THE 20th November 1980

~URROCK EETSBOYSON INSIDE ut Composite Fee Still Goes _ EUSA's fi nancial Independence will definitely be no more as ,m next year. With Government plans to abolish the discussions with officials from >mposite Fee in the pipeline, student unions all over the the Scottish Education untry must now prepare themselves for one of the most CoUeges Department. : vere challenges of recent years. : .. ' At a meeting in London last week with Dr Rhodes Boyson, · 1der-Secretary of State at the Department of Education and Merge : :1ence, Senior President John Sturrock learned at first hand of College Protest A confide ntial workin g ,:· e ch anges ahead. As predicted by Student in our October party has been set up as a first :.:-· lrd issue, they include incorporation of the Students' step towards carrying out the Tum To Falkirk within the University's total funding, and drastic .· ;soc1at1on government's plan to merge its n finance of the order of £ ¼ million per annum. Cralglockhart Roman Catho­ Over a thousand students, '.) f :he matters discussed by lic College with another lecturers and trade union essrs Boyson and Sturrock, intention to maintain funding Institution In East Central activists marched through the e +allowing points clearly at its present level - but it Is Scotland. streets of Falkirk on Friday In nerged. also clear that Government The government's pre­ protest at the government's ' The Government will estimates of student union plans on college closures. ,t,nItely be implementing requi rements would produce ferred choice is at Moray a substantial shortfall in House, although there is some tie changes in student union Mr "iarry Ewing, Opposition 1n ancing as from session income, even assuming away disagreement as to the the effects of inflation. college's ability to accom­ spokesman on Education. 981 -82. addressing the crowd of 12) A major aim of the Dr Boyson may have left the modate an additional Roman meeting better informed than Catholic teacher-training ~ marchers, accused Scottish ,roposals is the greater Secretary of State George : : lCC Oun tability of student before, and Mr Sturrock may unit. Other options include a have been reasonably merger with Dundee College Younger and Scottish >: rnIons - an aim which the Minister for Industry and ~~ · •t u dent organisations satisfied with the outcome of of Education, or the retention the talks, but there are clearly of Craiglockhart. Education Alex Fletcher of <: t1te rnatively read as an taking a u-turn on college _? Hosion of their financial many serious issues to be It is the ligering possibi­ resolved before the Depart­ closures. Messrs. Younger ; .. ndependence. lities of the retention of and Fletcher had themselves (3) It is the DES's stated ment finalises its plans for Craiglockhart College as a next year. opposed such closures when separate institution that has colleges had been threatened prompted governors of the Full Report Page 3, col. 4 three years ago. college t o, enter into \f orness Trials

Four peple (two from two days in overcrowded . Aberdeen and two from conditions in Ed i n burgh ·:· oxford) who were arrested In Police HQ. :·- May at the site of proposed After this incident some ·;:Tornes s nuclear p0wer summonses were sent out. (. station are pleading " not which was expected. What ·: gu ilty" t o charge s o f wasn't expected was that on :::"attempting to rescue a 26th September Tim Horrell ::_ pri soner" and "breach of the was arrested in his home town peace" in Haddington Sheriff of Reading, after being asked Court today. to "come down for a chat" at the station. Although Tim had The government Is still not received a summons he ltVtng the contruction of was flown north and held in To rness the go-ahead despite Dalkeith Police HQ, where he he fact that opinion polls spent three nights awaiting 1ave shown that the majority his case. :if people in the East Lothian The police claimed this was srea are totally opposed to the done because Tim ·had not Jona t han Walsh being arrested. Photo peace news. :J uild i ng of the nuclear answered a summons re lating ·eac tor. to his arrest at Torness in May. On 15th October Jonathan th_at no Inspector had been If built. Torness will expose In fact. Tim had changed Walsh from Nottinghamshire involved at any - sta~e ts workers and the areas address, but after hearing the was found 'not proven' in Johnathan's ·Iawyer then ·esI dents to cancer-inducing police were looking for him. Haddington District Court on produced a photo which both adIation and will produce he called in at the local police a charge of "breach of the Pcs agreed showed Jonathan ·ad1 oact1ve waste which will station and informed them ot peace" relati ng to his arrest at being arrested - by Tomess in May. Constable Eadie and an un­ emain deadly for thousands of his 'current address - he named Police Inspector. The years. heard nothing for amonth Jonathan described how he Constables were unable to until his sudden kidnapping! I n May anti-nuclear had protested to a police offer any explanation for this After being told that a plea orotestors from various parts Inspector about the officer total contradiction of their of 'not guilty' might end up in of Britain attempted to occupy kicking a demonstra tor in the evid':?nce his being held in custody for the Torness site and restor It ribs as he was being dragged After both trials leaflets ·o its natural state. The police four weeks, Tim submitted a plea of 'guilty' to "attempting awaY. The Inspector im- were distributed in Had- nad set up a security mediately ordered Jonathan's ding ton denouncing the Sectarianism: operation involving about to rescue a pnsoner" and was 500-800 officers. Impervious subsequently fined £50. His r~~!i'ail~d ::iz~~d ~orct"li~~ police kidnapping of Tim lawyer strongly criticised the Jonathan. Horrell, describing the May .ven to the contagious good arrests, and advocating humour of the protesters, the police action in arresting and Glasgow a g.ri m-faced constabulary detaining Tim. It was made Pcs Eadie and Hunter direct action to stop nuclear clear in court that Tim had in arrested 27 people after a float claimed that the defendant po;.;:~ more May arrestees fact gone to the aid of a friend oainted black, bearing the had been shoutt ng and have received summonses city divided letters 'BOMB and a string who was being attacked by swearing and so they had ·fuse·. was thrown over the the police for the crime of arrested him. Both claimed ~;~es are still awaiting trial ates. Arrests were violent, taking photographs of the and the prisoners then spent police attacking people. See Story Page 3 Col. 1. 2 Front Piece

THE LEADER

It would be a perfect world indeed where There will be important issues under realised that when the Association does thing people didn't need to be reminded all the time; discussion, and although each will appeal to that the student doesn't like, it is doing them i but the world is not perfect as we all know, and different groups, it is worthwhile being patient his name and with his money, then may be mor people need to be reminded continuously. They until the issue, or issues, which particularly than just the political careerists, who alway need to be reminded to vote, to support causes concern you come up. know, will have their say. which are fighting for their liberty and their In the past, the main criticism of General At a time of inflation, when money is hard t rights, and for democracy within this Meetings has been that they had a tendency to come by everywhere, it is incredible that mor University. In short, the Annual General turn into hacks forums. It is up to the ordinary students don't make a point of seeing lo Meeting of the Students' Association is next students to make sure that this is not the case. themselves what their Students' Associallo week: be there. The only quorate General Meeting in recent does with a fair chunk of what little they have The numbers attending General Meetings in years was over the rents issue and although it Ultimately however, the real sadness is that I the past have been pathetic. The University ended in disaster for the students of this Britains aspiring intelligentsia just doesn't see establishment must have a damned good laugh University it seemed at the time to be a step in to care about the things which make a soci et to themselves each time a General Meeting the right direction. It might be that quorate work. No amount of wailing at Thatcherit takes place and attracts only one or two General Meetings are a thing of the past. If this Tories, no amount of concern for the hundred people. There is no doubt that they are is the case then students can forget about underprivileged will make for a generation so quite happy for that situation to continue, and having any real representation within this unwilling to acknowledge its own hard won continue it will unless students go along to University. privileges. General Meetings and make their voices heard. Representation is not just a nice idea dreamed A quorate General Meeting next Wednesda A few hours is a very small price to pay for up by ageing democrats. When it is fully will show that we do after all live in a communi representation and democracy. reallsed that the money that the Students' that cares. Association spends is our money, and when it is

; C Lette·rs to the Editor Pale Ate Info

No Nukes is Good Nukes Dear Sir, Equipped with the mental agility, dynamism ' ' charge of millions - but in a situation where and aggression of a three toed sloth, the ·, ' Dear Editor, the millions have much greater control over management in Pollock has just realised that I r Despite my pressing academic and SAC their own lives. Decentralisation of power is students do drink on Sundan and that it is • commitments, I feel I must reply to the impossible in a state which uses nuclear comment in your rock page article "Who's legal to open a bar on that holy day. In fact th,s power - as nuclear power requires a powerful year the management also has extended t Insane?": "Having failed to stop Torness, the military to provent sabotage. anti-nuclear groups would do well to isolate licensing hours all the way up to 11 pm, a It is also a generally known, but little gone as far as introducing a real ale into the the more pressing problem of impending publicised, fact, that a principal reason for nuclear holocaust". This has been the bar. So far so good, but why is it that they fail developing the nuclear programme is to to actually tell anyone about it? Was there a emphasis of Student since the beginning of achieve centralisation of power - to remove welter of publicity, was there a black board term, and I feel that the nuclear power issue the production of energy from the masses into notice, was there a circular, was any o ' 1 must be set in perspective again. the hands of a few "technocrats'' renders informed? You've guessed; all these ' Nuclear war and nuclear power cannot be protest by unions, and thus democracy (after innovations are acceptable so long as no one treated as separate issues. Admittedly, all, most of the working-class population of makes use of them and the best way to ensure nuclear war seems more imminent now than this country are in unions) ineffective. that is to keep every one in the dark. No doubt ever before, but the Government will not cease However, even supposing multi-lateral dis­ in the future the management will be able to their nuclear programme to allow us to armament was achieved and the nuclear say comfortably, "Sunday opening -Ah yes. campaign to "stop the bomb" and we must power programme continued , in a we tried it in 1980, no demand of course. Real realise this. We also cannot stop nuclear war conventional war. the dropping of a ale - same thing again. no real demand, late without stopping nuclear power. Nuclear conventional bomb on a nuclear power station opening - not worth it really." power stations were first set up to produce would have almost the same catastrophic Though the people who work behind the plutonium for bombs; the fact that the Govern­ effect as a nuclear bomb. bar. both students and House Stewar ment now supposedly uses these plant for All these arguments don't even begin to caterers and others do their best and put humankind's benefit does not alter the fact cover e.g. the 11azards of uranium mining, the a great deal of effort into working there. the that plutonium is produced as a side effect and rise in the level of background radiation overall management does leave. as they say in will be available (a) for the Government and caused by nuclear power (without accidents), school reports, "A lot to be desired". This has (b) for "terrorists" to build bombs. Also, would the hazards of transportation of nuctear got to be one of the last bastions of all the you trust a country that called itself waste, and the jackpot question - what to do worst aspects of amateurism. "disarmed" yet produced plutonium? with redundant nuclear power stations or Will things chang<1? Well only the inmates Leading on from this, I think it is naive to nuclear waste? can decide that. Perhaps if that sop to suppose that simply the signing of a Enough said, read Robert Jungck The participatory student democracy, that forur.'I document by suspicious and hostile super Nuclear State for the political implications of a for tokenism, the Food and Bar commit·ee powers will bring about multi-lateral nuclear power programme, or Helen were subjected to a deluge of complain~ disarmament (although admittedly it would be Cauldicott, Nuclear Madness, for the health a qreat start). Disarmament requires trust, and effects. something might be accomplished. trust, 1 oe11eve, cannot be achieved in a Yours, Yours sweetly, situation where a few megalomaniacs are in Caroline Waller ...,. ______v_1 .• T.r 1.•1 1

STAFF NEWSDESK NIGHTLINE ACTION Are you in the News? Editor taln Hacke Two meetings have been night every three weeks. All Assistant Editors Edmund A held since the last edition of students will receive training Nigel BI~ Ian Wald Midweek, to discuss starting by appropriate people, before Arts BIii Whltefo Are you making the News? up NIGHTLINE again. starting. Features Basically, the 20-30 students Are you interested? Forms FIims Allan B. Hunt McLU at these meeting want to try should by now be available in News Bryan again. However, this time the Students' Association Rock Robert Louis Steven Have you heard of something which 1 TOOi Nightline's function will be not Offices, Settlement, Union What's On Simon Al only confidential advisory Porters' boxes, and beside Photos service for students, run by Suggestion Boxes. Please fill Tim Sm should be News? Anna El students, but also a friendly o ne in - these forms are not Graphics 'chat' service, and a much binding. Shona Met 1needed 'information' service. If we do not have 100 forms Sports Roddy McDoU PHONE the Student-Newsdesk However, our aims are not filled in by December 1st-we Polltlcs Paul H•Y" finally resolved yet. But - will give up the idea all Emily Smyth Andy Wat before we start Nightline together. Contributors Zerina Haniff David Ste again - we want at least 100 Please also note that a students to help. This will motion concerning financing James Meek Debbie Pa 667 5718 ensure that no student will of Nightline will be debated at · Advertising Gwenn Mc:Crt ,L', " ever be staffing Nightline on the General Meeting (26th , Buccleuch Place Jtheir own - nor, will they be Nov.). _..._ ""' Tel. 667 5718 ______....,,. ., . doing it more often than one Hope to hear from you . __ Caroline Walter News 3

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Senior President John Sturrock was In London last week to analysis yet available of meet Dr Rhodes Boyson from the DES. Under discussion were student union requirements. the controveralal government proposals on the future of Dr Boyson promised that his student union finance. department would give their findings full consideration Dr Boyson confirmed that we know it. the proposals-which involve EUSA may well find itself when they sit down to finalise arrangements for next year. removing the independent faced with an annual problem Composite Fee Fund by which in getting money for its Messrs . Sturrock and EUSA is currently funded, and activities. Once included in Boyson agreed that it was imperative to ensure that the incorporating our income in the total annual grant from the the University's recurrent University Grants Committee total level of funding be fully grant - would definitely be to the Un iversity , John worked out in advance and, cocning into effect next year. Sturrock believes it will be more importantly, that it be On that most sensitive of difficult. if not impossible to pitched at a level which would subjects, precisely how much claim any special privelege in be acceptable to student money the student unions will the disbursement of the unions throughout the ...... , actually be getting in future University's income. country. Once the money has under the new system, Dr As Mr Sturrock said after been handed over to the UGC Boyson said that it remained the meeting, "The University's there is little that can be done Artist's impression of planned Bristo Square development, the government's intention funding has been so to salvage the situation. All showing McEwan Hall m r,ght foreground, and In centre, not to impose any financial undermined_recently that we control passes out of the government's hands, and with De.. ntal School and Hospira/ soon to get under construction. cutbacks on student unions. will suffer alonQ with them." The Department of Education But perhaps the crucial . no guidelines either to the and Science, he claims, mean question is Who Will Suffer UGC on the "topping-up" of the fund. or to the University By the time the University to maintain student union Most? . to tune of £½ million on the distribution of the celebrates its 400th annivers­ finance at its present level. For the moment, the DES is so money once it reaches them, ary In 1983, Bristo Square will become hideously over­ Nevertheless, it has been basing its calculations for the opened 18 months ago. the Students' Association u· be beautifully landscaped and crowded. felt in government circles that block grant to the UGC - to Bristo Street was then could find itself in an a Dental School/ Hospital will A few weeks ago the Univer­ local authorities have for too be split among all Universities closed and the University had intractable position. be wellunderway. At least that sity announced submission of long simply been paying up In the country on a per capita effectively COMMITTED itself Dr Boyson made ii clear that is the plan . ... detailed planning permission without any adequate basis - on figures which fall to landscaping the liberated there would be no earmark mg Many years ago the which would put the hospital controls. In line with Tory far short of estimates already area. In the Spring of 1979 the of student union monies after decision was taken to in the position designated for policy In other areas involving made by the National Union of University published a the first year of the new redevelop the central area the abortive extension. The public monies, the govern­ Students and by the report of scheme for the redevelop­ scheme. Even at that, it is not between George Square and five storey building will be ment has set out to make the Student Union Senior ment and left it open to yet clear whether the Old College. The most recent constructed around two criticism Taking into student unions more finan­ Officials Conference University Grants Committee part of this project is the internal courtyards over the consideration the views cially accountable, by cutting (SUSOC). will. in the first year of Student Centre built. in two former Marshall Street expressed a final design was off the financial independ­ As the Senior President operation, indicate the sums phases. by 1975. Originally, highway and temporary car produced this year. It is ence hitherto enjoyed, and lea_rned at his meeting with Dr of money to be handed out to an extension was to be added park site. Marshall street will intended that a sunken central including them within the Boyson the m inister had been individual Universities. Which to the Marshall Street side of become a covered walkway area should be highlighted by universities provision of unaware of the SUSOC makes ii doubly important the complex and an appeal and act as the main pedestnan extensive greenery and services for budgetary booklet's existence, and that the government gets its was launched to find the entrance to the School. The although the area is primarily purposes. In short, it means therefore, of the conference's sums right first time. necessary money. At the same official press release tor pedestrians, cyclists are to the end of the traditional, findings, which provide the time preliminary planning announced that the project be discouraged owing to the independent student union as fullest and most accurate permission was granted for a was "presently costed at dangers posed to the elderly. new Dental Hospital. £6,000,000" as long as a site access to the By 1976-77 it was obvious It was revea led, at the same Dental Hospital is left clear. that the extension appeal was time. that planning per­ the work on the square should .I not going to succeed and, m i ssion had now been begin very soon. rather than dig foundations granted for a "Pedestrianised It is estimated that the total and surround them with Public Square". cost for landscaping will be hoardings until money The story of this square about £450.000 but it is became available, the scheme goes back to a time when the stressed by Information was dropped and the money University was in involved in Officer. Mr Ray Footman, that used to refurbish Teviot Row. negotiations with the this money has, in fact, been Priority was now given to authorities over two prob­ allocated and held in reserve the hospital which. owing to lems; the flow of traffic ever since the closure of its dual purpose (Teaching through the campus and the Bristo Road in 1979 and Treatment), was financed landscaping of the whole Mr Footman concluded that by both the University Grants area. The authorities rejected the University feels Committee and the Home and the University's claim tor a committed in circumstances Health Department. The total removal of traffic but where it has undertaken quite hosp i tal is desperately agreed to re-route the George a lot of building in this area to required since the present IV Bridge-Mayfield Road flow make sure that it is properly required location in Chambers Street is along Lothian Street and completed." of pre-war design and has Potterrow. this road was David Stead to edit eight issues of as part of · 1he struggle to totally transform society, to THE STUDENT DIRECT ACTION contd. reach the situation where people have control of all of The state is clamping down for irlvestigating the possibili­ society's resources , and during the Spring Term_ en anti-nuclear direction ty of uranium mining. create a world where people action. lt'this increased state Workers, too, can refuse to organise together on an equal The closing date for applications is repression succeeds it will be work on nuclear 0evelop­ basis to meet human needs, a major defeat for the anti­ ments, refuse to transport without bosses of any kind. 5.00 p.m., Monday, 24th November. nuclear movement. For only a machinery, supplies etc to Vital decisions, such as those widespread determination to nuclear sites, or - if forced by concerning energy policy, physically stop nuclear economic necessity to work would then be made BY AND developments and/or a large on sites such as Torness - do FOR ALL. scale refusal to work in the the work very slowly , The state realises the nuclear industry has a chance sabotage machinery etc. significance of anti-nuclear of halting the government's In taking such direct action direct action - that's why plans tor vastly increased we're taking important those leaving the path of reliance on nucleac energy. decisions about society's " legal protest" are being - Those in power, in the state development into our own arrested, detained in custody, and in big corporations, have hands. We're asserting that it's and fined. It is vital that people too many interests at stake to human needs that should answer the attack of the state ' be swayed by protests which count, not in interests of the on anti-nuclear direction stay safely within " con­ state and big business. action with more direct action stitutional channels". Such action· should jle seen involving more people_. Direct action against nuclear power can take many All applications should be forms. In West Germany in • 1975, thousands of people SANE in Haddington occupied the site of a As an expression of solidarity and support for the four people addressed to: proposed nuclear reactor, facing trial this morning In Haddlngton (see article page 7) there drove off the police who came will be a picket outside the courtroom. Edinburgh SANE, In to arrest them, and eventually conjunction with this picket and the possible In-court demon­ THE CHAIRMAN forced the government to strations, ls planning action In Haddington today. Door-to-door aba(ldon building the power leaflettlng, talking to residents and workers, the possibility of E.U.S.P.B. station. At present, in Wales, occupying an SSEB showroom In Haddlngton, and In general anti-nuclear people are making the intentions of our protest known to everyone, wlll physically harrassing geo­ make up a large part of our activities. SANE opposes the unjust 1 Buccleuch Place logists looking for sites to arrest and trial of these four Innocent people and demands an dump nuclear waste. In end to such State repression of the citizens' voice in protest to Edinburgh. Ireland there has been nuclear power and arms. sabotage of equipment used Hugh W. Martinez, SANE member 4 Platform

