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by Ewan Ferguson nor "humiliated" because of the asking "how on earth did (they strength and "pride of the mass allow themselves) to get pushed EDINBURGH University movements" against the tax, Mr 'into playing a role in the enforce: politics lecturer, John Hallo­ Holloway asked the council to ment of this tax?" way, "warned" Lothian Reg­ "back down" from enforcing his ional Council on Tuesday not fine. Another twist to the story is to enforce his £50 fine for He said that the threats of that it is believed that Mr Hallo­ refusing to register for the poinding (pricing) his personal way will seek AUT support, and Poll Tax, or Community goods and warrant sales had been that of other unions at Edinburgh Charge. chosen as the "first line of action": University, to prevent the local no attempt was made to collect authorities in arresting his wages. Although only one of many ·the debt in any other way. individuals who atte.Wed the EUCAPT representative, This development has occurred · ~ meeting in the Council's Cham­ Dave Donahue, told Student that after the Acting Director of ~bers in Parliament Square, Mr of 1700 poindings in Lothian Reg- · Finance of Lothian Regional Holloway constantly reiterated ion in 1988, only 13 went to war­ during his seven-minute speech Council, David Semple, told the rant sale, because of administra­ national press that Mr Holloway that the Poll Tax will "not work" tive costs. If Mr Holloway was · in Scotland. had consented to having his wages forced by the Labour Council to arrested. "Its implementation depends to implement such a sale, he would a very high degree on the co-oper­ rightly have the "warrant sale In line with this development ation of the people," he said, "and party" at-his house, at his chosen EUCAPT is rumoured to intend the people wiJI not co-operate time. to put a motion forward at the because now they have had Mr Holloway finished by ques­ next student GM to ask EUSA to enough." tioning the socialist principles of refuse ·co-operation with wage Feeling neither "intimidated" Edinburgh's ruling Labour group, arrestment. Student Unions· under fire

by Andrew Montgomery shows the existing set-up in a paid by the taxpayer, they fee-l colleges that the Government will tion resulting from two different good light. that unions are another part of the not be able to bring in a realistic types of student, the member and This would dash the plans of the "Dependency Culture". · alternative, there was still felt the non-member. Furthermore, there ATTEMPTS by some Con- Scottish Young Conservatives, The feeling then amongst the need for some defence of the func- is the detrimental situation for the servatives to make member- strong advocates of change in the Conservatives behind the moves tions of individual student unions. non-member in missing out on is that membership of a student ship ofthe National Union of arrang~ment~, ~swell _as Scottish The NUS point to the wide important services at hand, union should be the choice of the EducatiOn Mmister Michael For- range of services available to the including welfare advice. Students voluntary rather · individual student, with the mem­ o ll syth, also a supporter of such member, including shops, cater- EUSA President Malcolm th an au t omat tc may we not moves. bership fee coming from- the pros­ ing, sports clubs and university McLeod affirmed that the Associ- get off the ground. Over the • In opposing the automatic pective member. From this, the societies with only about 3% of ation "supports the status quo." past week or so, the NUS and membership feature, the critics student unions would lose a sig­ funds being spent on political Apart from the problems arising the heads of higher education tal~ of_a "c~osed shop" situati?n ninficant amount of the funding ·clubs (this is Baker's survey's own from such changes, EUSA also establishments have been bemg m existenc~- The Scottish and thus perhaps their effective figures). opposed the alternative on the · · · · 1 f Young Conservatives see the stu- functioning and influence within a ' grounds that it could affect any stu d ymg tmtta results o a dent unions of the NUS as places higher education institution. Tim Walker of NUS UK con- possible future wish of Edinburgh government survey of stu- where the ideas of those who run Although there is a widespread "" curred on this and said, ·aJterna University students to relinquish dent unions in the past year. it are the decisions that go. Furth­ feeling amongst NUS officials and tive suggested, had drawbacks, their present status in order to­ lt is believed that this survey ermore, with the funding being many officials in universities and such as the increased adm inistra- affiliate with the NUS. 2 Thursday, April 27-, 1989 NEWS STUDENT Scientists CAMPUS TO CAMPUS Produce GLASGOW The rector, a former career dip­ The UFC has given Aston none lomat called Paul Scott, was of £70 million earmarked for new "FAT Foreigners in Media elected on Monday night and had academic appointments, with the Wavebreaker Rip-Off Schock!" That is the already called for a "new Scottish situation so serious that in 1989 by Hamish MacKay design and manufacture. headline of the libellious Englightenment" and a new there are only 260 staff, 10 depart­ Built at an intensive pace over editorial of the last edition of intelelctual philosophy to over­ ments and three faculties, two to three months, the project the Glasgow University come the "discredited Thaterite whereas in 1981 there were 540 TWO SCIENTISTS from was conceived in March 1988. staff, 24 departments and 4 facul- Edinburgh University's newspaper, the "Glasgow ideology". • I ttes. . Chemical Engineering Already the Disney organsiation University Guardian." In his election address Mr Scott declared it was now impossible to Henry Miller, the local AUT Oepartment, Dr's Matthew has indicated to Glasgow-based engineers, Barr and Wray, that it The story behind the headline is talk about education without talk­ rep, informed Student that the Rea and Carr Gibson, have ing in political terms nowadays. University has had to set up that "journalists" and students at successfully collaborated is considering ordering more Rejoicing in rhetoric Mr scott, search committees in a bid to Glasgow are niffed over the with a Glasgow company to machines for complexes in Paris, said what Scotland was experienc­ recruit new staff! typesetter's decision to work for produce the world's largest Tokyo and California. Robert Maxwell's new "Glaswe­ ing was "inte-llectual vandalism", gian" freesheet in addition to their through cuts and harassment. EDINBURGH wave machine. Speaking to Student on behalf weekly quality. A working rector to watch. WHAT is so special about The eight-feet high wave- of both scientists, Dr Rea said he our beloved institution that it breaker was installed at Disney was "very pleased indeed" with Mr Maxwell has apparently AS TON World in Florida last week, and is · the proJ·ect and hoped that the been sent a copy of the newspaper deserves a mention in Cam- expected to open on May 1, hav- University would benefit from the and a reply is cautiously awaited. ASTON doesn't have an arts pus to Campus. ing cost around $1 million in machine's success. The typesetters, meanwhile are Faculty at all, but if the Uni­ Well, Glenmorangie th distil- 1------­ 'vailable for comment. lers are spnsoring the next Par- versity Funding Council get liamentary debate, hosted by EU their way there might not be a Debates Committee on May 1. DUNDEE University at all. . The debate will be chaired under A NEW rector has. There is the possibility that an SNP government in Teviot been elected at Dundee Uni­ Aston's funding may be re­ Debating Hall. AUT examined and its funds cut follow­ versity, and his first act of Campus to Campus wonders ing a rift between the University whether the 12 bottles or so of office looks set to be his authorities and the UFC over whisky tQ be donated by Glen­ torching of the Union flag in Aston's policy of recruiting any morangie will be sufficient for the symbolic defienace of the but the top staff on three year con­ debaters to be rhetorically topi­ continue Poll Tax. tracts. cal. Negotiation

AS predicted in last week's must prov1de daily reassurance to~ · Student, the Association of those students sitting exams at the Chaplain to University. He implied that in a University Teachers decided deadlock situation like this, spirit last Saturday not to · press needs to be maintained. ahead with industrial action, Meanwhile, contrary to but not to mark examination national policy, Strathclyde AUT papers until the present pay has pressed ahead with its deci­ dispute is solved. sion to ballot its 800 members. attend meeting Offered a deal by the University Both this week and next, how­ ever, the AUT is attempting to authorities in line with the by Cathy Milton take place because they believe • It is alleged that he was forced to see as many individual members national pay offer for 1988/89, the Dr. Anderson's stance on Aids resign as Dean of a Theology of the large Committee of Vice­ union wa balloted earlier this and homosexuality is incompati­ Faculty at an African University. Chancellors and Principals soon week, with results expected to be A SPECIAL General Meet- ble with his role as Chaplain (see • Further the circumstances of his as possible, in order to lobby their announced next Monday. ing on the newly appoipted Focus). ' early departure from the parish of support. Such informal meetings An official source at the Uni­ Church of Scotland Chaplain The motion that will be debated Overton remain unclear. Dr. are a result of the breakdown of versity insisted that contrary to will take place tonight in calls for opposotition to the Chap­ Anderson served only two years formal talks between the two sides reports in the national newspap­ McEwan Hall. lain's appointment "in every pos- at Overton, instead of the usual in December last year. ers, there had been "no warning" The Meeting, which starts at 7 sible way," calls on the University five. He had to obtain a licence Last Saturday's meeting was to the University from the AUT . pm, will not now be attended by to dismiss him and proposes the permitting him to leave . prompted by the national A,.UT general secretary, Ms Diana War­ the Rev. Robert Anderson after organisation of an alternative ballot a fortnight ago, in which the wick, over the question of local the University Information office Chaplaincy. Chaplains on campus represent­ 70 per cent who voted rejected the deals. ing other denominations have told advised him against going. Dr Anderson's career in the CVCP pay offer·by 53 per cent to Indeed, he moved on to say that Kirsty Reid and Alison Alexan- Church of Scotland has met con­ Student that they are more than 47 per cent. "it is no longer simply a case of der collected ~he hundred signa- troversy before his appointment willing' to give pastoral advice to Head of AUT at Edinburgh ·focusing on examinations now: tures nexessary for the Meeting to a_s Chaplain at Edinburgh Univer­ any students, of whatever faith or University, Professor Peter Van­ the financial stability of different , Stty. none. · dome, told Student that lecturers universities is at stake".

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THE BRITISH media widely seen as critical by students. They ment and thousands of Serbs reported the huge demonst­ were just waiting for the right celebrated on the streets of cent­ ration which took place in moment. They used the events in ral Belgrade. Nusvet Nicevic Belgrade on 28th February Slovenia as a final provocation to explained the attitudes of Bel­ go out onto the streets." . grade students and that of most this year. News agencies By 10 pm that night students Serbs: "You know, after this reported half a million, while had begun to gather at the meeting (28th February) all the Serb media sources gave "Studentskigrad", where a large problematic questions in Yugos­ figures of one million people number of them live in halls of lavia were dealt with straight demonstrating outside the residence. The rector of the uni- away. It's strange, because these Federal Parliament building v~rsity was called, and by mid- problems existed for many in the centre of the city. Yet mg~t students had marched to the months before, and only after this NatiOnal Parliament building to action by students and citizens of the press here have made lit­ begin what_ was to be a 24-hour Belgrade were all these questions tle mention of the fact that demonstratiOn. dealt with in a moment. Azem the demonstration was The students' protest was spon- Vlassi was arrested and the whole initiated by students from taneously organised. "One guy situation in Kosovo was dealt with Belgrade University. stayed at the students' association very fast. We now have the possi­ Students, as well as the general off!ces next to the telephone and bility to control all activities in the public in Serbia, felt that the gov­ co-ordinated informaton between Republic of Serbia. We can now ernment was not answering the all the student residences in Bel- rule in a similar fashion to the political crisis which was fast grade, keeping up contacts during other republics of Yugoslavia." developing in Yugos;lavia. In the night." , All-night radio sta- Since students played such a Kosovo, the former semi­ tions sent reporters to the Parlia- major role in bringing these autonomous province of Serbia, changes about, Nicevic feels that Albanian-ethnic miners had "It was like a stone shattering it has changed the fundamental position of students in Yugos­ staged a sit-in to protest against a pane of glass ... What has Serbian attempts to gain greater lavia: "What has happened here control over the province. The happened here tonight is an tonight is an inspiration to all stu­ strike ended on 27th February. inspiration to all students in dents in Yugoslavia. Nationally, However, miners achieved the Yugoslavia." · student movements in Yugoslavia forced resignation of three pro­ have existed for many years." Serb leaders in Kosovo. This ment building. The reports which In 1968 there were huge stu­ created a general feeling among they put out meant that students dent-led demonstrations in reac­ Radical reaction ... students protesting in Belgrade. the Serbs that the government was all over the city heard the news, tion . to the Soviet invasion of ------capitulatipg to so-called Albanian and began converging towards the Czechoslovakia. However, "after THE SOUTH African Justice "ethnic-separatist" moves in protest. '68 the students' organisation in • Detention Minister, Mr Kobie Coetsee, Kosovo. By the morning, however, Yugoslavia was crushed. And has admit~ed that there are The final spark came on the inhabitants from all over Belgrade now we want to create a national students' organisation again. • File around 64~young people evening of 28th February, when had joined the students. All the under the a e of 18 in deten­ leader~ in Slovenia, a northern university lecturers came out and Because students are the avant­ garde of society. We want to make SCHOOLTEACHER, tion awaitin trial in the republic, appeared on television supported them. About 5,000 Mercado Espinal giving support for the miners in Belgrade taxi drivers ran a free an independet student orgam­ country. A further 3,183 sation, independent of all work­ his 17 year-old nephew, Kosovo, and hinting that the service to the Parliament building youths between the ages of 18 Serbs were denying them basic for anyone who wanted to join the ers', constitutional or federal ulian Palomino Mercado, and 21 are being held for the human rights. The televised meet­ demostration. organisations." "disappeared" in the same reason. The figures are ing of the Slovene leaders showed The crowd called for action to It would be facile to believe that ,,...... ""'"r·P of Tayacaja, tho~ght to be six months old. them wearing yellow stars on their be taken to control the situation in there is an ideal sOII.\tion to of Huancavelica, arms. The implication was that Kosovo, to prevent it from break­ Yugoslavia's problems around the Both are believed to This statement was in reply to a the Serbs were treating Albanians mg up Serbia. They also corner. Yet perhaps it is only ave been detained by the question tabled by the indepen­ in Kosovo as the Nazis had treated demanded the arrest of Azem through a national organisation of dent South African MP for the Jews. They could not have Vlassi , the Albanian leader in young people, who can look · security forces. "Ciaremont, Jan van Eck. beyond the nationalist divisions of Witnesses allege that they were chosen a more provocative com­ Kosovo, who was seen to be the Van Eck commented that it was parison, for the Serbs not only instigator of "ethnic-separatism" history, that a true unity in Yugos­ riven away in a military truck "totally unacceptable that await­ lavia can be found. the school's offices on the supported Jews during Nazi occu­ there. The crowd were pacified ing trial young people who have pation, but were themselves only by the eventual appearance ng of 13th April. It is not been found guilty of any crime ieved that they are being held slaughtered in millions by the of Slobodan Milosovic, the popu­ should be held in jails together Nazis and the "ustase", their col­ lar Serb leader, who promised INTERESTED in international the 43rd Infantry Battalion in with hardened criminals". affairs? Eager to be involved in the mpas, Tayacaja, but the milit­ laborators from other republics, them what they had asked for. Two days later, Vlassi was cultures and politics of other authorities deny that they are Out of the total of 3,828 mainly Croatia." Nusvet Nicevic, secretary of the arrested, a curfew imposed, and nations? Then we need your in their custody. detainees, 3,034 are black, 766 Belgrade Students' Association, troops moved into Kosovo, while involvement on the International Reports regularly come in on coloured and 48 white. The gov­ which represents ·about 80,000 constitutional amendments were Section of Student. , the continuing lawlessness in .ernment is present under pressure passed which tightened Serbian MEETINGS: 1.15 pm every Peru. According to sources, at to sef up more "places of safety" students, explained the students' reaction to the events in Slovenia: control over its "semi-autonom­ :Wednesday at the Student offices, least 35 people "disappeared" in for blacks and coloureds so that "It was like a stone shattering a :48 Pleasance. Or ring Student on department of Huancavelica they do not have to be kept in ous" provinces. pane of glass. Before this the A day later the new constitution 5581117/8. during 1~88 . · prison. whole situation in Yugoslavia was was ratified by Federal Parlia-

