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Keep Gartcosh open says poll

Edinburgh University Scottish Nationalist Association this week carried out an opinion poll of Scot-· tish Office staff which revealed strong support for keeping the Gartcosh steel finishing plant open. Two ques9ons were asked of staff entering the building. 98% said "No" when asked "Do you think the future of the Scottish steel industry should be made a resigna­ tion issue by George Younger?" 70% of those polled said "Yes". The remai~ing 30% included people who were worried about whom his successor might be. On a t the Lyceum until 2nd November, this play by Andy EUSNA secretary Don MacCor­ Arnold and Jimmy Boyle highlights quodale, a candidate for Societies the need fo~ reform of the penal convener in today's EUSA bye­ system. Not to be missed. elections. told Student that about· 400 Scottish Office staff had been -page7 interv.iewed out of a total work­ force of I ,000. Archie talks

In his first major interview for Sill­ Don MacCorquodale explained dent since bis election as Rector that this poll is part of a wider cam­ last March. Archie MacPherson talks to lain Cameron about Edu­ paign which is being organised by cation. Politics. the Universitv - EUSNA to publi cise the issues of and even a little about sport. • Gartcosh and Ravenscraig within the Unive rsity. -page 16 Explaining the issue itself, the EUSNA secretary said that up to 8,000 jobs were at stake and , he Desperately feels, "if Gartcosh closes, then seeking Ravenscraig will inevitably fllow after the next election". Seide Iman A major rally is being organised Spear of Destiny, fronted by cheeky blond-top, Kirk Brandon played a packed-out gig at The Playhouse last in Glasgow on 9th November to Tuesday - and even managed to generate an energetic atmosphere. Turn to page 12 for Jane Armitage's oppose the Gartcosh closure. review, and more photos from John Lindsay. Devin Scobie Rig allegations denied

Allegations that members of able thing to do at the time." elections. It was the Democratic claimed ballot rigging , by oppo­ Susan Seide/man. director o[ the Edinburgh University An enquiry into the incidents at Left which allegedly organised bal­ nents of Militant, and in what blockbuster Desperately Seeking Labour Club were aware of, or the Conference was carried out by lot rigging in an attempt to hinder McLean described as "near-riot'" Susan. talks to Sn,dent's Trevor participated in, irregular vot­ the Labour Party's National Execu­ the electoral chances of Militant conditions, the Conference was Johnston in an exclusive interview. tive Committee, based on trans­ candidates at the Conference. abandoned. . ing procedures at the 1984 cripts of the Confere!)ce, failed to According to Sarah Boyack, pre­ Greatrix dismisses suggestions -page 18 National Organisation of find any evidence of ballot rigging. sent Chairperson of NOLS, there that a senior member of the Labour Labour Students Conference Yet David McLean claims he was organised disruption of the Party was assigned to the task of at Hull have been denied by the himself was tovote twice in elec­ Conference by Militant once it was issuing non-Militant delegates with current EULC Chairperson, tions at the Conference - once as clear that elections weren't going a second set of ballot papers as Contents Paul Greatrix. himself, and once as a delegate the way of Militant. She said that "completely untrue." News 2,3,4 -from Heriot-Watt University. This the Democratic Left, previously an Nevertheless. David McLean Comment 5 When confronted with Greatrix's did not happen, because the informal organisation, was set up emphasised that supporters of the Letters 5 denial, former SRC National ·Heriot-Watt delegate turne9 up atthe Conference in response to Democratic Left did organise ballot Film 6 .Affairs Convener, David McLean, ·- late, but McLean added that a dele­ disruption by Militant. "At no rigging in an attempt to prevent a Classical Music 7 an EULC delegate at Hull, has con­ gate from Oxford was found to be stage," said Boyack, "did Militant Militant take over at the confer­ Exhibitions 7 firmed that, in his view, ballot rig­ in possession of two sets of ballot and its allies ever have a majority at ence. He said that several Edin­ Theatre 7 ging did take place in an attempt to papers. the Conference." burgh University Labour Club Election Guide 8,9 prevent Militant from taking con­ The Conference itself seemed to Greatrix and McLean both said delegates at the Conference were What's On 10, II trol of the NOLS National Commit­ be divided from the. outset between that Militant was near to success in aware-that rigging was going on, Music 12, 13, 14 tee. lie added that, "In the cir­ the Democratic Left, and Militant. _elections at the Conference. How­ and added that one senior member Features 1s, 1,, 11, ls cumstances, where Militant were Another group, Socialist Students ·ever, when Militant failed to of EULC "organised the_rigging." Writings 19 bending the rules of the Conference in NOLS acteo ind.ependently by 'lakecontrol of the NOLS National Alan Young Sport 20 in the extreme, 1t seemed a reason- supporting .its own candidates in 'Committee, a supporter of Militant 2 STUDENI: Thursday 24th October 1985

Olga's bombscare University brain

This week Teviot welcomed drain shock Lady Olga Maitland, chair­ man of the anti-CND move­ ment, Women and Families for Edinburgh University may be Method at Edinburgh said that Defence. Lady Olga's last visit losing a significant number of its loss of staff was a "constant !bi to the University was to oppose best academic staff to higher paid serious pro_blem. ". Salaries ~ 4 Bruce Kent in a debate on the jobs in industry and abroad. accountants m commercial pra . could be two or three times t~ nuclear deterrent, but her role Edinburgh's Dr John Burnett available to academics. Thism ot as guest speaker at a Tory Club was one of a group of three vice­ that difficulties were experienC: lunch proved a less demanding chancellors who lastweek pre­ sented the Education Secretary, Sir filling the vacancies which regui,! task. occurred. -•i Keith Joseph, with evidence that Speaking to a sympathetic audi­ The vice-chancellors also pr ence, Lady Olga talked about the large numbers of top academics are sented evidence of "chronic" J danger of Soviet infiltration in the leaving Britain's universities to seek greater rewards elsewhere. ficul!ies in filling posts in clini~ West, and her belief that we are med,cme. This point The survey, conducted at Sir w, succumbing to Russian prop­ emphasised by Dr J. PotteraJio Keith's own request, was presented L aganda. Despite President Gor­ mentioned a lack of good applk. boachev's increased dialogue with Lady Olga preaches to the converted. by Dr Burnett, Dr Tom Johnston of Heriot-Watt University, and Sir ants for a number of JX)sitill!I the Western powers, she warned, Soviet threat as an attempt to sway defence-only for vulnerability. which had ~ad to be re-advertised Edward Parkes of Leeds Univer­ "Detente should not mean a lower­ public opinion rather ihan open On a different level but in her It was noted by a member oft · sity. It reveals that more than a ing of our guard and a return to the conflict. She believes that if West- view equally dangerous, Lady Pharrnacology Dept. at the Univer, 1970s." em Europe came under the control Maitland saw Soviet sympathies fil- _ third of academics leaving their posts also leave the university sys­ sity that a senior lecturer in clinicll Outlining ournaivety, Lady Olga of extreme socialism it would find tering into society through more medicine, doing the same work, tem. Seven percent of those leaving 111 claimed that we have no sense of itself in the same position as Finland direct channels, especially through the same wards as a doct - "dominated by Moscow". · schools. Pointing to the Teachers go to universities abroad. insecurity in the West because we employed by the health servi do not see the Russian threat - Soviet propaganda has even For Peace movement, she claimed The departures are blamed on could be paid a substantially \ow declining levels of pay and condi­ pointing out the lack of tanks rol­ beguiled some political parties, and that pupils often come under pres­ salary. ling through Bristo Square. "Forty to the delight of her audience she sure at school, not knowing how to tions. It is felt that academic · contrastingly, Dr Popplestone years of peace has lulled us into a conducted a dismissive tour of the reply when a teacher expresses salaries fall sei;iously short of those of the Artificial Intelligence De~. fool's paradise." However, she opposition. Whilst the SOP was at socialist opinions. for comparable positions in indus­ stressed that during those years least judged sound in its support of. In conclusion Lady Maitland said trv and commerce. said that his department h~ there have been over a hundred NATO, on the subject- ·of the that Conservatives must be pre­ ·Universities have experienced experienced no difficulties of th1 wars outside Europe, but as a gen­ Alliance Lady Olga added: "I cer- pared not only to vote but