BROWN STATIONERS ~:STl)jdeNt WE'RE BETTER urday, October271988 20p Cartoons SAS Accommodation • May Be Fire Risk
District Collncil requested a li st or' , householders would withdraw ,------,-----, by Clain: Bennett all accommodation on the SAS and Cathy Milton their properties from the SAS's OOO ks. books should an inspection and The council feel there is a need fire certification become ncccs- THE SAS may be providing_..,. ~o incr:!5e its involvement in the sary. students with accommoda- ,nspecti~n .3nd conirol 0 ! Slan- Mr Stewart, di rector of the tion that does no t meet cur- ~;~~~d;~~~m accommodation let SAS, confirmed that a decline in rent fire safety standards, it The SAS.have refused to supply the number of rooms available as was revealed last week. the list 10 the council on the a result of council ac1ion is·orcon- The disclosure was made fol- grounds that this would breach ~pec~~~a~!:sa~~~~fhh : u:f:~fle~ · ing the Fire Authority's pro- the assurance of confidentiality it 1 ition or a room for use as has made to householders regis· :if~;~:~:. ~~;il~nonymous accommodation and has sparked tered with the University. offarowbelweentheSASand lhe The Department of Environ- He Stated tha't the SAS had District Council. mental Health is currently inves· never supplied accommodation to • An anxious parent complained ligating the legal position of the students on the understanding about a room in the Portobelto SAS and may take action through that the properties were fire safe , area to which her son had been the courts if it is available and if no but that as a result of the current referred by the SAS after he failed · agreement can be reached. furore the SAS would be carrying to get a place in Pollock Halls. The SAS have said that should out its own inspections or acoom- The council immediately they be legally required to hand modation that could be fire risks advised the -GAS that the room is over the list they will do so. through the University's Fire not suitable accommodation. The Mr G. Hunter, of the Depart- Officer. Department of Environmental ment or Enviommental Health, He felt that the whole issue had. Health is quoted as saying that said that he felt that the safety of been blown out of proportion and "such action by the Fire Authority students is more important than implied that the original com isonlytaken in the most serious of the duty of confidentiality that the plaint against the Portobcllo lodg- situations". SAS feel obliged to maintain. ings was motivated by chagrin al In an attempt to prevent further He suggested that the service ·s · the student's fai lure to get a place breach~ of fire regulations the main concern was a fear ~hat in Pollock Halls. Medical Aid for Palestine As well as their forceful of the ~alestinian'.s plight. by Alleen McColgan descriptions of conditions in Wighton told Student after Israel, a film was shown detailing wards that the Medical Aid for IN AN a ttempt to heighten Israeli army· brutality towards the awareness of the plight of Palestinia'.nssuchisinjurieswhich ::~~;/;:e~rf!~~~ont~:d o~:~ Photo: Hugh Phmty Palestinians in Israel EUSA !~~ ~~n t>!~a;::/ro ~~~a;; ~:C~t~~i:ask;;~:~:~~en:em~:i is 1 Pictured above Steven Hunter, a second year hosted a presentation by the blazing ty'res. or corpses from the s1 · Anyone who wishes to join the sentences for planting a bomb in a fast can gt-1 sponsor forms from by Amanda Davidson. and Lorraine Daters beach-bar in Durham which killed any Oxfam shop, the EUSA omces three white women. orfromRoom515in Granlffouse' Poltock. ' A NUMBER orspeakers were It is claimed that his conression was extracted under torture dur Photo: Lucy Hooker invited by Edinburgh Stu• ing his six months detention, but ~------~-!dents Against Apartheid to more generally even large sections talk about Robert McBride, of the white community are said to an ANC member on Death be outraged by the severity or the Row, in the Chaplaincy sentence. At present the campaign Centre last Thursday. for his reprieve Is waiting for Pres H had been originally hoped ident P. W. Botha's reply to a pet that his mother, Doris McBride, ition they organised, and cft would address the meeting but she sequently are trying to get forel" had to attend another meeting in pressure exerted on the South London. John Gordon, a friend of African government. McBride, took her place and gave The other African speaker at the GM Motions event was Caesorina Kana Mak some insight into the man who is now the objed or an international nore, who talked about her experi campaign to halt his execution. ences in a South African jail where McBride was convicted and sen she spent six years for recruiting ON THURSDAY the 3rd of Kirsty Reid and seconded by Rich women who were recently tenced to 80 years and three death ANC members. November the first General Ford. arrested al an anti-interment Meeting of term will take march. · The third motion concerns the· This motion is proposed by place. Oxfam Fast fo r Kampuchea that Marfydd Williams and seconded For those new to the University by Andy Gray. the General Meeting is the sup ~ 1~;~~:~~-n1:~,:1~~ ;~~ ~~ The final moti0n has been put Pints and Punters reme policy-making body of the to recognise and support the Flist. Students' Association. It is This motion is proposed by forward by the Women's Commit- everyonc·s chance to speak and tee and concerns the establish- 1------Martijn Quinn and seconded by Eric Miller and Gerry Corish, on any issue and to sci EUSA ·s Mark Wheatley. ment of a Women's Officer within by Lindsay J\fcClintock policy. theEUSAstructure.ltcallson(I) l--"----'----- seemed at sea as well , swimming in Six motions will be put to the The Animal Rights Campaig the SRC 10 discuss the constitu- THE LUNCHTIME debat the excess of lager perhaps? forthcoming GM , ne rs will propose a motion that tional amendments necessary to ing crew began_ first "Most (students) would rather highl ights the plight of battery theil" drink a pint of Ben Johnson's . The Socialist hens. It ca lls on the GM to man ~n~~o~:~~~~J a~~~c;~Can~~ term session on Friday 21st urine than vote in a student elec Workers· Students Society has put date the Union Committee of to the AGM (2) the SCcretary to tion," stated Mr Gallagher, while forward two motions. The first Management to (I) e nsure that all :~i:h~~:ul~~~fdss:ia~~:; Edinburgh's Miller launched into calls on EUSA to (I) affirm its · publiciie the issue in 'Midweek' eggs stocked in the Union shops and (3) the President to write a pull a pint'" . an accusation of the "neo-Nazi, support fo r a campaign or non arc free range eggs (2) mandate totalitarian dictates" and sexist payment of the Poll Tax (2) Ca ll 'President Writes· on the subject. Tongues have recently been the Union Committee of Manage • The motion is proposed by loosened in the hope that Heine natureorGUU. on Labour Councils not to imple ment to ensure that the eggs used In reply McKee complained ment the tax or fine those who Maitha Braggins and seconded by kin may sponsor the next series of in the production or a ll catering in Claire. friendly debates. However, stan about EU beer and the "Heinekin refuse to pay it. (3) Support all the Unions are free range eggs . dards are unlikely to improve with ? which did indeed taste or Ben demonstrations and lobbies and (3) to mandate the Secretary two crates of free beer on offer. Johnson's urine, but was probably against the tax and demand that The GM promises to be a lively to publish an article in 'Midweek' This week, invited Glasgow less intoxicating". "" the University authorities refuse occasion. In the past motions put on the subject of battery hens. forward on issues such as North University debaters Stephen Gal Finally, Ms Corish passionately to co-operate with the implemen This motion is proposed by Dan. lagher and Andrew McKee made argued for a strong student tation of the tax forthwith. ern Ireland have provoked lively Watson and seconded by lain debate and the government"s sober attempts to define the issue leadership unlike the "outdated This motion is proposed by Catto. itself. Edinburgh's challengers, dinosaur" orouu. Tony Povoasand seconded by Joe recent legislation regarding the The Revolutionary Communist Province make it part-icularly topi Marshall . CROSSWORD ANSWERS Party of Great Britain will put for cal at this time. The second motion from SWSS ward a motion calling on the GM Whether or not Y'ilJ-1 have put P;>UUV II l~'tfZ pµvn .iawwns I lUT]Qi 1Junso1 is one that students may recognise to (I) support the campaign for forward a motion the GM is an dµ.L IZ ~Ol!l\Oy 4.5 per cent and 5.5 per cent only by Katka Krosnar just keep up with the cost ol livmg and arc low compared io the TECHNICIANS within the national average of9.S percent. U niversity may consider tak- 50 ing further action fo ll owing a nu:~;s is i~ 1~~~::i1~!'°~:~; National Day of Protest on recruited especiall y in the case of Pholo: Steven Chittendw the 18th October if the Gov- 1he Geology Depanmcnt which that the town, with a popula the st ri cken region, Commander ernment continues to refuse has recently expanded and' tion of 15,000, was almost Hunter Campbell , who said thal to take steps towards funding recruited extra academics, but no the agreement would "arouse completely destroyed by interest in the community groups pay increases among non- new technicians. Mr Angell did THE FRIENDSHIP agree- Hurricane Joan at the 0 1 in Edinburgh. in Bluefields. in teaching staff. - ~t\~ ~~5 ~;c~~~;i:~1!"1~~tS~i~. ment signed last week bet- weekend. Nicaragua and the general situa· The latest actmn was appa versit y as a step in the right di rec- ween the City of Edinburgh The Lord Provost highlighted tion in Cent ral America". rently well supported by Man· tion, and hopes permanent posi- a nd the Caribbean coastal the threat posed by the hurricane The Lord Provost said that she ufacturing, Science and Finance tions will be available to them town of Bluefields in and said that Edinbu rgh would do envisioned a fu1ure role for stu· "what was necessary'' to help dents in sharing experie;nces with c ~~~i:~et~~i;i~~~, r~;:~:: ;~fn~ntey have finished their Nicaragua will QC Bluefields. if called upon. their Nicaraguan counterparts but t Ed ' b h Any furth t' immediately tested by the Also at the signing ceremony that there would be no ··free holi- was the Nica ra uan Mi nis1er for da " · ~; news from Ce ntral America ~~~,~~~f!,';~~!fei~::u{;~l'.0 ~~·~:~~f{~,~i:1;~,;~:"~I~ . period of time. place in early November to try Mr Geoff A"ngell , the Edin- and prevem further stoppages. burgh MSF branch treasurer, told As a result MSF is currently Studem that at present "morale campaigning 10 persuade the un i amo ng the 720 technical staff at versity authorities and the Gov· the University is very low''. To a ernment to fund the pay rises large extent their disgruntlement necessary to restore technicians' Campus to Campus is linked to their level of pay which pay to an acceptable level. How-, an independem pay study showed ever, the Department of Educa- face, despite a pe rsonal ·request tion had the full support of the col 10 be lagging behind average pay 1ion and Science said that no extra by }"iona Twyc ross from a high-ra nking college offi lege aulhorities over the issues within industry and commerce by money will be made available cial. prompting the demonstration. approximately 18 percent. On top unless produc1ivity restructuring Later. trouble again broke out TEMPERS erupted a n d scuf· of this their last two pay rise.so! is considered. when the po li ce tried to clear the LEEDS: Students have Hes broke out at G lasgow demonstrators out of the building, boycotted a nd picketed the College when G lasgow Col· offering no adequate explanation lectures o f a professor in the lege Students' Association fo r why those attending the meet Linguistics and Phonetics President Paul. Hay was. ing were not also bei ng evacuated. Departme nt. refused permission to Dunja Burk refuted press alle •·Wheatley foiled gations that the demonstration . Professor Sampson angered address a conference he ld at was arranged by ''imported boo1- students by his decision to spend Glasgow College and boys". pointing out that it had last July teachi ng at Witwater THE CONTROVERSIAL erned by the SRC but Whe'atley attended by Scottish Office been organised by sen ior office srand University in Johannesburg changes to the Publications wants it to be established as a M in ister Michael Forsyth. holders in the Students' Associa· despite the disapproval of both A demonstration was held to tion. She added that the main the universi ty authorities and the Board proposed by Mark ~=~~i!~~n~e::~1/~~tye~~~ coincide with the meeting, in groups or protesters were from students' union. Wheatley, EU~A Secretary, General Meeting. This idea was order to protest over the Poll Tax those courses tradit ionally were today re1ected by the questioned. and proposed introduction of stu thought sympathetic to the Gov- LEEDS: Security ls expected SRC Executive after a heated Afterwards, Wheatley said: dent loans. emment, such as BA Accounts, to be tight when Run DMC Dunja Burk, of the Students' meeting last Monday. "The fine detail of the ideas need an~;ti~~~;~n~~~~n~he national a nd Public E ne my play at the · sharpening up and I've got to go Association, said that there we re Wheatley was asked to redraft back and review the proposals.'" two "flash points" du ring the, press had exagge rated the extent univers ity in November as his proposals. l:oncern was voiced He added: "Of course I'm disap demonstration. The first took of the trouble. She said that a col- the o rganisers fear the con· over two issues: firstly, the Secret- pointed with the result but it was a place when Michael Forsyth lege mee1ing, between st udents' certs oculd spa rk off riots. ary·s position within the Pubs democratic decision and I'll abide turned down a proposal that Pau l Association officers and college Public Enemy are well known Board, and secondly the J3oard's· by ii.•· Hay be permitted to speak to the authori ties on October 24 had for their strong pro-black position within the Siudents' The redrafted proposals will be meeting for five minutes, in order "provided good and informative separatist stance apd their gigs Association. brought to a General Meeting in to air student gri evance$. The debate.. · d' f ti · have often been marred by vio At present the Board is gov- March 1989. Minister refu sed to sec him face to 'Assoca;ion st:~cta;~: Assoc::.· . Jenee in the past. GLASGOW: The Labour Party is organising a commit· tee of I 00 students in an attempt to promote their non-payment of Poll Tax . campaig n . So far they claim · to have received a "mixed response··. · GLASGOW: Following· Edinburgh U niversity's sue· cessful lead, Glasgow is also expand ing the ban of smok· ing to cover a la rger area within the university build· ings. Campus-to-.Campus compiled by Del li Mireskandari .,.,},' !1 1f'• J '!