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SAVE STUDENTS UNIONS Storm of protest over AREA RALLY TODAY Assemble outside Union at 2 p.m. NATIONAL DEMO THIS FRIDAY Still a few tickets left for cheap coaches Endsleigh insurance claims See the Deputy President Level 6. A major row has broken out bet­ There is still a close relationship IT'S UP TO YOU. ween Endsleigh Insurance, the between Endsleigh and N.U.S. The company which claims to represent circular states that they still claim “the entire membership of the their “special relationship exploits National Union of Students” and a every opportunity to obtain a near * * S f highly reputable firm of Insurance monopoly position on the campus Brokers, E. Harrison, Ltd., over of the large Universities, encourag­ allegations that their national ing young student officials to co­ advertising is misleading. operate in establishing this situa­ SAVE In a letter circulated to the tion.” STUDENTS Editors of all student newspapers The advertisement shows a sign­ UNIONS and insurance journals, the Manag­ post directing students towards ing Director, Mr Alan Broad, of the Endsleigh or “Rooksville,” this Mr AREA RALLY company outlines his concern about Broad claims implies that all brok­ TODAY the offending advertisement which Assemble outside Union ers, and, therefore, by implication, at 2 p.m. was carried on the front page of all other insurance companies are NATIONAL DEMO National Student, the readership of engaged in “rooking” students. THIS FRIDAY which, he claims exceeds 200,000. His final comment is that they Still a few tickets left for The text of the advertisement have personal knowledge of over cheap coaches states that “ Only Endsleigh offer four hundred firms of brokers hav­ See the Deputy President exclusive low premium insurance ing dealings with students in a “per­ Level 6. for students, graduates and fectly respectable manner.” It must IT'S UP TO YOU. academics.” E. Harrison Ltd., are be pointed out though that some quick to counter this claim, pointing students can be taken in by disre­ out that there are many insurance putable insurance companies which companies who could provide you often canvas, without permission, * * * with this, and advice can always be around halls of residence. obtained from bona fide Insurance Brokers. Mr Broad calls the advertisment At one time Endsleigh Insurance “despicable.” Endsleigh them- SAVE The controversial advert STUDENTS UNIONS AREA RALLY TODAY Assemble outside Union at 2 p.m. NATIONAL DEMO THIS FRIDAY St. James Park Still a few tickets left for cheap coaches See the Deputy President Level 6. violence hits ITS UP TO YOU.

Endsleigh’s Newcastle Office was owned by N.U.S. however in selves were approached by Courier SAVE 1977 N.U.S. Marketing collapsed to comment upon this. However, students and Endsleigh was sold off. They their local office did not wish to Earlier this month Newcastle tered glass began falling around house. As one of the ’ students,, Jim STUDENTS are now owned by two insurance comment as they said that an offical United fans witnessed their team them. Approximately 15 windows Campbell, lifted him off the ground he got a kick in the eye from apup- UNIONS companies ‘Gouda' (of Holland) reply would be circulated. To this beating Sheffield Wednesday 1 -0 at were broken in Garnett House and AREA RALLY and ‘Friends Provident’ whose date Courier has not received it, St. James’ Park. You would expect a similar number in Embleton and porter. Steve Hanford was in hospi­ Lake. Some of the students from tal for four days with multiple bruis­ TODAY policies E. Harrison, Ltd., claim therefore, we are not able to publish this to make the home fans happy. Assemble outside Union Endsleigh have to sell wherever their answer to these allegations. However, a small proportion of Garnett who went out to try to stop ing, stitches in his head and a dam­ at 2 p.m. possible. Hilary Newman them picked a strange way to cele­ the mob were surrounded by the aged kidney. NATIONAL DEMO brate. crowd and one of them, fourth-year This is not the first time that an THIS FRIDAY As the students of Garnett House student Steve Hanford was incident like this has happened at Still a few tickets left for and Embleton House in Leazes attacked. Leazes Terrace. This season how­ cheap coaches Terrace’ which overlooks the foot­ ever, the Leazes Terrace residents See the Deputy President No 2.00 He was surrounded by about Level 6. ball ground, started to watch the told ‘Courier’ that it is the worst soccer results, bricks were hurled twelve youths who kicked him on incident that they can remember in IT'S UP TO YOU. Inside a.m. through the windows. the ground for about one minute years. before some of the Garnett resi­ The first thing that the occupants Dominic Dolan P2. News, News in Brief knew of the trouble was when splin - dents could bring him into the and Viewpoint. license P3. Cartoon, Courier The Union Xmas Party due to be Cook, Personal Col­ held on the 12th December has hit umn. licencing problems. SAVE P4. Courier Special Report So far only a midnight bar has Leaving N.U.S. ^STUDENTS been granted and an application for on Religious Sects. a 2.00 a.m. license has been re­ A General Meeting of Students at organisation which was said to be the government’s new proposals, UNIONS P5. Letters, Gobstopper, submitted. Herriot-Watt University in Edin­ ignored by a national government the University Grants Committee AREA RALLY Science Column. If the re-submission is unsuc­ burgh has voted to disaffiliate from and, therefore, redundant in fight­ would not provide money which TODAY cessful them a refund will be given the National Union of Students. ing for student causes. was no longer needed for N.U.S. Assemble outside Union P6. & P7.. Reviews o f Tin to those who have already bought At the meeting, which was subscriptions and (b) that students at 2 p.m: Drum, Scottish Opera, It was further stated that the tickets. attended by less than three hundred National Executive of the N.U.S. would be ignored even further if NATIONAL DEMO Visions of Simone The headlining band is the under-graduates, the motion to was unrepresentative because only they did not have a representative THIS FRIDAY Machard, Ballet, Motels with Arthur 2 Stroke and withdraw from the N.U.S. was pas­ national organisation. Still a few tickets left for two Tories had been elected to it. cheap coaches What’s On, Competi­ one other act supporting. sed by 250 votes to 30. See the Deputy President Newcastle is one of only six dates The motion made a number of There was little credence given to Five Scottish Universities have tion Result. now voted to leave the National Level 6. the Motels are playing this year, so claims, the first of which was that the opposing arguments that (a) the IT'S UP TO YOU. P8. Sport. tickets for this year's Xmas Party disaffiliation would save £9,000 a Union would not receive the £9,000 Union of Students. are likely to be in great demand. year, the cost of membership of an it would ostensibly save as, under Steven Swift

NEWCASTLE'S ONLY POSTER SHOP AND THE ONLY POSTER SHOP IN THE WORLD WITH OVER 6000 TITLES IN STOCK, POP, ROCK, ART, HUMOR, BIKES ETC. BADGES 20p to 50p. All this and lots ARCADIA PATCHES 45p to £2.50. SCARVES £1. Over 2000 SEW ON PATCHES. Different GREETINGS more only 250 OFF PERCY STREET I CARDS without greetings. 3000 BADGES also badge making service. NEARLY NEW REKORDS metres from this KARD BAR Union Six Days 9.30 to BOUGHT & SOLD. VIDEOS, JUKE BOX, PIN BALLS. 5.30 2 THE COURIER Wednesday, 26th November, 1980 Will You Be The 14th Victim ?