to speak extreme recruiting difficulties in nature. eration which has not suffered con­ tianly wouldn't go to bed with a out in reply to opposition, and pro­ areas such as enginering, computer However, one university 5 required to have tried for fiftm flict we have forgotten the value of Liberal." tect the stability that NATO had science, mathematics, chemistry, freedom,. But the Labour Party received brought to Europe. business st4dies and accountancy. months to fill two informatiOI Discussing the form of attack fac­ more abrupt treatment. Labour, Professor Tom Lee, Head of the :echnology posts, without success. ing the West, Lady Olga sees the she said, did not have a mandate for Lorraine Telford Dept. of Accounting and Business Gary Dull(II Burnett. Dangling the Jarratt Universities throughout Britain So far they have rejected a look inwards and the Jarratt Repo rt criticizes slow­ have come under attack for their suggestion to reduce the Senate is helping us to do that.., slow response to the Jarratt Com­ from 270 to 100 members. which However, the Principal is not ~ mittee Report, published six they claim would weaken its effec­ sure that the committee's report i months ago, which made recom­ tiveness. The rest of the working revealing a great deal not alrcad1 coach Sir Keith mendations on improving effi­ party's recomll)endations will be known. "Our Equipment and ciency and cutting costs on campus. presented to the second meeting of Resources Committee, f~ Edinburgh University's prmc,­ Critics claim that with only the University Court this tcrm. pal, Dr John Burnett, said on Mon­ instance, have been implementini another six months to go until the · Dr Burnett, is careful to stress day he would expect to be dismissed many of the report's 'recommen· universities have to report back to that a lack· of concrete proposals if he took as long as Education Sec­ dations· for a long time now. \Jul the Jarratt Committee there is little does not mean that the University retary Sir Keith Joseph to respond we're obviously glad that Jarratt evidence to suggest that any serious has been inactive: at the moment it to major requests on education agrees.with us," he-says. action has so far been taken. is currently finalising its submission issues. Edinburgh University was the to the University Grants Commit­ A major concern , however, f~ Dr Burnett, who was discussing subject of a separate, smaller all universities including Edinburgh the pay row which may weU lead to tee on funding for the rest of the report itself as well as coming under remains the government's attitude industrial action among University decade. These and other matters scrutiny with other universities in to their proposals. It appears that medical staff, also blamed the gov­ are taking up a great deal of time, the main investigation. According disagreement with the Jarratt ernment's pay policy for a serious but the Jarratt Report will be fully to the Principal, Dr John Burnett, Report has not been taken kind!) drifting away of top academics from considered in time, he says. all the financial recommendations and many are still worried that such Universities. Some universities have resented of the "local" report, led by the recommendations as the univer· Reporting on a meeting between the Jarratt Committee's intrusion, Rector, Archie MacPherson, the Committee of Vice-Chancellors but Dr Burnett is unperturbed sities make, may well be ignored. . examines the main points of the and Principals (CVCP) and Sir "Every so often it is very valuable larger report. Michael Moo~ Keittt, Dr Burnett asaid the CVCP for an organisation to take a close had asked the Education Secretary several months ago if he would make extra money available so that staff working in teaching hospitals, Debatesanctions$anctions but employed by universities, could have the same pay rise as their NHS The Debates Committee's first insist in tackling the whole issue of "This an emotionally charged colleagues. These pay riseshave major debate of the new session pro­ sanctions as though it were full issue which attracts particularl) averaged 5.3 per cent this year, but duced overwhelming support for sanctions or nothing." . ' 1- · 1 pres· · strong feelings ... po 1ttca . 1 the government has only provided the topical motion, "That this House Labour Regional Councillor Neil sure on an international basrs, would impos~ mandatory economic for 3 per cent pay rises in univer­ Burnett: reason to worry? Lindsay opened as supporting - now'building up." d sities' cash-limited grants. sanctions against South Africa." speech by inviting Graeme Carter A lengthy, and well-suppo~e ; An 80-strong audience, in the Sir Keith told the CVCP he would ing and retaining academic staff, to join his party, and the speeches question session was followed Yd have an answer in a month or two, · who are increasingly applying for Teviot Debating Hall, heard were concluded by the self-styled decisive 57 to 14 vote in favour said Dr Burnett, who added that if jobs abroad and in industry. former Divihity Faculty Dean Dr "pragmatic Conservative radical" the motion. . Sc b~ he took four months to answer an The previous belief that univer­ Andre\V Ross vehemently open the Robert Bauer-Maxwell. Devin ° importaht question from his col­ sities were secure working places is debate with a controversial histori­ leagues, he would not be fit to carry no longer held, and it is often the cal accusation that it was the British out the job of Principal. highest-quality people who avoid who "sold the blacks down the Dr Burnett said he would deplore academic jobs, according to Dr Bur­ river" by denying them democratic any withdrawal of labour to the nett. He added that in a field like voting rights earlier this century. NHS if the dispute is not resolved. medicine, this jeopardised the Uni­ Former EUSA Vice-President He said that in Edinburgh, any versity's ability to teach a new gen­ (Court), and recently selected Con­ industrial action could put at risk eration of doctors. servative Regional Council candi­ the most basic diagnostic tests car­ "Universities are rapidly becom­ date for Haymarket Tollcross ried out by the University's clinical ing training grounds for industry, Grae~e Carter, delivered a strong chemistry department for"the Royal and the wage bill in universities is open mg speecq for the opposition. Infirmary. more tightly constrained than in any "Sanctions," he said , "would be dif­ According to the Principal, the other sector of the public service," ficult to administer, and impossible dispute is symptomatic of the prob- , he.~id. to impose . . . the British and lem universities now face in recruit- Alan Young American governments repeatedly STUDENT Thursday 24th October 1985 3

Consortium approved

Last Th~rsday, the Union­ our members and that has to be our Elwin pointed out: "Apart from suppliers. This is also fairer because ommittee of Management · main concern. It will also be far this being against the wishes of our those union that buy a lot put back cheaper to join, saving us a rough members, as seen in the recent a larger amount of discount into pproved Edinburgh Univer- · estimate of £50 ,000 a year. referendum , financially , this would admin costs." ity Students' Association's Indirectly, this organisation will add up to around £40,000 for NUS Elwin was also keen to point out tTdiation to Northern Ser.­ also provide a better deal for the membership, £1,500 plus fo r NSSO · that in no way was Northern to be ices the new purchasing con­ smaller colleges in the group and membership as well as £200 per seen as a rival to NSSO . "Northern orti~m which was mainly set could prove cheaper for NSSO vote· on NSSO. Northern Services is not responsible for any form of p with the initiative of EUSA members as well. " costs only £25 a year to join and representation and besides, our absence will probably make the ·nd other universities to After the breakdown of various members have free votes. " diverse purchasing consortiums, Many of the differences between quotes they receive from suppliers ccommodate the problems the NSSO was convened in 1984 but NS and NSSO are due to the large lower. " tudent services generated by EUSA was forced to withdraw last numbers in.volved in NSSO. In reply to last weeR's Rat, Harry he foundation of the National year after a conference in Birmin­ "Northern is run on a General also pointed out: "Of course EUSA tudents Services Organisa­ gham where before debate on the Meeting principle, whereas would not spend £100 on a uniform for a temporary member of staff. tion. special problems which many because of sheer weight of numbers national suppliers have in supplying NSSO business has to be run One of the other Travel staff simply Speaki ng toStudent, Deput_y Something for nothing President Harry Elwin added his Scotland, a motion was passed thr_ough various subcommittees." lent the uniform for the Ski Show ­ which made membership of NUS Elwin continued: "Our admin somewhere it was necessary to pre­ Graduate and one time sabbaii­ app~o val to the affiliation . . "We cal hopeful Marc "nice shirt-shame consider that NS will provide