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Don't miss it! 4 Thursday, April27, 1989 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT INDIA Passage of Poverty =-_,...,.__..., ~----...... Robin Radley, ~ditor of the Farnha_m Herald, travelled extensively throughou~ Ind1a r~cently. In the first of several special reports, he recounts his expenences. TRAVEL in India, it has means that theirs can be truly in Delhi, provided a good taste of been said, is a total experi­ enviable experiences; their joys, what was to follow - the noisy ence. Like what you find, or the bonuses in their lives, the sim­ assault course on the roads (no hate it, you'll certainly never ple pleasures. indicators, often no lights after forget it. More than 800 mill­ Having arrived at Indira Gan­ dark, and seldom any use of the ion people with more diffe­ dhi Airpiort in New Delhi, a fog­ footbrake before destination delayed flight and 3 am . ends). Cycle rickshaws are a rent languages, religions, unscheduled encounter with cris­ wage-earner; with much saving races and cultures rep­ ply modern Cologne behind us, and a big commitment, motor resented than in any other we emerged to marigold garlands, rickshaws can be bought, or country in the world. ancient vehicles and broad white perhaps a classier taxi - in the Here is some 5,000 years of his­ smiles that accompanied offers of shape of a distinctly 1950s Morris tory- and five star hotels. Here services or goods or pleas for cash Oxford (there are swarms of buz­ is beauty, religious mysticpe and or biros. We climbed aboard a zing yellow rickshaws and stubby pure enchantment - and noise, very basic coach, with tour seats "Ambasador" cars, ritualistically incredible noise, and startling and personalised air conditioning washed and polished when not in squalor. (lots of dusty fans screwed above use). In short, India will always be a the seating but none working). These first encounters with the very personal experience. The picture of begging hands magical subcontinent are a rather One Herald/Star Tours guide reaching up to the windows and blurred mix of experiences over­ commented, in the drive away the very young, ill-clad little girls shadowed by the common vision from hot and dirty Delhi: "India is holding a baby in in one arm and of sheer poverty; as in almost , to be found in the country." Away pleading with the other, to accom­ every other part of India, the· Their wealth is in their character -the children of India. from the city influences, time panying exaggerated gestures of tourist sights arc an enjoyable dis­ Misery? ·Hinduism is less a roadsweeper expects to be appears to have stood still. A great hunger and poverty, were to traction. The capital with· its religion than a way of life. despised. Each will accept his/her roadside community that was pas­ become a feature of the whole stately, tree-lined Raj path, bring­ Although all forms of worship are place, without · ambition to sed in a blink by bus or coach will trip. Give way to your under­ ing you to India Gate, symbol of acceptable to Hinduism, a few change; their situation was be very much like the next one­ standable emotion in a public modern India (and British tribute basic beliefs tie the various creeds irrevoca,bly ordained by the deeds people talking, trading or (on to 90,000 Indians killed in the first together - about the eternity of of a previous· life, and complicity in haunches) shaving; maybe The picture of begging hands world war), the Presidential life and (dharma) code of living, this life could (though only could) Palace, Gallery of Modern Art, women, bright-eyed little children was to become a feature of the whereby everyone has a specific see a change in the next. playing nearby, preparing dhal National Museum of India, Con­ role or set of moral duties to per­ The newcomer to India should over a fuel-dung fire; sacred cows whole trip. naught Place with its shops, hotels form in life, through which he or understand that much of their jostling for space against the heav­ and restaurants . . . all detract she can break the cycle of rebirth own values must be set aside; the ily laden cycles and carts, the cycle place and hand over money, and from the reality of poverty and and attain nirvana (heaven). sight of a whole famly in southern rickshaws, and the eye-catchingly you cim expect to be over­ scratched livings. The poor accept their lot and India standing or sitting in the gut­ colourful, gliding female forms­ whelmed by dozens of other beg­ The people waking up on the dissociate themselves from ter by a building site, washing like every other member of the ging youngsters. roadsides with the rising sun; the unhappiness; the rich accept their their bodies in water jets from family, she makes an important Late one night in Bombay I was Untouchables restarting the position (yes, tough, you may leaks in a pump hose might have . contribution to what is often little to find children clinging to my legs unending round of street brush­ think) and that of those who will been distressing but for the know­ more than survival. in the hope that more rupees ing; craft and food-stall trades­ remain hungry. In fact, each is lege that Hindu custom requires With most Indians' expecta­ would be given; it was as worrying people opening up. A pavement performing the duties appropriate an obligatory bath every day - tions so low, relatively, facing the · as it was sad. hot-fooP: seller shaking out a tired to their dharma. A Brahmin · and in the most abominable quar­ survival challenge a_nd succeeding That firsCencounter with India, little piece of matting. expects to be respected while a ters of a city you'll see it obeyed. SOUTH AFRICA ANC blamed for deaths

But Swazi police public rela­ Mohale's body was lying Swazi police also contradicted Students are increasingly becoming murder tions officer, Sub-Inspector upwards in a pool of blood. claims in the SA morning news- . targets in South Africa. Since our last report, Azaria Ndzimandze, refused to Shabangu's body was Iying·bet­ papers which claimed that arms speculate on the identity of the ween the back and front seats with were found concealed in the boot three more deaths have occurred. killers. bullet wounds in the forehead. of the car that the slain activists But he did say that the killings Police inspection also showed were travelling in. THREE members of the from Johannesburg to the Eastern could be politically motivated. restricted South African that the car might have been According to the Swazi police, Transvaal by a bogus invitation. Ndzimandze added that if, as it travelling in the direction of the arms were found "on the floor National Students Congress "The mysterious circumstances appears, the killings were linked Bhunya, and not SA. ·of the sedan". (SANSCO), whose bullet­ surrounding the killing of the to previous ones, it would be the ridden bodies were found in a three resembles earlier assassina- latest in a series which has claimed forest in Swaziland, might tions of anti-apartheid activists up to ten lives. · FEATURES: AvriiMair have been abducted by a outside the South African bor- FILM: BiD Dale ders," a student leader told the The ANC dismissed claims that STAFF LIST - TobyScott death squad in SA, driven New Nation. members of the organisation kii- ijbiJINIMI WHAT'S ON: JaneMoir across the border, and then According to a Swaziland , led the SANSCO activists. The Sarah Chalmers - shot and killed. police statement following the dis- organisation said the story was MANAGER: Harriet Wilson Julie McCurdy covery of the bodies, the three "concocted by the controllers of ADVERTISING: Jane Sowerby FASHION: Briony Sergeant Suspicions around' the killings, CAREERS: Katka Krosnar were found on February inside the killer squads who assassinated Simon Horrocks which took place more than three 12 SUPPLEMENTS SCIENCE: Maxton Walker weeks ago, were raised by student a bullet-riddled vehicle near and kidnapped oth<'

... f STUDENT FOCUS Thursday, April27, 1989 sf But at the same. time, members of the University Compromise on Cutback glitterati such as Owen Dudley Edwards, are vociferous in their contempt for the boycotting factions. MICHAEL CHECKLAND, the BBC's Director­ His perception of the issues as black and white in General, has recently described the status of l3BC TUDENT ·amongst the grubby grey areas of AUT compromise may employment as "low pay" but "high job satisfaction", be a touch simplistic, if morally justified. If lecturers back undoubtedly a major consolation to all the journalists Established in 1887 down at this stage then it won't be long before universities are relegated to the back streets of the government's and researchers who have been involved in the recent 48 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ. Tel. 558111718 strikes in the vain hope that they can maintain their educational priorities and achieve the charitable status the Tories have always hoped for. imminent mortgage repayments. she'll triumph, even if they can up their salaries by a few If pinned down, perhaps Thatcher would resort to a percent. little quote-swapping herself, and use the same job Massive support is needed whenever a drastic stand is New Scientists description for the AUT. After all, she could argue, taken by a normally tempered body. But as exams loom there's nothing more admirable than disciplining and on the horizon for final year students, the in-fighting is This week's Student sees the launch of a new Science stimulating the minds of the next generation's high fast approaching a zero option. Some lecturers at this page, which we hope will go some way to filling the gaping achievers. How can rate-of-pay be relevant when University feel confident that whether exams are hole that has existed for so long in the University education is at stake? marked or not, the demonstration from the AUT is-an newspaper as regards any kind of technological content. But this is an argument that gets churned out ad effective enough way of channelling a general sense of Admittedly, 100 years of publication has given us more nauseam whenever welfare or education hit the frustration about Thatcher's treatment of higher than ample time to reach this decision but, with any luck headlines. Thatcher is struggling to grind a demoralised education. In the end it ·may not be a dramatic it'll be the start of a beautiful friendship between George profession into the dirt, and unless a clear-cut decision articulation, but at least it'll give Big Sister a sense of a Square and KB, especially with a Science Supplement emerges from the AUT members, one way or another presence felt. . following. The best is yet to come.

I believe, as I'm sure most ween this despicable unjust tax If that is what Dave Donohue pegple do, that while the non-pay­ and homelessness, and so embar­ calls "knowing nothing about ment scheme was a well-inten­ rass the Government. politics", then perhaps he's right I LETTERS I tioned idea, it was rather unrealis­ I always made it clear I saw the and politics should only be left in are being rather unfair portraying tic given the realities of human "Make the Difference'' campaign the hands of the select elite who DearStudent, me as some word-breaking ogre. nature. working alongside the non-pay­ are unshakeable and immovable May I be permitted to reply to There are a·number of reasons I This brings me to the second ment scheme, giving non-payers a in their opinions. Mrs Thatcher two points raised in last week's decided to p·ay the Poll Tax. point raised in Student. Dave chance to protest by donation as springs to mind. Student. The article entitled "Re­ Firstly,· I did not feel I could Donohue's hysterical letter indi­ well as those not wishing to break I am not Mr Donohue's enemy. ctor Breaks Pledge" quoted me as urge stu'dents not to pay knowing cates one of the problems with the the law. I am on his side, but groping saying I would demonstrate with the kind of bullying tactics that the . non-poayment scheme, namely How could I be going against around in the dark as he is to find you, I would refuse to pay my Poll authorities will employ to frighten an inappropriately targetted my "own political party's policy w?ys of fighting the real enemy, Tax with you, I would do what­ them into paying. The small fine aggression that only serves to on the Poll Tax" when I am not a this English Government who ever you wanted me to. The rest aside, in my position I am able to divide rather than unite. member of any political party? despise anything that interferes of that particular q~ote has been cope with high stress and harass­ Given my reasons for choosing with or threatens their dubious conveniently forgotten. ment, but I dread to think of the · not to join the non-payment cam- How I deplore th~ current polit· power base. I continued to say I would do effect it will have on young people paign, what other avenues were ical sniping between fellow Scots My ways of fighting may be dif­ anything alongside students pro­ already stressed by exams and open to me? I could have con- who should be united in their ferent, but I believe we should do vided I agreed with, and believed lack of money with very little tinued to complain loudly in wine ambitions, and it forces me to ask · it shoulder to shoulder, which is in, the cause completely. I even · moral or financial support at bars like some others and then what their motives are. why I will not enter into Dave recall talking at some length about hand. gone to the Seychelles for two I am not a political dogmatist, Donohue's pointless game of ver­ causes I would not be prepared to Secondly, I believe in principle weeks with my newly saved cash, and at the age of 30, while holding bal insults. support, and stated I would con­ in changing policy within the law, . but I decided that a positive polit- • strong beliefs and passions, I con­ Anyway, I'd only win. I do it for sider each case as it arose and act unless extreme circumstances ical protest would be preferable. . tinue to be self-questionin~, and a living. on my best instincts. I was merely such as the threat of violence, dic­ I chose Shelter to make the more often than I would like, full Yours sincerely, being honest. I therefore feel you tate otherwise. point that there is a direct link bet- of doubt and despair. Muriel Gray "fSTAND UP . . ..FOR YOURSELF!

NOMINATION FORMS AVAILABLE FROM EUSA OFF,CES (BRISTO SQUARE) Nominations close 12 noon sharp Tuesday 2"d May more details from EUSA ·Offices EUSA ELECTIONS 11th May 1989