Politics is Boring

Politics . is: boring. Politicians aren't much better - though to conservatism, of Left or Right. will be safely ensured. Again around, pretending that everything will be all right, so long as there are a few exceptions (anyone remember Jeremy Thorpe?) the system is so hard to change that apathy does not need to be they ignore it all? Try ignoring a 10 megaton bomb, jobless , to liven things up occasionally. The remoteness of our leaders, encouraged. and the executive of the Students' Association can hypothermia, or anything else our political system holds out for their incompetence and lunatic tendencies, their weird and sit back and look after us, safe in lhe knowledge that they can't us. Sµre, governments of Left or Right are virtually wonderful policies, when they have them, are enough to turn be touched. After all, it lakes 300 people to make a General indistinguishable - " new boss same as the old boss", - but anyone off. What difference does it really make who is in power? · Meeting quorate, and even then a simple majority is not why t,ave this system at all? Are we really so evil and incapable We're all going to have " tighten our belts" while we wait for the sufficient to make a decision binding on them, so with a that we could not organise our lives without the power-mad day when we can wade through milk and honey - just as our potential audience of over 12.000. they are. through apathy, incompetents who are so patently failing to do it for us now? great-grandparents used to - whether we are controlled by assured of their power over us. Any problems, and our chairman And in the context of this University, why are we subjected to Adolf Thatcher, Josef Benn or anyone else. There is absolutely can reduce the time of speeches and, if he's clever enough, he such ineffectual and distant leader::;hip? no point in having anything to do with It; none of us can effect can avoid any trouble with people who want to say anything by While misguided, SWSO are least trying to introduce some the slightest change. Apathy is the only sensible course to take. simply speeding up the whole proceedings, as he at least measure of democracy into the way we as students run our There are lots of other things to do besides politics, all of which realises that these ocassions should be kept to a minimum, with affairs, for which we should support them. regardless of what are more interesting, enjoyable and relevant. That this is clearly as little student interference as possible. And in the horrifying we think of their political theory. A lot of people, however, will the case can be seen from examining the attitudes of those best event that some of those on the lunatic fringe do force find this difficult, which is not really surprising. After all, the idea equipped to evaluate the situation - us. Among students in this something through our usually impenetrable constitution, we of replacing one "Big Brother" system with another - even if university the level of political apathy is higher than ever before. can be thankful that the University itself has somehow managed Big Brother is one of "us" - is not really too appealing. And so, Of course, this cannot all be blamed on the British political to reserve the right of veto. Of course, normally this will be given no hope of active change beyond that offered by the far system; we do, after all, have our own problems at Edinburgh, unnecessary. Faced by our dauntless bureaucracy with their Left, the lemptation to sink into apathy, to ignore the but we'll come to them in a minute. Before that we should beautifully complex procedures, the intelligent among us (and undemocratic nature of the system, to regard it all as irrelevant perhaps look at the consequences of our attitudes, as we are all we are all intelligent, thinking students) have adopted apathy, and inevitable. this is all that seems left to us. If you cannot see "responsible" students, aren't we? so it is hard to understand our leaders' constant pleas for beyond the system, then thoughtless inaction is the only When faced with a limited number of equally boring greater attendance at General Meetings, when everyone knows intelligent path. This holds true of student politics just as much alternatives within an apparently unchangeable system,-apathy that nothing can be achieved at these. Well, almost everyone, as anything else. and disinterest are the obvious answers. Unfortunately, next to though there is the lunatic fringe, but so far they actually seem But the possibility that the system can not only be changed, voting, apathy is what encourages them most. And while we to be on our side. but completely removed, must be entertained. In this University can't affect Them, They are only too ready to sort our lives out For example. we have our comrades in SWSO. the embryonic we have the opportunity to change our own system, to for us. Of course there have got to be cuts, of course we need workers. Last year they were promising us that they were going introduce at least some element of democracy. If General nearly 2½ million our of work (scroungers the lot of them). of to have rent strikes. occupations. etc. over the rent issue. Meetings can be sufficiently altered in form, they will become course it's going to be cold and dark this winter, and of course Fortunately, some of them were elected to positions of power useful and relevant occasions, where practical and we'll all be rich and happy (soon). To some people this may (working on the inside?), and naturally enough discovered that consequential decisions can be democratically taken, seem a little paradoxical - but don't worry, they can be dealt they had been "misinformed" about the whole thing. So, genuinely expressing the desires of lhe whole student body. If with. And if the system does seem to be falling apart. we can thankfully, they have dropped their policy of keeping rents in nothing else student politics may become less boring for those always have a war - full employment guaranteed for those who line with grants, and Gauleiter Kennedy has informed us that we of us who aren't either fanatics or executive bureaucrats. If you survive (well, someone's got to bury the rest of us). Most should not attack the University, but the Government instead. want to see change in the way your affairs are conducted. but reassuring is the fact that stability will be maintained, as our As an elected representative of students, publicity agent for the don't want to be dictated to by political opportunists; if you leaders will be tucked up in their bunkers while we are being University Court is the obvious role for him - otherwise there think you are capable of deciding for yourself how you wanl purified. This, and much more, is promised if only we would all would be the danger that his position would allow him to try and things that effect you done. rather than complacently adopt the same attitude of apathy. Unforlunately, some of the raise us from our slumbers. He can only be praised for his rare abdicating any responsibility and then complaining about the masses receive further education - though with any luck this ability to change his views, avoiding all accusations of tenacity, consequences, then come to General Meetings and help us to too will be successfully cut, and soon we can all be engineers, or conviction ot loyalty. get things moving. We are the alternative to standard, boring engineers, or engineers. The problem of working within the system is that it is a self­ politics: we are anarchists who are fighting for change, fighting But for the moment we must face the fact that we as students defeating process, merely lending credibility to the system. not the Left or the Right, but the whole system they stand for, are in a dangerous position, exposed regularly to radical and inspiring more (if possible) people to doze off. A regards SWSO, and the mindless apathy it creates. If you want to see some subversive alternatives. Luckily we have our own system to take who wants a revolution anyway, if it is going to lead to yet action in this University, then come to the next General care of us, and if we can only maintain the status quo through another totalitarian set-up. waiting for the latest Stalin to Meeting, and fight with us. intensive non-activity, all will be well, and mindless obedience appear? Yet, at the same time. who rea lly wants to just sit Free Anarchist Movement

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l~.. , ..... ~-~MIRAO::Ul()SA:,,',,A. f()M(J'nJ,<,TNW,,"' t-«ledt,,,Al\$1U.AOSAWA 1Mo11.-.i,,,~~ MA$ATO(1( ~t,,,5tll'-OJAl-.l:& "-~"" "11'.•Mt~~- ~ STARTING MONDAY 24th. NOVEMBER CALTON EDINBURGH Sports 5 ,, VOLLEYBALL UNI FALL AS STRIKE 'AGAINST McIntyre On Saturday the women's fitting climax to this exciting Motors volleball team registered what game, as the girls reached 14- can only be described as an 11 and then proceeded to historic victory.defeating the waste several match-points to THE HEAD' CHANGES GAME in E to G "Auld Enemy" - Telford II - allow the opposition to level tor the first time in several the score. By this time the Edinburgh University 12 Allan Glen's 21 On Sunday, the 16th seasons. The men's team Telford men's team had November. the Hairies took unfortunately failed to make it arrived and were giving loud After an encouraging 46-0 forwards and good ball part in the Edinburgh to a double cause for celebra­ support to the Telford girls. win over St. Andrews In a mid­ became scarce for Edinburgh. Glasgow, eight-stage road tion, losing to Telford men 1- but the atmosphere in the hall week Universities' Champion­ Glen's kicked two penalties relays. This is an elitist race 3. seemed only to increase the ship game. Edinburgh faced as they turned on the Cycling with only the top 20 clubs in The girls lost the first set 7- University's determination Allan Glen's with con­ pressure.The University hung Scotland gaining invites. 15. but. realising that the and they won this marathon siderable confidence. on but cracked finally as the EUH&H were the only opposition were by no means set 16-14. The whole match At the regular Tuesday Using the strong wind big Glasgow forwards university team taking part in invincible, launched an all-out lasted over two hours and meeting on November 11 Edinburgh attacked im­ punched holes in their what is a high quality race. We attack in the second. The set produced the best volleyball (Spartans Club at 7 pm), we mediately and after early defence before releasing their are, by the way, course record provided some very entertain­ the girls have played in a long were fortunate enough to pressure A. Hunter kicked a backs who were now enjoying holders. This was achieved ing volleyball as, spurred on time. with good individual a~:- have Walter Thompson along penalty. However, as the half a plentiful supply of good ball. back in the late sixties by the by loud support from the performances from all team e·-- - to speak about "Training progressed the forwards went The try came from a forward greatest of hairy teams. bench, the girls fought members, and excellent s·· Methods". He is well qualified slightly off the boil and the charge after a five-yard Gareth Bryan-Jones is still the through a seemingly endless teamwork. C'.e: to speak, being very backs failed to use the good scrum. Then as Edinburgh fastest ever over both legs series of side-outs and set­ The men's team started successful in all forms of ball that they did get. tried desperately to run seven and eight. This time, points to take the set 7-15, badly, and can now say that racing. both individual and Another penalty by R. everything and save the game however, we finished a very mainly as a result of sheer they have equalled the girls in team. and is currently Hunter made it 6-0, but Allan Glen's scored again; one of creditable 15th, fielding an determination. The third set, that both teams have been studying for a Sports Glen's came more into the the centres charging through under-strength squad due to however, was something of an grannied this season. The Coaching Diploma at game and pulled one back to a now exhausted Varsity illness. Our most outstanding anti-climax as unforced errors second set was closer, and the Dunfermline College of make it 6-3. As Allan Glen's defence. leg came from Colin McIntyre began to creep into the boys played well to take the Physical Education, with a began to pressurise the home Hard luck for the fourteen who is back from orienteering University's play, and Telford third. when Telford appeared view to studying sport to team the University fortu­ Edinburgh men who stuck to activities behind the Iron again won 15-7. In the fourth to be struggling. In the end. degree level at Liverpool nately got another penalty, their task very well , Curtain. He burned up the set the decision was taken to however, the opposition University. In addition, he after a break into their particularly as some of them second stage in 32:33 gaining introduce " new" blood into proved too strong for a owns a fleet of fine bicycles. opponents half. Guess who were clearly shaken after a huge . cheer from the the team in tne shape of University team which still has His talk was aimed primarily converted it? 9-3! seeing the Glen' s wing spectator section of the hare veteran Doris Wylie, who has some problems to sort out, at racers, but contained much e:· Just on half time we forward attempt neuro­ and hounds when he passed returned to the volleyball club and they took the match 3-1. sound advice for tourers, and witnessed a rather disgusting surgery on Ritchie. Scottish internationalist after a long absence. Doris Phil Allen was impressive this even for those tor whom the Graham Williamson. He was incident. The Edinburgh The final comment has to be immediately showed herself week and thorougly justified bicycle is a daily transport. no less than 58 sec. faster than hooker Harry Ritchie that with fifteen men we would to be back to her old attacking the increased court time he First of all, competitive attempted to charge down a have won this one, especially Mr W and took the scalps of form and caused the Telford was given. cycling should be fun. and in kick, and fell in his attempt. As as none of the seven forwards Easton, Donnelly, and ex­ defence a lot of problems. This Saturday both teams view of this it is useful to the Allan Glen's pack followed left on the field had ever Olympian Don McGregor into Brigit Jenner was happy to be are away to Pentland - question your motivation for the ball across the pitch, one hooked before. the bargain. It was, however, a playing alongside setter another of the teams they love doing it: Walter suggested short-lived advantage and the of their wing forwards took the The University hopefully, Kathryn Allan, who has made to hate, and on Sunday the that for him it would be rest of the team, consisting of opportunity to sink a boot into used yesterday's fixture a welcome return to fitness, girls are off to Stirling for the because he could then eat Messes Sigmundson, Cottam, Ritchie's head. He was carried against Stirling Uni and wlll and her lethal attack was an most important event of the ... more, which he enjoys McQueen, McMillan, Robert­ off with a badly cut head as the use Saturday's game against important factor in the season - the Scottish greatly. son, Jordan and Hodson, •. unsighted referee blew for Penlculk as warm ups for the University's 15-8 win in this Universities' Championships. He went on to talk about gallantly p'ressed on to give us half time. big one next Wednesday. The set. Last year they came second, caring for one's knees; for a a final time of 4 hrs. 14 min. 34 "' After half time the deciding game In the The fifth set provided a this year ... ? lopsided position, a bent sees. Edinburgh pack, already up Universities Championship crank, ormisalignedshoe­ against it weight wise , battled versus Aberdeen. Next week (Saturday 22nd) 1------­ plate can cause · sideways it's back to normal with on with seven men. Another Kick-off at 2.15 pm at Canal pressure on the joint, leading everyone, including women Hunter penalty put Edinburgh Fields. all support, for what to all sorts of problems. and hack runners, getting a 12-3 up but as the half wore on promises to be a thrilling c. ' Further advice concerned the race. The lesser runners SPORTS SHORTS . .. r··· the heavy Glasgow eight wore match, will be appreciated. correct saddle height, with the enjoyed a weekend of hard down the seven University come and cheer your team on! top of the saddle being level. training (a nd very heavy Russell Marchant In defeating an injury-hit St. Andrews XV by 46-0, the Rugby An incorrect adjustment not bevvy) so should be fit enough club 1st XV boosted their points tally and moved above old rivals ------~ only prevents you exerting to manage the Braid Hills 5 Aberdeen in the Scottish Universities' Championship. Leading maximum thrust, but can also (3 for women). This is our own 28-0 at half time through tries by Stevenson (2). Auckland, MOTOR Alan's car also featured an cause damage to the parts of race which kicks off at 2.30. Hamilton and Nicol, and four conversions from Stevenson, CLUB enthusiastic passenger the body in contact with the Meet KB Union at 1.30. Edinburgh lined up against only fourteen men in the second­ bouncing around the back saddle (especially male, he Anyone willing to forfeit half, a situation which, unfortunately, they, themselves would Last Sunday the Motor seat in an attempt to increase sa id). racing to mark the course and face later in the same week. Three tries by Auckland, bringing Club had their first Production traction. Class 3 was narrowly Clothing too, was covered. (ladies!) help with the teas his personal score to an impressive sixteen points, one from Car Trial of the season, at won by Lucille Hall in an MG. It is very important to keep the would be most appreciated, Reynolds and one further conversion from Stevenson ended Blegbie Farm, near Humbie. Not only did she manage to lower half of the back covered, preferably arriving at KB say the home team's rout of their depleted visitors. The league table this involves driving standard keep her car very clean, she for ordinary clothes don't 12 o'clock. Their reward is a table after November 12th's games was as follows: cars along a route marked out also managed to complete the normally reach far enough free pie and beans. All PWOLF APls up a grassy hill. The further event without having to get down when you are crouched newcomers are welcome to Edinburgh 5 5 0 0 118 24 10 you get without stopping or out of the car. Class 4was won down over the handlebars. It's run or help and an excellent Aberdeen 5 5 0 0 106 23 10 hitting a marker, the fewer by Richard Geddes in another silly to spend a few hundred opportunity to meet the club Dundee 5 4 0 1 119 22 8 penalty points you get. Imp, which had been entered pounds on a bike, but not to wi ll follow with a hairies social Strathclyde 5 2 1 2 70 87 5 However, such was the rai n by no less than four people, spend a few pounds on a evening in Edinburgh. Stlrllng 5 1 2 2 62 78 4 the previous night that the and at one point had two proper cycling jersey. Training (moan) is KBU 3 Heriot-Watt 5 1 0 4 41 120 2 route went more across the passengers! Finally, I think a That much applies to most pm Wednesdays for all levels St. Andrews 5 0 1 4 18 108 1 hill; and of course it soon special award is due to Mitch cyclists, but I think only a very of fitness and both sexes. Glasgow 5 0 0 5 29 101 0 became a sea of mud. Hunter for the dirtiest car by few would be dedicated Disregard swatting and get The first few of the six tests far. enough to heed the advice some fresh air. All newcomers While I'm tempted to describe the ladies' Hockey club's proved to be too easy for most But for the competitors the that any runn ing-even most welcome. Special bonus victory by 5-0 over Stirling as an M-phatic one - the scorers people, so the later ones were biggest event was yet to come walking - during the training for fanatics is (take being McMaster (2), Mclintock, Monaghan and Makein - made more difficult, with the - getting out of the field. competitive season is your pick) Sunday 2 pm KB my dislike of the excruciating pun tells me otherwise, so I'll result that few people Fortunately the farml?r was detrimental to your per­ Union - a slow easy run for a settle instead for a quick eulogy of their recent Wednesday managed to finish them. First racing around in a Subaru 4- formance. hungover squad; Monday·, performances. In scoring 28 goals in their last four games, and overall was Peter Hurst, in an wheel-drive, and he was kept Our thanks to Walter Fartlek ("Speed-Play") from conceding none at the other end, they seem to be presenting a Imp. This completed a very . busy towing people out, Thompson for an interesting Pleasance gym at 6 pm; and pretty good case for putting up only one goal for each game and successful weekend for him, normally backwards. Thanks talk, and hopefully it will Tuesdays there is a circuit moving it at half-time. Leading goal-scorers so far are Lilian for he had also driven to a to AngusG ray for organising encourage some people to training session in the Monaghan (10), Elaine Makein (7). Kirsty McMaster (4) and class win in the Night Op. the event: a pity it didn't think about racing next Pleasance Gym at 6.45 pm. Alison Buckingham (3) . Rally the previous day. extend to remembering to season. Remember, the club Try to make some of these. Encouraging news from the Shotokan Karate club who, after A steady drive by David pick up his Clerk of the can help you with jerseys and Don't be scared of your enduring an ab·sence of inter-university games for a couple of Robb in a Saab made him Course. As it was I arrived late, lightweight wheels, and also Director of Studies. What are seasons, have rectified the situation and are due to kick-off a winner of Class 1, with Alan in time to see him finishing the (essen tial ) racing class exams anyway? new series of fixtures by entertaining a team from Dundee on Nimmo in his rally prepared setting out the course. licences. Zoot Simms Saturday (22nd November). Toyota Winning Class 2. Richard Peploe R !chard Peploe (Edinburgh Zoo) Finally, on a more personal note, I'd like to wish Dave Tuttle of the Canoe club, a quick recovery after his tragic accident last week, hoping, at the same time that his injuries are not as JUDO serious as were first thought and that it won't be too long before against Peter Doward of St. held down for ippon. With in the first fight of the match he's out of hospital. This week Edinburgh Andrews. In the final fight of Alasdair Brown conceding his with Ian narrowly beating his RESULTS travelled through to Glasgow this match Brian Wilson gave fight, Edinburgh had to win much heavier opponent by a Wednesday 12 November to face Strathclyde, St. what amounted to a demon­ the thil'd. fight. However, Alan koka. Alan Henderson lost to a Football: V. Glasgow (A) 1st Xt lost 1-0 Andrews and Glasgow stration of throwing tech­ Henderson. an Orange belt, hold down against his more 2nd XI won ?·1 (Morrison(pen). Boyd) Universities In this, the third niques whilst demolishing his met Glasgow's black belt experienced opponent, while Colts' XI won 3-2 (Champion (2). Marshall) League fixture. opponent. Alan Henderson, captain, Dave Findlay, and Ewan Ferguson and Brian Rugby: Edinburgh University XV 23 Scottish College of Textiles 3 After taking a roundabout the most inexperienced was thrown for ippon with Wilson both had walkovers. Saturday 15 November route to the venue, Edinburgh member of the team had a uchimata in the first few Glasgow came out of this Football: 2nd XI v Tollcross (H) won 1-0 (McCaig) faced St. Andrews in their first welcome win, holding his seconds of his contest. Ewan fixture with three wins, Colts' XI v Westport drew 1-1 fight. opponent down for ippon and Ferguson and Brian .Wilson Edinburgh were second with Rugby: Edinburgh University 12 Allan Glen's 21 Effectively fielding a four­ Ian Anderson had to rely on both won easily to bring. the two, St. Andrews third with RDVC 9 Llsmore 21 man team, with Alasdair throwing skill to beat his much tally to Glasgow 3 wins - one win and finally Strath­ Edinburgh University 14 Grangemouth 6 Brown conceding all his fights stronger opponent. Edinburgh 2. clyde lost all their fights. Edinburgh University 1110 Haddington 13 due to an injury, Edinburgh The next match versus The final match was against Next week we hope to have Shlnty: Edinburgh Unlv. 4 Stralhlay 2 did well in winning this match Glasgow was a different story. a 3-man Strathclyde team. a full team at Stirling and must Men's Hockey: "The Scotsman" Cup Third Round: Stirling 1 4-1. The highlight of these Ian Anderson met 1st Kyu. Again, with Alasdair Brown try not to get lost on the way Edinburgh University 0 contests was a textbook Duncan Campbell in a fight having to concede, either Ian there. Women's Hockey; Merchants 8 Edinburgh University A 0 deashibari for ippon. which lasted all of 35 sees. Anderson or Allan Henderson Alasdalr S. Brown executed by Ewan Ferguson with Ian being thrown then had to win. This was achieved ... 6 Feature