a compulsory to h,tve any say within costs can be kept low because of sent a professional image ." NSSO. retrospective discount from Sally Greig about the brain" Burgess was fai rer and more efficient service to recently seen by yo ur faithless cor­ respondant lurking tactlessly close to the Studen1 offices. His cun­ Edinburgh nothing less than misuse of· yo ur property. Short but thick Marc was Students The ·belles of a_ttempting to usethe dark room to runs process a film the contents of which were going to make him a rich man (the mind boggles!). Thankfully, benefit St Leonard's highest the powers that be at Publications Over the last two years, students Board managed to let the boy blun­ St Leonard's Hall , now the she said, "and now there are 160 have demonstrated a greater aware­ der lockhimself in . Not so pleas­ administrative centre of Pollock former girls coming. We have also antly he was )et out after onl y a few ness of the welfare benefits available Halls, is to stage a reunion today tracked down a couple of teachers. to them as low income people than AIDS risk hours. , 1 (Thursday) for Old Girls of St Tri­ We've heard from Old Girls in New ever before, according to the Stu­ nian's School. Zealand, South Africa, America, Earlier this week, Dr Roy Brettle, dents' Association's Welfare Con­ The school, made famous by the Australia, and various parts of . a consultant in infectious diseases, vener, Cathy Presland. If you gotta ask you'll never film comedies starring Margaret Europe." warned that the estimated 100 cases The increase in the number of Rutherford and former Edinburgh The St Trinian's films were great of confirmed Aids virus carriers in know students taking advantage of wel­ Uni versity Rector, Alastair Sim , successes at the box office , but the the Lothian Region was probably Meanwhile back at the Tory fare out-take such as housing and was housed at St Leonard's during real school was very different from only the tip of the. iceberg. Club, Michael Conway suggests to supplementary benefits is more the loveable treasurer that a punch the inter-war years. I its big screen image. A Lothian Region Health Board likely due to the presence of the Originally called St Trinnean's­ The school's philosophy was very spokesman was unable to comment party would be a good idea: "But Money Advice Centre, Ms Pres­ the film people anglicised the advanced for thep~iod, and inter- on whether any students are Mike , who are we going to land said , than to the success of a believed to be carrying the Aids punch?". Don 't you just love them recent welfare rights ~ampaign in virus. He did, however, confirm all? Lothian. This one year effort by the that it is hard drug users and DHSS resulted in the distribution homosexuals who are particularly of £2.2 million in extra benefits to at risk. Guesswho's coming to dinner approximately 7,700 individuals Edinburgh has a dramatically It seeins like only yesterday the and fami lies throughout the area. higher Aids infection rate than last Presidents' Ball staggered its "While it is difficult to gauge the 1 elsewhere in Britain , including way to losing t]:tousands. Already effect of the Lothian district rights London. This is thought to be as a the cry has gone up - "take your campaign on university students' result of drug users sharing the partners for the event of the year." claims ," Ms Pres!and said , "the same needles. Whilst in London and apparently some people Money Advice Centre, established only 1 per cent of cases proved posi­ believe this propaganda. "Easy in 1983 , has done a lot to publicise tive, in Edinburgh it was 40 per Rider" Elwin has it all under con­ benefits. " cent, a figure which scientist Dr trol this year and the only thing not Housing benefits, the welfare for David Kasausky described as "hor­ known to our fast-talking Deputy which university students are most rific". President is who Charlie "not our commonly eligible, are "means In response to the rising boss honest'' Fishburne is taking in tested" and many students are able his capacity as Permanent Secret­ St Leonar.d's - now accustomed to St Trinian-style events. instances of the Aids virus, a special to claim rebates of up to 60% on the "clinic backed by £14,000 from the ary. I -know , but some people ·rent they pay for accommodation Gaelic and made it St Trinian's - preted by - thefirst headmistress, Scottish Home and Health Depart­ wouldn't believe me. while un iversity is in session . the school began with 60 girls of all Miss C. Fraser-Lee, it allowed ment, has been set up at the City In a study published by the ages in Palmerston Road, Edin- pupils to develop at theirown pace. Hospital. It will offer confidential DHSS in June 1985, it is recom­ burgh, in 1922, before moving to St "We would never have dared to counselling and offer tests for those Skinflints .... mended that housing benefits be Leonard's. get up to· the P.ranks they did in the who belive themselves to be at risk. So Claire McLintock. big white cut back with higher student grants MrsPatHendry, anOldGirlwho films ," said Mrs Hendry , "but it is A special phone number has been chief at the small but dingy Potter­ serving as compensation. "How­ is organising the reunion at St nice to know that the films have issued for anyone who wants to row is upset about the amount of ever," according to Ms Presland, Leonard's, has been surprised at made the name of our school live arrange a private appointment - money for bands her union is get­ "the level of student grants has the response to advertisements for on. " 447 0411. ting. been lowered in real terms by 17% the reunion. Neil Forsyth Quite right Claire! since 1979 ." · "The calls hve come flooding in ," Alan Young Why then. didn't yo u pay for Nevertheless, Presland specu­ your sandwiches at the recent Com­ lated that the DHSS proposal will mittee of Management? not take effect before the end of the­ present government's term, SDP speaker attacks Labour although it could pose a future problem for students if Thatcher's ... and drunks councillors hold the balance of Who is the only person to be car­ government is re-elected. David Graham, the SOP/Liberal an estimated student population of power and, accordingly , can mod­ ried from Teviot Row to the Royal The other form of welfare which Alliance parliamentary candidate some 15-20%, is currently held by erate the excesses of Conservative Infirmary for a stomach pumping often applies to students is for Edinburgh South, this week Conservative Scottish Office Minis­ policies." There have been no session so far this term . No less than supplementary benefits. To qua!- targeted the Labour Party as the ter Michael Ancram. Mr Graham redundancies since 1982, and very ify, a student must be taking in an real opposition for the Alliance to Tor Marathon Man Farquhar, so said that the m9st likely outcome of few primary school closures - two called House Secretary of the income lower than the poverty level- beat at the next election. · the next election would be a party examples David Graham cited of as determined by the government; _Mr Graham, who is chairman of aforesaid union . without any overall majority. "I'd Alliance influence over the present You chose your leaders and you but must be registered as available- the Scottish Alliance Education hate to think our political leaders ruling Conservative Group. place your trust .... for employment. Committee and an Edinburgh Uni- would accept power at any price ," With regard to higher education, . "The difficulty here is that, dur- versity graduate, was addressing a he argued and stressed the im()Or­ the Alliance candidate said deci­ ing term time, students are obvi- regular weekly Social Democrat tance of considering the poss1b1hty ously not available for employment Club meeting. sively that "we are opposed to stu­ of a coalition government. dent loans; and support an increase The importance of being and therefore ineligible for these "It is unlikely that Labour will do Quoting examples of successful in present maintenance grant allo- . important benefits," said regional welfare as badly at the next election as they Alliance coalitions in local govern­ wances. We want to work towards SRC elections - I love 'em. rights officer Ann Hannah. did last time," he said, "but the ment, Mr Graham said pointedly Vote, vote, vote - make some­ Accordingly , students are most Alliance have not yet properly bro­ an allowance for all young people that "Labour are not prepared to go staying on in education after the one's day. This is one of the only likely to receive supplementary ken into the Labour heartlands of into alliance with anyone. They are things our paid office-bearers are benefns only over the long (sum- the north of England and Scot­ age of 16, and hope eventually to not prepared to· dilute their eliminate the need for parental con­ meant to worry about ... . so on the mer) vacation and if they have no land." socialism to form a compromise." other hand, don't vote - that'll means of supporting themselves. · Edinburgh So,ut~ , which i[ls;ludes .tribution." "In Lothian Region, the Allian'ce Devin Scobie worry them. '.'u', •, ', •J>.ett:t,IJ"11t!tie.rg. ,PoHoc~ Halls of Residence•and·has • ~ ..J 4 • • _. ,. ..' ,. ,. • . • • I '- ~L::e~tt~e~rs~ex~t~r=.a_:_------...... _ Funds and Games as Political comments

