ELIX The Student Newspaper of Imperial College Nol015-Y 14DEC94 Beit Fight Probed

BY ANDREW SMITH happens again.' Since the event was last Mystery still surrounds the reported, (FELIX 1014), exp- events which led to four ICU lanations have become available stewards requiring hospital as to why college security did not treatment on Saturday 26th attempt to restrain the alleged November. The phone call assailants of the Union Stewards. procedures made to the police are One of the officers present at the being scrutinised following time has explained that as evidence that the police were not security were under the made known of the urgency of impression that one of the the situation. assailants was a civil engineering Following the fray in Beit student, he could easily be Quad, college security insist that pursued through college two calls were made requesting procedures. In addition, since the assistance, at 2.26am and 2.55am. situation was so tense that any Whilst Scotland Yard's Press intervention by security could Lucy Chothia, Imperial College Union President, was hospitalised last week Bureau have admitted that the have led to further fighting, it when her jaw locked as she yawned, writes Rachel Walters. Lucy spent first call was received, they was decided not to pursue the days in Charing Cross hospital so that she could shut her mouth again. dispute the statement of the attackers at the time. said that she was 'just walking to the bus stop with an old schoolfriend' when security guard placing the call With departmental and she yawned so widely that her jaw clicked out of place leaving her mouth who has said that violent action college photographs as yet not stuck open. Explaining the incident, the ICU President admitted that she taking place was reported. The leading to any successful a weak jaw, and that in fact, she had the problem as a 15 year old. Lucy police have the call recorded as identifications by those Union denied that boredom may have been a factor, but conceded that she has only reporting a theft, which had Stewards involved in the 'feeling quite tired recently'. already been reported by the incident, the offenders remain at victim and hence they had not large. While confirming that responded immediately to the Union records of people signed in call. that night were not any help, Millionaire Miner Mr Keith Reynolds, Head of some leaving only first names Security of Imperial College, has and others being completely BY RACHEL WALTERS He followed his under- agreed that in communication indecipherable, Terry Briley, graduate degree in mineral between college security and Deputy head of security, has said Hopes for the prospects of technology with a masters at the police that there may have been a that it 'would of course help if Imperial graduates were raised London Business School (LBS), 'bit of confusion' on 'both sides accurate records were kept'. this week with the news that a but stresses that Imperial gave of the fence'. While defending the College security have once again Royal School of Mines alumnus him the background math- actions of security he admitted appealed for anyone with any earns £14 million a year. ematical skills that make him so that 'this one may have got away knowledge as to the identity of Kaveh Alamouti, 39, is in his successful today. Speaking to from us a bit', but insisted that he the perpetrators of the assault to fourth year at the Tokai Bank FELIX, Mr Alamouti said:"Some would try his best to make sure come forward in total using quantum theory to work of the things at BSc level at that 'nothing like this ever confidentiality. the stock market. (continued on page 3) STOP! Q news and autumn news review pages one&two&three&four&five editorial and credits page five the s-files: retroculture page seven Have you feature: hiv, controversy and lots of money page eight backchat: picked up your rendermorphics pages ten&eleven double cluedup: the frater and his supplement? three wise men pages twelve&thirteen xtra curricular: ic snooker are (FELIX 1015-X) at the helm page fourteen standby: pearljam, dramsoc and arnie pages fifteen&sixteen&seventeen sports extra pages nineteen&twenty Q News

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BY LYNN BRAVEY October Leaks, lungs and leagues were amongst the highlights of the news. Term began with the usual hedonism but the revelries of some upset college catering staff. Mergers were proposed and Imperial College looked set to swell in size. The threat of the college conspiring with other Bomb: Police close roads in potentially explosive drama Universities to form a break-away group caused much discussion. Reggie Snatched

FELIX 1QQ6 BY ANDY SINHARAY lectures...six people were required to carry [Reggie] and a trolley Panic! Da Vinci's Bar flooded and there were fears that it would be "Reggie Snatched by RCS came in handy." unable to open for Freshers' Week. But with an impressive feat of Mascotry in surprise early FELIX has been told that organisation the damage was completely repaired within 24 hours. morning raid" yelled the head- Reggie has been moved to a Freshers' Week was a typically drunken affair, the only major incident line (complete with mis-spelling) 'safehouse', and that a ransom being a stage charge by over zealous students. Meanwhile St Mary's of the Christmas edition of the demand has been made to KCL: Hospital Medical School was the focus of a financial scandal. Cyril Royal College of Science Union's Reggie will be returned, says the D'Souza, a cashier at the Medical School, was alleged to have stolen newsletter, 'Broadsheet'. The RCSU, when KCL have sold over £650,000 and the case received national news coverage. Back at Royal College of Science Union 1000 copies of the IC Rag Mag, South Kensington, commitment to clubs and societies is cited as one has removed 'Reggie', a 6001bs which has been banned from of the reasons for academic failure. The article prompted an indignant stone lion, from the Kensington King's. response from the club highlighted. And Imperial College's campus of King's College. According to King's College, compulsive equestrianites were jumping for joy at the announcement A RCSU source said that the Reggie had been found missing of a new prize for a scholarship in horse racing. raid had taken place on Thursday later that Thursday Morning by with remarkable ease, the the Manager at the Bar. "Imperial FELIX 1QQ7 location having been known in rung us and said they had [taken advance. When asked if they had Reggie]", said Tara Jefferson, It was announced that Imperial College was to acquire a new organ in been tipped-off by KCL students, Vice President of the KCLSU, "It the form of the National Heart and Lung institute. The merger, due to FELIX was told: "It wasn't really wasn't a very impressive raid, I've go ahead within a year, was seen as the first phase of the plan to make a tip-off... the information was seen more ingenuity...it's quite Imperial a medical 'super-school'. Great interest was taken in the conned out of them." well known that Reggie was revelation that Imperial was one of ten universities possibly planning Apparently, RCS mascoters needing repairing." However, she to form a 'superleague'. On a lighter note, the Three Handled Pot were able to get KCL students to admitted that the KCL security belonging to the Royal College of Science Union was stolen in a unwittingly divulge the location staff had seen no identification suspected mascotry raid. As the two pint pewter pot is not a violate of the stone mascot, which was from the Imperial students that mascot it was requested that it be returned. The pot was later located 'liberated' from KCL premises on morning and had simply taken in the Royal School of Mines Union office. Rag performed their Thursday morning, at around them at face value. annual tiddlywinking efforts along Oxford Street and raised nearly 8.00am. RCS students, posing as When asked about the £400 for Action Aid. stonemasons who had come to ransom she said: "As far as we're repair the lion, were let in by concerned we've had no ransom FELIX 1QQ8 security staff who took them to be demands...they seem to have lost legitimate after they had the plot of mascotry." She was It was revealed that during summer a hacker had broken into Imperial displayed an calling card, an uncertain over whether or not College's computer network and from there caused disruption to the invoice and an imitation letter there would be any mascotry Finnish University network. The hacker, from the United States, apparently signed by the KCLSU 'reprisals', saying there had been managed to gain access to Imperial's computers via the Internet. The president. "We walked away with little interest in Mascotry at Royal College of Science Union faced eviction following the plans for a it," said the source. "We were all KCL. "King's aren't really into new Biomedical Centre at Imperial. Others saw their property back in time for nine o'clock that this year," she commented. flM FELIX mnecgi Museum Drama Halts Traffic