-;.u.lt I • ' •N Jtt 'fq" 4 Thursday, October 27, _1?88 International SOU H \FRIC \ The Rise of the Right ARMED.stormvalkes of the • rig.ht 10 the old Transvaal and significant growth in electoral 1 Afrikaner Weerstandbeweg- Orange Free State Republjcs. support fo r the CP, now the offi------. cial opposition in the House of ing (AWB). mar~h fr~ely ~~~:rra~;: gro;:1;oul~~~;~~~ Representati ves. This was graphi trough Pr~tona_whilS l pnests . Na1ionalists. The concept of a cally illustrated by the CP vic are met wHh quirts and water parliament also has no place in the tories in the recent by-elections of cannons. A WB vision or the future. Standerton and Schweizer The AWB was founded in 1973 TheAWB is, howevcr, notonly Renecke, where Terre'Blanche by Eugene Terre' Blanche, ex- a racist organisa1ion but is essen canvassed extensively fo r the CP. policeman and farmer, ti~lly fascist. Force and the violent This growth is the result of cer Terre'Blanche fi~t rose to promi- se1~ure of power are central • taineconomicandpoliticaltrends nence in 1979 when he led the tar- desires of the AWB.. during the J980s, particularly ring and feathering ofa Professor The"armedwing''oflheAWB, since the accession to power of . Floors van Jaarsveld for question- the Osscwa Brandwag and the PW Botha. Under pressure from ing the sanctity of 1he Day of the S1ormvalke, together with the big business, including growing Covenant - lhe day the Voor- · AWB insign ia are frighteningly Afrikancrcapitalistclass,thegov ~~e~~~~::~.ted the Zulu nation reminisccnt ofHitlerandthe SSof ernment has moved away from 1 rd SinJ then Terrc'Blanche's !fs :h3:!:g:; :~t?e~~~~B~~~~~ :~;~t:;;~erwoe ian ideology of demonic oratory and the antics of the Internal Security Act. He was There has been an attempt to his uniformed paramilitary units later charged with illegal posses de-racialise the economy in order have held right-wing audiences sion of a firearm. It is also alleged dations of poorer white South the CP and A WB have drawn the 10 encourage economic expan spell-bound. Recently A WB has that members of the A WB have Africans. This has coincided with majority of their support. sion . This approach has been the depression that has hit the SA systematicall y attempted to dis- been involved in vigilante complemented by the attempt to rupt Nationalist Party meetings. activi!ies. economy. The resultant number Analysts, however, do not foresee co-opt sectors of the black com of unemployed whites has the CP winning a general election Since 1985/6 the A WB has The recent dismissal of seven munity into the ruling block. Not fonned the cutting edge of the A WB members from the SAP increased from 6000 in 1981 to atthisstageduetothefactthatCP able is the introduction of the Tri 32000 in 1986. It is from this sec- and A WB support is largely right-wing in an informal alliance also indicates that there is support cameral Parliament of 1984 and wit h theConservativeParty ledby within the police force for their tor, t0gether with fa rmers and restrictedtotheTransvaalandth the infamous Black Community lower income group whites, that Orange Free State. V Andries Treurnicht. • polici~. Councillor system. Central to the A WB philOSOphy · The rise in support fo r the The direct result has beell the Student News Service is the "Boer Yolk's" exclusive A WB has been parallelled by a und~rCU tting of the security fo un- Where on earth is Siwa ? A Student EGYPT News Service correspondent discovers it to be a curious mixture of mud-hut and mort<;r. _ be faced tomorrow, God be wil ling. The only major concern is what ·Alongside this strict '·moral"' to build their houses with . The S iwa is a little-known , little - consdvatism, modem life is busy problem is th at the traditional visited oasis in the middle of- wrappin~ its tentacles around building material is mud, baked the Libyan desert. It lies in Siwa. When electrici1y fi nally into bricks. II has been used for Egypt, but o nly just, a nd i(s ·arrived a few years ago, one thousands o f years and is highly 1 0 . proximity to the ·volatile ~~~~~~din t~; e;~: ::ek. ;,: -~~~~:c~\~;eg~~r~~~~~e:i.a!:: Libyan border is ill uStrated sudden burden proved 100 much houses collapse when it rai ns, as by the large military presence for the electricity supply and ;1 the bricks revert to mud. for such a n insignificant little now rationed to five ho urs every Although it seldom rains here, place. two days. The incongruousness of when it does. it rains hard enough The Settlement is a curious a twenty foot TV aerial sticking to wash away the sturdiest of mixture of ancient and modem, out of a mud hut needs no · homes in a matter of hours. The west and east. The society is emphasis. Few people speak oasis is doued all over with the Photo by Sarah Barday staunchly old fashioned, so much English : but names such as Lincker half-di ssolved remains of past vi,1- i had a high Prestige value. thick crs of the neW bricks houses stew that o nly male donkeys are and Maradonna are p3 rt of the lages (looking like post apocalyp bllngalows began springing up and sweit in tlicir oversized :allowcd in the oasis, to prevent dailyvocab~lary. tic visions) which bear testimony overnight. But it was soon disco- -ovens, their more traditional •scenes of quadruped lusl in public. The Siwans carry on life in a to the rare downpours. vered that these new bricks kept neighbours live in fear Of a rain · (The raucous, almost painful care_£~ yet diligent way and earn When the (only} road was com in the heat so effectively that the storm and their roofs fa lling on groansofthe donkeys reve rberate their popularity among visitors by pleted four_years ago to connect houses fe lt like saunas all night . their heads. Meanwhile the frus- through the still night ai r, bearing their natural fri endliness and the Siwa to the nearcsl town (about ·trated donkeys still honk their witness to their fru stration). The beauty of their oasis. They seem three· hundred milCs across the So there is a now a balance of dreadful chorus all night, which · only clinic in the oasis cannot to have few worries in the wo rld desert), they began importing discomfo rt among the Siwan ' meansthatnoonegets muchsleep effec~i vely treat the women and any the~ do have can always m~ern , Egyptian bricks. which population. Whileth_epro~doWn- anyway . · FIND THE LOST BOYS AT NIGEL GRIFFITHS, MP FAST FORWARD VIDEO 36 West Preston Street THE 19 Henderson Row 36 West Preston Street GOLDEN ------BENGAL 9a ANTIGUA STREET EDINBURGH HELP AND ADVICE Sming tht Community TEL: 556 3460 EvtryFriday9-IOam at93Causewayside CURRY FROM £2.95 Aadl\inls.tanlay .. El'tryM.tb Recom·mended by Good Food Guide t•Blrdit'->~ C-unit,Cmtn.Burdithoa!itStntl Restaurant and Ho1el Guide 1988-89. WTAC lt.lS-~11.ipSdiool, 12 noon-2.00 p.m. ,...... 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Shanghai, I was secretly info rmed reason 1hey had come to China Eighteen pairs of eyes are masked at all costs! The by my guide at the airport that the board flashes red and all eyes_ nacc. My fat American fri ends and in the other Fcng·s director glued to the departure board, dripping in silk. jewels and sweat plane was delayed fo r two hours demanding to know why I treated eyebrows twitching nerv· crink le smile.s-gate 14. The sq ueeze their way down the aisle because it needed a test night! his employees like slaves. I. and ously. Guilin flight 501 , 7.25 guide sighs an imperceptible and into their seats. re lieved to be On Oil£ tour, whi le in the city of the co-ordinator, had become the pm. The guide chatters on, sigh of relief - the aircrew aboard and soothed by my flip- Hanizhou. I was trying hard to enemy. have finished their tea. pancy. Smiles grow wider and keep a semblance of happmess . Inefficiency is an accepted part positively volleying the bar Kai Tak airport, our last touch then fade as lhe "cute .. ai rhostesS between panicularly dirficult. of trave lling in China bur on my rage of questions with shots wi1h sanity for three weeks as we crackles an apology for ·· thC hot demanding clients and my local las1 tour commun ication between in the dark, a tower of for prepare to step on the tail or the wea1her in the plane". Chinese guide. O ne of the count cities had colfapsed to such an titude with the sense and d,ragon , carri~d Now the SA municipal elections are o~er, SOCTH AFRICA Pretoria ·will certainly applaud their success. Wits Student in Johannesburg analyses the electoral proceedings more closely . .. - · YESTERDAY the polling ressive period in South Africa this housing waiting lists. ended in South Africa's 1988 century: In addition, voters· rolls arc Municipal Elections, which • Callin.g fo r a boycott is illegal very difficult 10 check. so many 1 were hyped by the State as (Archibishop Desmond Tutu, :::fe \~:J ~~:.bc~~:;g~~;: ·:the biggest exercise in ~c':~;rsc~~~i~ ~~ipi~~';;,:}.n ity may even have been registered. democracy in this country's • There arc widespread rcstric- Thisleavcs scopcfor massiveelec- history." · tions on the press. toral fraud. This claim was based solely on • South Africans, especially A third attempt to boost the the fact that for the firs1 time ever whites, are ill-informed about polls is the Prior Voting Act. spe- blacks and whites were voting on the reality of apartheid which cially promulgated for these clec- . the same days. Nothing else was' underpins these elections. tions, whereby votes may be different, except wh ile mun· • Over J ,000 people arc in received by post two weeks before cipalities have even less power detention right now and bet· the final day. Only government · """ than a few yeirs ago. Black local ween 30,000 and 40,000 have appointed officia ls may scrutinise The Weekly Mail iS islTla ll ,Johannesburg-ba~d newspaper inter· authorities remain virtually pow- been detained in the last three these votes and fraud is again a nationally renowned for its brave defiance of SA ·s suffocating press erless. years. distinct possibi lity, given the track restrictions. Recently it received a final warning from the govern The South African Govern- record or past elections in black ment and is now under imminent threat of a three-month ban. The ment believes Town Councils will . Furthermore, before votes areas. The government claims the SA govern ment. wh ich has axed ne.wspapcrs before, is poised 10 provide political representation were cast the government had to prior voting procedure was mike.another blow. · · for black people by making coun- crack down on virtually all oppos- implemented in order to protect cillors the "representatives" of ition organisations (18 including blackpeoplefrom"intimidation ... residents. the UDF, were banned in Feb- The government has also tried COMMENT The State is selling great s1ore ruary, 1988). Theyhaveal.sospent to make it as easy as possible to on these elections so they can con- R5 million on a propaganda cam- cast a vote. Those who do possess T HE governme;,_t has called lenge lo apartheid at a national vince critics home and abroad paign to convi nce people to vote. identification could vouch for these elections the biggC51 ·level. For txample, they cannot do that they are addressing Some of In previous years similar munic- those who do not. People working exercise in democracy in away with group areas. Further· the political injustices of apar- ipal structures have failed misera- for candidates could also cast South Africa's history. We do not more, any decision taken by a theid. bly through a lack of popular sup- votes on behalf of those who can- believe that these elections are municiapllty can be vetoed by the The National Party's credibility pon in black areas. In 1hcsc clec- not read or write. democratic at all. The fact that government. 1 1 :;ec~:~ne~ ~~ea ~:~t~~ • :~~cch ~~:~ ~~: :~t~a~~~~;e~h:i:r:1~ Finall y, it must be remembered :~~i;~~e:; v~u!xiu:n ::::~ ~ fmt.;!~;.:u:ts,;:~e ~:°'li!! will allow the government to con- achieve a high poll. Firstly they ~~:io~v~rac~l~;~: u~~~~;~·!o!~ day(s) does not mean that these campaign for non-rada.l and truly ~nnu:~~~l:~e~t;~~:~~~ ~~s~o;a~~ ~~T:h r~1r,:d a~~u~t~;n~ 7~a~h= because they li ve in the home· :':itl::::, •: !:~:;n;!~ r~~t =~a:.:~~~;:5 of govern- 1 similar structures have been townships. Sources however have }~~~:e~;,~ ~~~~~ 1 ~:~~d::~:·u~ . defined local authorities. Unity against apartheid isessen- 0 0 1 ;~;:~~:,Ef~r~i1::;:~:. ::i;,~~:tj~~:· ir~{0:~~; ~:% :~" t:~~,~~ ""'"'' " ' • :':t.;::i:::r;·,·:~~Ji2: ;::i!::~:~\:~:~~~E,:;F:i Na1s. The government hopes to ~ fCS\de(\ls have rejt;istered on 1h_e . This leaVes approxima1ely 5 white municipalities, can make will be able to solve our problems. avoid popular resistance this time votmg ~oll . Althoug~ most res1- ' million people of whom. accord- important decisions on issues suth The government's attempt lo ptt:,, and effectively control the dents did. not d~ so, many fou nd ing to _government. 21Ji million as the desegregation or buses, tend lo deal with South arnca's townships and their residents them~lv~s reg1s1ere~ to vote are registered. A 20% poll would park$ and betKbes, students must national ~robleqU through munic-. again. after s1gm ng for pensions. Often represent on ly 600,000 vo1ers - realise that the municipal $ilruc- 1~1 elections Is doomed to failure. Therefore these elections haYe nu'mes wcrc~a\110,matically trnns--, , oqly 5o/q9f the black populatibn ir tures do not ppie ' 11{serlou"s chaP ),-~{ , , • • OCftlrrtdih:rrgoably1he nrostleJ?"· fetted tt,·.the-:voting- -roll from -·-Scruth·Africa, :..· ·..;:. · • · ,.:. · ..;.· ~ : · -·-·~·.-...