Dear Student, General Meeting motion 10 . Commonwealth converges calls for us to reaffirm that sta nigh1 Firstly, I would like to ans°'."er Mr To finish , for the momen~ce. this matter the beliefs I hold ' On The vital find-raising work for Barker's rather naive letter smce he are the same beliefs I held Wh now next year's Commonwealth Games obviously seems to be suffering was voted in as a Labour stud:n 1 in Edinburgh has run into difficul­ from "election amnesia". Mr For the rest of the year I shall nt. ties, and approaches are • being Barker asks that I now slip into tinue to argue that access to con. made to specialist agencies to help some "neutral stance" because choices in education, and a·civ/nd meet financial targets. the May elections are over. I didn't The bid to find sponsors has been stand for EUSA Secretary as a standard of life for students, sh~:: be elementary n ghts. stepped up by asking leading sports Labour student in order to give up consultatives, such as Alan Pascoe my political views overnight ( or Secondly, in reference to th Associates and West Nally, to sec­ over the summer). From the start "Special • Apartheid-sty!: ure backers, in return for a 10% my campaign was overtly political. -Crossword" that was printed on th ~ commission. Similar appraoches This meant that students knew back page of Midweek a couple 0 have been made to large advertis­ exactly what they were voting for­ weeks ago and offended Ms Allen ing and public relations companies. call it "political honesty:'. I have already apologised in Mii The managing director of the Like it or not, when you're faced week. I might agree with Ms Allen consortium, Mr Robin Povry, with a government which is further .that "the line between satirical appointed last year to raise the grinding away our rights in educa­ humour and outright bad taste is necessary £12 million, said he could tion you cannot afford to hide from often· a thin one" but humour is a give no guarantee that the figure the real world. I .might watn M~ weapon. Also, as far as I know would be reached. Barker that the "relaxed and v~ry few people , including my The consortium have for some friendly atmosphere" on our cam­ fnends m Edmburgh University months been talking qf major spon­ Meadowbank Stadium, scene of financial as well as sporting conflict. pus wil/ disappear altogether if we Anti-Apartheid, were offended. sorship deals that are in the sit back and let the government I would ,like to thank Ms Allen pipeline. Very few have yet the venue for the air weapons com­ the summer and the lingering introduce union membership. for her constructive criticisms and 1 emerged. petition as well as opening its uncertainty over a British Lions In reference to "NUS shambles" look forward to advertising the Edinburgh University facilities numerous facilities to all athletes tour to South Africa which may I would like Mr Barker to tell me Anti-Apartheid Rally in. London are to play an integral part in next and their coaches. induce countries to boycott the exactly what he meant by this, par­ on 2nd November. summer\ games. Pollock Halls will However, the problems raised by games, continues to hamper the ticularly considering that Edin­ Yours faithfully , become the athlete's village whilst the blacking of television coverage fund-raising attempts. burgh made a decision to campaign Robbie Foy, the University Sports Hall will .be of the Dairy Crest Games during Ross Parso.ns with NUS on grants last year. A Secretary, EUSA. GM threat to.ban the booze NUS confusion Dear Student, involvement in a separate Scottish Robbie. Foy, Secretary of the argument" among the Executive of demns government insensitivity. Last week's article "Apathy Over consortium are completely diff,. Edinburgh University Students' theSRC. The third motion on the agenda NUS" unfortunately misinterpreted rent. Membership of NUS (which Association (EUSA), confidently Originally it was hoped that on has stirred up the most excitement my arguments on two crucial would give us automatic member, predicted that all 530 seats ia the one day this term EUSA would sell so far. Proposed by Tom Reid, points. Firstly, when asked about ship of the national consortium) George Square Theatre would be food in the Union Houses at pre- Debates convener, and seconded the NUS demonstration at this would bring Edinburgh students filled tonight (Thursday) for the 01979 prices (about 20% off) to high­ by Robbie Foy, it calls for a ban on year's Conservative Party confer­ benefits which far outweigh ,the cost 'first General Meeting of the new light the fall in the real value of the the sale of alcohol from aJI of the ence, I replied that I had not known of affiliation. Our self-imposed exc· year. student grant since the Tories came Students' Association Houses. about it in advance and as such lusion from the collective strength, He is calling on as many students to power. This idea was shelved on EUSA had not taken part. At no expertise and facilities provided by as possible to turn up for what financial grounds and it was prop­ stage did I say "We do not parti­ NUS costs us a great deal in the long promises to be an interesting even­ osed that ai ottery would be held Foy denied that this was a con­ pate in tlreir campaigns". As anyone run. ing. As well as the three motions up with prize money of over £300 - trick designed to ensure a large who participated in last year's As it stands just now, the major­ lor discussion , there will be SRC the amount by which the grant has turnout at the meeting and when grants campaign knows, EUSA ity of students at Edinburgh Univer· bye-election results coming ln all .fallen since 1979. This was passed pressed on the practicality · of would lie unable to fulfil its function sity, like myself, have had no say on night, plus an extra event which by the Executive although the divi­ alcohol-free unions would only say, of defending students' living stan­ the subject of affiliation to NUS, Foy woul donly describe as a "semi­ sion was by no means unanimous. "Voices told me to do it." Hope­ dards if it wasn't for our involve; because at the time of the last ballot theatrical surprise". The second motion points to the fully, the "voices" will be drowned ment in activities organised through we were not yet students. Since then The first motion concerns the government's record on unemploy­ out when the motion comes up for the hard work of NUS and its a lot has been done to break down government's attacks on further ment, race relations and inner-city debate this evening. Will you be affiliates. This puts me in a the ivory tower mentality of Edin· and higher education· and has deprivation as the real cause of the there to make sure? dilemma: we reap all the benefits of burgh University, and last year's caused a fair amount of "healthy recent inner-city riots and co~- Guy Fisher a successful NUS campaign , but at grants campaign did much to expose the same time give nothing back. the contradictions of our position. I We effectively live off the backs of look forward to the day when we fellow students. take up our correct place - Pubs convener returned Secondly, our non-investment in alongside our fellow students in the national consortium (NSSO) . NUS. The election to office of Publica­ . responsibility to administer Publi­ SRCbudget. does not cost us "thousands of David Clark, tions Convener of Iain cations Board's budget with Besides the financial responsibil­ pounds on food and drink for union External Affairs Convener, McLaughlin , ex-Student manager £20,000 granted by the SRC. This ity, McLaughlin will be expected to bars". My arguments against our EUSA. last week, signalled yet another enables him to sit on the Finance oversee the work of the Publica­ coup for the relative newcomer to Committee of the SRC where he tions Sub-Committee which discus­ EUSPB. represents one of the major expen­ ses ideas makes publishing deci­ As convener, McLau?hlin takes diture elements in the whole of the sions and monitors the progress of More confusion existing books. Dear Student, was partly my fault forgetting wrap· I do hope that you can help me. ped up in things like trying to pro· He also acts as Chairman on the I've never written to a column like tect funding for EUSA's union and A Publications Board of Directors this before, but I'm getting desper- welfare services, and ofcourse cam· along with other members covering ate. paigning for decent grants, but 1 the business, editorial, promotions, My problem is really my friend- really hadn't changed at al1-1t was literary aspects of EUSPB. A let's callhim Tom Barker. I used to Tom's attitude towards me that was '. STUDENT MANAGER -senior member, Stuaent Manager have a lot in common with Tom - different. He used to point me_out President and Treasurer also we'd go to classes together, go to his new friends, shouting thmgs is sought to: attend. drinking in Teviot, generally mind like "Loony activist" and "Trendy .le our