AMERICANS OBSERVED Tampons and Toxic

The very first thing I ever One returned anxiously to Thus, in Freshers' W0ek, Shock Syndrome noticed about Edinburgh one's TV set, and watched they sat on the steps at the (apart from the cold, the grey with careful eye. And lo! there Academic Fair discussing At least 17 deaths in the stone, the Castle, Arthur's What you can do: they were in the blurred wine, while we tripped over USA have been linked with USA. Telegrams have been Seat and the funny money, (1) If y6u see any of the new background to that reality of them. our view obscured by tampons. In August, Diana sent to all of them asking that that is) was the extraordinary American life which the small Introductory Notes to Silva died in California of what they place labels on their varieties of tampon men­ number of American students. tioned above in a shop, raise screen offers; leaping onto Business Studies I: at is becoming known as "toxic products warning that the use ' At least, I noticed a strange the matter with the store kerbs as Starky and Hutch matriculation time, they shock syndrome". She had of these tampons may lead to breed of students dressed in manager. roared by, walking around hailed each other effusively been using Playtex tampons. toxic shock syndrome. In the converted sleeping bags, Oliver and Jenny as they across the queues, swapping Linda Imboden is now suing meantime, at least one of the (2) Su~port the campaign jeans flared at the top rather stared entranced into each travellers' tales of EurOpe, Playtex, having Just escaped most suspect American against Playtex - contact than the bottom, and wearing with her life, but not without · varieties of tampon - Playtex Patschi Solve. 34 Upper Park small rucksacks like reverse other's eyes and standing in while we groped desperately queues waiting to be pushed for award letters from the permanent injury through - has appeared on the British Road, London NW3. Jo pregnancies; the identifica­ Richardson. MP, is going to aside by Rhoda's mother. But SEO; at Pollock they shouted kidney damage and gangrene, market with no warning. tion only came when I hoved what a life, wasn't it irritating jovial obscenities at each following the toxic shock Precisely what is causing ask in Parliament for an within hearing distance, to be continually sent other from windows, or attributed to tampon use. toxic shock syndrome is not investigation as soon as scarcely a difficult task, and sprawling by Macleod? roamed the corridors late at Since January 1980, 200- completely clear but there is possible. made out the barbarian Certainly not; as the night singing " It's impossible, 300 cases of toxic shock strong evidence to suggest (3) Boycott the products. phrases they uttered: "Gee! lengthening autumn term to get a Cadillac up your nose, syndrome have been reported that the following three Certainly try to avoid any Hamburgers! Barbara Walth­ soon revealed, American it's just impossible", while we in the USA in previously features of tampons are tampons claiming to be ers!" These were Americans! students are never content adhered ourselves to our healthy young women. In 95 important and potentially "super-absorbent" or Yet surely not; everyone knew merely to play the extra in posters with Blu-Tack and per cent of the cases, illness dangerous: "deoderised" or those with that all American males were developed during or soon (1) The use of synthetic plastic applicators. And you police detectives with remark­ someone else's life; the guy spent our evenings dunking after menstruation, with fibres (as opposed to cotton) can avoid tampons altogether able disabilities; addiction to who leaps from under the digestive biscuits in our tea. symptoms including vomit­ in increasing quantities in without resorting to sanitary lollipops, unfinished houses, squealing tyres of a LAPD car, Time has, of course, ing, diarrhoea, temperatures "super-absorbent" tampons towels - use a small natural removal of all logical thought bumps into a girl who drops all mellowed these callow im­ up to 106, intense muscle (e.g. Playtex, Tampax, Super­ _sponge (or cut up a big one), processes, and the like, and her groceries and slaps his pressions: the drawl is attrac­ tive, acquaintance has offered pain, a bright red rash and a Plus and Slender). insert it damp into the vagina, the only men stalwart enough round the ear. They then fall in new insights and following the rapid drop in blood pressure. (2) The use of various and rinse it out every few to resist the lure of the gold love, only to fall prey to a plot march of fashion, we all aspire The disease is rapidly fatal in chemicals as deoderants and hours. It's a safe method that ;· shield refused to leave hatched jointly by J R and about 10 per cent of cases and to soak up menstrual blood avoids tampon manufac· Walton's .Mountain. And President Nixon, but with the to the "preppy" look, but the surviving victims may suffer faster. turers making money out of American females, unless help of Superman and Nancy mystique is still there. What do permanent injuries. (3) The use of plast appli­ us, let alone risking our lives. they roamed the Blue Ridge Drew save the world for Americans talk of when we're Cases of toxic shock cators which are more likely to And there is no reason why we Mountains also, were all either mankind and then get not there, and what do they syndrome have occurred in scratch the vagina and should be ashamed or married to an Osmond, or married: so the transatlantic think of us? And why do none women using tampons introduce toxic chemicals into embarrassed by our mentrual were the innocent young student was the star in his own of them look like Robert Redford? produced by all five major the bloodstream (e.g. Playtex blood. victims of a crazed killer with a personal movie, " Elmer tampon manufacturers in the and Kotex). Liz Bondi grudge against David Soul. Brings the Spirit of America to M. Charlton So, who were these people? Kncx's Gold City". I/ Sectarianism Two personal views

A1 a I u I ,f . o' ' A Scotsman Speaks to

When the final whistle blew on the Scottish Cup Final 1980 did not want to emigrate: they wanted to stay in their homeland. starving to death, and dying in droves of fever and cholera. They and fighting broke out between Rangers and Celtic fans on the the British Government did not want them here, and were no threat - 5,000 died in the Edinburgh area in one year turf of Hampden, Archie Macpherson, the BBC match populations of Scotland most certainly did not either. They alone. They did not come over to subvert the populace, they commentator for the day, declared in shocked, helpless tones came because they were starving to death due to famine - a came - unwilling - to try and avoid starvation which was "Let's face It ... these fans hate each other!" famine which, by any standards, should never have happened. forced upon them. Treated worse than pigs by the undeniably Now, while it is unnecessary to be gifted with the deducti~e Throughout the period known as the Great Famine, there was aristocratic English landlords and Government, they fled here powers of a Holmes or Maigret to r~ach ~his ~onclusion, th~re '.s enough food - wheat, corn, beef, milk, goats, eggs - to feed to be faced with a massive over-reaction from native Scots of all a sinister side to the statement which gives It more meaning in the population twice over. The Government, with Peel at the denominations. By today's standards, the violence and general this context than if it were used in connection with any other helm, manoeuvred via a complicated array of Acts of Parliament beliefs of this era are utterly amazing. Imagine for a moment pair of rival supporters in the world. The essence of the hatred (raising rent, removing rights of tenancy and various other that you are walking down the Royal Mile -going to the Calton that exists has little to do with football: if lbrox stadium and human rights) to reduce Irish tenant-farmers to such a state that Studios. say - on a cold, wet afternoon; you turn a corner and Parkhead were nuked tomorrow (all things are possible in a they had to sell all their produce of corn, eggs, livestock etc. in walk straight into a mob of 6,000 brawny labourers armed with Reagan world), the basis of distrust, rntolerance and hatred order to find the rent. They were reduced to keeping themselves would still exist. Celtic are Catholic, Rangers, Protestant. The sticks, cudgels and other implements, who are _o n their way ~o and their families on an almost exclusive diet of potatoes and Pollock Halls to bet up every student they can find and trash In two clubs are a microcosm of the rift which exists between the buttermilk. If they failed to pay the rent, they were turned out of the place in general. Why? Because they resent people coming two sections of the community in Glasgow, Edinburgh and their holdings with no food or money. The similarities between ~ to live here from somewhere else. This happened not most other towns in Scotland. From time to time, the press and this and the infamous Highland Clearances are striking, and media get hot under the collar about it all, and all the old infrequently to the Irish (Irish: although most were Catholic, 0 both were executed for much the same reasons. The English there was a minority of Protestants, but all were tarred with the arguments are trotted out and paraded for a few days: Celtic are Government deliberatelyacceleratedits already existing policy s slated for flying the Tricolour (the national flag of Ireland) same brush) in this country. Imagine picking up a newspaper of depopulation - clearing the people from the land instead of and reading this. alongside the Lion Rampant, Union Jack and several others; the iand for the people - and looked forward to the time when, ' "Wherever Popery flourishes, nothing else can; for It Is a Rangers are pressurised occasionally concerning the club in the joyful words of the Times "an Irishman would beas rare in moral vampire, which sucks the blood of nations, and that with policy of not signing Catholic players, coaches or groundstaff, Connemara as a Red Indian on the shores of Manhattan." an avidity which soon wastes away the strength of the then all is forgotten until the next time. The question is always The Famine killed off almost two million Irish and decimated strongest, and drains the treasures of the richest." "Why?", and the question is nev~r answered. Nobody looks the population to such an extent that even today it has not yet Abuse like the quote above was so widespread that it is back over the years to try and find some sort of understanding recovered. All over the world - New York, Nova Scotia, impossible to go through en masse. Churches were demolished to the problem of why one person can beat, slash or knife Gibraltar - cities have areas with names like " Irish Town", or ransacked as soon as they were built and the priests beaten another on the strength of the short words "tim" or " prod". " Little Dublin", "Little Ireland"; showing the far-reaching effects regularly, mobs turned out to stone and pelt return~ng Some remember, or we're told of. the days of the 'thirties and the of that famine. In Edinburgh, the area of the Grassmarket, churchgoers, immigrants were subjected to the sneering razor gangs who used to battle it out on Glasgow Green; the Cowgate and West Port was called "Little Dublin", being the ridicule of the majority of the population and press. When the "Billy Boys" - named after King Wllliam of Orange - and the immigrant quarter for Irish in that time The attitude of the native Conks (yes, Conks) - a Catholic gang who got their name "humour" exhausted itSelf, they were, once again, the "Low population of Scotland, both before but especially after, was Irish". name because they came trom Norman Street get it, one of acute resentment and varying degrees of hostility. All These events happened three generations ago - taking into "Norman Conks?" Some latter-day Matt McGuinn would have classes were united by this resentment, and gave voice to it in account the magnitude of them and the immediate hiatus the been proud of that one. Discord and "orange-or-green" different ways: workmen formed mobs - sometimes 8,000 immigrations caused, it is little wonder that we still feel the allegiances have been on the go long before the Billy Boys and strong - and armed themselves with cudgels, pitchforks and effects today. It is, thankfully, no longer the entire population the Conks, though. They have been continuing since Irish bricks, and marched on the Irish quarters in the towns, a, who feel anti-Irish: there are no mobs marching into the immigrants came over to Scotland in large numbers, ie the early wrecking shops and houses and dealing out beatings to any C Catholic communities any more, the open hatred and 18'00's. Many came before the Great Famine of the 1840's , to Irishman or men found. Those who regarded base violence as expressions of that hatred have diminished. The descendants of find work at the harvest and, after the onset of the Industrial beneath them found other outlets for their feelings: the ress was C thousands of immigrants, while not forgetting their Irish Revolution, thousands came to gain work in the ensuing a vociferous weapon and comments describing Irishmen as \ connections, rightfully regard themselves as Scottish. It has communications boom, building canals, railways and roads. In "ape-faced, surly rogues" or as "having all the low-browed taken over 100 years for the feelings to calm down to the level at the Famine years, thousands upon thousands immigrated to ugliness inherent In those of his race" were daily occurrences. ~ which they lie now. Certain factors lead to the perpetuation of this country. The newcomers were seen by native Scots as Scotland was - and is - a Protestant country, and the influx of the distrust and hate - Catholics get the thin end of the something resembling a horde of lucusts, intent on eating them thousands of "Papists" caused much general alarm, but the do wedge in some situations - but things are getting better. out of house and home and, in the words of one newspaper of Papists who were going to overthrow Protestantism and reduce are Slowly. the day, "claiming Scotland in the name of vile Papery". What the native population to chains and second-class citizenship - ' everyone then - and now - fails to appreciate is that the Irish according to the newspapers and church leaders - were Alan Cameron Feature 7

