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benefits of the proposal had not. ANDREW DORMAN-SMITH been adequately debated. Professor Shaw said the name of Senior academics at. the. the Department itself does not Department, of Mineral Resources overly matter, and said he was, Engineering (MRE) have called "a believer in tradition". Professor for further discussions over a plan Shaw would not say if he sup- to rename the department. Earth ported the name change proposal. Resources Engineering has However, the new head of emerged as the favourite choice MRE, and Dean of the newly for a new name, after discussions established Graduate School of between college officials. the Environment, Professor The change has been mooted Woods, is believed to think the following a letter from the proposal is a 'great idea'. His role Professor John Archer, Pro- as Dean will be to coordinate the Rector, which asks for comments departments of Imperial, and to on the new title. Professor Archer, present the benefits for research said that he has received only one of the college in line with a review negative response to his letter, completed in May by Sir John and claimed that most of the Mason. department's staff agree with the The other two RSM depart- proposal. But Professor Archer ments may also change names. said discussions are continuing - The college's chief decision mak- despite the publication of an offi- ing body, the Management cial college note which says the Finnish Embassy Planning Group (MPG), has sug- Photo by Ivan Chan change will take place "shortly". gested a change in name for the Professor Archer defended Geology department. The MPG the plans to change the name of has not. specified a name but MRE, insisting that the change Earth Sciences seems to be the Ubercracker would improve the image of the most likely name, though department, and 'incorporate a Geological Sciences has also been BY MICHAEL LjJDLAM work. It was only once Finnish philosophical redefinition' to suggested. authorities rang Imperial that the reflect the 'flagship courses' the A decision on this has not yet A hacker broke into Imperial problem was chased and solved. department has been running for been made, and the proposal College's computer network and The computer, located in the two years. would officially be discussed at froth here caused disruption to the Department of Biochemistry, was One of the Department's the next. Staff meeting. Professor Finnish University computer net- broken into permitting the hacker staff, Professor Shaw, Dean of the Worthington, Head of the work, it, emerged this week. to become a 'superuser'. As 'supe- RSM, pointed out that the pro- Department, of Geology, said During the summer a hacker ruser' the hacker could bypass all posal has not. been adequately there was a general feeling that from the United States managed security mechanisms on the discussed with students. He sug- the Department's name is a bit to gain access to computers run machine. "They could tell it to gested that the issue should be outdated, but insisted that if there by Imperial's Centre for blow it's own mind away," said debated by the Staff-Student is disagreement he has no inten- Computing Services (CCS). Via Sean Bennett of the Department committee. It was emphasised tion of forcing the proposal. If the internet, an international net- of Computing. "This fault is one that most of the staff were away approved, any change would be work of computers, the invader that is used time and time again when Professor Archer's letter made on the same time scale as was able to disrupt, Finland's by hackers to mess with the inter- was issued, and that although a that for MRE, taking effect from main University computer net- net." (Continues on page 3) change had been discussed the (Continues on page 3)

Q news one&two&three editorial&credits three discussiomconstitution four the s-filesricwomenspecial seven incoming nine GodMachineinterview eleven feature:iclibraryspecial twelve&thirteen cluedup fifteen club&societies seventeen standby twenty&twentyone sevendayguide twentytwo&twentythree sports twentyfour B News Thieves Sweep Imperial College BY RACHEL WALTERS Missing ijems |nclude the ICU AND LYNN BRAVEY plaque, tlaI t wal!s screweIdd to the wall adjapent lo Beit. Arch, and A two student crime wave was the FELIX-.sign..-, ...... stopped in its tracks when a hap- Rag Collectors have been less duo found themselves locked blamed for the disappearances inside the Department of which occurred during a Rag Electrical and Electronic party. The party had been organ- Engineering department last ised by Mencap to thank the Rag Saturday. Collectors that had travelled from The youths, from Warwick all around the country to London University and the University of to participate in the IC Rag Westminster had to call security Monopoly. when locks supposed to keep The ICU sign was removed them out kept them in instead. from the front wall of the union The two were so hopelessly lost security lodge. The lodge is that they had to describe their manned 24 hours a day. surroundings to college staff One theft was foiled by a before they could get out. Union Steward. At approximately When security searched their 11.40pm the steward noticed that bags, the department's signing-in the ICU doormat, which is usually book, and an assortment of mail sited in the entrance doorway of taken from the post-graduate the Union Building, had been pigeon holes were recovered. The taken. Following a patrol the mat students arc being dealt with by was located and locked away in their own University disciplinary the Union Office for safekeeping. proceedures. Terry Brilcy, Deputy It. is estimated that around 1200 Head of Security, commenting on people attended the party. The the event, stressed the need for Union has discussed the thefts Playtime: A ragster and friend during Monopoly identification before holding open with Mencap. Lucy Chotia, ICU swipe-card doors for strangers. President emphasised that they replaced.' Chairman Ian Robertson admit- In another incident last were not taking the idea of charg- Souvenir stealing by ted, "We've not been totally inno- Saturday, brass plates outside the ing the charity 'lightly' but, added 'Raggies' is fairly common on cent of it in the past!." Union Building were stolen. that, the sign 'obviously had to be these excursions and IC Rag Medics Give RCS Problems

BY ANDY SINIIARAY Charlie Bell, President of the get involved with the motor club Guilds' veteran car. RCSU both said that nothing def- and end up devoting half their There is concern too over the The Royal College of Science's inite had been heard. They added lives to her." potential fate of the RCSU office. vintage fire engine, affectionately that, any movement of the fire He added that Jez could not However, the Imperial College known as Jcz, may be evicted engine away from the College site be simply put 'anywhere', as tool Director of Estates, Mr Ian from her present garage if plans would deny many students the space and maintenance facilities Caldwell, assured FELIX that to replace the old Chemistry opportunity to work on Jez in are required. The present garage he is "sensitive to the needs of the building go ahead. their spare time. is located directly beneath the Union". He added that though Although plans lor the Jez was donated to the stu- RCSU office, and was specially the current priority was to obtain replacement of the building with dents of the RCS in 1955 for extended to accomodate the vin- official approval from the Higher a new Biomedical Centre have what was described as her 'edu- tage vehicle. The official presi- Education Funding Council and not yet, been officially approved, cational value'. Mr Turner said, dential transport of the RCSU, Jez the Department of Health for the the RCS Union and its Motor "She's been kept going since - by has already been present, at the new building, the RCS would be Club have expressed concern students and ex-students, most of Fresher's Fair, the RAG consulted in January. No work about, the demise of the building, whom work for engineering firms. Tiddlywinks and was even used would begin until next summer at. in which the RCS Union office is She commands that, much loyal- as the jail van in the RAG the earliest. "But. we've got. a also based. In interviews with ty...she really is a labour of love, Monopoly last. Saturday. Jez will responsibility to house them FELIX, Mr Jon Turner of the and she's very pretty. She's not also be going to Brighton in somewhere," he said. RCS Motor Club and the Mr- called Jezebel for nothing. People November with Bo', City &