own business and have a good Leftie!" It was very hurtful, we I Manage all financial aspects of Student. Whl lain offers no radical time. Gradually, however, things used to be so close. changes in policy, the 3rd year Bus- started to go wrong. Year by year, I Now I see that Tom has started I Attract advertising revenue. iness Studies Students hopes to noticed that we couldn't afford to writing similarly misconceived emphasise the business and promo- buy so many books, or to go out so unpleasantries about one of this I Organise sales and distribution. tions aspect of EUSPB encouraged often, but Tom just said I was year's EUSA sabbaticals in letters by the recent increase in sales and imagining it all. r sometimes· .to Student, and I'm rather afraid I Supervise publicity and promotional campaigns. prestige. thought the reason I had no money ·that despite his apparent intelh· With the establishment of a might be that the value of the stu- .gence he is still having difficulty 10 I Keep the wolf from the door. strong Scottish fiction list Polygon dent grant had gone down since the ·making the copnection between a is widely recognised as a reputable Conservative Government came to politically motivated government and viable Scottish publishers. power, but Tom would laugh casu- and education policies which affect -Hyou can do any four of the above, apply in writing to The continuation of interest in ally and say that the level of the. him directly. · women's publishing and a "new grant was nothing to do with poli- I hope you will give me your The Convener, EUSPB, departure" into a Russian series the tics, or that it was all NUS's fault for advice; I know you'll say that Tom 1Buccleuch Place, paperback rights of one Russian being a bunch of wankers. is hurting himself more than any- writer being already sold to the Things went from bad to worse one else, but I really want to get by Monday, 28th October. USA. only enhance Polygon's when, two years ago, I became a through to him and I don't )

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An "ignorant" reporter Making a Dear Sir, cent and insular ocuntry as ours. When l first read Devin Scobie's Here wrote the nian who saw fit . articl e in Student (Thursday 17th when asked to support the "Write Oct.) on the i,i;sue of South African in Mandela fo r Re~to r Campaign", "1nockery" of paper clips being sold on the Uni­ to pul"an ad for South African air­ versity campus, I was mildly ways on his door and scream.., amused. Devin Scobie has the gift "That's where I'm going next year . Established in 1889 published by EUSPB. of writing creatively. However, this for my holiday." does not negaie the fact that he is Unless Scobie makes an apology apartheid devoid of mature contemplation of to the South African people who ·, Scotland's most .worthy man the plight black South Africans are living in perpetual degradation Dear Ed , 1 face. He fails to reali se ho wimpor­ and to the thousands of Anti-Apar­ l was sorel y disappointed by last It was sad for Student to hear, as we did last week, of a University tant boycotting even the smallest theid activists who fight tooth and lecturer referring to Mr Jimmy Boyle as "an egotist". nail to make these small contribu­ week's news article, "Apartheia­ South African import is, both in the clips are down." This article Of course, it may be the case that Mr Borle has been in the papers personal terms to the blacks who tions to the cause, l think we can made a mockary .of the re­ a lot recently. It is hardly possible for a man who has · written a are paid slave wages fo r making safely assume that Scobie, as well as successful play while continuing his involvement in full-time being arrogant, patronising and emergence of South African paper such things as our trendy multi -col­ clips in the DHT union shop. community work to avoid publicity - and there is no reason why he oured paper clips, or picking our .ca ll ous, also has racist tendencies. should. small and "more juicy·· oranges and The sort that make progress on TheStudents' Association has a When Jimmy Boyle was released from the Barlinnie Special Unit, to the South African multinati onals human rights harder to attain , the it would have been easy for him to "do a Sarah Keays" and make a lot and traders who rely incidentally on sort that perpetuates the death of policy not to stock South African of money selling his memoirs to the Daily Record. Instead, he has such ignorant, patronising and call­ innocent children. goods and it is the responsibility of the Executive and the shop­ built on his earlier book and diaries in order to continue raising the ous reporting as Scobie saw fit to public consciousness about Barlinnie. write. This perpetuates their ability R. Simmons, manageress to ensure this policy is His two co-written plays to date-"The Hard Man" and, currently to find a market in such a compla- Secy., EU Anti-Apartheid Society. adhered to. on at the Lyceum, "The Nutcracker Suite", are testaments to his responsibility in pressing for reform of the penal system. This Paper clips might seem very tri- responsibility is shown in his interviews - he will talk only of the vial to yo ur reporter, who referred play, the sculpture or the community work in question, refusing to . to them as "the offending prop­ refer to his painful (and potentially sensational) days of confinement. Right to reply oganda objects", but, in principal. The myth that the Barlinnie Unit and Mr Boyte have exploded is that the stocking of any South African of "once a criminal alw/lyS a criminal". It is possible for Scotland's Dear Sir, goods implies support for the apar­ "most violent" man to become Scotland's most worthy. The argument R. Simmo ns regretable venom­ theid regime. is that, if the Barlinnie system worked for Mr Boyle, it can work for ous , vindictive , and probably libell- others. Locking someone up for 15 years is unlikely to make them a 1ous smear is not only untrue by its· Considering that the front page better person. 'arrogant accusation th at I put an story was a report of the Anti­ While Mr Boyle is now an accepted figure of the artistic world, his advert for South African Airways Apartheid March on Saturday 12th community work is still perceived as a threat by such authorities as on my door during the Rectorial September and your editorial con­ the Scottish HQme and Health Department. The Gateway Exchange, Election Campaign, but a blatant centrated on this oppressive as his community centre in Abbeyhill is called, takes no funds from misrepresentation of the point. regime , I found this article offen· central or local government, and provides a service that cannot be underlyuing my article. sive , condescending arrct insensi· provided by the establishment. Lothian Social Work Department The paper clip article was written tive. frequently refer drugs, mental health and ex-prison cases to Jimmy in a manner that got the issue Boyle and his wife Sarah, at the Gateway. · noticed. Like every sane human In your editorial you mention At the moment, the Boyles face a problem. A prisoner, Glen being, I openl y and wholeheartedly Student's first prize win of the Glas· Newton, for whom they have arranged accommodation after his look forward to the day that the dis­ gow Herald Press Award. on the release date from Saughton on December 28ih, has had his pre­ gustin g realities of South African grounds of its "balanced report­ release privileges withdrawn. The Boyles see this as a move by the Apartheid are ") ust a _sour memory ing·•. Good journalism fO nsists,of balanced and objecrive reporting; prison to try and make them stop the prisoner's rights side of their of history. this article was neither of these. so activities, and concentrate only on the welfare service side - a move Unfortunately I doubt very much please. no more rubbish and let's that, quite rightly, they are not prepared to make. if such petty. singleminded abuse as see a return to the good journalism There is nothing "egotistical" or "obscene" about Jimmy Boyle. He R. Simmons saw fit to write will do· I·know Student is capable of. is simply an embarrassment to the system that tried to make him a much to bring that day nearer. Yours sincerely. criminal. Edinburgh is lucky to have such a man defending its welfare Devin Scobie Deidrie Watt. services. It would be foolish to l!nyone from the University to stand in his way. Edinburgh Enlightenment reaches not · Student Dear Sir, ing at its best. expensive Apartheid in South Africa is con­ Phraseology such as the unsubtl stantly in the news at the moment. · --racist South Africa regime·· an Dear Sir. and so it was no surprise for me to ···offending propaganda objects· l was interested to read the arti· read Student's coverage of the issue highlighted the Jess attractiv cle by Prue jeffreys in the Student in last week's paper. Your front" nature of the Anti-Aparthei of I 7th October. regarding the page story showed that Scottish movement. Too. many of its par UGCs proposed "resource alloca­ people are aware'of the happenings ticipants are blind middle-class wit tion moder·. Your reporter is quite in South Africa in its