The English View

"The Protestant bastards will even stamp on the grass 'cos it's In England we have a totally different picture. Certainly the However the blame rests somewhere, I believe that blame to green". I overheard this rather extreme statement from a young Irish are the butt of many cruel jokes, and the same caricature of rest firmly ~ith out parents and our grandparents generations. football supporter as he was arriving in Glasgow's Queen Street the stupid Paddy is prevalent, but the religious rancour is They are the ones who started the whole bloody mess anyway. station one Friday evening. As he spoke he was taking great almost totally absent. Prince Charles may not be allowed to The obscure historical significance of events in Ireland pains to conceal his green (Celtic) scarf and hat inside his marry one. but nonetheless, some of England·s oldest and most hundreds of years ago has very little importance to an overcoat - anxiously checking lest some small piece of green aristocratic families are Catholics, and are constantly boasting unemployed kid just out of school. All he knows is that he can't wool should emerge and seal his fate. I must confess to a certain of it too. Lord Marchmain in 'Brideshead Revisited' was a get the job he wants because his name is O'Neill and_he went to amount of amusement at his earnest frowns as we arrived at the Catholic, Montgomery was one and so. Lord help us, is Sir Keith Holy Cross AC school. Who is he going to blame? His parents? platform, his head already out of the window scouting for the Joseph! Certainly not. All the things that they've been telling him about opposition. "Why all the fuss", I was thinking, "Does he think I'm generalising to an horrendous degree, as I'm sure you all Protestants has finally been proven. his faith in their beliefs has that he's going to be lynched, simply for supporting the wrong realise, but the point has to be made that the extent of the been strengthened, and he's going to make damned sure that bloody football team ?" I have no idea what happened to my bigotry in Glasgow is extreme and unique outside Ulster. the protestant bastards don't get away with it. So he'll taunt the nervous fellow-traveller that night, but after a couple of years in How are the battles fought then? The discrimination is an Rangers su pporters at Saturdays game and possibily get into_a Scotland I can now appreciate his concern and recognise his active thing , you should realise, and with a little probing it can fight. For what? A mistaken conviction that Protestants are in fear. be found - like a slug under a stone. The business world is rife some fundamental way different from him and his family and Football rivalry is commonplace. We expect the large cities to witn sectarianism for a start. At an interview the candidate will friends. I'm not suggesting that our generation is more house a number of different teams and there will obviously be be asked, almost as the first question what school he went to. enlightened than previous ones, but the sectarianism must be rivalry between the fans, but the situation in Glasgow cannot be This isn't to find out any educational prowess, but simply to allowed to die out, which means ignoring the drivel and seen in these terms at all. The furious clashes between Rangers save time and find out at the outset, which side he is on. If the propaganda that we constantly hear and deciding for ourselves and Celtic fans. and even the colours that the teams wear, stem name is Saint Mary's. or Joseph's, or 1ndeed any saint's name, whether tha Catholic or Protestant standing opposite us really from politics and from religion. If you support Celtic you are a then the candidate 1s immediately excluded or passed onto the is the scum that he's made out to be. Catholic, you attend a Catholic school and often as not you will next stage - depending solely upon the policy of the firm There is too much mtndless prejudice around already, be it have an Irish name. The 'Blue Boys' on the other hand will go to and/or the religion of the interviewer. Don't for one minute think based on class, education, colour or whether one person is a Protestant schools and over their stadium, lbrox Park, the that it is the Catholics who perpetually receive the shitty end of punk or a rockabilly rebel. It seems so ironic that hatred, Union Jack always flies The West of Scotland is just over an the stick. Certainly they are the minority, but the sectarianism violence and fear should be caused by an argument over the i·: hours train journey away, but it is possible to witness there the works both ways, as the Americans say. The Protestants may correct way to worship God. same intense rellg1ous bigotry that we find across the seas in have the Masons, but the Catholics have the Mafia (or rather the John Wyman-White Ulster. The British Army does not parade 1n the streets, people Murphia) I would never dream of passing blame upon one are neither being bombed nor are they being shot, but the group or the other, it's more than my life's worth, to tell the truth conflict between Catholics and Protestants is as strong and as Each can tell as many ·d1abol1cal stories concerning their deeply rooted. enemies as the other can, and as many brutal acts are You will be aware that this University houses a great number perpetrated against one as against the other - of trendy intellectuals, stupid people, who will give their cretinous assessment of the world's ills over a pint or two. This .------.------• lecture will invariably get around to what is referred to in the press as 'Northern Ireland', and these people. in their ghastly and pompous way, will 'explain· the troubles to you, and probably everyone else in the pub. If sufficiently oiled they will even give you their own remedy. "So simple and obvious", they will say. "That I cannot understand why those idiots in Westminster haven't done it years ago, old boy". They will usually advocate either more severe behaviour by the British Army to "Teach the IRA a lesson", or " Pull the Army out altogether and let them all shoot each other". Please don't think that I'm going to be so foolish. I have no ready answer and, quite honestly, I don't think that anyone else really has either. Furthermore, I have never been to Ulster and all that I know of it I have read in the papers or in obscure· pamphlets from the First of May Bookshop, (well worth a vist, by th e way). The situation Excellent in Glasgow I have experienced at first hand, always the best way to research one's articles, I've found. What is important is that here in cosy Edinburgh we can see for ourselves some of this hatred if we only take the trouble to Career look around outside the safe boundaries of the University. It's remarkable to think that much of what Glaswegian children are taught will depend upon their religion and thus the type of school they go to. If the Catholics are taught one thing then the Protestants will invariably learn the opposite, and Prospects never the twain shall meet; for of course, it would be unthinkable for all of the kids to sit in the same clasroom. It's as far-fetched as imagining that niggers and white folks could ever sit on the bus together in Alabama. Edinburgh November 25th u:: The Churches in England

The English amongst you may find any religious contllct that At Thornton Baker we'll give you the training to become a goes beyond hearty snowball fights to be baffling and certainly un-english. T his is because the clearly defined boundaries Chartered Accountant, we'll give you the responsibility and between Protestanticism and Catholicism that one finds in challenge that leads to an interesting and rewarding career. Scotland are camouflaged once one goes south. The blatant similarities between the two churches in England should, and indeed does, have the effect of creating a more harmonious We shall be visiting Edinburgh on the 25th November. 1isl relationship. I... Many Scottish Protestants fail to see any real difference Graduates and undergraduates of any discipline who It"' between the two churches in England, (I realise, of course that many Methodists, Baptists, Christian Scientists and Ouakers, are interested in hearing more about ·us should get in etc. are going to be offended by all of this, but I shall concentrate upon the C of E. I apologise and hope they will not touch with the careers advisory service or contact: throw the paper down in disgust. After all, to is divine.) The Church of England is so 'high', w ith many of the same airs and graces, that any differences between the two are ostensibly negligible. Th·e doctrinal arguments are what really matter, of course, but to many Protestants up here the Church of England is committing the very same crimes that led to Luther going off his head. You won't find the Church of Scotland behaving in such a way! So why is this mutual antipathy found only in such a small John Whitley, area of Britain? Consider for a moment the image of the average Catholic. What you have in your mind right now will depend, to a Thornton Baker, major extent, upon your religious upbringing and where you come from. In the West of Scotland to be Catholic is to be Irish. 64 Queen Street, Not the same Irish as Beckett, Wilde, Joyce or Yeats, but more Edinburgh EH2 4ND. along the lines of the moronic Mick with his pick. Like rats deserting the sinking ship they fled from Ireland during the ~ . .. potato famine, with their Papist superstitions and the desire to swindle, cheat and rob as many innocent Protestants as the-, could. 8 Interview

Radical or contr She has argued this case at one time or another in the House I stumbled into the necessary question concerning her time of Commons. On the 9th November 1976. in a debate on the away from the House of Commons. It is not easy to as k Education Bill, she replied to an interruption thus. "I thought it somebody what they feel about being redundant was understood in this House that the greatest single social "If I could move on to your eighteen months or so, er -" objection to the pattern of the Soviet Union was the structure of "What, out?" its highly privileged bureaucratic class. Is It really the case that "Yes ... out." the Oppos1t1on want to sustain that? I wonder about 1t, because Mrs Williams has been busy. She has hosted a BBC chat-show there is a certain similarity between wishing to sustain the interviewing statesmen like Henry Kissinger and Edward Heath separate education of an 8Iite, whether in schools outside or She has given a set of lectures at a University on the west coas inside the State system, and exactly what has been attempted of America. She was a visiting Fellow at Harvard University by the Soviet Union. Government supporters reIec_t the concept where she held various seminars at the Institute of Politics. A of separately educating an elite, whatever pattern It may take. It the moment, she Is researching Youth Unemployment at the is unacceptable to us." Policy Studies Institute in London and she is Chairm~n of a Later on in the same speech she showed that she was ready to group which will report on Unemployment for the Organ1satior marshal! evidence to support her case: "Listening to the for Economic Co-operation and Development. Opposition I am bound to draw the same conclusions as There have only been three by-elections since she lost he Poincare in his famous remark 'the poor man Is equal with the Basildon seat. She told me that had she tried to stand in the rich man before the majesty of the law in that II forbids both most feasible of these three, Glasgow, she would have felt like a alike from stealing bread and sleeping under bridges'." On the carpetbagger "even if the Glaswegians were foolish enough to 5th December 1978. in that same place, she showed a rare choose me as their candidate." Humility herself. example of a politician agreeing with what a newspaper says. It "Of course, I am absolutely clear that I would only be able is again in reference to publlc schools: "I quote fro_m The honestly to fight an election, and serve in Parliament, on a Observe r. and I believe that it Is absolutely right, 'Choice has platform that I could belteve in. The straight answer to you never existed for most parents and can never exist for all. It question is that there is only one kind of Labour Party that I exists at the present time only for the rich, the strong and those couldn't honestly serve in and that would be one that is with the sort of children any school is happy to have. It Is one of dqminated by the Trotskyites. They are perfectly entitled to the functions of Government to see that the strong do not walk their political beliefs, and to have a party, but I don't think they over the weak'." belong in the Labour Party. I don't think that. in the end, they We continued our conversation and she intimated just how accept the theory of pluralistic democracy." Act1v1ty within the diff,cult abolition can be, by explaining how the schools could Labour movement, regretably, seems to be at its zenith when It move to Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. The problem is in opposition, and its nadir when it is in government. The is how to avoid being aggressive towards the public schools, activists that form the core of the party will be as farto Left as the and to try to put the idea that all schools should respond to the government in power Is to the Right. Why Is the present needs of the community that immediately surrounds them. into government in power? Because the last Labour government a policy context. " In my view, you have to have a carrot and a failed. Why did it fail? One reason is that it did not command a stick The stick is in the form of removing tax and rate relief. the majority in the House of Commons. Why was that? ... and we carrot must be to say 'we will bnng you into the state system wonder why so many activists today are of a far Left persuasion either as boarding schools (because of the social need for With hindsight, we look back and gaze, in varying degrees of boarding) or because you can offer a range of subjects that the awe, at the British Communists of the 1930s. We praise the state schools are not offering - but these must be offered to any pupil who wants to take them.' For example, Classics. conviction of those who fought against fascism in the Spanish Westminster School would make the core of a very good sixth Civil War. The Trotsky1tes in the Labour Party are those Socialists who are in favour of a revolutionary non-democratic form college for London. It would offer subIects that aren 't normally available at most London schools. I am under no path, as opposed to a gradual, democratic road to socialism PETER KRAVITZ TALKED TO SHIRLEY illusion. Even with a carrot and a stick. you would still get a lot of Shirley Williams abhors them. I may disagree with them resistance. The strongest resistance of all would come from However, let us not forget that one reason why they are there is WILLIAMS those public schools that aren't very good academically, but live because of the failure of any party, be it "left", "centre" or on their social standing. It's not the West minsters and the Etons " right", to enact a set of radical, imaginative and reforming that could't find a place in the state system; it's ... well I won't policies. If we try to understand their raison d'etre, it may jus1 Interviews can be very dangerous things. The be possible for some to recognize how ossified our social and discussion may or may not take the form of questions and name them." I tried to move onto the subject of what she has done since political institutions really are. answers, or rather, replies. This is all very well. However, Ieaving Parliament, but she wanted to cqmment on the assisted "Politics is stuck in a dialogue which roughly belongs ii is important to be wary of what comes after this. It is the pfaces scheme. "The aiaed places scheme is a very long step somewhere In the sixties or early seventies. It hasn't taken the process that comes after the conversation, and before the backwards and it is likely to sharpen the ill-feeling between the jump, in Britain at least or in the United States, to discussing piece of prose, which can be unfortunate. Here, besides public and private sector. I cannot think of anything that would what are the real issues of today. These issues are just not being being strategically selective, the interviewer can add be more likely to lead to alienation between the two systems. In discussed at the moment. the agenda hasn't taken on board the arguments of his or her own, knowing full well that the other words, making integration psychologically extremely total change in·the resources of the world; the revolution whi ch Interviewee cannot retort at this stage. This could be one difficult in the future." is constituted by OPEC: the requirement for a totally new relationship between the Third World and the Industrialised reason for not reading interviews, but I believe, moreover, Many Social Democrats in the sixties were in favour of merging public and private education. Most of these previously World: and it hasn't taken on board the impact of new that II ls a reason for actually writing one up carefully. In technologies, which are coming very fast now." short, where I have added something that was not rad ical educationalists have fulfilled Robert Frost's prophecy: I dare not be radical when young, In a lecture which Mrs Williams gave on the same afternoon included in the original conversations, I have tried to For tear that I become conservative when old. that we met, entitled "A Blueprint For Britain", she said that make ii clear that It Is a commented added later as an there was "A pervasive air of defeat ... of self-pleasuring afterthought. Two Ministers Clash melancholy, of national masochism" in Britain at the moment. She called for the planning of the money accrued from No rth I was to speak to Shirley Williams at the Dunfermline College Mrs Williams has not given up. She has stayed to try to of Physical Education. I waited for her in the office of the redefine some of Crosland's principles. " Before I was Sea oil. This money should be channelled into telecommunica· Principal's secretary. We chatted while I was waiting for Mrs Education Secretary, I was ill-disposed towards public schools, tions, transport and construction. She asked for more attention Williams to finish her lunch. " I admire people like that. She's a but I thought one could handle it largely by making them pay to be paid to the long term: conservation of energy, more money fine politician. People like that are born with it in them." That their full whack. After I became Education Secretary, I began to to be spent on researching renewable energy resources, more was the thought that the Principal's secretary left me with. I realize that that wasn't going to be enough. Also, to be quite attention paid to small businesses and industrial training proceeded to talk with Mrs Williams, and she answered in her honest, it was so difficult to get it through other departments. schemes. These were just some of her proposals. low, commanding tones. Here sincerity and humility came to Now, that was nothing to do with right or left." Returning to our conversation, I wanted to know if she had the surface when she punctuated her sentences with phrases "I Or the Civil Service blocking process? "No; it wasn't that. It any idea how certain, crucial issues are prevented fro m know this may sound obtruse." What some would interpret as a was a much more subte thing, if l may say so. My experience of becoming part of the core of national debate. How are so~e politician's fudge or dodge, i took to be possibly rather naively Government is that the so-called 'right' and 'left', in what they issues stopped from ever reaching the political agenda? "It Is - a sign of mutual respect. We began with a discussion about say on platforms, bear no relation to what they do in partly the nature of Parliament itself. It becomes very absorbed the public schools. Government. the people who support reform are sometimes on in its own preoccupations, and it's mainly the preoccupations of Richest Charities In the World the right, sometimes on the left, but it really has nothing to do people who are in their late forties or older. Some of the with what they actually call themselves." resource and technology implications are not discussed. Wit h ''Towards the end of the last Labour Government, we were regard to freedom of information, there one is up against the working out three proposals: I learnt that with educational maintenance allowances, which deep-rooted views of the Civil Service, for whom it is a most 1. We were suggesting that there should be a single, common I regard as absolutely critical to equality in education. I know uncomfortable move to make. I am quite sure that they don I boa,ding allowance which would be payable to everybody that my allies on that bear no relationship at all with what one want to change their present ways of life. The media really ta il who, by the nature of their job, have to have their child could call right and left. I'm not going to name names for us, in what is a semi-corporatist state, in looking at the other 'board' at a state school; this would also be enough to pay obvious reasons. If you are Minister for Defence, the thing that elements of the corporation. They only look at Government. foster parents to keep the child at school. you are most concerned about, or least you were until They only look at the elected part of Government, and that is 2. We were considering withdrawing the money which public unemployment went very high, is can you recruit good people a completely false picture of where power lies in this schools received in rate relief, as charities. they are not for the armed forces. One of the crucial factors in recruitment is society. They are besotted with personalities, and therefore charities any more, in any recognizable sense. If they were, the boarding allowance. The defence man is going to say to they love politicians, because politicians go about flaunting Eton would have to accept the poor children of the clergy, himself my overriding priority is how can I attract good their personalities. The media does nothing like an adequate people. which 11 doesn't. Our view was that 1f you don't obey the job, in this country, of analysing the Civil Service and it s terms of your charitable foundation - you can no longer "Therefore, the interests of different departments necessarily attitudes, or of analysing vested interests and their attitud remain a charity. There Is similarly an allowance for conflict. because they are competing tor a share of the limited How often do you actually see a careful report on the vested National lns~rance, and here, we thought that Public 7 resources available in the Budget. You may both be passionate interests of lawyers against the interests of their clients schools should not be treated as charities but as egalitarians. but the health minister is genuinely going to press Answer: never Compare this to the amount of coverage thab commercial enterpnses for more money for the elderly on the grounds of equa given to Tony Benn and myself. How often do we see an 3 The final step Is abolition (pause) that's a very d1ff1cult treatment for them. That just is a clash. It is not a clash between account of doctors' vested interests?" It is most convenient fo r one. I'm more drawn towards it than I was. Some Public cynicism and idealism. It's a clash between two people, who the newspapers to perpetuate the myth that Tony Benn is schools are awful: but some are undoubtedly good may be being idealistic. but see things in terms of the problems communist and that Shirley Williams ,s a Tory. This may not be They are the biggest single bastion of ctass society 1,-. Br1 tain. that are on their desks all the time. Otherwisepollticswould not true. but nevertheless. both communists and tones do exist Cl which I want to see go." be a tragedy ' the Labour Party today Interview 9 WILLIAMS ersial, Lion or lamb?