·..;...... ;...::: - ~· · · • · • • · - - ·· - -· • · · • • · 1 6 Thursday. October 27, 1988 Fc;cus ing his tracks. Neither is all this unique to America. By all accounts SEX ANITPOLffltS. ~ the...Gr~ premier benefits greatly by his open relation ship with hisinistress, and Cecil Parkinson was ruined not so much for his affair- as for his indecision. HE tittle tattle in America this week has all been All of this tends to point to a macho-Jack the lad ele T about the very private, private lire of Mr Bush. The ment in the politics of popular approval. How, ' con media have had a field day, analysing the story, analysing versely, would it appeal if Margaret Thatcher was found ho~· the press was dealing with lhe story and finally to be sleeping around? It is the sort of thing expected of a analysing how sex and politics mix. In fact , as far as one man but not a lady. This aside, the heart of the question can make oul , there never really was a story, but the is whether nocturnal activities reRect a ptrson's ability to British Press Corps in Washington (or some of them) will govern. In terms of America, it has been pointed out that be able to write about the US media's reaction to the non such modern scrutiny would have presented Jack Ken· story. They were also able to analyse who might have pro nedy's personal merits, it comes down to a question of duced the rumours - Democrats or Republicans? morality and honesty. Firstly should we tr-ust in the old However much the whole business may have been con adage that a leader ought to set an example. ~ondly, if, trived, it has proved that sex is a userul political power we can't trust politicians lo be honest in private, what can play. Sex ruined Gary Hart, but it seems to have played we expect in public? into Ceorge Bush's hand. Contemporary Wisdom has it that Hart got slammed for- being wel, being stupid and 'Student' apologises to Philp Cul getting caught. Bush on the other- hand seems to have lum whose name was not er-edited benented rrom his rumour-ed.ind ulgenct in extra.marital on last week's comment which he sex~ no longer- the wimp, both for- doing it and for- cover-- jointly wrote with hm Robertson. LETTERS Big Mac's Stink Editorial Attack Dear Editor, . play on the staff. It is a favourite ponsibility of thi's protest, by Dear Sir, ing with the University on your See tha1 McDonald's Action with 15-year--old casuals and is mainly middle-class, socially behalf, I lobbied successfully to Campaign )"raid·' on the Princes offensive as hell when you've got acceptable radicals, shows vei;y LAST week's editorial labelled maintain your competitive adver Street McDonald's the other to stand there like a prick in a clearlytheydo notunderstandthe me as a ';would be publisher'', tising rates, and I've even prop week - well, it's about lime folk ridiculous uniform with a stupid · practical side of the exploitation without seriously examining my .osed that your Editor should realised that these people and smi le on your face trying to be that those young Scots who work proposals; I'm forced to write and become a full member of 1he - their daft campaigns don't know nice and trying not to vomit all at in hamburger chains have to face set the record straight. Board. Although, so far , you've their arse from their elbow. the same ti me. Apart from that, every day . · J have two main objectives for failed to appreciate the amount~ I work in a Wimpy and yes, workers can easily become ill The schoolboy pranks 01 me the Publications Board. The first work that l'vedoneforyou,orthe burger stores area rip-off; yes. the from prolonged exposure to the bairns who "'raided'. McDonald's of these is to remove it from the support which you receive from employees work in crap condi- fumes and lose_:r day's pay. .• two Fridays ago are a waste of pre- control of the SRC and the second EUSA, I hope now that you·u tionsforcrapwages;butsquadsof The losers an demonstrations cious rebell ious spirit and future istoestablishtheAssociationSec- changeyourview. people choking up Mcdonald·s like the Worldwide Anti-· stin k bomb protests like this one retary as its Chair. , However, if not, the Students' wit h bannersandstinkbombswill McDonald·s Day are Tlever the will achieve nothing but to get The Secretary, as a full-time Association is a democratic not make a blind bit of diffe rence swine who own the firms , but righ t up all the wrong people's Office-Bearer of the Students' organisation and you can chal- to the lot of the worker there. always thestaff- theverypeople noses. Association,hasboththeauthor- lenge my ideas in an open and stink bombs are one ot the moSt whose rights MAC are supposed Matthew Fitt ity to champion the Board's honourable fashion at the Annual obnoxious tricks the publlc can 10 be trying to protect. The irres- interests and the time to do the General meeting on 28th ,-D_c_a_d-.,-,,.-,n-,,------, ~~~:;~~r\rsJr,~:~~~-~lit~:e ~~~~ N~~~l~;~n, ki ndly refrain from J AM writing to express my AYE,AALREET. !'LL Hf\VE A Go 1 retary, can have enough authority lecturing me about my job or my Student abhorrence that you printed the ANY l,~AF:f. SOSH APlX>ND? · and sufficient time to develop the ideas, because I determine both Dear Studem, interview with the so-called Mr Board for the fUture. for myself and you seem unable to MUCH as lapprove ofthenew, Chris Donald of Viz comic; a pub- It also smacks of hypocrisy for understand either. ambitious fo rmat or Srudem, I reel lication guilty of many crimes youtoattackmeasa"hack"when Yourssincerely, that praise for it should' be against humanity. you've already by-passed the pre- Mark Wheatley ' balanced by the unfor1una1cly Firstly, I object to the character • sent Convener to seek my help · Secretary repetitive black spot of factual .. Sid the Sexist··. Havi ng forc~d over vital matters. I've been deal- errors. The combi nation of fre myself to read the comic strip in Oear Sir-, quent typesetting mistakes and question. I have realised the straight inaccuracies in reporting character is blatantly a Geordie. If reduce the number of supcrnuo YOUR editorial on ''The would committees and simplify the work does not lend credibility to a the whole media took the same be Publisher•· (in last week's Stu newspaper which aspires to irresponsible anitude, we would or EUSA. It is ludicrous 10 dent) is a typical example or sub- suggest that Mr Wheatley wants address serious issues · find this great nation crammed . versive school-child-like bicker to be a publisher and that his suc I appreciate that much full of people shouting, '"Wey aye. ing. Your auack on Mark Wheat man!- or running off to be bric cessors will have to be publishers. of what is done in Smdem is done ley was both unfair and unnecces Mr Wheatley and all future sec under some time pressure and kies in Germany. Think what that her. sary. The Student is presently con· would do 10 our otherwise retaries have numerous other taks that many of those work ing for the I hope you return to our previ trolled by !he Publications Board as EUSA secretaries and not as newspaper put a lot of time and impeccable economy. ously high standards and in future whfch is turn is supervised by the Secondly. you made mention of publishers. I( there is a misuri· energy into it - however, I fear if refrain from such offensive jour SRC and this in turn is under the derstanding here then the prob the basic quality of accuracy is the character " Buster Gonad and nalistic attempts. My solicitor will auspices of EUSA. Swdent is ulti his Unfeasibly Large Testicles··. lem should be addressed and not neglected, this effort will be be in touch. mately a EUSA publication avoided by behind-the-back slan wasted and the important compo- This was particularly painful, as I Yours, whether you admit it or not. The haye suffered the indignity of hav dering in Student. After all we are nent , the content of what is writ Mrs F. TwaU-Smythe present position of Student and its a bit more mature ... aren'I we? . ing large testicles. as did my editor will in no way be altered by ten. will remain obscured. PS: You can start by not printing Yours sincerely, mother, and her mother before this! Yours, EUSA Secretary Mark Wheat Gabor Lamon PaulJeffrey '------ley's. proposal. [t win merely . '- Dear Student, CROSSWORD THERE is no confusion aparl ACROSS DOWN From what was stirred up by last week's Srudem report. I Dung bettle (6) I Season (6) ScotSki is an independent club 2 Collect (6) 2 Repose (4) which offers all ski ers cheap trans 7 Al ias(9) 3 Spring (6) port up to the main Scottish ski 9 Connect (4) 4 Fruit seller (6) centres. We concentrate on day IO Chanted (4) 5 Play things (4) trips. but a weekend trip is plan ned and several members will also II Pa ins (5) 6 Forest officer (6) be going :,broad. 13 retreat (6) 7 Relevant (9) SeotSki has no interest in the 14 Roof beam (6) 8Crowd (9) activities of the University club 15 In demand (6) II Equipped (5) and intends to remain quite sepa 17 Dress (6) 12 Girl's name (5) rate. Our lower rransport costs wil ·19 Good looking (5) 15 Obstinate (6) help compensate for the slightly 16 Meal (6) hig her cost of ski hire. 20 Before Easter ( 4) :. So. let's not get Confused and 22 Boy's name (4) 17 Contribute ( 4,2) ,. let"s enjoy this year's skiing! 23 Come to light (9) 18 White fur (6) Yours sincerely, 24 Jumper (6) 21 Journey (4) Andrew Clouston 25 Small swe ll ing (6) 22Dry(4) :PS: W.ittchout for WIP°E.QUj-! Sport Stir,l~ng Setbiick°" ... ,, ,.. , "TWO out of three ain 't bad" A mixed week for football but sadly for the University a 2-1 defeat fo r the 1st XI against Stirling was an C·O·M·M·E·N·T unhappy opening in their LAST "'·eek the image of football in Britain and p11rttcularly in England, campaign to regain the was again badly tarnished; not this time by lhe behaviour of the playtrs Queen's Park Sh ield. - no referees' doors assaulted, or gifted young players' legs smashed by vicious fouls - nor by lhe behaviour of the fans. No, on Thursday Whilst the Seconds were cruis morning, tht English gutter press scooped as k>w in Sports J ourna lism as ing to a comfortable 3-0 victory it ever has previously. " Pk>nker", or ''In God 's Name Go " might be and lhe Colts to a similarly impre- terms belier directed towards many of the sports headline writers ssive 2-0win , the lsts fou nd things themselves than lo their target Bobby Robson, the England Managtr. tougher againsl a well drilled and Th1 arguments whtch have been put forward againsl Robson are combatative Stirling team. Dixon numerous - several of them may e,·en be valid - being a supporter of and Govan threatened for the Uni lpswkh Town, his old team, I have to admit to a slight bias in this matter but found themselves stifled by a - but these papers have no excuse ror being so mindlessly insulting as blanket defence upon which Sti rl they were last week. • ing built their victory. Nobody has ariy problem wilh criticism being made where it is due, Misfortune struck the Uni after and the failure of Robson's team 10 achieve the much-craved for victory on ly IO minutes when the lost against Sweden (or was ii Denmark ?) lasl Wednesday left him as an centre back Liam McArlhur who, · ine,·itable targe.t . But surely iiobody who however a passing cart for never travels well - to a Durrant football or any sport in fact, would condone the performance of many of style knee injury. He was replaced the rag.son Thursday morning. by Philip Finlay making his 1st IC was, then, a relieho read some of the more articulale Sunday papers team debut but neither Finlay nor being equally straightforward, if not quite as coarse in their regfel about fe llow dcbutant Paul Garra/I the way in which Robson has been trealed, as we re the papers in question themselves straightforward in thei r original abuse of Robson. could make much of an impres- However, the biggest relief of the weekend conttrned the Abe rdeen ~\~;s :~o~~~yo:~e ~n ~dd;:e~r~~ versus Rangers Skol Cup Final on Sunday; as Ch e previous match was never sustained fo r long between these two sides had two ~·ttks previously, the game produced enough to overcome Stirling. plenty of incident, but thankfully this time all that incident was of the right kind (esp«iall y if you happen to be a Rangers supporter). British Saturday's matches saw the football needed a good final after the disappointments of last week. It go t continued march of the Un iversity it, and once again mine and thousands of people's faith in foot ball was 2nd XI who followed their 3-0 revi,·ed - my own feelings about lhe game had hardly been positive anyway on Sunday, after having parttcipated in a 4-0 drubbing on the ;}:i:~ett!~~~~~t,,;f ~i".r~i;~~! 4 photo: Colin Cowie previous day.,Even the . Rangtrs manager Graeme SoUResS• having to play on a pi lch variously Outstanding centre-half, Ian Johnston, rises toanolhtrchallt nge forlhe predictable c!iche 1immediately aner the game, that "football was the described as "an absolu te Colts at pefTermiU during Saturday's 4-0 defeat at tht hands of Fountain ~ inner" did not seem to grate Ih is time. · shocker. " Amateurs. '"' One thi~g is certain, ifl had io choose between the most clich!-ridden Dave Kylie slammed three pas1 statements of some football managers - and some of their statements the bemused Standard Life home the Un i's fou rth in fine style look 1st 1cam fieldiiig fo ur new can be seriously cliche-ridden - and lbe efforts or some or the sporting keeper including one poelic lob· from the edge of the box. faces attempted to play some journalists at the moment, I would choose the former anytime. Matches exciting foolball but the highly such as that on Sunday, will hopefully serve lo remind everyone thal "'at ~r~;u;?hy~ydsao~:re~:ew;~ii:~i~i The 1st XI faced Gala Farydene efficient Gala midfield closed the the end of lhedllly" we reall y must let the ''football do the talking" more feeling pity, for the local bellies. in their weekend cup match and Uni down and dominated in their often, esp«ially when the alternath'e screams as blatanlly at us, as ii did Paul FerP(i.von though showed no found the premier division pace 5-0 victory. last Thursday morning. such sc ntament when lie cracked setters too hot to handle. The new Tom Hartley Mike Sewell In llrict· Athletes come in PAKIT Hyman and Penny Rother ran a superb last 10km in the B (50km) course to fin ish first in a 400 st rong fie ld al the 2 1st karrmor International Mountain Marathon. This is the first time ever that a mixed team has won a class ouiright and is an outstanding performance. from the cold Lorna Boyd and Jon Arms1rong had a particularly good run on Sun day recording the fastest course 1ime of 3 hrs 12 mins over 171,-'i km . WEDNESDAY t9th October saw the start of the new EUAC indoor season with an Open They pulled through from an overni gh1 29th to finish 12th - the 2nd Scottish Universities Match at Kelvin Hal l. The famo!,IS ve nue witnessed several nornble mixed team. Jason Porter and his partner came 7th overall on a similar course. achievemen!s, in both track and field, from the Edinburgh University contingent. A lso rans included Yvenehague and WilJ Ramsbottom , who came in fifth in the ·s· section , and Sesh Wilson -very late. but well in time for ..The track events were 60m. Strathclyde and Edinburgh were athletes. re presented; the larger Glasgow afe~ pints. 400m and 800m , with shot putt. Ed Dai ntith WillRamsbotham high jump and long jump also and S1rat hclyde contingents pro included. Dan Routier, our resi vid ing some stiff opposition to a dent decathlete, Dave Hitchock small but elite Edinburgh team . and Matte Grossen represented ~~ EUAC in 1he 400m with Dave A lthough EUAC didn't ' Hi1chock winning with a credita- achieve a first place in 1he mens & -'4*'t.t:, ble early season 52. 