coverage of a patronising moral conscience correct to express concern about the Anti-Apartheid . demonstra­ Apartherd is abhorrent: so is th this move: from the little we know tion. moralising that goes with it. about the construction of the However. it was the story ·· Apar­ What about the genocide i model. its implications are discon­ theid - the clips are down·· which Uganda? The apartheid i Arts David Cline certing both for this universwity caught my attention particularly. It Matabeleland. Zimbabwe? Th Stella Collier and . I would . imagine. for others. was an enlightened piece of report· racist Russification of the Sovie Staff Martin McHugh However. I was surprised to see ing which simultaneously made, Union? The starving Ethiopians. Edinburgh referred to as an. ··ex· apartheid look pathetic. and the The countless one-man dictator Editor John Petrie pensive·· university. with the impli· Jacqui Brown moralising about apartheid :..... ships in the Americas. Asia an Features cation that . we would suffer more Naomi Marks which does go on and is so preva­ Africa? Why single out aparthei Assistant Editor l;'eter Carroll than other universities from intro· lent at the moment- was put in its for moralising when there are · Melissa Clarke duction of the' UGC's model. proper context. many other things morally Wron News ·Alan Young lshbel Matheson Analyses based on the most By pointing out that the South with this world? Let's ·be mora Wri!1ngs J.ohn Hodge recently published data confirm the African paper clips were coloured. about everything. not just apar Alasiair Dalton picture of previous years in showing and by reporting that a box of the theid. Or are the Anti-Aparthei Jenny Dunn Sport ·Jain Catto that once allowance is m~d.e for paper clips "contained 26 white: campaigners too narrow-minded Anne McNaught David Yarrow subject mix , Edinburgh's expendi­ predictably few brown. and .not a or not genuinely concerned abou Devin Scobie ture on its academic departments 1s single black clip'" your reporter. •issues which are not trendy. to car very c)ose tp the national average. Sally Greig Photography David Yarrow amply demonstr,ated how ludicrous about other things? What's On Whilst there.are, of course, fluctua­ apartheid is. It was satirical report- Ben'Whyt. Katrina Ph.ilip James Laidlaw iions between one subject area and John Lindsay another, I knoJ,V of no reason to Sandra Catto Robbie Bushe suggest that as a whole Edinburgh ·s Yvonne Greig Illustrations A temporary sizing up Rory MacBeth academic activities are intrinsically Lorna Henderson John 1-ienderson more expensive than those of other. Dear Sir. suffer the indignity of squeezing m Susan Sturrock universities. At a time when the To the writer who supposes that somewhat larger _frame into a siz . Julian Thomas Layout Assistant Shannon Hallet­ future funding of universities is far ·your Travel Centre supplies 12 borrowed uniform. Jaeger from certain, such a s~ggestion uniforms to temporary staff. let me If. of course. you have substan should not pass uncorrected. I hope ask you one question . . .. who is tial evidence to support your claim Music Keith Cameron Advertising · Neville Moir that publication of this letter might this mysterious employee?? As far please, do let me know so that It Peter Carroll Names showri in staff list show sub-editor set the record straight. as I am aware, l am the only tem­ may have my own uniform . Jane Humphries first then ot~er ~diting/lay-out staff in Yours sincerely. porary member of staff in the Edin­ Alison W. Mitchell John Lindsay alphabetical Ofder. Pages with no overall · Melvyn Cornish, burgh Travel Centre and when Edinburgh Travel Cent sub-editor show names in alphabetical Assistant Secretary, obliged to wear the uniform on such (Temporary Employ order. Contributor's names are given University of Edinburgh. occasions as the ski Show. . I have to Film beiip~ individual articles . ,..... • · ~ ! . . • . Anthony Harwood - • , l ' l , .~ .. , .,, • , '" Wood·y comes up roses

The Purple Rose of Cairo is the The films takes another turn with THE PURPLE ROSE OF fourth Woody Allen film that Mia the arrival of the smarmy Gil CAIRO Farrow has appeared in since 1982. Shepard, who arrives to put the Dir: Woody Allen Although the mood, humour and character he created, Tom Baxter, Odeon direction of the film is pure Allen, back into the screen before he ruins there is no longer his dominating his reputation forever. He, too, Apart from perhaps Steven Spiel­ on-screen presence which always soon falls for Cecilia just to add to berg, Woody Allen is the only.film used to overshadow Diane Keaton, the ensuing chaos and gives Allen a. director who manages to convey his and Farrow, with a lot more room chance to have his own dig at Hol­ own unique style to every film he than Keaton ever enjoyed, handles lywood as the final denouement makes. The running war between her performance beautifully. She approaches. Cecilia, having once the tame and the surreal has been plays Cecilia, a .slightly incompe­ stepped inside the screen for a the source of comedy in his films. tent and scatterbrained waitress magical trip round Broadway, is Surreal comedy is chaos; to be 'whose out-of-work husband squan­ finally forced to make her choice really funny, you have to be willing ders all her earnings on drink. Set in between Tom's world of fantasy, to let your unconscious take over. the Depression, the film centres including no doubt endless In his films from the '70s, the around 'The Jewel', the local archaeological trips to Cairo in Woody Allen character invariably cinema where Cecilia goes to search of the mysterious 'Purple suffers from sex in the head which escape her meagre existence. Rose of Cairo', and the glamour of he figures his body can't get for Hollywood represented by Gil. The him. In the '80s he has gained infi­ The Purple. Rose of Cairo, a final twist as we see the consequ- nitely greater skill as a director with slightly inane film stretching from . ences of Cecilia's decision is a fit­ the same zany and fantastical the ancient tombs of Egypt to the ting and moving conclusion to an hum~ur. bright lights of Manhattan, is her essentially chaotic film. favourite. After her umpteenth visit, she moves the leading actor, The Purple Rose of Cairo is a film Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels) to step for daydreamers; it is fu ll of lovely out of the screen and into her arms. touches and the conflicting The touching romance that follows attitudes of the four main charac­ is brilliantiy executed and in the ters are expertly handled and typical fantastical Allen vein; the enchanting to watch. Another gem I could really get into a movie chaos of surreal comedy. The film from the bespectacled New Yorker cannot continue without Tom; the will soon be showing at a cinema w ere t e singing melody and audience starts demanding a refund near you. dramatic contrasts provided the and arguing with the remaining Anthony Harwood perfect material for a dynamic and screen-actors. Meanwhile the real/ emotive performance. The Lac­ surreal forces pushing and pulling hrymae (Opus 48) by Britten was Cecilia are typified by Tom.straight Due to popular demand for the films the first of only two pieces in the out of a movie where anything can currently showing at the Odeon, the ERIC SHUMSKY programme actually written for the happen and there is always hope, . release of 'The Purple Rose of viola, the others being transcrip· Queen's Hall tions from various instruments, and and her out-of-work husband, Cairo' has been posponed until Nov. 19th October this work allowed the performer to Monk, straight from downtrodden lst.-Ed. show off his technical ski ll. Yet New Jersey where all is gloom and Sunday night at the Queen's Hall technique was never permitted to doom. proved conclusively that the 'Cin­ obscure emotion; the conlcuding derella' of the string family can melodic theme was endowed with become the belle of the ball. In the something of the contemplative hands of Eric Shumsky, the viola peace of a cloister. Schubert's came into its own as a solo instru­ attractive Arpeggione Sonata is a ment capable of captivating an perennial favourite with viola audience equally as well as its bet­ players, and possibly I'm just pick­ Real Lives ter-known string companions. ing the proverbial nits in comment­ Shumsky's performance was ing that Shumsky's playing could characterised by his relaxed have been a little more extrovert and his participation in the crime Jacks to accompanying military attitude, exuding bonhomie and . . . the rest of the audience seemed CAL comes to light when a car load of music. Pictures of the Royal Family sheer pleasure in his playing, yet enchanted by it. Finally, Vieux­ Dir: Pat O'Connor them try to break through a road­ are carefully picked out by the cam­ remaining uneffusive in his style, temps' Elegie (Opus 30)·provided_a block. era as almost the only form of deco­ thus avoiding the all-too-familiar truly virtuosic conclusion to this Film house ration in Protestant homes. histrionics of the angst-ridden vir­ The film deals with the lives of From the beginning the audience tuoso. evti\s excellent concert was given individuals tragically caught up in Cal is a 19-year-old Catholic who is is not allowed to relax, confronted Boccherini's Sonata No . 