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(Ubercackcr from page 1) which means that they sent pack- The hacker managed to shut- ets of information to a machine down part of the Finnish equiva- on the network. The machine at News In Brief lent of Britain's JANct system by the receiving end in Finland, act- stopping all e-mail reaching it. It ing as a nucleus for the university BY PETER LANIGAN, IAN DAVEY AND RACHEL WALTERS caused the Finnish network to network, contained a bug that disappear off of the computer can be manipulated to make the Union Disciplinary treated as personal and would not map and is known by computer machine stop 'talking' to die net- Two students have been banned reveal any names. He declined to experts as, 'a major denial of ser- work. from the Union Building after a comment further. It is believed vice attack'. The problem was Currently all of the college's disturbance during Fresher's that the students had been drink- traced by a Finnish user who Unix based computers, except, Week. ing heavily, and that the incident reported this breach of security. A those maintained by the The incident occurred inside happened towards the end of the high level Finnish authority then Department of Computing are the Union Building on the night, of evening. contacted Imperial College to ask running a system that, is extreme- the casino and the hypnotism what, was going on. It is claimed ly easy to break into. The show. It resulted in the involve- Women's Problems by Professor Hynds, Mead of the Department of Computing uses a ment, of security and Union In a new initiative for the female CCS, that the CCS have, "man- system called Kerberos diat is far Stewards. population of Imperial College, aged to make sure that nothing more difficult to break into. It is The students, undergraduates security's women staff have like that, will happen again." not completely safe but. anyone in the Departments of undergone training by the However, when asked about wishing to break into a Mathematics and Mineral Metropolitan Police in dealing whether improvements had been 'Kerberosed' system would need a Resources Engineering, appeared with victims of sexual harassment, made, Mr Bennet replied: "None long time to do it. and know before a disciplinary committee and assault. Women make up what so ever as far as I am con- exactly what they were doing. It shortly after the incident. 10% of the staff, which will enable cerned, no actions have been improves security by providing Dan Look, Deputy Union at least two to be on duty at each taken." Currently the present, sys- extra protection on passwords President (Finance & Services), shift. tem is vulnerable to anyone who that move around the various sys- said that the matter was being has a workstation on the internet tems. "Basically, it makes things and knows the name of the local many times more secure than it network. currently is, and the College ought, to be using Kerberos now," The experienced hacker, said Bill Sharp, computing sup- known in computer circles as an tureships and the additional sake' rather than to reflect any port, at St, Mary's. 'Ubercracker', 'nuked' the system £200,000 per year that a Grade 5 philosophical change. He rating automatically generates, it emphasised that undergraduate would make a balanced budget courses would continue, and (RSM Names from page 1) department will undergo next possible. pointed out that his is the biggest October 1995, it would show that year in its bid to get a Grade 5 In the case of Materials, the Materials department in the the department wants to be rating, this would give the depart- third department of the RSM, country. "Rumours of our death involved in the new Graduate ment more research money. The discussions are taking place for a are greatly exaggerated," he School. rating is seen as being vital to the name which would better reflect joked, insisting that Materials will Professor Worthington said financial well being of the depart- its activities. Professor Maclean, continue to exist, as a separate the change would only be of ment. Prof Worthington admitted the head of Materials, has insisted department. 'marginal help' in the Research that they were still not balancing that a change is not imminent, Assessment Exercise which the their accounts, but with new lec- and would be for 'marketing's

brother, however, seems to have Music Vik Bansal suffered rather badly. He speaks Credits News Declan Curry & Andrew Tseng CciitoriaL of hallucinations and tortured Photography Ivan Chan & Diana Harrison Editor Owain Bennallack nights. Printer Andy Thompson S-Flles Tim Parsons At (he Mind's Edge "I was in this woods, talking Business Manager Tim Bavister Seven Day Guide Wei Lee & Ivan Chan My brother recently bad a motor to a strange monk in an iron Advertising Manager Helen Randall Sport Juliette Decock and Mark Baker cycle accident, which left, him with mask. I lay there for hours and it Standby Jon Jordan Editorial Team pins in his shoulder, left leg and was only the hospital bed that Editorial Assistance right foot and, in addition, some gave it away: that I was dream- Art & Literature Jon Jordan Collating Last Week very strange dreams. We were dis- ing." Aid: "there was this space- Cinema Wei Lee Clubs, Societies & Union Piers Doniell Jon Jordan, Andrew Tseng & Helen Randall cussing general anaesthetics and I, man next to my bed all night. I Columns Marcus Alexander kept screaming at him to go away Steven Newhouse a veteran of two operations, men- Features Kate Cox Helpfulness tioned that the last, time I had one but he just sat there. All night..." I was looking into the assistant's And, slightly comically I confess, first name? theory thai, the much hyped virtu- beautiful blue eyes as she counted he spent the Friday after the third What, lies behind the brain, al reality will not come through down (1 giddy with gas and a mild operation fervent in the belief that, beneath those neurones and deep billion pixel displays, supercom- infatuation) and I wondered why he was an 'aircraft door'. He told in the heart of nothingness or puters or lasers writing directly on she stopped at 'seven'. "The oper- me, quite genuinely, that, he was soul? I sometimes wonder if there to the retina but by tapping ation is over," she replied and I surprised to be in hospital with all is a part if the brain dedicated to straight, into this 'belief lobe'. After spent a lazy narcotic afternoon these other doors — since when did believing — some peoples convic- all, LSD and even dreaming puncturing the hours with brief doors go to hospital? And why tions seem so bizarre and irra- appear to do just. that. But dien, islands of consciousness. My would a nurse call a door by its tional even in daily life. I have a my reality always was virtual...

2I0CT94 FELIX EH Discussion The Great and Silent Debate Owain Bennallack explores UGM's and Unions.

