make Harsh criticism aside (thank god, it in the north-west corner of Beit Come to the Felix stall in Freshers songs that revel in emoting these feels like stoning squirrels), the Quad. Fair in Beit Quad and sign up. Ther words, what other ways have we to album crawls towards redemption will be loads of give-aways as well consider them? These are songs of with the inclusion of some fantastic If you pass the stringent mental at the stall so it's definitely worth a people so obviously in love that songs. She waltzes along like the and physical tests, we will send visit! Also check out the article on alone, one is almost excluded. best song All About Eve never you on a three month training the far right. Access only available to couples in wrote, all flushed cheeks and course to Brazil, where you will the final stages of extreme soppi- unselfconscious joy. But it's been a learn the finer arts of music jour- ness. No cynics allowed. long seven years since 1990, and nalism. You will learn how to And now, the marking scheme... while The Sundays have matured write the perfect album review The Sundays seem to have lost the the pop world has become increas- (200-300 words) as well as how All reviews are given stars up to a pop-driven sounds of their essen- ingly obsessed with instant thrills. to get them in on time. You will maximum of five. The ratings are tial debut album, Reading, Writing Although Cry is undoubtedly a well- be given countless singles to take as follows: and Arithmetic, in favour of more crafted song, lyrics like "I'm stand- back home and you will have to folky, adult, songs. The single ing on the platorm, staring from a cast your critical eye over them Columbia Supreme Summertime is the probably the train I the trees roll back really for the benefit of your fellow only exuberant of all the songs makes me cry" are indicative of the Imperial students. You will also ir-kit -k Mocha Java here, and still only in stoned, retrospective feel to much of this be made to inteview and review Sunday afternoon kind of way. As album. gigs of bands of whom you * + * French Roast the devotional When I'm Thinking Of course, my Mum thinks it's would sell your granny to meet. About You comes along, Harriet tops, and reckons it'll look really * * Kenco and David seem more like the nice next to her Elton John CDs. Forget the army, this is what it's hippy-drippy couple crooning to Norm H all about. Come to the Felix * Nescafe each other in the Healing Fields at office on fridays at 1.30pm to Glastonbury, totally absorbed by find out more, or visit us at the their mutual love. Which is fair No Stars De-caff fresher's fair. H 18 MUSIC 3 October 1997

ALBUMS

W hen the Verve dis- Information on these sort of things bittersweet symphony this life/ try- banded after 1995's is never very forthcoming from ing to make ends meet, you're a THE VERVE album A Northern Soul, press and record companies, but slave to money then you die" are the split seemed com- the rumours flew around. There brilliant in their simplicity and direc- Urban Hymns plete. There seemed no chance of were then the rumours about what tion. Then there's Sonnet which them re-forming and certainlly no each band member was going to has the best melody of any song chanvce that they could make do with his career afterwards this year. Of course, the second much of a comeback. This seemed (including ones about McCabe join- single from this album, the recently to sadden a lot of people as The ing the Stone Roses after John released The Drugs Don't Work is Verve represented, to them, the Squire's hasty exit). Supposedly, worth mentioning because of it's kind of band that were generals of what the time apart did give them bare production that gives it a the army groups who produced was time enough to decide that haunting ambience that accen- songs that ached with emotion The Verve couldn't die. tautes it's sheer beauty (sorry to whilst maintaining hardly any get soppy...) cheesy ballad-like qualities about Urban Hymns is a good a way of them. They were the then kings of describing the music that The Verve It's not all medium-paced rock 'northern' soul, something they produce as northern soul was back anthems, though. As the album themselves obviously realised in 1995. This is a collection of progresses, the lyrics expose more when naming their second album. songs that will burrow themselves and more of the Verve's soul and Richard Ashcroft's voice always into your sub-concious in such a what lies underneath. They are a seemed to have a stern 'life should way that you will be humming the rock band, after all, and they The Verve: Happy not be like this and that's why 1 am tunes to yourself for weeks after remind everyone with tracks like as ever. singing about it' air to it and Nick you've heard them. The gorgeous Come On and The Rolling People McCabe's guitar was beautifully dif- strings arrangement on the album's which stay on the right side of ferent every time he used it: distor- opener (and first single) A heavy. I'm running out of space tion here or there; hardly loud Bittersweet Symphony is typical of here, so I'll just tell you that you enough to hear in other placesetc. the mood as well as the sound of have to get this album, OK? And So why did they break-up? the whole album. Lyrics Ike "It's a no ifs or buts... Alok H