Women In Politics I will let you decide if there is a difference between being We turned to a discussion of the position of women m politics At that moment, the Prrncrpal of Dunfermline College, where radical and being controversial. At the moment, at least, Shirley This was the topic of the Fawcett lecture which she gave at we were, came into the room with a message for Mrs Williams Williams has radical views on public schools, a maintenance Bedford College, London in February thrs year. In thrs. Mrs that David Owen had phoned. I recalled two earlier parts of our allowance for 16-19-year-old school students, the Civil Service, Williams told us not to be dazzled by the appearance of one or conversation. She spoke firstly about the "ridiculous divisions and freedom of information, the importance of the medium and two women in the office of Premier or President, and that this created by 'rrght' and 'left' both within the Labour Party and long term in politics and on women in politics tended to distract people from the fact that women have not Parliament": and secondly, she showed concern over how the succeeded in reaching all the different levels of politics in any media seize on personalities to the detriment of the real issues Dignity not Power great amount. The prssent total of 19 female MPs in the House The media, especially newspapers, like to be simplistic about It will take much to assuage the cynicism which we have all of Commons is the lowest since 1945. She quoted the Principal party divisions, the rigid categories of 'wets', 'hawks' and 'doves' derived from the observation that when people get rnto power­ of Radcliffe College rn Amerrca, who told her that she thought or 'left and 'right' appeal to them because they do not their frrst priority is to hang onto it. It may be one of the that many women were still afraid of success, because they do necessitate complex explanation of issues. Arguments are traditional anomalies of parliamentary democracy that it is not not want to appear daunting to males. This is also shown in a deliberately blurred. What reward is this for reader and voter essential for a politician, having been elected on a certain Department of Education study, under Mrs Williams. whrch alike? platform, to maintain those views espoused during the election indicated that it 1s the women who graduated from single sex So, to turn away from that freak show of images that some campaign. With regards to the Civil Service, the best advice schools and colleges that tended to become successful later on prefer to call 'public life', I broached another topic on the surely must be that you must shape the institution, and not let it in their lives. She said that the House of Commons was "like a ephemeral side of political culture. It was difficult not to become shape you. Otherwise, power will, as it usually tends to, mildly rough boy's boarding school." embarrassed and tongue-tied when I asked about her eliminate the variable in the political system. If this propensity is I wanted to know what could actually be done to give women popularity. She came frrst in the ballot for the Fabran Society maintained and the variable is lost, the system will surely better access to politics. and thus make our elected institutions executive in 1979, and this year she polled the most votes in the stagnate. Elected representatives should not behave like their more representative of the population which they are meant to ballot for the National Executive Committee of the Labour unelected accessories in crime, the Civil Servants of who represent. "There is a very good remark made by Tawney: Party. She is undoubtedly more popular now than ever. One Harold Laskioncedescribed as having "exchanged dignity for 'People must realise that to some problems, there are no reason is obviously the emotion and empathy created by power". Indeed, we have all seen that power pollutes that solutions'. There are no easy solutions. If one is to look for some somebody losing their seat; the other Is that she is not in a pragmatism can lead all too often to the prostitution of those answers, then they surely must include: position where she has to make the unfortunate choice between very ideas that were held by some before being given power to 1. A radical change in the timetable of Parliament. It should be less popular and unpopular decisions, and thus, she is govern. by the people. These explanations of power, for they structured more like a normal working day. It can work just not is a position where she can lose allies that easily. It was not are not comprehensive enough to be definitions, will appear as hard and not start at 2.30 in the afternoon, which rs surprising that she lost some of her fluency on this question. ··1 redundant to many people owing to therr tautologous and self­ murder for a woman who has got family responsibilities. don't think l look much like a martyr. I am too obviously evident nature. I do not think that this Is so. It has been through 2. There will have to be some acceptance of family facilities in enjoying myself being out of Parliament I also don't think that I observing and listening to Shirley Williams, and others like her, Parliament. there is no real reason why you shouldn't have look miserable enough to appear as a martyr. I also don't think that I have arrived at the above. a kindergarten rn Parliament. Yet, it's an unthinkable that my popularity wrll stay so high. I think part of it, frankly, is Coincidentally, in chapter fifteen of her novel Shirley, thought. When I mention it, I think: 'My goodness, most of that the two parties are going to extremes, and people don't Charlotte Bronte offers the following description. I hope that my colleagues would have aheart attack at the thought', but think I look like an extremist. But because I have to say Shirley Williams will not be: rt shouldn't be an unthinkable thought. contraversial things, I will lose some of my popularity. I know I "Like March, in like a lion and out like a lamb". 3. In education, I think that one of the things that should be will. I am already (pause) . Well, once you become if and when she returns to the House of Commons. To attain available to women is the right to split their higher controversial, some people are going to vote against you. I am power on a radical platform. and then to remain radical or education courses. So that, if they get married and have now a lot more controversial than I was immediately after the become even more radical during your time in a Government, is children-, they should have the right to come back for a year last Labour Government left office. So. I don't think that my very hard. I hope she will not cease from mental frght rn her or two later rn life. I tried to sell that, but it was difficult to get popularity will be sustained." attempt to build a new order. Hello , Shirley, it would be great across." to have you back where you belong.

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= 10 Rock IS ROCK 'N' ROLL IN THE HANDS OF FOOLS? Rab Stevenson doesn't think so as he talks to Mike Scott and John Caldwell of 'Another Pretty Face'.

For those of you who didn't read my short piece on Another John: So me and Mike are just going to concentrate right now to move between us and Chic and Willie. You see. eversincethe Pretty Face In the Fresher's edition (and If you didn't thank on record releases and writing songs and fi nding out exactly Virgin fiasco we've had this thing about working with major God, 'cos the number of factual fumbles I made should have got which direction we're going to go in so there' no point in companies and now it's something that's irrevocable, l don't me flogged) here are 'the facts', forming another band right away. think we could ever do it now. Whereas Chic left to sign to Mike Scott (lead guitarist/rhythm guitarist and occasional Mike: We could rush into forming a band, rehearse somewhere Charisma with the 'Scars' and, Ith.ink, Willie was always keen on pianist) and John Caldwell (lead guitar) formed the band In and do al l the gigs we had before Xmas (we had about fifteen. it. They didn't see it as evil like u's, that's the big difference. that early '79 and have been the nucleus of It ever since. Since all cancelled now). We could have done all these gigs but we caused arguments. Inception APF have gone through a number o f line-up changes, would just have been heading back into a blank alley again Only the two of us signed for Virgin but Chic and Willie had original drummer Guy leaving before their first single 'All The Anyway we wouldn't have had the time to rehearse a set really just joined and two weeks later tey were on a wage. they'd got a Boys Love Carrie/That's Not Enough' was released on ex­ strongly. One of the things that's always been wrong with us is record company, had their picture in 'Sounds' and were playing manager 'Z' Bell's 'New Pleasures' label In May '79. It sold well, the live performances I think, song-wise and musicianship­ five gigs a week ... quite a boost. the first 2000 being snapped up sharp lsh and 5000 being wise we're better than most bands live but togetherness and Student: After Virgin, did anyone approach you? repressed, but t hat didn't prevent bassist Jim Geddes leaving In organisation we're probably the worst band in the world. We Mike: I don't think anyone approached us at all. June. need to kick that in the head. John: (laughingly) They didn't approach us. we approached Crlgg replaced Guy but both he and replacement bass man Student: Yeah, that is a problem, your live performances. them. Ra y left APF about two minutes after a gig at Liverpool's 'Eric's'. John: We've never been able to do our songs justice live. I think Mike: we didn't approach any majors except Polydor. II was then that the 'dynamic duo', as Mike calls them, of Steve the passion has always been there but, Just the baSic things like John: There was never any really serious talk to any of the 'Chic' Mclaughlin, on drums, and Willie Kirkwood, on bass, the sound and togetherness were to hell. maiors. We weren't interested in the maiors after the Virgin arrived on the scene just a few days before Mike and John Mike: And it's partly to do with the fact that when Chic and Willie fiasco. We weren't sure of what we really felt. kept thinking this signed up to Virgin In November of last year. However, this joined we had six practices to learn twelve songs and then we and that. two didn't last forever, and this summer 'Chic' left to join local were out on the road, and between them join mg and recording Mike: Yeah, we would think. OK Polydor seem to give a lot of band the 'Scars' whilst WIiiie took 1111 last month to get oft-side. the album we maybe had fifteen practices which is ridiculous in control to 'The Jam' and 'The Banshees', let's see what they Meanwhile the real 'dynamic duo' are at the moment quite a four month period. By circumstance mainly, we never had the think. So we sent a tape to the guy and every time we phoned content to take their time about recruiting replacements. time or the incl1nat1on to tighten the sound when they joined. him, he would say, 'Have you got any new product?' When the Respect for time and the value of good judgement has been Also Chic and Willie were very young when they joined, like guys starting talking about product they're just not worth Ingrained in them after the \'.'lrgin fiasco when, after having Willie was still learning his bass, same with Chic. talking to. recorded an unreleased LP with producer Alaln Mair of the Student: It does seem ironic that you've released two excellent Student: How do you feel about being cIassItIed as a cross 'Only Ones', and having released their second single, 'Whatever singles and a third '45 will be coming out in just over a week, yet between 'The Clash' and 'Springsteen'? Happened To The West'/'Goodbye 1970s' in February, they your gigs have a lot of the times been shambolic. Mike: We disagreed with It when it was first written by Johnny were unceremonlously dropped a week or so after the '45 hit the Mike: Partly the lack of rehearsal. Waller but fair enough It was what Johnny thought. but every shops. John: There's been sO many things. For the major part of the journalist since then, like Bushell, picked up on It. They·re just Since those Ill-tempered days they have toured with Stiff time there was always something wrong, something which being lazy, ·cos I'm sure if Bushell had really thought about it. he Little Fingers, wrote some new songs, and have just returned caused a bad atmosphere within the band, rehearsing was would have seen how superfIcIal it was. People said that ·west' from a mini-tour of Scotland. Most Importantly they have never fun, there were continual arguments, and this added to sounded like 'The Clash'. well, I don't think my voice sounds formed their own record label, 'Chicken Jazz', along with John's that total disorgantsat1on, and incompetence on the part of remotely llke Joe Strummer's The only thing that sounded brother, Bruce, and one-time editor of these pages, Mark many people. ourselves included similar was John's guitar and even then It was better than Mick Astalre. Needless to say the first release Is their own, a single Mike: Not so much tho Jones. again, 'Heaven Gets Closer/'Only Heroes Live Forever' which is John: Yeah, but I'm not shoving the blame on everyone ·cept us. Student: Have you any plans for 'Chicken Jazz' like recording released on November 28th and will be previewed here next Just things like we spent the advance rather unwisely on gear. I other bands? week. still don't like my ampilf1cat1on, I don't like the sound I get and John: In the forseeable future that's impossible because we Meeting Scott and Caldwell In their cosy Abbeyhlll flat, It we've never had somebody who could control our live sound. haven't the finances. After one or two singles, 1f 'Chicken Jazz· struck me how different they were In character. Although they Student: Who does the mixmg for you? takes off and is a concrete thing, then sure 1t would be great to basically believe In the same things and have the same alms, Mike: For the past few months it's been a girl called Sheila who put out another band. Scott has a great belief In his own abundant (?I) ability whilst used to do the sound for 'The Revillos'. Caldwell was more uncertain. Mike was also endlessly John: I knew that we weren't as good live as we Should've been, amending anything which could be ·taken down and used as or anything near it. I still felt, as I've said the passion was there, evidence against them', whilst he reinforced any plus points In but it's just getting the basic things right. I just got so pissed off 1helr favour. Caldwell, although exuding an air of almost with 11, that's why we split up. endless pessimism for the past and uncertainty, verging on a Mike: The last batch of gigs in October were the best gigs we've near turlorn hope, for the future, perhaps this Is going over the done, we've never been as tight before. The sax player's really top), seemed the more 'straight'. He didn't compromise his good, isn't he? statements although Invariably Mike did this for him. Student: (showing his naiveity) Is that the ex-Rezillo William However, that said, both have a lot In common, not the least of Mysterious? which Is a certain degree of political motivation and a larger Mike: No, William Mysterious played on 'Carrie', 'Goodbye splash of social awareness in their songs. This does come thro' 1970's' and one track on the album session. but the buy with us In their songs as does their 'business' experiences. Get a load of on the SLF tour and every gig since is Gordon McEwan, who is this from 'This Could Be Hell' - very ,very good. 'If a thing of beauty is a joy forever/In London they frame John: To get back to gigging, we feel that things have been pound notes/ They build a temple to the great God Kash/ Who going wrong for too long and it was time to make a definite does a neat turnover in winter coats/Hail the saints of Oxford decision to break 'cos Will ie was leaving anyway. We were just Street/And the crooked apostles of Vernon yard/Who play fun getting so totally pissed off that we weren't doing justice to our games of rebellion by proxy/And send royalty sstatements to material and now, instead of hurrying as we've done before, the herion ward'. we're taking our time about it, because tFlat's the only way you ., APF/ Chicken Jazz 1980. can do it. You've got to find guys woo you know for sure are Anyway, on to the interview - totally behind you in what you're doing, who have the same Student: Are you doing any gigs before Xmas? attitude and ideals, who you respect and who you can trust, and Mike: Not sure if we're going to be doing any gigs for quite a you don't find them in two weeks. while. we might do the odd one here and there. We're t hinking that March is a sensible time to do gigs again. Also Adrian isn't 'Now, instead of hurrying as we've done that free (their ne w drummer and Edinburgh University student) bef~re, we're taking our time about it, because ~~-na~f~ri~~s~;,"; ;~; _e optimistic about it, now he isn't sure I that s the only way you can do it.' John: We're not exactly sure what our plans are going to be. _It's so hard to keep a band together and make it r! n smoothly. we want a break, want to get away from the conventional, 'a It Is ~o?d to have some element of tension but it can gotoa limit, band', as in four members . and It Just went to a limit with us. rM_,_.k_e_: T_h_is_i_s_q_u_i1_e_q_u_o_1a_b_1_e.______M_ ik_e_: _T_h_er_e_w_e_r_e_:a_l.:,o.:,t .:,of_d:_i_:ff.:.;erencies in the way we wanted APF Canvas Caldwell arid Scott on staircase. Pie: Simon Allen Mike: We are interested in putting out other bands. There's a' t.and from Glasgow called 'Johnny N', and if we'd the money Holidays right ~ow ~e'd love to put out their single. These are things we'll Registered Office keep m mmd and maybe in six months when there's enough returns from the first and second singles (we've that planned), Bull Plain, Hert ford then we' ll be able to do it. Hertfordshire SG 14 .1DY Student: Another single? Mike: We're talking vag uely about doing a six track 12" EP. with the material left over from t he Virgin album. Most o f it is out of SUMMER VACATION 1981 date. but there's a couple of tracks added to a few newies which .could Qo on it. Student: How prolific are you ? If you can speak French, Italian, German or Mike: I think as we learn more about song-writing it gets Spanish, have a flair for organisation, and the tougher because there are things that I w ri te now that a year ago I would have said, 'Aw fuck, this is great,' but no w I just reject it. ability to work hard, you could be suitable for The l~~t song I wrote that went into the set was 'In My Darkest work as a resident campsite courier on one of H?ur m S~ptember, and I haven't written a song si nce. At the mmute we ve got loads of tunes and lyrics but we're not rushing our campsites in Europe next summer. More to put together new songs. We're just go nna wait and see which way our music manifests itself. details about the job and an application form M~self, whichever way APF's music manifests itself I'm pretty can be obtained from Sheila McKean, Careers confident of some excellent vinyl coming our way At p resent they've enough good songs to put together an exc~llent debut Service, 33 Buc-cleuch Place. LP, but there i:; still this big question mark over the live sound. Hang around till March to see if they've laid this ghost to rest. Rock 11 ...