Last. Friday saw the first UGM of term and the bar, perhaps play rugby or football for three Council votes to make itself supreme body new constitution receive its first reading. It was years and abscond with first years annually at passed. UGM stands for 'Union General the first Ents night of the term but confidently Farewell to democracy? Meeting': it is the forum which aims to bring leave college secure in the knowledge that they together all the Union's members to determine have had nothing to do with the Union. policy and to vote on both mundane and "Union? Bunch of hacks, never did anything contentious issues. At present every student in for me..." they will confidently say at the college is a Union member so the total number (Union organised) commemoration ball. in attendance could theoretically have All this is not meant as a piece of Union numbered several thousand. propaganda but, to highlight that, you are likely Around thirty people were present. to be affected by the Union in some way whilst There are many ways in which to at 1C, aldiough obviously to varying degrees. continue with this article. The first would be to It is not. true, then, to say that people scream 'apathetic herds' at. Imperial students have 'no interest, in the Union'. In fact, it is in general. The second would be to blame the rather that diey have no interest in its running - sabbaticals for mismanagement and the low (the 'politics' for want of a misleading word). ISSUE 82*5" " I 27"JMTI989 attendance. Another would be to simply shrug Why should you care about the wearily and say "well, that is the way of things What the poor turnout at. the UGM on Friday running of the Union? nowadays". (After all, are students really cotdd mean is that the new constitution is apathetic, or would it not be truer to say they By taking an interest, in even a small completely well-founded. After all, if no-one is are simply not interested in UGM's?) All these way, students at least make the Union attending UGM's then democracy isn't approaches have been taken in the past by the feel accountable for its actions. This functioning and the semi-democratic council Union, this newspaper and a host of taxi ensures that students basic needs are proposed in the new constitution (see FELIX drivers — all have an element of validity. But to always kept as a priority. 1006 for a brief explanation together with blame any particular body seems facile, given In addition, by being involved you can arguments for and against.) could be the only the long history of this saga. make a positive contribution to way forward. Last Friday the attendance at die UGM was to degree made up of the would Instead, I'd like to consider some of the student life. Your involvement could root factors involved in the debate. Given the be members of the new council (A bewildered lead to anything from better first year was even asked to stand as first year low attendance, it can no longer be assumed entertainments to better staff-student that people know, or even care, what the representative!) relations. Everywhere the Union has a Union stands for and what exactly their Maybe it. is too much to expect the hand you can stick your own finger. relationship is with it. student body to turn up to form a quorate Money is being drawn in your name UGM and vote itself out of existence. If the What is the Union? too. You should know how it's spent. battle lines were more clearly drawn and there The word 'Union' is an umbrella term was a real body of opinion against the new denoting the student run organisation But there are still many students in constitution then maybe attendance would be college who know all this, who are involved in of Imperial College. Although funded higher. For instance, the old FELIX front clubs at a senior level and have even sat on by college it is the students who page above is taken from January 1989 (only Union committees but who consistendy do not five years ago) and it reports on a motion quite decide how the funds are spent. attend UGM's. Given that they are so similar to the new constitution: to remove Broadly, the Union is responsible for numerous, and that the sheer number of those UGM's as the supreme decision-making body. Welfare, Representation and who do not attend is so large, perhaps it could The result? 214 in favour and 364 against. promoting and encouraging the be that the majority is right. Mob rule. Over six hundred people attended. interests of students in extra-curricular In an interview Lucy Chothia, Union activities (ie. All the clubs and Why should you NOT care about President, admitted that last, Friday's turnout societies at Imperial). Further to these the running of the Union? was 'very disappointing' and said that there was a plan to get publicity out earlier next aims ICU also runs refectories (e.g. Firstly you could say that your time. But she believes low attendance reflects 'Da Vinci's bar'), the Union bookstore interests are being met and so why more generally on student disinterest in the and employs permanent members of change things? Your club has its staff to manage some of the day-to- UGM system. Asked whether she should be money, your bar its beer. You may actively going out into public forums such as day running of this large operation. feel that there are other, more the JCR and talking to students she said: committed people able to represent So what does that mean? It means, in "We'd love to go out into the JCR but if we did effect, that if your buy anything from the your point of view already. Or that the Union would not run. I believe the most bookstore, if you belong to any club, if you you have time to play hockey or watch important thing is for the, Union to function have any academic problems that need bands, but you haven't time to take rather than for people to know that we are addressing or any welfare issues, if you part in the finer points of 'hacky' here and that we are great." attended a Freshers' Week event, whatever, policy wrangling. Fair enough. The next UGM, in two weeks time, will you have interacted with the Union. There are seek lo ratify the new constitution. Copies are people who drink every night in the traditional Which brings us back to the beginning. still available, fivm the Union office.