A Newcastle student is home at night alone. on demand to ferry girls bet­ should be found on campus, are hoping to arrange better in places such as Benwell and one of three people who Students have been told to ween the Union and halls of where any girl could spend the lighting in the streets and Fenham. It is advised to find gave West Yorkshire no longer consider themselves residence. Double-decker buses night if she could find no way around the University and someone walking back to the a race apart, for although most are also being provided 'gratis’ of getting home. Another idea especially by the halls or resi­ same place as you, even if it Police a description of a of the Ripper’s victims have and the stewards who travel on which arose was that of a car dences several miles from the means using the tannoy in the man seen around the been prostitutes, the last two these will walk the girls from service, voluntarily supplied by centre, Leeds Polytechnic for Union. area where the York­ girls were both at a University. the bus stops to their door­ those students with cars after example, has a site three miles However, it must be shire Ripper’s latest This underlines the fact that he steps. they had been carefully vetted from the town, at Beckett Park remembered that the Ripper is is no longer bothered about A meeting was held last Fri­ by the Union, to drive girls which is a heavily wooded not the only man who has ever murder was committed. who he picks upon. day asking students to put from place to place. area, and the University have attacked girls. Incidents take He is Jes Donaldson from forward their ideas on safety. some halls further away than place all the time. The Union Sadly, no woman or girl can In Bradford and Leeds they Longbenton, a first-year stu­ believe herself safe and last Jt was suggested that a place that. has asked the University police dent at Leeds University. week’s attack has frightened They are also trying to to patrol the worst areas more arrange for the late night bus regularly, but they cannot do “ I passed a man who looked this realisation into students. service to be resumed, a very nervous. His eyes were Many female students travelled so unless they are informed home last weekend and 12 request that was denied last about any incidents, however moving about. I had a good year on the grounds that it was minor. It is asked that you look at his face. He was about have already moved from the not economically viable. contact either Mrs Stewart, 5ft. 8in. with dark hair and a hall of residence where the The police have been asked Welfare Services Officer or droopy moustache. dead girl lived. to patrol the area more regu­ Hilary Newman c/o the Gen­ “ His clothes stuck in my Although the Universities larly, and to put more police eral Office, Level Six, of the mind because he was drably and Polytechnics in the ‘on the beat’ late at night. Union Building in such a situa­ dressed." Leeds/Bradford area have Even before this latest tion and it will be treated with been warning their students of The descriptions have since attack, students have been the stricest confidentiality. the dangers for several years, warned continually. At the But precaution is better than led to the re-issue of the photo­ they have accelerated a big fit picture released after the first year’s Conference this cure and it is always best to campaign to tighten up sec­ year new students were given avoid, whenever possible being murder of Barbara Leach in urity. Bradford last year. precautionary literature that in a place alone where there is Throughout the day students has been recirculated since last evan a small risk of attack. After fourteen months since are reminded of the foolishness week. The cost of a taxi is better than the last brutal killing by the of walking anywhere alone Despite all these measures the cost of a life. Yorkshire Ripper, everyone after dark, by the use of regu­ there is still no guarantee of Students who fear being the has silently hoped that he lar announcements over the absolute safety. Jacky Hill victims of an attack can have would nnever make another tannoys and mass distrubution was only a few hundred yards lessons in self-defence in an attack. So it was with bitter­ of posters and leaflets. from her hall of residence in a 8-week course run by the Uni­ ness and frustration that the Girls have been advised to well-lit street, the attack taking versity. country learned of the murder attend self-defence classes and place reasonably early in the A mixed class is run on of a twenty-year-old student, the Leeds University Union evening. Tuesdays and women only ses­ Jacky Hill, from Leeds Univer­ shop is selling gas-filled Although the Ripper has not sions on Thursdays in the Bar- sity last week. screecher alarms. The Union struck as yet up here, Newcas­ ras Bridge Refectory at 5.30 Tragically it seems that peo­ has also arranged for a rota tle is also warning its students p.m. ple were lulled into a false system of male students to of the risks of being out alone Further information is sense of security, believing that accompany female students to late at night especially in the available from the P.E. after such a long time they and from any night functions quiet areas between Castle Centre. were once again safe to walk and mini-buses are provided JACKY HILL Leazes and the University, and Sara Stewart

ment proposals on the future of receiving “Capitation fees” for unlike trades unions, provide cat­ student unions' financing which each student from these ering, bars, entertainments, sports Protest to threatens the whole future of the Authorities, each union will have facilities, societies and many other unions. to negotiage for a share of the facilities, and are not simply rep­ The University’s, union build­ “Block grant” paid to their parent resentative or political entities. survive ing will be closed from 1.00 p.m. institution. The march will set off from the News A protest march through and marchers will assemble out­ The scheme seems to be a polit­ University union, go round the The annual S.C.A.N. Col­ Research Fund to support two side, ready to move off at 2.00 ical attack on the unions and centre of Newcastle, and finish lection takes place on Fri­ years research by Dr. G. L. Toms Newcastle is to be held by p.m. would endanger their future, their with a rally at the Polytechnic into Immunity Studies in collab­ students from throughout The Department of Education autonomy and fail to provide union. It is hoped that as many day, 28th November. oration with the Dept, of Child the Tyne and Wear area and Science is planning to change public accountability. students as possible will support It aims to help local charities Health and the Dept, of the system of union financing by What is not generally recon- the demonstration. and organisations whose resources Haematology. today. are not only limited, but who have The protest is against Govern­ Local Authorities. Instead of gnised is that student union, Speakers from the National Executive of the National Union difficulty in raising funds. Assis­ tance for women in need, the The Ministry of Defence is to give of Students and local trades a Supplementary Research Grant unions concerned with education homeless or the elderly is not easy. They are not easy, popular causes. of £5,229 towards a project enti­ are to address the rally-, immedi­ tled 'The Stress Corrosion Tests ately after the march. Many projects are funded on Tyneside through “ inner city On Copper Alloy’ under the A national demonstration will direction of Prof. R. N. Parkins of be held in London on Friday, partnership” funds. All are threatened to a greater or lesser the Dept, of Metallurgy and 28th November. Engineering Materials. Juliet Holland extent by the withdrawal of funds to the local authority by central ******** government. An appearance at the Days of the most valuable form of traing- Volunteers can collect their tins Hope bookshop last Saturday by ing is- a continuous process of from the S.C.A.N. Shop. Remember Friday, 28th Tony Benn afforded a rare insight accumulated experience, the into present events in the Labour actual Nightline duty is sup­ November, from 8.00 a.m. Party, and the role which Mr plemented by informative talks on onwards you can help to assist Benn himself will be playing in it. specific problems given by mem­ those who have even less than stu­ Mr Benn, signing copies of his bers of organisations, sucn as the dents. book, “ Arguments For Social­ Samaritans. ism,” which is written from his There is no. selection proce­ own experiences in the hope that it dure as such, but Nightline relies Two lecturers have been appointed from 1st January to the will encourage others to look at on self-selection. Volunteers have their own lives, and come to the usually questioned themselves Faculty of Agriculture: Mr M. S. Hankey is to lecture in Animal same conclusions as himself, said before they join as to whether that he had decided to stand for they feel they can deal with certain Production and Mr D. S. Parker is to join the Dept, of Agric. election to the Shadow Cabinet. calls. Personal philosophies have However, although he sup­ to be suppressed because what is Biochemistry and Nutrition. ******** ported an electoral college to select Stephenson Clarke Ship- cargo ship, m.v. Harting, above) is the fifth Cle- important is what is best for the the Leader of the Party, he would ping Ltd., celebrated their built at Cleland Shipyard, land’s launch in the past caller. Just over £20,000 has been under no circumstances stand in 250th anniversary with the Wallsend. three years. A certain amount of commit­ awarded by the Leukaemia an election against Michael Foot. launching of their new The Harting (pictured ment is needed to be a regular Nightline helper. Ideally a volun­ teer signs up for a duty once can, however, suggest possible every 7-15 days. More than once alternatives in coping; with a a week and the volunteers can Bike Thefts Grow situation that perhaps had not tire, but volunteers sleep next to The University Police are ing up. crossed the caller's mind. the ’phones, the duty can be Figures from the University stressful — even if the ’phone concerned at the number Police reveal that the number of As a listening service Nightline of bicycles being left unat­ tries to help people help them­ does not ring, expending it to REPORTED losses is now rising selves, but some problems require ring can keep you on edge. tended during the day year by year. In 1978 only 27 specialised knowledge in which chained to the Archways at bicycles were reported stolen; in Newcastle Nightline has sympathy and understanding, When it