ASWAD STUDENT CENTRE, FRIDAY

The gig was good, the came to the gig, leaving the short notice; and Lucy Hooker But when Aswad came on , publ icity was bad: and both of Ents budget making another has been hampered by a after all the on-off business them could have been better. loss. So how did Edinburgh distinct lack of supp.ort, moral and the waiting, there were no As for the music, it was manage to stave off success as well as practical, in her doubts. In just over a year provided by Aswad, the latest again? attempts to pull Edinburgh's since they last played the in a welcome procession of Student has been reporting Ents out of the doldrums. Health Centre they have excellent British regae bands the 'big bands' controversy The uncertainty and late become more catchy, more to come to Edinburgh. They and you'll remember that a confirmation of the gig had plished - perhaps more fit for were the big band in Freshers' few weeks ago no-one was another unfortunate result . public consumption? - a Week last year (Q- why are even sure whether the last few Originally the Rude Boys had remarkable band who had the Freshers' Week big bands bands of the term were going been booked to support audience dancing and usually so good and so well to appear. This led to the Aswad, but naturally when enjoying themselves and the attended? A- because they're whole organsiation of Friday's they heard the gig was off they music. The encore was paid for our of the separate gig being very much at the last got themselves an alternative particularly good, when they Freshers' Week budget). You minute. · booking. this meant that the brought on the brass for may also have seen them this Ents convener Lucy Hooker Ents Convenor had to find a 'Children of the Rainbow' and summer during the Film only heard for sure that the new support band in four 'Warrior Charge', For those of Festival in Franco Rosso's film Aswad concert was to go days. What kind of a band do us who knew that the concert 'Babylon', which should reach ahead at 5 pm on the Monday you get in that amount of was on again, and who could Edinburgh again soon on before the concert, leaving time? What we got - after a get hold of tickets in time a general release. They also four days all arrangements lot of hard work - was the good Friday night's entertain­ have an excellent new single and publicity. Posters were Sharps, who weren't very: ment; but how many more out, 'Warrior Charge' released printed and distributed by purportedly a hite a reggae could have enjoyed it if the to coincide with their British Wednesday: tickets did not band cast in the Police mould, posters and tickets had been tour, of which Friday's concert reach the Union Shops until they didn't seem to be able to out sooner, and there had was the first date. Thursday evening, leaving 24 find their own identities that never been any doubt Over Given al l this, you might hours or so for selling them, evening, but spent their set whether the gig was expect that the music and the which is hopelessly inade­ impersonating Police officers. happening at all? The final attendance last Friday would wuate. Even a bionic Ents Though that doesn't mean frustration is that there is no have been pretty good. In fact, convenor could not have filled that some people didn't enjoy way we can tell. only three to four hundred the Students' Centre at such a their music. Frances Owen THE STRAY CATS Nite Club SATURDAY On Saturday night, New as The Dead Kennedys and like those commerc i al She Ain't Ma Bab.y?". Slime They really rocked ,t for my heart when they played the Yorkers, The Stray Cats, Devo. Note - watch out for cartoons. Matchbox or the Brian more than held his own "Rumble My Brain" and "Rock old Diana Ross hit "You Can't current darlings of the music the B52s at Tiff's this Sunday. Fabulous Poodles. on guitar and vocals, whilst This Town Tonite" (let's keep Hurry Love" . They ended with press , swaggered on stage at This threesome didn't let us Musically they were magic, Slim J im just had to be seen to i t American shall we?). their excellent single the Nite Club, so continuing a down either, drowning those Lee Rocker being immense on be believed on drums. coming over as a blast of " Runaway Boy" , all about tra nsatlantic exchange of punters present with a sizzling the serpent-like double bass. With songs like "Sweet Talk fresh, yet in a way old but liquor stores, the blues getting bands which has seen such rockabilly show stripped of Just seeing a double bass On My Mind" and "Sweet . decadent, air. Pretty boy you down , and teenage hopeful s of ours as The everything bar the basics. being played was great. it Talking Baby" you could be vocalist Slime Brian was at his depression. I wasn't down, Teardrop Explodes, XTC and Could they be cashing in on a brought back memories of forgiven for thinking that they best fo r th e superb "fishnet were you? The Undertones play Hurrah's · rockabilly revival I hear you that Tom and Jerry cartoon are a sugar and spice band, Stockings" which was full of Rab Stevenson and the Mud Club, whilst the say. Maybe, but if so these where the former plugs al ong but they're not as that nasty more be wop a do bas than a Nite Club and assorted others guys are the best in the serenading some feline furry glint in Slime's eyes and rollercoaster. They even have entertained us with such business, miles ahead of such to the tune of " lz She lz, Or lz devilish delivery gives away. managed to tear a tear from THE FALL/ THE ANDROIDS UNIVENTS presents ... Nite Club, Friday The Fall, the white crap that unprepossessing, he is a stunning. Encore time, and even then CARAVAN talks back - one of the magnetic performer - he + country's most vital groups, sings (if that's the right word) The Fall refrained from merely and more to do with "punk" in a detached monotone, trotting out the "greatest hits" * than a bandwagon load of occasionally breaking into a - the new song they played, three-chord drone merchants. stuttering falsetto - he makes the title of which I missed, was GRAND PRIX + On the other hand, we have no attempt to communicate a heavy slice of pounding r 'n' The Androids, tonight' s directly with the audience. b, rem iniscent of The Cramp's * support act. Whoever booked When he introduces songs it's (believe it or not). They did MEGALOMANIA DISCO this lot to support The Fall (or as though he's talking to play "Dice Man" from their anyone else, for that matter) himself, and he spends a lot of " Dragnet" LP but I think they needs psychiatric help. Their time with his back to the can be excused that. problem is that they don't people crowded at the front of The Fall don't do what the seem to be able to decide the stage. It's difficult to take public want, The Fall do what * whether to be Gary Numan or your eyes off him. The Fall want - the rest is up Wishbone Ash. Since I last saw them, they to you. Musically, they're firmly have acquired a new drummer "I am the dice man, I take a at the stuck in a pre-1975 rut - all in Paul Harl, replacing chance man, Do you take a turgid riffing and screaming Londoner Mike Leigh, who chance. fan?" HEAL TH CENTRE, BRISTO STREET lead guitar. They strut, they was largely responsible for Chris Kershaw pose, they affect aloof expres­ injecting The Fall with the on FRIDAY, 21st NOVEMBER sions, they bore me rigid. nervous, jangling rockabilly Lyrically, they're a different feel that they had on, for story altogether. They vary example, "Fiery Jack" . Tickets £2.80 from Union Shops between sub-Numan futur­ Practically the entire set ism , sensationalist visions of was made up of new songs the apocalypse ("This song's (from their new album about two people in love after "Grotesque" ) - "Totally a nuclear war") and adoles­ Wired" and " City Hob­ UNIVENTS presents ... cent sexual fantasies. The goblins", from their last two song titles say it all - "1995", singles, were the only songs I "Metropolis", "Operation X", had heard before. Some of the "Robot Riot", " Android's new material still has that Dream", and even "Princess of minimalist rockabilly beat, but Mars'' ! for the most part the sound JJe~ * They were not called back now is a denser wall of noise. fo r an encore. powered by Hanley's solid The Fall, in the space of drop-beat drumming, and JolfN 1' .J~ three albums and six singles. filled up by the guitars of have gone through five (count Craig Scanlan and Marc Riley. them) different line-'ups - The latter doubles on that toy llitiVJJ 'Scq there are now more ex­ organ which has always been members of The Fall than such a distinctive part of The there are current members. Fall's sound, Inevitably, this has meant ttiat The song with which they oullJVe the band's music has changed finished their set was one of * * drastically over the past three their most impressive yet (and at the years. Despite this, they still there have been plenty of manage to sound like The Fall impressive songs m the past) . (whatever that means). Called (I think) "Impres­ QUEEN'S HALL, CLERK STREET This has probably got a lot sions", it is punched along by to do with lyricist, singer (and relentless, militaristic drum­ on TUESDAY, 25th NOVEMBER lately, lBedlam Theatre listen!" (or words to that effective contrast. It seemed effect) were the only words to me that the punch in Simon This is Noel Coward's indeed the actors to actually spoken in the course of Simon Evan 's message would have extremely witty play about listen to the d i alog ue Evan's play. The rest of the been more striking if the play "love among the artists" and Because of this mental effort "dialogue" took the form of an had been shorter for though the attempts of four men to one finds oneself completely assortment of pop-songs initially absorbing, by the end, achieve just what the title of absorbed in the play and whose main "message" the play appeared to have lost the play says. caught up in the lives of the seemed to be that life was its hold over the audience. The most interesting characters. boring/socially elitist/hier The actors did not appear feature of this production was The three different sets are archical /repressive/ bureau­ handicapped by the fact that the courageous decision to most impressive. The firsl is cratic. I'm sure you have heard everything had to be put cast one leading female part Otto's studio which has the it all before. This series of across visually rather than asamale. ltwouldappearthat Parisienne atmosphere musical messages was verbally and it was all very well this move is totally vindicated emanating forth . The second accompanied by a well­ timed and well observed. after watching the perform- is in a London apartment and ~ organised sequence of mimed Praise must also go to those ance of the emotional, highly the third in a decadent New sketches depicting the full working back-stage and strung Jeremy who seemed York penthouse. There is a spectrum of human existence. flawlessly organised the many "An entertaining production ... brilliantly The scenes ranged from costume changes. Probably cocktail parties to dustbin­ this play would have been written ... v.isually excellent." pick i ng. The individual more effective had it been just right for the part. Also, the time lapse of 18 months and vagaries of each social class staged 20 years ago. Its sex change as it were fits in two years respective ly were portrayed plus their message of disillusion, with perfectly with the structure of between the scenes, and the conformity to their own code people trapped within their the play and indeed with change which comes over the of behaviour. Thus we saw the lives, was perhaps most effec­ Coward's own personal characters is competenily school teacher pedantic-ally tively delivered in John background. emphasised by the actors. faking an emergency register Osborne's Look Back In The four main characters in In summation then, this is and four stereotyped students Anger. the play each· love the other an entertaining product1on having a freak-out picnic on Whatever its deficiencies, and play emotional ping-pong which w tll be well worth the grass. Simon Evan's play was very as they try to work out their seeing.Design For Living is a One could go on ad well staged and thought­ relationships, their design. brilliantly written play, infinitum - and unfortunately provoking along with one The language of the play, visually it is excellent and that is what. the play had a hour of well-selected music, typically Coward, is very there are some notable acting tendency to do. Several which made pleasant rhetorical and requires successes as well. scenes were repeated for no listening. great concentration on the Andrew Dalgleish obvious purpose - although part of the audience and The Western Arts Trio Queen's Hall "I Suppose I'll Play 11 th Nov.

Till I Drop" When the Western Arts Trio came to town last week, they hit the Queen's Hall in style. Stephane Grappelli For not only did these three artists display evidence of fine in Concert musicianship, but also a Usher Hall, versatility and spontaneity ufat was refreshing as well as Sun., 16th Nov. captivating. After all, wh o would expect after a fa st movement of Haydn's Trio in The lifestyle of Stephane nurtured for nearly 60 years of interval, which came at a collection of compositions by dervish-like finale. Mr Grappelli took the lead, wh,ch C major, a rather snazzy Grappelli is one of an inter­ his life. It is a talent of awsome timely moment. enabling the J. S. Bae~, arranged in nation a I "jet-setter". A stature and we are well was soon picked up by the rendering of The Pinfeather audience to breathe again, ragtim.e, boogie-beat and Reg? connoisseur of cuisine, art, satisfied to witness even a came Laurie Holloway and syncopatin' ryhthm, were bass players and the number fashion, 3nd most of all music. small sample of it . .. quickly developed into a Currently in residence at friends. This gentleman, poorly conceived and aridly the University of Wyoming, At a spritely 72, he remains As a first guest, Nlels stunning performance of solo replete with musical honours executed, with little assist­ the Trio have a distinctive one of the most travelled men Pedersen was inimitable, and group virtuosity - quite and recommendations, ance from Miss Ouran's ideal of performing con· in show business. He takes exubrient, and just plain the most exciting moment of managed, along with _ the attempts to swing with the temporary and traditional inspiration and rejuvenation brilliant. He made a nonsense the concert. insistent prompting of Elena sound! It was all the more music with an emphasis on from the constant richness of written manuscripts, All praise to Stephane Duran, to have his name disappointing to realise thJt American works. This they and variety of his life. which, playing totally from ear, never Grappe/Ii for assembling such credited at least a dozen times her playing was very exemplified with an official transformed and expressed in halting for a moment, and an array of musical talent. in less than half an hour. proficient and that she was programme including Hayd n, his enchanting style of music, jumping through various time however, you can't but think Perhaps it was a condition of truly enjoying 'herself Goidmark and Ravel. leaves one with a radiant scales, between bars, as if that Mr Grappelli could play his contract or more likely the however, her cavorts and jerks Ruben Goldmark, the feeling of happiness and they were stepping-stones nervousness of one, well­ all by himself and excite and were a mite distracting, being American composer _and son conten'tment, a feeling which across a river of notes. He is tutored flautist, namely Miss enrapture just as large a distinctly "off-beat". of Karl Goldmark, who wrote Stephane Grappelli lives without a doubt the best bass crowd. But then he wouldn't Duran. Whatever the reason, it Anyway, back came the well-known opera The every moment of his life. player in the world. An be as happy and that's what certainly didn't help retain Stephane and the band, Queen of Sheba, had his On stage, Stephane excellent complement to the Stephane's music is all about. one's dwindling attention, nor rejoining the already well­ Piano Tri o in D mino, Grappelli re veals the talent world's great jazz violinist. Long may it continue to be assuage one's growing introduced Holloway-Duran performed. A passionate, and skill he has developed and Following on from the restlessness. Their suite, a heard from such a likeable combo for a ravishingly, romantic and colourful work guy, Ian Waldie in style. with immense SNO 14th November technical feats, especially tor the strings, illuminated the Gulf Oil continue their example, was neithFH high" performing capabilities sponsorship of the SNO with a overladen with pathos of David Thomatz and Brian series of concerts to celebrate Simi l arly, the second Calton Studios Hanley, both teachers at the the centenary of the birth of movement may have lacked University of Wyoming. Rubin Bela Bartok. On Friday,' the some hysteria, but as with the 24 Calton Road · Edinburgh EH8 BOP · Scotland Goldmark also taught and occasion was rather dytarf~d third, was distinghished by a profoundly influenced two of by using the 1st Piano faithful observance of Teleohone:031 556·70661557-2159 this century's great corn· COncerto as a prelude to Mahler's directions. posers, Aaron Copland and Mahler's 5th Symphony,ny, but The famous Andagielto was Progs. 6 and &.JO p.m. George Gershwin. soloist Peter · Frankl was Ravel, the impressionist beautifully played, though the ANGI VERA (A) splendid in conveying the transition to the Finale. was Upstage Rock 9.30 pm £ 1 composer, often compared to Dir. Pal Gabor brutal and uncompromising perhaps a little uncertain. Mon. 24 Debussy, but whose music 1s plus rhythms of this most Here, the strings did sound FAST BREEDER more formal and objective. demanding work. When the under stress from the W. C. Fields in began the second half of the pianist was so alert it was a continuous scales. Mr Bertini THE BARBER SHOP concert. His Piano Trio in A pity that the response of the built the movement well, never minor demanded the most large orchestra was not more allowing the surge towards unity, especially in the Largo, Fri. Sat. 11 pm keen-edged, and was rather the climax to be impeded by written m the old Passacalgia uncharacteristic of the SNO the longeurs of the episodes. BLUE.,.COLLAR (X) form. And the whole wo rk working with conductor Gary With careful grading of Dir. Paul Schrader admirably mastered by the Bertini. dynamics, the Chorale formed with llarve) Keitel a nd Richard Pryor Tno rounded the evening off Much of this was smoothed a natural, not bombastic peak l 'pstage Jazz o n a high spot But an en co re out in the performance of was to fo llow with more to a performance which came Starting Mon. 24th \ 1ov. Mahler, which was plainly out very much in favour of Every Sun. at 8.4 5 Haydn and a fe llow American geared to the emergence of musical. rather than psycho­ Scottis h premier of Aha Kuro\a\\- a\ GORDON CRUICKSHANK composer, Gary Smart. When the brass chorale in the Finale. logical, resolution. KAGEMl'SHA (A) his Pinfeather Reg struck uP In Mr Bertmi's hands. the Guy Thomas Progs 5 and 8 pm QUINTET there was no t a serious fa ca opening Funeral Mar~h-h . for 80p left in the hall. Wendy J. Nimmo Arts 13 IANGI VERA SLOW MOTION The Filmhouse