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The Beit Baggie Thanks made this noble endeavour possi- Having suffered approximately ble. For instance, I would be twenty minutes of your pathetic Squad? Dear Felix, greatfully enlightened (and not a and offensively unoriginal whinge- Rag would like to thank every- little surprised!) if she could identify ing, I personally felt that your pres- Dear Sir, one who took part in Monopoly this whispering chorus of disap- ence in Beit Quad lowered the Despite only being an Imperial and Tiddlywinks. Special thanks to proval that "cite" and "raise standard of the whole event. As student for one fortnight so far, I those on Jez and Clem, Ian, Dan, doubts" about the commitment that you would know, if you had a life, read with considerable outrage the Dave, Richard and Steve for driving Dramsoc "demands (!)" of it's any other venue in London would plans currently under discussion for minibuses, and everybody who members. have charged you more and kicked the Beit Quad ("Confidential Drift", helped count money and Sam We should recognise that the you further. Felix 1007). Scotcher for keeping Monopoly problems of motivation in acade- For future reference, your Whilst not particularly caring running smoothly. mic are not Society specific, but removal was instigated by the where the Union is situated, I nev- We would also like to thank the specific to the individual. manager of the week's events, ertheless feel that the Beit Quad A-Z map company and Wadding- Mercifully, priorities cannot be pre- NOT the President. Also, if you should remain for student/student- ton's Games for donating prizes. scribed and each one of us may expect to be welcomed at any late related use. The article suggested make of our time at university what night bar, attitudes that take the that the use of Beit Quad for con- Ian Robertson, Tim Atkinson we choose; Miss Mileham would piss are not to be recommended. ferences would boost their atten- (Rag Chair, Rag Treasurer) probably call this dissipation, I The Double-Six Club is a great dance, owing to its picturesque rather like to think of it as an night out for anyone with a sense aspect. Are the students deemed Geez guys, I'm outta breath - essential freedom. of humour and bar extensions have unable to appreciate the Beit Quad haven't either of you heard of full The activities of the Dramatic to be paid for. Personally, I and worthy only of the architectural stops? Society are moulded by the enthu- thought the action we took was finesse of Sherfield? It cannot be siasms of it's members. One can- totally reasonable. Blaggers never justified, students having to hand not be dictated to in amateur the- get very far. over their quad to conference dele- DramSocked atre, PERSAUSION is the ruling I look forward to further abuse, gates who would appreciate for all principle of any successful project! Fiona of three days. Moreover, to re-iter- Dear Owain, It is a miscalculation, damaging Biology 3 ate the article the largest room in It is sadly not unusual or even to the integrity of your publication, the quad holds three hundred, undesirable for papers to print to represent malicious rumour as Way to go, Fiona! To be honest surely inappropriate for conference provocative stories that are only truth...or was this just Feline mis- Ambrose, I'm surprised they put up needs. Since conference atten- tenuously rooted in truth. Reality is chievousness?! with you for as long as they did. As dance needs "revitalising" that is, so much more mundane than Yours sincerely, for the apparent case of mistaken they are not a pressing issue, will "imaginative" reporters would have Iqbal Khan identity - let me help: L-U-C-Y spells not Southside suffice? us believe. We should not there- Dramsoc President "Lucy", and F-l-O-N-A spells Fiona. We read of an "expected influx" fore be surprised at Rebecca NowG-O A-W-A-Y. of students in forthcoming years Mileham's report (FELIX: Iqbal, Iqbal, Iqbal - what precise and of the associated acute lack of 7/10/94) on the incipient dangers malicious rumours did this article space to house them. In this light, of Dramsoc to the academic health propagate? Did you not fail your Tim says... it is outrageous for the College of the fragile Imperial student. second year? Did the article not administration to consider convert- However, what sits rather more have quotes from an ex-president to All the letters on this page were ing the quad into accommodation uncomfortably is the masquerading the effect that DramSoc commit- typed exactly as they were written - for delegates during vacations in of what seems a rather distasteful ments caused him no academic spelling, punctuation and grammat- the main. With which party do the and virulent personal offensive as a problems? Face it - you're repeat- ical errors and all. This is apparenly administrators' allegiances lie? piece of objective journalism. ing 'cos you didn't put the work in. policy now, so if you don't want to The student body, or filling the Surely we are presented with I should know, 'cos I'm doing the look stupid, make sure you check finance departments coffers? something more suited to the same thing - but I'm not blaming through any letters before you sub- colourful regions of an opinions FELIX for it. mit them. Also, we'll give the letters Catharine Byrne page. Opinions are often pro- a title if you don't. A few more Biochem 1 posed with maximum zeal and paragraphs per page would help us minimum qualification; they're nur- Get a Life... when typing them out, too. To for the letter Catharine, but I tured on half-truths, as it is only By the way, Anna Ley of think you're getting a bit wound up their half that interests them. And Dear Poon, BiologyZ WHERE ARE YOU? 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I'm sitting in Fiction Records. I know that's getting ground down by their sheer strength. the case because all around the walls are The God Machine's second Robin agrees, "I can define how I'm feeling in slacks of gold and silver discs which record the and final album 'One Last a relatively short space of time and even sales of various Cure albums. I'm sitting in a though people might hot understand what I'm Laying...' large leather sofa, holding a cup of tea and Laugh In A Place Of expressing, if it only takes me four lines...why feeling ill. Upstairs are the remaining members was released after the not?" Except the strange thing is that in the of the God Machine whom I'm waiting to death of their bassist. flesh Robin talks non-stop. In contrast to his interview. The whole scenario is equivalent to songs now he's neither sparse or simple and he a dentist's waiting room, except that instead of Tintin tried to tread doesn't repeat himself, he just creates closely the Mail on Sunday magazine MTV shrieks carefully. intertwined arguments which back track to from a nearby TV. A receptionist asks for my cover all flanks. Ronald the drummer mainly name, and tells me to wait as things are just sits in silence. running late. A prematurely balding man sits I ask whether they think an intensity down opposite. We smile palely at each other. comparison between them and Henry Rollins So why am I nervous? I try to persuade is valid. Robin starts up again. "I think that, myself that this interview won't be this last album we couldn't have created a problematic. I ignore the fact that the God more pure album, just the whole approach, the Machine have been described as "one of the whole execution of it, how we decided to most difficult bands I've ever interviewed" by approach it after Jimmy's passing away, we one of the most egotistical national press couldn't have done it any differently..." There musos and forget that I spent all morning it was, just slipped in. It took me a second to trying to make sense of a thirty page press register but that was it, Jimmy had passed pack full of every superlative in the dictionary. away. Obviously they had come to terms with I try to ignore the gaping fact that after his death or else they wouldn't have been listening to their new album at least, three doing interviews with student newspapers but times a day for over a week I'm still unsure nevertheless that, in some morbid way, was whether I like it. But most importantly I what I had come to hear. Later on it became attempt to expel the big one. The God apparent that the God Machine as a group Machine used to be a trio, but in May, Jimmy were finished. The band that three Americans the bassist died suddenly of a brain tumour. who had known each other from childhood How am 1 supposed to deal with that in a and flown over to London to start up had music interview? Once again my head starts to finished. Without Jimmy the band is dead. spin and I wonder what they've put in my lea We cover some other topics; can music Finally my time comes and I'm escorted change the world? - "I know it changes me", upstairs to meet. Robin Proper-Sheppard and I Cobain and Vedder as the tortured messiahs of Ronald Austin. They're never really what you music - "they're expressing what they're expect from looking at the press pictures feeling", Winnie the Pooh — "we have a song Robin is slightly more eager: Ronald just looks I which is influenced by Winnie the Pooh, big and dark. | Winnie the Pooh is cool" and other stuff and I The first part of an interview is always think that I've done ok. We end up talking the most vulnerable bit. I set up my equipment I about Nick Cave, who everyone thinks is while we make polite talk to try and work out 1 brilliant, before I get to say "well thanks for how the next thirty minutes will go. I start off I your time I'm out of questions". I start to pack on a standard question; how would they up and we small talk until Robin says, "what describe their music? It's not rock or heavy did you think of the album?" I sit there slightly metal but it has a classical feel to it in terms of f stunned for a bit before I begin to squirm. construction and use of instruments. Ronald I "Wei! I've not had it for more than a week, and starts off but Robin quickly cuts in. "We've I don't really like heavy metal stuff." It's a bad never been about being in a rock band" he, | mistake and one which 1 immediate realise. says, except, that it comes out like Robin fires back "we're not heavy metal", "wwwwwe're never..." The man has a stutter. I sharply because it's an accusation. Yeah I After reading at least a dozen interviews not 1 know that but what else do you call it - heavy one person mentioned it. I mean it's not instrumental driven rock with classical important for their music but as a human 1 undertones and lyrical raw power? I keep attribute you can't really ignore it. Suddenly I squirming out of a direct answer and manage and stupidly I feel better and we can get on I to escape to some degree but I still felt kinda with the interview. annoyed. Wh° was being interviewed after all? I ask another standard question about I In hindsight I realised that the interview Robin's lyrics. They're pretty sparse and I had become a conversation and Robin actually simple but the way he repeats them gives die wanted to know what I thought. Now I can tell songs a sort of polemic impact. You end up I you that the album's very good. I can't say whether you'll like it though. 13