BY MATT PARKES source has indicated that it was a substance called sodium azide. A Explosives experts closed off 'Hazards in the Chemistry Exhibition Road last Wednesday Laboratory' manual states that it disappear more rapidly as a spate of bizarre thefts swept Imperial after a chemical on display in the 'decomposes somewhat exp- College. Two visiting students were caught when they found Science Museum was found to be losively if heated above its themselves locked inside the Department of Electrical and Electronic in danger of exploding. melting point'. If water is added Engineering. Further thefts of the brass Imperial College Union At 6.30pm, shortly after when it is above a certain plaque and FELIX Sign were blamed on Rag collectors. The 'Raggies' closing time, staff noticed that a temperature, it will also explode. represented Universities all over the country and had come to London container on display was It is highly toxic, poisonous if to participate in the Live Monopoly event. deformed and heating up. After taken by mouth or breathed in, closer inspection by a museum and causes blistering when in FELIX 1QQ9 expert, it was realised that it was contact with skin. in danger of exploding. The "It was decided that dilution Walk out! College caterers abandoned 150 diners attending the Royal emergency services were called in water was still possible", School of Mines Union (RSMU) Freshers' Dinner. The catering staff and by 7.00pm around ten police continued ADO Turner. complained about student drunkenness and vomiting. Vinod vehicles had cordoned the area Dangerous substances officers Fernandez, RSMU President, declared that the dinner "was far tamer off. Four fire crews, including proceeded to decontaminate the than in previous years". Muslim extremists provoked uproar when dangerous substances officers, area and by 8.30pm Exhibition they distributed leaflets of an anti-homosexual and anti-Semitic nature were at the scene within Road was reopened to traffic and in and around the University of London Union (ULU) premises. minutes. pedestrians. Interest came to a head in the 'university superleague'. Sir Ronald Assistant Divisional Officer At the scene, the museum Oxburgh, Rector of Imperial College, dismissed claims of a breakaway Paul Turner, in charge of the Curator was unwilling to and suggested 'sensational journalism' had exaggerated the story. operation, arrived in the Fire comment on the incident and it Brigade 'Incident Control was the next day before a Vehicle'. "At first we were there statement was issued. Rachael purely as a precautionary Edmonds, Press Officer for the November measure", he said. "Fire Brigade museum, disclosed that the and Police explosives officers chemical had been on display in entered the building wearing the 'Glass Gallery'. "There are a The news this month focussed on Islamic blast-proof clothing and number of chemicals such as this extremeists, idiotic Union General Meetings breathing apparatus, to assess the on display", she said. "They are danger. They found a bucket examined regularly, but on this (UGM) and insulting rag mags. New sized spherical container full of a occasion the substance had developments in and around college posed all sorts powdered substance that was begun to degrade. It was above a safe temperature." disposed of safely. The of problems to students, staff and student news He was unable to disclose emergency services were there reporters. St Mary's Hospital Medical School the name of the chemical just in case." made their feelings known when they attended a involved. However, a reliable UGM en masse.

(Millionaire Miner continues from page one) Imperial were much harder than analysis of a company's past FELIX 1Q1Q what I did for my MBa at LBS". performance, and on general He said that studying here gave market trends. From these charts, A million pound development project was planned for Imperial him his logical and quantitative dealers work out what range of College Boat House. The Putney based development will provide ability, with an analytical attitude values shares will be most likely improved training facilities and changing rooms, a larger area for the to problem solving. He feels that to have. Quanta techniques use storage of boats, a workshop and a small hall of residence for Boat learning how to use computers partial differential equations to Club students. Staff and students mourned the death of Elaine Taylor, effectively was particularly determine these ranges and seem Administer in the Kobler Unit. Mrs Taylor died of cancer on 16th of helpful. to be considerably more October. Further trouble was caused at London college's by Islamic Instead of using traditional successful. extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir. Meanwhile, five of the proposed methods to predict stock market When questioned about his Superleague universities were announced. Sir Ronald Oxburgh, trends, 'quant teams', such as the huge earnings, Mr Alamouti said: Rector, admitted that Vice-Chancellors of Imperial, Oxford, one that Mr Alamouti heads, use "I really couldn't comment on Cambridge, UCL and Warwick had met. He again scoffed at the derivatives. "Using quantitative that." Using the combined rumours of an elite group being formed as he celebrated his 60th techniques in marketing is very mathematical skills of FELIX, it birthday. David Trimble, Ulster Unionist MP for Upper Bann, spoke big right now," he said. is estimated that we received pessimistically at a meeting of the Conservative Society about the Normally, trading is based on about £750 worth of his time. Northern Ireland peace process. ,

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News Review Nuclear Jones BY ANDY SINHARAY A scheme was subsequently set up, allowing undergraduate Dr Gareth Jones, college tutor students to travel to other and senior lecturer, has received European universities during the the Nuclear Electric Prize 1994 summer. The first group went for Education in Physics. across in 1987, and the FELIX 1 O 1 1 The prize has been awarded department now has established in recognition of the work done links with about ten universities, There was uproar over the vetting of overseas students by the Foreign by Dr Jones in establishing the including Hamburg in Germany, Office. Students from India, Pakistan, Israel, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Physics Department's Year in Padua in Italy and Grenoble in Egypt, Cuba and North Korea will soon be vetted before they can Europe course. It is part of the France. The programme was accept posts in Britain. The move results after concern over the annual partnership awards which later extended to the whole year. possible proliferation of militarily dangerous technologies. Students are sponsored by industry and It is now part of the department's began to worry following an announcement in a national newspaper of identify innovation and year in Europe scheme, which the governments plans to privatise the Student Loans Company. Lucy development in Higher allows students the chance to Chothia, President of Imperial College Union, condemned the move as Education across various spend their third year at a host "completely appalling". At St Mary's, students were apprehensive academic fields. university abroad. when informed of their position in the move to the proposed new The Physics'Department's The last few years have seen Biomedical Science building. It was also announced that HEFCE year in Europe course, one of the around 20 students going abroad would not fund the entire cost of the new building, with the shortfall first to be set up at Imperial annually, with seventy students of £11 million to be found by the college. College, evolved from a scheme completing research projects started by Dr Jones in the late overseas during the last seven FELIX lOI 2 1980s. Speaking to FELIX, years. Many students have since Gareth Jones said, "It was started said that the European element The release of this year's Rag Mag caused a mixed reception. Imperial by contacts I had with colleagues, of their course has proved useful College Union made no moves to ban it despite its offensive nature. and it grew into an arrangement in obtaining employment or PhD The cover of the magazine showed a picture of the Moor's murderers for summer research projects." places. "I have been very collecting money for the National Society for the Protection of Cruelty Dr Jones was director of impressed by the work the to Children with the slogan 'Doing it for the kids'. The literature also undergraduate studies at the students have accomplished, and featured pictures of pierced male genitals. Elsewhere, the plans for the time. He added that it was the beneficial effect the scheme Biomedical Sciences building caused yet more headaches when it was intended to allow undergraduates has had on their professional discovered that the Chemistry department faced the loss of two lecture the chance to experience research development," said Dr Jones. theatres if it went ahead. Alone amongst such college momentum, a as postgraduates were able to. student lobbied his department for 24 hour access to computing facilities. He was soon joined by 100 petitioners. FELIX 1013 The Final UGM Students from St Mary's Hospital Medical School swamped the Union General Meeting. Over 450 people packed into the Union Ents lounge, BY MICHAEL LUDLAM last month's meeting. the largest attendance in many years. The Mary's students were In a motion proposed by attempting to retain their financial independence until they moved to The very last Union General John Durrell, the UGM decided the South Kensington site. And this wasn't the only mark Mary's Meeting (UGM) was held last that Lucy Chothia, Imperial students left on Imperial it was discovered. Students sprayed 'Mary's Friday. Under the new Imperial College Union (ICU) President, Forever' in white paint on the roof of the walkway. Also at the UGM, a College Union constitution should try to gain a place on the student suffered head injuries in a freak accident. Sam Scotcher, Vice- which is set to be introduced at college committee called the President of Royal College of Science Union, was hit on the head by a the beginning of the next term, Management Planning Group. falling tripod. The tripod was dropped by a member of the STOIC the UGM will be replaced by a At present this is the only team who were trying to film the meeting. Miss Scotcher was taken to Council Meeting of committee in college not to have St Mary's Hospital but informed that the injuries were not serious. Representatives. some form of student Hopes of free Friday nights at the Union were dashed at the UGM. Despite the imminent representation. The motion calling for the entrance charge to be scrapped was thrown demise of the UGM the interest The committee discusses the out. Also the University of London Union banned the sale of Imperial in Union affairs remained major moves and changes in College Rag Mag on their premises and over 30 IC students appeared confined to a tiny minority of College and recently discussed on BBC's Children in Need. All members of Imperial College Dance students. Less than 70 people the move of ICU to the Sherfield Club, they presented a cheque of money raised during a sponsored turned up to discuss the motions building. It was argued by Mr 24hour dance. and elect next year's committee Durrell that if a student members. It had been hoped by representative had been present The News Editor would like to especially thank the following people... some that there would be a at the time of these discussions Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year. revival in interest in UGM's them, "it wouldn't have taken us Rachel Walters, Lynn Bravey, Dave Cohen, Declan Curry, Ian Davey, following the huge numbers who so much by surprise." Andrew Dorman-Smith, Mike Ingram, Peter Lantgan, Andrew Long, Michael packed out the Ents Lounge at Ludlam, Joe McFadden, Rebecca Mileham, Andy Sinharay, John Sinner.