does ring you have to 1979 this figure doubled to 56 realising that it is a difficult thing case the callers are encouraged to give the caller 100% concentra­ the entrance to the quad­ and this year looks like going been running for almost for someone to ring in and admit seek expert help. This is entirely tion. You cannot listen to the cal­ rangle. even higher. five years. As a joint ven­that something is wrong. voluntary and of course they are ler properly with a blase attitude Students should be aware that The thieves who normally in no way dismissed if they do not or if your mind is on other things. by leaving their machines under ture between the University Student life can cause great want to ao so. operate at night have as their and the Polytechnic it is an emotional unheaval and this can It takes a great deal of effort to the Arches they are exposing prime targets the bicycle racks show patience and understanding. them to the possiblility of damage beneath Claremont Tower, the anonymous telephone listin- create all sorts of problems, prob­ Volunteers respect the callers Even when Nightline some­ lems that are diffuclut to explain wish to remain anonymous, this as well as theft. Agricultural building and the ing service run by times receives hoax calls, these Bike-theft is reaching alarming Arch. Equipped with wire-cutters, to peoply you know. The cliche being the main advantage of a are not dismissed — Nightline students for students. “A problem shared is a problem telphone service. However, some proportions, and is now a regular screwdrives and often waiting volunteers have a sense of hazard for cyclists wishing to vans they do a roaring business. Volunteers man the 'phones halved" is not a cliche for allers can benefit from talking to humour too. nothing. Just talking to someone someone face-to-face so they are leave their cycles in the Univer­ Last year one thief, who had every night of term between 8.00 sity grounds. been caught red-handed owned p.m. and 6.00 a.m. and they must else can help a caller sort out invited into the Nightline office Nightline needs volunteers. The his/her thoughts. The volunteer tendency is for the service to be Christmas time is usually a rich up to 36 previous thefts around be prepared for any sort of call. where a separate room is set aside harvest for the bike thieves, most Some of the calls are requests can offer an objective view help­ for private chats. kept running by a small number the University and Polytechnic. ing the caller obtain a clearer of regular helpers. They only do it of whom are aged only 12-16. He was on leave from Borstal. for information because Nightline Police warn any bicycle-owners to is an information service as well view of his/her problem. At all times the confidentiality because they want to do it, but an The University Police, in co­ of the calls and the anonymity of increase in the number of volun­ be especially wary during the fes­ operation with the City Police do as a listening service. The phone Volunteers are not experts and tive season and to make sure their room1 has a file of information on the callers are emphasised. No teers would ease the load consid­ their best to combat the growing do not pretend to be. They are information about Nightline calls erably. cycles are secured to something hazard i but only having six men a whole range of subjects in order just ordinary students with a con­ is given to anyone without the with thick chains. Combination avaialable at any one time, are to help the volunteer deal with cern for other people. They do express permission of the caller. New helpers are always wel­ locks, wire coils and thin-link unable to be everywhere at the these calls. not solve people's- problems and New volunteers cannot be come. If you are interested chains are no guarantee against same time. They do, however, act However, most of the calls do not give advice because they expected to know how to deal ’phone Nightline after 8 p.m. one theft, and it is advisable to include iriJmediately if they see bicycle require an ability to listen with are not qualified to do so. They with every sort of call. Althouth evening. both wheels and frame when lock­ thieves at work. Wednesday, 26th November, 1980 THE COURIER

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STOPPRESS(from our Mac Wing Cor­ SPEAK UP Jim — From the Won- NIGHTLINE MONIKA — Keep your germs to your- PERSONAL derHorse. respondent) latest reports from the selfl Someone to talk ...to J.T. (LEAZES) Eany, meany, miny, "Flute War" indicates a massive COLUMN build up of plastic aircraft by the BOTH I 612905 JEANETTE & CLAIRE LIKE REEDY'S S: 2p per wonL lOp mini pro-musical faction which would 1.00 p.m.— 6.00 a.m. BODYII WHY haven't I got a placenta? seem to suggest the possibility ofa Andrew. Any night o f term military offensive by the offensive PHILUPA BILLIGHEIMER. No. 14? PETE stuffs Hedgehogs. TURLEY, Get your Facts right tin whistle players. 612905 before you JUMP to conclusions. TONY Thinks he's a Duracell. WHO'S SMOOTHY of the year? THELIGHT-HOUSEat Alexandria was SIMON I'VE LOST YOUR PHONE No. one of the seven wornders of the — S. S.C.A.N. World. The modern one hasjust got J.S. IS GOOD IN BED, SO SHE SAYS 11 FERGI, thanks for the jumper. Love M. SHAKE A CAN a foghorn. SUNSET OVER Volunteers are required for the VINCE MCGURK — SOOPAMANI I thought AO Carter grew peanuts DAVID— Ha ve you remembered you r WOGGLEBASHER-THEOREM. Bud­ annual S.C.AN, collection for gie,, Tich, Sam and J.J. are proud to SOMERSET until I discovered Smirnoff. thing for Alison? (serves 1) IS Forthy going to live on carrots? local charities on announce the engagement of their Friday, 28th November. TEST drive a "ROSIE" todayl friend Quentin Wogglebasher to 2 slices of bread SIGN UP IN THE S.C.A.N. SHOP PINK pink pink pink pink. BETTE — Cheer up — things can only PLEASE help Jane with her survey the infinite Prime Number French or German mustard NOW. Theorem. Flowers to E365. get worse. WHERE'S Clare's Bloody Essay HH325. 125g (4oz) grated cheese Downy?? NIKKI charms the socks off demon­ Butter or Margarine strators. 2 eggs THE ANGLO GERMAN SOCIETY FOR SALE: Gents racing cycle, Puch HOW ar your bi-focals Keith. 12 speed. 0neyearold.€60. Contact Spread the slices of bread with FOR SUPPER- Milk see 108. present Andy Ward, 7 Morpeth Street, Spit- mustard (sparingly) and cover with SAVE tal Tongues, Newcastle. in Lecture Room A, the Daysh the cheese. Put under a hot grill. FOOD CO-OP Building, Claremont Road, on When done, put a poached egg on P.C. 463, will you get 9 months hard Wednesday,3rdDecemberat7.30 the top of each piece. Serve hot. labour for being drunk and disor­ now open every p.m. derly? Tuesday and Friday Programme 25p. STUDENTS lunchtime — Und Der Regen Verwischt Jeden for reservations tel. 26590 ALISON, come and manouvre in the dark with me. DAVE. Spur COUNTRY FARE RESTAURANT Level 5 Union Building (and the rain washes every trace MICK — Bootle's got lots to offer. 6 Bigg Market away) 1972 Newcastle upon Tyne UNIONS ONKAR — Happy Birthday Friday. with English subtitles. RICHARD, Cheer upl — DIANE AND Sorry can’t getyoua21, but will the SHEILA. Hours of opening: furry bits from the Blind Man's Monday: 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Penthouse do — HASH. ADRIAN'S A GENUINE CAMEL JOHNO R. How're your panty pads? Tuesday-Thursday: 7.00 a.m. to AREA RALLY HUMPERI IS IT ANOTHER 11.00 p.m. O.K. so we know the MOTELSareon at DROMEDARY IN ROOM 17 ST. DILYS S.H.M. in Actionl MARY'S COLLEGE DURHAM — Friday and Saturday: 7.00 a.m. to the Christmas Party, but who's the 2.00 a.m. main band Pete? SORRY ADE, YOUR SECRETS ! TODAY DAVID — That's the last time I sleep OUTII 10 % discount off all meals value with youl Fred. ETHEL& GORDON— at it again in the £1 or over until 8.00 p.m. j Assemble outside Union at 2.00 Trendy car park last night? P.W. WOMBAT 15%discountafter8.00p.m.onall TAXIDERMY: Lemmings and Is like Red Rum meals over £1. p.m. Hedgehogsa speciality — contact HELLO NIGEL, VANESSA and JOHN He stays the course. Pete in Mac Wing. — hopeyouenjoyyourselves WHEN Student Union Card must be and ifyou come to sunny Newcastle ALAN — Outstroked by schoolboyl shown. FELLING BORED?, Depressed? Why — love Bev. not do a Barnett? F537 only 50pl — includes 20% service charge. ! NATIONAL DEMO THANKS for the dinner jacket Fiona. NUMBERS don’t exist, They're only i THIS FRIDAY chalk marks on the board. AOC. S.C.A.N.

Still a few tickets left for cheap Volunteers required for coaches annual S.C.A.N. Collection on Friday, 28th November. Union Society and N.U.S.R.C. Meetings See the Deputy President Only two hours of your time Level 6 required. I------IT'S UP TO YOU!____ Sign up in the S.C.A.N. Shop.

University of Newcastle upon Tyne MEETINGS 26th NOVEMBER— 3rd DECEMBER Thursday 27 November 5.30 p.m. THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER'S Special Lecture (in co-operation with the Northern Architectural NEXT VICTIM COULD BE IN History Society to mark the Newcastle upon Tyne 900 celeb­ NEWCASTLE rations) Where Newcastle came from— It is not our intention to frighten you into never the Origins of Newcastle going out after dark. What we are trying to do is WEDNESDAY 26th NOVEMBER Architecture Bruce Allsoop make you aware of the dangers that face all of us The building will be closed during the afternoon to allow staff President of the Northern who live in predominantly student areas. Light­ Architectural History Society and ing in areas around the campus, by the Dental & students to attend the area rally demonstrating against the formerly Reader in the History of Governments proposals on Student Union financing. Architecture at Newcastle Uni­ School for instance is very poor. The Jesmond versity. underpass has been the scene of a number of Friday 28 November 6.00 p.m. assaults. Areas of Fenham and Benwell are very badly lit. Attacks also take place however on THURSDAY 27th NOVEMBER Departments of Mechanical and major, properly lit roads. Marine Engineering Stephenson 5.15 p.m. Meeting of Security Officers in Room 27 (Level 5), Lecture You must take steps to protect yourself: to give a briefing on Security in the building. Re-inventing the Pipeline G. Adler 1. If you attend any function wait until you can Director of the British Hyd­ find someone who you know and who lives romechanics Research Associa­ in your area. FRIDAY 28th NOVEMBER tion (The above lecture will be held in 2. If you are in the Union ask the disco to try 12 NOON Union Society Executive in Level 6 Committee Room F 13, Stephenson Building, and find anyone in your area who you could Room. Claremont Road). walk home with. Tuesday 2 December 5.30 p.m. 3. If you cannot find anyone, get a taxi. Your Inaugural Lecture safety is worth more than the price of a taxi. MONDAY 1st DECEMBER Poisonous Animals and Animal 4. Never, never take the chance and walk home Poison alone. It just isn't worth it. 1.00 p.m. Services Committee in Level 6 Committee Room. John B. Harris We do need to be informed of any incident of Professor of Experimental assault which takes place in order to step up Neurology police patrolling of such areas. Please contact TUESDAY 2nd DECEMBER Tuesday 2 December 5.30 p.m. either Mrs. Stewart, Welfare Services Officer or 1.00 p.m. Welfare Committee in Level 6 Committee Room. Tomkeieff Lecture Hilary Newman c lo the General Office, level 6 of The Shape of the Ocean Floor: the Union Building. Molehills to Mountains WEDNESDAY 3rd DECEMBER A S. Laughton 3.00 p.m. SRC Executive Committee in Level 6 Committee Director of the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Worm- Room. ley, Surry. THINK BEFORE YOU WALK (The above lecture will be held in Sue Reilly, Secretary. the Main Lecture Theatre, HOME ALONE Department of Geology). 