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Shelved adventures in a quiet place databases and keyword anarchy Books have always had an element of power associated with them. Censorship trials such Are libraries cool? Owain and Jon walk on a wild side LEVEL3 as 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' meant that some The further up you get in the library, the books at least, had the kudos of hidden LEVEL1 LEVEL2 sparser and stranger are the students you get to knowledge associated with them, things that The first thing: to check escape routes. The First stop for my erstwhile companion is the meet. Entering the Computing and Control the common man should not know about. windows are all sealed and there's security on gents on the right. He considered them Collection we come across the closest thing to Thanks to its computerised referencing systems the door so should the worst happen I'll have to 'excessively pungent' but then he is a purist. organised religion at IC. Kneel and worship at the IC library provides an anonymous and fast call in the cavalry to get me out. Having left my The general periodical room on the west has an the heart of the scientific ideal. Yep it's the service to find those useful handbooks for portable satellite kit at home I head instead for excellent wide corridor between desks and Dennis Gabor Shrine. Busts, medals, Noble anarchy, illict satisfaction and addiction. the phones. There are two booths situated on shelves for holding sports events overnight prizes, bits of flat screen tellies, it's all there I used the on line keyword facility to try floor one, just up the steps from reception. The should you become trapped. The east side has behind glass cabinets which have signs saying and build up an inter-reference of particularly first (07715875200) stinks really badly. It's a secret doors to the north and the skeleton of 'do not touch the glass'. Noble prize medals interesting ideas. I played around for a bit cardphone so maybe its just the smell of the the old Haldane to Sherfield bridge, now bolted are remarkably similar to fish in this respect. before trying the sensual keywords evil workings of plastic I scuttle to the next up. The fortress-like windows here are great for An interesting man, Dennis was quoted combinations of SEX-RUBBER and SEX-OIL booth, just on the left as you enter the Haldane spying on summer crowds on the Queen's Lawn in one newspaper cutting as saying that the two but to no avail. SEX-TECHNOLOGY had three section. This one (07775895336) is much nicer, and firing arrows through. problems for humanity are boredom and close matches but unsurprisingly these were is a coin phone and probably a good place to Within the quietness of the library the impotence. He was obviously an IC professor all along the lines of genetic engineering or find a companion as the walls are covered with only place of action and sound is the through and through. women in science. The first useful answer messages from lonely hearts and there are photocopying room. A possible idea here appeared when two vital underlying concepts quotes too. "The mind is a terrible thing to could be to synchronise the copies for excellent were put together. SEX-DRUGS resulted in waste" - Martin Luther King. And I thought he'd strobing disco effects. Passing through into the LEVEL 4 'Drugs and Sexual Function' by M.Davies. Alas been shot, he must come in to read NME in the old Science Museum library, there is a At the end of our brief tour we climb the stairs the only copy was held at St. Mary's. After that there was obviously only one way to go. cool music bit. And if the Guardian Media conference centre on the left full of STS to Life Science and Management. It's secluded Supplement is occasionally stolen that's life. however SEX-DRUGS-ROCK and ROLL only students who seem curious when we appear at and very quiet and that probably accounts for managed to track down E.Stanford's 'the rock Sneaking through the columns of fiction I their door and scribble down notes whilst all the dark and sordid rumours that encircle and roll years...the Riddles designed War notice how good they are for pretending to be pointing. Keen minds. Just down and on the left the photocopy room. Well at least it could be Department'. Staying with substance abuse a private detective spying on young girls in the Oasis. More toilets, a little degenerate on called the Biology reproduction room. There's the next sequence was simpler reading Betjeman poems. That was my excuse our visit, but the superlative water fountain is not much else of interest up here. The access ADDICTION-DRUGS combined to give three anyway. In the north west through the stairwell here! This has the prime revision tables are on passage between Life Science and good leads; the journal of 'Addiction', the I find steps to a secret door. Staff Only. the left. I saved my degree here. Management has no lights and the walls 'British Journal of Addiction' and Hmmmm. There is a surreal lift sign asking you Further down the wall live the amusingly vibrate too. We don't stay long in Management. ItS HAfw IIIMWAI" ^BBLm coot «* Xce.tr *tmn Sonnedecker's 'Emergence of the concept of to note that if the lift has stopped someone may titled 'abstract tables'. Good joke there but they The final bell is tolling as nine o'clock is opiate addiction'. Finally in nihilist gloom I be trapped in it and just outside we discover the look pretty normal to me. There is also a A sT AcT T 6L£sW approaching. There's just enough time to JS; ALA** ft *tSwu?Sc«*'" 1 * * A tried ANARCHY-DEATH which surprisingly came Audio-Visual room. This has laser discs, video localised outbreak of electronic wizardry with read the cartoons stuck onto the librarian's back with the hopeful answer of 'Anarchy and players etc. and could be excellent; a great the soon to be installed 8 machine worldwide door. If you have any more on the theme of Culture; the problems of contemporary hang-out for the colleges' Beavis and Buttheads web cluster. There's also stacks of microfiche designing tree swings I'm sure that they university' (Hal 375). They'd obviously never but alas its for 'college purposes only'. The readers, CD-ROM machines and other equally would find a good home there. been to IC. agenda. Time to climb the stairs to level two. nameless yet 'democratic' systems. T ToaeT t oAtis-wATel MtflAirf © JoML COB d .

A Humanities library at IC? A Music library? the Humanities programme, the library more experienced listener are available to enable you to make the most of resources Yes, for decades Imperial has — like comparably began to provide course material, and The Haldane Collection and You on compact disc, cassette and LP, while (including databases) and to answer your specialised institutions, LSE and MIT - given its assumed the name of Haldane Library, jazz, folk and popular music (selected by queries, so please, ask them! They can help you members the opportunity to read widely beyond after R.B. Haldane (Viscount Haldane), a student union buyer) is mostly on use the library systematically, assist in tracking their subject, and to develop their recreational who had helped bring about the merger of cassette, with a CD collection beginning. down particular topics, and if necessary refer interests. The Haldane Collection provides all Imperial's constituent colleges. For several years collection, which embraces the wide-ranging, Survey, but also some town maps and a new Books and all the materials mentioned you to sources elsewhere. Like anyone else who this, and supports the taught courses and the formerly separate Haldane Library has been such as intellectual and cultural history, and the county street atlas series), and language courses above are listed in the Libertas computer has invested in education and professional broader cultural activities of the Humanities part of the Central Library, and its present more peculiar. Recent additions to the new on cassette, which may be borrowed. The Audio- catalogue, which is available over the network as training, they gain satisfaction from using their Programme. function is to support Humanities courses, books display-shelf include, for example, Peter Visual collection, including academic videos and well as in the library. There are additional experience and building on it, and in turn The Haldane Collection is on the first level provide other academic support material such as Gay's The Cultivation of Hatred and a video player, and the Patent. Office Training handouts on materials that are difficult to trace, provide a better service. So, if by your sixth visit, of the Central Library, with a comfortable English usage, and to offer a wide range of comprehensively illustrated history of Tula Package (an easy-to-use introduction to patents) and the library staff will always be pleased to you're still asking for the time or a pencil reading area overlooking the Queen's lawn. All extra-curricular reading matter on subjects of samovars. 1 hasten to add that there is also a on video laser disc, is also situated in the help. sharpener, and they appear a trifle glazed, try members of College may borrow from its stock current interest, as well as music and other Vauxhall Nova manual and a guide to the West Haldane Collection. The Haldane Collection is not merely a asking them to pursue quotations, illustrations, of 40,000 books, maps, music scores, and sound listening matter. Yorkshire Way! We are always glad to have your The Music Library of books, scores and repository, but a venue for live events too. Watch or the topic that eludes the keyword index. recordings, using the Central Library card. Subjects covered in die greatest depdi are suggestions for additions to the collection. sound recordings complements the energetic out for Anne Harvey and Gabriel Woolf reading Those, who ultimately get the most out of Opening hours are the same as for the rest of the mostly those in which courses are taught, such as Daily newspapers and more than 60 mdsical activity of Imperial. There is a good "This Excellent Machine", a programme of libraries are the ones who learn to use them Central Library. history, politics, philosophy and literature, as magazines and periodicals are available for selection of books (shelved in the main loan science-based poetry and prose on November 9, systematically, engage the help of the staff, and, The collection began as a student, union well as art and music. Travel and biography are reading in the library. The latter include Autocar books sequence and reference collection) and Joy Melville, introducing her biography "Mother of course, browse. The first person to let me know who wrote Back lo Bolivia can have fiction library (spurred on by H.G. Wells' well represented, and other subjects covered and Motor, Radio Times, Newsweek, and Which. printed music, including chamber music parts, of Oscar" [Wilde], with actress Gerardinc exhortation to students to show that they were include sport, humour, popular medicine, There are also periodicals that, support, taught instrumental solos, vocal scores, and miniature McDcrmottroe on November 28, and Josh Kirby, October's Private Eye when we've finished with "not barbarians"), and the Union still has a role psychology, feminism, crime, law, languages, courses, notably history journals, and the foreign scores. The most popular section of the music illustrator of Terry Pratchett's novels, talking it! in providing fiction, as well as popular music and consumer issues. A mere list of subjects, language magazines Stern and L'Express. "Non- library is undoubtedly recorded music. Classical about his work in the spring. Dr Janet Smith Haldaru; Librarian recordings. With the formation of what is now however, does not do justice to the interest of the book" holdings include maps (mostly Ordnance recordings of interest, to both the new and the And finally the library staff. They are here