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As we moved on a security-man is not a bureaucracy." Can you to be. . Timothy Clifford was appointed Director greeted him like an enthusiastic detect a veiled comment there? "We place some of the paint­ footman. "In the entrance hall "I have no interest in a stamp ings high up so that the public can of the Scottish National Gallery in 1987. you can see we are stripping away collecting attitude to art and I inspect as many pictures as possi­ the nasty chip-work hoardings don't see why one should have bleat any one time and compare At the time the appointn1ent of an and renovating the mouldings and representative examples of the pictures of different quality Englishman to the directorship of one of 'windows that have been covered everyone around." and style. for so long. The walls will be Eventually we began to move "In fact many ofthe pictures we Scotland's proudest institutions caused a covered in silk which is being spe- downstairs. As we went th,rough hang high up have problems wit cially woven in Lyons right now the large ground floor rooms with them- poor brushwork, partia lot of controversy. Since then his radical and the floors will be covered in ·the huge, ornately framed master deterioration or unsubstantiated refurbishment and acquisitions policy has white marble." authorship- so that they are not He is also like an angry prophet "The National Gallery of worth hanging lower down. lifted even more eyebrows. James Bethell stripping away the foul, and ugly Scotland has seen itself as a "I believe that the gallery is one met the man at the centre of so much dis­ mistakes of the last twenty years rather select country cousin of the most splendid buildings in and replacing them with beautiful Edinburgh and one should respect pute and asked him about his hopes .and objects and tasteful decorations of the Ga!lery in Trafalgar its original architecture." from another age. "I do hope that Square. So I thought, why If he is unmoved by the criti­ fears for the gallery. you like it." And so we move on. should we depend on them cisms of his peers what then is his As we went from room to room and instead we should principle worry? "I am worried by he spoke with love and expertise the fact that we don't have enough as the explained how the gallery blaze a trail of our own. " money to buy modern art. We IT .IS no wonder that "From this point one can see . had been arranged in a perfectly pieces from Italy and Holland he have started to collect. twentieth Timothy Clifford has been the result of our work at its best. · ordered way with each piece hav- seemed most at home. But as we century pieces too late and don't greeted with so much Notice the way the rooms provide ing its own place where it would reached the Scottish collection have enough money to do it." animosity since he arrived in the impression of sweeping vistas, be complemented by the work~ downstairs, he was less sure of . would he like to criticise the the way in which the paintings around it. "The gallery should be himself, unfamiliar with some of government for underfunding the Edinburgh. ·have been hung at the height the logically pleasing as well as visu- the work and uncomfortable in art collections of Great Britain? As he guided me around artists would have expected them ally pleasing." the dingy subterranean rooms. "The government is dedicated the improvements he has to be , the way i11 which we've used · I asked him if he felt hurt by to the idea -of saving money in the made to the National Gallery its sculpture and furniture to jux­ In his pin-stripe suzt, criticisms that he had neglected government sector, an d I can I realised immediately why tapose and improve the way in brogues and stripey shirt this aspect of the gallery. "If I had understand that. But they use, in a he appears to represent which the paintings are presented .. he looked like a young spent any more time on some of rather brutal forin, the same sys- everything Scots complain It all looks quite wonderful, just aristocrat showing a visi~or the Scottish collections then I: tern of ecqnomisation for galleries how the original designers would would not have been able to do as they do for any other depart- about when they describe the have wanted it to look." around his country h ouse. · · the things that I have done, and ment and I would suggest that we cultural invasion ofthe North In his pin-stripe suit, brogues Eventually we went upstairs to that would have been a shame· are a separate case because the by arrogant and unsympathe­ and stripey shirt he looked like a some of the smaller rooms. "The because the work I've done I con- . objects we purchase will be get- tic Englishmen. young aristocrat showing a· visitor colour of the walls in each room sider to be valuatile." ting more and more valuable. As we walked into another gal­ around his recently refurbished has been chosen to complement Was he aware that many people ---'-'----· ------lery his loud voice, which has a . country house. Heads would turn the colours in each of the paint- thought he was unsuited for the "/believe that the Gallery pluminess that only generations of as he began to tell me about one of ings." I couldn't help but marvel job because he had no contacts is one of the most splendid good breeding and expensive edu-. his recent acquisitions and people at such close attention to details. ·with Scottish culture having been buildings in Edinburgh cation can produce, heralded our clearly wondered who the helf this As we strolled around I asked . brought up an Englishman? and one should respect its arrival. _crashing yah thought he was. · ·him what were his hopes and aspi- "Not at all. Quite the opposite, rations for the gallery. "In the past in facr It was an advantage to original architecture." the National Gallery of Scotland have been a stranger to the estab- When it came to go I felt sad to has seen itself as a rather select lishment here because there were leave. Though he comes from a country cousin of the National certain things that needed to be class of people Scots are meant to ·Gallery in· Trafalgar Square and done which could not have been despise the warmth and Flatfirider tended to imitate what they did . carried out by consultation and enthusiasm with which he showed So I thought, why should we the democratic process but me around his gallery had Students! depend on them and instead we needed one person to simply carry endeared me to him. should blase a trail of our own . them out. There is no doubt that he is an Need accommodation "For example, Trafalgar expert in 16th and 17th century for next term? Or now? Square han.gs its paintings just by "It's racist to say that you painting, and it is hard to argue We don't charge you to themselves. We, on the other have to be a Scot to run the that the refurbishment of the gal­ register (that's illegal) hand, collect sculpture and can Scottish National Gallery." lery is not an improvemLondon." But despite the obvious succes- in French, German and Japanese What about criticisms that the ses of his stint so far, he still has a So if you need something now, or next term, for example." . way he has hung some of the long way to go before his style and· As we walked past another paintings makes them difficult to his method cease to jar the sen­ give us a call on recent acquisition of the gallery I view? · sitivities of the Scottish cultural asked him if he had a purchasing "Pictures should be hung at the, establishment in Edinburgh. 031-662 4729 policy. "Policies and. plans are all height and juxtaposition that the Mind you, is that such a bad very well for bureal_lcrats, but art painters originally intended them thing? tsTU~ENT FOCUS· Thursday, April 27, 1989 7 J A Special General Meeting of EUSA has been called to discuss the recent appointment of the Rev. Robert Ander­ son to the post of University Chaplain. The proposers, Alison Alexander am.iKirsty Reid, want EUSA to oppose ·Burn in this appointment "in every way" and "to call in the Uni­ versity authorities to dismiss him." The meeting will be held today, Thursday 27th April, in the McEwan Hall at 7pm. LAST TERM the Rev. "rule. of- conduct") and offensive to involve a large number of stu­ Robert Anderson was to many students. , dents and therefore was not effec­ appointed as Chaplain of this He goes on in the same article tively representative of as many to explicitly state that "Aids is the. students as it would have been. University. Since then stu­ judgement of God." Rev. Ander­ Obviously we cannot just sit dents and staff have been son also has some interesting back and allow the Chaplain to 0 expressing concern about ideas on the prevention of Aids, in quietly become accepted. The · 0 both the way in which the a letter to the Scotsman published very presence of the Chaplain at appointment was made (with in December 1986 he gives tht:: fol- ..... virtually no consultation with . !owing advice: . Many students and staff 9 students) and the views held "Christian morality is the only feef...that the Reverend by the Rev. Robert safe prevention for Aids. Anyone Anderson's views are Anderson. who is not a Christian should incompatible with his role think seriously about this and go The main controversy has sur­ and will therefore prevent rounded statements made by the to church on Sunday." Rev. Anderson on the subject of While it wo:uld be easy to him from doing his job Aids and homosexuality. trivialise such advice as nonsense effectively. we must take it seriously as a key In an article in the Glasgow role for any chaplain is to adminis­ this University is abhorent and Herald in January 1987 the Rev. ter pastoral care and of course offensive to many students and we Anderson stated that "it is ·not ~~re. . must continue to campaign for his obvious that Aids is God's judg~- . Many students and staff feel· resignation. The very presence ofthe that the Rev. Anderson's view are In order for a campaign to be Chaplain at this University incompatible with this role and effective it must be reP,resentative will therefore prevent him from. of students and must' involve as is abhorrent and offensive doing his job effectively. In an many students as possible rather to many students and we attempt to stop the appointment a than being (eft to a few decision­ must continue to campaign petition was launched (albeit · makers. we have that policy as soon as pos- the Rev. Anderson has attacked for his resignation. quietly) requesting that the Rev. As we are continually being . . ~ib\e . · ie drug-users, prostitutes, and Anderson · reconsider his accep- told that the General Meeting is . This isn't a motion about some . non-Christians then you should be Jtment bu·t it does afflict those who tance of the position. the ultimate decision-making distantplace or' future plans it's at the meeting. have broken God's rules of con- Unfortunately this petition body of EUSA and the about what's happening here Alison Alexander is the Prop­ duct. " Obviously this is both 'failed. The Rev. Anderson is mechanism of change it is impor­ today at this University and if you untrue (unless of course • here,. and -while gaining some tant that we have general meeting care at all about the rights of oser of Special General Meet­ haemophiliacs have broken some_ .media attention the petition failed policy on the Chaplain and that homosexuals and the other groups ing Motion. ·Beyond the Community Charge EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY A MAN walks into a pub and pitals and schools. This does not, HISTORICAL SOCIETY orders a round of drinks. How of course, mean that the state ,. much should he have to pay? .should not give financial assis­ Should the amount be propor­ tance to those otherwise unable to tional to the size of his house? _afford essential services; it just Should it be exactly be the same as means that their actual provision everybody else who buys a drink should be left to private sector in the pub? Or should it be related exp_ertise. o the type and quantity of drinks bought? , The prime function of the SUMMER BALL The same question could be State is to provide services asked about the services which which cannot be purchased· local authorities presently pro­ vide. Should we billed according by individuals in the mar­ to the size and locality of our ket place. The Queens Hall house (domestic rates)? Should it Following this principle, many be assumed that we all benefit of these services presently pro­ equally and therefore that we vided by local authorities should should all pay the same (commun­ instead be provided by the private . ity charge)? Or should we pay an sector. We would then be in a situ­ Saturday 6th May 1989 amount proportional to the ser­ ation whereby people whould vices which we actually use? have to pay directly related to the frequency of use. There are, how­ A successful free market ever' some services which local economy requires services authorities would have to con­ 8.00 for 8.30 pm tinue to provide. These include and products to be paid for sewage disposal, street cleaning at the point of consump­ ·and street lighting. To pay for Tickets tion. these services some form of local tax would have to be retained, and £15.00 Members While recognising the commun­ a community charge is by far the ity charge to be a huge step in the fairest option. £17.00 Non-members right direction, we must accept its Opponents of the community limitations and devise a more con­ charge bemoan the fact that some­ sumer-orientated variant. In one earning £50,000 a year pays Available from WRB doing so we must remember that a the same as someone earning successful free market economy £5 ,000, but this is hardly a novel Friday 21st April requires services and products to concept. The Road Tax and Tele­ be paid for at the point of con­ vision Licence fee, for example, , Tuesday 25th April sumption. We lnust also acknow­ are not linked to the ability to pay. ledge that the prime function of he No one would ever suggest that orphone / State (central and local gd\lern­ the price of a pint of beer should ment) is to provide services which vary according to the purchaser's Mike- 2251044 cannot be purchased by individu­ income so why should the con­ als in the market place. This sumption of local services be 225 2387 includes the defenceof the ream treated any differently? ' and the maintenance of law and Last chance to buv tickets order, but definitely excludes the Martin Burns is president or Lorraine - 332 3916 provision of swimming pools, lib­ of Edinburgh University Friday 28th April raries, art galleries and even hos- Conservative Association. 8 Thursday, April 27, 1~89 SPORT STUDENT Pints.and Points sence of Joyce. The good news is HOCKEY that we actually drew against a . "select" Banbridge school team SETTING-OFF one damp which included Irish and Ulster Saturday morning was a players. We were unlucky not to win our concluding match against highly sophisticated dedi­ Queen's University but a draw Edinburgh Univer­ cated group of sober hockey was no mean feat considering the players on . their way to pain of unimaginable cumulative sity's 4th XI hockey Paradise City itself, Belfast: hangovers. team were one of On arriving in Stranraer, Sea­ link treated us to an extra 4-hour We left N. Ireland far from dis­ many clubs who set wait, thanks to their top organisa­ heartened because we knew we off on tours near and tion. Of course, this couldn't dent produced some really sexy hockey the morale of such a jolly bunch against teams of a standard gener­ far this Easter. · and it did give Mike Alexander a ally higher than what were use to .. chance to have 5 grease-burgers!! Richard Coburn, the When we got to Lame we had We greatly appreciated · the captain reports on our first setback as our one and excellent hospitality provided by nly cheer-leader quit, giving the our opponents and the friendly his team's inspired team a malicious oportunity to respectful way in which the games feats both on and off accuse our respectable captain of were played. I would fully recom­ "Looking out for Lynda" for the Photo: Toby Scott. mend N. Ireland. as a great place the field. rest of the tour. for any touring sport to visit but if Now we are a modest group of of our matches on NI's only artifi­ cliche I know) we were in no way you stay in Queen's Halls of Resi­ lads and dislike boasting about cial pitch proudly known as disgraced. Performances particu­ dence don't forget "you need a our hockey so I won't tell you who 'Polygrass'. Lisnagany 4th XI and larly inspired came from Max knob" if you wish to use the water scored the seven goals in our Banbridge 3rd XI gave us a good Johnson and Rory Wolfe and boiler!! opening match against NI Civil competitive game and despite even Alan Scott-Watson managed Service! We ma~aged to play two being narrowly defeated (sporting to score a goal thanks to the pre- Richard Coburn

THIS WEEK'S RESULTS SPORT IN BRIEF , Fencing: Tennis BUSF v. Dundee University (h) Mens Foil 1st: Conrad Chin Men: 7112:2112 Ladie Epee 2nd: Gillian sagar -unbeaten: Andy Lawson, Mike Davies Jus tin Thomson-Giover, Robert Middlebury Womans Hockey Club _T_E_N_N_I-:-S______, toured the city this Easter. Rugby Club: Women: 7:2 Musselburgh Sevens THE EDINBURGH , After a shaky start losing 1-0 to v. St Andrews (a) men s Po!.o Club Juniors and then 3-0 to 1st rd v. Watsonians won team had a su~cessful start to the1r senior side, they steadied 2nd rd v. Preston Lodge lost Men: 9-0 Women: 5-4 the season agamst Dundee. themselves with a 2-2 draw against having found out their partners' Gala. They finished strongly Football: Intra-Mural Cricket: names it was amazing that all the though, with a good 3-0 victory 1st XI v. Hawick 0-1 (L) doubles were won. All in all the before finally thrashing Terrasa Colts v. Court Star 1-3 (L) Friday match against Dundee was not a 6-1. The Willowers v. Rugby Club (Greyfriars 1st XI v. Heriot-Watt 1-1 (D) great spectacle, and it will take •••••••••••• Gentlemen) some time for. the side to become INTRA-MURAL SPORT 2nd XIv.-~H-~~i~t-Watt 1-l (D) Rugby Club 89 for 4 (Boissier 37) Denenekia 1 match-fit. Luckily Dundee were Colts v. Heriot-Watt 1-1 (D) wkt not. THE build-up is beginning The Will~wers 91-for4 (Nash 29, Sherwood 31) The match against St Andrews for the great Intra-Mural Sailing: the following day was won rather Sports Day Extravaganza SUSA: Sunday too easily. Not great practice for which is to be held at Peffer­ Mens 1st team -2nd Hogs v. Shakoar Rana the strong sides of Glasgow and mill on Sunday 7th May Ladies team -1st Shakoar Ran a 40 Stirling. But it should be a good f t 6 ' consistent team with plenty of rop~ 12 n? ~ 0 d pm.b f Hogs 41 for2 d th nzes w1 1°1 me 1u e a ott1 e o ep · bubbly and crates of beer for com­ Orienteering:BUSSF: Peffermill Players v. Googlies Women: 1st: Yvette Hague petitions which will be held in Googlies 66 all aut WOMEN'S HOCKEY 3rd: Kirsty Bryan-Jones Peffermill 67 for 3 rugby sevens, men's and ladies' six-a-side football, hockey, vol­ 4th: Lorna Boyd THE OLYMPIC city of Bar­ leyball, lacrosse and rounders. celona hosted what will no Men: 2nd: Andy Kitchin Golf: Full details can be found at the 5th: Pakit Hyman EUWGC v. Prestonfield 1-3 (L) doubt be one of many sports Sports Union office and entry occasions leading up to 1992 forms should be handed in by Fri­ when Edinburgh Univ'ersity day, 5th May.

151 LOTHIAN ROAD S'~tnecf~ EDINBURGH Malaysian · Singaporean Restaurant ., 1000s OF MEN'S 503 Lawnmatket Evening6-11 AND LADIES' (Royal Mile) (Fri/Sat 6-12) presents SHOE BARGAINS Edinburgh EHl ~PE Lunch 12-2 MEN'S from Tel. 031-2262826 (except Sunday) BRAIN MAPS £19.95 Authentic Malaysian-Singaporean Cuisine. LADIES' from . Fresh quality food including Satay (our speciality) • Malay Curry • Rendang ALL WELCOME £9.95 Karma • Samba/ Seafood • Nasi Lemak • Chicken Rice • Laksa and Noodles Sweet and Sour • and Black Bean dishes Monday, 1st May, 6.30 p.m. SET THREE-COURSE DINNER FROM Highland Room, Tel: 228 6618 £6.50 Pleasance. [STUDENT ·sPORT Thursday, April27, 1989 9 I Fudge's Glasgow collapse ... bitter· CRICKET THE . OPENING match in the Scottish Universities defeat Championship against Glas­ gow last Wednesday was SUMMER CUP FOOTBALL approached by an Edinburgh side in a buoyant mood after WITH AN entry of over thirty two "pre-season" victories in teams, this year's Summer as many games. However this Cup Football Competition is bordered on the over confi­ already well under way. The dent as Edinburgh found question on everybody's lips themselves reeling at 22 for 4. is whether it will be an estab­ A very slow pitch combined lished Intra-Mural side or a with an extraordinary variation in make-shift team formed for bounce seemed the main culprits, the competition who can lift along with some accurate and the coveted trophy. tight bowling from the Glasgow An early indication was given on openers. Fortunately the fright Monday afternoon that playing that Edinburgh had given them­ together all year does not necessar­ selves gave way to a marvellous ily result in success when Fudge, recovery led by Mark Hunt, who Wednesday League Champions whilst riding his luck, exerted his last December, went down 4-2 to clean hitting and wore the Glas­ Florence ATF. The medic team gow bowlers down. Hunt was ably only hit the front in extra time hav­ supported by a gutsy display from ing been behind by two goals from· a designer-stubbled . Toby Park and Norrington. At least the Glasgow fielder keeps his mind on the game as Photo: Tiddy Maitland- Titterton Thompson, and the pair added a However, other established Dan Chisholm tries to sweep to leg. very valuable 106 runs for the 5th Intra-Mural teams survive; wicket which made up the cor­ KBTRR, inspired by Hartley, nerstone to an Edinburgh total of and flight. SCORES Saturday 22nd April: University Powell and Van Breugel came 160-7 declared. So the result of a win for the Championship through against Real Cowgate, Glasgow were always struggling Edinburgh side by 94 runs augurs EUCC 1st XI 160-7 dec. and the Get Fresh Crew, even with after Robin Worsnop and a sleek­ well for their attempt to retain the MarkHunt65 Edinbur.gh 109 all out 38 o.vers (S. out the dazzling skills of c"omiskey looking Tom Pearson had made championship. However a more Toby Thompson 46 Kerr 36) and cool defending of the injured early breakthroughs, and only for disciplined approach from the Dundee 110-1 Morris, proved that football can a very brief period did they ever early order batsmen will be Glasgow University 66 all out Sunday 23rd April: Knockout (25 still be the winner when they beat look lik~ putting together a decent needed against str,onger opposi­ Robin Worsnop 4 for 36 (16 overs) overs) the Turner Boot Boys 3-1. partnership. Worsnop bowled tion, while the bowling looks very Paul Newson 4 for 12 (8 overs) tfhe big man at the back Chris tirelessly and with great venom strong and (hopefully) will cause Royal High FP 131-7 (M. Johnson Rose helped Billy Fish to victory for his 4 wicket haul, and Paul most sides a good deal of trouble Edinburgh won by 94 runs. 3-31) over Attic Attack, while the team Newson's leg-breaks provided the throughout the season. Edinburgh 92 all out 24 overs (S .. who probably pipped them to the perfect foil, also collecting 4 wic­ Willey 20) title in March Strollers YB kets with subtle changes of spin Nick Rowsell thrashed Gotham City 5-1. Indeed Strollers, with players such as 50km circuit to record a time of Christie, Dixon and MacMillan at CYCLING 1-15-39 which put them at the top their disposal look to be a good bet of the leader board when they for the title. THE EDINBURGH Uni­ finished. The dark horses could be the versity team achieved their However, this was not fast . Agrics who demolished Drum­ Clean sweep greatest team success of enough to hold off the challenge mond SA 8-1, even without the recent years in the BSSF of the disc-wheel equipped Bath robust midfield man Montgomery Team Trial Championship in and Sheffield teams their and the enigmatic Forshaw. They East Anglia. technological supe~iority being will be hoping that big Brian is fit The University quartet of unsurmountable and exploited to for future matches, as will Kev's Richard Currie, Michael Ayres; the full to contribute to their very XI hope that Chambers stays fit to Roy Denoon and Chris Howe fast times. play for them. Last year's finalists for Brush would love to go one step further won the bronze medal behind Bath University and Sheffield Results: this time, and skipper Warren •••••••••••-. convert a penalty in suitably Polytechnic. - 1. Bath University 1-10.46 Wooldridge might not be averse to FOOTBALL · Antipodean fashion and Colin The Edinburgh team soon set- 2. Sheffield Poly 'A' 1-11-52 a flutter or two on his side if he ~::.....::....:....--.,....------Semple, beating the offside tied into a smooth rhythm and 3. Edinburgh University 1-15-39 ever decided to become a betting BEFORE the University's trap, unleash a venomous shot; _ rode powerfully around the hilly 4. Sheffield Poly 'B' 1-15-45 . man. the goalkeeper was beaten totally .,.....~:::;:.~:.:,::::.:;~:...::;~::.:.:..:::.:.....::.:::~-----__;:.... ____.;______fixtures against Stirling last ==-1 by the bouncing ball. Wednesday there was a The last inter-University fix­ minute's silence as a mark of tures were on Sunday at Riccarton respect to those who lost against Heriot-Watt. The First XI their lives at Hillsborough. came from behind with a second Conveniently situated in the he~ of Edinburgh. 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The atmospHere changed, though, team had done enough to win the 112HANOVER with two goals in as many minutes league. The crowd rose as one as from Paul Lavin and John Waugh. referee blew for time, showing STREET, The latter in the •process · their appreciation of some good EDINBURGH accounted for a Stirling defender football, especially from Colts Telephone: with his bone-crunching tackling; stalwarts John Waugh and Vinnie an ambulance was necessary. Robinson. 031-2201188 The second half saw John Brush ·-·