MORISSEY Maladjusted

t must have been some two The Union Jack and the Madness w^ooka have been flogging their lyrics like "He says he is 'curious' I years ago now. We had taken debacle, Saint or Sinner? It has Says he wants to 'touch me' with I our lives in our hands and trav- always been easy to take the piss, I indie toilet circuit for a few his finger I Claims he's got an elled to the murky depths of Illford, set him up, the runt of the litter vc-ar.-i now. ataaxs jppoarsng itch". This confessional style is a grim little nowhere station her- destined to freeze without Marr to halfway down the bill at every fes- often used to great effect, as on alded a grim little nowhere town. A look out for him. So where are tival, and have obviously acquired "Rubber Arms", a scream of pent- perfect situation then for one Mr. you now Johnny? Where indeed a small bur devoted following. up fury about sexual frustration. Stephen Morrissey. We had are all the journalists who relished Spinning, their second album, is expected to be surrounded by 30 the demise with such open hostil- apparently their foray into "electri- But it's not all trauma, as the somethings, hankering for a past ity? Go on admit you were wrong. fied raunch". And a sound move k Bjork-ish storytelling of Higher and when they had soothed their awk- See, such is the fervour that Sweet Butterfly tell tales of d. ward teenage anxst at the alter of Morrissey can inspire. If you don't the Smiths. What we got was the like him now, didn't like him then, While the 'Martha's Harbour' Imagine if the High Pixie herself next generation of lost souls, strumming of Higher marks out had been brought up in Somerset mouthing every word, not to This their sound as fundamentally folky, on a diet of Fairport Convention Charming Man or How soon is Natasha and Sharon (sharing song- and Kate Bush, and you're almost Now but to anything and every- writing, vocal and guitar credits) there. Before you know it, they'll thing from Morrisseys then latest soon prove they have a vicious be going to edge of their cliff to offering Vauxhall and 1. Looking bite when provoked. Mean Girl throw little things off. So when the "around 1 could well believe that sounds like an out-take from PJ tunes occasionally start to resem- these pimple faced devotees Harvey's debut album, Dry, as it ble Radio 2 drive-time fodder, the weren't out of their prams when spits and twists around a crushing lyrics are always interesting The Smiths first sang "but Heaven guitar riff. Curiously, the drummer knows I'm miserable now" and is Rob Ellis, who used to play with that, sorry, is the point. er.., P| Harvev. Indeed, his contri-

You see, Morrissey has transcend- then this album will make no dif- ed the generations. Most people ference, but this is a great album. grow up and out of their self- Alma Matters is the most infec- album, whereas I found it worked loathing growing pains but there tious single of the year and if you much better as a bladder relaxant. will always be those ready to fill ask nicely I'll share it with you. their shoes, the nerds, the geeks, You know I will. Of course I will. I songs coupled with two truly the unloved, go on, admit it, said I will. Inky H beautiful voices, 1 sure I can for- you've been there as well. give them that. Norm H Stephen Morrisey is still 16 and, yes, he has been proved fallable. 3 October 1997 MUSIC

ALBUMS FIIMUEY QUAYE CDROM Maverick A Strike * D-Code...

'"' J" When an album's songwnting credits Contains music tracks from include the late great Bob Marley and Lionrock, Republica and others, a ^~Zm when the protagonist's nephew is some- large quiz and a graphical music M> one known as Tricky, you have to start lis- program, intended to let you write tening. An album full of some of the most laid-back similar music. You can't access this cool in the world appears under the name of Maverick 'Arcade of Sound' until you've got A Strike by Finley Quaye. Here is a man with a curiosly all the questions in the quiz cor- interssting voice; he sounds like a ninety-year old rect. This is because the disk was crone that's just swallowed a whole cannister of released by the National Drugs Helium but he fits in over the hypnotic reggae-influ- Helpline, and they want you to find enced music quite nicely. The classic cut here has to out all about the dangers of drugs. be Sunday Shining (the one co-written with Marley) in The graphics are truly stunning which the simplest of riffs catches your immediate - obviously a huge amount of work attention. There are the more sample-driven and has gone into its chaotic, MTV- dance-y tracks too like Supreme I Preme which has a style presentation. There is always hard (yet still very cool) backbeatcoupled with some something moving, silly games to strange effect on the vocals. keep you amused and even the 'right-on' D) voiceover, which Even After Ail gets back to the whole man-with-a- would normally be irritating, is strange-voice-but-nice-melody thing with aplomb and amusing for its surreal comments. then there's Red Rolled And Seen, a track with a very This is a good job, as the ques- funky outro. Falling brings in a quieter element to the tions are predictably facile and Finley shows proceedings with its simple bassline and vocals which there's an awful lot of them. It also everyone exactly- is punctuated momentarily with swathes of strings. requires you to run your monitor in how to dance to 256 colour mode. Jeremy his music. A fine album and one deserving all of its recent credit Pick up your free copy of D-Code in the press. Alok H at the Felix Office LTS