1 secs on the 60m. our most notable sprinters, ; _ banked 200m Kelvi n Ha ll track. Alan Doris and Jamie Henderson STUDENTS' OWN GUF.ST HOUSE not being present , Dan Routier ~UAANT I Claire Adam, ex-ladies captain did run a quick 7.5 secs 0.1 sec extraordinaire, put up her usual behind 1hc fas1est time. consistent performance, by wi n In the field the mens shot was SHALIMAR ning the womem shot wi th a pull won by Rob Smith with a putt pf TEL : 031-225 5428 of 9.97m;more than one metre 12.05m, almost two metres ahead ' 20 NEWINGTON ROAD, EDINBURGH EH9 IQS ahead of 1he res! of the field. J . of the opposition , Dan Routier Fergus also took part in the coming in a close 3rd, as he did in BED AND BREAKFAST-Terms from £12.00 womens high jump, long ju!llp, the high jump. Ed Daintith won 800m and60m, comi ng first in the the long jump in 6.22m. Fire Certificate:. Showers. TV Lounge, Ample Facilities, 60m in 8.7secs. Hand C in all rooms. Afterward$ G lasgow Uni Two family rooms with facilities. Private Car Parking. The match was mainly fo r the offe red a chance for ti red athletes 10% Discoont for students. ' benefit of Freshers or newcomers 10 pul their feet up, down a few to athle ti cs at the compc1ing uni- beers and a mount of sausage Under the personal supervision of vcrsities. offering them a chance rolls, and watch a not-so-inslruc to naun\ their abilities on the live, bu1 no ne1heless entertaining Mr and Mrs N. AHMAD GRUMMAN track andiield . The uoivcrsiticsof (!) vidoo of the match, taken by 70LD F/SHMARKETCLOSE (ex-E.(l. students) 1 Dun.dee. HeriQ1-Wa1t . G lasgo~~ . ~ssor\men\ G,lasg0)V or EDINBURGH~ 'fo(o' \ ~ J.~!!R~ Last weekend the club took a crammed minibus full of flying ON SATURDAY, nine intrepid trampolinists braved their novices 10 the spectacular Tros· hangovers to face 110 screaming yo un gste rs at Bishopbriggs sachs for two days of eat ing, for an STA competition. drinking and merriment but Our fi rst foray · into national competitions turned o ut to be a above all ballooning! Balloons arc a successful one: two gold and two silver medals. Although we tOO ked becoming a familiar sight in this sli ghtly out of place, bei ng on average two feet taller and 10 years older part of Scotland as it is a favourite than most competitors. wc set a fine example to those aiming to follow flying for the club and our close in our footsteps! ballooning associates. Highlights of the day included wee Lynn Hcndry's left leg going The summer like weather on through the springs, Murray Laing condensing his !Omove routine into I e saturday meant a long a nd 8: and finally Isabel Fleck's button popping off her shorts {it wouldn't memorable flight over Daune have happened if she'd been wearing a leotard). Castle to Cricff. Early flying starts However. it was a valuable day of competition practice in a'nticipa can mean balloonists often get to tion of the SUSF winter competition in Aberdeen o n the 51h see the sunrise and sunset from November. the air and nowhere is this more stunning than over the lochs and Final results: monrocs of the Trossachs. Advanced Boys; 1st Craig Morrison; 2nd Giles Wadsworth The weekend did not end with Advanced Girls; 7th Carole Shailks; 8t h Linsey Alison; 12th Shona out incident however. First year McDonald Peter Tavares made an t unscheduled trip to Stirli ng - or Intermediate .Joys; 1st D. Murray Laing more specifi call y the casualty ~!~~r:;diatc Girls; 6th Lindsay Ferguso n; 10th Isabel Fleck; 16th Lynn department of the General Hospi tal. Peter broke his leg running across a muddy field and not we Advanced Girls Team ; 2nd should add from any ballooning mishap, wh ich is surpri singly an Carole Shanks extremely safe sport. Whilst Peter was kept in hospital overnight his sympathetic ballooning col leagues drank to his health for several hours, before returning to the scenic Rowderdcnan Youth Hospital beside Loch Lomond. Photo; The grand Edinburgh Fitt Balloon. Clyde Netted If you would like to know more mantle Pub (Clerk St) between Fawkes Meet and Humber Splash ------about the club ring Caroline on 8.3()..9.30 every Friday. limited 'n Dash -sobook now. EdinburghUni24 StrathclydeUni7 668 2815 or come to the Green- places still available for the Guy Alison Dunn EU NETBALL Club's second ITlatch of the season this wee~ resulted in a resounding victory for the first team. • The fin al score of 24-7 against Strathclyde was all the more welcome1 . as Edinburgh took to the court with adjectives such as .. shit hot .. and Balla Hangover ;.dead good", describing the opposition, ringing in their cars. The team managed to keep their feet firml y on the ground this week, with o nly the occasional sliding tackle and rugby scrum in evidence. Apart from this, during the first quarter the ball sa iled down the court and bodies moved swiftly and gracefully to receive accurately placed Ballachulish 9 Edinburgh Uni 1 passes, resulting in the occasionally accurate shot at goal. U nfortu nately, the aesthetically pleasing nature of the game soon degenerated AFTER the Shinty Cl ub's first ceilidh of the year, Where bekilted and b3r loi ned lads danced into the more usual sight of red faces and sweaty bodies staggering with many a fair lass, many of the club did not seem eager to travel over ge ntly rolling hills around the coun, yet still maintaining the lead. for the three hour trip to Ballachulish. However, their pan iced brows were soothed by some Hopefull y this new-found winning formula will bring the first1:eam many victories in the future. and hopefully the second team will get a of the most spectacular sc.enery in Scotland, and by the time they arrived on the banks of match next week. Loch Leven thay had calmed down enough to play. The team stepped onto the Edinburgh defence. After two H0wever, just before half. time, Sarah Lyall pitch. which seemed to have been the Edinburgh boys proved how formerly a marsh and they had dif more spectacular goals full b'ack .. Andy Sherwood made an impres- easy it was to rattle the Bal· ficulty in passing the bait without lachulish defence. A long ball for taking half the field with them. sive ·stop which quite nicely set ward, found Rory McLeod in HIMALAYA BANGALORE one of the opposition up to slip the space, who passed to Tim Page Bal\achulish opened th ~scoring ball past Dougie Ross into the who with true style turned and TANDOORI which came as a surprise to t.he back of the net. TANDOORI struck the ball (last the sur- RESTAURANT ------prised keeper. RESTAURANT 171 BRUNTSFIELD PLACE 52 HOME STREET ln the second half, Ballachulish EDJNBURGH EDINjJURGH Lacrosse latest again opened the scoring, with the Telephone 031-229 8216 (opp. King'sTbt,ftJ Edinburgh defence under pres su re, this was soon followed by {Tftq,/HJNAnlll'fflfffM«hiM} Telephone 031-2291348 THiS weekend, the Scottish University Trials took place at nQther and the team began to lose --- OPEN SEVEN DAYS . Peffermill, with S~rena Michie, Caroline Guna, Rachel spirit, especiall y in midfield. But McMullen, Millie Bewsher and Ailsa Lamount from Edin our glamourous supponers kept Mon-Sat 12 noon-2.Jpp.m. FUlLY UCENSEP burgh University making it into the team. us going enough to only let in Mon-Thur Evenings 5-12 midnight CARRY-OUT WELCOME three more, one which can o nl y be The learn was virtually the same as last year despite very impressive ' Fri-SatS p.m ."-1 a.m. u.RGE PARTIES WELCOME performances from newcomers especiall y from Oaire Wright. Many of put down to some impressive Sun 4-12 midrught the team places appeared lo have been decided previously. illegal footwork by a Ballachu\ish --- . Earlier in the week , Edinburgh University 1st XI played in a tourna forward. When the referee blew RILL YLICENSED the final whistle to the bus, disa~ MONDAY-SUNDAY ment with St. Andrews and St. George's School. The Uni gained an PARTIES WELCOME impressive win over St . Andrews with Sarah Carter providing some pointed with the scoreline which Sp.m.-1.301.m, very stylish goals. Against St. George·s, the school girls' fitness showed did not fit the Edinbur~h perfor --- FRIDAY-SATURDAY and Edinburgh were beaten. mance. 20%0iscount Mon-~t Lunches 5p.m.·2ut. On Sunday, the University sent two teams to Kirkcaldy to play in an Studrnt roncusions Monday and Student Conmsions Mon-Thurs: indoor Scottish tournament. The ladies team reached the semi-finals Simple Si~ Longstaff Tuesday for evtning meal and the mixed team won . Contact Mr Majid STl)JdeNt Review Thursday, October 27, 1988 The Sound Of Silence hey are a Scottish band who formed in London. intelligence to realise that a Ton a tour poster won't turn the tans mto The Silencers have alcoholics. This is a hardnoscd business and in America this sort of been ignored. But they Theirbrilliant first album , A Letter from St Paul, thing happens all the time. The Proclaimers have benefited from a deal which was released in 1987, sold over 100,000 copies with TennanlS, .so , have Love and Money. All you have to do is JOOk seem to have it made. Tin the US, although it had little success in Britain. at Glasgow Rangers - sponsorship is here to ~tay ... They have a record The second single from Sr Paul, I See Red, a damning song about tranquiliser addiction was banned by the BBC after he preparatory work done in the States o n a club tour and as deal with RCA, a support for Squeeze has payed off in sales of the St Paul album. only four plays on national radio. critically acclaimed There is a strong influence of R&B , and pure blues on the debut album , a top 11 Tdebut album, and even more so on 1he forthcoming second pu~lf~~y~ 6u: ~etsi~=~~er:~~~d~~p~~~~s~t:~. ~~~~~ufdheanvt!a~:! album. A Blues for Buddha. However, the band s1ill maintain they have management set-up, a easy to go to the papers and say- the BBC banned this, the bastards! deep roots in the Celtic tradition. O'Neill , who writes most of the songs song on a lager advert, But they would have really done us over on the next one," says guitarist with Bums, says, •·we see Blues for Buddha as a Celtic album. The and lead singer Jimme O'Neill philosophically. ~A t the time the Scottishness of ii came ou1 while we were recording. Coming back to and even a single manager was going absolutely crazy and wanted to star! phoning live in Glasgow has an effect on you after all the years spent in London. banned by the BBC. everyone, but he held back which proved to be quite astute. I think one In terms of writing it touches on areas relea1ed to my upbringing in of the reasons why Pai11ted Moon got so much airplay when it was re Coatbridge, but also has international themes, which is what the band Adrian Searle asks the released was that the BBC felt guilty about what they did to/ See Red.'' was trying to do with the songs.·• --,,and what went 11 did seem to pay dividends and the re-released follow-u p reached The main idenlity of The Silencers lies in the concept of "a Beat number 56 in the charts. Jimme O'Neill adds, "We were certainly angry Group for the eighties''; at1hough more a product of the sixties. They wr_o ng. at the time, but the fact that we grinned and bore it proved to be the see that as a foundation in R&B which will allow them to stray into right things to do." many other types of music. This diversi ty is central to their flexibility The members of The Silencers qiet in London in 1985. Both Jimmie and appeal, a quality that seems only apparent in large acts like U2. The O'Neill and lead guitarist Cha Burns were previously members of the Silencers completed the bill of a Cardiff Arms Park gig involving U2 , cult London band, Fingertips. The band split up afte r fo ur years The Pretenders and The Alarm. O'Neill confesses, "At the time I together, and were hesitant to get involved with another until Jimme thought 1hey were amazing, but I must say now that I'm really sick of met clean-<::ut Joe Donelly, The Silencers· bassist. "At the time it was the over-exposure. The album, 1he book, ·the film ... In the media's out of the question to form a band in Scotland, it is only recently that eyes at the moment, U2 can do no wrong. Anyone else is also-rans. I you have been able to have a pop industry up here. But musicianship can remember the time when the music press hated them ... was less important than getting on together.·· But the experience of playing in s1adiums has been valuable. "You Once the irrepressable drummer, Martin Hanlin joined thev had learn a lot from bands like U2 and the Pretenders. though. In some inquiries from Island, Chrysalis, Warner and RCA all looking fo r deals. ways we get spoiled because it is easier at a bigger gig. The Silencers They had enlised the talents of Simple Minds' manager, Bruce J:'indlay , sound seems 10 bcnfil from a biggcr s1agc and p.a. and i1 is easier to get who also looks after the interests. of China Crisis, which gave them an the crowd going.·• • People have got the intelligence to realise that a Ton a tour poster won't turn the fans into alcoholics. added attraction. "Once Bruce got involved things got much more The band as a whole stilt remains frustrated though, at lhe lack of serious. RCA signed us because they didn·t have bands like us/' says recognition they have received in the British music press. Jimme Jimmc O'Neill. "It's something I learned during my lime with O'Neill laments, " ll's very easy to be ignored in Briiain. The reason for Fingertips. I also learned the importance of a good manager. Joe was spending the last four months in America was because it is so easy to be brought up in the Kerr famil y and Paul Kerr (brother of Jim and Tour ignored in this country. Herc, you arc onl y assessed on your initial Mairnger of Simple Minds) introduced us to Bruce." impact. and unless you le.ip out immediately you won't get anywhere. The Silencers were also able to get a song used as a backing track on Su rprisingly, tha is not the case in America . The one thing 1hc a Tennants lager advert through !heir contacl with Simple Minds. Americans do rea lise is !hat rock and roll is a culture, nol a marketing "Tennants asked Bruce if 1hey could use Simple Minds for the backing, exercise. Now, unless you 100k right, the music papers won't even listen but of course he refused. A band as big as Minds just don't need that to your demos, let alone write about your music. They have really shot sort of thing. But he gave them Answer Me. a track hCld over from the themselves in the fool because o f the way things have gone in the last first album (which was released on Tuesday as they' re latest single), and few years. But their circula1ion is so low that they are no longer they really liked iL " Although Cha Burns had rescrva1ions, because of important.'' a personal decision to give up alcoho l, the band realised the The band is adamant that, " the worst thing that can possibly happen compliment they had been paid, following in the footsteps of 1he likes is to be ignored." However, they rightly remai ned confident abou1 their of Hipsway and Win. "h's the best way to get lhe band's music across future. Jimme O'Neill has th\! last word, saying. "There is no reason to Joe Public .