11 FELIX I4DEC91 News and Editorial Us in the NUS? BY RACHEL WALTERS much students knew of the News Review implications of joining the NUS. Imperial students will not re- Describing the NUS as affiliate with the National Union 'discredited', he said that it was of Students (NUS) according to a generally accepted as being chemistry department survey socialist, and, "doesn't accurately carried out last week. reflect the middle-class Miles Ambler, Departmental Liberal/Tory attitude of the Representative for chemistry, has average Imperial student". organised a preliminary survey Lucy Chothia, ICU December of lst and 2nd year chemists to President, said that she was glad establish the level of support for to get feedback on the issue. She The month of festivities saw nasty assaults, near a referendum on the issue. When emphasised that she didn't want asked whether Imperial should to pressurise students into poverty for students and so far not much else! join the NUS, only 27% rejoining the NUS, but felt that Interest increased in mascotry with raids on both responded positively. students had the right to be In a survey which also tried informed. Ms Chothia has said Queen Mary and Westfield and King's Colleges to gauge the levels of that she will research the final by the Royal College of Science Union Mascotry involvement and interest that costs and present the arguments students show for Union issues for and against affiliation to team. Worryingly, fears that a university in general, it was notable that students if there is sufficient education may become only a pursuit of the well over a third of students could not demand. name their Union President. The survey comes in the heeled begin to arise. Interestingly, those who felt same week that the Union most strongly that ICU should General Meeting voted to enter FELIX 1Q14 retain its independence seemed into dialogue with the NUS in to be the best informed, and were order to, "discuss the pos- Students fearing increasing hardship were told that the level of tuition the most likely to attend Union sibilities of membership of ICU fees would be frozen this year. But a reduction in the number of people General Meetings. or its Constituent College going to university was planned and the grants were cut by a further Explaining his motives for Unions". The proposer, John 8%. Four Union Stewards required hospital treatment following a organising the survey, Mr Sinner, believes that present brawl in Beit Quad. Controversy arose over Imperial College Security's Ambler said, "I didn't want members should have the right role in the incident. A further fracas occurred in the Mathematics people to have to vote in a to decide whether Imperial Library when a fight broke out between a current and an ex-student. referendum when they were College Union returns to the In a more docile battle, following continued complaints from residents unaware of the advantages and NUS or not. He added that of 169 Queens Gate, it was suggested that the pedestrian gates on disadvantages involved." He says present students have not Imperial College Road may close at night. The residents had he wanted to heighten awareness debated the issue and should be complained of damage to cars and 'general horsing around.' of the issue and find out how given the chance to do so.

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I4DEC91 FELIX Feature HIV, controversy and a lot of money man describes the dissenting voices in AIDS research

December lst was National always there in every case of AIDS Day. This came at the end AIDS? Well, it is and it isn't. It's of a year full of public debate and not that clear-cut. controversy about the disease. The problem isn't The tenth International epidemiological, it's linguistic. At Conference on AIDS was held the moment, if a person who is last August in Japan. HIV-negative develops problems It's about 10 years since we with their immune system then it's started research into AIDS and not strictly called AIDS. The the big questions surrounding it. presence of HIV has been That's a long time and a lot of incorporated into the definition of money - over $3 billion in the AIDS. This makes the high USA alone. That's a hell of a lot correlation between them taut- of money. So how much infor- ologically contrived. It is mation does $3 billion buy? impossible to falsify the theory Depressingly little. The TV that HIV causes AIDS because adverts, the billboards and the each is inherent in the definition magazine spreads have been of the other. So it's impossible to shouting for years about what to have AIDS and not HIV, because do, what not to do, who to sleep of the way HIV has been defined. with, what not to inject, how you We're going round in circles. get AIDS, what causes it.... Hold People do acquire deficient or on; stop right there. impaired immune systems, What causes AIDS? HIV, though. This renders them very of course. Of course? Says who? susceptible to infectious diseases Most of the experts do, but are and normally harmless bugs. The they right? We're all scientists symptoms sound suspiciously here - we all know the process. similar to those of AIDS. It's Hypothesis, experiment, proof. AIDS in everything but name. So, If HIV causes AIDS there must it appears that we do have cases of be proof. With $3 billion's worth AIDS without HIV. Can we then of loose change jangling in decide that HIV does not cause somebody's pockets, the phen- AIDS? We're on dodgy ground omenal amount of experimentation must have HIV has been present for 20 years before there here. Our case isn't strong enough to make proved what causes AIDS? Sadly, this isn't is any sign of AIDS? Can we still be sure that any assumptions. The facts point to the idea the case. it is involved ? that HIV is not involved, but that's all it is: an Dr Kary Mullis, a chemist who was Researchers at the Royal Free Hospital indication. awarded a Nobel prize in 1993 for his in London are studying a group of 111 people It's becoming more than that. A pioneering techniques on the large-scale with haemophilia who received blood handful of eminent scientists from all over the amplification of DNA, was asked to prepare a contaminated with HIV 13 years ago. The world now share the dissenting view that HIV paper on AIDS for a conference. Like every time taken for them to develop AIDS has been is not the cause of AIDS. Their rationale and well-trained scientist, Mullis qualifies every monitored. Statistics show that about a opinions on why they don't subscribe to the statement he makes with a reference. The quarter of them will not develop symptoms for universal HIV-AIDS theory is not widely opening sentence of his introduction stated 20 years. Up to a fifth won't get them for 25 communicated. that HIV is thought to be the virus that causes years. Of those who were under 15 years at This is because they don't have a forum AIDS. He thought he'd better reference this, the time of infection, one in eight could in which to do so. Most leading scientific and and consequently sifted through every paper remain symptomless for over 30 years. Thirty medical journals refuse to publish these he had on the subject to find out who had years is a long time. Anything could happen dissident arguments. They are worried that if originally discovered this. He drew a blank. in a long time. they publish such contradictory views then There was no original source. Maybe something else that causes AIDS people will ignore advice on changing sexual So why do we assume that HIV causes will come along. HIV would still be present, habits. The editor of Nature, John Maddox, AIDS? This would be a fair assumption if but its presence could be irrelevant; merely actively dissuades his journal from reporting every case of HIV resulted in AIDS, and every coincidental. If the onset of AIDS could any unorthodox views on AIDS. case of AIDS was caused by HIV. Is this true? occur any time after infection with HIV, how The rebels have many interesting views Yes and no. long shall we give it, exactly? Fifty years? on what causes AIDS. They differ in the Take the first statement. Every case of So what about the other way around? extent to which they reject the HIV theory. HIV results in AIDS. Cause and effect. But What if we can find a case of AIDS where the Dr Peter Duesberg of the University of San how long are we giving HIV to produce person isn't infected with HIV? That would Francisco at Berkeley argues that-AIDS is not AIDS? Two years, 5 years, 10 years? What if be pretty conclusive, wouldn't it? So, is HIV caused by an infectious disease, but occurs as a