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Monopoly from as far afield as Swansea and Edinburgh. Wine Tasting Prizes for the top teams and collectors will be Madness handed out. at. the Rag Meeting. The IC Wine Tasting Society is for everyone who enjoys drinking wine, and meets at 6pm This Saturday saw over a hundred Imperial Not a Mickey Mouse Collection! every Tuesday evening in the Union Dining Students rampage through the streets of Tonight we have a license to collect at the Hall. Each week we discuss a different topic, London in Rag's second big event, Live 'Walt Disney's World on Ice' at Wembley and taste wines relating to this. No prior Monopoly. Teams of four to six people ran Arena, for Turning point, the Drugs and knowledge is necessary as for each tasting around the various sites on the monopoly Alcohol rehabilitation society. Now whilst I there is a speaker who is an expert from wine board (which aren't as close as they previously know you probably aren't, thinking 'Wow! industry. thought!) solving clues along the way, while Disney on Ice!,' the show is good fun in its This first tasting of term was a very enter- trying to raise loads of money for Mencap. way and is a chance to collect, an awful lot of taining look at wine tasting technique, and an Bonus marks were gained for treasures money in a short time (last week one collector introduction to different styles of wines from picked up along the way, which included a got over £100!). If you want to do this please all over the world (some cheap enough for the load of Macdonalds balloons, a tax disc from a come to the Rag meeting today at 1.10pm in average student to afford and some not). Bentley and a Policeman's helmet. Points were the Union Lounge, opposite Da Vinci's. The next meeting on Tuesday 25th of also gained for carrying mascots including a October will be one of the best tastings of tlie variety of teddies, a traffic cone called Colin Over Land and Sea (and Canterbury) term and we strongly recommend you pay us a and a large Spanish onion. An extra twist was Yes folks, IC Rag offers you the chance to visit visit. It is on Spanish wines, and the visiting added by the roaming Jail Van, (Jez the R.C.S the historic City of Canterbury tomorrow, speaker will be Penny Drinkwater, a member fire engine), which whisked competitors off to completely FREE. Not. only will we be collect- of the Guild of Wine Writers and an interna- remote parts of the board. ing huge sums of money for BIBIC (the British tional wine judge. She is the author of a book This year the event was particularly close Institute for Brain-Injured Children), but also about cooking with garlic and has appeared on fought with all teams competing with amazing paying a visit to local university, where you T.V on "Eat your Greens". Along with wine, enthusiasm and collecting staggering amounts can see what might have been if you hadn't she will make for an enjoyable evening. of money bringing our total for the day to over come here, and possibly nick the odd sign £1000. The winning team was Team Bollocks (only joking officer/editor/Rector). who turned up looking particularly hungover Places on the raid are very limited, so if Earth Girls Are Easy and thus lost a member along the way. you want to come along, come to today's A good time was had by all who took part, meeting and sign up quick. On Tuesday 25th October at 7pm in the con- both during the day and later on during the cert hall, icsf are well pleased to dredge from free party, where they mingled with Raggies Trick or Treat at Covent Garden. the vaults that perennial classic 'Earth Girls Our next big event will Are Easy'. It's been a long time since I saw be a collection at this myself, so if I just limit this plug to the i J | | [ | J INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY Covent Garden market phrases 'What do you get if you cross Close and the nearby Tube Encounters with Grease?', 'Geena Davis in a stations, on Saturday swimsuit' and 'A very hairy Jeff Goldblum in a 29th October. 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THE (TlGnU muddy waters dammed In a case still to be heard by the RSPCA the single reviewers are accused of cruelty to an endangered species. Yes Alice the Music used to be impolite. It didn't Start listening to Motocaster's Cuddly Panda is forced to listen to Shampoo. How evil? say 'thank you' and 'please'. It second album, 'Stay Loaded', and didn't say much at all, it just kicked you'd be forgiven for thinking that tintin is whipped up in the Shockwave of the jon spencer you in the stomach and stole your this was merely a good excuse to blues explosion, Vik tackles the medium obscurities of wallet. But that was punk and this is play songs influenced by cult guitar Motorcaster and Die Toten Hosen, while Cool-Hand Luke now. And now we're post-modern. bands. sees Fun-da-mental live at North London Uni. It's something that the John 'The Buddha' sounds like The spencer blues explosion appear Fall with balls, while 'The Habit' We get two for the price of none as Fiona checks out Friday to have understood. Their new builds on a riff taken from the Jesus nights at the imaginatively named 9 Club and then goes album, 'orange' comes in lower Lizard school book. That's midweek at Starsky and Hutch. Hurray for bushy wigsll case characters on a shiny silver something Motocaster should cover of marketing purity. Inside is definitely kick since as the album Patrick Wood takes on Das Rheingold and Die Walkure, a coiled stream of immediacy. Put progresses too many of the songs it on and you're prepared for action part of Wagner's Ring Cycle suffer from the, 'Oh, they're going as jon shrieks out and cuts in to to ram a single, filthy riff down my Serial lawyers are on the cards as magpie looks over the new action. throat' prediction. Still it's quite 'Grisham film' the Client, and tintin relives the gjljories of So is it Blues? Not the interesting listening, what with the Camelot as seen in the awful Lancelot du Lac. traditional sort 'cos history's dead. Nirvana-style harmonies on No, this is post-modern blues in the 'Uranus' and the metallic jam of same way that Come are; intense 'Motorolla Blues'. But they'll have to with all the right riffing but plunder a bit more effectively next 01 rot a l ion: panda pan*! seemingly little content. But if you time if they're going to rise above want some self-referential the glut of power-chord laden, American trios doing the rounds at Terrorvision - treatment, get a load of the 'blues X the moment. Third time lucky? (6) a lice what's the matter? man' complete with Tom Waites Ik],- I love the intro. Yeah, re^K backgrounds vocals and slashing It will be umpteenth time lucky chord structures. A fashion for German band Die Toten statement? Swing out with Hosen, if they break through in this and therefore completely and 'bellbottoms'. country with their stop-gap, mini- . ;t,11 Of course this isn't really a album, 'Put Your Money Where Your problem, 'orange' is a young album, Mouth Is'. They're trying their best, sgOtswef? which is as full of swaggering rock as mind, mixing melodic punk instrumental wit as nervous energy. ('Lovesong'), Midnight Oil-style ||upergrass - caught by the fuzz R The first time you let it go, Whammm, socio-political anthems ('My Land') it's a (9). Equally significant is when and out-and-out mod ('Long way fk); It this sort of classic album is reduced to from Liverpool'). Unfortunately the early '80s punk an (8) by any play thereafter. (8) guitars and drums are mixed way too low to allow for any real bite, but they have a sense of humour rt ears of kutharine, bud and this should see them going down a storm when they tour with those japesters, Terrorvision. (6) So it goes. Freshers' Balls must be mass-produced to ensure the fkatherine]; this is distinctly maximum amount of tedium, guaranteed every time. It doesn't matter where they are, they all (helen-louise), the melody is have the same identikit stink of cheap bear, cheaper thrills and the obligatory bargain-basement lust. Fun-da-mental's onslaught of right-on rap did its best to keep us interested, but they were always on to a loser. They got up; they got down; they wriggled around while they were down (the kids looked politely interested). They sweated Tne singing 9'v* and screamed; threw in musical influences with wild abandon and generally rapped their PC little I hearts out. The problem, you see, is that live Fun-da-mental are distinctly average. They're so earnest that bad that its brilh you really want them to be better, : but like so many rap acts, they iz : promise a twenty-dollar smile but only ever give you spare change. 0