• , why this band can'! be big in Britain . all ii will take is for somoone to Tennants are also involved in sponsoring the band's current tour hear about us, then it will happen. After an enonnous number of (they play the Mayfair in Glasgow on Sa1urday. 30th October). ··They albums, Simple Minds made it big one si ngle. Do,r't You from the film. have decided that they are g~ing m put two million in Scottish music The Breakfast Club. -we sold more records in France and Germany over the next two years, whic~ is great. It means that up and coming than in "England because people arc more open to good new bands over bands like us can play gigs in Dingwall. which isn·t a normal tour.date there. It'll happen even1ua1l y." If the new album and the gig at the f~r Scoltish groll!}s. ~' w ith :icertain-amolint ol controversy~orrounamg ~:~l~~:;t~~~~a)''night :ire .in'ytl'l ing tb go br, it_~o ul q tra~rn ~j~ n~r -----~ a!Cofi 0f sporisofSlfip:-:Jimrn~ ()'Neill agrees, "tha1 people hav: got. the lads, all competently performed folk/hillbilly tunes wh ich hat! trendies that descended upon that isn"t really much of a comp~· ment as most glam bands do LUCY JOHNSON BAND/ and sung. Using a wide variety of plenty of ··yahoos·· thrown in for the Venue for the ~inburgh like 10 prac1ise too hard for fearo THE DANCING BEARS/ instruments. a sound at times good measure! With the gig being date of Wrathchild's com reminiscent of The Watcrboys smudging their lipstick. However, T!;I E CRQPDUSTERS recorded for a future live album, eback tour, but they were all was created which went down well the band put 100 per ce nt effort Wrathchild arc at least competent " Wrath-children", or at least musicians, if not exactly over The Venue ~ith a good-sized crowd. into their performance and were (quite rightly) ecstatically that's what the je rk of a DJ ambitious, and their songs went Not having had the benefit of received by the audience, who cal thought. down well with most of the crowd, WHEN informed by a friend soundcheck and with their lead led them back for several encores, especially the older numbers. singer slightly the worse for drink, that we were in for an even which included the rather won things were not looking good for ing of "folk tunes", I haQ derful Seven Drunken Nights. All Anyway, the band came on and All in all Wrathchild put on an The Dancing Bears. However, nightmarish visions of Val in all , this was a night to BANG , the crowd were simul- entertaining and good-natured despite these problems, they per Doonic.an, wooden rocking remember. taneously blinded. deafened and show - good natured to the formed a brilliant set of guitar showered with confetti. "Oh no!"' extent that si nger Rocky Shades chairs and fishermen's sweat based pop. with songs such as Jen Karim Nath . ers. Fortunately, my fears I thought , ''pyro freaks!"' and (!) didn't even mind the odd beer nifer and S11mmer1ime having although they didn't "do a can bouncingoffhisskull-and I were unfounded and actu: I melodics The Jesus and Mary Venom" and blow a huge hole in have to confess that I quite ally witnessed one of the best Chain would be proud of. This is a WRATHCHILD the stage. they certainly didn't'. · enjoyed myself, even if Rocky band to watch. gigs I'd seen for a long time. The Venue wou ldn 't shut up about the size of First up were the Lucy Johnson his dick . Band. a four piece who played a Clearly influenced by The hold b~ck on the ol' gunpowder. mixture of frenetic, Celtic-influ· Pogues, The Cropdusters 'TWAS a weird assortment Musically Wrathchild are the enced songs and gentle fo lk bal- . thrashed out a set of blistering fast of _meta lheads, punks a nd: tightest glam band I"ve seen, but Susan Cyanid . li ve, not lengthy CD listening to THE WILDERNESS TOM TOM CLUB the Talking Heads production team. Glasgow School of Art CHI LDREN D011'1 Say No is about a girl fal Potterrow Psychotic ling in love with a boy on the BENEATH inte llectual street. unashamedly simple and diversity we find an order; no romantic: the chorus ANITA BAKE R HUE AND CRY Giving You The Best That I Got Ordinary Angel Elektra LP . Circa 12" HOT HOUSE South HANG ON chaps, wasn't that a FOR THE ··average contemporary listener'' who regards Whitney RCA LP sitar? O h nasty, nasty! Lef s have Houston as a chanteuse extraordinaire, An ita Baker's new album will be quite a find . But to those with more discriminating soul song tastes none o f thise Eastern nonsense. · AS OPPOSED to the crud that passes for so ul in the charts (Alexander - i. e. Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Al Green-Anita Baker just ~~ : ~~ ~\ ~.~i s may be removed O'Neal, Freddie Jackson - puke), Hot House are nothing sho rt o f doesn't cut the proverbial muster. But before o ne can recite the ~~ ; ~~';~~ ~;~~:,~i ~.:~~ns~ burst of piano to the chocolatey voice 1 - indi~~d~oa~IT~~~ ~~~ :~~~ ~~~~-t~~;i~e~;~\ ~:~ i::1ir;~~l~~~~: ~kf ~:i:~;;11~:;:::·k~rs:~ ~ But trying to spli t the Hot House sound down inlo ind ividual ~::,~r 0 ·Babe'"s, " Honey"s and ··oohs'' sci to overly orchestrated soul (and I atrocious records, did11 ' the?, Hue C:uitf .;~~1t\t it~u~s,h::~~l~~J~!cif ~~ ! ~oii~~~;~r;~~et ~;;ti~t~ ;' ~~i:!~~\ ~=~~~::~~)a~~:iibt?c°::~ !:~:-i:~~~~i ~:\ ~: ;:~c:ip:i~~~s ;~!f;i,~~!~n~~~; ;;,h;:~~~~re ,nawless d isplay of emotion on vinyl. Words .l ike "well crafted '' and 1 1 thi nk r m good enough/I hope Yo u think I'm girl enough/I hope you some decent funky dance sounds. ~·~ ~: \~S:'"'p~~ii~1;. ~~~~t-, ~~ rc~~ab~!~ t~;~ ~~~t~r~i tbti~';'' rd th3 ~ee~; ~:: ii; l~hce;;s~?y~:rt::Z~ai~:. ha to get t fluttery roman tic : n~d :l: ~~~~ ~~:i~;;~~i::;a:~, and countless other musical forms. Unlike their comemporaries, Ho t 0 1 nd nd Baker Seems to think her songs must rh yme at pain of death and be in sight: Ordi11ary A ngel bounds ~~u~!/:~ ~:; t~Zt~~: ~:i!~:0~:~~~~c: ~~ : ~1_' a not bla +out in packed to the gi lls with neat little phrases. Otis Redding wasn't a rh yme :along mcely, and should be Their cover of Willie Nelson's Crazy is a particularly o utstanding master but in his song I've Bee11 Lovi11g You Too Long the simple lyrics suc~essful en~,ugh to reaffi rm lazy, lulling version of the classic , but contrast this with the spunky and music arc saturated with soul , dripping wi1h raw emotion. It grabs the•r popu!anty. li veliness of The Way Th at We Walk and yo u have the two poles you, makes your heart go "umph" whereas Anita Baker's so ngs just Everylhmg ~me expects from between which all the magnificence of this LP li es. make you go "ugh''. Her last album was ti ghter, much more honest but Hue and Cry,_m cludmg ~; ather Wi th their debut album Hot Ho use have effortlessly grasped and this recent attempt is linle more than a mo nument o f ve rbosity, inane sleek production. PeTS?nall y,_ taken as their own that mystical concept know n as "soul ". If 5011th is rhyming and t eneric music. : ~: ~r~h~~ r ~~.f: ~::~~~:~~~IVC the result, I bloody well wish I could get some too. Cr-aig McLean T here is no doubt Anita Baker has a rich, interesting voice, but if this more chirpy, and you can watch album is the best that she's got to offer, I'll stick to Are tha. Mr Kane sweat. Yeah! J eni Baker Alun Graves HE BLOW MONKEYS It Pays To Belong Phonogram 7" _&,-i:..~i-4f D R RO BERT has a message. ~ -. TEN~" Listen hard and you might hear it. ,· '\L • \L For never before has polit ical Sonic Yo uth (New Double LP) + Auto G. Poster £7.99 rhetoric been so convincingly lost COMP! The Thanes/Hey Girl + Six (LP) £3 .99 beneath that predictable white The Waterboys/Fisherman Blues (LP/Cassette) £5 .99 soul+boy sound and silky smooth Have we got some goodies for • The Hot House LP features. Julian Cope (New LP/Cassette) £5 .99 Love and Money/Strange Kind of Love (LP/Cassett~) £5. 99 vocals. Surely the purpose o f you this week! Up for- grabs in this Crazy; which legendary female piss-easy competition are five counlr-y star made the song her Enya/Watermark (LP/Cassette) £5.99 political songs is, at least, to make Passadenas/To Whom (LP/Cassette) £5. 99 you thin k and hopefull y create a copies of Hot House's sparkling own? debut LP, a copy of the Schweppes • Whal is the classic catchphrase Yello/Stella (LP) £3.49 reaction. This is more likely to Bill Withers/Greatest Hits (LP/Cassette) £3.49 render you unconscious than to Rock Yearbook (see next week for- from Schweppes ads? an inter-view with year-book editor • I'd like to read the Rock Year- Jame$ Taylor Quartet (New LP/Cassette) £5. 99 start the revolution. Wedding Present/Tommy (LP/Cassette) £3.99 Dr Robert's ideology may be in Lloyd Bradley), two Rock Year- book in a hothouse because ..• the right place, but here it is book T-shir-ts, a nd a sundry colle<: - ..•..••• ...... •...... • LAST WEEK OF SALE expressed with a complete Jack of lion of singles a nd 12". All in all, As this is such a massive com- passio n or conviction. Not a five lots of prizes to be won. petition, you have until Monday, FURTHER REDUCTIONS record that is go ing to change the All you have to do fo r a chance 7th November, to get your- entries of winning is answer- the rollowing into the Student offl«s at 48 Pita. We have Edinburgh's largest selection of Acid, Hip-Hop world , but no doubt the video will and Soul including many US import 12" singles and Lps be very pretty. questions and complete the tie- sance. ~icky Senior- breaker: , ,42 Cockbum Street (031-220 0133) ,., I' •1'11.• J J·lll I I 12 Thursday, October 27, 1988 Features ' Having survived-one domestic trauma after another, Brook side's Billy Corkhill is back on· his feet and laughing, coping with single parenthood in a way our Doreen would be proud of With the demise of the Grant household, the Cor khill's have now taken over the role of working-class fam ily, and John McArdle, as Billy, has become something ' of a hero. He spoke to Gillian Drummond about life as a soap opera star, why we've probably seen the last of Doreen, and why people chant funny things to him in the pub .. . NYONE the least bit interested in pard play which was being put on there that McArdle ''She watches every soap in the world, my mother, Brookside will appreciate all that Billy was asked to stand in for a student who dropped out of everything. Even that Cefl Block fl thing -she watches Cork hill stands for: heart-throb, the production. The.play received goodreviews, and he the lot . He r big moment for me was when I did Corona working-class hero and all -round was encouraged to go to drama school. rion Srreei - 1did that twice. I'd been doing Shakes· A Before doing Brookside, McArdle managed to avoid pearc theatre and all that, which meant nothing to my good laugh, our lad has become one of the Billy thespe ll sof unemployment which appear to go hand-in mum. She said 'When are you going to do some proper anchormen of the soap, the friendly spa rk who hand with acti ng. acting? On the telly?'. So I did bits and pieces and then always has room in his extension for a stray "I was never out or work ," he says, "I alw~ys wo rked, whe n I got a part in the Street that was it, I was like a neighbour or relative. One Of the problems in either in Rep or in te levision and radio, so I had quite a • proper actor then." speaking to John Mac (as the friendly people at varied expe ri e nce before I came to Brookside." For those of you not acq uainted with Billy Corkhill Brookside Productions refer to him) is separat It was while performi ng in Joh n Godbcr's Bouncers and his family, a quick update: our Billy hasn't a lot to ing him from Billy, especially when their voices that he was told about the auditions fo r Brookside. smile about in the past ·what with unemployment, then Having himself been born in Li verpool, doesn't he find wife Doreen deciding 10 have a credit card spree while are almost identical. Imagine a slightly more ii boring being in a Liverpool soap and playing such a they struggled to pay off their mon gage. Finally , wit h subtle accent and you've just about got the pic typical scouse character as Billy Corkhill? the Corkhills' in debt and Billy in despair, he turned to ture. Then he drops the bombshell: " I'm nothing "I thi nk ifs still chall enging because I'm nothing like crime. No sooner was that trauma over with but Doreen like Billy." Next they'll be telling me that Brook Billy. I think mybrother's likehim,so I can use him as a decided that sleepil}g with her lecherous boss might side doesn't exist. role model. I don't know , it all depends what's coming. solve a few of their money problems. However, she I'm not bored at the moment ... a little bit , but 1:ve got soon saw sense and refrained from going through with some good story lines coming up. ·· the dirty deed. Bill y found out anyway of course, and Somewhat of a late..comer to the acting business (he None of which he is prepared to divulge, I might add. there then fo llowed a massive row, wi th Do eventually started when he was 26). McArdle landed the part in Doesn't he ever feel tempted to te ll everybody what's wa lk ing out, never to be seen since. How in volved docs Brookside over three years ago. His career as an actor going to happen , knowing the story so far in advance? he get with hs character at times like that? began when. aft er a few years working, he went to a "I give everyone red herrings," he says, " I tell me "I enjoyed it , but at the same time it does your head college of further education to gain some qualifications. mother all sorts so she'll stop asking me." in . Whe n Kate Fitzgerald (Doreen) left I didn't have to It was w~ile helping buil~ the sce_nery for a Tom Stop· So.rour mum's a fan or Brookside then? really act, I was just rea ll y sorry to sec her go. So you Thursday, October 27, 1988 13 just cha nnel some of those feelings into the part, and it suggest: the once devoted mother suddenly leaves, and ·as much damage as, say, ifyO u were in Crossroads or helps. I've been skint and I've had problems and you now her husband and children don't hear a word from somelhing like that for a long time. Because we don't just draw on that fo r experience. It does take it out of her. He agrees. have these high vie wing fi gures and We don't have that you, but it works, hopefully." "I know, and she's not thC sort of woman that much public feed.back and publicity.'' ~ would've left her kids, she cared so passionately about One of !he policies amongst a number of 1he Brook Describing himself as "ambitious but not aggressively them." side cast is to avoid a lot of media auention. ambitious," McArdle admits that he wouldn't do Sois there any chance o f Do coming back, only to find "It's good to keep away from that.'" he says, "\ve don't another soap if he left Brookside, but would rather go Billy shacked up with Sheila Grant? want todcrtoo many quiz shows and become a personal ity rather an an actor." back to doing theatre work, and then, hopefull y, films. ··1 don't know, I think she"s be silly if she did because Meanwhile, Billy Corkhill a nd Brookside continue to Is that pan of their conlrdct? · she left 10 do other things and you 've got to get rid or ··No. you can do if you want, but sofTle of us choose not : charm, humour and ente rtain. But although the e nter that character you've played. If she came back it'd to. There's no big restrictions .