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President of the International Facebook! Bar Association: “Tony Blair and the rule of Win tickets to Isle law” of Wight Festival Pages 12-13 Page 18 Page 7 FREE No 1352 h ursday 18 MAY 2006 h e student newspaper of Imperial College felixonline.co.uk ffelixelix Botched exam: emergency resit on Saturday The students were informed that This won’t only negatively affect my ment and is currently being approved could have continued on Thursday Rupert Neate the Geometry of Surfaces exam was performance in this exam but also by an external examiner. and was cancelled with undue haste. Editor cancelled and they would all have my other exams as my revision time- Dr Berkshire confirmed to us that They suggest that if the correct ver- to go home and await instructions. table is now all over the place.” “the facts of the case will be brought sion of the paper was ‘in the system’ Subsequently, all students received an Felix contacted Dr Frank Berkshire, to the attention of the exam board and it could have been printed and the Dozens of third and final year Maths email asking them when they would the Director of Undergraduate any disruption caused to students will exam could have continued with only and Computing students have been be available to re-run the exam. As Studies for Applied Mathematics, to be taken into account when decisions a minor delay. Dr Berkshire told us forced to sit a rescheduled exam on this is the exam period and students ask if the department believed that are made about [the grades]”. that although the paper was in the Saturday due to a printing error. As have many other commitments, the students would be significantly disad- The students have demanded system, “it was not obviously and the students looked over the original only time all the students were avail- vantaged by the mistake. He replied: to know exactly how this incident instantly [available]”. exam paper last Thursday, several able was Saturday afternoon. “It is difficult to see how candidate occurred. On this point, Dr Berkshire When Felix informed Sameena noticed that both pages were identi- Emily Lines, one of the affected performance would be adversely only stated that it was “an error which Misbahuddin, Union President, of the cal. The exam paper had two sets of students, told Felix: “This is totally affected – at least on this exam”. had not been thought possible”. A full blunder, she said, “Honestly, don’t the same three questions, whereas unacceptable, how can a simple error The students will sit a completely report on the incident is currently they check the paper over first? It is there should have been three on one like this happen at Imperial which is revised paper on Saturday that has being written. very important”. page and two on the other. supposed to be a top-flight University. been hastily prepared by the depart- Some students believe that the exam Leader, page 19 Students exposed to clinical waste Hazardous waste abandoned at Imperial hospital, page 3 Photo: Felix Images felix 2 www.felixonline.co.uk Thursday 18 May 2006 felix 1,352 NEWS [email protected] Thursday 18.05.06 Engineers visit h orpe Park John Collins City Explained: Equity Capital The UK’s biggest amusement park Markets attraction opened at Thorpe Park in March, just as term was ending. At This week’s Felix looks at Equity 205ft tall “Stealth” certainly is big. It Capital Markets, affectionately is Europe’s tallest and fastest coaster known in the industry as the “fac- and can be found at the Surrey-based tory floor”, the place where financial amusement park. It launches from instruments are created. standing at the station to 80mph in just 2.3 seconds, before throwing you up and vertically down down over its Page 15 u 205ft hump! The whole experience lasts just 20 seconds and 15 Imperial students got the chance to see the complex engineering from behind the scenes. At 7am, they arrived at the some- Calling All Imperial Geeks what deserted theme park to be met by their contact, who then took them Need a break from revision? Did to meet the head of engineering in Scream if you want to go faster you die on WoW? Tired of wanking? the maintenance sheds. Here, every Fear not, Felix Nightlife has prepared morning, the team of ride engineers Nitrogen are pumped-in constantly in the background. In order to make a London club guide just for you. would go over every single nut and to store energy from the National sure you get over the top, the launch bolt of all three carts, ensuring noth- Grid between ride launches (to stop force must automatically reconfigure ing had gone astray the previous day. Staines having blackouts every min- itself based on the weight of people The wheels would even be re-aligned ute or so). This stored energy is then and weather conditions. Every 5 Page 7 u to ensure a smooth ride. Indoor heat- released causing a cable to be reeled runs averages are taken with the ing lamps warm the carts before they with an impressive force. This cable intent that the cart reaches the crest leave the sheds in order to ensure is attached to the cart via a catch- at 12m/s. If you balance at the top This Week that the lubricant on the wheels car shortly after everyone is secured (this happened once on a similar ride works as it should. If it’s under 5 (this is the bit of the ride when judder in the US called Top Thrill Dragster. News 1-3 Comment 18 degrees Celsius many of the rides forward and back before you shoot People were stuck for 35minutes at Business 4 Leader 19 will not function. It was 6 degrees on off!). The force stored in the pipes 400 ft), there is a rope for a rescuer Science 5 The Union 20 the day… in here could slice you in half if the to climb to give you a nudge – but this Music 6-7 TV 22 Leaving the shed, they passed the cable buckled. Furthermore, if the should never happen… Nightlife 8-9 Agony 23 ride’s first passengers of the day: oil in the system leaked, the whole Once the park opened, the students Coffee Break 12-13 Sport 24 The water dummies. Each dummy, bunker would be filled in seconds. got a chance to experience the ride… weighing the same as a person, gets This explains the rather secure door According to one of the lucky guests: a ride before real people get a chance which is sealed before operation. ”It’s awesome! It’s very fast, very to even queue. After the 20 second The tour was finished with a look smooth and you get a great view for ordeal, they were all intact. This was at the launch track and the controls. the second or so that you are at the Sudoku No 1,352 taken to be a good sign. Every day, engineers run the catch top. Get down to Thorpe Park and The hardcore engineering lies car at a snails pace along the 80m give it a go!” Complete the grid so under the large hump, inside a launch track feeling by hand any Volunteer to help CGCU Internship that every row, every 3 9 6 1 2 bunker. It contains one very large, vibrations which indicate damage Centre run similar trips to Virgin column and every very expensive motor; containing 42 in the track. The control system is Radio and BBC Television Centre. 3x3 square contains 1 8 4 9 5 smaller motors, to be precise. Oil and simple to operate, but pretty complex Email: [email protected] the digits 1 to 9. E- mail your solution to sudoku.felix 4 @imperial.ac.uk by Friday 4pm. We will 2 9 3 1 Student wins prize randomly select a and trip to Florida Got a question for the Rector? winner to receive 7 either a 128MB USB stick or a crate of Mansoor Ansari, an Imperial Ever wanted to ask the beer. You must claim 6 3 2 9 PhD student in the department of boss a question? your prize within a Chemical Engineering and Chemical week. Last week’s 6 Technology, has won an IChemE winner was Ross Particle Technology Subject Group Quiz him on top-up fees? Mounce. 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