www.felixonline.co.uk @felixImperial /FelixImperial [email protected] Keeping the cat free since 1949 Issue no. 1582 6th October 2014 2 06.10.2014 THE STUDENT PAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON FELIX This week’s issue... [email protected]@imperial.ac.uk Felix Editor Philippa Skett EDITORIAL TEAM CONTENTS Editor-In-Chief PHILIPPA SKET News 3-6 I’m too tired to think Deputy Editor PHILIP KENT Comment 8-10 Treasurer THOMAS LIM Features 11-13 of a decent title here News Editors Science 14-15 AEMUN REZA I am writing this editorial like all instead have a more well-rounded CECILE BORKHATARIA Technology 16-17 previous Felix Editors have done: issue for first years and final years alike. Whether you are reading Features Editors sleep deprived; buzzing on coffee; SHILADITYA GHOSH Games 27-28 and one hour to go to deadline. my rambles in the library café in Welcome to this year’s first issue of between classes again, or simply Comment Editors staring at the page blankly whilst Music 29 Felix. 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Sport FELIX THE STUDENT PAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON 06.10.2014 3 News [email protected] News Editor Aemun Reza Imperial bounces up Science Fiction library and down in worldwide damaged by flooding rankings ANNINA SARTOR BEN HOWITT Both Phil Baty and John O’Leary, NEWS WRITER NEWS WRITER respective editors of the THE and QS rankings, blame inadequate UK public funding, and warn that Imperial has increased its standing the UK’s leading position might Last Friday, a leak in a Beit Hall in the Times Higher Education slip as universities in Asia and the water pipe caused water damage to the (THE) World Rankings 2015, rising developing world climb steadily Imperial College Science Fiction and from 10th to 9th worldwide, and up the rankings. Still, Reading Fantasy library in the Union West only second to Oxbridge and US University Vice-Chancellor Sir David Basement. Dripping noises could universities. The news comes in the Bell seemed not to be worried. first be heard from the ceiling in the wake of the QS World University "One cannot read too much into a early afternoon, and over the course Ratings, in which Imperial was single year's rankings. Global league of two hours, several ceiling tiles were ranked second equal with Cambridge, tables are highly volatile indicators. soaked through and fell onto the floor with a total score of 87.5. The fact that some UK universities below as society members, union The THE Survey operates on 13 have risen and fallen up to almost 40 employees, and innocent bystanders performance indicators, grouped into places year-on-year shows it is much attempted to rescue hundreds of five areas; and research, teaching and more important to look at longer- books stored in shelves underneath citations comprise 90% of the overall term trends over time." the affected area. Union employees ranking. This is borne out by THE Rankings seemed apologetic and understanding Surprisingly, given its reputation from previous years, in which of the need to get the problem fixed. among undergraduates, Imperial Imperial has been consistently Some book stock was water damaged. came out strongly in teaching, with ranked between 8th and 10th – There is so far no evidence of more a score of 84.5, also scoring highly in The indeed, Imperial’s scores have barely extensive damage to the room beyond Traumatic scenes unfolding in the West Basment. research (88.3), international outlook majority shifted from last year. The drop from the ceiling tiles and the now-soaked Photo: Sci-Fi society (92.7) and citations (89.4). The scores of UK 8th appears to correlate with a fall in carpet (which was due to be replaced are measures of probability – so a industry income in 2013-14. this summer), or damage in any other Innocent past, and while the Union had fixed score of 87.5 in a single category universities To break down results by West Basement rooms. up the damaged ceiling over the means that the data point of a have department, medics can feel a certain A similar, but smaller, leak had bystanders summer as part of the West Basement randomly chosen institution will fall slipped satisfaction in being 4th worldwide occurred the day before, originating attempted refurbishments, the leaking problem below Imperial’s 87.5% of the time. for Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health, from the same Beit Hall room. to rescue seems to not yet have been fully More worryingly, the majority of down the with Engineering and Technology This leak was quickly fixed and the resolved. Talks regarding more UK universities have slipped down league coming in at 6th. Life Sciences and damaged ceiling tiles replaced by hundreds permanent solutions are in progress.