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Felix Issue 758, 1987 The Newspaper Of Imperial College Union Founded 1949 Bottle match ban threat Mines be informed of the feelings of Camborne School of Mines will not be invited back to Imperial the Union General Meeting on ICU and how their behaviour at future Tuesday. After further discussion, College for the annual 'Bottle Match' unless their behaviour visits will effect subsequent fixtures. UGM Chairman Hugh Southey improves. Monday's meeting of ICU Council decided that A further ammendment, prepared by suspended standing orders, thereby Camborne should be sent a warning, after players and Gareth Fish, added that "failure to preventing a quorum call, and took supporters disrupted the Union Bar and Southside Bar and improve behaviour at the next visit an "opinion vote" from the meeting. will result in a withdrawal of On the question of whether Camborne were believed to have vandalised toilets in the Sherfield Building reciprocal agreements." This should be banned from IC Union and on Saturday night. ammendment was accepted by Mr all College bars, the 'informal Camborne students have a history past, be included in this ban. She Perry and the proposal was passed. meeting' voted 58 for a ban, with 37 of abusive behaviour and petty added that the cleaners had Ms Peirce raised the issue again at against. vandalism during their biannual trips complained about the state of the to IC to play rugby, football, hockey Union building on Monday morning. and squash against the RSM. Two RSMU President Rob Perry years ago, after the sporting fixtures stressed that the Camborne fixture had to be cancelled, Camborne caused was one of the oldest varsity fixtures, several hundred pounds worth of and that the rowdy behaviour had not damage in the RSM building and in been excessive. ICU Hon Sec Dave Southside. This year fire hoses were Colley said that the fixture had let off in the Union bar and in brought more IC students into the Southside, which had to be closed at Union bar, rather than driving them 9.10pm. Later in the evening away. Mineral Resources Camborne students tried to get into Engineering Dep Rep Paddy Coleman the Valentines Party in the Main suggested that to ban Camborne from Dining Hall (Sherfield). Unidentified College bars would be premature and intruders gained access to toilets on that ICU should work harder at the 4th and 5th floors where ballcocks policing visiting students during the were removed, causing flooding. fixture. ICU President Christine Taig Union DP Jackie Peirce proposed thought that IC should make it a to Council as part of her report, that priority to see that no IC students Camborne students be banned from were discouraged from using the the Union building and from all the Union facilities. College bars. She also recommended Mr Perry proposed that Ms Peirce's that Cardiff School of Mines, who report be ammended to read that the have caused similar disruption in the "'Camborne and Cardiff Schools of Perry Como to visit IC—see page 24 No rent this Week Residents of Weeks Hall voted to go earlier this term, with water only that permission to pay College could had not received any comment from on an indefinite rent strike at a being available between 2am and only come from a similarly convened College Secretary John Smith. It was meeting on Wednesday, in an attempt 9am. Fire hoses had been used against residents' meeting. also pointed out that first years had to encourage College to repair major regulations, in attempts to flush Residents approached IC Union not been informed of the steep price defects in the Hall's heating and water toilets. A break tank and pump which Hon Sec Dave Colley yesterday in rise until after they had been offered system. The Hall has been plagued by had been promised last year, but still order to set up the union holding accommodation in Weeks. problems with the heating, resulting had not been installed, would have account. He is currently looking into Commenting on the move by in many rooms being unbearably cold averted this situation. setting up a suitable account for the Weeks Hall residents, Student during poor weather conditions, while Students voted 44-0 in favour of a rent money, which could amount to Accommodation Officer, Lesley others were too hot—this being rent strike, with one abstention, on a £20 000. The precedent for this Gillingham said that she thought a h caused by defective heating valves. motion to have * ~ heating and water arrangement took place when rent strike would be unproductive, The common room had also become system repair , <u. i receive a rent residents in College accommodation and that College would react very cold, with residents taking readjustment for services not went on a rent strike in Spring 1974. unfavourably to such a move. The blankets down with them to watch the provided and inconveninece caused. Other complaints brought up at the strike is not scheduled to begin until television. The conditions for the strike were that meeting were that petitions raised next week after a meeting to discuss The water system has also proved all rents due would be paid into a both this year and last year had been progress on Wednesday 26th unreliable during the freezing weather student union holding account, and ignored by College. The latest still February at 6pm. Free Friday February 20th 1987 No. 764 Letters. FELIX, Friday February 20th 1987 2 When Germany once dominated Wren church and the misshapen fresh air could not deaden the noise Europe with her military supremacy, human beings who came in from the to any great extent! Europeans reacted and Hitler paid a cold. Something troubling and Parties which end at 1.30 or 2.00 Criminal price for it. Similarly, I believe, disturbing for the contemporary in the morning as Beit residents who people in Southern Africa will react atheistic mind. Something you could do not wish to attend may go out and and Botha will do likewise. I hope the almost call—the nearest thing to a seek other entertainment or rest Botha ANC will remember to put the dirty word in 1987—holy." assured that the noise will go away world's "No. 1 criminal" (Botha) in New Society, 30th Jan. 1987 sometime. However, at three in the a cage in a history museum What if, what if? I wonder how morning no one is in the mood to seek Dear Dave, somewhere in Soweto when it comes many people really honestly ask that other non-existent diversions and nor I write in response to Mike's letter to power. I am sure that will attract question? How many people, in all the is the noise likely to go away at any (FELIX 763) concerning his support tourists from all over the world—I striving for acceptance, striving for reasonable hour. of Mr. Goosen and his South African will be there! identity, for joy, for freedom, how We are not saying that such early government's incursions into Y Mponella, Mech. Eng. II. many everyday people, like you and morning parties should not be held, neighbouring states. I am sure there me, ask? What if? merely that they should be put in are many more poeple who are just God does care, more than we could rooms not less than 100 yards from as ignorant about the situation in ever dream of. Not only does he care, the nearest sleeping student. Surely Southern Africa as Mike is. he really hurts when he sees us in the future efforts can be made to To me, the application of the phrase desperately chasing after vain use rooms in the Sherfield Building "supporting terrorism," in his letter expressions of love and freedom, and or even on the left hand side of the when referring to South Africa's In God he sees us destroying ourselves. When Union Building, which has similar neighbouring states was not only we turn our backs on him, and just rooms to those so close to our own improper but misleading as well, and dismiss him with that arrogance "Oh, windows; then the noise can only therefore, needs correction here. trusts I don't believe," his heart weeps for disturb empty offices or the shrubbery Those the South African regime has us. If only we had just the vaguest in the Life Sci. Building. labelled "terrorists" do not live in notion of who God really is, and what Simon Buyers, MRE I. neighbouring states nor are they he's been through for us in Jesus, it Neil Bolton, Life Sci. I. trained there. What these innocent would break every one of us. Just the Jon Beadsmoore, Phys. I states do harbour are defenceless Dear Sir, smallest glimpse of his awesome and most of Beit Hall, Old Hostel. refugees who have escaped from I recently read a letter in FELIX power, of his purity and holiness. Of Botha's "Soweto Jail" in search of complaining about the appointment of the depth, the depth of his love for freedom. Indeed, all Botha's past a gay and lesbian officer to the Union each one of us as an individual attacks on his neighbours have been Council, and the reply to it. person... if only, we'd cry out to him. targetted at refugee camps, maiming The letter basically pointed out that But people are so content just to go every resident—child or aged. Surely, gays and lesbians are just one of many on, without ever coming face to face to support a regime which commits minorities in the College, and the with the possibility that maybe, just Extreme such unforgivable acts of agression reply insisted that people need to be maybe, they're wrong.
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