Portishead - All Mine The Sundays - Summertime sense of experimentalism. A tremendously cool Truly terrifying stuff. You'll be shocked to learn A fine tune for a sunny, love-filled day. Sadly, my lead guitarist (who looks and sounds like joey that All Mine is straight out of a Sixties spy personal life sucks and the weather's turned Santiago). Songs that make my heart soar, my thriller, Beth Gibbons playing the siren luring you right nasty, so it loses most of it's appeal. face flush and my feet twitch, something only onto the rocks of a bourbon and ice, before ever achieved by a) a lethal cocktail of drink being drowned by your sorrows. Cowboys, pre- Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter fane and drugs, or b) The Pixies. I think you may viously limited to a 5000 copy release, is also Almost everything about Belle and Sebastian is begin to grasp my point. If Hurricane doesn't included here and sounds like an 'alien seduc- brilliant. The themes of the songs, from empty have you bouncing off the walls, you must bum tion' scene from Star Trek (can you imagine lives in grey, industrial unemployment capitals, your copy of Surfer Rosa immediately. Beth with green skin?) - it's trip-hop Jim, but not to dreams of escape, freedom and sexual as we know it. ambivalence. The music, both gentle guitar and The Pecadiloes - Initial Transmissions EP insistent Wurlitzer fighting for control. The feel- To make a Pecadiloes EP first take an angst ing that Dusty Springfield would have killed for statement, for example "I want to kill you", THE ESSENTIAL CHOON these songs thirty years ago. And for these "You send shivers dowm my spine", "I feel things I love Belle and Sebastian. But the voices cold, I feel naked", "My goldfish died last Prolapse - Autocade an over-excited Eddi Reader, and a terminally night", and repeat a different one over and The Best Live Band in Britain are back with this uncertain Ricky Ross, his voice quavering as over again on top of the same tedious tune. single from their new album, The Italian Flag. In another harmony is missed. Many have argued Hey presto an EP! a bid for populist appeal, they've dropped their this is part of their charm. Having seen them trademark edginess for an early Lush sound, and supporting Tindersticks last year, I promise you Idha - Sweet September Rain created a gorgeous, rushing anthem to the spir- that this is part of the reason they are crap If rumour is correct Idha only got her record it of '92. Which is fine if you like that kind of contract because her boyfriend (Andy Bell) was thing. It's quite a relief that we also get a decent China Drum - Somewhere £/se in Creations biggest act at the time (Ride). argument between Mick and Linda (Testation) Where once there was punk fuelled energy, Surely Alan McGee and Co. can get rid of her and some 'Lab-ish meanderings (Pro-Loop) to there is now bog-standard rock. Where they had and live of the profits from the next Oasis show they haven't really gone all fluffy on us. Husker Du inspired melodies, rubbed red raw album? The record is one of those sub eurovi- with passion, there is now a bland wash of over- sion happy soft songs where you keep expect- produced sound. They've got the new album ing Serge Gainsbourge to make a guest appear- (Self-Made Maniac) to convince me they still ance on backing vocals. U2 - Popheart Live EP matter, then I'm giving up. Four tracks recorded in Rotterdam and Sleeper - She's a good girl Fdmonton, led by Please, over seven minutes of Warm Jets - Hurricane EP My god this is bad, from the Texasesque cut-up ramblings from Bono that is dull with a It's terribly dangerous to hail a band as 'the vocals (Ta Louise!) viathe plodding tune (Ta capital DUH. Trading on past glories (Wriere the new Pixies' t's just too much to live up to, and Sleeperblokes!) through the false ending Streets have no Name, With or Without You) they'll more than likely end up bein crap ut and final fade to quiet I hate this song with a does them no favours either. Great songs, sure, let's consider the facts. Behemoth bass lines. passion you can only dream of. but we've heard them before. Pop thrills galore, without the loss ofaw ilful Norm &. Ben E] 20 MUSIC 3 October 1997

SUMMER ALBUMS Summertime, and the living is easy. Part one of our Summer Albums Roundup - eightdisks you really RADIOHEAD PRODIGY should consider buying. Like, today. OK Computer The Fat Of The Land

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BENTLEY ; i SUBCIRCUS You deserve no respect if you RYTHM ACE The follow-up to Jilted justified don't already have this....'nuff everyone's long wait and it sold Carousel said. This is surely album of the Bentley Rythm Ace pretty well too. year.

Interesting arrangements and pro- Last time I reviewed this I was, duction. Worth a listen or ten. well, a little uncharitable. But, it OASIS HURRICANE #1 seems, the boys done good. Worth it just for 86'ci. Be Here Now Hurricane # 1

ECHO & THE

BUNNYMEN A lot of hype, a lot of publicity and PORTISHEAD From the almost psychedelic 5rep out drops one fine rock 'n roll Into My World to the remaining Evergreen album of classic Oasis moments. All Mine guitar-driven cuts, this is a tri- umphant return for e-ride man Andy Bell with a new band in tow. IW

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Those hoping for more Dummy Gorgeously full of strings and may have doubts, but I'm sure this strained vocals, this is a album full album will gain pride of place in of surprises. the Lo-Fi hall of Fame. Fine. 3 October 1997 ARTS 21

THEATRE

Scapln's Tricks Wimbledon Studio Theatre

Scapin's Tricks is Moliere's their utmost to break up their sons' the stage, took offense at any most hilarious comedy. Now relationships. Ottavio and Argante imaginary slight of their love and before you all shake your heads in turn to Scapin for help and here the kept us all in stitches. horror and cry: 'French comedy! tale of plots, counterplots and I was less impressed with the What's that?', read on. This is farce unexpected twists of fate begins. women actors, who were stiff and Scapin's Tricks at its best. Scapin, played by Jonathan woodenly overacted their parts. Moliere Leandro's cheeky servant, Ashley, brought the house down However, Moliere's script did not Scapin, and Geronte's servant, with his antics. His desire not only give them very much scope and Wimbledon Studio Silvestro, have the unenviable task they have to spend most of their Theatre, 103 The of keeping their young masters, time standing about the stage or Broadway, SW19. Ottavio and Argante, out of trouble bustling from one corner to the Tube: Wimbledon. while their fathers are away on This is farce other. business. As you can imagine, The Wimbledon Studio Theatre Runs Mon - Sat at things do not go quite to plan. is a small fringe theatre with an inti- 7.30pm until When their masters return, they at it's best mate atmosphere. I recommend 11 October. discover that both young men have you go along some time even if you £7.50/£4.50. fallen in love with two Young girls. to help Ottavio and Argante and miss Scapin's Tricks. Wherever you Naturally enough their fathers are their mistresses, but at the same sit you are next to the stage so you not impressed with their time to line his own pockets at the end up far more involved in the escapades, particularly as the one expense of his gullible master and play than you would in a big West woman is a gypsy, the other of to extract revenge on him were the End theatre with the view obscured doubtful origin and both without mainstays of the play. Ashley acted by a large pillar. The productions money or connections. Geronte, an out his part with body and soul and themselves are equally good and irascible domineering man, and most of the time his facial expres- more often than not, you get to Leandro, a penny-pinching laugh- sions conveyed more than any of meet the actors afterwards. ing-stock, want an alliance between Moliere's words could. Similarly, Emma their two houses and so they do the young men daydreamed about