6 in A in aid of the council for Music in the familiar machinery of resent­ Major opened the concert in a Hospitals which arranges for inter· an accomplice in the murder of an by three profoundly disturbing ment and revenge: the solutions scenes: the brutally realistic mur­ cheerful vein , the viola's lyrical national artists to perform for the RUC constable. He gets a job practised by both sides are con­ der; the Beckettian image of a qualities being demonstrated to the sick and handicapped. Long may working at the farm where the trasted with those who suffer priest in a hugely worked landscape full. this trait was further stressed in their good work continue. · widow of the policeman lives because of them. The hostile envi­ h ailing an apocalyptic message Brahms's Sonata No. 2'(0pus 120), Heather Folev ronment does not even allow love from the Bible to a tree; the sicken­ (Helen Mirren), having already fal­ any lasting fulfilment and the len in love with her. When he and affairs of private lives are shown to ing and shocking bloodbath of his father get literally "burned our" be inseparably bound up with these slaughier at the abattoir where of their house by Protestant cruder concerns. Cal's father works. The first and Loyalists, Cal starts to live in a third the audience is led to equate building on the farm. This change Inescapable is the heavy atmos­ as indistin'guishable examples of throws the IRA off tl)e trail, anxi­ phere of fanatically held. opinions, systematic killing. It is significant ous for him to do more "jobs", and that Cal has just chucked in his job entering everyone's lives and Box Office Open 10 am-7 pm, Mon.-Sat. allows him to be closer to Marcella decimating some: loyalists march there, as he later tries to escape Access & Visa telephone bookings welcome The terrorists, however, find him along a street plastered in Union from his IRA activities. The priest October 25th has no part in the narrative but his The Drifters plus November 4th presence in the film, like religion in that society, is deerly felt. Like the Christian Midge Ure £5, £4 £6, £5.50 policeman's father who sense's Cal's involvement though he never October 26th saw him , the curious way he Kelly Monteith November 5th observes Cal suggests guilt can be One Man Show Elaine Paige almost smelt out there. £5,£4 £7.50, £6.50 Cal is tortured by grief: at one October 27th November 7th point he burns . himself with a lighted cigarette, and it is partly this REO Speedwagon Sade need for forgiveness which drives £6.50, £5.50 £8, £7, £6 him to Marcella. But the forgive­ October 30th November 8th ness which might compensate for Level42 King the confusion and hatred is never £5.50, £5 £5, £4.50 clearly given. November 1st• November 10th Simpleness and directness of Dexy's Midnight Go West photography achieve an intimacy £5,£4 and intensity, and a moving beauty Runners is created out of the rawness of £7 .50, £6.56 modern life. Why not become a Club card Holder giving you priority oook1rig James Penn on new concert dates For more 1nformat1on send an SAE to Edinburgh Playt1ouse 1a, 22 Greens1de Place or phone 031-S57 2590 STUDENT Thursday 24th October 1985 7

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the setting in essence. There ar~ no , , Life of Galileo · props that are purely decorative; it .CHRISTOPHER LE BRUN ',-is strangely pleasing as the play and'ANDREW WALKER ,Kings Mon 28, 0ct-Sat 2 Nov progresses . to watch the way in which every object on stage is Fruitmar~et Gallery Bertoli Brecht always regarded Until 16th November ' himself as an experimenter and his used. At the end of each scene the lights _dim slightly and the perfor­ This is an important and powerful works as "experiments" or "ef­ display of ten of Christopher Le fo rts". Opening next week at the mers act as unhurried stage. hands. Used to good effect is tiie Brun's most rec·ent works. Le Kings, the Scottish Theatre Com­ Brun, who participated in the pany are perfo rming what is widely Ballad Singer who briefly, and tunelessly, tells the audience what major international exhibition in considered to be one of Brecht's .Berlin, Zeitgeist and two years inost substantial and significant is to happen before each scene. This is a deliberate. device to rid the_ later in 1984 in the Venice Bien­ "experiments" - Life of Galileo nale, is exhibiting in the expansive, The play concerns itself with the audience of any feeling of suspense and to instead attune their niinds to spartan setting of the Fruitmarket conflict. between church and sci­ Gallery.· Here he has created an ence , and expecially the way ln _consider the implications of .actions and events. Aowever, an unemo­ overall impression of melancholy which the state interferes with sci­ and nightmare which reflects the· ence. Brecht does not try to put tional approach such as this is dif­ ficult to adopt when watching an artist striving to resolve the conflict across a message, but instead urges between the figurative and the the audience to question a "prog­ actor who plays Galileo so convinc­ ingly: abstract, a concern which is embed­ ress away from mankiqd" in the ded in the 20th century struggle to . nuclear age. The .STC revival of To enjoy this propuction it does not matter whether you find describe that which is at the Life of Galileo (they first staged it most noticeably. Alex Heggie as Brecht's theories threshold of pure abstraction. In in 1965) is as relevant now as the Galileo's friend Sagredo and.,Ron of theatre mind­ buggeringly · intere\ ting, or even The Patriots he comes close to a play was at the time Hiroshima and Bain as Andrea Sarti, an emotional·~ understand tne social implications· satisfactory solution. In this work a 'Nagasaki were destroyed and -is pupil. It was. interesting to see the he is forcing you to question. On a boy appears from the gloom bet­ • particularly topical in view. of the cast form a circle to take their bows ween what, at a cursory glance, 0 "star-wars" programme the US are - the STC obviously vahles its per­ purely fuimao lev 1;-it is a powerful, often amusing, . and thought-pro­ seem to be two dark mountains. pursuing. , . formers equally. Although it was These, on closer inspection, • Tom Fleming is faultless in the modestly brief, Tom Fleming did voking sto,ry 6{ a /nan of science deprived of his need' to study freely metamorphose into the persistent title role: he is G alileo , an impres­ take one solitary bow, which was and , to declare his , views uncen­ forms of the mane and rump of the sive man devoted to. science but necessary because most of . the sored. On any level the acting is horse. Indeed, the symbol of the marginally fon der of himself. Flem­ applause is directed ~ow arq_ him Man with drum always good and Fleming's perfor­ horse rears its head in almost all of ing, also director of th~ STC, is aryyway. . • these large paintings in heavy tarry former student of Edinburgh Col­ backed up by an able cast including, The stage is designed to indicate mance as G~lileo is exceptional. A. R. C ...Marshall earth colours and alludes to lege of Art is on view. · Andrew mythological and romantic land­ Walker has reinterpreted religious scape, suggesting a parallel prob­ imagery in terms of modern inner­ lem; that of finding the image which city life. If you i;njoy the play-off of is somewhere_between realm and intense gaudy colours against hard reality. whether or not you find him blade outlines and have an appetite successful in this, the exhibition is , for paintings with tort_ured sexu'.3-I nonetheless, an impressive one. and religious overtones, you Upstairs, a collection of paint­ shouldn't miss1his! ings by a young .Scottish artist aad tional tyrannies which they run up played EUTC's Andrew May. Ruth Findla) against. The couple's inability to Ashes have the child they long for reflects Bedlam 25th-26th Oct. Colin's social and political impo­ With four programmes of their tence in his involvement with the ' six date to ur behind them injustices of his Northern , Irish Blackwatch Theatre Company root~. The play powerfully states· a strong humaoitarian .message on . Boyling point arrive in Edinburgh this week with their production of David Rudkin 's both a perso,nal and political level. play Ashes perfo rming on Friday The effect is stunning and reward­ ing drama; with a contemporary 25th ai\d Saturday 26th October at The performances on the 25th For Larry, too. the, Special Unit the Bedlam Theatre. urgency which theatre needs but all too often lacks. ' and 26th are presented in associa­ THE NUTCRACKER SUITE has adverse effe.cts for although he Ashes is as challenging a play to tion with EUTC. Tickets are availa­ 'is now able to express himself in his Lyceum Until 2 Nov watch as it is to perform, beginning Bl ackwat~h Theatre Company is ,ble from the Theatre, cost £1. 