4 THE COURIER Wednesday, 26th November, 1980 A RELIGIOUS SECTS THE C LATEST CON? 0 FACT OR FALLACY? T h e M n/inw c In Action ft Newcastle M J f y / f f J f 1/ 1/ A^s When I approached the first of the Moonies pictured right, I expected U him to be evasive when questioned. This report is primarily intended for the resistance of their ‘recruits' by constant However he reponded readily to eyes of all those who may be new to the pressure in the form of exhausting talks, my queries, and told me that he University, and who may, therefore, still and subtle persuasion to participate spon­ became involved with the Unifica­ be on the look-out for friends, security taneously in the proceedings. tion Church after being "picked up and understanding. It may, however, still One is not given a minute to think things on the road” and invited back for a R out, or even to converse with fellow vic­ chat. be of interest to a large number of people who have either experienced at first hand tims. You will be followed everywhere He told me that he was selling his or even just heard about the cult of the you go — including the toilets —and ques­ magazine to raise money in order Moonies. tions will be side-stepped or only partially to establish social centres for the To many people the very word ‘Moonie’ answered. After a while many people will people of Newcastle. arouses ardent passions, and they are be thoroughly alarmed and will want ‘out'. At all times he appeared friendly 1 However, it is not as simple as that. and totally committed to his cause. rapidlv becoming a national issue, hitting the headlines more and more often. It is of Although, they will not initially force The second Moonie, also pic­ vital importance to ‘Defrock’ this group of you to stay, they will be very reluctant to tured right, said that his involve­ ment began after attending a Unification Church lecture. He has IE Their cult may claim to be the Fastest always had an interest in Christian­ ity and couldn't understand the division between Roman Catholic Growing ‘Religion’ in the world today. and Protestant. The Unification Church was, he said, the true way. The sad fact is that they offer what most His parents were surprised that R he' had joined, but they couldn’t do religions cannot. anything to stop him. However, they had told him that he was wel­ misled ‘Christians' before they mislead let you leave. If, as is often the case, their come to go back home whenever many more of their victims, and to expose camp is in the mountains or the jungle, it is he wanted to return. them for what they really are. no easy matter to walk out. I personally My query as to the purpose of Sun Myung Moon is the founder and have heard of people crossing deserts and the sale of the pamphlets was met leader of the cult. To his followers he is the swimming rivers by night to escape. If you with the reply that the street selling Messiah, Lord of the Second Advent, do ‘defect’ in the initial stage you are was part of a mission to the area. Messenger of God. Immensly rich, Sun lucky. Many do not and suffer the terrible Both Moonies talked freely, and Myung sits in his mansions in South consequences. said that they were free to leave the Korea, preaching to his followers the need The most vunerable are usually those Unification Church at any time. S to renounce all earthly possessions and to who are least emotionally settled. A com­ The press reports of people swim­ unite the world under his leadership. plete atheist might even be able to laugh at ming rivers to escape from Moonie The exact tenets of his cult are compli­ them, but such is their appeal that the Camps were untrue. cated, but basically hold that although slightest wavering may prove fatal. They presented the standard Jesus came down and won over a few con­ Spontaneity is what they seem to Moonie image of being unbeliev­ verts he nevertheless failed in his mission. require, and it is suprisingly easy to con­ ably friendly, and both seemed P The Moonies then trace a chain of events vince oneself that they are right and it is totally sincere. Neither attempted through biblical history with identical your duty to join them. Apart from religi­ to get me further involved with time-gaps, and point out that if these gaps ous teaching, other activities include vol­ their organisation. Whether this leyball, played to chants of ‘God is Love', was because I was controlling the are continued beyond the year 0, the next conservation is hard to say. advent will be 1979, 1980, or whatever ‘Win with God’ and ‘Two, four, six, eight, MOONIE TWO E year suits them. we all think that God is great’, charades of Iain McBride. Incredible as some of their doctrines biblical personae, confessions and may seem, their cult may claim to be the prayers. All the time your ‘guards’ will be The Unification Church keeping an anxious eye on you. Federation for World Peace The Weekly Religion,. fastest growing ‘religion’ in the world operates under a number of and Unification, Carnation Appeal, today. The sad fact is that they offer what So much for their techniques. The results are that within a couple of weeks, a other names: Council for Unified Research Holy Oak Community, most orthodox religions cannot. Their vit­ and Education The Hearts of Oak ality, intensity and sheer appeal draw the perfectly normal human being will be Holy Spirit Association for C the Unification of World Unified Family Singers, Association, young like a moth to a flame. Unless transformed into a walking vegetable. Enterprisees, The College Association for orthodox Christianity can pick itself up Some are more docile that others, and will Christianity, do anything they are told, whereas the Sun Myung Moon New Life Singers Research in Principle, and offer an altenative source of spiritual International, Kensington Gardens Arts comfort, security and release instead of leaders can easily be identified. After con­ Foundation. version your mandate will be to go out and Internation Cultural Cartographer Crafts Limited, Society, dusty prayer-books and fossilised trap­ Freedom Leadership Little Angels—Korean folk I pings, the Moonies will continue to attract convert another ten people yourself. Foundation, There have been several instances of International Federation for Foundation, troupe, large numbers of people. Meanwhile, God’s Light Infantry, Scottish Family Association. recruitment goes on. parents trying desperately to retrieve their Victory over Communism, Throughout the world Mr. Moon has set children from across the Atlantic. Invari­ up numerous launching pads. Perhaps the ably, the latter refuse to return, com­ strongest concentration of his followers: pletely disassociating themselves from A operate on the West Coast of America, their family and friends. Although it is and B.U.N.A.C. handbooks now print a difficult to reverse the process, it is poss­ clear and accurate warning to all foreign ible, and the victims have to be de­ visitors to the U.S.A. San Francisco is the programmed back to normality. No Moonie Mecca. Many students will have amount of argument will do, for the Other Sects been to the U.S.A. during the summer and Moonies are totally irrational and utterly THE MORMONS: These people They will offer you glossy these “Introductory meetings” . will have encountered them at airports, convinced of their cause. are occasionally to be found in the expensive books, records and a His first-hand report is not the railway stations and greyhound bus There is in progress a law-suit brought streets, but generally concentrate variety of material for “a dona­ glowing recommendation of T.M. depots, or just in the High Street. by the leader of the Moonies in Britain, on the door-to-door soft sell tion.” As you open your wallet, a that you might expect. Their techniques are subtle in the Mr. Orme, against Associated Newspap­ approach. glance tells them all they need to A lecture was given introducing extreme. Show the slightest sign of being ers for libel. Last year the paper exposed Male, members of the Mormon know and they adjust their price the concept of T.M. — meditation lost or disorientated and they will pounce the methods of the Moonies in all their Church are sent abroad from the accordingly to how much cash to improve “inner serenity” and and offer to ‘Co-ordinate vour plans'. Clean - gory details, and should they win it will be Headquarters, Salt Lake City, to they can see. thought processes. cut, smartly-dressed and smiling like a a triumph for freedom. It has also been convert a minimum of 200 people The records they offer feature Addresses were collected at the Cheshire cat, they will offer you assistance alleged that the Moonies are infiltrating within a limited period. Members works by the Beatles, -Bob end of the meeting, as were dona­ of any kind; and when you ask who they are the United States Senate, corresponding of the church are required to Dylan, Joan Baez etc., etc., but tions. Those who attended were R and what they’re doing, they may reply ‘a with their avowed aim — to take over the donate one tenth of their income to they’re cover versions produced pressed for heavy donations. youth centre , ‘an international student world. the church. The Mormon church is by extremely untalented musi­ Again, as with the Krishna sect, r group' or, if they are feeling honest they I would like to stress that although big business. cians. You are NOT BUYING you were made to feel obliged to may even own to being ‘The Unification based on Christian belief, the Moonies afe One of their activities is compil­ the ORIGINAL recordings. contribute