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result of recreational or medical drug use Harvey Bialy, another journal editor, insists between HIV and AIDS, what about the link impairing the immune systems. He means that AIDS in Africa can be attributed to between HIV and sex? Is it definitely drugs such as cocaine, LSD, speed and decline in health care, poor sanitation, sexually transmitted? Infection with HIV poppers. He claims this is why the disease is economic decline and the development of does appear to happen when a person has so common among young people, drug users drug-resistant infections. HIV may just be an unprotected sex. However, scientists have and gay men. 'entity of convenience', which meets the been unable to find any live HIV in semen. He's not the only one with this view. needs of researchers. Its effects are easier to Surely if HIV were transmitted in this way, Dr Fabio Pranchi, an Italian specialist in pre- investigate than those of political, economic masses of it would be around. A substantial ventative medicine, and social problems. Many amount of HIV would be needed to have any also believes the scientists involved in the effect on the recipient of the sperm. misuse of drugs is to 'So what's the messagedebat e are concerned that It must be very frustrating to know that blame. Michael while it is becoming for HIV to be sexually transmitted it must be Ellner, president of we give to the world?increasingl y clear that in semen. And yet it can't be found. Maybe Health Education factors other than HIV we are looking for the wrong thing. So what AIDS Liaison That HIV does not must be involved in AIDS, did we decide about the sex? Give it a miss or (HEAL), thinks, that funded research carry on regardless? The frustration of the informing people that cause AIDS?" concentrates purely on scientists will pale in comparison to your own they are HIV-positive causes constant terror, HIV. if you don't decide soon. and programming to get sick and die. He Dr Alfred Hassig, director of a Swiss I'm assuming here that you'll be thinks long-term drug use is far more likely blood transfusion lab, thinks that multiple attracted to Mr X in the first place. This to be involved than a germ. Dr Lawrence stresses on the immune system provoke an makes you either a heterosexual woman or a Bradford, a colleague of Duesberg, is also a acute reaction. This allows latent microbes, homosexual man. Your dilemma is sex with fan of the recreational drugs theory, together including HIV, to start attacking. He believes an HIV-positive man. What about the other with multiple infections, exposure to blood dietary measures can reverse the process. way round: an HIV-positive woman? Your products and autoimmunity. So what's the message we give to the risk assessment this time is slightly different. Others believe HIV may have a role in world? That HIV does not cause AIDS? Then Female to male transmission of HIV occurs at AIDS - though not the suggested one. Dr what? Shares in Durex will plummet. We an extremely low rate. The risk is much Steven Jonas from the State University of might revert from safer sex to safe sex. Even smaller. Woman to woman transfer occurs at New York believes that HIV plays a part. "It back to good ole plain sex. an even lower rate. is necessary, but not sufficient." You've spent the evening with Mr X at What's the decision? In most cases the This view is shared by Kary Mullis. He a party. He's gorgeous, very stigma and believes that AIDS is caused by an enormous with a top personality associations of HIV are level of exposure to viruses and bacteria. and a sharp wit. He "Your dilemma is sexgoin g to put you off Every day we come into contact with millions tells you he's HIV- before you go anywhere of viruses and bacteria. They enter and live positive. Do you sleep with an HIV-positive near the underside of inside our bodies for varying lengths of time. with him? Even using his/her duvet. The rest Some make us ill; most we know nothing a condom? It's all very man. The rest of the of the evening may end about. The level of these foreign organisms well for the sceptics to shortly with cold may accumulate over time, so that after, say, say that HIV is not evening may end shortlyshoulder s and cold 10 years, we have a tidy collection of tens of involved but there's showers. You're as thousands of viruses. There may be a still a nagging thought with cold shoulders andpoliticall y correct as the threshold level at which there are too many in the back of your next person, but around for our bodies to cope with. mind as you peel off cold showers..." putting your life on the line is just not sensible. Viruses other than HIV may start to each other's underwear. The rebel scientists could be right, but attack the immune system. Maybe HIV's It taps on your shoulderblade and whispers they could equally well be wrong. How would presence is coincidental, and it happens to be through your earwax that there must be a you feel if you ignored all the safer sex advice the only virus we are testing for. The real good reason why all those scientists were and someone proved that HIV was the cause? culprit goes undetected and HIV becomes the convinced for over a decade that HIV was the For the time being, the blanket advice of scapegoat. It's possible, and as a theory it culprit. $3 billion of research, $3 billion of don't do anything with anyone is definitely definitely holds water. research. the safest. Q A different theory, put forward by If they're not sure about the link

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and together the three of them started RenderMorphics in Kate's back bedroom. "We set up the company at just about the time we'd finished the first version of question RealityLab. So we were in the really advantageous position of having a nearly mm * finished product when we started. Most people would set up a company, and get venture capital to develop the product. That of puts them into debt, because it all takes a long time to develop." reality The Marketing

So RenderMorphics had their product. The Servan Keondjian did not follow the usual year there, Servan left because they didn't problem was that no-one knew about it. Kate, career path for a Physics graduate. After want to do any 3D stuff. So he joined a band RenderMorphics' sales and marketing leaving Imperial College in 1990, he first instead. director, leaps in and takes up the story: "We spent a year working at a small computer "I don't like working for people, I've tried to approach key strategic people, and we games company, and then went on tour as a always had a problem with it," he explains. "I hoped that the word would trickle down, and pianist with a rock band. To mark the end of didn't even go to any of the Careers Fairs, that's basically what happened. his first three years out of university, he because I just wasn't really interested in that. "We made some mistakes initially. We founded a computer graphics company. I was pretty interested in playing in a band, drove all the way to Autodesk in Switzerland However, you shouldn't get the actually. I did that for two years. I did about in a Renault 5 and then they weren't the right impression that Servan didn't know what he 110 gigs, touring all over the country. That people. And we went all the way to Paris to wanted to do. It would, in fact, be more was alright, good for a break. And it also see Microsoft, and saw some guy who tried to accurate to say that he knew what he didn't meant I could write graphics code during the sell us Windows NT. So that trip was a waste want to do, which was to head out into the day." of time too. world, BSc in hand, and stumble straight into It was Servan's friend, Kate Seekings, "Then in November last year we did a nice, sensible, boring job at a nice, sensible, who finally got him to start a company to do our first trip to America. I had to literally boring company. something with his graphics, as she explains: pick the phone and cold call companies, and The company that he founded, "He kept whingeing about wanting to in nine days we saw thirteen different RenderMorphics, is now at the forefront of a start a company, and every time I saw him he companies. Our first graphics trade show was 3D graphics revolution which is sweeping the hadn't done it. I even bought him a book SIGRAPH last August. When we went to the personal computer world. RenderMorphics' about how to start your own company, and it show we were able to announce relationships product, called RealityLab, is one of three still didn't work. So I ended up doing it for with Matrox, Autodesk and Kaleida (an high performance 3D graphics systems which him." Apple/IBM consortium). So we arrived with a have recently appeared on the market (the Says Servan: "It was something I really bit of a bang." others being Criterion's RenderWare and wanted to do, but I wasn't sure about exactly The key to success at this early stage Argonaut Software's BRender). how to direct it to begin with. It started off was not to give up, says Kate: "We just had to with us going to write a massive 3D game, bu be persistent. I didn't always get to the right The Product it turned out that the 3D was so good that we people, I'd just phone people up and ask for could make something of that." their person who was into 3D and talk to The best place to start the tale is back here at Servan and Kate pulled in Doug them. We also got ourselves a press agency, Imperial. Servan unenthusiastically recalls Rabson, who he had met at Magnetic Scrolls, which was really expensive but was well memories of his days as an worth it in America, and we got undergrad: "I thought it was quite a lot of press coverage OK, but I did get quite fed up there." sometimes because it was all very serious and most of the The Present people were pretty serious. That I found was a bit of a In the last twelve months, drag." interest in RealityLab has really RealityLab sprung from taken off. work Servan did in his spare "It's been really hard time while at Imperial: "I work, it's just mad," says wrote a simple 3D system at Servan. "We can't cope with the the end of my first year, and demand and everything that really that's where all this stuff we'ie getting at the moment. came from." We still need to expand and get Servan was certain that more people. So we're getting he wanted to make money out another person from Imperial." of his 3D obsession. He got a That makes a total of five job with Magnetic Scrolls, a ex-Imperial students now software company specialising Big Time: The three founders of RenderMorphics, (from left to right) working for RenderMorphics. in adventure games. After a Doug Rabson, Kate Seekings and Servan Keondjian. Photo: Mark Baker "Imperial must have a