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For people with too much taste for situations Hammersmith Palais, here are the first of my recommendations for While 'the Firm' and 'the Pelican IC's late night dancing crowd. On Brief failed to capture John Fridays, Barely Breaking Even at Grisham's writing, the Client is Club 9, is a must. By far the best probably the best of the adaptions local club, at £4 for NUS/UB40 so far onto the silver screen. this is truly a bargain. Surprisingly Its plot revolves around Mark unpretentious for Kensington, it Sway, an eleven year old boy who also gets my top award for knows too much. When Mark and friendliest door woman his younger brother, Ricky, sneek congratulations Bijal! - and the into the woods for a smoke, they welcome extends thru'out this see a man attaching a hose to the excellently decorated venue. The exhaust pipe of his car with the ground floor chill out room plays obvious intent of committing jazzy tunes to chat to; move suicide. The man turns out to be a downstairs for the action. Drinks Mafia lawyer who, during his last are standard club prices: £2 a shot minutes, tells Mark about a killer or £2.50 for beers, so you may and the whereabouts of the body well want to fill up at the Union of a prominent Senator. before grabbing a few friends and A federal prosecutor named piling over for some excellent 'Reverend' Roy Foltrigg (Tommy danceable funk and boogie tunes Lee Jones) wants Mark to tell him spun by DJs Ben, sweet Pete and where the body is hidden, while Leslie O. I defy anyone to keep off the Mafia want him to keep quiet. the dancefloor here, and In desperation Mark goes to a exhibitionists wear white as it's lit lawyer, Reggie Love played by with UV. Superb wall hangings Susan Sarandon, for help. She and a wandering saxophonist add takes on the FBI and manages to the perfect finish to this packed deal with their subversive out, fashionable club. techniques to persuade Mark to tell them everything. Club 9 is situated at 9 Young Street (just off High St Ken). As a screen play the Client is Hometime munchies are available extremely close to the book, and all night just round the corner at has more suspense than other Crispins. John Grisham adaptions. If you Midweek, Starsky and have read the book you will be Hutch upstairs at Ronnie Scotts, ^ teutonic upgrading surprised about the film. It has an Soho, is a personal favourite. A excellent plot that is little changed. complete lack of pretentiousness If you wanted to know where coupled with everybody's best The first half of the Royal Opera's new Ring cycle is a failure. But that's Monty Python got the idea for their loved 70's Funk make this the certainly not the whole story. Richard Jones' new productions of Das classic film, the Holy Grail, from ideal venue for its young sociable Rheingold and Die Walkure are more courageous and interesting than the film to endure is Lancelot du party crowd. DJ's Andy G and Kris the last two Wagner offerings from this house. Prettified and empty Lac. Although it strangely spin what are, in my opinion, the stagings of Der fliegende Hollander and Die Meistersinger won critical managed to win the Cannes best funk tunes in town. A roomy raves in other quarters, and Jones too could have played safe. Instead he festival in 1974, (interesting the seating area makes conversation has rejected the winged helmets and all the Tolkienesque paraphernalia Holy Grail was released in 1975), easy, and you'll find plenty of it, usually associated with these works. He'll have known the risks he was its 35mm reissue can only be while the dancefloor is rarely running and sure enough a river of vilification poured down from the assumed to be a horrible faux pas. empty. The staffs' student friendly gallery when he took his curtain call. The opening scene cuts to a attitude is indicated by the free There are some good ideas. Alberich wears his ring on a huge broadsword fight. One knight jugs of cold water available along detachable fist. When he turns into a dragon, he is hoisted into the air manages to chop the other's head the bar and the generous drinks like an enormous jack-in-the-box, with his trousers uncoiling below him. clean off, which results in a prices (£1.60 for Becks to £2 for The giants Fasolt and Fafner are Siamese twins, their torsos joined. veritable fountain of gushing red stronger beers). Lap up the free In Walkure, Fricka makes an effective departure in a lead-coloured water. Next the victorious knight whistles and lollies, while those limousine that looks like a life-size Monopoly token. There is certainly swings at someone else's helmet - best dressed in 70's gear win free room for humour and even mockery (Wotan's spear is a one-way street cue for more fountains of red copies of Telstar's new Acid Jazz road sign), but Jones seems to have been unwilling or unable to trust in water spouting everywhere. By this CD. Mention my name and the potency of Wagner's own ideas. It's as if he's decided that these days point the assembled critics in the entrance is JUST £3. Night buses we're all too sophisticated for this dungeons and dragons stuff, and he press showing were howling with are 10 minutes walk away at simply fails to think of anything exciting to do at great moments such as laughter and I was waiting for Piccadilly, and there are a the descent to Nibelheim or the deaths of Siegmund and Hunding. some smart aleck to start on the plethora of late night eating Bernard Haitink and his orchestra seem unconvinced and the playing only Black Knight sketch; "well it's only places nearby, with Bar Italia intermittently rises above the perfectly acceptable. The net result is that a scratch", "only a scratch I've just opposite and Compton's what are potentially some of the greatest passages in opera fall cut your arm off" etc. wonderful sandwiches round the unforgivably flat. The good news is that the singing is excellent, Basically it's the worst french corner. Grab a crowd and have a particularly that of John Tomlinson's Wotan and Ekkehard Wlaschiha's film I have ever seen.© great night out. Q Alberich. ©