•. tainment aspect of the programme is always there, some resurrect it and she'd find it harder to get rid or her." take it more seriously than o thers. Billy's spate of mis McArdle restricts himself to the occasional charity fortune left the Corkhills in big debt, and the public I asked him if he agrees with the direction the story is func1ion and some paid appearances, but prefers to lie responsed generously. taki ng at the moment, especially in the Cork hill 's house low ~he_re publicity is concerned. But occasionally the "I had kids se nding me money," he says, "little kids hold, where the extension, very neatly disguised as a hospitality of the public attracts rather more atte ntion sent me two quid in . I had three job offers, one in North garage, has seen a motley selection of guests and lod than expected, as he found out after a recent trip to ern Ireland and a couple in England. One of them , their gers. Wembley to sec Liverpool play. dad owned the finn in Northern Ireland and they had "It is a bit OTT,"' he admits. "What happened was "I _was in this pub in Stanmore, I was with my brothers, some vacancies for electricians. And me mum·s green they don't know what to do with everyone, there's not and 1t was packed with Liverpool supporters and they grocer, who's a real laugh, he sent in some vegetables. enough houses. Between ourselves well it Carry on were playing pool on the other side or the bar. They He said 'Tell Do to make ycr a scouse'." Corkhills, it's becoming a bit of a joke. You have a laugh started singing 'Bill-y's shaggi ng Shei-la,. Bill-y's shag But Brookside has do ne more for the area than simply ~:u_t '.' ?~d go "Oh God, who else is going to move in gingShei-la', like the whole pub! And my brothers we re to evoke generosity from the locals. Set as it is in part of killing themselves laughing." a housi ng scheme on the outskirts of Li verpool, Brook The perils or being a superstar ... McArdle"s lips are side offers employment for a lot of local people (you McArdlc has just signed an other 12-monlh cOntfact sealed , however, on·whcther or not !here may be any know___yo u're through to Brookside productions when with Channel 4, so thereare nosignsasyet that Billy will truth behind the jests; might we sec Billy and Sheila you hear a scousc female answering the phone). T urning make any Doreen-lik e departures f;om the Close. getting togc1her in the future? part ofa ' real' housing scheme into the set for Brook.side However, he is adamant that his career hasn't come to a obviously has its advantages, but doesn't it ever get halt with Brookside. -- 1 don't know," he says. M •••• Well , I do but I'm not claustrophobic? "I don"t wam to stay in a soap opera for the rest ofmy telli ng you." life bu~ I became an actor so it 's the variation of the job. "We ha ve our grumbles, but o n the whole it's a good . ~w~ c h . . . I've come 10 the conclusion that getting laugh; everyone's got a good sense of humour. And you This is !he longest I've every played one character, and · 1ns1~e 1nfoou1 of one of the Brookside cast is lik e getting do a lot of waiti ng around o n the set, so you just like after a while you think 'God, can I still do it. Can I still a smile oul of tyrry C ross: no chance. And I didn't want wa nder a round the site, go a nd have a chat. It's a bit like play the part?' There's o nly so much you can get out of to press the point any further anyway or he might gel working in the theatre, you get to know everybody. It one character, and it comes toa point where you can"t the other Mr McArdle onto me - remember him .. _ ? has that same foci about it because it is so small ." get any more oul of it and you have to move on." ROOKS/DE has tackled some major issues S MOST of us are we ll aware, the media . in the past, such as he roin addiction, rape appears to take great pleasure in portraying an~ ~omosexuality. _It is not short of strong British soap operas as cut-throat 1crritory, B pol111cal storylines eithe r. Has he ever had to each vying wilh the rest to increase its put his foot down and refuse 10 tackle some issue o ut of viewinAg fi gures. McArd\e denies that any of thisrivalry moral obligation ? actually exists, and blames TV and the tabloids for "There was one storyline Which I just didn't believe in sti rring up competition. As he says, ··we·re a ll actors. poli tically, but my characte r would. That was crossing a we"reall in 1he same boa!.'' picket line. Politicall y I wouldn't do that. but my charac So what so~ ps does he watch himself? · te r would so I did it ." "Eastenders, that's really about the only one." Howevc!r much say the powers that be have at Brook What about Brookside, I've heard that's not bad ... side, in the way of scripts and storylincs, it appears that "Som-etimes. It's a bit bland at the moment. It goes they are dealing with a far from passive crowd of actors. througfl these phases I think, you know how you get o ne McArdle admits that any discre pancies in the scripts can or two episodes which are like making-cups-of-tea-1 be ironed out with the production team. He himself put time : . . " his roo1 down when the character or D.oreen made her But surely that's part of Brookside"s steady success, dramatic exit from the series a nd mcArdle was pre the fact that things are more like real life, whereas in sented with a script which he considered 10 be contTary Easte11ders the controversy whi ch they altempt to pack to Billy's character. into every episode has worn a bit thin. "There were some lines I had to say not long after she '· Yeah , Brookside can be a bit bland, but then it's left which were really knocking her and I just wollldn't more like real life. In Eastenders they've nearl y burned say them. It was contradictory to the way Billy felt for themselves out with all the drama it's had. it's sort of her and I just said 'Look I can't say those lines' and in ;Where do you go from here?"." the end I got my way. But I think what they wanted to The turnover of characlers in Brookside is as much a do was try and exorcise my character so thai"I could part of its success as anything, he says: make way for new relationships." "What"s good about it is that there is a good lurnover ' The storylfllc had been rather weak iTI th"a t" respect , I- of actors that comea'nd go, and it doesn't do your career_ 14 Thursday,October 27 , 1988 Reviews Arts PAN PROJ ECT: UNDER SHADES THE MOON Bedlam Freshers Lunchtime The Theatre Workshop 180ct Oct 21-22 MOONSTRUCK A FAMILIAR chord was A n unusual interpretation of Yeats' four Dance plays, struck in this introduction to REFLECTING Yeats in his the Bedlam's new intake of resulted in a multicultural evening of entertainment . .. search for an original .freshers. Shades' p\ot seemed medium to express his inten- somehow familiar as it fol tions outside the boundaries lowed the lives of two of Western Theatre, the Pan friends, Robert and Sarah, in Project drew a highly indi- a series of snapshot scenes vidual interpretation of his which showed them gradu four Dance plays on the life · ally drifting apart in teenage of Cuchulain to produce a years only 10 be later reun multi-cultural combination ited before Robert's prema of dance, music and drama. ture death from· multiple The music and dance we.re sclerosis. evocative of the basic rhythms of ancient cultures woven into the fabric of the production as a whole. Whilst this union of cul tures added tremendous vitality and life, this occasionally appeared to be at ihe expense of ihe original gaelic tradition on which the legend of·Cuchulain is founded. Yel the sk ilful utilisation of lli]A generally sensitive and sim lighting and a set telling in its simpli city. complemented the ple approach to the play lifted it perfectly choreographed dance onto a higher level as the cast suc ceeded in illustrating the univer pieces which portrayed the tumul tuous and frequently fantastic life sality of 1he theme. Combining led by the hero Cuchulain. mime and music with a minimum of props, the cast achieved a sense The legend of the '·Hound of of continuity alld fluidity which Ulster" lends itself to the super ·was essential to the play. One natural and these plays dutifully scene changed into another with follow suit. Cuchulain 's quest for the whole cast coming together in immortality 'by drinking the wat a trance-like movement around ers of a closely:guarded well is a the stage. Although this contri fitting illustration of the paranor buted to the sense of drifting apart mal e~nts common to such talcs which had been developed in the of heroism. Commenting o·n such earlier short scenes, it latterly stories was the Fool, played became rather montonous and superbly by Josette Bushell awkward for both audience and Mingo, who dominated the stage cast. with her controlled movement. chilling singing voice and apt "latterly, rather monotonous facial expression. and awkward" Whilst reflecting Yeats' break from the mould in the introduc· tion of a wide"va riety of cultural The final scene, however, was a traditions, I feel the true spirit of poignant and memorable conclu Cuchulain as the mighty Irish war sion to the production and encap rior would have been better sulated the best of Shades. The defined had the Irish culture soli tary speaker in the darkness played a greater pan in this pro whose words were visually por duction. This reservation should trayed by a simple mime move not', however, tarnish the i.mage of ment added a subtlety to the per an essentially well-acted and, formance which offered . much directed production from t~ Pan hope for future ventures by this cast. The Fool, played by Yosette B~shell-Mingo. Project. Fiona Gordon Sarah Saunderson Reviews Arts Thursday, October 27, 1988 IS sequcntly derriands liule effort JOHN McCORMACK: from the audience. We are SNONALERY GERGIEVI MAN AND LEGEND encouraged to sit back and relax MICHAEL ROLL Rollerman·ia! as ballads. arias and songs wash Bedlam Thea1re Usher H a ll over us. 220ct John McCormack strongly Octo ber21 THIS ONE-MAN show believed in s:rcllling an enieme AN ATTRACTIVE classical celebrates the 50th anniver cordiole with the public and this is programme drew the crowds well achieved in the play. Patrick sary of the farewell tour of Stephen-Samuels allernatcs hi s in to the U sher Hall last Fri the great Irish tenor, John songs with biogrnphical sketches. day evening to hear the SNO McCormack. In these he sits cosily at a desk under the d irection of Vale ry Patrick Stephen-Samuels. who with a glass in his hand and wiuily Gcrgiev. plays the title role, is totally unaf recounts vignettes from his . The soloist Michael Roll in fected in his presentation. He extraordinary career. The tenor's Mozart's D major piano concerto speaks his lines as a si nger. rather modesty attributes such achieve - the so-called --corona1ion·· - than intelligently reciting a script. ments as being the youngest tenor had a highly articula1ed style His un'pretentious acting and 10 have sung an opera in Covent which illuminated the uncompli modest singing succeeds in con Garden to luck. cated melod ic lines and fresh juring up an authentic atmos T he singing and piano playing si mplici ty of the work . Though ..., phcrc. ·mere arc no elaborate arc very professional in an unpro with this high degree of articulacy props or costumes to impress the fessional way it was this lack of pe rhaps something was los1 of lhe audience. The play does not splendour all round that made the work's lyrical aspect. particularly as pi re to cleverness and con- play such a touching tri bute . in the Lughetto second move Emily Robinson ment. In contrast, Valery Gcrgicv·s glittering m inute. 4 PRlOE OF THE FORTH The show is a ct:lebration of di rection of Beethoven's Fourth K ing's Theatre Sconish talent and tradition, Symphony was disappoi ntingly lacking in cla rit y. There was a 24-29 Oct ~~~lui~;!it~~f:~i; mii~~~s ~~ wooly-edged quaiity to this pe r ·' PRJOE O F the Forth" is music probably isn't everybody's formance. particularly evident in unlikely to empty the stude nt thing (u nless everybody is heavily the development of the first movement and in the exposed unions this weeke nd. Then ~!~on~~;) b~;,~~;:~~:~~l y ~t~ string passages of the second. again , it doesn't really aim to. very high standard. Though high ly spiri ted. the third The show is unashamedly J overheard perhaps the most and fo urth movements lacked o ld-time e ntertainment, a apt comment on the evening on fi nesse and . still more im por series of slick revue slots the way out: " I hate to admit it , tantly, orchestral ensemble. linked smoothly by the eve r- but I quite enjoyed that." H perhaps the orchestra were put ill smiling Alexande r Brothers. you're the type who can fo rget ,at ease by the tendency in Ger We're not so familiar with the about being cool fo r an evening gicv's bea t to anticipate, a 1 technique which seemed to lead to style today, but the wrinkles rr;~~~: ~:~ ~~:;es~r! r;:~t~;t~ a certain amount of undignified That's what mates are for .( !) were pouring in by the . your granny. She'll love it. rushing in the fin al passages of the essential patterned socks, predict- coachloads and loving every Alison Jones symphony. Tessa Willi• ffl$' ALL OF ME LOVES ALL ably raised more than a chuckle, OF YOU of remembra nce perhaps from LYS HANSEN - RECENT 0 Johnny Splitt T heatre :~:~o~~ae~o~=~,' 0~a~~i:~~:~~ WORK T raverse Theatre horror and relief fro m those too City Art Centre Oct 18-23 young! . Until Nov 5 Howeve r, there were more se rious moments to this prod uc- AT FIRST, Lys Hansen's THE BAY City Ro llers were tion, such as frequent , poignant eye-catching canvases seem perh aps no t everyone's ideal ,reminders of the biller-sweetness to bo rder on the grotesque; teenage heart throbs, but to o_f ~dolescence._S he, fin ds _herse lf the awkward inte rtwining of the heroin e of Jenny Lanp- n~)culed by nval ~la~e fan s, feet , hands and faces in reth\"All of Me Loves.All of :~:~Yby! f:u~~:e~:~ne~is ~~~ bright , dramatic co lo urs and You , they are, witho ut mother (she mimics so we ll ) who e nergetic, Picassian doubt, her undisputed idols. see ms to have to ng-forg~i'ten brushstro kes m a kes the This immensely comical play what it was like to be young. rea listic shapes become provided an excellent opportun!ty Plummeting from hyste ria to fi gurative and a mbiguous in for some good, old nostalgia. desolation. she often escapes to a their union. which t~e aud!cnce of all ag1:s dream-like state, re~1 lising her wil- However; the apparent grotes reve lled m. cap1tvated by the sp1- dest fa ntasies, only to fall back to queness disappears under rited performance given by reali ty with a resounding thud! ~rutiny . Lys Hanse n expresses on Alexandra Cross as the rebellious This was a most compelling, canvas fee lings she has expcri tecnagcr surrounded by an array humorous production , superbly enced in life; ''I am deali ng with of BCR pa raphernalia (tartan written and acted, and despite the suppression and lack of effective- scarves to tea towels)! Toes tap- many trials and tribulations of ness, powerlessness~ ped to a m~dley of t~c BCR's both mockery and ecstacy, her symptoms of the all too common greatest, while the all-un_portant obsession survives unscathed as human lack of self fulfilment. tartan trim, garnishing everything she stands defiently resolu te in "The Object of Renewal'" , she -rfr-:_o-mc-=t~hc~:c-l;o_s~s-a;l~-fl~a~,_c;s~-t:o~t~h-e;_;h~e-;-, t:a_n~-a~n~s-;pl~en~i:7;_;o';';::•;g;J:;::o~h:n::;;to:n:s , ,_.xip-l~a-;~n-se,i;siaibo~,it i"bic;;nigi;nicoi mj ·-, Lys hansen: "a strik ing, tho ught-provoking arl ." I 'd f)CANNON plete. ·· "issuing fro m the dul_l stare '" Bride and Groom Lie Hidde·n for C onst er 'IJOUr .f:'uture as 1 of the bodi less face to the trun- Three Days··. and three ca rwascs i 1 .,1 · J O A FISH CALLED cated legs and oppressiveness of entitled ··Say Nothing··, '·Hear ,;n,.n actu if!