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. . made Duran the legends they Wants Is churns out a sensual beat once were-and·still aspire to be. as Simon, John and drummer And the songs? Well, they jump round the stage as the two . played them lfll, all the hits and loose-limbed backing singers claw more. I don't need to tell of the at their bodies in just the same ability of Planet Earth's choppy way as tens of thousands of teeny­ intro to still excite, or the power of hoppers once did in their adoles­ Rio to carry us off to tropical cent reveries. beaches, or detail co.rnball sub­ Does anyone remember the apocalyptic lyrics like "There's a '80s? Duran do, revelling in this dream that strings the road with decade, and have weathered the broken glass for us to hold". many storms (the decade's and Everyone knows these things, or theirs) with ease. They're back, they should. Now, though, Duran an era encapsulated and revi­ present us with different dream~. sited, but with one subtle differ- . The latent sex of the New Roman­ ence: on"ce Duran teased, now ifs tics becomes the bump 'n' grind of sleaze. the New Erotics; so, All She Craig McLean

Photo: Torquil Cramer And the first thing we notice is actually fat, he just looks it. Yet DURANDURAN that having traversed pop's step­ amid a succession of tasteless ·Barrowlands pes, then disappearing into the shirts and silly headscarves he abyss only to re-emerge to fight pounded across the stage with all "DOES anybody remember another day, the former Mild the vivaciousness that started out the '80s?" asks John Taylor. Boys. have finally become their in Birmingham ten years ago. beloved Wild Boys. The violence Naturally, and typically, his voice This is midway through agar­ and power of that video have at strained at every possible moment gantuan two hours in which last asserted themselves in in that wonderfully delicious way the band go from Durandu­ Duran's music. Violent in that the that first made itself heard in The ran to Duran Duran and back sheen of earlier songs and albums Wild Boys single many Decem­ (and there is a difference). is blown to pieces by an attack hers ago. Meanwhile John Taylor This was Duran-whatever commanded and led by a guitar­ wandered around trying to look as coming in from the cold after hero straight from the pages of ravishing as he once did, but let Kerrang. The histrionics, the down by a strange black ribbon in their long winter of discon­ postures, the hairstyle, the all­ his hair and a worryingly scrawny tent that began with the encompassing "axe" screech, it's physique, and Nick Rhodes did autumn days of Arcadia and all there, an extremely noisy ter­ his usual Thunderbirds puppet the Power Station. The half­ ror that makes Duran as interest­ impersonation behind the forgotten idols who first ing and potent as they've keyboards. Magic. And if it seems rather · periphery to talk of taught us all · ~bout video ever been. Simon's podge, John's torso and gloss are back, better, As for the players to this Nick's lack of life,-just remember heavier (musically and physi­ backdrop, Simon looked, as ever, that it was their visual effects as cally) and sweatier. not too healthy. It's not that .he's much as their musical talent that Photo: Torquil Cramer

used to get that authentic Jock-style around the stage. Their and sticking firmly to the belief breathless. But three years on HURRAH!/ Hammond organ sound songs were bland, unoriginal that rock and roll will overcome Hurrah! show no musical progres­ STEEL CHAIN/ fun ked-out wreckages with a style ugly pop. sion. seemed as ironically funny as The new songs are inoffensive, 1,000 VIOLINS it did perverse. Excellent so sickeningly false they reminded me of the ~bysmal Wet Wet Wet. Their clamouring gee-tar (say but that's all; slices of clean-cut Calton Studios songs were mixed with the as if two separate words) sound commerciality. Big Sky and Trou­ band's witty and cynical· H~rrah! epitomise the early U2 has always been a terribly mean­ bled Brow are almost acceptable "WE are the Bungalow of observations: copy1sts, of which The Silencers ingful experience when captured but in these days of clinical steril­ Love," quipped bespectacled "Give me a rock and stadium!" The Escape Club and many othe; live (I saw them \_Yhen they sup­ ity is acceptability enough? 1,000 Violins' guitarist. But mouthed the guitarist; and in light bands beginning with "The" can ported The Stranglers and they Once a band now a cause, Hur­ to me they sounded more like of the two bands to follow, he claim to belong to. All playing were brilliant!). But tonight they rah! seem to have lost the cutting "the Doors" with a sense of wasn't far wrong. small _venues and spending most appear to be going through the edge that separates them from motions. The highlights of their other dull guitar bands. If f'd had humour and that (as they say) Steel Chain were, however, the ~f the1r career touring with estab­ weakest link, relying far too hshed acts and looking for that eponymous debut album were as any sense I would have gone to see can't be a bad thing. The eavily on the posing git of a lead elusive hit. Bflt" Hurrah! have always classic moments of energy The Men They Couldn't Hang thought of their shiny new inger who (all too often) shook always been above that, refusing with Sweet Sanity and How Many instead. keyboard samplers being is unattractive pelvis Marti Pil- to compromise with record execs Rivers leaving me completely Keiron MeUotte 12 Thursday, April27, 1989 FEATURES STUDENT STUDENT FE~ATURES Thursday, April27, 1989 13

HE has been described by David Belcher formidably competent figure which politicians undere­ of the Glasgow Herald has having the stimate (or patronise) at their peril. "sardonic persistence of the cruelly Despite favouring greater opportunities for women, Kirstie Wark shrugged off the label of "feminist", dis­ Sintelligent pax man . . . ", so it was with missing the term as "a throwback to the seventies." This some trepidation, if not a little dread that one skill in evading labels and swerving around ouestions came face to face with the genuine article in the she chooses not to answer, was similarly employed in person of Kirstie Wark in the Glasgow studios of response to queries concerning her political views.and the BBC at 9.30 pm on a Friday night. her life outside of jour-nalism. She did however tell of the The timing was unfortuante, there was a mini-crisis English teacher who advised Kirstie's mother to allow pending as guest A lex Salmond MP, was stuck in traffic her daughter to go straight into journalism as she didn't and the show was running behind schedule, yet her believe Kirstie had the application to go to university. greeting was a combination of ease, friendliness and However her interest in this field dates back to her early above all directness. In fact, it is this forthright approach • years. "I use to stay with my granny a lot and listen to the which is at first so disconcerting: Even whilst j~king wireless with her when I was young. So I was always casually with politicians and cajoling "Michael" (of-the­ interested in TV, radio ar.d newspapers." Scottish-Office) Forsyth, to await Salmond's imminent When questioned about her political views, Kirstie arrival (despite his protests that his wife was waiting up Wark demurred from givmg very specific answers except for him); conversing with Kirstie Wark can be a daunting to say "I think it wou!d be wrong and naive to say that more flexibility too." (This ~as the only point through­ experience for the uninitiated, demanding as she does, that she and Robin Day played, meant that comparisons. journalists don't have their own political views by and .as much clarity of thought and expression from others as out the wh~le i~terview when !vfs Wark-came s·ufffciently would inevitably be made. Yet given the pride that she large, but I don't think my views colour the way l do my she channels into her own work. close to m1slaymg her dauntmg composure to give an has in her own work and her own inimitable spirit, Ms job." This public impartiality is crucial to her role as a Indeed, she describes her own journalistic style as that e~barrassed laugh). However, she still works predo­ Wark still insisted that the atmosphere of the two prog­ political journalist and she considers it vital to the BBC of being "direct", although "I am accused of asking minantly for the BBC. She presently introduces the Fri­ rammes were entirely different. She said: "The English in fulfilling its obligations to the public as a source of ·questions that are too long, but I like to think that I can day night programme 'Left, Right and Centre' and is (Question Time) does seem to be very South East based information, despite the present government's accusa­ put questions that outside people want to know." And s_een at the beginning of the week, in more relaxed fash- · even though they do bring people to the London studio tions of bias: "No matter what government is in power. ion, eo-presenting Breakfast Time TV. the qualities that make a good journalist? "An enquiring from all over England and also from Scotland as well. Even if it was a Labour Government in power, it would mind, an ability to spot a good story, stick to it and to put :this schizophrenic lifestyle, commuting between But by and large, the Scottish one we try and get out perhaps be making the same claims. Indeed Harold Wit­ it through in an entertaining fashion." London and Glasgow is clearly one which she relishes as more, we're very rarely based in Glasgow. We go son made claims of bias to the BBC, but these are only Kirstie Wark is as near an example of a good journalist she describes the weekly flight to London armed with all around the country so that you get a very different type perceptions ofgovernment. They are there to defend the as there might be. Her own journalist pedigree is the day's papers, as a rare opportunity at relaxing. When of audience the different places you go." legilslation a lot of the time and therefore programmes immaculate, having started off on one of those BBC asked about this "jetsetting lifestyle", she la~ghed and Naturally Kirstie Wark favours equal oportunities and are bound to be appositional parties attacking them and training schemes that are notoriously difficult to get on said "I don't call a weekly commute with a group of grey, cited lack of confidence as a major reason why women there will be journalists asking hard questions. You ask to after finishing a general degree at Edinburgh. Her pinsuited businessmen a jet set lifesyle. Now if it was a failed to progress, giving as an example the women who questions whatever party is in power." years at the University appeared to be treated with some ~ee~Iy flight to Paris ... " are specialists in their own field, "They're really smart. In the best journalistic manner, her answers had been diffidence: "l quite enjoyed going to Edinburgh Univer­ In a more serious vein she said: "I've got the best of I phone them to try and drag them into onto Left, Right concise and to the point, with no tendency to meander sity, it was a good choice, but I don't know if I would both worlds, but I'm attached to Scotland. I think that and Centre but they tell me: 'l wouldn't dream of being into related subjects, all of which placed considerable make that choice again." there's a lot to be done here in the field of journalism, in so presumptuous as to pontifcicate on television'." One demands on the interviewer to direct the conversation She was however, critical of the advice given to her by terms of research· and production." Her views on this incident that she recalled in her capacity as a female pre­ _with a conscious awareness of where it was going to go the Careers Office here at Edinburgh, "I'm sure it's all subject were clearly strongly felt and even more force­ senter introducing a heavy-weight, current affairs prog­ and to prepare for the ensuing question. After all this changed since then." She stated, with perhaps just a fully expressed: "I think we can do more programmes on ramme involved that purveyor of great literature and was no intimate tete-a-tete, but involved Kirstie Wark's touch of irony, "They said that the only way to get into our own. The whole point of BBC is that BBC Scot- man-about-town, Jeffrey Archer. He adopted a particu­ work and appealed to her professional manner. Yet with the BBC was to go in as a graduate secretary and move •tand opts out from the network. There are a lot of issues larly patronising attitude, calling me dear, but" she the interview completed, it was a slight surprise to very fast through the ranks." and events in Scotland that don't get aired on the net­ added philosophically, "I can think of worse tbings that discove-r that I had survived the encounter relatively But she added her own opinion to this; "If you want to works just because they're all fighting to get there any­ coutd happen to me with Jeffrey Archer." unscathed, glibly gliding over all those moments when I do something in producing or directing, I don't think you way, but it doesn't make them any less important. It Lack of confidence is certainly not something Kirsty had been unconsciously naive o~ unprofessional (an should go in as a secretary, there isn't as much mobility would be nice to have more time to do that on Scottish Wark suffers from, whether joking on first name terms occupational hazard when aspiring journalist encounter . as might be imagined." And she remarked on the waste TV." with politicians off screen, or grilling them on it, her "proper" journalist. It is true, Kirstie Wark is awesome, of talent among secretaries at the BBC who were given The latent potential within Scotland and especially apptitude is obvious. In front of the camera, she exudes but for all the right reasons; because she is so able off­ similar "advice". Glasgow particularly interests Kirstie Wark, with the a sense of being totally "on the ball" and well-informed screen as well as on, she requires accuracy and commit­ added reservation that "only parts of Glasgow are on the about her material whether it be Scotland's individual ment for those with thorn she comes into contact and she t is now some two years since Kirstie Wark herself ascent. A lot has been done for the city and the image of role w i ~hin the EEC or the question of devolution. It is is rightly proud of being successful, in her career. Her left the staff of the BBC to become a free lance the city, but poverty still exists in the peripheral areas, as a type of knowledge not born of intellectual prowess but last and most strongly felt comment summed up her journalist. The reason being: "I can be more it does in Edinburgh. But I think that Glasgow has a gre­ solid preparation beforehand and commitment (devo­ whole attitude, "My ambition is to be happy and also to I flexible and umm . .. well it also gives the BBC ater variety of things going on than in Edinburgh." tion?) to her job. And inside a petite 5ft 3in frame is a do my job well."