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2I0CT94 FELIX MM STOIC Schedule week ending 28/10/92 What's the big idea then? A bit like "Don't forget your toothbrush", only we don't give away Chris Evans and we can't afford holidays (?) SlElVlE N Simon Says filmed last year, featuring an interview with Frank Bruno, where he gives his views on everything from pantomime to sex. As Seen On T.V. Award winning short drama about what happens if you watch too much television. lUfSDflT TtiUBSDflT Leonard RossHer Interview STOIC delves into the archives once again, fPIDflT SflTUPDflT SUNDAY AOflDflT WfDnfSDflT to recover this interview with the star of Rising Damp. Monday Wednesday Friday IC Sailing Club 12.30- Japan Soc 12-2pm GO Club 12-2pm I.C. Labour Club Roller Blade Soc 2pm Aerobics Classes Aerobics Classes 12:00/6:00 12:00/6:00 12:00/6:00 12.30pm 1.30pm Weekly meeting, Ante {,Play the game more Guide 12.30pm Skating and Hockey in 12.30pm What's the big idea then? What's the big idea then? What's the big idea then? Come along and sign up Room (R) info:j.dratwa @ph,Brown Meeting to finalise tomor- Hyde Park/Kensington Intermediate level III, SG Body Toning level I, SG (R) 12:30/6:30 Simon Says 12:30/6:30 Simon Says 12:30/6:30 Simon Says to go sailing! SL (R) Roller Blade Soc Committee Room (R) row's arrangements, Gdns. Meet at SL (R) (R) Artsoc 12.30-1.30pm 12.15pm Aerobics Classes Southside Upper Lounge I.C. Labour Club Roller Blade Soc 2pm Meeting, tickets -"Romeo Quasar Club 12.30pm STOIC broadcasts to the Meeting for existing and 12.30pm Tuesday Thursday ICU Rag 1.10pm Takes on the Sloane Skating and Hockey in & Julia" and "The Queen Meeting Southside Upper Times JCR, DaVincis, Beit, and prospective members at Legs,Turns & Bums level I, 12:00/6:00 12:00/6:00 Rag Meeting EL (R) Ranger. Help us Canvas Hyde Park/Kensington and I", Union Dining Lounge (R) (R) Regular Meeting Princes Gardens halls of SL (R) SG (R) What's the big idea then? What's the big idea then? Aerobics Classes in Sloane Square! Gdns. Meet at SL (R) Hall.(R) Golf Club 1.30pm residence. Quasar Club 12.45pm Y.H.A. 12.30pm 12:30/6:30 Leonard 5.30pm Exploration Society lst meeting Southside Bar Places 12:30/6:30 Leonard Quasar Trip meet at Weekly meeting, SL (R). Rossiter Interview Advanced Step level IV, 1pm Upper Lounge or contact (SG) Southside Gym Rossiter Interview Adam Torry, x53778 Sherfield Building (R), UL Yacht Club 1pm SG (R) Meeting at Southside (SL) Southside 12:50/6:50 As Seen on T.V. 12:50/6:50 As Seen on T. V. William Waldergrave Physics LT2 (R) Opsoc 7.30pm Upper Lounge (R) Photographic Society At other times of the day, STOIC will show the One O'clock News, Neighbours, MP 1pm Parachute Club 1pm Lounge Audition for Cabaret, Aerobics Classes 1pm ConSoc. Mech Eng 668 Meeting in Table Tennis (UB) Union Building Star Trek : TNG and Mtv. Concert Hall (R) 5.30pm Meeting, SL (R) (UG) Union Gym Features currently in production include: Beginners level I, SG (R) Aerobics Classes Aerobics Classes Room, UB (R) (UL) Union Lounge Concert Band 5.45- 5.30pm 1.15pm Aerobics Classes Red Hot Stoic, our slightly madcap guide to student cookery. Beginners/Inter, level I I, 5.30pm (EL) Ents Lounge 7.15pm Advanced level IV, SG (R) Dan's Guide to the Internet, How to make the network of networks work for you. Rehearsal. Open to play- Dance Soc 6pm SG (R) Intermediate level III, SG (JCR) Junior Common The Hamster Christmas Carol, Piers & Bruce let you inside their minds. Danger! ers of any ability, Great Absolute beginners, JCR STOIC Training 2-8pm (R) Room How to use a TV studio Hall (R) (R) Christian Union 6.30pm (SMHMS) St. Mary's If you are interested in television in any shape or form, or merely want to make a and why. 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FELIX is produced for and on behalf of Imperial College Union Publications Board. It is printed by the Imperial College Union Print Unit, Prince FELIX Consort Road, London SW7 2BB {Tel: 0171 594 8072, Fax: 0171 589 4942). Editor: Owain Bennallack. Copyright FELIX 1994. ISSN 1040-0711 022 FELIX I40CT91 Sport

Reports Sport ICTeam Score Opposition

Football Men 3 - 0 UCL

Netball S Football 0 Tennis Men 6 - 0 UCL IC 1st vs UCL 1st ICMenlstvsUCL Football Women 1 - 10 LH/QMW The first quarter was close with It. was with high expectations diat both teams eager to make a good IC made the long trip to play Football Women 1 - 5 UCL start. However UCL began to pull UCL on Saturday and we were away, taking advantage of our not to be disappointed. After 10 Netball Women 13-44 UCL lack of experience in playing minutes, IC's superior skill and together, and soon established a determination led to our first, goal Rugby 2nd XV 12 - 22 UCL good lead. of die match. Decoy runs by the Despite IC winning the last full-backs Ben Willis and Rich quarter and keeping a positive Craig left the opportunity for Wai attitude right to the end, UCL Kwok to send an inch-perfect Extra Time went on to win the match. cross to Tim Lewis who headed With many first and second the ball Shearer-like past the I'm the brand new Sports Editor alphabetical approach is used. team fixtures coming up, we look helpless keeper. Some strange for FELIX. The idea, for this The other part contains the forward to seeing any keen refereeing led to Mike Jarvis year, is to have one page in every reports of the matches. These players at practices, Thursday 12 stripping on the touchline, issue dedicated to die sport results refer to the results in the table. - 2pm on the netball court next to however the last, laugh was with for the week. Because results This means that, the reports for Linstead Hall. Mike as the Ref felt, distinctly which are one week out, of date those who play on Wednesdays under-endowed. After 10 minutes are of less interest, the sport teams have to be given in the same day! of more possession football, we will be operating to a different, Those playing earlier in the week LU felt it. was time to extend our lead deadline than for those submitting have a bit more time but I still Football and after a Giggs-like sliney (?! - articles. The sport page will be need the articles by Wednesday done on the Wednesday evening evening (before 8pm). The length ICWAFC vs ua Ed.) by Ike Ombala, he found himself in space 25 yards out, and to go into the issue 2 days later. of the reports will have to depend As per usual, the Dribblers were sent a spectacular curling shot This means that current results on how many I receive. short of players, by two this time, into the top right corner: two - can be reported. It also means I know that I'm not giving having been let down by four nil. A third goal came soon after that I need to be certain that I will much time for people to write up, ladies. Never the less, we went out when Tim Lewis again headed be given enough material to fill a but, I'm afraid this is the price to page as by then most, of FELIX on the pitch hungry for goals. the ball home after a delightful pay in order to get up to date is already printed and there is no Neither team scored for cross from Bill "Kebab". results printed. I also need to be margin for change. about 30 minutes, until a The second half consisted of 100% confident that I will have deflection off our right, back's the IC back four soaking up As you can see, there are 2 enough materials to get a full page knee went passed our keeper, pressure and die midfield and parts in the page: done by the end of Wednesday (I who was new to the job. attack breaking regularly to try to One part is presented as a won't be writing such a big We held up very well in the. increase the lead. Some dreadful table with the results. Hopefully, editorial every week, so I need second half, putting the pressure finishing by Wai and Bill only we will get all the results, for all more articles!). If it is not. the on them, but unfortunately stopped them. Hopes are now teams in all sports played case, then that will be the end of missed several chances. Despite high for IC in both the UAU and during the week. This hasn't, been the Sports Page. It, is not easy to get a page done at. the last minute soine excellent defending, they the League. the case this week, but, thanks to scored 4 more goals. Late, in the, all those who have given us their and it requires a lot of second half, Erica ran up the left results. I hope that more teams organisation. wing, beat their keeper and put. Rugby HI will do so next week. All that I If you've got any comment, or the ball in the back of the net. We need is a phone call on want to ask anything, come and managed to gain a few free kicks OndXVffiUCl Wednesday evening (before 8pm, see me in FELIX or just leave a and corners, but, they didn't pay so that 1 can finish the page before message if I'm not, in. off. For the second week running we 3am!) telling us your sport:, team, Thanks to all who played, couldn't, quite put. a performance opponent's team and the score. Juliette Decock 100% effort! good enough to win a UAU group For those wondering about the Sports Editor match. Conceding two tries in order the teams appear in the each half, IC could only manage table, this is how they are two scores of their own in the last, arranged: The winning IC teams quarter of an hour. Christophe Sugden powered his way over from a metre out, after some good work by the pack. The second IC try came courtesy of Mark Wishart after a scintillating run by Aled Bowen. Unfortunately this was not enough and IC succumbed by the margin of 22-12.

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