*. . the shades of purple is the idea Eve rythi ng~, See All"" . a C0 nsult,, v a,y WANDA thatifthebcnt-doublefigurewerc Lys Hansen imagines what we John Clcese Jamie Lee Cunis to stand up and become whole, it wo ul d sec looking out fro m inside With 4,500 people in 17 countries Towers Perrin is one of :,vould be superhumanly impos- our psyches. Hers is a striking. the world's leading independent fim1s of actuaries and 1.45 pm. 4.45 pm. 7.45 pm mg. thought-provoking. art of colour; management consultants - and we arc growing rapidly. Clues 10 the fee lings embodied a fig urntivc composition of emo-· arc found in gest ure, particularly ; . 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ITA LIAN SPECIALITI E S 1 ,1, /1• I MOUTHWATERING SWEETS. , 16 Thursday, October 27, 1988 Reviews Film . Imagine iS compiled from· ducer George Martin and his sons IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON Yoko Ono's vast film and Julian and Sean, the film is exclu Cannon video archive which two sively narrated. in Lennon's own CYCLE RACE words. Together, this .highly per Dir: Andrew Solt years ago she authorised the sonal combination shows us his !'he arrival ofthe film Big in £din'burgh highlighis the prevail producer David Wolper to life in a way that would have been turn ·into a cinematic bio impossible before. mg trend of contemporary cinema, namely the filmmakers ' AS IF he .knew that posterity graphy. eagerness to mimic any recent movie which achieves any would value him, John Len Fortunately Imagine avoids the ofs llccess. Neil Smith takes a'Jook at this depressing non lived a remarkable Except for a small number of ra~::i~r:1 interviews with those who were temptation of idolising Lennon. It amount of his life under ihe' closest to him, such as his first wire shows the two-sided nature· of his eye of the camera lens. Cynthia, Yo_ko, the Beatles' pro- character, from his kindness to a hippy camping in the grounds of his stately home to the rows he had with Cynthia, and from his intense honesty and abili1y to laugh at himself to his ugly habit of geuing extremely violent when drunk. Yet, for all the personal insight it gives us. the film's structure is also an inherent weakness. It's documentary style would be far better suited to a· shorter televi sion programme, and running at I hour45 minutes, the film is simply too long 10 sustain interest in all but the most dcdicbted Lennon fans. The soundtrack is excellenl, but in itself nOI reason enough to sec the film. As a very personal record o f a unique man, Imagine: John Lennon works well. As cinema, however, it strangles itself in its own rambling s1ruc-· ture. John Lennon with Yoko Ono shortly before his death. William Parry JEAN DE FLORETTE Over the next few days, the Filmhouse is showing a trio of ·uNDER SATAN'S SUN acclaimed Continental films. With a multitude of awards from ORIGJNALITY h·as become pair of Twins. THE RUNNER several countries betwen them, they represent excellent exam a dirty word in Tinseltown, a So whitt does this cycle system Filmhouse ples of quality European cinema. sad situation highlighted by a tell us about the state of the movie Jean de Florette and Under Satan's Sun are showing from _"cycle system" of big-budget industry? Clearly, as production JEAN Ii the son of Florette. Sunday 30th_ October to Tuesday I st November, and The Run movies. costs escalate, movie moguls are · He inherits hi s family's farm ner from Frtday 28th to Saturday 29th October. Last year the Vietnam movie constantly searching for bankable after his mother's death, a nd was all the rage: after the critical options: although nothing can match the guaranteed sucess of he a rrives from the city with and financial success of Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Platoon , the sequel ( Crocodile Dundee 2; his family. An innocent, he is was it mere coincidence that we Ram~o 3, ad infinitum), the vulnerable to the mystical quali1y being even more Gerard Depardieu (Jean de soon saw the release of Ham studio bosses are ready to jump on ·Soubeyrans, his trecherous prevalent in 1he film's sequel, Florette) can also be seen in burger Hill, Gardens of Stone, !he bandwagon when a new idea is 'nei~hbours. The spring Manon de Sources. Under Saran's Sun under the Good Morning Vietnam and (last revealed. Critical or cult successes which runs through his land is di rection of M.iurice Pialat. In a but certainly not least) Stanley may bring prestige to the studios, but there's nothing better than a blocked by the Soubeyrans Throughout Jean de Flore/le, similarly dramatic film , Depar Kubrick's stunning Full Metal Jacket? smash-hit to b ring in the bucks. in their endeavour to make humour and tragedy run closely dieu plays a priest who is so Spring saw a nappy rash of baby A sad consequence of this the property seem worth alongside one another. Jean's affected by a girl's suicide that he is forced to retreat to a monastery. movies, headed by Three Men and 'loadsamoney' policy is that the less, until they themselves innocent , often illogical optimism best films are frequently lost in a is at once both amusing and heart The film won the coveted Palme a Baby, with Baby Boom, She's can buy it. This spring is fun D'Or at Cannes in 1987. Having a Baby and Maybe Baby tide of crap. Vice Versa was hur- rending. The script is witty and • ried through production so that it damental to the farm's col':'urs each character vividly - hot on its heels. Now the in-thing health. is the role-reversal comedy: first could open before Big, defini1ely for mslance, Monsieur Soubeyran the better of the two; and who muses "A farmer can have a hun Vice Versa, now and soon George Ru~~::,, atbteacf~\:~~usf;aJ:~ Burns in 18 Again. I can reveal remembers Raising Arizona, This being undiscovered by chback, but a hunchback can't unquestionably the best of the ~ean, he consequently falls deeper farm" when considering jean's ~irector Amir Naderi, is the cmo that the current craze in Hol ~1onal p<_>rtrayal of a yo ung boy, lywood is the Twin movie, first nappy comedies? mto poverty as his crops fail. chances of farming success. Unti l the studios take a few Manon, his daughter, is still a 1mpoven shed and frequently seen . in !he Bette-Midler-Lily forced to run for his survival. Tomlm comedy Big Business: chances, we can expect more of child - yet discovers the the same from Hollywood; and Visually , Jean de Florette is watch out fo r Jeremy lrons in Soubeyran's secret. Even at this that sadly means more repetitive beautiful; almost every shot has Da~jd_ Cronenberg's Dead Rin age, we sense something Zevi Watmough dross at Edinburgh's picture- unfathomable about her, this the quality of an art painting. gers,· and Arnold Schwarzenegger arid Danny de Vito as an unlikely houses. · ODEON CLERK STREET 031-567 7331/2 * MAKE YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR TOP MOVIES * TOM HANKS stars in BIG(PG) Complete programmes at 1.30, 3.40, 6.00. ROBIN WILLIAMS stars in GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (15) Complete programmes at 2.15, 5.3Q, 8.15. PHIL COLLINS JULIE WAL TEAS in BUSTER(15) Complete programmes at: Friday/Saturday 1.45, 4.00, 6.20, 8.45. Sunday/Thursday 1.35, 3.45, 6.05, 8.30. A Great Movie to look forward to: From 11th November SEAN PENN, ROBERT DUVALL in COLORS(18) * STUDENT CONCESSIONS EXCEPT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY* Thursday, October 27, 1988 17 G R A ,D U AT I N G I 8 9 2. British Telecom is a pioneer in a wond of constant change. HOW As one of the largest and most progressive businesses in the country, we are DO continually creating new communications and infonnation technology to anticipate the needs of our customers. In technology, in engineering and in FEEL management, we're looking for the finest minds of your generation; people who can ABOUT bring fresh ideas and establish new standards of excellence in areas as THE DAY diverse - as finance and Marketing, Software Research and Customer AFTER Services. So whatever your degree \ discipline, you'll find a fast moving environment that • · will challenge your enthusiasm and offer WORLD? unlimited potential for those with an eye to a better future. Wlfh us, the future is what you make it. So why not find out more from our brochure and video at your careers office or come to one of our special Autumn Presentations at your University or Polytechnic. British Telecom is an equal opportunity employer. Join us at our Presentation at the Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh on 3rd November at 6.30pm or for further infomiation on our Graduate Opportunities coll us on British FREEFONE 8445 1"El.EC01'-\ 18 Thursday, 27 October 1988 The Weekly Guide ·ST{ldeNt To What's On INFORMAL FOLK SESSION Thurs27 The Green Tree. 182-184 Cow gate , 225 1294 SAY NO TO T HE POLL TAX 9pm CONCERT Mi xture of instruments, not for Queens Hall. Clerk Street. the faint-hearted. 668 20 19 SWAMP TRASH . TONIG HT THE BROT111111111HE RS • DOMUS, by T HE N.EW TOWN AT NOON, SILEAS and CEOL Preservat ion Hall, Victoria St Sat 29 Sun30 CONCERT SOCIETY BEAG in a blucs/fo lk/cajun line 2263~16 Queens Hall , Clerk Street LOCAL FOLK GROUP up. 8 pm. Phone for prices. Resident band. 9.30 pm Free. FRANK CHICKENS 668 2019 The Green Tree. 182- 184 Cow Music Box, Victoria Street Restaurant and bar open 6 pm. gate. 225 1294 Fri 28 2204847 Chamber concert commences 9pm THE DAN BLOCKER Admission £ 1.50 7.45 pm. Ticke ts from £3.30, con EXPERIENCE VERY VERY Lounge and beer garden cessions available. ~ el~;its. Lothian Street Music Box. 9c Victoria Street TOTO AND THE 2 2204847 CHARLIE AND HER JAZZ BOSTONS SHEEPDOGS Tues 1 Good count ry music. 9 pm. fre e. Admission £1.50 Preservation Hall , Victoria St Preservation Hall. Victoria St LIVE FOLK MUSIC JIM KNIGHT SCOTTISH NATIONA L 226 3816 1 Scotch and Rye. (formerl y Kiny ORCHESTRA 2-4 pm. - ~~~~! f~r further details. Tickets Bannermans, 50 Niddry Stree1 O'Shea's) Usher Hall. Lo!'hian Road now available for DR FEEL- (Cowgate area) 556 3254 228 1155 THE ROOTSIDE TOOTSIEE 50 Geirgc IV Bridge, 225 1681 GOOD. appearing on 6•7 Nov. ~~; excuse to visit this pub is a Evening. Brahms and Schoenberg. Standby :r~:~aiion Hall, Victoria St tickets .avai lable for students, good one! 2263816 , THE LEG EN DS (formerly Blue Finger) .THE .MAGIC FLUTE EDINBURGH JAZZ CATERAN Evening. Phone to confirm. Venue, Calton Road , 557 3073 Music Box, Victoria Street CONCERT QUARTET 22 4847 Coppers. Cockburn St reet Edinburgh band . previously sup DOGS D'AMOUR and BABY'S 0 The Playhouse, 18-22 Greensidc GOT A GUN Admisstion£1.50 Place 557 2590 225 1441 ported Banbi Slam. late bar and Evening. disco. The Venue, Calton Road CASTLE FOLK MUSIC Tickets from £3. Students half STAN TRACEY QT 5573073 Ensign Ewart,52 1 Lawnmarkel. price. Tuesday to Thursday. Pro duction su 1t g in English, lasts 3 "THE GUANA BATZ and T H E Queens Hall. Clerk Street Late bar and disco. Phone for 225 7440 -hours 15 minutes. RADIUM CATS . 6682019 details. 9pm Venue, Calton Road. 557 3073 Tickets from Queens Hall Box SCHOENBERG, WEBERN, Go early for a good seat. Double helping of Psychobilly rd Wed2 from these nationall y-known two. ft;,C;;.,~ipping Reco s. :,E:e~nards Church, Sazecoburg Mon31 · Street, Stockbridge. THE WEDDING PRESENT BILLY JONES TEXAS BREAKFAST 8 pm MUSICIANS COLLECTIVE Queens Hall , Clerk Street Lord Darnley, West Port preserv1t tion Hall , Victoria St. Music by the sScond Viennese Venue. Calton Road 6682019 2294341 226 3816 School. Tickets available Queen's 557 3073 No better way to spend an even- 10.30 pm. Free. Phone for pricec etc. Hall Box offi ce 668 2019. Phone for information. ing. Phone fo r details. Cameo know, but it's something to do HOME STRE ET with a "Big'" secret. 2. GOOD MORNING A WORLDAPART(15) C I I VIETNAM (15) 2.15 pm . 4.30 pm, 6.40 pm, 9 pm Thurs 27 Oct-3 Nov 2.15 pm, 5.30 pm , 8.15 pm, Thurs 27 Oct-Thurs 3 Nov Set in 1%3 about a journalist and DISTANT VOICE, THE CANDIDATE (6.15 pm) 2. A SUMMER STORY ( 15) STILL LIVES ( 15) and SECRET HONOUR Phone 447 2660 for details of activist who struggles against 3. BUSTER (15) 6.30 pm, 8.30 pm; (8.50 pm), Sun 30 Oct times. · apartheid in South Africa wh ilst ---·· 1.35 pm, 3.45 pm, 6.05 pm, Thurs 27-~At 29 Oct George Square Theatre looking after 13-year-old Molly 3. CROCODILE DUNDEE II 8.20pm, Thur270ct-Thur3Nov and her youn ger sisters. (PG) 2 pm, 5 pm , 8 pm , A touching love story set arc,µmd NEVER ENDING STORY (U) TOP GUN (6.15 pm) and Thur 27 Oct-Thur 3 Nov the fmaous irain robbery, starring J\LIENS(IS) and ALIENS ( 15) 2 pm, Sat 29 Oct RED DAWN (8.45 pm) As the title suggests. a sequel, Phil Collins ("he' ll steal your l l. 15pm, Fri280ct Bullied schoolboy retreats with a Wed2Nov along the same lines as the first , heart away") and Julie Walters. ~ lie~s a~d out!!r space provide an book set in Famasia where he George Sq uare Theatre but they're ne ve r quite as good , 1magmat1 ve alternati ve to Viet embarks on many an adventure. are they? nam et al. JEAN DE FLORETTE (PG) 8.15 pm , Sun 30 Oct; 2.15 pm, Dominion Cannon FATAL ATTRACTION (18) 5.45 pm , 8. 15 pm, Mon 31-Tues NEWBAITLETERRACE LOTHIAN ROAD and DEAD OF WI NTER ( 15) I Nov Odeon 11 . 15 pm , Sat29 Oct Set in mid-'20s, a French film with l . GOOD MORNING S0Ull{ UERK STREET In the controversial Fara/ Attrac- subtitles about plotting and deceit VIETNAM (15) CRY FREEDOM (PG) ~ 2.05 pm , 7.05 pm, Thur 27 Oct ~~:a~ ~en~p~~~=~t ~~;:.