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Department four short y&ars ago. The journey towards graphical

good computing department," ponders "One of our strong beliefs on the Servan. "The students seem to come out with software side is that we want to be completely the right skills. They seem to know what platform independent, we don't believe the TGCH IHF0 they're doing when it comes to coding. I box you're running on matters," explains know they teach you Modula-2 but that's Servan. "Two things we had in mind when we RealityLab is an advanced Application probably a good thing. Most people in designed the system: the most important Programming Interface (API) for high- Industry would say 'Hold on, what's the use thing was speed and following that was performance, real-time software 3D of Modula-2, we don't use it!' We believe the portability. So it's been designed from the rendering. It brings game developers most important thing is for somebody to have ground up to port very rapidly. So we can workstation-class graphics on the desktop at a good coding background, and know how to drive a PlayStation or a DEC Alpha through a fraction of the cost. RenderMorphics' structure and set out code, which most people it, and the API is the same." powerful, object-oriented C-based API is easy to use and dramatically simplifies the can't do very well. That is really important." Servan also sees the Internet as an incorporation of real-time 3D in a wide RealityLab is finding itself being used important area for the application of 3D variety of interactive applications. RealityLab for a large number of applications. graphics technology: can render interactive 3D entirely in software "There's load of VR stuff happening, "We're all very interested in the with an ordinary graphics controller, but the Internet-based Virtual Reality things so you Internet, and stuff to do with linking 3D and engine also transparently takes advantage of can walk around worlds on the Internet, the Internet. 3D is about the best hardware acceleration at any stage of its which is very cool - going through doors compression scheme you could come up with rendering pipeline. actually goes to new sites on the Internet. for images. The World Wide Web is [RenderMorphics press release] VRML is based on our software. There's a expanding at a phenomenal rate. What things whole load of 'world building' software being like VRML do is provide a 3D extension to done too. Of course, games is the biggest that. They're dying to use it from what we've Yes, it sounds very nice... but does it live up application - there are loads of people doing seen. Because it's great - you can have a to the hype? After seeing several demos of games." virtual foyer, so that as you connect to some the system, I can only say YES! I could have business' 2D page, up comes a 3D window easily been watching the output from a The Future with a 3D entrance hall, and you can wander £100,000 Silicon Graphics' monster, rather around and look at stuff. I think there will than a £2500 Pentium PC. All of the demos were very smooth - the frame rate only RenderMorphics are currently concentrating also be a whole bunch of games like that. dropped once the images began to look on further developing RealityLab and porting Basically Doom over the Internet, but that distinctly ray-traced. The biggest treat was a it to as many different platforms as possible. will need a bit more speed." soon-to-be-released graphics board with hardware 3D acceleration, giving a huge performance boost - a simple 'fly around and shoot everything' game was used as a demo, and it was very fast - if you've seen the recent Sega Star Wars coin-op, imagine it with smooth shading, lighting and transparency effects, 16 million colours, higher resolution display, much better explosions, and EVEN FASTER. Once the games for this system start appearing, I think I'll sell my liver and buy a PC. Wow.

Platforms supported by RealityLab MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT (on PC and DEC Alpha), Unix and Motif on RS/6000, Sun SPARCstations, Silicon Graphics workstation, Apple Mac and PowerMac, port in progress to Sony PlayStation

RenderMorphics have partnerships with 3Dlabs (Hardware 3D accel.), Alliance Semiconductor (Hardware 3D accel.), Creative Technology (Graphics cards with 3D accel.), Matrox (Graphics cards with 3D accel.), Autodesk (Cyberspace Developer's Kit), Gemini Technology (VR software toolkit), Kaleida Labs (Script X), Virgin Eggtastic: This still greyscale image does not do justice to RealityLab's abilites. The lattice structure is Interactive Entertainment (Games) a static bitmap, which also has a z-value stored for each pixel. The egg-shaped objects weave in Mark Baker and out of the lattice in smooth real-time lightsource-shaded Gouraud-shaded gorgeousness.

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S>ayv\\v\ ho.s spent o. fruitful term POLITICAL SCIENCE expending the concept of science, at lUmpenal. He rounds off the example, Universities are not BMS seems vigorous and exciting. year with this unusual offering... allowed to charge the government And the formation of the Russell the full cost of tuition fees. For Group can only be good news for example, recent budget proposals IC and its members. disallow flexibility in VAT payments On the wider front, the over the long term, a system used Human Fertilisation and by Universities to free up cash flow Embryology Authority's (HFEA) in capital expenditure projects. For report on Ovarian Tissue in example, the DoE has started to research is an example of how to hand out £500 to first year engi- tackle complex scientific issues. neering students, thus artificially And to tackle them in a way that inflating the demand for these the public understands and appre- degrees. For example, the govern- ciates. The HFEA's approach is a ment's stated policy is to fund constructive alternative to the The government's science policy research which "creates wealth", sound bites that scientists and poli- has, like many others, been kicked thus contradicting the assumption cy makers are training themselves around between the idealistic liber- one would have that the market to perform. tarian and pragmatic intervention- would be able to deal with wealth Finally, and on a "lighter" ist camps. The recent budget and creating research and that the gov- note, if you might be wondering edicts issued from HMT and DoE ernment should maybe concentrate where all this science is leading us, over this year have highlighted this on funding basic research. The list then John McCarthy - one of the football game. of examples go on. fathers of Al - is giving a lecture on On the one side there's the But despite the unsure signals Lemmings (yes, the computer definite - and sensible - push for coming from the policy makers, the game!) as a new laboratory animal Universities to stand up on their year as a whole has had several for Al. Date: 14th of December at own two feet. Yet short term good points for science, and for IC 1400, Venue: Huxley 311. actions confuse this aim. For in particular. IC's bid to form a Samin

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Team A showed grit, determination and brilliance as the ploughed through Southampton to win convincingly. Notably Jon won all of his games. Team B, though displaying similar fighting spirit, was less successful. Team spirit was the order of the day as they fought ceaselessly, always sup- porting each other. As the day progressed frame after frame proved a painful battle, the team finally succumbed and failed to achieve the number of frames required to win. This is not the only friendly match the snooker club have planned. There will be others and on 3-5 March there is the Annual Inter-University Snooker Championships in Cardiff. If you are interested in any of these events or just want to play the game, come up to the Snooker rooms (3rd floor union) any lunch time. Membership is £8 for unlimited use of the tables with no other charges throughout the year. Team A were P Kellet, V Ly, J Fulcher, Suspense: An IC Snooker player silently aims for his next shot S Baugh and A Robinson. Team B were B Drinkwater, P Chew, N Samsathi, A Hassan of the most important events of the Roman and R Godbole. calendar, large celebrations being held well who Iranian Soc into the fourth century AD. Up until then the birth of Christ was celebrated on the fifth of who Euro Youth What: Yalda Night January; but the church decided to combine the event with Natalis, which by now was What: BEST Summer Course Keys: Solstice, Roman, Xmas being mistakenly held on the twenty fifth day of December. Christmas came to be celebrat- Keys: Distributed, Excellence The 21st of December sees the arrival of the ed on this date with ceremonies very similar Winter Solstice which is one of the most to the Iranian celebration of Yalda. For those of you that haven't yet realised the important events in the Iranian Calendar. Iranian culture is extremely rich and we Board of European Students of Technology is In ancient times, the Winter Solstice was all do our best to continue and promote our represented by the Society for European celebrated by most Indo-Europeans as the national identity and the traditions of our Youth at Imperial College. We are the local day that heralded the arrival of longer days, a ancestors. BEST group for the London area, and for the sign of the increasing power of the Sun, the Yalda celebrations will be held by the first time this year we decided to undertake force that sustains all life on our planet. Iranian Society of Imperial College in the the organisation of a major BEST project; a Iranians already attached great impor- JCR on Saturday 17 December. There will be summer course of 2 weeks co-organised with tance to this day, and we continue to cele- live music and traditional fruits and nuts will the university of Newcastle, oriented towards brate it today as our ancestors have done for be served. Distributed Computing, a field of excellence over thirty five centuries. According to the The factual information for this piece was at IC. A special subcommittee has been creat- teachings of the prophet Zartosht, obtained from the book "Ancient Ceremoniese dof to monitor the progress of the project and Zarathustrian being the dominant religion in Iran" by H Zahedi. to deal with all aspects of organisation. The Iran before the arrival of Islam, we are all programme of the course will encompass all affected by the constant struggle between aspects of Distributed Computing and the good (light) and evil (darkness). Hence the who IC Snooker timetabled lectures will be given by high-pro- importance of the Sun, light and fire in many file expert lecturers; we are ambitious enough Iranian ceremonies. What: Southern Comfort to be thinking of inviting lecturers from The night of the solstice is the longest other European countries and the U.S.. In night of the year and the time when the devil, Keys: Ceiling, Spirit, Legion any case the course will be international in Ahriman, is at its most powerful. To protect the sense that it will be part of the BEST against and thwart evil, we celebrate the Sunday 20 November saw a new chapter in summer programme for 1995 and will thus be arrival of longer days as a sign of the ever the IC Snooker Club. Southampton hosted a attendable by BEST members of other local growing power of the Zarathustrian God, friendly match against our brave boys who groups around Europe. If your are interested Ahuramazda. As a way of thanking God for had to play against a string of unfavourable of becoming a part of a great effort and a what they had been given, and to pray for a odds... train delays, closed station, no taxis, dynamic team you should act now! Contact plentiful season ahead, dried fruits and nuts, low ceilings, large legion of home supporters either Emil Lupu (ecll@doc), who is the co- that were kept over from the summer, were and empty stomachs. ordinator of the project, or Kyriakos Hatzaras (kh@ee, Euro Youth chairman). served. The format of the friendly was that every Such elaborate celebrations of the sol- team player in the IC Team A plays a single Watch this space after Christmas for more stice were not restricted to the Iranian frame with the opposing team and similarly information. The meetings for the project are every Empire, but were also passed on to the for Team B. Therefore, a best of 25 frames Friday at 1.00pm, Huxley 305 (Computing Romans; Natalis (literally 'birth') became one decides the winner. JCR).