Kirsty Wark is a formidable figure. As presenter of both the BBC's 'Left, Right and Centre' and Breakfast Time she inspires awe amongst the politicians she interviews as well as felllow journalists. So it was with trepidation that Sung Khang set out to discover whether she is just the Scottish equivalent of Robin Day in a skirt. Photos by Hugh Pinney.

irstie's attachment to Scotland and the know­ could call me a fervent nationalist." ledge that there is considerable ground to be Within Scotland, Kirstie Wark is one of that rare ' covered in the fi eld of journalism, deters her breed of well-known female journalists that include in K from the thought of moving to London, their number Sheena McDonald who was Kirstie's con­ despite having spent six months there in the past. temporary here at Edinburgh; and the temptation to ask Although there are' greater opportunities for aspiring all those cliched questions about being a woman in a journalists in the capital, "there's also greater competi­ man's world proved too great. Her answers however tion." And does she feel that Scotland has a tendency to were clearly well-rehearsed. She readily agreed that be overpowered by her geographical neighbour'·· Kirstie "The criterion for women is different and I think it's Wark indulges here in an extremely ingenious ·tactic of probably more difficult for women." Although in the repeating a questiori to herself in ·the inanne·r of ponder­ final instance it does not matter what sex a person is as ing out loud, so gaining valuable thinking time without long as she or he does his job well, she qualified this seeming to, and keeping the questioner waiting anxi­ suggestion w1th the thought that "Different kinds ot ously for what will be obviously be a measured and judgements are made on women as to whether they can weighty response; "Does Scotland tend to be overpo­ do their job well. I was going to say that television is wered by England? ... There are reforms going through male dominated but funnily enough on Breakfast Time Parliament at the moment which which will make the TV, the majority of producers are women. In Scotland, difference (between them) narrower, but I don't think though the minority of producers are men." Scotland is necessarily overpowered by England." And in her own case, as the presenter of Scottish Despite her wholehearted support for Scotland and Question Time, was there not a strong tendency for her things Scottish, Kirstie Wark fervently countered the to be compared and judged against her male counter­ suggestion that she was an ardent nationalist: "I like· part, instead of in her own right? In short, to be seen as Scotland and am proud of living in Scotland, but I don't a sort of Robin Day-in-a-skirt-type figure? Kirstie Wark think that by any stretch of the imagination that you readily agreed that the same format and the similar role 14 Thursday, April27, 1989 MUSIC REVIEW Baby Comes Of Age enough to be punk and melodic BABY'S GOT A GUN enough to be pop. And It's Love could be Def The Venue Leppard's Animal if it wasn't so .FOR two years Baby's Got A beautifully vicious. Stone Crew, Gun have been moving Crashing Like Stars, Can't Stop further and further away The Girl and Get Movin' already stand out as anthemic without from their initial influences. resorting to pomposity. Each Once described as "punk by highlighting just exactly how tight numbers" in these very pages this band are. by a jealous would-be pop Baby's Got A Gun are justifi­ star, over the last year they ably arrogant but diffuse it with have proved him wonderfully just the right am'ounts of wit and humour. The Stooges' No Fun has wrong. never sounded so raw. In the . Their maturation has brought, unlikelihood that one day Baby's mstead of safety a~d compla- Got A Gun cease to count it'll be cency, the depth, mtelhgence, the day they forget Iggy and grow ~ con(rol and hard edge _that means -long hair. They succeed because it's only a matter 0 ~ time before of their cocksure defiance never the record compa~Ies ~ake up becomes ridiculous. and take more notice. Its music . that is difficult to categorise; hard enough to be metal, stroppy James Haliburton

.Thieves s'oon. bypassing the usual sense organs . ticipation. The only danger is GOODBYEMR Even they, however, were FRONT242 It's music to dance to not theorise through ignorant and blinkered MACKENZIE overshadowed by Goodbye Mr over. It's only propaganda, if such misinterpretation. , Queen Margaret Union, a thing is possible. Religious, THE THIEVES Mackenzie, who were magnifi­ The basis of Front 242 is obses­ cent tonight. They rose to the Glasgow social and political propaganda sion with the physical, be it sex­ WILD RIVER APPLES delivered in short, sharp doses: ual, industrial or punitive. For this huge occasion and crowd with an FRONT 242 exploit our fas­ Barrowlands historic performance, their most "Poor. You don't have to be poor reason alone, visually the compul­ ambitious yet. The dimmed lights cination with evil, but are not anymore, Jesus is here." sion is manifested as shaved themselves evil. Therefore, "No sex until marriage." heads, muscles and. black vests. THE W'ld1 River Apples are w~re followed ~y a full five . . mmutes of dry Ice and organ adjectives relating to th_eir "America ... never stop." The slogans become tangible. worth mentiOning only as a music before the entire Barrow- politics in a bid to descnbe Each snippet is vague and reac- Front 242 say nothing new and source of amusement. The· · lands went completely mental, the music are as useful as tionary, fascinated with fascina­ probably surprise no one, but their guitarist's taste in jumpers was singing every word of Open Your describing them as · "Bel- tion. strength is their determmat10n to particularly funny and the Arm~. . . . The music is brutal and energe­ move, They believe the mob does, gian". . indeed, rule. lead singer sported what can With this kmd ?f enthusiasm Circling Overland opens viscer­ tic but does not exclude the audi­ James Haliburton only be described as a bee- throughout the entire set, Good­ a-lly. The music is simply effective, ence, there is still a need for par- h · her head. The piece ?Ye Mr Mackenzie _had the crowd IVe o_n m the palm of their hand; every ·de resistance though was the little drop of Metcalfe's posing keyboard player: her dress, and Shirley's sexy strutting was apart from being grossly tent- lapped up eagerly. No one was let like in its design was vomit- down. The controlled energy live inducing in its pattern and emitted through such Mack epics would not even be useful as a as His Master's Voice, Du~t ~nd curtain. Th d w'as Wake It Up was soul sphttmg. commercial voice. have a large following. Their hilarious e sodi~playing And when the brilliantly pret~nti- VERY VERY They were unfortunately let experience shows - they are · . too, . . ous Mr Metcalfe (God tomght) down by their backing singers who technically competent, very tight With great efficiency emitted the words "It's been a Buster Brown's detracted from the front man's and like to throw in the occasional how rotten, boring and dead long time coming but here it is .. . I'M always dubious about performance. The highlight of the meaningful bit. Like Ciao their their whole approach was. The Rattler", there wasn't one support bands, especially evening waf, their cover of Level sound is quite commercial - 42's Mr Pink which sounded very Make way for The Thieves. present who didn't virtually weep those who are making trendy, funky, pop, reminiscent' Along with one of the most with joy while joining the huge professional and, unlike a lot of of Chic and sometimes Deacon enthusiastic, brash, confident forward surge of the Barrowland's debuts. So I was surprised to instrumentals, was interesting and Blue. band personalities I've ever wit- crowd. find that Ciao, who have only enthusiastic. nessed, their sound embraced the This is not to say that the show rehearsed five times, were 'You have to nit-pick to find Barrowlands with solid energetic was perfectly consistent but any Ciao are definitely a band to fault with Very Very but their actually good. They held watch, especially when they have songs do sound very similar. If professionalism. The dynamic imperfections tended to help together well, despite being rehearsed a bit more and played a edge created by whirling chords rather than hinder the dreamlike you like their music then they inexperienced, pulled off an few more live gigs. and lung-defying vocals was edge occupying the atmosphere sound great, if you aren't entertaining and enjoyable enthusiastic they can get a bit astounding. With songs like And throughout. Anyone who still' Th · d Very Very, in contrast, are one Then He Died, Hate and War and doubt them after tonight must be performance. eir soun - of the most experienced bands on boring. Worth seeing at their regular Sunday night spot at lines such as "You're the woman I on drugs. I will never forget this the Edinburgh circuit. They have a bluesy funk - went down Negociants. would trash my car for", you will one. · well after the crowd got used supported Gail Ann Dorsey, been be hearing a lot mor~ about The Neil Finnie to the singer's rather · offere~ recording contracts and · · Mark Moffat

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THIS pacific LP is currently receiving much acclaim, not least because it contains a version of Sweet lane that the R 'n' R animal himself claims is the best he's ever heard- slowed to an almost THE PIXIES funereal pace and slimmed to Doolittle little more than chorus and chord 4ADLP change. The session was recorded in a Toronto church merely on IT'S TIME to re-read the Book of Revelation. Surely, there's no something called an Ambisonic clearer sign than Gary Davies playing The Pixies at lunchtime that the microphone. Relentless in its Apocalypse is imminent. But, no, all it means is Doolittle is this week's melancholy it includes serene, if highest new entry in the "all-important" Radio 1 album chart. at times sluggish, covers of Hank That The Pixies have managed to deliver an album that easily lives Williams and Patsy Cline, some up to its many expectations but can still compete with the likes of The elegant traditional workers' songs Cult, Madonna and Deacon Blue is almost unbelievable. At times and a smattering of their own that's exactly what Doolittle is-spectacularly unbelievable. material, which has a tendency From the opening bass rumble of Debaser (a tribute, of sorts, to perhaps towards torpidity, Louis Bunuel) to Gouge Away's final guitar rush, Doolittle exceeds its Misguided f.ngel being a positive predecessors and fulfills all The Pixies' promises. exception. The mixture of their In many ways it's a very natural progression from Surfer Rosa, own languid tunes with more enlarging upon the scope of Gigantic and River Euphrates but in other familiar refrains, as on Blue Moon ways the control and structure of Doolittle indicate the Pixies ongoing Revisited (Song for Elvis), has an diversification. EASTERHOUSE undeniable charm which can More than once memories of The Cramps surfaced, most noticeably Waiting for the Redbird leave you wondering why other on the warped rock and roll of MrGrieves and Hey. Both bands possess Rough Trade LP bands make so much noise when similar ~cesses of humour and the same (some might suggest blas­ Canada's cowboys can make near phemous) disregard of styles and history, ransacking and redefining WAITING for the Redbird. silence sound this swweet. the musical encyclopedia at will. On the Day of Judgement The Pixies songs about life, about society, Blaise Drummond will be beyond redemption. Thank God. about the despair of cooking frozen ready-meals. Or was that James Haliburton The Bird of Freedom? I can't quite remember. Whatever, MORRISSEY Easterhouse present something Interesting Drug that from the outside looks meaty EMI 12" and wholesome, yet is in fact THE WEDDING PRESENT usual offerings, the speed moving rather unsatisfying on the old MORRISSEY'S solo career Ukrainski Vistupi v. from sombre to thrash within the taste buds. seems to be more than a little Johna Peela confines of a single track. For Easterhouse have become rather stale since the crunchy aimed at commercial success. RCALP instance Verkhovyno, the final Interesting Drug follows in the track, starts with an accordion days of Contenders, an LP riddled and voice, conveying a feeling of with anger, hatred, and subtle same vein and is another rather AT last The Wedding Present uninspiring choice for single rural solitude, and builds up to references to Magnus Ukrainian Sessions has been such a speed that even David Magnusson . Waiting for the material. Though this one released having spent months in a bounces along nicely it fails to get Gedge's guitar technique seems Redbird just drags along through warehouse following the to have trouble keeping up with an even-textured dollop of very far, despite the presence of bankruptcy of Red Rhino. The Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke. the pace. mainstream rock gunge. Not that 10" LP contains the two Radio ' The work is unquestionably it's so bad at any one point, just The flip side is, however, of far One John Peel sessions in flawed, the band themselves that it never gets anywhere else. greater stuff. Another Morrissey/ conjunction with the "legendary" Street composition, Such a Little admitting that they have Whilst good songs define their Len Liggins and Roman westernised these traditional own length, these seem to be of Think Makes Such a Big Remeynes. Difference is musically gripping songs to some extent. the "well that one's had five It would be easy, but unfair, to Nevertheless, judging by the minutes now, better fade it out" and sees Morrissey producing the say that The Wedding Present melancholy cynicism you all love. audience at the Queen's Hall ilk. have now progressed from a concert, it is of interest to a wide And why the name A version of Sweet and Tender one-song to a two-song band, or Hooligan recorded at the now cross-section of the community Easterhouse? It's all part of the that they are jumping onto John and must therefore be worthwhile political thing, one supposes. infamous Wolverhampton gig Peel's "World Music" rounds off the record. Powerful if the band are ever to widen their Personally I find it all a bit bandwagon. The band seem to range of listeners from the student tedious. A limp sandwich of an stuff indeed, but I still miss have a genuine interest in Johnny. community. LP but good for hoovering to. exposing these folk songs and the As one of the more unusual Alun Graves Alun Graves LP is performed with their usual releases of this year I would brand of gusto and enthusiasm. It recommend this album as a should be pointed out that they worthwhile addition to anyone's seem to have incorporated a more record collection. varied range of tempos than their Mark Moffat

W WETHERBY OFFICE TRAINING .festival 6 CASTLE STREET EDINBURGH 1 •times REVIEWERS BOOK NOW FOR Festival Times needs reliable reviewers to cover every aspect of the SUMMER COURSES IN Fringe and Festival in August. We are looking \fQr good writers who would be prepared to review at least one show per day for the three *TYPING * WORD PROCESSING weeks of the Festival. Last year we printed over 400 reviews GREYFRIARS *SHORTHAND *AUDIO including theatre, film, cabaret and jazz. This year we want to *COMPUTING *BOOK-KEEPING improve on that number, so your enthusiasm ·is essential. BOBBY QUITE SIMPLY INTENSIVE OR PART TIME COURSES START If you are interested, apply in writing, including details of your GOOD HOME COOKING DAILY experience, to: TOM LAPPIN, Editor, Festival Times, EUSPB, 12 Noon- 9 p.m. 48 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9T J. 6 WEEK, 8 WEEK, 10 WEEK, 12 WEEK COURSES STUDENT DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE OPEN SUNDAY If you would like to find out more about Festival Times, come along LUNCHTIME & EVENING OPEN DAYS, EVENINGS, WEEKENDS to an informal meeting in the Student Offices at 48 Pleasance, on Thursday, 4th May, at 5.00 p.m. 34 C.AftDLEMAKER ROW EDINBURGH PHONE FRAN ON 031 225 8626 FOR DETAILS L------,..,....-.-r-· ~-.-....- - ...- ••- . - . -. ...- , - ..... -••-.-.-. -, -----l__ ,__ • .., ..... w 6 -. , .. • ...- r• • · • • ..:~ 1 • " • • •., • • • • - • r ~ ,-,.. ,.-_y_-. .• .. • ~ • .. · ,.• ..! ...... ~ _.- ... __. ~ -~ - ---- _ ------__ ---~ 16 Thursday, April27, 1989 ARTS • REVIEWS • ome ID

Vivid passions, singing and dancing were all displayed in Peter Brook's dazzling production of La Tragedie de carmen.

imbued with a very real sense pf LATRAGEDIE magic and tragic symbolism. DE CARMEN Thus, when Carmen is roped and The Tramway, Glasgow led off by Jose, the captor and captive are confused, like· Uotil30 April toreador and bull, each entangled and threatening. NO curtain, no flashy over- ture, but simply a heap of_ Cynthia Cl~rey, singing Car­ rags and a hollow-sounding men, glowed With awareness of her viola solo opened La po~er over m~n. Her se~uct10n of . Jose was earned out With a fas- Trage~te de Carm_en. Pet~r cinating observation of detail: the Brook s production d1s- shift of the eyes; a tapping foot; carded the trappings of opera Jose's helpless twitch of the hips to distill the music of Bizet and Carmen's delving into her and the mythology of cleavage for a cigarette for the Merimee's tragedy into an "Have you. got a l!gh~?" plo~. unpredictable and dangerous Ruben Br?1tman, smgmg Jose, · f · h was a passiOnate catalyst to her. piece o music t eatre. As Brook realised, Bizet's Comic relief from this intensity overture is far too exciting to was provided by Alain Maratrat leave out altogether. By transpos- playing Lillas Pastia, who was . ing it to the opening of the last act unable to resist bowdlerising the he added to the music's genuine unfortunate cliched Toreadors' dazzle the element of . surprise. song, and mischievously broke in Clouseau-esque "Ingleesh" to From blackout the lights suddenly accuse the audience, "You deun't blaze and a quadrophonic record­ kneuw whatt we arr saying, ing of Bizet's overture assaults the non?". These moments of break­ · ears. The gipsy den is bleached out ing the· spell, lett"ing us laugh and as we are thrust into the midday pointing out the theatricality of it Spanish bullring, blinking in the all only heightened the occasion. sun and confused by the noise. The gipsies' magic circle remains Peter Brook's Carmen is about from the previous scene, to VIVId passions, singing, dancing, become the bullring where the dreaded audience participation, , toreador carries out another complete involvement in the hizarre and frightening ritual , the devastating tragedy. Bakary Sangare (standing), John Rath and Cynthia Clarey. bullfight. The whole production is Harriet Wilson