PHOTOGRAPHY

Don McCullin Sleeping with Ghosts

Don McCullin (b. 1935) is one whether in the Congo, Nigeria and horror he has gone beyond any- of the world's greatest and most Zimbabwe or Vietnam, Cambodia thing that I could describe or even famous photo-journalists. His and Beirut. Particularly the portraits attempt to understand. career spans four decades (1959 to of young children patiently waiting In the eighties, McCullin turned 1997) and three continents to die from starvation will haunt me away from the horrors of destitu- (Europe, Africa and Asia). During for a long time to come. tion and war towards landscapes this time he has worked for The The front-line pictures of and still life photography. This sec- Observer, The Sunday Times and American Marines during the battle tion of the exhibition brings a wel- lately as a freelance, often risking of Hue have become justly come respite from the feelings of Don McCullin his life to capture history in the renowned. It was images such as pity, helplessness and guilt raised Sleeping with Ghosts making. His work provides a social these which made the American by the rest of the exhibition. documentary and, in a way, a social public question their role in Dramatic and beautiful scenes Barbican Centre, EC2 conscience of our times, raising show Nature at its best. In this Tube: Barbican. moral and social problems which It was Images such as series, McCullin experiments with would otherwise have gone largely these which made the light and its contrasts. Opens 10am Mon-Sat unnoticed. Certain key elements American public question Recently, he has returned to and midday Sunday. act as a leitfaden throughout his social documentary with a series of their role In Vietnam Until 14 December. work: extreme poverty, racial photographs of religious festivals in £5/£3 including the issues, ethnic conflicts, war. The India and the poverty directly relat- James Ensor 1860-1949 first major retrospective of Don Vietnam and which created what ed to these festivals: beggars in the exhibition. McCullin's career, this exhibition at some commentators have streets, people dying of leprosy on the Barbican is an absolute must described as 'a permanent dent in the pavements... for anyone interested in mankind's the nation's collective conscience'. When you come out of this recent history. More than twenty years after the exhibition, you will find yourself For the major part of his career, end of that war, the debate still questioning the Western lifestyle Don McCullin has portrayed the continues. Out of all these images and wondering about the state of nature and the dignity of humanity of Vietnam, one stood out. A pic- its conscience. It is a truly harrow- and in contrast, man's inhumanity ture of a shell-shocked US Marine. ing experience. towards fellow men. He captures His eyes stare lifelessly out at you, Emma the pain and suffering of innocent completely devoid of thoughts or civilians caught up in conflict, feelings. This man has so much 22 COMPUTING 3 October 1997

HACKING IN PROGRESS

jacking On [Progress A Festival of Sorts

Hacking in Progress 1997, a computer hacking festival of sorts, was held over three days this sum- mer at a campsite outside Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Incorporating the largest out- doors non-military network in the the computer" contest, which world, with a total of 1,598 com- degenerated into "hack any com- puters, 2,523 attendeese, a 100 puter", mine included. Mbit network backbone, a 6 Mbit Note that hacking in the sense microwave Internet link and 1 of the festival is more like the old tombstone of a certain Bill Gates, meaning of hacking; being very the conference was a great suc- knowledgable about computers. cess. Lectures included computer The event will be held again in security problems, as well as cryp- four years, and is currently going tography, as well as emerging stan- under the name of "Hacking At dards for the Internet, such as IPv6 Large 2001" (HAL2001 ;-). Check and the World Wide Conferencing out the HIP97 website, Network (the successor to !RCv2). http://www.hip97.nl/ The festival included a "hack Leon Brocard

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Computer golf games are pret- This summers ECTS trade show oops I mean photographers around ty standard these days, with the at Olympia prooved that the games her it just goes to show that sex game play based on timing the golf industry is definitely not running appeal sells and sells well. swing against a swing-o-meter. So out of steam. Sony is having an Nintendo has taken much flack what have the programmers put in excellent year in terms of sales and over it's use over expenisve solid this game to make it different? they showed it by splashing out on state storage cartridges in their Running commentaries, water the whole of the west wing of almost new N64. Goldeneye for reflections, new sceneries and a Olympia. Over a hundred the N64 is a James Bond film tie-in, motion capture facility so that you PlayStations donned the arena, its Doom style corridor action will can show all your friends that hole with Namco's coin-op conversion have N64 owners pleased, the big, in one. of Time Crisis and the most unusu- bright, happy smiley graphics of Commentary seems to be the original Actua Golf was a huge suc- al Parappa the Rapper mixing but- the Mario series can make anyone in thing to add to sports games cess last year and with 6 new ton tapping with rap music, suiting feel slightly nausious after a while. these days, Actua Golf 2 adds courses you can't really go wrong. a whole range of games prefer- Starfox, due for release next nothing new except for an interest- Magpie ences. The game play seems limit- month, was on show with the addi- ing mixed commentary from Peter ed to tapping the control pad at tional rumble pack. This pack con- Alliss and Alex Hay (who?). During the right time but with corny rap nects to the controller and vibrates the initial learning stages of the lyrics and characters such as a mar- when the console detects a colli- game the commentary became tial arts instructure with an onion sion or a hit, it may sound like tiresome and was unsympathetic. for a head, had me rolling around another gimmick to drain your bank After being repeatedly told how in laughter. Watch out for Final account but it does add another pathetic my shots were it was very Fantasy VII, in japan this rpg dimension to game interaction. tempting to switch it off and I'm became the fastest selling game Magpie not talking about the sound. ever, while helping to furthur boost Actua Golf 2 has plenty of Playstation sales. options to keep any avid golf fan Eidos was another big player happy. Much of the guess work this year, and Tomb Raider resuced Watch Out For... can be taken out of the game, as Eidos from the depths of dispair your computer caddy automatical- last year. This year's launch of Psygnosis: G-Police is to be ly gives you the most ideal club Tomb Raider 2 (released this enhanced with Intel's Accelerated and the ball's trajectory can be November) was hyped with a look Graphics Port interface. indicated by means of an arc. alike Lara Croft with associated sil- Westwood Studio: Bladerunner, If you are a golf fan, this is the icone implants and timberlands. send in the clones. only golf game you should buy, the Well with the number vultures, 3 October 1997 CAPITAL