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To end as we started. The ghosts of music editors past and 0 present fight it out over the last black and silver circles of 94.

Shakespeare and Stoppard came to imperial as dramsoc double whammied out with hamlet and rosencrantz and guildenstern are dead. Rebecca Butlin and David Cohen respectively braved the thespic haunts and giggles.

If the Beatles can do it so can the little man with the big ear trumpet. Well, the sixteen choir have released Bach's mass in B minor. Up and attam says James White.

The punk and the princess played in Portobello, so Patrick Wood went along and caught a glimpse of the q.t. Arnie got fat in junior and claimed it wasn't steroid abuse - J.Ho laughed along. Then Patrick returns to rue the lack of s*x, violence and long camera shots in vanya on 42nd street.

The resurrection of Cobain continues thanks to pearl jam's vitalogy - Vik waits for three days. Elsewhere He/en-Louise trumps to the sound of die toten hosen, a/ok grinds his teeth at Joni Mitchell and Vik 'does' the almighty 'live' (ykwim?).

Waxing lyrical over a part of London this week is K.C. She cuts a swath through the london traffic courtesy of the trusty routemaster and the number 10 bus route.

0 rotation epidemic? t; vik you old grumble puss;: this is a meaningful song about the Well this week we return to rotation's opening line-up of the driving. Crossness has nothing to year as current and ex music do with it..err..,can I have my pills editors,: vik and tintin, respectively now please? take to the hot seat... On the programme it says, modern costume, I have to admit loni dark - love's got me high "Something is Rotten in the State of that it works - although I think oasis - whatever Denmark". Well whatever it is, it's that's as much to do with the not the acting. Dramsoc's hamlet henna as anything else. t; so the band of the year go for boasts an impressive cast who, if a Rosencrantz and guilden- the Christmas No. 1 as well. got you high when you hear this. little stiff at the beginning, certainly stern are dead (or R&G as it is Hmmm. I'm not sure that this Anything less and you might slit liven up throughout the play. Apart affectionately known by its song is as good as the singles from a couple of dubious choices, production team) is a brilliant they've taken off 'definitely t; you're really not in a good the cast are well selected and most attempt by Tom Stoppard at maybe' but it's pretty catchy and mood are you? Maybe you should importantly, believable. presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet has loads of strings. have one of my tablets... Although on the whole the from the point of view of two minor V; perhaps they should have parts were played in a plausible courtiers battling to find meaning in their existence. Jim Kingston teamed up with Cliff? bomb the bass - darkheart manner, there are some which {Rosencrantz... ummm, or was he f; no way he couldn't sing in that stand out among the rest. Mathew Guildenstern?) and Rys Jaszek (the hard mane accent. v; seven minutes of meandering, Williams delivers an excellent pseudo-atmospheric dub/dance portrayal of the confused and other one!), accompanied by an assortment of uncanny characters, gary young - plant man crud. Bomb this... unstable Hamlet, who, for the 1; I think that the readers/should majority of the time, appears to be present a rumbling tumbling delivery of witty word plays. Jim v; a very bad nursery rhyme with on the verge of a nervous seems well at home with his an annoying voice, minimal totally nice, even normal guy who breakdown. Gulenn Tambe gives a character and the two manage to instrumentation and plain juvenile likes pressing flowers and reading smouldering performance as the produce some smart dialogue. lyrics - "plant man knows where poetry. Honest, sometimes rather weakly portrayed Occasionally the pace was let down the plants will go, plant man Gertrude and Katherine Fishwick is by stumbling support, but hard knows that the plants will grow." I throwing muses - extremely competent in her role as headedness (literally!) and think the plant man got grass bright.yellow gun the tragic, not to mention dippy, determination prevailed and the mixed up with crass, Ophelia. Joe McFadden (Laertes) show went on. All said and done f; yeah but this is Gary Young of v; another simple, non-sugary and Ed Mulligan (Polonius) are also the first night's performance that I Pavement fame so he's obviously pop outing from the twisted mind good. saw was a valiant try at a very going to be pretty screwy of Kristin Hersh. The direction appears to run difficult play. To the unsuspecting whfl: .loes. t: I kinda agree on that one but I smoothly, although I'm not viewers who may have found this don't think her mind is twisted at convinced that the 'microphone play somewhat bizarre, if not totally all, I mean you're the one who ghost' works. The costumes are elevatorman - funk and drive incomprehensible,'! say: see wanted to review the colourful and although I did doubt Hamlet and the penny will drop, my Queensryche album. the wisdom of director Iqbal Khan, v; "funk me, baby...funk me and bet is, heads up! © when he dressed Hamlet in black f FELIX I4DCC91 ^ massing