substantially. Church'. That is their official title and in my opinion totally divorced from Chris­ ing, on computer, list of people These people are extremely Expensive literature was also should sound the alarm bells. Their con­ tianity. who have died over the years. They insistent. On no account give pressed on those attending. geniality is so overpowering, that it is dif­ An unfortunate result of a Moonie then pray for the soul of the them your address or attend their My friend didn’t fancy a return ficult not to like them at first. ‘holiday’ is a consequent suspicion of any deceased. meetings, where donations are visit, especially due to the pressure Having assisted with your immediate religious teaching, however orthodox. Although fairly harmless, they demanded as a matter of course he felt was being exerted on him, needs they will invite you to tea back at The wounds take a long time to heal, and can be persistent. If you invite and in a rather hostile manner. and also the very high prices for the P their centre. At this stage they are not often the psychological damage inflicted is them in, you may be stuck with These people are after your course offered — £150 for a 3 pushy — so as not to arouse suspicions, considerable. It is, in effect, spiritual rape. them. Unless you're well read, a money. month intensive course. and as long as you are with somebody else, If all this seems very remote, you may Marxist or religious yourself, their After he failed to turn up for the they will not force the pace. Once, how­ be shocked to learn that they are right on arguments can sound convincing. TRANSCENDENTAL MEDI­ next meeting, he was persistently ever, they have you alone, it is a different the doorstep. They now have centres in all The best answer is to close the TATION (T.M.) GROUPS. Over badgered by a stream ofletters, vis­ story. Every Moonie has to live some­ large towns in Britain, and have fre­ door. By the by, they introduce the past few years, posters have its to his flat, and even by represen­ where, and to achieve best results, they set quently been encountered in no lesser themselves under titles, such as the sprung up in the Halls of Resi­ tatives of the sect on Northumber­ up camps in the most isolated places in the place than Eldon Square where they have Church of All Angels, All Saints dence, Students’ Union buildings, land Street, whom he had never o countryside, where communication with their own centre. and so on. Spot them by the and on walls around the campus. seen before. This suggests that the outside world is difficult and distrac­ So far this term they have not ventured American accent, short hair and They announce an introductory photographs were taken at the tions are minimal. It is ineffect, a prison forth, but it cannot be long before they do three piece suits. meeting to till you in on courses in meeting — the people knew him by without walls. so. Students are the main crop and the T.M. which will “help your con­ name. ‘Brainwashing’ is the word usually emp­ start of the new academic year is their THE INTERNATIONAL SOCI­ centration”, “improve your study­ The whole affair had started to loyed in reference to them. Their techni­ harvest time. Unfortunately, they have ETY FOR KIRISHNA CON­ ing abilities”, and so do. In other take on rather sinister overtones. R several different names including the SCIOUSNESS} They are very words, take our course and you”U Luckily he ceased to be harassed ques of teaching are undoubtedly the most emotive issue of all. Usjng methods said to ‘Creative Community’ and the ‘Interna­ active in the shopping centres of pass your exams. Very Attractive. after spending the Summer away be similar to those used by the communists tional Cultural Foundation’. Newcastle and at the Quayside Or is it? from the area. in the Korean war, they wear down the Richard Courtauld. Market. A friend of mine attended one of Keith Allan. Wednesday, 26th November, 1980 THE COURIER 5

War film IENCE goes with and a bang! ESEARCH

Last week the film "Wargame’'. the film because it was "too hor­ banned by the B.B.C., was shown rifying” . However, Michael New Method of in the Curtis Auditrium, to a total Tracey of the Guardian claims audience of over eight hundred. that Lord Normanbrook, Chair­ The film, made in 1965, con­ man of the B.B.C. governors and cerns the build-up to, and after- former Secretary to the Cabinet, detecting Cancer Why can’t I sign math of, a nuclear war involving was behind the ban. The film is this country, and shows the effect showing the failure of the concept Three members of the be high. of a relatively small warhead of Mutually Assured Destruction, Cancer Research Unit at This led to the level of the dropped on Rochester in Kent. It whereby neither side would dare other substance, c.A.M.P., being in a stranger? concentrates on the effect the use its warheads for fear of retalia­ The Royal Victoria Infir­ monitored. In cases of infection, blast would have on the inhabit­ tion. mary, have developed ainflammation or pregnancy, the Sir, race — getting actually into the ants. new method of detecting levels of both substances were May I be permitted to express gig itself. All you have to do is Deterrence cancer. They are Doctors found to rise, whereas, in patients an opinion which will hopefully - find the student who signed you One captions reads “ Would the with a tumour, only the ievel of put all this 'Don't Sign in a in, and ask them to actually escort survivors envy the dead?” and As Tracey says, “It is not sur­ Graham Turner, Bob Ellis cG.M.P. rose — c.A.M.P. either Stranger' propoganda in prospec­ you past the ‘doormen’ into the goes on to show those unlucky prising that Normanbrook was j and David Guthrie; the remained constant or dropped. It tive? gig, flashing their Union card and enough to have been killed out­ concerned with a programme method of detection is by has now been found that using the Firstly, NOBODY has the right assuring all and sundry that they right, slowly dying of leukaemia, which might be seen to be pulling monitoring the levels of two ratio of c.A.M.P. to c.G.M.P. is to tell me or any other student are not letting a knife-wielding radiation sickness, cancer; huddl­ the carpet from under the popular the best method of detection. who we may or may not sign into rapist loose on the nice student ing together in refugee camps, concencus necessary to maintain substances produced by the The tissue that these substances the Union. I almost pity cretins audience, who, of course, are the mutilated and demented. Anyone the thrust of British defence pol­ body. are released from is uncertain, like Steve Ranger who was seen ones who should really be seeing who does not co-operate with the icy (i.e. ‘the policy of nuclear The two substances are that is, there is no proof, although deterrence’)”. standing like a Palace Guard with the bands like Splodge — leave police is shot. Those surviving all cyclic Guanasine 3,5, it is suspected, that they come piles at the door of the Union on all those nasty townie punks out­ this would probably die of starva­ from the tumour. Whatever the Saturday night, instructing his side. They have no capacity for tion once food stockpiles had run At the end, the film asks mono Phosphate (c. origin, this phenomenon of the perk-receiving ‘heavies’ that they analysis, have they? out. whether it is not now time to let G.M.P.) and cyclic tumour has a variety of implica­ had to make sure people actually So may I just say Ents, the the truth about nuclear war be tions. known. It is surely the duty of Adenosine 3,5, mono knew who they were signing in. Union, the Rules, whatever is Dated Phosphate (c.A.M.P.) At present, a tumour can be For God's sake — I don’t know behind this situation ought to everyone who recognises the truth three quarters of the way through if that makes me more angry or either go the full distance and not It must be pointed out that to urge the B.B.C. to end the ban Patients with cancer of the its life before it can be detected more disgusted. How about a lit­ let ANY non-students in at all, or some aspects of the film are and have the film shown; the ovaries have been found to clinically. This means that the tle privacy in our lives, Mr. Ents. open the whole place up again dated. Women and children are popular myth that nuclear war is have high levels of these amount of time that the doctor Hero? And how do you propose and see it through. Or maybe the evacuated from the cities; today survivable can then be dispelled, and a true debate take place on substances present in their has to treat the patient is rela­ to find out if the bloke Fm signing bands will wise up to what's hap­ government advice is to stay at tively short. With this new in is a ‘Stranger or Not’. Maybe pening here. Stiff Little Fingers home under a table and anyone whether we really want these urine, up to six months weapons of mass destruction. method of detection, vital months you could design a questionnaire nave. Thank God, and refuse to foolish enough to escape will before clinical detection of can be gained in treatment, when play our Union. — like, I’ve got to name his 3 receive no food. Kenneth Tynan, of the the tumour mass has been the condition is suspected but no favourite film stars, know his By the way, most of the dam­ clinical signs are present. age done to the Union is by stu­ Also the film shows the co­ Observer, has said: I suspect that possible. favourite drink, say if he’s got a operation of hospitals and the fire (Wargame) may be the most Results of tests can be gained mole on his bloody bum or not. dents. In their case it’s "high Work began approxi­ minutes- after sampling and the spirits”, though, isn’t it? service in trying to minimise important film ever made. Given The bloke I signed in on Satur­ death and destruction; today wide enough dissemination, I mately three years ago test itself is cheaper, easier and day (so he could pay £2 to see an Yours Freely, there would be no such help. believe it might change the course when Dr. Graham Turner quicker than the methods that are hour of Splodgenessabounds) was Unsigned of history” . suggested looking at levels currently available (e.g. Ultra someone who 1 cheerfully admit I (I promise if you print it I'll let The B.B.C. have always sound scanning, isotope scanning, had never seen before. This is you know who I am.) claimed that they would not show Lesley Cresswell of c.G.M.P. It was found computerised axial tomography NOT irresponsibility. It is called that, in rats, the level of — ail of which are expensive and FREEDOM TO CHOOSE. As it Many students will be wondering ing the course of this term work­ time consuming). men