Calton Studios "Slow Motion has a four part Nevertheless, it is one of the exquisite use of natural structure and the fragmentary best films of 1980 and is a very locations and features: two "The movement is positively narrative concerns three sensitive exploration of young women discussing inhuman," exclaims the characters whose lives human relationships and other people's marriages, a young student teacher at the intertwine. The four parts are individuals, personal values dirty old man in a bar. the Party school. He has been entitled successively: the and their fallibility with rustic cowgirl (whose main betrayed by his lover, and now Imaginary, Fear, Commerce philosophical and historical predilection is in chivvying the he rejects the Communist and Music .. . The Imaginary digressions. The programme butt~cks to perform fellatio system which since his first shows Denise Rimband summari ses it as follows: and some very perceptive year at university has been his (Nathalie Baye) who wants to The film is not without observations which unobtru­ whole life. This is perhaps the live in the country .. . the Fear humour, and it is not by sively enhance the overall aim of Hungarian director Pal is that of Paul Godard accident that a hilarious effect of the film. the most Gabor: to show the failing of a (Jacques Dutronc) who is incident is, at the same time, striking feature, as the name Communist system in' post­ that which underlines the suggests, of the film is the use war Hungary, not through the estranged from his wife and daughter and whose girl­ central point of the film. a of slow motion; scenes are violence of such institutions leather-clad couple leaning frequently shown in that as secret police, but by vividly friend. Denise Rimbaud, against a pillar are discussing medium: a sportsman, Denise showing how a beautiful and wants to leave him. Com­ the absence of the wench's on a bicycle, a couple sensitive 18-year-old nurse. merce tells the story of underpants during a film, her embracing, and, most Angi Vera , reacts to "the Isabelle Riviere (Isabelle Huppert) a prostitute . In , response being: "All I want is a emphatically, Paul being run collective spirit". He takes us Music all the threads are meaningful relationship". over. through a "course" of This is exactly what all of the It is the ending of the film socialism; 12 weeks of party the loving individuals. The As a successful graduate unravelled and . . . a group of main characters lack. Isabelle, which is the most effective indoctrination. His script and control of camera and sound she is destined to become a musicians are actually seen whose entire existence part Paul dies after an character portrayal are is enhanced by Gabor's use of journalist - a highly exalted playing the film's main theme revolves around her suc­ accident, but it is certainly not blatantly against the system, colour. The sun, the snow, the position. On graduation the while Paul Godard dies." cumbing to her client's a tragic death and his final yet his aim is to make us think walls of buildings, the stones successful ire presented with Within this framework some peculiar fetishes; Paul who words make us laugh: "I can't of how we would react to it. He of streets all have colours books, reminiscent of any very intense scenes occur, loses his girlfriend and .. wbose be dying; I haven't seen my life shows Angi Vera's initial vividly portraying mood. British school prize-giving. either in the cosmopolitan estranged wife is more than flashing in front of me yet." resistance, her continuing The conflicting moods The elite are rewarded; the world of Lausanne or in the slightly unwelcoming towards Isabelle achieves some kind of sensitivity, but subcon­ reflect not just the individuals, winners, the best. the " more­ beautiful countryside which him and Denise who wants promotion into a slightly more sciously she is overtaken, the miners, the factory than-equal" have not gained a surround, Lake Geneva. this merely to live in the country reputable line of country, and finally betraying her lover, the workers, the nurses, against knowledge of how to function contrast is one of many within alone on a dairy farm: all of Denise's new ex.istence in the student teacher. This is the the course controller (who equally in a Communist the film: we contrast, for them have only superficial primary impact of the film: wears typically enough tiny society, but they are now example, the indifferent country appears to be a relationships. despite the fact we may think pebble spectacles) , but also qualified leaders, superiors. "putain" Isabelle with her satisfactory state. This is a beautifully we could resist in a struggle the conflict in Angi herself. As Angi was untrue to herself, pathetically ignorant sister Jerry Pratt executed film, with an against indoctrination, the Veronika Pap is quite brilliant so the Communist ideal of who is compelled to "get power of the word is stronger in showing the dual nature of equality fails. slapped" (as the wonderful than we think. Really we are this young girl. As a bored This is one of the finest filrTls American sub-titles translate very weak. nurse she vacantly lets the I have seen in recent weeks some equally colloquial It is not what happens in this dirge of Marxist dogma slip by and arguably the best on show French). There is a lurther film, but the conflict of moods her unnoticed. Here her in town. What gives it its contrast between the feeble that makes it so appealing. youthful beauty contrasts engrossing appeal is that antics of a fumbling middle­ Fast action is unsuited to sub­ vividly with the content of the whilst Gabor's control of the aged client with Isabelle titles, but here where a soft­ dissertation. And yet when film is like the brush strokes of Huppet's buttocks and the shoe shuffle or the flight of a st:e is called to criticise a meticulous artist, suggest­ expenenced whore herself, volleyball is activity, one herself, Angi speaks as an old ing the film is a work of art, this who stands naked on a hardly notices the sub-titles. woman. She rejects her ought not discourage those balcony displaying her The language of the film is the emotion, her passionate ·love who cannot believe an artistic anatomy to the population of superb use of the camera; (it of her teacher and all her subtitled Hungarian film can Lausanne while the old lecher observes, closes in, moves harsh upbringing that has be "entertainment" . By has his fun. Yet her own small out, but never controls our made her an individual. When revealing a sensitive girl in all time prostitution- is itself in opinions) and the strictly initially interviewed before moods we are asked to free marked contrast with the controlled use of music. Set joining the course she is told, our emotions from all ruthless "patron" whose chain against the musical propa­ "We'll take care of your life." restrictions of formality, and of high class harlots are 1 ganda of the public address The Party machine has taken this to me is pure enter- directed from an extravagent system is the highly emotive control of Angi leading to the tainment. appartment which drips with and scarcely used music of final conflict of the film. Peter Lyall immoral earnings.

CALTON STUDIOS, Calton Road ODEON, Clerk Street MOVIES AROUND AGNI VERA (A) DRESSED TO KILL (X) Much_praised Hungarian film making its political statement by Giddy rollercoaster of delights combining trans-sexual ABC, Lothian Road showing the effects of the Party on the spirit and life of one murderers, big star sex scenes, opulent settings and shock (1) THE BLUES BROTHERS (AA) individual. moments. Angie Dickinson and Michael Caine are supremely Jake and Elwood Blue are on a mission from God which may & THE BARBER SHOP. A vintage 1933 W. C. Fields short made stylish. Outraoeously enjoyable and highly recommended. account for the unholy destruction of Chicago that takes place for Mack Sennett at a time when Fields was earning $5,000 a in this film. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are a 1980s Abbot week. Great stuff makinq a well-balanced cinema outinq. and Costello, but this overly expensive comedy has some good blues performers - Franklin, Calloway, Charles etc. DOMINION, Churchhill (1) ROUGH CUT (AA) Something for everyone - Burt Reynolds and Lesley-Anne Down for the young ones, David Niven for the more mature, and director Don Siegel for the buffs. As a heist caper it's not exactly Cary Grant but amiably entertaining throu_ghouL

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CAMEO, Tollcross ... AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (AA) Norman Jewison's scathing indictment of a film does for (2) THE ELEPHANT MAN (AA) American justice what his earlier piece The Russians Are Vivid, deeply moving, true story ·of deformed Victorian circus Coming did for national defence. Unfairly dismissed by many freak Joseph Merrick. This production has taken many liberties critics, this film ts frequently funny, occasionally trenchant. and with the truth but remains a marvellous ensemble of talents, all generally wel l acted (especially by Al l:'acino) . & THE CHINA at their best. John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins are especially SYNDROME (A) Ever topical nuke thriller played with core memorable. deep perception by Jack Lemmon and Jane Fonda. One of last (3) AIRPLANE (A) year's top films and a vauable support here. Frantic "Zero Hour" spoof, well cast and with two or three good (2) CONVOY (A) jokes. I've received a lot of criticism for not rating this too highly, Surpnsingly shallow Sam Peckinpah trucking movIe which perhaps it's just my sense of humour. brought Ali McGraw back to the screen after five years' absence and caused Kris Kristofferson temporarily to retire. Lots of EDINBURGH FILM THEATRE, Lothian Road CALEY, Lothiand Road and stunts and CB shenanigans. & OACA, KILLER WHALE (A), One SAUVE QUI PEUT (LA VIE)-SLOW MOTION (X) RITZ, Rodney Street of the. more success.ful of the sub-Jaws genre of something The Jean-Luc Godard season reaches its climax with his latest nasty in the water. Richard Harns Is the mcin of action and Bo film claimed to be a return to commercialism with his use of star McVICAR (X) Derek makes an early appearance. names for the first time since Tout Va Bien in 1972 (see review) . An attempt at a balanced character study incorporating a prison (3) EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (AA) life flounders on the rocks of a too strong Jimmy Cagney Making money every which way it can this unceasingly popular tradition. Roger Daltrey and Adam Faith both register strongly. Eastwood opus runs on. Clyde is cute. AH Good. 14Feature

Rating System: 5 stars: Excellent game, worth a try. Space Invading 4 stars: Pretty good fun. 3 stars: O K - especially when you're used Introduction to it. 2 stars: Worth trying only if nothing else is Galaxian/ Bally * ,,. • available. Yes, Indeed! Video games have 1 star: Not too hot. Available in all the three main Union venues, emerged. Gone Is the Image of the ping­ this game was the logical extension of pong match which dogged the mediaeval " Invade rs", wiping out multi-colou red stage of their development - now It's all meanies with a similar laser gun thingy. .------!'I The novelty here is that th e bombing In full llvlng colour, meanies who are out to get you are devious. It all started with the infamous Space Depthcharge/ Gremlin • * ,i. • * Coming in packs o f th ree or four, they break Invaders, invading the pubs and clubs of At Potterrow, this is the favourite of Student off from the main body of aliens, dodging and the world, heralding the dawning of a new staffers, surely one of the best video games weaving as they come for you. If you miss age of coin-slot TV fun. Nowadays the yet, incorporating nefarious destruction of them (a nd being exploded), they simply original " Invader" machines are submarines by depthcharging from above. All reappear from the top of the screen. in glonous colour. Of course. this reviewer acquiring the status of antiques, and the Again, the value of the nasties varies on a may be biased since this is the only game at scale, blues are low, then through purple, red spendthrift punter has more exotic which he is reasonably proficient. to the heavy yellows. Wiping out the whole achievements to aim for. The purpose is simple - your ship at the top swarm brings on another. The technique Around the University you can now of the screen drops tumbling depth-charges seems to be to move ahead of the diagonal blow up attacking alien spacecraft, on variously valuable subs which move course they seem to be taking, popping them baddies in the ole western style, beneath, trying to blow up your ship with spi ky off as they move into your firing line. A submarines, and (of course) any number objects called (so I'm told) mines. complex game at which there are some of variations in the green-,meanie• alien Dodge the mines, kill the subs, that's the veritable maestros name o f the game. Part of every player's mould. Pool, snooker and darts have now Each game 10p (5 ships). High score c. tactics should be: wipe out subs coming on to 80,000. given way to the wizardry of electronics the top of the screen (identified by the sm all - could you get a score of 640,325 on a scanner panel at the bottom): go for the yellow dartboard? bonus su b which appears rarely moving But of course the "video-dens" of the slowly on the bottom; never get trapped; lay un ions can (li ke their Chinese out as many charges as possible at any one 'Missile Command/Atari * * -tc equivalents, Opium dens) appear very time. A complex game, this one's available in hostile to the uninitiated. Full of students This is the game where it's probably best to Teviot Row and Chambers Street Unions. (mostly male) who obviously have the check out somebody else playing first 'cos it's The main feature which is novel in this not cheap. Watch out for mines catching the addiction to TV sport and mock colour-tube game is the "trak-ball" (I kid you end of your ship. One or two players can play not, that's what it's called) By moving this unsparirigly any novice who can't even Each game 20p (5 ships). High score c. plastic ba/lbearing a cross on the screen get one set of Invaders off the screen. 30,000. Space Echo machine, OH T basemenr. manoeuvres across the "sky". When So, this is it, the answer to all your positioned correctly in the line of some nasty problems, a quick go-round the video meteor or spacecraft one only had to touch a games - how to score, what to pay, laser beam button to see them disappear. where to find them - by resident Student Tallgunner/ Cinematronlcs * * Asteroids/Atari -1< The object of killing off these nasties is to tube-watcher, Bumble. This is one o f the more naturalistic space There are two examples of this game in the protect your own cities, which otherwise will games, in which you are to imagine yourself as George Square Unions - one in the be obliterated. The laser guns are situated on the tailgunner of some warlike starship Sportsman's Bar, Teviot Row, the other in three hills, one at either side and one in the The screen which presents itself is in black Chambers Street. centre of the "land" at the bottom, and the and white, and is a representation of stars Black and White, the intention of this game player can choose from which one he wishes Space Echo/ Gayton Games * -tc * receding into the distance. Once you start the to shoot. is to avoid getting your wedge-shaped thing in game a gun-s,ght will appear in the cent,~ the middle of the screen (known to the An interesting space game this, it uses some This machine is remarkable particularly which can be moved by means of a joyst,cK­ cognoscenti as a ship) blown up, while at the good effects and has gone a stage further than because of the difference in prices of each type control lever. Enemy spaceships appear same time blasting irregular rocks away to the "alien swarm" idea which still preoccupies game between the two machines around from the distance, gaining speed as they coma gain pornts. Occasionally "alien' craft cross most of the other space games. The ending is George Square- the David Hume Tower enf1 the objective is to destroy them before the screen, for which bonus points are scored. quite spectacular, when The End flashes red example is twice the price of the Chambers they go past the screen. Allowing ten past you A unique feature of this machine is its ability and white at you One or two players. Street machine. end the game. to transfer movement from one side of the Each game 10p (30 missiles). High score c. On this game the glaxian-type idea of a Your defences are a force-field button to screen to the other. Thus if you sidle off the 100,000. swarm of alien craft is extended so that they press when the alien ships are leaving the right-hand side of the screen with your "ship"• fall from the top trying to bomb your ship. and 11 magically appears immediately on the left. screen, thus bouncing them back, and a laser then move off to the right, picking up stranded beam fire button which zeroes in on the Those in the know use this technique to great astronauts (actually pink, noisy, blobs) which effect. gunsight position. Only thirty ships are the operator attempts to recover as they are al lowed to the force-field defence. A few attempts are needed to get used to tht dragged screaming across the top. Sherrlff /Nlnendo • • Important to rem8mber ls the fact that your complex control method for your ship -there , The main fun feature of the game is the is a rotation and a thrust mode (I know, sounds weird noises it is liable to make, especially One of the few games which is totally 'sight need not be dead-centre in the ship to nasty doesn't it?). Single or double games can wh en (i f) you manage to zero all the ships. be played. different in theme and, technique to most effect destruction, and that two may be Also when you hit the ships they do a little flip Each gam~ 10p (3 ships). High score c. video games, Sheriff is available only at destroyed at one shot. there is no limit to your 80,000. over, very amusing. One or two players can ammunition. A good technique is to allow Chambers Street. play After you've put in the money (quite a lot) them to enter your sights. DHT Basement each game 20p (5 ships) the screen will show your man in the rYliddle of Chambers Street each game 10p (5 ships) Each game 10p (10 ships off screen). High Breakout, Super Breakout/Atari * a square, surrounded by suspicious-looking High Score c. 50,000 A va riation on an older theme (the original baddies. Using the sherriff's controls (one to score c. 7,000. Breakout games were fairly staid), this game is move the man, one to position the gun) your available, again, at Teviot and Chambers job is to shoot at the bandits through small Street. obstacles. At intervals the villains shoot back The object of the exercise is to play a form of with exceedingly slow-moving bullets. Every two-dimensional squash with a sort of ping­ now and then they will move into the same pong bat at the bottom. The balls (or pucks or square as your sherriff and its imperative at whatever) come from the top of the screen, this· point to w ipe them out. your job being to reflect them back, For those who feel tMy have a good eye for whereupon they knock out lines of brick-like machines other than space-type variations symbols. Ultimately it is hoped you will this game is a must. The controls particularly manage to knock out all the bricks, at which the 8-way gun control, take a bit of getting point they will reappear. used to, but generally the antics of the screen The designers have now tried to improve figures are at least amusing (if not in the least this basically boring design by introducing the reali~tic). One or two players can play. alternative games of double, cavity and Each game 20p (3 sherrlffs) High Score c. progressive which introduce new balls to the 21000. game, literally. One or two players can play alternately. Each game 10p (5 balls - separately).