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s radi mB 71 Shooting Stars Volcano Don Brown China Drum Clubs and 9.30pm, BBC2 Odeon Kensington Sadie Coles + Cable + Carrie Societies Patlabor midnight, 4.35, 7.05, 9.35 35 Heddon St, Wl University of Lon- BBC2. Dark, but UC1 Whiteleys Anonymous self don Union. £6.50 Please hand diary enjoyable Manga. 4.10, 6.35, 9.05 portraits Roadhouse entries to Felix by Project A Part II Odeon West End Whitehart, W6 6pm Tuesday. 12.35am, C4. Jackie 1.05, 3.30. 6.10, Chan for insomniacs. 8.45(Fri,Sat 11.45)

Open Up ER 10pm C4 Head Above Water David Bate Coldcut Disco, cocktails Pale Rider 10pm Virgin Trocadero Accident + many more and chill-out room 1TV. Better than 12.10, 2.20, 4.30, 40 Underwood St, The Castle, N4. at the Union. Free usual Clint 7.00. 9.20 Nl With circus. £10. Eastwood. Warner West End Landscape pictures Stereolab Psycho 1 1.55pm 2.15, 4.20. 6.40, describing the way +Sukia BBC2. Just watch 8.50 (Fri, Sat, Sun humans spoil the Shep Bush Empire it, OK? 12.10) environment £8.50

Standing Room Teletubbies My Best Friend's Reinhard Mucha Bob Dylan Only 7.30am BBC2 Wedding Anthony d'Offay Wembly Arena. Big screen footie Voyager 7pm BBC2 Odeon Kensington Dering St, Wl £20 (!) Liverpool vs. Alan Clark's... 1.15, 3.45, 6.15, Metaphorical inter- Was There Then Chelsea. Da 8.35pm BBC2. 8.45 (Sat 11.45) pretation of rail- Roundhouse. Vinci's, 12.30 pm. Concluding part. Virign Chelsea ways and memory 1 lam, I pm, 3pm Free. Plus DJ and JFK 9pm C5. 1.20, 3.40, 6.00, with identity 8.5pm. £5/£3. bar games later. Worthwhile. 8.30 Last day.

Freshers' Ball ArtSoc Equinox 9pm C4 Contact Sophie Calle Galliano 4 rooms of live Meeting in the It's all maths. Virgin Fulham Rd White Cube Dingwalls, NW1 music, three bars UDH from at Never... Buzzcocks 5.50, 9.00 44 Duke St, St £12.50 and full club decor. 12.30pm 10pm BBC2 UCI Whiteleys James' SW1 Vovoid £6 - tickets form Film 97 1 1.35pm 2.40, 5.45, 8.55 A series of black and + several supports the Union office. BBC1 Odeon Kensington white snapshots Powerhaus, N4 2.20, 5.55, 9.10 describing an en- £5 counter with Henri B

Mike Sutherland FRESHERS' FAIR Plastic Fantastic Con-Air (£1.75) The Power of Hypnotist and Starting at 8pm C5. Gorey. 4.00 Erotic Design Stevie Starr 2.30pm, all around Hot Shots! Part Scream (£2.25) Design Museum Regurgitator (!) the campus. Full Deux 9pm C5 6.30 Butlers Wharf Shad 8pm in the Union guide in centre Prince Charles Thames SE1 Concert Hall. £3. page pull-out. lots of naughty Plus bar quiz and things live jazz in dB's.

Nine Below Zero University Men in Black Sensation Edwyn Collins + support Challenge Warner West End Royal Academy + The Hybrids Live band in dB's. 8pm BBC2. Not 2.30. 4.40, 6.50 Piccadilly, Wl Astoria, Wl. £10. Common People that we'll win. You must have Guided by Voices indie disco after. Duckman heard of this + Magoo 12.05pm BBC2. show! Well worth + Garageland Surreal animation. a visit. £7 / £4.70. Garage, N5. £7

Comedy from Caving Club Deep Space 9 Austin powers Charlie Chuck and Introductory slide 9pm BBC2 International Man Woody Bop show, Room 340 of Mystery Muddy. 8pm, £5. Huxley, 7.30 pm. Warner West End Plus cocktails and S&G Outdoor Club 3.00, 5.20, 7.30, three live bands. Free lunch and talk. 9.45 12.30pm, Biology LT2. (Under Beit Arch) SPORT 3 October Sailing team keep 7:.a.v; CAP7/V\:- it up for 24 hours hi: i V . . ' ; ''Vyyiyy (:- y:

: ! 'y>.^y.Y"r->. t-.yw: i' :/:::y. Coleraine, Northern Island was ing by Exeter early on the Sunday vase marking the 25th consecutive lose. the location for the ICU Sailing Club morning. year that Imperial sent a team. In annual holiday, on 22-23 June. The Imperial II recovered from a addition to this, we drank, smoked event was a 24 hour race, with an capsize on the first lap to fininsh and danced more that the other days. entry of 25 teams from all over the fourth, helped by the storming per- clubs. UK. Imperial sent two teams, and formance of commodore James Congratulations also go to ICSC with the IC Old Boys, this was the Silvey. Both the Old Boys teams sailor Chris Balding, who has won largest presence at the event ever. also finished in good positions. the Mirror class world champi- The race was dominated by To finish off the superb week- onship, held in Canada. Well done! . f-mv PAKE rVi^) OSV./: Imperial I, who led from start to end, IC took home most of the finish, despite some excellent sail- prizes, and were presented with a Summer of Fun for Gliding Club

together to compete above the cessible sport but luckily Imperial steep wooded slopes of the Black College has an excellent gliding Forest in Southern Germany. club, with a long and distinguished Afandi, Peter and Jane all learnt to history stretching back to the pio- fly with ICGC whilst at Imperial neering days of College, and Afandi and Jane serve British gliding in 1930. The club as instructors for new student has 3 gliders comprising of 1 two pilots. seater in which you can learn to fly The competition involved rac- with BGA qualified instructors, and ing gliders around cross country 2 single seaters for solo flying when tasks at the fastest possible speed. you're up to solo standard. In order to fly these motorless air- Aerobatics can also be included if craft across the countryside pilots you have the nerve! (see photo). must make use of thermal upcur- rents to climb in, and then convert The gliding club meet in that height into distance by gliding Aeronautics Room 252 on straight, descending as they go. Thursdays at 1 pm during which trail Afandi in action in ICCC's ASW-Z4 glider The strong thermals we encoun- lessons can be booked. tered in Germany combined with Alternatively contact the club The Gliding Club achieved a first European Junior Gliding high cloudbases made for excellent captain, Yvonne Thorn on 0171 in it's 67 year history this summer Championships at Musbach, racing conditions. After 10 hard 792 1749. when 3 members represented Germany and Jane Lewis competed fought competition days Peter fin- Great Britain in European Gliding in the European Women's Gliding ished 10th in the Club Class and Championships. Afandi Darlington Championships which were held at Afandi finished 7th in the Standard and Peter Masson formed part of Preivdza, Slovakia. The Junior event Class. the 6 man team in the 4th bought 67 pilots from 21 countries Gliding may be seen as an inac-

THE END OF THE the recent rain, but still quite green. The out- Things initially went fairly badly for our field still had Sahara-like qualities. The toss batsmen, with a catch and an indifferent LBW DROUGHT FOR RCSU was won by RCSU and thinking it would be doing it for the openers. A Pie-thrower of a easier to chase runs, we took the field. bowler proved too tempting for the middle CRICKET TEAM Andy F and Dave W opened the bowling. order, who got themselves out. The tail Andy was unfortunate enough to conceed 29 enders endured to turn the game around, A sixteen-year losing streak has been bro- - 0 in 9 overs. Dave picked up a couple of with Rob P hitting the winning runs. During ken - the RSC Union beat the RSC wickets, though, with a superb catch from the innings, Gareth Smith bowled an interest- Association. The two major modes of trans- Nat W at 1 st slip. ing 'over' - six wides and one no-ball - before port taken to Harlington were Jez for the Dave E bowled the trophy scalp of Careth being illegally whisked off with a feigned foolhardy and an ICU minibus for the stupid Smith, and Rob P lobbed a few interesting injury and installed behind the stumps. - Matt was nervous driving it and was well overs. Nat W blasted the middle orders away We were gallant in victory, and in the bar, and truly wound up by Rob P. with 1- 3 in 3 overs before Dave W returned heralding a run to carry on to next year. After a quick change, Captain Dave went to see off a few more. RCSA declared at tea, Tweaker to inspect the field, it being unusually dry for with 135 for 7. 3 October 1997 FRESHERS' WEEK