have been enjoying them­ this substance reflected the turned out he was a great bloke, why the view from the Union presence of a tumour. Fol­ Both the presence of the who'd come halfway across the building steps bears such a close selves by creating something of an tumour and its rate of growth may country to see the band. We had resemblance to the Somme bat­ obstacle-course for all who pass lowing this, the level of be monitored by this system, quite a chance to talk waiting in tlefields of 1916/ The answer is between the Union and the c.G.M.P. in cancer patients however, tests at the moment the queue — it was so long some­ not that the O.T.C. are up to their trenches. Concrete slabs have and in normal humans was appeared and disappeared, while have been limited to certain types one ought to have been busking battle-games again, but rather checked. The situation of cancer — e.g. gastrointestinal there and making a bomb. that the exhibition air-dome, paving stones are constantly being tract and ovarian cancer. Tests Then, of course, the non­ erected during the summer vaca­ relaid. seemed to be straightfor­ are to be extended to cover the student has to buy a ticket for the tion has left such a mess, that the The root of the problem is in ward, black and white — myriad forms of cancer. gig. Not an easy task without a once green and pleasant land is the ground. In order to put up the plastic exhibition halls for the 900 c.G.M.P. was high in The main advantage is the low Union card. Like, impossible. now a major headache to all con­ cost of the equipment and the Then comes part III of the Great cerned. Celebrations, cranes to be moved cancer patients and low in in, and concrete foundations laid. normal patients — it ease of monitoring — a basic Don’t-bother-to-enter-if-you're Not only is the mire an machine would cost £1200 or not-one-of-us-elite-students ungainly site to behold, but dur- “Splendid idea!” thought the appeared to be a perfect authorities. “ Quick to put up, £2000 total, including “extras”, marker system. and the operation of the machine easy to pull down, costs: neglig­ However, when the level was is easy. Hopefully this will mean ible”. Unfortunately the weight of checked in patients with inflam­ that this method will soon be the cranes compacted the soil and mations, infections such as available to any pathology MANIFEST MISTAKES also broke underground drainage influenza or bronchitis, or pre­ laboratory in the country. pipes; undaunted, they promised gnant women, it was also found to Claire Sheehan Sir, In particular he accused S.R.C. for last Friday failed due to lack to repair the damage by Sep­ Mr. Saunder’s letter in last of having an attitude to “Rag" of of response. tember 29th, and after the inevit­ week's issue asked that ‘Courier’ how to "destroy it quickest". On Ultimately, it will be the apathy able crane drivers strike, the work should check its facts before publ­ the contrary. I, as the Executive of the student body if anything is now in progress, although’ but it ishing stories. Officer responsible for "Rag” and “destroys” Rag and not any will not be until next year before 150,000 Perhaps he may in future apply my Committee have spent some imagined vendetta by S.R.C. any grass is seen. the same principle to his own pub­ considerable time trying to SAVE Yours, The mud is now, I am told, in lications. I refer to his manifesto “Rag” ! Iain Smith limbo, and soil scientists are keep­ for last Thursday's election for To this end we have arranged a .V.P. Community Affairs. ing a wary eye on it. Summer V.P. Without Portfolio. meeting on Thursday at 1.00 p.m. This included many allegations in the Level 6 Committee Room I about the way the Students' Rep­ for anyone who is interested in resentative Council runs its helping us organise next March’s The ROYALTY’S Vacancies affairs, which were misleading or event. untrue. 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A series of off-beat Sunday only programmes Year studies end 6 THE COURIER Wednesday, 26th November, 1980 B'DAY DRAMA Dark GALLERY Good Godot “Drawing is the primary I don’t think I’m alone in being impressed with the New- means open to the artist for tle University Theatre Society (N.U.T.S.) presentation of Man defining space, it is an act of Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ (Gulbenkian 19-22nd The last night of the tour, a self-measurement which November). After a very successful amateur production of brilliant new album and an relates the disposition of the play by the People’s Theatre last month I was interested early sell out gave hope for objects in natural space to to see how the University’s efforts would compare — need­ an extra-special concert at the artist by the degree of less to say, I was not disappointed. the Poly last Friday. The sensitive appreciation the The stage design (Hilary Lam­ scene was set but would the artist can bring to the prob­ bert) was simple, impressive, and lems of scale, proportion, in tune with the overall profes­ goods be delivered? sional tone of the production. The balance, weight, light and choice of a mixed cast was unusual, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the dark, volume and colour.” Dark, accompanied by Malcolm but under Tom Richardson's direc­ Holmes and Martin Coope, came Heady stuff. tion, Beatrice Pemberton (Lucky) on stage with the synthesizers pre­ Despite the fact that the spot­ fitted in well (although I think that dominantly set, the inevitable lights outnumber the exhibits by an all-male cast would have given smoke effects and we were given a two to one, the Calouste Gulbenk­ the production more unity). brilliant version of ‘Stanlow.' But ian Gallery at the People's Theatre In the first act Estragon then, surprisingly, the band started offers a wide variety of drawings; (Andrew Quick) appeared rather reeling off numbers from the first so wide in fact, that the exhibition over excited at times, but he album, tracks which they have con­ tends to lack cohesion: six virtually seemed to settle in the second act stantly criticised since their release identical photographs of Charles which significantly gained momen­ and a lull set in. Bronson co-exist alongside a piece tum. The comedy sequences were of paper scribbled with charcoal, presented successfully, and par­ Andy McCluskey, the lead entitled ‘Feather of Flame.’ ticular credit must go to Jon Snee singer, seemed happy enough on The works of art, all done by stu­ (Vladimir) for his handling of the stage, throwing his arms about like dents from the Polytechnic “reflect ‘straight bits' which came across a madman but the crowd were not each individual's struggle to assess with great clarity amidst the comic so sure. Away from him, we could the value of an inspired interest in a banter. see the other half of O.M.D., Paul chosen subject or idea." Such titles However the star of the show as Humphreys, playing superbly but as “Drawing” and “Still Life" far as I'm concerned was Robert acting like yet another Numan .(I reflect the abstract quality of most Wise, whose ‘rich, spoilt brat’ pre­ do. You do?), Holmes simulating' of the exhibits. sentation of Pozzo was an original a drum machine and Coope doing his best to keep step with the .The exhibition lasts only until interpretation, and obviously the Saturday night at least, the play slightly discreet tape. the 28th November, so hurry result of careful thought. was a sell-out — a fact which I along, now. The production was not flawless, think testifies to its success, But the music was good. After Richard Courtauld but it was certainly very good. On Debbie Fingalsen the quiet start we were treated to ‘Red Frame, White Light,' which epitomised the excellent use of the lights, ‘Messages,' the popular ‘Electricity’ and a majority of tracks from ‘Organisation,' ending with a standard, yet superb version LOAD OF POLIAKOFF of ‘Enola Gay.’ After encores galore, climaxing with ‘Something There comes a time in the life of every critic when he We then discover that not only we don’t apologise for playing enjoys a play immensely, and then discovers that his entire Ralph's but also dress designer again,’ ‘Electricity’ O.M.D. finally Clare’s idea of a barrel of laughs is arrived. vocabulary consists of vituperation. a spot of the old sibling incest. We’ll start with that, then. Hansel and Gretel, eat your hearts For the Gulbenkian Studio’s tenth birthday, three events INEXPERIENCE are planned. These reflect the Studio’s successful formula Stevem Poliakoffs ‘Hitting Town’ (Gulbenkian Studio) out. Buzzing, the large crowd reluc­ It is with relief that I can report of student productions interspersed with visiting profes­ was ragged, technically inept and critically ambiguous. It that the theme was handled with tantly left, but I was made to won­ was also the most enjoyable thing I’ve seen in ages. sional companies. der at the seeming lack of stage some tact, despite the inevitable The Visions of Simone Machard (26-29th November) produced by the presence, maybe a part of the inex­ half hour of anxiety, sensitivity and Newcastle University Theatre Society is the first shown. Following the perience of a young band and also Ludicrous and scathing by turns, is to suck coins and make hoax shell-shock. Regrettably, as soon Friday night performance is an official reception held by the University, the fact that we’d witnessed a'reci- (and something simultaneously) phone calls. as they've got it together, Mummy who are the. owners and major sponsors of the Studio. tation, not a rendition. the play weaves a not over-tanged We pan to their night on the rings up to put the psychological tin Finally on Sunday, 30th November in a special birthday party open to web around the visit of a young town by way of a set piece condem­ lid on the whole shabang. the public featuring one of Britain's, leading ‘fringe’ comedians, John Good, yes, very good but some­ student to his big sister. Poor Ralpn nation of modern architecture, It was acute and anti-climatic, Dowie, with local comedv/music duo Maxi and Mitch. There will thing was certainly missing. has nearly been bombed in Bir­ muzak, inner city poverty and the witty and a bit ham-fisted and I also be free wine and food. Dave Martin mingham and is (not entirely con- general bloodiness of the entire don t care who knows, I thought it seqeuntially) a rather dubious universe. was terrific. character who's idea of a good time So far o.k. Robin Currie TVnEIUEHR THEATRE COmPBnV MacDonalds MENS WEAR HIRE SERVICE THIS WEEKS William V L - 11 BLACKETT STREET Shakespeare's I l l P 30 OCT. - 29 NOV. Book now for that special TUES. - SATS. 7.30pm occasion. ITINERY (No performances MondaysI Balls, Dances and Social Merchant of Functions. DINNER SUITS from T IN T H E H A Y M A R K C T £8.50 (inc. VAT) Thursday 27th November Venice ( HST 10° discount on production InEUII o f Union Card. Film. "Jubilee” (banned previously by New­ Students Price £2.00 II Bow Tie, Shirts and all castle City Council) Curtis Auditorium. 