The sixteen choir was founded in 1977 by Harry Christophers to specialise in the performance of choral works at the extremities of the classical spectrum - from the Renaissance and the twentieth century. Since then the sixteen have expanded their repertoire to include pieces from the Baroque period. It is a recording of such a work that forms their latest release, Bach's mass in B minor. Bach seems to have composed this mass and other late works for no apparent reason other than to lay down a record of his skill at composition. For many reasons, not least its length, the work was unsuitable for liturgical use. Despite this, Bach expended much energy on the production of what is arguably his greatest choral work. Although the idea of a mass on this scale saw its fruition late in his life, Bach borrowed extensively from his earlier works; originality was not as much of a major criterion for critical acclaim as it is today. In composing the B minor mass, Bach drew on two main The punk and the princess began makes the street banter of David Why do I always get saddled sources: a kyrie and gloria as a school essay written by the 14 and his mates so vivid and fun. He with these highbrow art-house composed in 1733 as a showpiece year old Gideon Sams. His mother looks a bit lobotomised in the love movies? My preferred form of for a prospective royal patron, and fished it out of the bin and it scenes but Rachel's lovely, and entertainment may be an evening a sanctus written in 1724 for a became 'the punk', a cult novel some of it's very funny. He shows of Wagner, but when it comes to Christmas service. Most of the with a safety pin through its cover, her his diary: "I'll never finish it the cinema I want car-chases, remaining movements are which sold twenty three thousand though," he confides. "...I can't shoot-outs and lashings of reworked arias and choruses from copies from the music shops of 70s spell." Discuss, with reference to the gratuitous kinky sex. (Well OK then, Bach's existing cantatas. London. Bard and the National Curriculum. let's not be greedy; if there was It is a matter of contention as The film is billed as an update Junior is a film about how a enough gratuitous kinky sex I could to the forces Bach envisaged for a of Romeo and Juliet in 90s Notting scientist (Arnold Schwarzenegger) probably do without the car- performance of the work (in fact Hill. (Our very own Queen's Tower becomes the first ever pregnant chases.) he never heard the work appears slap in the middle of the man after he decides to act as Actually I ended up with vanya performed in its entirety), but final shot.) guinea pig for his wonder on 42nd street by default. In the today, for 'authentic' perform- Punk David spends his time pregnancy drug, Expectane. The cinema editor's word association ances, two schools of thought shooting pool, strumming his guitar film also stars Danny DeVito as a test I was the only one who didn't prevail: the 'one voice per part' and spray-painting his squat. He gynaecologist and Emma Thompson respond to Chekhov with "phasers advocates and those who prefer to falls in love with rich American girl as a researcher who has succeeded locked on, Captain". For this is use a choir of about thirty voices. Rachel, who just happens to be in freezing human eggs. Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, The new recording by the sixteen playing Juliet at the local theatre. Like Twins, which also stars adapted by David Mamet for is of the latter type with twenty six Jealousy arrives in the form of Schwarzenegger and DeVito theatre director Andre Gregory. voices in the chorus, five soloists vicious biker Stray Cat. There is together, the idea behind the film is Louis Malle has filmed a run- and an orchestra of twenty nine fencing with pool cues to the sound too silly for the audience to accept. through of Gregory's production in players. Harry Christophers of Prokofiev. So it is only the charming New York's disused New produces a well balanced sound Director Mike Same's career performances given by the three Amsterdam Theatre. The action is from them. nosedived in 1970 with the release main actors which makes Junior a mostly in close-up, which is In terms of interpretation of 'myra breckinridge', which was delightful and enjoyable film to disconcerting when Yelena (Julianne there really isn't much distinction about a transsexual film critic and watch. Sure, the idea of Arnie in Moore) bares her fearsome canines between this recording and, say, starred Raquel Welch. Eulogized by drag in the later scenes probably at the camera. While the John Eliot Gardiner's of almost ten Andy Warhol and panned by film seems unoriginal after Robin protagonists are all obviously very years ago; slight variations of critics, its fate was sealed. In the Williams' recent performance in committed and the acting first-rate, tempo and dynamics and different punk and the princess Same gets Mrs. Doubtfire but still, it is very one is left with the thought that voices for the solos being the most away with having his cake and funny and shows how successfully Chekhov didn't intend his obvious. At the very least this eating it. The film claims to be Schwarzenegger can switch characters to be observed from a maintains the high standards based on Shakespeare, but in fact between action films like 'true lies' distance of never more than six which the sixteen have set in their this is no West Kensington Story, and comedy. feet. And what is potentially a previous recordings. 0 and the parallels with Romeo and Watch in amazement as Arnie's fascinating venue, the dilapidated Juliet drawn in Leonard Bernstein's stomach enlarges as the months go theatre, isn't sufficiently exploited. It musical don't stand up in this case. by and laugh at his bewilderment would certainly be a great place for Who cares though, when the fly-on- as he experiences and learns more a shoot-out. 0 the-wall, hand-held camera style about what it is like to be a woman.

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"as a man thinketh in his heart so is he"

Perpetual motion machines may metallers warrior soul, is up be unfeasible from a scientific there with the best of them. point of view but in reality the Their latest album, 'space age rumour mill never stops playboys', takes a less overtly grinding. Will pearl jam's third political stance than their four album, vitahgy, be a return to previous concoctions and this the ethereal strains of 'ten'? has subsequently led to more No, it will be their punk rock relaxed live performances. Not album. No, Eddie Vedder has that they are any less intense gone mad and this will be their or heavy than before. If finale, etc etc. Yet, as usual all anything, choosing to perform the rumours are wrong... the whole of the new opus in Well, sort of anyway. There its punk-fuelled, galloping are many moments, particularly state gave the Brixton Academy in the latter half of the album, crowd more of a pummelling that do hark back to the gentle, than they were probably caressing face of the expecting. No, it's just that the aforementioned classic debut. band's ease and sense of 'Better man' and 'immortality' enjoyment was patently both take harsh and agonising obvious for all to see. The subject matter and wrap them wonders that removing the up in haunting soundscapes. shackles of a major label The latter sees Vedder wearing record deal can do... his heart on his sleeve and Headliners the almighty poignantly captures his struggle have also been doing a touch to come to terms with Kurt of record company swapping Cobain's search for true of late, resulting in their nirvana: "scrawl dissolved, cigar angriest, heaviest and best box on the floor / a truant finds album to date, 'crank'. They home / and a wish to hold on ... too chose to spew out the truants move on / cannot stay and roll whole of their new creation, a long ... some die just to live." move which might have However, there are also angry, musical heritage - punky sleazy Rock has its fair share of loud- backfired if they hadn't slipped in a bruising tirades in the likes of recent sleaze of new york dolls crossed mouthed frontmen and Kory Clarke, few old classics such as the single 'spin the black circle', 'last with the riffs of the wildhearts. After lead singer of American art anthemic 'wild and wonderful'. © exit' and 'whipping'. The former listening to this once I found myself comes as a bit of a shock. A paean singing along clearly a sign of how to the declining use of vinyl (vifalogy catchy the songs are. was released on vinyl a week before Their name means 'the dead S highways revisited it emerged on cd) and with a riff trousers' and sadly it appears their that could have come from the sex trousers have died if the cover's I'm not saying there's nothing else about Imperial, or London, but the pistols at their most savage, this is anything to go by. But ignore the number 10 bus route is the main feature of college I'll be nostalgic genuine 'punk rock'. And I don't cover, the music's brilliant! I can't about. I used to live in Hammersmith, at one end of the route, and mean 'punk' as a tag mistakenly find words to describe how now I'm in Tufnell Park, at the other end. I particularly liked the way attached to the likes of energetic wonderful they are. Shame they some 10s used to terminate on Prince Consort Road, just outside my pop acts like green day. No, this is don't look good too! (9) department. These little luxuries are important to a girl. Admittedly, I uncompromising, heartfelt and Can you really blame Joni didn't catch the 10 all the time when we were in Hammersmith, more importantly superb - a fitting Mitchell for having only one idea mainly because there were a lot more 9s and we caught taxis when return to Vedder's roots in bands for her new album turbulent indigo? we were late (taxis into college - the dedication). such as bad radio and the I mean, people do it all the time Now, I'd have to beat the larks to get the 10 all along the back minutemen. and seem to get away with it. roads behind King's Cross, Oxford Street, Hyde Park Corner, At the end of the day, it doesn't Unfortunately, Joni doesn't quite Knightsbridge and to the Royal Albert Hall in time for morning really matter what the rumours say. seem to have master that knack yet. lectures. No, I just dream home on the 10, out of peak hours of Vitalogy is not perfect (tracks such Each of the songs begins with a course. My favourite bit's Kings Cross, which has the wildest scenery - as 'bugs' are too weird even for gently strumming guitar (except desolate canals and railway tracks - and the maddest passengers, if weirdness's sake) but it is 'nothing to blame' which has a you were the pompous one explaining bits of Tristram Shandy, could challenging, honest and an organic piano bit first, then a gently you just go through that again? The scruffy grandeur of the three- progression. Not bad for a band strumming guitar). Each song starts storey Camden Road houses comes just before the tat and takeaways with a mad frontman who are about quietly, has a quiet middle and, well of Brecknock Road, and my stop. Oh I love this area, especially by bus. to split up. (8) - I'll leave you to guess what the And the 10's nearly always empty by this time, and the conductor Die toten hosen are endings are like. The whole album chats. apparently Germany's biggest band has a very sedate, laid-back feel Once I got on a stationary 10, and the driver told me about how and after hearing their new album, which would have been fine, if only he'd almost become a hearse-driver, except the money wasn't good. love, peace and money, I know why. the songs themselves were The 10 was parked outside the Royal Albert Hall waiting for a rogue It consists of their 13 favourite identifiably different. I forced number 10 driver, Stokesy (Stokesy?), who goes too fast and leaves a songs translated into English "to myself to listen to the whole album backlog of passengers for the next 10, so that they could follow him give everyone outside Germany in the hope that maybe, just maybe, for a change. This isn't the sort of thing that happens on the 74, for some idea of what we're singing there was something in it that would example, a route I loathe. I'll be nostalgic for the hours on the number about" and a Johnny Thunders make me interested. In the end, I 10 - fantasising, dozing, scorning Oxford Street, reaching home cover. This latter track hints at their was left feeling quite, quite bored. (4) territory in the dark - for years. 0