FRESHERS' WEEK PULLOUT Welcome to the first week of the rest of your life

Saturday

Today you will discover that your Monday wonderful room with a view of Thur?. Princes Gardens is hidden away up tiny staircases and a minute lift. Alt fiv'elcome to the machine. You will spend ail day queueing to register, Everyo.ii- should -incl themselv-s of your boxes & clothes won't fit, grant cheque, queueing for your ICU card, your firmly erru and after spending an hour trudg- ULU membership, etc. etc. etc. It will take most of the day, so just get atre chair on ' , . ; ~ ing from the car to the room and and get on with it. You might take this opportunity to eye back, you just want to go to sleep. Hp the kx.c'1 tony and subsequently econsider your choice of university. and yes, you will loo! But before you can do that, why Go to the bar, drink covered by the warden of your hall take on. Try tc -njoy io\ take advantage of your parents up=icie down on a toilet with the door open wearing nothing but your own remember, it is what yo some more (hey, that's what they vomit and a horrible pair ol tanga briefs. Someone else's tanga briefs. for. Do your best not to ire there for, right?) and drag them especially if your tutor is to the local supermarket to stock lecture. You will fine up on essential food. Sainsbury's - Tuesday moody and rather clis ;ned on Cromwell Road Big building, after this sudden assault your you can't miss it. I recommend ...sees the last main day of true grey matter so cheer yourself up plenty of pasta - a foodstuff that is ftesher activity. Your department with Bust-a-Gut comedy night at almost Impossible to cook badly - will drag you, hungover and spotty the union. Alternatively you could and as many bags of tea as you to a photographer; his sole mis- Wednesday kill a few brain cells watching an can get - if you're lucky you will get sion in life Is to make the security assortment of College bands with enough to last the whole year, as i card picture that will haunt you for The swots among you will be rel- a talent for causing air pressure the next four years look as If it was ning Wednesday morning as fluctuations of considerable mag- After tearfully waving goodbye to taken after a forty eight hour ben- le departments begin their nitude your lift, you are left with the tr.sk der. Which it probably was If you mind crippling lecture campaigns. of getting to know the people in are any kind of bona fide student. Those of you who are lucky your hall. Stand In the kitchen, put If you have still not sampled the enough to avoid an early conscrip- on the kettle and offer people delights of aicohol abuse, you have tion, or who are rash enough not drinks that normally does it. It to bother going sounds twee but these are the before you are dragged into a pit before amusing y , with people that you'll probably be the inals tor the sports teams friends with for the next few years, Tuesday evening is Fresher's Fair which take x>n. If I maybe longer. Spooky, eh? :':.lghti'-- Ss=. v,'; ^.Hiy^vfiY-v you I >sn blessed the tea runs out. or you fancy depraved fun involved here. with incredible good fortune on Dirtethlng stronger, ICU is open in the courting front, get used to it. the evening with 2 bars, our small Stop whining That pack of three you bought (but perfectly formed) club venue .from your iocai pub may have dBs and a chili out room. Find us in about how seemed likf = good investment at the Beit building on Prince Consort IISK;...... you haven't they will be moth-eaten and dog Friday eared, or used as water bombs at pulled yet, the hall Halloween party. Do not Have you missed any lectures yet? be disheartened. Console yourself Those of you who haven't, well and start 's at the union on done. You have made a superlative start. Those of you who couldn't learning Lei- among you will enjoy the tunes Sunday being spun and there is live music flit; -'.<.. and opted to bnitz's rule. ir and chill-out stay in bed. shame on you. You had better get up and go this morning, hadn't you? Stop whining of the term, or unpacking your possessions into your and start learning Leibnitz s rule. You hall might well be running some kind of welcome The euphoria reaches a climax in event today, so go along to It and meet the subwarclens the union tonight, even if you do &. re-apps. These wonderful people are your lirst choice

music, monster club tunes, T ...; laserquest, with a 2 a.m. bar The be; or the end big screen, showing the Liverpool vs Chelsea footy. of the beginning? Enjoy yourse If. Later on you can relax to the chill-out D| in DaVinci's or

FRESHERS' FAIR 3 October 1997 FRESHERS' FAIR

FRESHERS' FAIR MAP Freshers' Fair kicks off at 2.30pm, Tuesday 7 October, all around the campus. Use these maps to guide you through the chaos.