Dundee- College of Further TRAVERSE THEATRE Education had a brilliant produc- · Scottish Student Drama tion of a new play, Fairy Stories, ; ., Festival by John Harvey. Their energy was 18-23 April remarkabie. Folklore was celeb­ rated in a new grotesque context that thril_led from start to finish. ar e The gallows, burning candles • THE Traverse Theatre has · and large moon set the scene as exhibits of Clare Scullion and to fluffy, heavenly clouds at the been harbour to the latest in ragged, groaning, cackling shapes THE SOFT MACHINE Matthew Inglis are strikingly base. rose skulkingly from the ground Edinburgh Printmakers attractive in their originality. student drama this week. The chanting, "We don't-ask why; life Inglis humorously uses technol- Bringing us back down to earth aim has been to bring is hard and then we die". Under Workshop ogy {or personal proteGtion are Scullion's interesting works in cardboard and OI.ls of man's use of together works by new writ­ the direction of the narrator, Until29 April (against an unkempt garden?) in ers into a diverse repertoire three skilfully interwoven stories his DIY Arms Series Book, natural energy - conventional that reflects the direction of were enacted with absurd humour THE multifarious uses and featuring a Black and Decker subjects effectively enhanced, modern theatre. by this savage crew culminating in effects of technological bazooka and Kodak pom-pom particularly in "Loch Sloy a contrastingly quiet and poignant know-how are the common gun. There is a touch more seri- Power"' by the slight raising of The eighth Scottish Student narration of Sleeping Beauty. inspiration behind this exhib­ ousness in his wall-mounted pipes, bridges · and houses on a DramJl Festival took place in ition by some radically diffe- boxes. The "Mortal Chain" con- ·background of undulating hill­ Glasgow from the 3rd to the 8th - rent artists. sists of a gold link chain descend- side, forestry and water. April. A selection of nine produc­ The boldness of the acting and ing from a clock-like mechanism Melanie Hanbury tions, all experimenting with new direction was exaclty suited to the Downie's drawings of the Piui­ writing, came to Edinburgh on the grotesque style which I found a sian peripherique motorway con­ 24th of April. refreshing contrast to the sophisti- . vey speed and moving light cated subtlety of other produc­ sources as well as exhilaration and Included in the repertoire was tions. fear. The hustle and bustle of the Weddings and After, an adapta­ metro· is evident in "Le Tapis tion of William Mcllvanney's Throughout the week there has Rouillant" as is the overwhelming poem, by the RSAMD student/ also been a series of short pieces enormity of the Eiffel Tower staff group, which was staged on - Shorts - which are workshop when viewed from its base in "The Saturday. This bitter parody of productions of plays sent in by Tourist Icon of the World". the marriage tradition satirises the new Scottish writers. The· Where "science" to Kate Dow­ state of "wed-lock" in today's soc­ Traverse's newly converted small nie means ~niversal movement iety as the couple are united not · theatre, with its intimate attic and human-machine interaction by a ring but by handcuffs. The atmosphere, was ideal for the raw exemplified in pictures of impressive combination of impro­ drama of plays such as Stephen crowded areas of Paris, it gives visation, movement and poetry Greehorn's Like Lightning. The rise in Malcolm Cheape's art to was carefully choreographed, brevity of these productions, with detailed drawings of BP oil plat­ requiring a team· performance their elemental themes and bar­ forms and the propane towers of which was memorable for its rei1 stage settings, gave an extra Mossmorran. enthusiasm and the gibes made at dimension to a really exciting Andrew Smith's childhood war­ a society of gossip- "the under­ week of drama. - time reminiscences seem unsuc­ wear of history''. Emily Robinson cessful and irrelevant, but the 3-D REVIEWS ARTS Thursday, April 27, 1989 17

Tiny and admirable carvings of W AYNE SLEEP'S _N_U_O_V_A_X_I_L_O_G_R_A_F_I_A__ . butterflies and plants are the sub- "BITS AND PIECES" The Italian Institute jects of Schialvino's Ex Libris. CREATIVE SCIENCE King's Theatre Until19 May Whereas Verna takes a more Dada-rough approach. No XILOGRAFIA, to those of th~e~d_-fine lines, but jagged and you who don't know Italian pnmttive shapes of sweets and EU Writer-in-Residence initiates a series of forthcoming­ (or basically don't know), is pipes, and lots and lots of words. poetry readings. actually the technique of The larger works a;e equally in wood engraving. A process contrast. Verna covers landscapes that many years ago in the and waterfalls and rippl_es; his Dark Ages was instrumental · work conve~s a tranqmlhty a~d . . . calmness to hfe. Unruffled, undts­ m the spreadmg of the wnt- turbed and beautiful. Schialvino, ten word, through Guten- on the other hand, charges his berg's invention of printing. pieces with agitation. Instead of Now its function is of a total Verna's silhouetted shapes, he inclination to the artistic. models his subjects with strong Past masters of the wood light sources, emphasising the block have included Diirer str?ng contrasts ?f ~lack and ' whtte. Nudes, still ltves, but­ Munch through_ to_ the Ger- terflies and villages haunt his man Express10msts and work; everything is in motion, and Gianfranco Schialvino and life seems a turmoil. W A YNE Sleep "is credited Gianni Verna. These latter ·· If you're expecting somethi~g with bringing dance, in all its two are, yes, the subject of radical - don't! These pieces forms, to a "Wider public" said this exhibition at the Italian won't have inclusion in the the programme blurb, and Institute. of making modern art history ,:but from the enthusiastic audi­ Nature i~ the artists' source of they're nice all the same. ' ence reception to his new and graphic Alison Brown touring show, Bits and Pieces this comment seemed jus­ tified. The evening's entertainment was a varied selection of dancing ranging from classical ballet per­ formed by guest ballerina Marian St Claire to chorus numbers from Andrew Lloyd-Webber musicals. Throughout the "dancing explo­ sion" (as it was described in the programme) all of the performers appeared to be errjoying them­ selves and they created a lively and colourful show. Photo: Tiddy Maitlandf'l'itterton. There were some "old favour­ ites" (which got the audience clap- of fa.ntasy and science-fiction, as . ping along) such as the Torvill and SCIENCE AND THE POET well as Dannie Abse and Profes­ Dean routine and Wayne Sleep's •••••••••••- sry seizes the chance of promo- _A_D_U_T_I_F_U_L_E_A_S_Y____ tion. As a contrast to Gessry we sor Kreitmann. impressive leaps around the stage Chaplaincy Centre Saturday afternoon affords one which were greeted with an ever­ Bedlam Theatre are offered Shilak, a failed lawyer ------turned drunken philosopher/mys- 27-29 April the chance to hear Professor increasing crescendo of applause. _2_0_-2_2_A..:p'-r_il______tic. Ironically, he's the sanest one David Daiches lead a discussion One left the theatre, however, AS if lined up for interroga- of the lot. His dubiously stain_ed on the whole topic. (Any ques­ feeling slightly disappointed at the CONCEIVED by Anne tions for the panel should be lack of innovative material in this tion or execution, the cast of trousers w~re the only blem_tsh Stevenson, the University's :/-', l E k · ·1 amongst Immaculate mormng handed in to room 7.15. DHT as new show. Despite the energy and A D Ull1U asy ept vtgt at 'suits. Yet the absurdly elevated Writer-in-Residence, and soon as possible). ent.husiasm shown by all the dan­ the back of the stage through- beehive hairdos gave a feeling of adopted by the University Admission is either free or cers, Sleep's creative ability, out the play. everything wobbling on the verge involves a minimal charge. (Sea­ which has made him so famous, Poetry Society, this series of This formal presence added a of insanity. exploratory discussions and son tickets for students £1). seemed to be lacking in this per­ Enquiries should be directed to sense of bizarre ritual as they - · readings begin to unite sci­ formance. Although at times his revealed the public and private lt all seemed precariously struc­ the 6th floor D HT, where a list of r.. dancing talent and tiumour shone lives of an ageing lawyer, lvan tured and ritualised, from the ence and art within their own events is available. -.. through in numbers such as Such. The subject of his worries, a hypnotic card games to the tense spheres of reference. Whether, as an individual, one "Memory" and "Chaplin" on the seemingly irresolvable case elu- family scenes. Occasional out­ feels" Art and science cannot exist whole Sleep seemed to have mis­ sively called The Land Dspute, bursts of emotion punctuated the Anne Stevenson feels strongly but in minutely organised particu­ sed an opportunity to further had a definite Dickensian ring to precise, almost cryptic dialogue. that science and art should lars" (Slake) and thus have much develop the full potential of dance it. !van's obsession with the case These included !van's hilarious address themselves to the issue in common, or whether we con­ fo r the general public. The soon infected those around him, rantings about his invalid diet of and recognise their intrinsic sider contrarily, that "We murder dancer's own very personal style including the fawning lawyer, oiled lumpfish which no doubt similarities as well as their differ­ to dissect" (Wordsworth) in an still drew the audience to him but Gessry, whose endless hand- brought on his death. A visually ences. attempt to combine creativity by the end of the evening it felt wringing and grimacing had me powerful play and a worthy con­ The participating poets include with analysis; this exciting series rather like one had been watching squirming in my seat. tribution to the Scottish Student G.F. Dutter, a former biochemis­ of lectures remains fundamental • a collection of "Greatest Hits". When I van falls ill after a nasty Drama Festival. try professor; Edwin Mirgan, to all our writing. Fiona Gordon encounter with a curtain rail, Ges- Julie Taylor known for his works in the realms Helen Johnson

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issues or strain the intellect. Lemon, the nurse who gives him THE TALL GUY That's probably why it's so hay fever injections and steals his Eastwood·rules refreshing. heart provides a suitably dry con­ Cannon Not quite in the same category trast ·with her ·sharp delviery. Dir: Mel Smith of alternative humour as A Fish Rowan Atkinson is, well, Rowan Called Wanda ar The Naked Gun, Atkinson. The Tall Guy cleverly combines a Worth a mention is Emil Wolk relatively serious plot with lots of who, as Dexter's friend 'Cyrus laughs. If anything a little short in Charlie' gives some of the best of in the West length, it would have been even many hilarious performances shorter had it not been for the when he stands in for Dexter in numerous clips of Rowan Atkin­ 'The Rubber face Review' and son's (alias 'Ron Anderson's') 'Elephant'. stage show, which might easily . The Tall Guy is guaranteed to have been extracts from any one have you skipping merrily out of of Rowan's previous comedy the cinema, heart aglow- even if appearances. its only because your name isn't Jeff Goldblum is lovably con­ Tampan and you're not a blind vincing as the gormless Dexter man allergic to his guide dog! King-a tall American actor with an allergy to almost everything. Sarah Chalmers Emma Thompson as Kate

Clint alias Harry, yet again the ultimate crime deterrent in The Dead PlJOI.

/ "ROWDY" Yates, a good­ ters so compelling. The division natured, clean-shaven cow­ between good and evil becomes boy, was loyal and noble and increasingly blurred, most nota­ bly in Tightrope, where killer and gunned down hundreds of detective become virtually as one. baddies. The last fact aside, Eastwood is no John Wayne: he is that this was Clint the tarnished hero who will shoot Eastwood's initial screen per­ a guy in the back, apd in admitting sona now seems rather human flaws , his characters unlikely. It was, however, his become more real and menacing. 217 portrayals of "Rowdy" in Eastwood's fascination with irrational evil has led him to focus the early '60s series Rawhide upon the most terrifying of all: the 'that first transported psychotic killer. One even feels Eastwood to fame. that Eastwood has a grotesque Jean-Charles Tacchella's· Travelling Avant In an earlier age he would no sympathy for them. In Play Misty doubt have become John Wayne, for Me (whence the inferior Fatal EDINBURGH University such a scene should best be filmed to the art of film-making- con­ but at that time cynicism pervaded and how each of them would Attraction pinched its plot) the kil­ played host last week to a fessing Travelling A vant to be at the western,. and this mood was ler was at once extremely choose to do so! unique cinematic event, with least semi-autobiographical, he responsible for the creation of his frightening and almost justified. A film about film enthusiasts attributes the fact that he has second image, which has endured The only difference - between FILMSOC and L'Institut very much for film enthusiasts, made only a handful of films for the rest of his career - the Harry and his adversaries is that Fran~ais jointly presenting Travelling Avant's _strong points throughout his career to his insis- "Man With No Name" . he is on the "right" side of the law. the British premiere of are its effective recreation of the -tence on complete control over his The mercenary killer con­ The killers are both the victimis­ French director Jean-Charles down-beat Parisien atmosphere projects; as he says, "If I don't get cerned only with himself and his ers and the victims of society, of the late 1940s and its harsh Tacchella's new film Travel­ it, then I don't make the film." profit and only incidentally on the reacting against its indifference, ling A . ·.:mi. sense of realism emanating from Perhaps a bit too ready to con­ side of good has dictated the the impressive performances of manifesting a potential for evil Against a backdrop of Paris in demn mainstream cinema (of con­ direction of Eastwood's acting that is inside all of us. Harry's the immediate post-war period, the inexperienced young cast. It temporary American directors he life. The director Sergio Leone • avoids the over-stylishness and _awareness of this is his central the film chronicles the lives and can speak with admiration only of. intended A Fistfu{of Dollars to be conflict. loves of a small group of adoles­ pretensions which characterise John Cassavetes!), Tacchella still largely satirical, but it was taken many of its compatriots, and if However, justice must prevail cent friends who share a common impresses as a cim!aste'. ' entirely seriously both by public at all costs, and Harry, however obsession: the silver screen. In most of the characters have dis­ FILMSOC must be congratulated and critics and a pattern was tinctly unattractive sides to their improbably, must emerge as inde­ everything they do, say or think for bringing such a potential established of adulation from the structible. This is neither macho personalities, they still manage to we can see their overriding pas­ figure to the normally dormant former and vilification from the 'nor fascist , but a responsible, self­ retain our interest for the duration sion for the cinema as their (festival apart) Edinburgh film latter, who decreed him to be critical man who penetrates con­ of the film . foremost motivation-seated in a scene. morally repugnant, an image that tentious territory with considera­ hospital waiting-room after a has never been exorcised. ble success. Bill Dale friend's attempted suicide, all our Tacchella comes across above· Eastwood is a curious Ameri- It is when he turns to direction companions can discuss is how all else as a man deeply committed can hero. His characters can be that Clint can shed hs image and admired and aspired to because reveal something of his elusive they are good-looking, unflappa­ personality. Films such as Hon­ OI:>EON ble and uncompromisingly indi­ kytonk Man, Bronco Billy and the vidual but their fierce contempt triumphant Bird have dispensed I .for community seems contrary to with any gratuitous violence and CLERK STREET 031-667 7331/2 0 Jeff Goldblum Emma Thompson the American ethos. However, it concentrated on Eastwood's real ***MAKE YOUR CHOICE FROM OUR TOP MOVIES * * * Rowan Atkinson is upon the most American of aim: entertainment. genres that Clint's mark will be If his acting abilities have been A Comedy of Cosmic Proportions THE TALL GUY (15) DANACKROYD KIM BASINGER A sort of love story. most indelible: the western, both sharply questioned, it is hardly MY STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN (15) Sep Perf-Sun to Fri those of the spaghetti variety and surprising. His characters are Separate programmes at 2.15, 6.00, 8.30. 2.15, 5.15 , 8.15. more conventional ones (High often indistinguishable and his The Smash Hit Comedy-Drama 8.15. Plains Drifter, Pale Rider and The range of facial expressions is as HARRISON FORD SIGOURNEY WEAVER MELANIE GRIFFITH Outlaw Josie Wales). limited as his dialogue. However, WORKING GIRL (15) Arnold Schwarzenegger .. The other role to have accom­ he is highly regarded by his fel­ Separate programmes at 5.45, 8.20. modated him most effectively is WedfThurs at 1.45, 5.45, 8.20. .. Danny DeVito lows: Richard Burton said of him: that of the latter-day cowboy - "He is descended from the same Until Tues 2nd May: Wait Disney's TWINS (PG) the street cop. In HaFry Callahan, LADY AND THE TRAMP (U) at 1.45, and 3.20 .. Only their mother can tell them apart. line as Tracy, Mitchum and ~Eastwood has fashioned a hero Stewart - one of those actors Winner of 4 Oscars including Best Film and Best Actor. Sep Perf- 2.10, 5.10: 8.10. DUSTIN HOFFMAN TOM CRUISE for his age. He has also always who seems to do nothing, but does RAIN MAN (15) been accused of celebrating vio- everything." Separate programmes at 5.00, 8.00. WedfThurs at 2.00, 5.00, 8.00. E) Clint Eastwood as lence and of relegating morality Clint's career has been erratic, Dirty Harry in 1 beneath commercial viability. ,, with some real turkeys to his Until Tues 2nd May: Incredible, Hilarious ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (PG) at 2.00 only THE DEAD POOL (18) These comments are not without name. However, although dogged Sep Perfs-2.30, 5.30, 8.30. foundation, as Harry's code of by stereotype, he has consistently Book now for all our current movies. Box Office open 1 pm-8 pm. AccesNisa Hotline 668 2101. 1-""'!'!"-:o~~-~~"""'='-~~-t behaviour is very much the eye for championed the individual's right Enjoy a drink or a bite to eat befofi! the show in our CAFEIBAR. discount on Mondays ONLY an eye, end-justifying-means. Open from 5.30 l)m. to act in support of his beliefs and, on production of current type. " at the very least, given the public ODEON SHOP Closed for Refurbishment. matriculation card. - However, it is their moral large slices of what they want. NO SMOKING·All PROGS SUBJECT TO lATE CHANGE Student Concessions (with ID) except Friday/Saturday. ambiguity that makes his ·charac- Andrew Mitchelll STUDENT FILM Thursday, April 27, 1989 191 Dirt, Death and Alien Notion? Destruction - 5 gan's performance as the scien­ THE DEAD POOL . increasing preoccupation with the tist's concerned adolescent supernatural and the blacker side daughter, and John Lowitz is well­ Cannon ,. of human psychology is sustained. cast as the scientist's lecherous Dir: Buddy Van Horn Happily, the formula is adhered brother. However, the character to in some respects: Clint can still of the alien pin-up is so daft that THE trouble with this is that delive'r a one-liner with the best of even the pounting of Kim it's just not cliched enough. It them ; there is a psychotic killer Basinger looks more embarrassed about; Clint stands for justice at than sultry, and Dan Ayrkoyd has is only as self-parody that The Dead Pool could ever be a all costs; Clint wins after done nothing for his career by demonstrating his penchant for making this film. Worse, he may notable addition to bullet-counting. havelentcredencetotheideathat Eastwood's distinguished We are even treated 'to the his memorable performances in body of work. inevitable scrawny female . .The Blues Brothers and Trading The opening is promtsmg: Indeed, she is of such diminutive Places were exceptions to the rule. mind-numbing music and the sort stature that she unwittingly pro­ of panorama of city lights that is vides the film's best mom~nt when The main point that continues usually a sure-fire indicator of she spins round angrily to con­ to grate after the film, however, is completely predictable cinema. front Harry and speaks her mind the recurring assertion that 1980's But then disappointment: to the bottom of his tie. American, suburbia, and its Dan Ackroyd, having just found out that he's married an alien. Harry's inexperienced new part­ The one moment of real inven­ associated ' values, represents a ner is not greeted with the tradi­ tion (which does border on perfection of lifestyle which the tional disapproving snarls; he is par.ody) is a witty variation on the planet struggling with the technologically advanced aliens pretty lenient with his female eo­ car chase theme in which Harry is MY STEPMOTHER IS AN would be well advised to aim for, technicalities of American star and then does not even fall for pursued by a remote-controlled ALIEN and which is capable of single­ suburban life. her; in comparison with previous toy car (also functioning as a handedly convincing them that Odeon This particular alien- predict­ altercations he is positively bomb). This acts as suitable the earth is worth saving. If this ably enough, perhaps - has a '<:hum my with his superiors. metaphor for Harry's criminals: Dir: Richard Benjamin was Richard Benjamin's intended mission to accomplish: to save her the small and the ridiculous, message, it leaves a sour taste in Harry's age has mellowed him. planet from impending doom: To destructive far beyond their sig­ the mouth. He even speaks in a manner MY STEPMOTHER IS AN this end, she marries a cloddish • resembling comprehensible con­ nificance and for whom Harry, scientist (Dan Ackroyd) who has now a reluctant celebrity, has ALIEN is, unfortunately, as TimRyder versation. This is not only dis­ stumbled across a way ·of saving orientating, but it has more seri-. ironically become a representa­ feeble a film as its dumb title the very same planet. The suggests. With a theme of an ous repercussions. for the film. tive of the establishment they · implausibility of all this wouldn't both despise. alien who resmebles some­ Any Budding Barry Nor­ Emotions are muted and Harry is really matter if the film was funny, never confronted by the harsh Eastwood's laconic style carries thing from Vogue (Kim but the intended jokes simply mans? moral dilemmas that lent his pre­ the film, but it is by some way the Basinger) arriving on earth, don't work, and it is indicative of FILM SECTION MEET­ vious exploits their raw, thrilling least substantial of the five films in there might have been scope the quality of the script that the INGS edge. The audience is never the "Dirty Harry" genre. But that · for an inspired comedy, but film's only real laughs are earned shocked, and it all becomes rela­ is just my opinion and opinions by the bemused expressions of WEDNESDAYS 1.40 pm the film never really gets any tively half-hearted. are, as Sergeant Callahan Dave the dog. AT THE STUDENTOF­ observes, like arseholes: every­ further than obvious jokes Some emotional backbone is The plot defies explanation, but FICES suffice to say that Eastwood's body's got one. about a person from another lent to the film by Alyson Hanni- Andrew Mitchell