Space Invaders/ Midway.Bally Jf * • Moon Striker/ BG Video • • Yet another space game in which the 'orrible If you've played any video game at all creatures must be blown up. The novelty here recently, this is probably the one. Nowodays is that they appear from the middle of the the machines at Teviot Row and Rowan screen, sort of circulating out of an imaginary Lounge are not used often, the knowledgeable black hole or something. The rockets which punters feeling that they have passed that you shoot from have two "guns", one on either stage. side. For those few who have never tried it the The aim, o f course, is to wipe out the things object of the exercise is simple: dodge the before they hit you (no bombs are used). bombs and use your mobile laser base to kill Having achieved this you are then required to off the invaders as they come down. Shelters "doc lil:: " your rockets on to another section. are provided under which your base can be This done, the aliens start reappearing trying hidden. to blow your bigger ship up. A score of more This humble reviewer would not have to than 30,000 gives you a new ship. offer definitive advice on how to play the For new players the most difficult aspect of game, but experts tell me the best way is to this game is the speed and angle at which the shoot the rows down as they go right to left, creatures come at you. Dodging is the name of the slowest direction. Also, look out for the the game. A reasonable alternative if the other bonus ship at the top. Keep an eye out for space games are occupied. One or two destruction of the shelters. One or twl players players can play. Ava ilable only in the Rowan can play Lounge. Each Game 10p (3 laser bases) Each game 10p. High score c. 70,000. Highest Score: almost unlimited to the expert. This man has been linked to the machine for months now...... Inside Story 15

STV's Night for the Screamlsh presentation on Friday is the reasonable 1972 careers production Frogs starring Ray \! Milland, a monster movie in the classic mould of WIiiard. The alternative monster movie CRAC Course 1981 on BBC1 is their first attempt A more extensive oppor­ at a Telephone a disgusting tunity to the industrial and exhibition of below-the-belt commercial world through the charity appeal. if the medium of business games American model is anything and other participatory to go by. Viewers who are exercises will present itself familiar with the trans-atlantic next Spring with the re-run of product will know what to the overwhelmingly success­ expect. f u I CRAG Insight into TISWAS is still king of Management Course. 74% of Saturday mornings of course, the students who attended the and Buck Rogers is still equivalent Edinburgh course proving fairly amusing, but last academic year voted it that's the best we can expect "very successful". and 96% from STV on Saturday. Dallas considered the course helped on 88C1 is nearing a them to make more informed conclusion about the career decisions. shooting of JR. when Sue A representative student Ellen is formally charged with comment was: the offence but somehow I "I was surprised by the don't think we'll find out intensity of the course, and TV Column whodunit yet. That great found myself considering classic sci-fi series Outer cases which I had never realised applied to a Oh yes, it's all go on the mad Limits is back on BBC 2. managerial position. The world of the cathode ray tube. Tonight BBC2 are showing Magic. course was well organised As you can probably see your a new version of Robert Louis Sunday's Great amerlcan and encouraged students to previously lowly previewer of Stevenson's classic story Dr Picture Show BBC is Woody mix and to organise network TV has been busy Jeckyll and Mr Hyde. Judging Allen's Love and Death which themselves. I liked group reviewing a somewhat by previews the new he stars in, directed and work." different form of the dramatisation is more akin to wrote. STV show Young The dates for the 1981 addiction. Such promotion in Stevenson's original tale than Winston . the 1972 film course are 9th-12th April: that :or:: one so young! the rubbishy Hammer biography of Winston is an extended weekend Part of the financial support by the Ford Motor Company Back to the small com­ adaptations of the past. On Churchill starring Simon immediately before Easter. for a CRAC Course comes running such a game at 33 fortable part of page 15 I call 88c1 Lord Denning presents Ward. There will again be only 80 from sponsoring companies Buccleuch Place on the home things are much less the Richard Dlmbleby Lecture Monday's seem to be places on the course and it is who are happy to promote afternoon of 3rd December by frantic than in the seedy on "The Misuse of Power". getting low on fun content intended that first priority management education in the lr'lvltatlon of the Careers dungeons of the University Denning as most lawyers nowadays, despite Not the should go to penultimate year wider sense without any direct Advisory Service. Unions, so now we can take a know, is not one to hold his Nine O'Clock News, Kelly students. Names should be benefit to themselves. Some The first 30 students to put look through the coming week peace about anything he' Monteith is back on BBC 2 on entered on a list to be opened of these companies also send their names down in the list in quieter:·vein. believes in. Tuesdays. Chronicle BBC 2 Wednesday is improving and at 33 Buccleuch Place at the Young Managers on the now ope11 at the Careers Coronation Street STV beginning of the Spring term course. The participation of Office will have the chance to Wednesday is the same drivel when full details will be these Young Managers is a pit their wits against some of as ever. available. The heavily unique dimension to the the best in modern manage­ subsidised charge will be CRAG Courses. They join ment. The game is set in a Bumble approximately £15.00 per with the student groups in the sales situation, entirely head and this includes meals. various exercises but are appropriate to such a market­ WEE The Careers Research and discouraged from taking a orientated company. Parti­ Advisory Centre (CRAG) is an dominant role. Most valuably cipants will have their independent body registered they provide a reference point management decisions Attention as an educational charity for the many "between evaluated both individually which has developed and sessions" informal dis­ and as teams and scored in refined the Insight courses cussions which students find notional £s profit in and helped University Careers one of the best elements of the successive rounds of the y" All Science Services run such courses course. game. over several years. The format An ability to think on your Students is to offer students a complete feet, communicate effective!, · contrast to their University persuade team-mates, ;r: .. diet and stimulate action and not weep ,diet and introduce the nature BUSINESS over disasters, will be some of av:• Do you want to find out how of management through case the attributes likely to bring o,:. studies, role plays, business success. 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Black Vinyl Disco; regular Tuesday nights at could be improved why not deal of fun is usually had management. an early KB (late licence) and Wednesday nights at come along to the first science along the way, not to mention opportunity for students to Potterrow. Bring your own records. To hire faculty study skills workshop. excitement. sample the genre Is provided phone Andy 229 1791, Gerry 332 7028, Tai 225 This will be held in Kings 9689. BuilQi.ngs, James Clerk M~xwel[ Building top . floor Wallet left on EUTC stall at Societies Fair. coffee room at 2 pm Phone the Bedlam Theatre 225 9873 and ask Wednesday 26th November. for Fiona Thomas or Virginia Sumsion. It was felt that there was a need for a science faculty study skills workship because Barry and Mike after iheir party found a lady's all other University activity in umbrella and a gold earring. Would the this area was geared to the owners please phone 031-332 0618 in the needs of non-science evenings. students. So rather than leave science students out (there Interviewer: How do yoU like your steak are around 3,000 of you) a Oracular: with a generous helping of Rears series of study skills Cream workshops are being organised. The first one on November 26th will be started off by Dr Peter Kennedy of the Physics Department and Dr Des Thomson of the Genetics Department. If you have any ideas or areas where you feel your study technique may be imprqved do come s31ong to 'the James Clerk Maxwell · ~ Building on Noviamber 26th. You will be most welcome. the more who come along and contribute the more success­ ful the sessions will be. It's up to you. See you next DNJ JISBAND . Wednesday. 11ARPE! Mark Kennedy FRIDAY 21 NOV. AT THE U!ENS n,;:,cnsr,oi,_...,.,_ _ _,_M.Cts''lf<:Oo<>-,<111"°""'HAU V-P (Court) SAC ~ ~ .!_:1l r ·;?. ?~ :~ ?:: ::_; ~ What's On -

So, here we are again for another exciting subject. A pleasant way to begin your a laugh if you don't mind the embarrassment three days of entertainment. If this term's Sa turday's entertainment, and one way of of being seen going in with the dirty old men of grant has not yet run out, then you're okay, but keeping you out of the cold. Clerk St. if it has I suggest you consult Bumble's TV If you're not planning on beginning your Sunday - as its getting so cold these days, I column and stay in all weekend. Christmas shopping on Sa turday afternoon begin to wonder if our weekly afternoon However, on Friday night U2 are playing at (there are only 30 shopping days left til outings might be more suitable somewhere the Nile Club. They're "Ireland's Finest" up Christmas) then there's the usual excellent indoors.The Plant House the Botanies is huge and coming band, and great favourites of the choice of sport, Hearts playing at home this and the collection of tropical plants very Main Man Rab, so could be worth going to see. week to Rangers, and 'yljatsonians playing extensive. Also, it's warm! - a good way to get PLNFORM On the other hand, underneath the Nile Coub Stewarts/Melville at Myreside. Also, there's a warmed up, without having to pay the fuel bill in the main section of the Playhouse complex, choice of swimming, badminton, and skiing at yourself! Afterwards, you can wander rotJnd ~;bzz i.n8cotlalu[" the new opera season has just started. On va ri ous venues on Saturday. the gardens and finish up in the Gallery 01 Friday, Puccini's Tosca, is being performed by Saturday night - this year's Gang Show has Modern Art in the centre, have a quick look its last night on Saturday. you might not think the Scottish Opera. As this is Edinburgh's first round , and have some afternoon tea in the Tuesday, 25th November, 8 p.m. Opera Season, it is bound to be of high quality it's your cup of tea, but its good fun , and quite restaurant before finally going home. PLAYHOUSE, GREENSIDE PLACE to attract future support and since the a laugh. Actually it's encouraging to see all the Sunday night - the B52s are playin~ at decision not to go ahead with an Edinburgh young Scouts and Guides beginning their Tiffany's. this excellent American band are in Bob WIiber - Lars Erstrand Opera House, it is important that the acting career in such a well established show. Edinburgh for the first time and.are definitely Group Playhouse decides to continue this kind of TheTraverse also has a new play - Sound Out worth going to see - that is - if you've got a entertainment for the future. as has the Church hill Theatre. Habeus ticket! If not, you'll have to be content with Saturday morning - the Scottish Museum ·Corpu s. Of course, the usual selection of films Mastermind on the box! Tough luck! Tickets £3.00 (Members £2.50) in Chamber's Street currently has an with a new Al Pacino film at the Cameo and Toosle exhibition called 'An Arctic Oasis' which Angie Dickinson still going strong at the comprises colour photographs of the said odeon. Three "dirties" at the Classic, could be Wednesday, 20th December, 8 p.m. PLAYHOUSE, GREENSIDE PLACE CINEMA Canongate Tolbootli, Royal Mile. J. Telfer SOCIETIES ABC Lothian Rd. 1. The Blues Brothers (AA) Dunbar Tartan Collection. Mon to Sat 1000 to BUNAC, for anyone interested in working in Alexis Korner & 1.05, 4.05, 7.20 2. The Elephant Man (AA) 1.10, 1700. the United States or Canad a next summer, Colin Hodgkinson 4.10, 7.15. 3. Airplane (A) 2.15, 4.50, 7.40 City Art Centre, 1-4 Market St. Edinburgh come along to our office (top floor Societies Caley, Lothian Rd. Mcvicar (X) 2.45, 5.25, artists of the 18th and 19th centuries. Centre). Open Mon, Wed, Fri 1-2 pm. plus support 8.10. Paintings, prints and drawings from the City Labo~ Club; meets every Friday at 1 pm in Tickets £2,50 (Members £2) Calton Studios, Calton Rd . Angi Vera (A) plus Collection. Mon to Sat 1000 to 1700. DHT Faculty Rm North. Al welcome. The Barber Shop, 6 and 8 pm . Late night Fri . & PGSU; 13th Dec. Christmas Party/ Disco for all Tickets available from Sat. at 11 pm , Blue Collar (X). Postgraduages hosted by PGSU 9 pm-1 am. CONCERTS Playhouse (031-557 2590) Cameo, Tollcrpss ... And Justice for All (AA) 4 Meth Soc; The Edinburgh Methodist Students' The Playhouse, Scottish Opera Chorus; Platform, 45 Queen St., Edin. 031-226 4179 and 8.30 pm plus China Syndrome (A) 1.45, 6 Society. Meeting are held on Sundays at 8 pm Scottish Opera Orchestra. Donizetti: L'Elisir pm . in the Society Rm , Nicolson Sq. Methodist D'Amore. Thur20 Nov. Classic, Nicolson St. Boys and Girls ·church. This Sunday, Nov. 23rd, the topic is Usher Hall, Bournemouth Symphony Toghether, 2.30, 5.40, 8.45; True Blue Con­ "The Society of Friends". Orchestra. Britten; Saint-Saens; Prohofiev. fessions 3.30, 6.35, 9.40 Scandanavian RAI Scottish Branch; Wed. 26th Nov. at 7.30 Fri. 21 Nov. Erotica, 4.15, 7.20. Late show Fri . & Sat. at 11 pm . Bella-Coola Medicine Lecture in Queens Hall, Scottish Baroque Ensemble. pm , Tommy Dawn Breakers. Conference Rm. DHT George Sq. Also, on Mozart. Sat. 22 Nov. Dominion, Churchhill. 1. Rough Cut (AA) Mon. 15th Dec. at 7.30 pm , Christmas Party in Usher Hall, Edinburgh Royal Choral Union. 3.11 , 5.46, 8.21 , 2. Convoy (A) 4.33, 8.13, 3. AFB. Mozart. Sat. 22 Nov. Canadian Studies; Every Which Way But Loose (AA) 3.00, 5.20, Queens Hall, Scottish Chamber orchestra. Thurs. Nov. 20th at5.15 pm 8.00. in Faculty Rm, North DHT. Inaugural lecture Medici Quartet. Mon. 24 Nov. Edinburgh FIim Theatre, Lothian Ad . Slow by visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Motion (X) 6.15, and 8.30 pm. Professor S. D. Clark of the University of TRAVERSE Odeon, Clerk St. Dressed to Kill (X) 2.30, 5.00, SPORT Toronto; subject. "The Social Sciences in THEATRE • 7.45. Swimming, Esso Scottish Age Group Canada and the Issue of National Autonomy". " , Ritz, Rodney St. McVicar (X) 2.40, 5.30, 8.25 Championships, Royal Comonwealth Spartans Club; Sat. 22nd Nov. at Spartans CLUB ,, , , Swimming Pool, Fri & Sat. Club, 12 Buccleuch St., Tommy McEwan, 112 West Bow ~ , , , THEATRE Badminton, Diamond Skol East of Scotland singing from 7 -11 pm. Late license til 1 am. Kings Theatre, Leven St. The Gang Show, Iii Open Championships, Meadowbank Sports Happy Hour 10-11 pm (no admission after 11 Grassrnarket , , •• • Sat. 22nd. Centre. Sat 22nd. pm). Members 25p non-members £1 . Tel: 031-226 2633 Royal Lyceum, Grindlay St. Once a Catholic, Ski- Ing, British Artificial Ski Slopes EUTC, Design for Living, by Noel Coward, I ' nightly at 7.30 pm Sat. 4 and 8 pm. Championships, Hilland Ski Centre, 22nd & Thurs-Sun at 7.30 pm in the Bedlam. Extr'a Till 22nd November at 7.30 p.m. Little Lyceum, Cambridge St. The Fantasticks, 23rd. .. late night performance at 11 .30 pm on Sat. Interim Theatre Company present nightly at 8 pm. Table Tennis, Scottish Table Tennis 22nd. •••• • Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh. The Knight Association Senior Ranking TournamentJack Southslde Strutter• Traditional Jazz. Every SOUND OUT t-: Errant, nightly at 7.30 pm . Kane Centre, 23rd Nov. .Thurs. 8 pm-10.30 pm Broughton Bar, By Terry Ruane Churchhlll Theatre, Churchhill. The Jasons Football, Hearts v. Rangers at Tynecastle Broughton Street. ••• present Habeus Corpus, nightly at 7.30 pm . Park. Meadowbank Thisble v. Cowdenbeath EU Scottish Nationalists, Wed . 26th Nov. at 1 Opening Thursday 27th at 7.30 p.m. Traverse Theatre, West Bow, Grassmarket. at Meadowbank Sports Centre. Sat. 22nd. pm in DHT Rm 4.18. Speakers Douglas THE CASE OF Sound Out, nightly at 7.30 pm. Rugby, Watsonians v. Stewarts/Melville at henderson, NSP Senior Vice-Chairman. All Myreside. welcome. DAVID ANDERSON Q.C. EXHIBITIONS Baha'I Soc; Salad and Wholefood luncnes. By John Hale with Corin Redgrave as Talbor Rice Art Centre. A Middle Eastern ROCK Every Wednesday, Room 10 Adam Ferguson David Anderson Journey - artists on their travels: Rodney Caravan, Student Centre, Fri. 21 st Nov. Building 12-10 pm . Searight and Jenny Scarce. Mon-Sat 1000- U2 plus Altered Images, Nite Club, Fri. 21st "Justice" a talk by John Emlick with Traverse open Tues. to Sun. 1700. Nov. discussion. Wednesday 26th November 2 pm Details & Membership from the Box Office Stills Gallery, 58 High Street. Photographs by Cuban Heels plus Shaking Pyramids, Nite Room 12 AFB. STUDENTMiMBERSHIP ONLY£41 the american photographer Tod Papageorge. Club, Sat. 22nd nov. Every Thursday 7.30 pm . Informal Tues to Sat. 1230 to 1800. B52s plus Pearl Harbour Tiffany's Sun. 23rd Discussions (and homemade food) at.Juliet's: Royal Scottish Museum, Chambers St. An Nov. 15 Livingstone Place, Marchmont. all Arctic Oasis. Colour photographs. Mon to Sat Black Slate, Tiffany's Mon. 24th Nov. welcome. 100Q to 1300. Sun 1400 to 1700.

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