- us UDH 2 Jewsoc UDH 1 Riding BQ 5 ACC Telecom MDH 20 Judo UG 2 Rifle 8. Pistol MDH 33 Addison Wesley RSM football MDH 21 Longman MDH 23 RSM Rugby BQ 10 ADT 4th World dB's 4 Kttate do Shotokai UG 5 RSMU QL 15 Afro-Caribbean GH 10 MHMg Club QL 16 Agape dB's 9 Kens Committee of Friendship GH 21 Sailing QL 23 Union Building, Second Floor Circus Skills BQ 15 Korean GH 13 Nippon Kempo UG 6 Scandanavian GH 14 Wargames MDH 6 Computer Shop MDH 9 Kung Fu UG 3 Nordic Subscriptions MDH 30 S8.G Outdoor Club BQ 3 Waterstones QL 25 Consoc UDH 3 Shaolin Kung Fu UG 7 Weights MDH 35 Great Hall, Sherfield Building Shotokhan Karate UG 1 Welsh UDH 13 Concert Hall Cricket MDH 15 (CHI Cross Country MDH 29 labour UDH 7 Sikh GH 18 Wine Tasting dB's 2 6 7 Cycling QL 6 l*j§0ies Football MDH 27 Singapore GH 20 Wing Chun UG 4 Cypriot GH 11 iSraies Rugby BQ 8 Skate! QL 11 Lebanese GH 4 Socialist Student Amateur Radio QL 1 Leonardo MDH 28 Worker UDH 5 YM* Club QL 22 Songsoc CH 1 Yoga dB's 7 Antonville MDH 36 ;.e MDH 3 Live lazz CH 3 (on) Spanish GH 22 Arabic GH 29 : Isoc MDH 10 10 t1 12 13 Artsoc AR 7 Dramsoc CH 5 Union Building, First Floor Sporting Motorcycle QL 9 14 15 16 17 30 Astrosoc MDH 41 Sports Centre MDH 4 29 22 18 19 20 21 Squash MDH 40 Queens Lawn Endsleigh Insurance AR 1 Sri Lankan GH 8 Bactainton MDH 14 Entatfeinments dB's 11 STA Travel dB's 10 ;oc UDH 14 Environmental Society QL 7 23 24 25 STOIC BQ 1 6 27 28 j^J Bangladeshi GH15 Explosoc QL 4 Swimming 8. Barclays UF Waterpolo MDH 37 Barclays AR 6 11 12 13 14 Basketball MDH 24 Felix BQ 2 16 17 18 19 fejlwanderers (YHA) BQ 6 GH 19 Olympic Free Table Football MDH 38 Arcing BQ 14 GH 9 Wrestling MDH 31 Tate Tennis UDH 9 Queens Uwn Union Building, Ground Floor fau) Finance Society AR 8 Methodist MDH 42 cf»rf CH 7 Taiwan GH 7 22 23 24 Football Microclub UDH 16 Orange Ten Pin Bowling MDH 13 (Ladies' 8. Men's) MDH 11 Midlank Bank AR 4 Communications AR 9 Tennis QL 17 26 2.7 Friends of Palastine GH 12 Mountaineering QL 5 Orchestra CH 2 Thai GH 28 Orienteering MDH 19 Third World First CH 10 OSC exec GH 23 Financial Times AR 5 PLACES: Wkjjjil Film Theatre CH 9 OXFAM Campaigns UDH 15 The Ministry of Sound MDH 32 dB's dB's (Union Building, B-B-Q QL 14 Nat West Bank AR 3 OYSTEL Times Newspaper SF 1 ground floor) CaiarcRan/Observer AR 2 Netball QL 8 Communications GH 26 Third World First UDH 4 UF Union Foyer (Union Billiards Snooker dB's 8 Nightline dB's 6 Time Out SF 2 Building, ground floor) Boat QL 19 Transcendental BQ Beit Quad (Outside Bridge MDH 8 I i.ind baragliding QL 27 Beit Quad, Outside Union Building GH 27 Meditation UDH 6 Union) BUNAC SF 2 anic GH 17 ;hute QL 26 Turkish GH 30 UDH Union Dining Hall His People Ministries UDH 8 Photo UDH 17 (Union, 2nd Floor) Hockey QL 13 Persian Gulf GH 6 UG Union Gym (Union, 2nd lEG Rugby BQ 13 Pimlico Connection AR-11 lH- Squadron MDH 26 Floor) C8.GU QL 21 PoetIC UDH 11 L1L - Officer GH Great Hall (Sherfield, 1st Campus Travel MDH 22 IC Radio QL 20 Training Corp MDH 16 Floor) Canoe BQ 7 IC Rugby BQ 1 1 Main Dining Hall, Sherfield Building UL Royal Navy MDH 17 CH Concert Hall (Union, 2nd Cathsoc MDH 2 ICCAG dB's 1 University of London Floor) Caving QL 18 ICSF BQ 9 Union BQ 4 MDH Main Dining Hall MDH 7 2 345678; 10 ]/ Underwater QL 12 (Sherfield, Ground Floor) Chess /CU MDH 1 Bar Chinese GH 1 /CU Welfare dB's 5 13 14 15 16 17 18 1? 20 Unihoc QL 2 AR Ante Room (Sherfield, Chinese Scholars GH 1 Imperial Queers UDH 12 11 Ground Floor) rr 21 22 3 24 25 It 27 28 CH 4 QL Queens Lawn (Sherfield) Choir Indian GH 3 foyer Main Dining Wall (A\DU) 111 Christian Union AR 10 Industrial MDH 25 -* 7 11 f 2? 3° 51 32 33 34 35 56 J7 38 3940 4-1 j Vedic MDH 5 CIEE GH 24 International Tamil GH 25 < Arte I Volleyball MDH 18 UNION PEOPLE: ft _ -I !! Cinema CH 8 Iranian GH 2 1 A Mark (Ents manager) Irish UDH 10 B Michelle (Reception) Islamic MDH 39 C Mandy (General manager) Italian GH 5 D Katie (President ICSM) Radio Modellers QL 3 E Eric (President 'til Nov) Rag MDH 12 F Louise (Finance) Japanese GH 16 RCS Rugby BQ 12 G Rob (Dep Pres F&S) Jazz 8. Rock dB's 3 RCSU QL 10 H Jane (Club Finances) Jazz Big Band CH 6 Red Cross MDH 34 I Martin (Advisor) K Neil (Clubs administrator) FreshersiCU GNT5 PRESENTS § Sat 4th 12.30- 12 Sun 5th 12.30 -10.30 OPEN 3JP I Standing Room Only Cheesy tunes & pop faves Liverpool v Chelsea P^P TARTS ThBIliMe biggest games odn the biggesOut screetn toil if I CHI ^ te Chtillecl vibes v\ Union Building FREE DaVinci's FREE J J - Mon 6th 9-3 K Tues 7th 8pm |fl Weds 8fh 9-2 FRESHERS BALL THE UIMUSUALISTS Live music from 1BELOW Live music from Hardhouse from 9*Zero THE KING The Gallery the regurgitator HYPNOTIST StS o rt p/us The Bikilli Cheesytones & pop fayes Concert Hall £3/free w/'tfi passcard Top new and retro indie from STA BAR TRIVIA Beach Band §i 111 win £50 Cash! common people CDcMail Bar & CfiHI cut Cwm Da Vinci's. 8pm. FREE Club decor throughout, BBQ, 2am bar Live Jazz CccWaliiprfciiiiicutfm Union Building lb/free with passcard dBs. 8pm. FREE Union Building a/heewith passcard 1 17 Thurs 9th 8pm FrI lOffl 9-3 BUST A GUT Virol Freshers carnival Live music from Monster club tunes from comedy club Cocktail Nlglit Doctors of Dub HEDOhiZlil (Mi TWWIM freeloader 9 COLOUR LA*«W POP TAR AKIS ABANDON ; Wi-liU'i tl '')'.'i 1 ai'OlJi CHARLIE CHEESE 3 COLLEGE BANDS Club decor thpoughout. RBQr hm bar dBs. £5/free with passcard Concert Hall FREE Union Building £6/free with passcard

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