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Two weeks ago the·World's largest-ever International Science Festival took place in Edinburgh. Maxton Walker takes a light-hearted look at the event which seemed to pass largely unnoticed. Additional festival reviews by Stephen Foulger. .

more brutal facts about -the en-vironment; for example T is Monday morning in Parliament Square. that the ozone layer above Britain has already been _ The sleet is just heavy enough to find its reduced by 5%, or that even if we stop using CFC's way down the back of my denim jacket. A altogether now, there will still be significant amounts in few yards away John "Reporting Scotland" the atmosphere in 2300. The message was basically that I now we are already doing much too little far too late. Milne snuggles deeper into the collar of. his The theme of. this festival, although not many people three-quarter length reporter's raincoat. He seemed to know it, was communication. One of the lec­ looks pretty pissed off too. Eventually he wan­ tures which tackled this subject was "Artificial Intelli­ ders off in the direction of his cameraman went a gence - A glimpse of the future" by Professor John few minutes before, progably to find a quiet · Howe, Head of the AI Department at Edinburgh Uni­ corner for a fag. Life on the job can be tough. versity. He discussed how computers can translate one John and I both know that. .. language to another but how after one was given "The The sleet redoubles its efforts to batter its way oh-so­ spirit is willing but the flesh weak" to put into Russian gently into my jacket. I starts to melt and drips down the which translated back into English came up with "The inside of my Nephilim tee-shirt. Behind me fifty vodka's strong but the meat's horrible," and an English/ bemused bystandars watch a lunatic in a rriuppet cos­ F~ench/English translation of "Out of sight, out of ) I tume having his tail pulled off by a bunch of schoolchil-­ mmd", came back with "Invisible lunatic", they presum­ dren. Behind him, a poor sod in a one-man-band outfit ably realised there was a long way to go. The professor is trying to get them to sing a song about the solar sys­ also discussed intelligent robots including an Australian tem. I get lost somewhere around Jupiter. I can't help one for shearing sheep, which if nothing else must have . feeling that Syd Barrett, John Lennon et al found a far some potential for a good horror mov-ie script. easier way of reaching Piu to. The "friendly robots" were promised are obviously feeling anti-social today. I don't blame them. Not the most promising Grand Opening to the First Edinburgh Festival of Science and Technology perhaps, overall, the content of the festival was bitty but then we all have to start somewhere. and this was probably the source of one of its Howard Firth, the festival director, was not disturbed, main problems. Young festivals usually however by my suggestion at the opening cer~mony, work best when there are several big events that the festival may suffer from lack of advance public­ to0 draw in sufficient publicity and interest to encourage ity or retrospective publicity: people into the city, while the smaller events feed off the - "In any new event, people are a bit cautious about it resulting custom. Admittedly it is difficult to conceive of and as a result we didn't want to make our opening event ~ science based event fitting that criterion. A specially . something that. we hyped up. We wanted to· make it commissioned play, perhaps, or a festival better timed to rath.er fun and informal and of a mixture of people and exploit the notable tourist presence in the summer. Any- children and music. A kind of low key opening." . thing to generate more than the typical single column on Mr Firth may have a point but I don't really think so. page three of the Scotsman. Even the opening cere­ A "low key opening" must come pretty far down on most mony got less publicity than a three day computer fair in festival organisers' List Of Things To Ensure A Success­ Photo: Maxton Walker Glasgow. ful Festival, but then the opening ceremony really must But now is the time that the organisers must-start to take second place to the actual content of the festival ask where the Edinburghh Science Festival is going in which varied extraordinarily in size and form. The Lothian Egg Race, an event aimed at schools was the future. Can it ever hope to establish itself in such a · an idea that had potential. The challenge was to build a way as the arts festival has? It has been said that one of vehicle that could go as far as possible powered by the the main reasons for staging the event in Edinburgh at all weight of a falling egg. The idea was interesting although was simply an attempt to glean some of the prestige of its the event itse)f was tedious in the extreme, c~:msisting as big brother. Certainly in its present form, it may have he one event that classified as a genuine crowds it did of several hours of watching vehicles powered by trouble gaining any momentum. puller this year was Jim Henson's Monsters, · falling eggs going round and round in little circles-not There were many good ·ideas and a lot of enthusiasm Muppets and Magic exhibition, which traced a spectator Sport likely to catch on in any big way, Henson's career from his 1954 local TV work put into the festival but somehow iUailed to fire the T although the event was .increased (margimilly) in pre­ enthusiasm of the public althou'gh it could be asked to his feature film extravaganzas, featuring actual exam­ stige value by the arrival of Sir Clive Sinclair (I had· a ples of his creations along with video monitors which . whether the science festival was ever going to succeed in look in the car park on the way out by the way, but I its first year. It has, like any new festival probably suc­ divulged some of the secrets behind his work. However couldn't see the car he'd come in) who told me that he enjoyable the exhibition was though, it was far from ceeded if it has ensured its survival for another year. This felt. that the festival was a good way of encouraging it has probably done - the Council is committed to bein~ .intellectually stimulating unless one had a driving young scientific talent to take up the faith bt,1t he still felt financial aid for the first three years after which it will ambition to be puppeteer and although it possibly satis­ that the brain drain, not only into America but into the fied the criterion of a good publicity drawing event, it · have to rei on business and private funding. business W?rld was taking its toll on British Research The future does hold possibilities for the festival but has only a tenuous connection with science and the prob­ prospects. · lem of breaking down the barriers between it and the only if it can establish an identity for itself. A name and public. Another exhibition which managed to strike a an image. Public apathy towards science in this country more realistic balance betwen science and enjoyment is notably higher than in other European countries and was the British Telecom sponsored (something we were this probably stems from the dearth of this very type of not allowed to forget) Discovery Dome. This was effe­ disproportioniltely large amount of the sci­ event in Britain. There is a lot of work to be done to edu­ ence festival, however seemed to consist of c_ate people in how science affects their lives. ctively a hands on show with all t~e exhibi_ts designed to be mauled about by kids, ranging from real paper-and­ more speci'alsied and inaccessible topics - Stereotypes of quiet-spoken middle-aged men in spank­ string engineering in the form of lemonade bottles show­ mainly in the form of lectures ~ One of the ing white lab coats with clipboards must be broken bestA of these was a discussion of "the holes in the sky" by down. The barriers are high .but they can be rerpoved ing how water goes down the plughole, to plasma globes and lasers. This was certainly one of the most effective Dr. John Gribben, a physics correspondent for the New and must be if people are not going to allow fear of the exhibitions that I saw, although it was unfortunate that it· Scientist; a lecture which clarified beautifully some of the subject to forever alienate them. was stuck way out in the Botanical Gardens and that it more half-baked ideas that many people have about the · The time has come for change. The science festival is smelled distinctly of kids who had lost their mums and ozone layer problem. The lecture was entertaining but willing to start that change and in that I wish it every suc­ then wet themselves. simultaneously managed to drive home some of the cess.

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Tuesday 2nd May THE AMPHITHEATRE • 10 pm-3 am TEX FILLET FIVE 31 Lothian Rd; £2 Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313 Half-price before 11 pm. rnuszc Whatever happened to Texas bass-did they stop· making them? Write and tell us, and we'll throw CAFE ST JAMES Thursday 27th April your letter in the bucket! 8 pm-1 am; 25 St James Centre Free BOXING CLEVER ROOTSIE TOOTSIE BLUES BAND soul and chart musak. Venue, Calton Road, 557 3073 Preservation HaU, Victoria Street, 226 3816 Phone for details.- It's such a dumb name- who would take them seriously? Free. THE JAGUAR SMILE DAN BLOCKER EXPERIENCE 10 pm-3 am; Wilkie House, Cowgate Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313 £3 waged; £2 unwaged Downstairs bar. Free experience. EU Nicaragua Solidarity Group, with live music from Catch the Pidgeon and The Revolution. THE BROTHERS theatre Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 226 3816 Yawn! I think the Brothers must be the Grandpas FRIDAY 28th by now. BEDLAM Forrest Rd; 225 9893 , ULYSSBS ST. MARGARET S SCHOOL F · . S t 29 4 m· £2-£17 SPANISH HARLEM ' H 11 Cl k St t 668 2019 n 28 • 2 pm, a , P , Queen s a • . er ree • . ?? Non-stop presentation of James Joyce 's Ulysses. 10 pm-3 am Whe~e do they fmTdhth;,se sendsat•Gonal pact7s .3.0 pm £17 to watch 16 directors, 130 actors, 26 hours. Or Wilkie House, Cowgate; £2 Special guests - e r.ecor er rou . · · £ h House, acid 'n' that. A d miSSIOn· · £2 . 50 . 2 to watc segments. KING'S THEATRE THE RENAISSANCE Friday 28th April 2 Leven St; 229 1201 10 pm-3 am; Bermuda Triangle, Coasters, West Tollcross; £1.50 ~\ THE PIED PIPER BLUES 'N' TROUBLE Tues 25-Sat 29; Tues 2 pm & 7 pm ; lndie, alternative, goff. Venue, Calton Road, 557 3073 Wed, Thurs 10.15 am & 2 pm; Fri 10.15 am & 7 pm; Sat 2 pm & 7 pm; £4-£8.50 THE ADVENTURES OF TIN-TIN CHARLIE AND HER SHEEPDOGS Rats and a nasty man ·with a pipe. _ 10 pm-4 am; The Mission, Victoria St; £2 Preservation Hall , Victoria Street, 226 3816 Widen your horizons - stay at home and read the Rounding up a few stray songs. Sorry, baa-ad I LYCEUM books. joke! £1 after 9 pm. Grindlay St; 229 9697 THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA HUMPHREY L YTTELTON Unti129 April; 7.45 pm ; £2.50-£7 BUSTER BROWN'S Queen's Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019 Lorca's play of"life" for women in Spain in 1930. 11 pm-3.30 am; 25-27 Market St; £2.75 Special tribute to Duke Ellington. 8.30 pm. Half-price before midnight. Tickets £5.50 and £7. THEATRE WORKSHOP Discomania. Student concessions £3.50 at door, on night. 34 Hamilton Place; 226 5425 SHOOGIE IT ABOUT POTTERROW JESUSJONES Wed 3 May; 6.30 pm; £1 (SOp) 8 pm-1 am; Student Centre Calton Studios, Calton Road School life in the 1980s. Goff, indie. Live music and dance. 9 pm-4 am. £1 off with a leaflet from Ripping Records. TRAVERSE REGGAE CLUB 112 West Bow, Grassmarket; 226 2633 10.30 pm-3 am SMILEY AND SPATZ Shady Ladies, Cowgate; £2 Saturday 29th April 26 April and 3 May