60p. No B0K OFFICE23421 accessories available. Smoking. Thursday 27th November 3rd TYNESIDE FILM FESTIVAL EXCITING NEW FILMS TOMORROW AND FRIDAY Society Disco — fancy dress TYNESIDE Tomorrow at 6.00 Cinema 2 Friday 28th November You won't sit still when you come to see the infectious rhythms of DISCO. Level 2. 60p CINEMA TAPDANCIN a history of the dance-form in America with Sam Saturday 29th November Sherry Stepdancer WHITE HEAT (local boys come good). Level 2. Friday at 6.00 Cinema 2 The Belfast Punk scene with Stiff Little Fingers, £1.00 Protex, Rehusus Negative and many more in SHELL SHOCK ROCK plus nearer home, a celebration of popular music Tuesday 2nd December in REGGAE DISCO. Level 2. Late Bar. only 40p THE BOLDON LAD Friday at 8.00 Cinema 1 British Premiere of Jamil Delhavi's THE BLOOD OF HUSSAIN the son of a landowner leads a coup against the XMAS EXTRAVAGANZA ruling junta "striking" and "original" The Guar­ dian iDon't Miss It The director will also be present to talk to the Tickets now on sale audience Friday 12th December— £3.00 Friday at 8.00 Cinema 2 Jon Jost's hilarious send-up of Californian wealth and pretensions featuring from America CHAMELEON "THE MOTELS" plus Support acts The director w ill be present to talk to the audience Level 6 Disco, bacon butties, late bar, fancy dress. All All tickets £1.50, OAP 50p, Available in advance or bars open late etc. etc. at the door Don't be disappointed get your ticket early Tyneside Cinema, 10 /12 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. Tel. 21507 Wednesday, 26th November, 1980 THE COURIER 7 SYMBOLS AND SLATE Haw mon, I an’ I bin gan uptown las’ Saturday see dem Black Slate brudders. RE-PERCUSSIONS Yes Rasta, I an’ I truck on in dere Wise Art an' we see dem bloods parformin’ de regla faverits like "Amigo,” what dey done tol' me afta de concert stand for like bruddahood wid de non-believers an’ all dat ‘Holy Island’ is an interest­ threatening where purple and sorta ting. pink dominate. The self-labelled Da nex’ singil dey tell me is gan ing exhibition at the Hat­ ‘Sunday paintings' are laid onto to n Gallery until be “ Boom Boom" waht wen’ paper rather than canvas. down a treat wid dem soul- December 19th. It is a brudders in de audience. De series of paintings and Drawing are executed using group say dem real pleased wid pen, quill and pencil. Quite a few de reception dem get, like all de drawings executed over a of them, including the ‘studies’ year by Derwent Wise, the kids dancin’ an’ feelin’ de music of paintings which are exhibited, wid no problems wid blood-claats Master of Sculpture at this differ to some extent from the cornin' up on stage an’ all dat university. final pieces. The are not inferior, what ya jus' don' need man. though. Simple, but poignant So I an’ I gan see dem brudders The paintings are dominated work. by greens, light blue, mustard and afta de show an’ dey say dey gray. This means that the agricul­ To conclude, ‘Holy Island’ is a aimin' at de biggest audience dey tural nature of Lindisfarne, as worthwhile exhibition. Not bril­ can an’ makin’ for de unity wid all liant but this is not strived for. A honky kids an' dat sorta ting. Dey well as the beaches, are striking in grateful for all dem people dere these mellow colours. The sky, sculptor has just proved that he can buyin' de single an' supportin' de however, can be seen to be work in other mediums. group an’ tings. Iain Henderson Ras Tafari BALLET RAMBERT ‘Ballet Rambert’ has now existed for fifty years and Keith Moon — the Early Days Volker Schlondorffs film its founder, Dame Marie of Gunter Grass’ famous Rambert is approaching novel ‘The Tin Drum’ her hundredth birthday. (now showing at Odeon 4) At 92 she still attends WHAT’S ON is rich in graphic episodes rehearsals and is a perva­ and disturbing visual sequ­ sive influence on the com­ ences, yet is often pany. In 1966 the company CINEMA heavy-handed in its sym­ changed its emphasis from ABC HAYMARKET bolic over tones and leaves classical to contemporary Kentucky Fried Movie (x)2.15 (not Sun.), 5.35, 9.00 the feeling that Schlondorff ballet. The dancers come ABC WESTGATE ROAD is using a very large ham ­ from all over the world and 1 The Elephant Man (aa) 1.25 (not Sun.),4.25, 7.30. mer to knock in over and the wide range of techni­ 2 The Hunter (aa) 3.10, 6.00, 8.50. over again a fairly small ques in which they are Comp perfs.2.10 (not Sun.),5.00, 7.50. nail. trained is an essential ele­ ODEON FILM CENTRE The story itself is based on a ment in the company’s 1 Dressed to Kill (x) 1.15 (not Sun.),3.45, 6.10, 8.40. rather artificial and loaded idea of Champions (u) 3.10, 5.35, 8.05. style. This contrasts with Oskar, a young geman boy born the Royal and Festival Bal­ 2 The Fog (aa) 1.40 (not Sun.),5.15, 8.55. in late 1920’s who, at the age of A Man, A Woman and A Bank (aa) 3.15, 6.55. three, throws himself downstairs lets who mould all their 3 Manhattan (aa) 1.40 (not Sun.),5.15, 8.45. and resolves not to grow any dancers as identically as Annie Hall (aa) 3.25, 6.55. more. This act of will on Oskar’s possible. part is brought about by his rejec­ Recently the company has set 4 The Tin Drum (x) 2.15 (not Sun.),5.05, 8.00. tion of the adult life around him up the Rambert Academy which Salmon Pink )u) 1.45, (not Sun.),4.35, 7.30. which he considers to be decadent will provide it with a source of STUDIOS 2-3-4 and cynical. new dancers. The students take 2 Mary Millington's True Blue Confessions (x) 3.25 (not Sun), That this decision of Oskar’s an intensive dance course 6.30, 9.40. part is set against both the growth together with ‘A’ levels. The programme were both choreog­ can achieve. It is a marvellously Boys and Girls Together (x) 1.10(not Sun.),4.15, 7.20. of the Nazi party in Germany company intends eventually to raphed by Richar Alston, a major theatrical story of the life of the Scandinavian Erotica (x) 2.05(not Sun.),5.10, 8.15. with its patent persecution of the start a dance degree course. talent in contemporary dance. Spanish poet Garcia Lorca. 3 Midnight Express (x) 4.00, 8.15. Jews, and also the sexual affairs Ballet Rambert started their “Landscape,” like much of Als­ Bruce’s choreography is dynamic Taxi Driver (x) 1.50(not Sun.),6.05. and intrigues of his parents and week at the Theatre Roval with ton’s work, is an interpretation of and unforgettable. It is when family, puts Schlondorff in com­ a programme of four short dances. a piece of music in movement. faced with a challenge such as 4 Hot and Blue (x) 3.40, 6.20, 9.05. mand of various neat narrative an Two were revivals, choreog­ Hungry for Sex (x) 2.20(not Sun.),5.00, 7.40. This he certainly achieved but the "Cruel Garden” that the Rambert descriptive tropes which permeate raphed in the 1930’s by Anthony work was neither adventurous nor dancers excel themselves. Indeed TYNESIDE CINEMA the whole of the "Im. Tudor. The company has sought memorable. “Rainbow Ripples” the company seems in its element Public Cinema 1 However, although it is always to recreate the original produc­ is a much more enterprising con­ when working with new, adven­ 26 Nov. The Innocents (x) 6.00 dangerous to draw too many tions as closely as possible. cept and was very enjoyable. turous ideas. Melies 8.00 plusOrphee 8.35. comparisions between a novel and “Judgement of Paris” is an amus­ However the important rhythm Fifteen years ago the Ballet 27 Nov. Nosferatu (a) 5.00 plus The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari its film, I think it is pertinent here ing sketch about three whores try- was not well followed by the dan­ Rambert were performing to audi­ 6 .10. to point out that in his novel •ing to attract the attentions of a cers. ences ot a couple ot nundred; Frankenstein Must be Destroyed (x) 7.30plus Dracula (1930) Grass is able to handle the drunken young man. This theme The Rambert’s second now they are selling out at 9.15. developments of his story and now seems a little dated but programme was a full scale pro­ theatres which seat two thousand. 28 Nov. Blood of Hussain 8.00. Oskar’s lack of growth with a nonetheless fun. duction ot Lindsay Kemp and This is some indication of the 29 Nov. Aladdin and His Lamp (u) 2.00. much more subtle and delicate “Dark Elgies” is a more serious Christopher Bruce’s “Cruel Gar­ massive increase in popularity Animal Farm (u) 5.00. touch than Schlondorff is able to work. First performed in 1937, it den.” This represents the original­ that modem dance has received Last Year in Marienbad (u) 8.00. achieve by having to cram all the is a classic of modern dance. The ity and flair the Ballet Rambert and deserved. j an Burkhardt Chinatown (x) 11.00. story’s progress and ramifications movements, a bizarre mixture of 30 Nov. Charles et Lucie 4.00. into the film’s 141 minutes. The classical and modem ballet, were The Disappearance 6.00. chains of images which he employs often effective but sometimes Gregory's Girl 8.00. cinematically tend to rattle rather unintentionally comic. However 1-6 Dec. Norma Rae (aa) 5.00, 8.45 plus Breaking Away (a) than gently resound. the piece conveyed the atmos­ L IflN 7.00. phere of extreme grief well, David Bennent’s performance as despite the excessive romanticism Public Cinema 2 Oskar is obviously of cental 26 Nov. Mirror, Mirror 6.00 plusHome From Home of Mahler’s music. importance to the film and is The other two pieces in the first The Thief of Baghdad (1940) (u) 8.00 remarkable in that he is able to 27 Nov. Sam Sherry Stepdancer 6.00plus Tapdancin' combine the innocent wonder of Testimony— Justice v. J.P. Stevens 8.00 plus childhood and the more malign 10th Birthday Party Right Out of History aspects of a wierd, stunted adult. 