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IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION MEMBERSHIP AND OPTING OUT Cross Country Rugby 0

Since the time of its establishment, it has been the practice to regard all ULU Championships at Parliament Hill IC Ladies Rugby vs Sussex University registered students of Imperial College as members of the Impeial College Union. The same arrangement has applied to the constituent college unions. An amazing result from the 10-0 win. Sod off all those who There has been no subscription fee charged to the students or their students IC/Mary's women, and with six thought that we would never win to secure membership.The college has funded ICU and the CCUs to enable the in the top eight, the women a match. Well, we can and we provision of a range of services and facilities for students - sorting, cultural, dominated the race, winning first did, even if it did take us three recreational etc - and students have been free to use or not use these services as and second team. years! Congrats to Lynsey who they individually decided. The men gave a solid scored the first try and Mel and However, under the provisions of the Education Act 1 994 the college is performance (team position Shuggy who scored the second. specifically obliged to make provision for students to opt out of membership of unknown as yet) and seventh Forward of the match was Jane Student Unions. place by Andy puts him in with a and back of the match was Emma Moreover the college is charged with ensuring that any student who good chance of selection for the D. Well done all of you. We can exercises the right to opt out should not be "unfairly disadvantaged" with regard BUSA championships, along do it again and again and again! to accessing services and facilities available to the rest of the student body. with most of the IC women. In order to comply with this requirement, the college has agreed with ICU IC ladies vs London University 0 that ICU will act as the college "agent" in the provision of facilities and services Individual Results-Women: for all our registered students. The college will continue to fund ICU and the 1. Jenny Williams After a storming 10-0 win on CCUs on the traditional basis so that the normal provision of services and 2. Jennie Rogers Sunday, IC Virgins followed up facilities is available to all registered students irrespective of whether they have 3. Emily Collins with another brilliant show of formally opted out of union membership or not. 4. Kay MacDonald skill. The score this time was 30- The only practical effect therefore of opting out will be that such students 6. Christina Demetriou 0. Try scores were Shuggy, cannot stand for elected office or take part in Union elections. 8. Debbie Hipps Lynsay, Jo, Mel and Cathy For this purpose the college needs to know and to keep a record of students who scored 2, and was who have opted out. Men: later named "Woman of Thus all registered students who wish to exercise their rights under the 7. Andy Overend the Match". Back of the Education Act 1 994 of formally opting out of ICU and CCU membership for the 17. James Tindal- match was Emma B. session 1 994-5 are required to come to the registry (Room 343 on level 3 of the Robertson and forward of the Sherfield Building) by monday 9 January 1 995 (the beginning of the spring 18. Gerald Johnson match was term) to record their decision. 20. Joachim Eggeling Caroline, using P.E.Mee 21. John Bhoyroo her fear Registrar. 22. Oliver Pearce inducing technique. We've done it again!!! Local Special! Badminton Congratulations to all who played IC Ladies vs Sussex University and thanks to the supporters. Special Express Lunch Menu Keep up the great work!! served between 12:00 to 2:00pm and 6:00 to 7:00pm On a cold wet December day, the m Ladies badminton team trudged at RED of Knightsbridge 0171-584 7007 to windy Brighton for their first Netball 0 The best Chinese without artificial colouring and flavours UAU knockout match against ICvs Goldsmiths Sussex University. With a A. Crispy lamb with wok fried rice and depleted squad of only 4, it meant After St Georges conceded defeat seasonal vegetables 5.00 that we were 3-0 down before the before the match on Saturday, first shuttle was smashed. and a win by default on the B. Sun Sing Chicken with wok fried rice The games started with both previous Wednesday, we were and seasonal vegetables 5.00 sides showing fighting keen to actually play a match, C. spare ribs with wok fried rice and determination. Barbara and although the cold and wet did seasonal vegetables 5.00 Elaine pushed aside their best dampen the enthusiasm. The 5.00 twosome after a closely fought first quarter was closely contested D. Aromatic Crispy duck with pancakes first few points. However the with both teams eager to make a E. Buddha pot rice (vegetarian) 5.00 match was almost in crisis when good start. Goldsmiths were out the pair, suffering from fatigue, for revenge for their defeat earlier F. Beef in black beans with wok fried rice took their second pair to a close this season, but IC soon settled and seasonal vegetables 5.00 3rd game. Wendy and Claire and begun to build up a slender G. Special fried rice (prawn, pork etc.) 5.00 stormed through all three of their lead. A big team change at half I. Singapore noodles (prawn, pork spicy) 5.00 matches, even though Wendy time meant that fresh players hadn't played for 7 months. could continue to extend our J. Hot and Sour fish with wok fried rice 5.00 Soon Sussex dropped their lead, forcing lots of inaccurate heads and their form died. passing on their part (until we and seasonal vegetables Barbara and Elaine dealt the were comfortably ahead). Thanks final blow with a 15-0, 15-0 to everyone who has played this trashing of their weakest pair. term. Let's try to carry on our Take away to your 3ROMPTOoffices Ni sROA alsD o available Onward to round 2 in 1995, eight-match unbeaten record still undefeated. next year! EGERTON GDN N

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Squash 0 Hockey Sport IC Team Score Opposition Football Mens 1st 2 - 0 RHUL IC 1 st vs West Sussex Institute 1 st IC 2nd vs Aldermaston 0 Football Mens 1st 7 - 2 Goldies Although we blitzed the The winners carried on their Football Mens 2 nd 6 - 0 St. Mary's opposition to qualify easily, the ways with three superb goals beginning of the knockout from leading scorer TWO and Wockey Mens 2nd 3 - 0 ill rounds were a far more serioi Mens 12 - 3 St. Georges 2nd prospect. We headed at ( Sussex Institute rea Rent Boy was noted tot his Ladies 25 - 12 jSeoldsmiths and to improve on last year's Ladies 10 « Sussex University result by making th 30 - 0 London Uni. K 2nd vs St Georges 0 well, winning easily, but was 17 - 0 Ch. Hosp., An eight goal thriller. We started badly, conceding two 18 1 Westminster Uni. Sonaar Shah won 3-1. Adam 4 - 4 Bettinson 3-d and our B**stard got one back. capta.'

:::-. :-':-:- w- 10th. Other notable performances impressive win. Ike Ombala change exposed a distinct were achieved by Daniel Halls Water-Polo 0 and Mike Young in the 50m l IC vs Westminster butterfly. IC vs Charing Cross Hospital The 100m backstroke saw the trio of Chris Davies, James On Saturday 19th November, Fox and James Ralph we progressed to the next stage consistently out-perform the of the UAU championships. other teams. Outstanding performances Boris Schlittgen gave a by the talented forward, Theo fighting last 50m sprint in the Papatheodosiou, scorer of eight 200m breaststroke to achieve a goals and the two hard men of personal best time and finished the team, Stueart 'The Thug' in the top 20. Condolences to Collins and Daniel 'The Killer' Pepe Aparico who would have Halls scored ten goals each. The made the final of the 50m quality and ferocity of the play backstroke had he not hit his was such that UCH and head on the bottom of the pool! Portsmouth University declined Finally it should be noted to play!! that these performances were Many thanks go to Norman achieved on only 2 swimming Jones of the IC Sports Centre sessions a week at the Imperial whose superb organising skills College Sports Centre. What is made the afternoon a great now needed is more pool time success. The next stage of the in the build-up to the Long tournament will be held on the Course Championships in 21st of January 1995 at the Crystal Palace in March. Sports Centre. Water-Polo: "All right, who wants the ball?"

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