SATURDAY 29.th EDINBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Queen's Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019 A programme of Bax, Barber and Brahms. B~gin THEHOOCH at 7.45 pm. £3.50 , exhibs 10.30 pm-4 am; Coasters, Student concession £3, from Box Office, open BYZANTIUM West Tollcross; £2.50 Monday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm. Victoria St; 225 1768 DJ Yogi (wota naffname I have) plays with acid, Mon-Sat 10 am-5.30 pm house, soul and jazz. CROWS and Rock Cafe YOUNG SCOTTISH ARTISTS Venue, Calton Road, 557 3073 Unti120 May KANGAROO CLUB don't know which one is worse. Phone for Recent graduates. 10.30 pm-3 am; The Mission , Victoria St; £2 furthe~ information. FINE ART SOCIETY ROCK CAFE ALBAROOT 12 Great King St; 556 0305 9 pm-3 am; The Venue, Calton Rd Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 226 3816 Mon-Fri 9.30 am-5.30 pm; Wock, wock. A reggae band from Glasgow. £1 after 9 pm. Sat 10 am-1 pm THE ART OF WATERCOLOUR 1800-1950 THE SOULAR SYSTEM MARK AND COMPANY Until2 May 10 pm-3 am; Shady Ladies, Cowgate; £2 Negoc-iants, Lothian Street, 225 6313 Total eclipse of soul vibes. Roughly translates as Mark and friend, for ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMICIANS support. free! PAST AND PRESENT OUTER LIMITS Until2 May 10.30 pm-4 am; Coasters, West Tollcross THE GRAVY BROTHERS £2 before 11 pm; £3.50 after Moray House Union, Holyrood Road KINGFISHER GALLERY Hi! Energy. Doors open at 8 pm. 99p admission. Look out for Northumberland St Lane; 557 5454 the devastatingly sexy lead singer. Mon-Sat 10 am-4.30 pm; Sat 10 am-1 pm CINDERELLA ROCKERFELLAS DANISHART · 9 pm-3 am; 99 St Stephen St; £2.50 Unti1 .6 May £2 before 11 pm Sunday 30th April RICHARD DEMARCO GALLERY PHA-0" Blackfriars Church, Blackfriars St; 557 0707 MONDAY 1st MAY Venue, Calton Road, 557 3073 Mon-Sat 10.30 am-6 pm Late bar and disco. Phone for details. IMAGES OF THE WESTERN ISLES Until6 May CRASH VERY VERY 9 pm-3 am; Chaplin's Leisure Centre, Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313 23 Lothian Rd; £1 To be confirmed. Punk/alternative. BON TON ROULEZ Preservation Hall, Victoria Street, 226 3816 .clubs TUESDAY 2nd Didn't he used to sleep in a filing cabinet and wear a karate suit? That was who? Oh, Hong Kong THURSO AY 27th Fooey. Free. KICK ROCK 'N' ROLL CLUB BUSTER BROWN'S 10.30 pm-3 am 25-27 Market St; Shady Ladies, Cowgat_e; £1.59 New club run by new romantic Steve Strange, of Monday 1st May 50s, 60s and 70s, surprisingly enough. Visage fame. SEEING RED SHAG Preservation Hall , Victoria Street, 226 3816 11 pm-3 am WEDNESDAY 3rd Oooh can't you just feel the anger? Rock band. The Mission, Victoria St; £1.50 Free. Lust, passion, power, ambition- yes, watch THE DEEP repeats of Neighbours all night instead of hopping 10.30 pm-3 am JOHNNY SUNBEAM down to Shag. Either that or run for President. The Mission, Victoria St; £2 ·· Negociants, Lothian Street, 225 6313 An all new exciting act, all the way from USA to ROCK NIGHT POTTERROW play a one-off gig at Negociants! Yeak, ok, so 8 pm-1 am; Chambers St Union; SOp 8 pm-1 am; Student Centre what if I am lying! downstairs Free. Happy Hour 8-9 pm Happy Hourt 8.30-9.30 Jon Bovi, CD/CA, Lef Deppard, Runs 'n' Goses Thursday, April27, 1989 23

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film BAGDAD CAFE (PG) 3 pm Mon 7; 6.30 pm, 8.30 pm, Sun 30, Mon 7 CAMEO 228 4141 £1.20 for lstperf; £2for 2nd perf; £2.50 for 3rd PLAYTIME (U) & JOUR DE FETE U) Perf,· £2. 90 J'+or last perf 2 . 30 pm, 6 . 30 pm, Sun 20 , Mon 7 THIS Monday, the science-fiction Chance For Liz, we, the public, a· re THINGS CHANGE (PG) THE NAME OF THE ROSE (18) season continues on Chan~el4 with invited to go through the trials and 2.20 pm (not Sun), 4.30 pm, 6.40 pm, 8.50 pm 2.30 pm Tucs 2; 2 pm, 5.45 pm thur 4 Fri 28-Fri 5 Static, which tells of a young man who tribulations of attempted conception claims that he sees live images of through infertility treatments, with From David "House of Games" Mamet­ SALAAM BOMBAY (15) heaven on his modified TV. Sounds Liz Bruce from Dundee, who something about the Mafia in Chicago. 2.45 pm Wed 3; 6.15 pm Tues 2, Wed 3; like fun- wish my TV did that. desperately wants another baby. fHE RIGHT STUFF (15) 8.30 pm Tues 2-Thur 4 Beginning on Tuesday on 4 is a H~ng on in there, Liz, we're pulling 1 pm, Sun 30 Apr series of documentaries on Cari­ for you. 1\ rather good film about the early days of space BADLANDS (18) Gustav Jung, the first of which is with Dennis Quaid which makes it a rather better 2.30"pm , 5 pm Tues 2 For all you gardening buffs out there (there must be some) The :me. called A Life of Dreams. It should be VIRGIN (18) interesting, tracing the life and Beechgrove Garden on BBC I on MANHUNTER (18) & THE BIG EASY (18) 3 pm, 5 pm Wed 3, Thur 4; development of Jung's career and his Friday is a must. Carole and Jim are 11.15 pm, Fri 28 · 7 pm, 9 pm Tues 2-Thur 4 major psychological works. busy moving vegetable plants from· "Manhunter" is full of psychopathic killings, The very mention of the word the cold frames into the vegetable "The Big Easy" is smart, sexy, sweaty and FILMSOC 667 1011 "sport" as applied to TV programmes plot. Everything you've ever wanted atmospheric, phew! It also manages to include usually makes me cringe and rush to know, but were too bashful to ask! murder, corruption and a little bit of romance. WORKING GIRLS (18) & RATE ITX (18) quickly to change channels before the On Sunday the Eurovision Song 6.45 pm & 8.30 pm title music has even begun (usually to contest Part Two graces our television STA~EOUT-(15) & TIN MEN (15) Pleasance, Fri 28 turn over to yet more sport), but screens. A last chance to see and hear 11.15 pm, Sat 29 Apr 7-Sport, beginning on Sunday, claims Britain's entry, Why Do I Always Get Bland, formulaic cop stuff with moral dilemmas, WINGS OF DESIRE (15) and to alter drastically such conceptions. lt Wrong?. Which seems rather but the appearance of Aidan Quinn makes up for A BOUT DE SOUFFLE (Breathless) (15) The programme claims to retrieve appropriate to the whole concept of all that. "Tin Man" completes the Richard 6.45 pm and 9.15 pm sport from the time-warp it's stuck in the Eurovision song contest. Dreyfuss double bill about a feud between two . George Sq Theatre, Sun 30 and makes the assumption that sport Definitely to be missed. aluminium siding salesmen. on television will never be the same The rest of this week's viewing is RED BEARD (PG) again. Personally, I'm not entirely pretty average, although there are a 7 pm, George Sq theatre, Wed 3 CANNON 229 3030 convinced, but, who knows, perhaps few high-spots to relieve the TWINS (PG) I'm destined to be pleasantly monotony of time between Annual subscription. £I 1 available at all showings 2.15 pm, 5.15 pm, 8.15 pm; Fri 28-Thur4 surprised. Neighbours. . Danny De Vi to and Arnold Schwarzenegger in an or tickets can be purchased at Union Shops . Marie-Ciaire Taylor amiably silly farce. OQ Friday on BBC 2 in A Last

DEAD POOL (15) 25 pm, 5.25 pm, 8.25 pm; Fri 28-Thur 4 The new Dirty Harry film hopefully in the same GGUIDE mould as the others. events DANGEROUS LIAISONS (15) THURSO AY 27th On April 30th, after stunning haunt; Preservation Hall. Instead it's 2 pm, 5 pm, 8 pm; Fri 28-Thur 4 everyone, when they stormed into the A period drama, critically acclaimed. EU NICARAGUA SOLIDARITY GROUP at the Lyceum. present THE JAGUAR SMILE charts at no. 8, The Pixies appear at As the latter struggles to reassert £3,£2.80 (Cinema I) £2.80.(Cinemas 2, 3) Wilkie House, 10 pm-3 am Edinburgh Queen's Hall. itself after the revitalised Calton £3 waged, £2 unwaged. Friday sees Jesus Jones at the Studios has stolen much of its musical recently relaunched Calton Studios. thunder. Dinosaur Jr play there on 2nd DOMINION 447 2660 FRIDAY 28th Tickets £1.70 for late matinee perfs. commencing Big Country return to the Playhouse on May and Bad Manners on 4th. Of the 5-6 pm; all other times £2.60 (student concession SLA YE AUCTION 27th. former, let's just hope it's a damn sight £1.70; all perfs except eveningperfs in Cinema 3). Chambers St; 8 pm. Phone 225 4061. The ever-resilient and ever popular more entertaining than their last gig Blues 'N' Trouble make another here which was, halfhearted, laxy and RAIN MAN (15) EUTC & "THE FRIENDS OF POOKA appearance in _Edinburgh although to coin a phrase "shite". 2.10 pm, 5.10 pm, 8.10 pm; Fri 28-Thur 4 MACPHELLIMY" funnily , it's not their usual Dusty and Tom in a lovely experience which present a non-stop world record-breaking moved even flat basher Michael to a tear or two . dramatic performance of ULYSSES by James Joyce. 2 pm Fri-4 pm Sat at !3edlam Theatre, 2 TWINS (PG) Forrest Rd. Tickets £2-£17. 15 pm, 5.15 pm, 8.15 pm; Fri 28-Thur4 ! BUNAC FAST· FORWARD VIDEO ... The "Basket-Ball" at the Grosvenor Hotel. .··.~ MADAME SOUSATZKA (PG) Jazz band and disco, finger buffet. Tickets £8/£8 2 pm, 5 pm, 8 pm; Fri 28-Thur 4 (members) 556 5691. Opportunity to meet past Stars Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdry, Peggy and future Bunacers from several universities. CLASS FILMSALWf\YS IN STOCK­ Ashcroft and that internationally famous singing star Twiggy. Shirley MacLaine is Mme Sousatzka, SATURDAY 29th ·CHECK US OUTI an eccentric piano teacher. BrandleS at: STRAWBERRY BREAKFAST ODEON 667 7331 8.30 am; Outside Cakdonian Hotel, Princes St. 136 Marchmont Road Tickets £2.50 (student £1. 75) for perfs up to 6 pm; Phone 225 4061. £2.80 (student £2 not Fri, Sat) for perfs commencing after 6 pm. · FLOATS PROCESSION 2.30 pm; Regent Road, Princes St, Grassmarket WORKING GIRL (15) Phone 225 4061. Fri, Sun-Thur 1.45 pm (not Sun), 5.45 pm, 8.20 pm; Sat 3.45 pm, 6.15 pm, 8.50 pm ROBERT FISH BAND (ex PENTLAND Melanic Griffiths fights her way to the top in the FLIERS) big bad world of business and she's a woman of all Ceilidh/Dance, Bristo Refectory, 9 pm-2.30 am. things. £2.50.

LADY AND THE TRAMP (U) SUNDAY 30th Sat 1.45 pm, Sun 1.45 pm, 3.20 pm A must for all children and couples. UNIVERSITY SERVICE IN STGILES CATHEDRAL RAIN MAN (15) 11.30 am; Guest speaker: Rev. Derek Warlock. 2 pm, 5 pm, 8 pm; Fri 28-Thur 4 Everyone welcome.

THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MONDAY 1st MAY MUNCHAUSEN (PG) EU CONSERVATIVE & UNIONIST 2 pm, 5.20 pm, 8.10 pm ASSOCIATION John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Robin Middle Reading Room, Teviot, I pm. all Williams. Turks!?! welcome. FILMHOUSE 228 2688 , TUESDAY 2nd £1.20 (cones 75p); early evenings£2 (cones £1.50); EU COMSOC'S BEER 'N' SKITTLES main evenings and double bills £2.50. No cones on Meet St Leonard's (Pollock Halls) 7 pm. Saturday. WEDNESDAY 3rd TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD (PG) 1.30 pm, 4 pm; Fri 28 CHOCOLATE APPRECIATION SOCIETY AGM and eating of assets. 7.30 pm, Ochil Room. PRINCE OF P.ENNSYL V ANIA (15) Pleasance. 6.30 pm, 8.30 pm; Fri 28., Sat 29 Apr 24 11lursday,~ril27,1989 NEWS STUDENT

Minister speaks .of IN NEXT ~ WEEK'S Thatcher's.courage STUDENT ... INTERNATIONAL SUPPLEMENT • Travelling in India Feature by Alan Morrison 1987, and stated their preference for that venue. Had the concert • Interview with British been cancelled, EUSA stood to Ambassador in pay the entire costs without any Yugoslavia FOUR members of Teviot performance. f{ow House's Committee res­ Mr Ryan said he "didn't want to • Oil companies in South igned on Friday night on let down those who had bought tickets in advance, and anyway, Africa Feature account of Deputy President it's all the same Union: we should Paul Ryan's handling of the be working together for relocated concert by "The everyone's benefit." Men They Couldn't Hang''. Ms Stewart said in her defence The immediate cause of the res­ that "it wouldn't have been fair to SCIENCE ignations was Mr Ryan's overrul­ turn away any students who had ing of Teviot Convener Marion come for a disco." She said she SUPPLEMENT Stewart's refusal to accommodate had resigned because she could no the band. Scheduled to play in longer take part in an Association Interview with Robert Potterrow, the band were left to "that is so undemocratic". • play in Teviot following a break­ The four who resigned were Morris, the only down in communication between Convener Marion Stewart, Bruce Parapsychology Professor EUSA, the tour agency and the Reid (Entertainment), Chris in Britain road crew. McKenna (Publicity) and "The Men They Couldn't Rebecca Maxwell (Committee of Environment Feature Hang" played Teviot in February Management). • • Animal Experimentation: · For and Against Tiddy Maitland-Titterton • Campaign for KB EUSA privatisation of electricity: all Office Andrew Montgomery thoroughly controversial in the Vet School public eye. THE UNIVERSITY Con­ As July sees the second reading •••. AND MUCH, servative Association played of the Self-Governing Schools host to Lord Sanderson Bill, Lord Sanderson took the Scottish Minister for Agricul~ opportunity to praise the work of MUCH -MORE! ture, Fisheries, Tourism and Michael Forsyth MP in protecting Re-think the Highlands and Islands, in the Bill's passage through. Lord Sanderson said he was "amused" vet schools are now in limbo while Teviot at lunchtime on Mon­ by Mark Campanile Riley Report's recommendation at the criticisms of Labour-con­ they wait for the review's find­ day. trolled local authorities concern­ that Glasgow and Cambridge University Vet Schools should be ings." ing the Bill. He spoke mainly on his varied GLASGOW University's closed in order to concentrate . Professor Ainslie Iggo, Dean of · duties as a Minister, as well as his Extending his talk to discuss the V et School has been given a resources in the remaining schools Edinburgh Unviersity's Dick Vet colourful past as the Conserva­ Scottish economy, Lord Sander­ "partial reprieve" with the in Edinburgh, Livt_:rpool, London School, was unaware that the tives' chief Scottish representative son said it was "feeling much bet­ announcement that a Man­ and Bristol. · Manpower Review has · been brought forward, when Student in the House of Lords in getting ter" following for~ign investment, power Review of the future The findings of the Manpower through Scottish legislation. and that the scottish media repro­ Review may not be announced for spoke to him. But he said that he ted any progress in a negative need for vets in Britain has up to six months, and once the hoped a meeting of the UFC on Amongst the Government Bills light. been · commissioned by the results are published the Univer­ May lOth would help to clarify the he will have to deaL with in this Government. sity Funding Council will review situation because "at the moment Parliamentary session are the The Minister finished his lun­ The review was originally to the closure situation. , we cannot move in any direction." Scottish Transport Bill, the Bill chtime speech by adding that it take place in 1990 but it has been A spokesperson for Glasgow He added that he was "anxious to returning Caledonian MacBrayne was only through Mrs Thatcher's brought forward in the light of the University commented that "all get a decision." ferries back to the Secretary of "sheer courage" that the UK had State for Scotland's control (for ·regained confidence on the world decision on its future) anmd the scene.

SOCIETIES' Students. Wanted COUNCIL For Tours AGM THE UNIVERSITY will be tember of this year and who marking the. 200th Anniver- might be interested in apply­ will be held at CORRECTION sary of the laying of the Old ing for some slots as tour ' College Foundation Stone guides (training will be pro­ 7.30 p.m. oil Wednesday, 17th May this year. As one part of the vided and a modest fee will . . . be paid for each tour given) Last week's Student claimed in the programme 1! ts m tended to are asked to drop a note to. wrongly that Ms Allison Alexan­ mount lunchttme tours of the Ray Fo t n· t f der was a member of the Socialist b ·1d· f b 0 f h o man, uec or o Wor~ers' Student Society. We ap­ H" hJ d R' t th ut mg or mem ers t e . Information Services at Old olog•se for any inconvenience tg an OOID a e University and the public. College or telephone on 667 caused. Soc-ieties' Centre Students who will be in Edin- lOll/internal extensions4254 '------~------...... J burgh between July and Sep- or 4255.