28 Nov. The Boldon Lad 6.00 Dlus Shell Shock Rock He was 12 years old at the time of COMP. Sunday 30th November, 8.00 p.m. Chameleon 8.00. the making of the film and very The winner of last week’s compet­ 29 Nov. Grown Ups 4.30 plus The Gamekeeper small and rather underdeveloped. ition was SIMON HENNELL of An evening of Comedy and Music 1988: The Remake 8.00. Therefore, he was able to bring 131 Hampstead Road. Prize to be 30 Nov. Le Sang d'un Poete 4.00 plusLa Belle et La Bete 5.00. to the role an arresting and collected at the Courier Office. The Haunting 6.30. menacing air which is underlined and the rest of the cast are always Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) (a) 8.30. by his increasing sexuality which convincing. JOHNSupported DOWIE by 1 Dec. The Lost Honour of Katherine Blaun (aa) 6.45 plus develops despite his bodily retar­ An interesting, skilful film, Knife in the Heart (aa) 8.40. dation. which is repetitive in its symbolism Club Cinema (Members Only) Always with his tin drum which and ultimately unsatistymg, Tne MAXI & MITCH 2 Dec. The Best Way to Walk 7.30. he uses in defiance of all authority Tin Drum’ deserves its outing at Price £2.00 (£1.50 students), THEATRE and which he protects by use if his the Odeon more than most and THEATRE ROYAL high-pitched, piercing scream that will always keep you visually incl. wine and food 25-29 Nov. Scottish Opera 7.15. shatters glass, Oskare only involved. 1-6 Dec. Blithe Spirit 7.30. achieves real satisfaction in all Keith Jarvis Wednesday 26th to Saturday 29th, GULBENKIAN STUDIO ways when he joins up with a 26-29 Nov. Visions of Simone Machard 7.30. troupe of midget entertainers. “The Anglo German' 7.30 P-m. 30 Nov. John Dowie plus Maxie and Mitch 8.00. However, his midget lover is kil­ Society led and the troupe breaks up so present in Lecture Room A, Newcastle University with the end of the war Oskar The Daysh Building, Theatre Society N.E. TOP TEN decides to resume his growth. Claremont Road (Supplied by courtesy of Metro Radio) Whether he is able to do this is left in open to question and the symbol­ Wednesday 3rd December 1. The Tide is High...... Blondie ism and allegorical trends end the at 7.30 p.m. 2. Super Trouper...... - ...... Abba film as they began it — with a Programme 25p "THE VISIONS OF 3. Fashion...... David Bowie rousing clatter. Und Der Regen 4 . 1 Could Be So Good For You ...... Dennis Waterman SIMONE MACHARD" 5. Never Knew Love Like This Before ...... Stephanie Mills Schlondorff, however, uses his Verwischt Jeden 6. Celebration ...... Kool and the Gang camera with skill and creates Spur by Bertolt Brecht 7. Enola Gay ...... Orchestral Manouvres some' remarkable tableaux and 8. Just Like Starting Over ...... John Lennon horrifying set pieces which linger (And the rain washes eoiiiflci siufipi pooeps in the memory. Angela Winkler 9. Earth Dies Screaming ...... UB40 every trace away) 1972 Jffl/ W W I MGSVUfLK nfWCflSTlf E O A O fflC f <3 f t t m i P f l l O l W /4 10. Dog Eat Dog...... Adam and the Ants presents a sensitive and thought­ ful portrayal of Oskar’s mother with English subtitles______8 THE COURIER Wednesday, 26th November, 1980 COURIER SPORT Waders perform Straight from the horse's mouth . . . well Saturday sees the first major handicap hurdle of the season, The largest ever entry for a cross-country event 2,346 with Is Sunday football the answer?the Mecca, at Sandown. Finding the winner in this tightly 523 entries for the senior men’s race the maior event for the The general concensus of framed race will be difficult. A case can be made for Northern running season the “ Schweppes International have a sparse timetable. This opinion seems to be that will hinder not only the ESPERATO, 512nd to GOLDEN VOW at Ascot first time Cross Country” was here again and the Waders were out in Sunday football is the home supporters but the out, who should start fitter this time and with a 41b pull force. The course consisted of two types of terrain, mud on answer to football’s main bulk of away fans. could take the £10,000 plus prize. the flat parts and very steep hills. declining attendances and A fundamental idea is that The ladies were the first of the club to tackle this course, families en masse will be SNOWTOWN BOY, like other problems. Yet there ESPERATO, trained by Fred but unfortunately it was not to be their day and the condi­ attracted to Sunday football. are many disadvantages Winter should take the Lambert tions were the definite winners of the race. But this seems unlikely. and Butler qualifier at Chepstow. which must be consi­ In the men’s race the Waders _ Families will only be. enticed An easy winner, hard held, at had to take on runners from as dered, and I propose to back if there are adequate Newbury, this promising recruit to FOOTBALL examine briefly the prob­ facilities, more comfort and the chasing ranks should take this far afield as Aberdeen, Dun- race and go on to better things. drum, Belfast and Corby. The lems of Sunday football. value for money, less The University’s 3rd XI con­ hooliganism and if an aura of In the north, the major fixture is Waders ran with determina­ (The term applies to all at Haydock on Wednesday and tion, but alas in several cases tinued their good run of form League matches, cur­ safety can be produced — a Thursday. The Garswood Pattern without shoes with valuable last Saturday at Washington. rently played on Satur­ difficult task considering Hurdle on the second day looks to minutes being wasted search­ On a heavy pitch they were day, to be played on Sun­ that some stadiums are sur­ be at the mercy of Peter Easterby’s ing for shoes lost in the thick unlucky to miss three good rounded by wasteland or PAY RELATED, not stretched to chances in the first half, and days). slums and derelict buildings gain two facile successes since com­ mud. Football has many tradi­ ing over from Ireland. The first Wader home was came away with a 0 - 0 draw. which are breeding grounds The valuable away point tions, especially for spec­ for trouble. The four miles Hollowburn Adam Cooper in 30th place tators; perhaps shopping in covering the course in 27 continued their climb away Therefore, when an Extraordi­ Handicap Chase will be a real from the lower reaches of the the morning, pub at lunc- nary Meeting is held in Janu­ stapiina test which will suit Neville minutes. Captain Iain Adams htimes, half-time Bovril and Crump’s dour stayer NARVIK 1 was second home in 78th place division, an inevitable starting ary and the Football League position for all college teams. pie, dash home to get all the officials consider Sunday 1/2L 2nd to ANOTHER CAP­ followed closely behind by results and the evening spent TAIN at Gosforth Park. A drop in Steve Pautard in 92nd place Steve Howell was named “ Man football, they will have to of the Match” . with friends in mulling over bear these things in mind — the weights plus the extra mile and Tim Bedell in 103rd the match. This is the high­ should see a return to the winners place. These fine results and also the constraints of circle. light of the week for many trading laws and religious enabled the University to finish people who traditionally CAPTAIN CRUMP also has in 7th place out of the fifty beliefs which make Sunday associate it with a Saturday. sacred (even from football) chances with novice hurdler teams entered and just ahead Football would distrupt LANGLEY GREEN and the sea­ of Elswick Hamers. Further for some people. soned chaser ICE PLANT. The lat­ homelife on a Sunday. Sun­ Richard Smith ter showed enough at Ayr on down the field Paul Harrison day has an atmosphere all of and Peter Gorst both ran very Saturday, despite a couple of bad its own; the day set apart for blunders, to go in at the next time well to finish in the top half of family get togethers and late, of asking. this class field. large lunches when relative Fine Hockey Michael Dickenson has success­ When the Waders had even­ peace and stability exist in tually got their breath back fully taken over from his father at the home and the hustle and victory the Harewood Stables and the they were treated to a display bustle of the week is tem­ winners have now begun to flow. of world class running in the porarily forgotten. He looks to have a useful chaser in International Team Race. The The costs of staging matches on With the weather relenting, WAYWARD LAD who Tommy field included such names as a Sunday would be greater Newcastle took to the field Carmody gave a nice introductory The recent mild weather has Mike McLeod, Nat Muir, and could be uneconomical. for their 3rd League match. ride at Gosforth. lured many people into a Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) Policemen wotild have to Sunderland much fancied If running in the Vaux qualifier false sense of security. and Lasse Viren (Finland). paid more overtime to be on this season were put under at Haydock he should hold too In the team competition the But remember that more The graceful ease duty inside the ground, and immense pressure. Within 15 many guns on the long run-in. wintry conditions are just English ‘A’ were beaten by a all staff involved in public Stable companion BREGAWN very good Rest of the World of minutes Robert Shaw had should get back on the winning trail round the comer, and that services would have to wil­ scored with a firmly driven at Market Rasen on Saturday team, for the first time in sev­ two Ballet dancers ling to work and give up a sporting events can still take eral years. shot. Newcastle were where it is good to see new spon­ place — if *you make the ‘day off. sors boosting the prize money at N.J.C. Catering facilities may be unlucky not to score again the popular ILincolnshire course. effort like these hardy limited in the ground, and towards the end of the half. Brigadier Gerard cross-country runners. If you have any ideas for especially outside where The usual second half RAG 1981 RAG or would like to help only a few cafes and restaur­ apathy set in and Cadzow Any interested in helping to but cannot come to the ants would have to cater for was forced to make brilliant WATER POLO organise next year's "RAG" meeting, contact: .everyone. saves from repeated short please come to a meeting in IAN SMITH, V.P. Sunday transport is limited. In the ladies Herculean encounter against Newcastle Level Six, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS corners. One eventually Travelling to and from went through to level the Polytechnic, a depleted University water polo team battled Committee Room, via General Office, matches could be extremely on Thursday Level Six score. valiantly but in vain. The obvious potential of Dirty Mags 27th November, 1.00 p.m. difficult from outlying areas; and the obscure Jude was overshadowed by the ever active (or Tannoy) railways operate few rural Newcastle shocked into their first half form, scored Orde. services and bus companies The theatrical commitment of the White Lady was Open 10a.m. to 10p.m. Mon. - Sat. have local lines in operation the eventual winner in a but their longer services sweeping move involving reflected in the final score, 4-1 to the Poly. 8 BIGG MARKET, Riley, Barton, Kaye, Severely handicapped by the lack of pool time, the Uni­ NEWCASTLE versity men soon overcame the Poly, despite our indiffer­ Card* • Novel Gifts • Perfume French an

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