~:;::7~~in the countryside of France. }r~~r;~;}~!r"1' J;~ pm, I. BIG (PG) Cinema 2, on the big screen in bil_ity of. the fa_mily uni!. Dead of _ PARTING GLANCES (l ) A comedy set in Vietnam for a ~l0pm,3.40pm,6 pm ,8.25 pm, 70mm. If you want to stay o r 2 27 Winter 1s a H11cheockian horro r pm. _4Qpm .S.40 m 5 changewhichdoesn'ttrytomake Thur 0ct-Thur3Nov become politically aware this can ~ here an actress finds a new. part T3 hu•s 6 O•t P ' you think too much. You have to e movie to make yo u feel up to not be missed. Also you don't I th I f h d ' 27 " be alert , as the one-liners come 20 years younger. How, I don't · have to be intellectual to go. :?tvoa~~s ~i~~ s ~ own I en- A tale of-yuppie Jove among the thick and fast. - t:;I Y po Y er e. Manhatt_angay set. ,------THE RU NNER (PU). CAMEO Information LYCEUM T flE DEERHUNTER (18) Theatre Save·r Concession cards 3 pm , 6. 15 pm , 8.15 pm, Afternoon shoWS are £1 .20, I pm, Sun 30 Oct ALMSOC cost £1 and last all year. Th is Fri 28 Oct-Sat 29 Oct evenings £2. and last show £2.90. Major Vietnam movie wh ich Membership of £11 to students enables members to get £1 off the emphasises the poisonous nature An Iran ian film about a 13-year CANNON allows free entrance to all full price each time you and a friend of war. , old boy who is determined to performances. Membership goto the lyceum. Performances are £2.50 and £2.90. make something of himself as well available at all shows and non ESCA as running olot. Subtitles. members may purchase guest DOMINION tickets in advance from any Union Edinburgh Students Charities Filmhouse Students pay £1.50 for all Shop. Appeal are at 11/19 Guthrie Street _LO_TH_IA_N_R_OA_O_____ ~~ ~~~ i.~l::. S SUN (15) performances except evening (225 4061 ). Anyone is welcome to 5 performances in Cinema 3. The ,ALMHOUSE pop down and meetings are from l Sun 30 Oct-Tues l Nov Dominion is closed on Sundays. till 2 on Tuesdays. I. WALLSTREET(15) French film following a vill age Student prices are 75p for 2.45 pm, Thu,s"2 7-Fri 28 Oct priest at the tu rn of the century ODEON matinees, early evening shows BEl)LAM Performances up to 6 pm cost £1.50 and £2.50 for main evening EUTC members may purchase Michael Douglas-; Charlie Sheen while he wrestles with doubts of shows which are bookable in and Darryl Hannah star as Doug his vocation. Subtitles. £1 .50 and after 6 pm cost f2 with tickets at discount rates. Company matriculation card. Not applicable advance. No concessions on meetings are arranged a1 the las offers Sheen the option o f on Friday and Saturday evenings. Saturdays. Bedlam for anyone interested in becoming a ruth less player of the Filmsoc QUEEN'S HALL any aspect of the theatre. Phone stockmark~t like himself or to SNO 225 9893 for details. Pl atform Jazz concerts offer maintain his self-respect and OPIUM WAR (6.45 pm) and Scottish National Orchestra concerts offer student concessions student discounts where standby TRAVERSE _integrity. TOUCH OF EVIL (8.50 pm) 1 on Friday evenings on presentation tickets can be purchased for £3.00. ' Student membership is £4 for four Fri 28 0 ct of matric card. Subject to availabilil;y, ·,, years. . s . ' Pleasance Thursday, October 27, 1988 19 "The Weekly Guide To What's On STl)JdeNt I HISTORICAL SOCIETY 27 LUNCH I pm; History Departme nt . FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UN/VENTS 7.30 pm; Plcasance MAC COMM UN IT Y Discuss local environm ental C HARGE INFORMATION issues. Tickets £2 from Union shops. In EU FOLK SONG SOCIETY - CATHOLIC STUDENTS l-2pm; KBUandStuden1 Centre aid of Save the Children. BEER AND SKITTLES UNION FELLOWSHIP NEW SCOTLAND COUNTRY Evening; The She ip's Heid. MEA L 2nov DANCE SOCIETY C HRISTIAN UN ION 6 pm; 23 George Sq 7.30 pm; McEwan Hall, 7 pm; Chaplaincy Centre • 3 1 £ 1 Bristo Sq. A weekly meeting discussing men LAGS MEETING Fo rmal classes for all levels. of God, en ti tled '·make way" 8 pm ; Pleas_ance GREAT HIGHLAND BAG EU CHESS CLUB MANDELA FOR PRES!· Evenin~; Pleasance MAC COMMUNITY DENCY CAMPAIGN PIPE SOCIETY 8- 10 pm; Societies Centre DIAGNOSTIC SOCIETY CH ARGE INFORMATION 7 pm; Chaplaincy Centre Inexpensive instruction for all Moot Court. Old CollegC 1-2 pm; KBU and Student centre A ll welcome. lnov levels. 8 pm Traditional deba tes. CATHOLI C STUDENTS UNIVERSITY CHAPLAINC Y EU FOLK SONG SOCIETY I. 10 pm; 6th Level Common ~:di: pm ; Common Room. 23 POETRY SOCIETY. 8 pm; 48a Pleasance . MAC COMM UNITY Room, JCMB Fiddle Workshop Sessio ns. CHARGE INFORMATION Lunchtime talk - "The Applica George Sq. ~~~:~~~: ; ~sance Bread and cheese lunch. 1·2 pm; Teviot ·tion of Science to Forestry in Scot land - A Historical Survey'' . 0 GREEN BANANA CLUB POLITICS SOCIETY LUNCH EU CENTRE FOR HUMAN Also 6-9 pm, Chaplaincy Centre. Evening; Po tterrow ~nion 1 pm; Politics Dept, Buccleuch Pl. E U BUDDHIST SOCIETY One World Week meal and dis ECOLOGY 7 30pm; Lecture Theatre A, DHT Weekly meeting. 5.30 pm ; Faculty Room North, cussion. free 29 DHT. THIRD WORLD FIRST Public lecture from Sister Can· SCOTTISH COUNTRY Jane King discusses: "How Long dasiri, o ffering the teaching of the DANCE & 7.30 pm; Pl. Can Nature Proviq~?" FOLK DANCE CHAMBERS STREET D ISCO All welcome. Buddha. CLASS Evening; 50p 7-8.30 pm; Pe Dept, 46 Pleasance. Happy Hour 8.30-9.30 pm. Beginners we lcome. MAC COMMUNITY !~s~gI!i't~:A.TIONALIST POTTER ROW UNION DISCO 9 CHARGE INFORMATION 7.30 pm; Execu1i ve Room, Plea· 30 1-2 J)m ; Teviot Ev=~~; 28 : ~c;elcome. hip hop. CATHOLIC STUDENTS EU COMMERCE ASSOCIA STUD ENT AID - CEILIDH UN ION TION HALLOWEEN ANGLICAN SOCIETY EU DEMOCRATS AND DISCO Student Mass; 7. 15 pm PARTY General Meeting wi th elections. 8 pm-I am , Chambers Street Also a talk from Lyn Derine ·• Al 7.30 pm; Chaplaincy Centre 8 pm; Tevio t Park Room Regular meeting. phone EU Democrats for details. Union. ternative Trading. All welcome. Members and friends welcome. BROWN EXHIBITIONS STAT1DNeAs City Art Centre Stills Gallerv Gallery of 2 MARK'ET STREET 225 2424 (exl 6650) 105 HI GH STREET 5571140 Modern Art The best range ... REGARDING LYN HANSEN NE ILLANDS BEQUEST Until 5 Nov PHOTOGRAPHY From 21 Oct Recent paintings from the Falkirk U ntil 5 Nov, Tue-Sat noon-6 pm """'"'"""""__,,,...,. Work from David Bailey, Hiro Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 2-5 pm artist. A collection of paintings, draw Sato and others, aiming to explore ~ff0-4 ~ NH S 40th ANN IVERSARY the natu re o f photography. ings and watercolo urs bequeathed """"""" EXHIBITION to the gallery by the late Geoige -·~ Until 29 0ct Naillands. 369 Gallerv -,-me Exhi~itio n of past achievements. ?09COWGATE 2253013 Talbot Rice Gallen AIW.'>'95 ~ ~Sl'SleMS FOUR YEARS ON IDEAS AND IMAGES OLD COLLEGE 6671011(ut4308) SCOTflSH PATCHWORK . Until 22 Nov SEA SANCTUARY """""""""M""'-'"""""' AND QUILTING Mon 10.30 am-5.30 pm I Oct-12 Nov New works by Margaret Hunter, a Un til 5 NoV Mon-Fri 10 am-5 pm Exhibition by E li zabeth Ogilivie IOam-5 pm young Glaswegtan Art School Organised by the Thistle Quilters. Gradua1e. developing the theme of the sea. THEATRE The best brand names THE PUDOOK AN' T H E Lyceum PRINCESS King's Theatre GRIND LAY STREET 2299697 25-29 Oct LEVEN STREET 229 4840 7 .30 pm; Sat mat 2.30 pm AS YOU LIKE IT £2 (£1 concessions) PRIDE OF THE NORTH Fri 28-Sat 19 Nov Part of the " Guy and Guisers'" fes Mon 24-Sat 29 Oct 7.45 pm; £2.50-£7 tival from Theatre A lba. 7.30 pm; Sat 29 Oct 5 pm Shakespeare's comedy in the £2-£4 st.range goings-on in the Fores! o f Nostalgic Variety Show. Arden. Traverse 112WESTBOW bedlam Netherbow STALLERHOF The best value . Tue 25-Sun 30 Oct STRANGE GROWTHS IN 7.30 pm; £4.50 (£2.50) VIETNAM Arts Centre The Wild Players present Franz Wed 26 Oct-Sa1 30 HIGH STREET Xaver Kroctz·s play in which a Rappus T hea1re BROWN 3 STAT1Ci9NERS STORYTE LLI NG FESTIVAL ~~~!~~::,~~ r:1:~:ns~f;~ithg~:: tt~ f7~';;; b;nald Main. WE'RE BETTER Wed 26-Sat 29 Oct employer's mentally retarded el.Ow 7.30 pm;£2 daughter. Nominated fo r an -- Jn - Wed 26 0cl Traditional s~o~ytell il)g ,sessions dependent Theatre Award" dur- 1.20pm py DuncanW11l 1amson. ______, ingthe Festival. _ ', •k' _ £1-£1.50 ___ ••.:: ..... t"''"' S.R.C. BYE-ELECTIONS TODAY ARTS UNDERGRADUATE (2nd & SubsequentVears)-2 Seats LUCY JENNIFER EMMA JOHNSTON LAING ROHRBACH ,_ As your SAC representative '1will Having sat on the Academic Council :~~ fundiog of universities as Art and Music representative in be: my first university, Stirling. I've had a --Ole inctusing firllllCial burden plaa,d on stu -approachable little taste of this committee stuff ,_"""- --willing to listen before. Unfortunately, I had the ---fflinimisin!llhaeffedlofartsontherpalilyof unhappy task of watching my theedwtionolleredlytlhlartsFICIMy -prepared to take action. department close. I hope to repre· -I campaign against student loans, housing sent the Arts Faculty and help ensure benefltcutsetc. Vote ROHRBACH 1 for better that such thil)Qs never happen in repres4[!ntation of YOUR views. Edinburgh. ~i-:::1:~ SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE (2nd & Subsequent Vears)-1 Seat BILL GREEN JEFF LISTON Once &gain Educ11lon is under attack from lha Govarnmant. As a Class Rep for Biology, I implemented the Biology Asa Labour student I believe: Questionnaires, which were subsequently responsible for lnafaireducatiOflforell. MAJOR alterations to both the quantitative Biology and Biology Student grants irrespective of b-Klr;ground erid p.irental income. 1 Courses, including the establishment of the student's right not A better deal for KB students from EUSA. to do animal experiments. Vote for me and I will represent YOUR views! Vote for Me for More of the Same- Only Better II LAW 1st VEAR-1 Seat FRANCES SUSAN ROBERT BELL HUME POPE If elected as your SRC Rep Vote for me because I'm Hi! I'm Robert Pope. Vote for me and I will be yoo will elect; a good organiser; and -ready to listen to you friendly, enthusiastic, experi80Cttd debater (your sugges -ready to represent you approachable, (mod tions will be voiced); and a young --ready to work for you est! I and, above all, wil and enthusiastic 1st Year Law ling to work hard at Faculty Repr~ntatlve on the SRC. VOTE FRANCES BELL-I'll being a good 1st year DO THE JOB FORYOU Just remember to VOTE POPE. God law rep. knows I'm on your side! LAW STUDENTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS HONORARY SECRETARY MARTIN o_ c_ BURNS If elected, I shall ensure that "the Law Students' Council upholds its constitutional duty to work for the "evident utility~ of the students it purports to represent. This can only be acheived by approaching problems on a rational basis and by desisting from playing at party politics. HONORARY TREASURER JAMES - RODERICK DAVID BAXENDALE CAMERON POPE M law studenta we should expect Whilst the LSC frets that Lawsoc the LSC to represent our interests. If you don't want the Unfortunately, too much politics has has the better wine reception, prevented this from happening. LSC to be controlled by a 'the Law Library again faces cuts Aa Treasurer twill work towards the clique of the President's in opening hours, staff and proper goals of the LSC Jin proving friends. purchases of new books. studying facilitiss and better social events. A for vote me is a vote for All that, and I haven't dodged 1i..-i•••-;i realism, enthusiasm and action. National Service! 2nd YEAR REPs.-2 Seats SHONA MARTIN GERARD FRAME HOGG MAYS I am standing as 2nd Year If elected I w ill support Rep of the Law Students' any moves within the Council. The Council exists to look after the interests of the Law Students' Council law students and I hope to be to fight the cuts which accessible to deal with any will affect YOU soon. problems which may arise over the next year. ~ l I I I• \,._.~• \ l • I l, •I I I , l RETURNED UNOPPOSED SRC Education Convener STEWART ANNE KIRKPATRICK McCALL ANJALI . 1st Year Arts 1st Year Arts DH0LAKIA GRAEME MARK Education issues are crucial area. As students we know the importante of fighting cuts in the library and in departments. As PROVAN BAKER a Labour student I believe education for all is a right and not a privilege. I am committed to fighting government attacks on 1st Year Arts 1st Year Science university funding and on student loans. I have been acting convener over the summer and have successfully organised events for Freshers' Week. If t am elected I will : JULIE RICHARD (1) Makethedass reps system reaUywortasavaluablelink ROBERTSON ALLEN between EUSA and the needs of ordinary students. - (2) Improve the structl.lre and content of the Alternative 1st Year Science 1st Year Social Science Prospectus. 13) Establish a regular time in the new welfare place when there will be people around to help sort out academic RACHEL SID related problems. BAILEY KADAH (4) I will continue to fight further cuts in the university and academic related services. 1st Year Social Science 1st Year Postgraduate MARK JON LUCINDA KELLY WATKINS YEAMAN 1st Year Postgraduate 1st Year Postgraduate 1st Year Postgraduate RICHARD. SIMON RACHEL HAYNES RENNARD BAILEY Medicine Music T eviot Row House 2nd & Subsequent Years Committee (Union) EWANC. JAMES GARYR. BROWN STUART PIRRIE LSC 1st Year LSC 1st Year LSC3rdYear IAN PETER ANDREW REILLY McCORMACK MEAKIN LSC4th Year LSCDiploma LSCDiploma SANTEEN ALEXANDER THE ELECTION COUNT BALI HOLME will begin at 7.00 pm in the Teviot Row Debating Hall. MSC 2nd Year MSC 2nd Year All students are welcome to attend. POLLING STATIONS VOTING METHOD ·Appleton Tower 10.00am-2.30 pm 'Chambers Street House 10.00am-7.00 pm Transferable Vote David Hume Tower Basement 10.00am-S.OO pm ·JCMB 12 noon-5.00 pm This means that voters are allowed to indicate their first, second, KB Union 10.00 am-7.00 pm third choice, sind so on. This is very important in the elections KB Centre (North Entrance) 10.00 am-2.30 pm ,where there are more than two candidates, and in those elections ILaw Faculty Office 10.00 am-2.30 pm 10.00am-5.00 pm where there are more than one seat. Ballots will be redistributed lubrary Coffee Room · according to second, third choice etc., until all positions are filled. 1Mandela Centre 10.00 am-7.00 pm fMylne's Court 5.30 pm-7 .00 pm Thus, to ensure that YOUR vote counts to maximum I New College 10.00 am-2.30 pm effectiveness, you should indicate your preference for all . I Pollock Halls Refectory 5.30 p,:n-7.00 pm candidates whom you do not desire to be elected. Expression of ·Teviot Row House · 10.00 am-7.00 pm second, third, etc., preference in no way weakens the strength of 1William Robertson Building 10.00 am-2.30 pm your first preference vote. Thursday, 27 October 1988 "St-1£ SA'fS so r, Off , S/f£'s CARTOONS 7:R.YIN~ To E\/O!LVC. ' i'RfHrSTORtC 1-IEIX;EHO(j TtiE !lEV£N All cartoons by Giles Pilbrow - thanks to Mesopotamia, Oxford 24 :n,ursday, October 27, 1988 Fashion HIDDEN TREASU.RE Oh wh ere has all the styli sh jewellery gone? 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