75 for poetry fie becomes nomore than an in a comic, satirical vein it culmi­ largely made up of students from students £1.25 for members of Increasingly in the last incarcerated junkie. nates in extraordinary emotional Newcastle University, but operates EUTC. Buy one, not only to sup­ few years we have been The play is not, then. an undi­ intensi ty. It is the storyof an infer­ independently of student -societies port University Drama, but faced with a barrageof"disturbing" · luted tribute to the Special Unit and tile couple, Colin and Anne, who there. The _play is directed by James because you are unlikely to see a and revealing documentari~s on an to its transformation of Jimmy are trying to co·nceive a child, and a Notion, from the univerity and more moving and provocative play ever-widening array of grim sub­ Boyle into a sculptor. author and dramatisati on of the forces of sexu­ although most of the cast are also this year. jects about which we should all be playwright, nor does it deal exclu­ ality , authority, political and emo- from Newcastle, the leading role is James Norton informed. We are all duly .sively with the prisoners. but with informed. shocked and con­ the prison officers as well. • sequently hardened against our Boyle ·s rejection of the codes of own social consciences. overdosed Gorbals society and adoption of the on media exposure. bourgeois values of the audience is New landscapes The Nutcracker Suite is about in.finitely satisfying. he realises all prison life, yet the overpowering that we want him to realise. he is His subjects, often bucolic, invari­ starkly articulate a seasonal tonal­ -angst. the compulsion to horrify the anti-hero turned hero. Yet New Landscapes ably rural, are taken from Angus, :ity of blues and browns as in and the eye-widening violence is somehow. despite an impressive The Scottish Gallery · Fife and Perthshire, areas accessi­ Winter's Grip, Glenfarg, Similar reduced to minute proportions. performance by Billy McColl. Until 30th October ble from Dundee where he teaches works, such as Furrowed Field, .Black comedy and straightforward Boyle emerges as the least convinc­ drama are a refreshing replace­ ing of the three inmates. Even from at the Art College. A professional • Bandirran, -are rendered in acrid Bourgeois taste approves of the. beginning Scotland's most vio­ interest in calligraphy is reflected in shades of green· and yellow. This is ment. They are used to spark off watercolours but this does · not balanced reflections; constructive lent prisoner seems reasonable. dis­ his bare trees composed of- a few . , perhaps less convincing as are two diminis h Donald Shannory's thought-ab.out the prison system. playing little of the murderous _achi evement which is consi.derable. deft lines. Time and aga·in 'these Farm Windpw works which lack the strong design sense of the land­ rather than blind outcry. character for which he was. scapes , although they supply a wel­ . The prison was given the - renowned. come variety of subject. nickname of the Special Unit. an Simplistic or merely unpretenti­ . .. experiment by the authorities set ous? It is not done to criticise up on desperation to deal with Scot­ autobiography. a play \Yhich is Throughout the exhibition land's most violent prisoners: stamped with rhe authority of much pleas'itre may be derived from Jimmy Boyle (co-author). Larry, experience. But I remained uncon­ the skill · with which the artist winters and Ben Conroy. Transfer­ vinced, not by Boyle's new charac­ exploits gis medium. combining red from the cages. a ,particularly ter, but that his old character ever delicate washes with impasto as in barbaric form of solitary confine­ existed, ail that we were given was Early Spring, Murrayshal/. With ment, the three. ~re distrustful of hearsay. " the exception of an interesting Joan their new -, f(eedom •,and of the The play's climax was supposedly Eardley pastiche. Edge of a field. "screws.. assigned to the,m. to be the death of Larry Winters, as Shannon's ~ork is quite original. This distrust is most obvious in revealed in the programme. In the within an established tradit~on., the, case of . Ben wllp .eventuall y event Larry's death was dealt with This combination will give the returns io the reassuring'disciplipe as a peripheral event, skimmed ·.exhibitio,i ~- a wide appeal ancj and hijrshness of tra_diliona,1 prison , over and used as an excuse to bring dese(ves to attract a lot of visitors to gefore being· releas_ed, and for the rather limp second half-to a soft-· this ~mall George Street gallery. • whom the outside wgrldt§ a te[rify; hitting and 4.nexii.ecte end. • '• • • Aileen Reid . ing unknown. · '_ , , Stella Collier Election Guide BYE-ELECTION GUIDE This insert is an official advertisement taken out by the EUSA Executive. In no w_ay does it relate to the content of Student newspaper, the editorial comment of wh1.ch · remains entirely independent. -EUSA Executive .. POLLING STATIONS 10.00 am-7.00 Pm LIBRARY COFFEE ROOM 10.00 am-5.00 pm CHAMBERS STREET HOUSE 10.00 am-5.00 Pm MEDICAL LIBRARY 10.00 am-5.00 pm DAVID HUME TOWER BASEMENT NEW COLLEGE 10.00 am-2.30 pm DICK VET 10.00 am-2.~0 Pm 10.00 am-2.30 Pm POLLOCK HALLS REFECTORY 5.30 pm-7 .00 pm JCMB 10.00 am-7.00 Pm STUDENT CENTRE CONCOURSE 10.00 am-7.00 pm KB UNION TEVIOT ROW HOUSE 10.00 am-7.00 pm KB CENTRE (NORTH ENTRANCE) 10.00 am-2.30 Pm WILLIAM ROBERTSON BUILDING 10.00 am-2.30 pm LAW FACULTY OFFICE 10.00 am-2.30 pm APPLETON TOWER 10.00 am-2.30 pm SOCIETIES CONVENER (._Association-wide Post) ROBERT B. INNES DON MacCORQUODALE

The position of Societies' Convener has many duties In the five years since it moved to the Pleasance, the attached to it. Sitting on seven committees the Societies Centre has become a major success for workload is not a light one. The most important of EUSA. As Societies convener I want that to continue, these committees is Finance, where the academic axe not just as far as the best bar in the Association is can be seen to be wielded with its usual cutting force. concerned but with regard to the whole ra nge of services'provided. . The main administrative task of the Societies Convener is that the Societies Centre at the Pleasance runs The welfare groups such as SCAG, Nightline and / smoothly and efficiently to the benefit of all societies Children's Holiday Venture will get priority treatment in and students. terms of money as well as facilities. These, along with the Playgroup, are some of the most important Due to the current reduction of funds available to the Societies Council, the efficient services we provide and need the greatest support. use of available resources is vital. It is the Societies Convener who is ultimately responsible for the administration of resources such as room allocation as the For societies in general I want to make the grants procedute as efficient as possible Pleasance, use of the equipment pool, and with the Treasurer, disbursement of to take out all the hassles and delays. The whole range of-services we provide, from funds to individual societies. equipment pool to room hire, must be made as efficient as possible so that societies can get on with their activities, not spend their time arguing about details like I have As Societies Convener I would attempt to ensure that each society received the mentioned. funds necessary to carry out its functions, and to see that other resources were allocated fairly and efficiently. This would also entail promoting the use of the The bar needs a boost in terms of entertainments, advertising and encouragi ng Pleasance by societies, and avoiding past inefficiencies such as the double booking greater use at weekends, especially by students (where else~ould you get su ch a bar of rooms, etc. hired FREE?).

Having been involved in the running of many societies and the formation of a new All of these things, and more, require time, knowledge and commitment, not just at society, I am fully aware of the difficulties encountered by societies. I also have the Pleasance but in all the EUSA committees. I believe I can provide these qualities previous management experience. As a mature student I believe I could fulfil the and that I can build up the Societies Centre into something which is of benefit to all role of Societies Convener with the necessary hair transplant efficiency. students of this University. ARTS 1st Year-3 Seats LAW 1stYear-1 Seat

HELEN GRAHAM DAVIDA. BENSON LINDSAY As a politically active JACK student, on election I I stand for election as a would: -strongly attack cuts in Labour student. As such I ' all aspects of university am strongly opposed to -education, resources government education and services. cuts. If elected I will press I'm standing for election as the representative offirst year for the SRC to campaign Law students on the SRC for two reasons - I care about -!:specially work to increase the number ~f Freshers more vigorously and democracy and I care about education. I'm not being allocated university-controlled accommodation. politically in these and other important matters. sycophantically sincere, I do genuinely care about -Voice the opinions and ideas of first years whenever our Don't be misrepresented- democracy and education, and I would seek to preserve interests are concerned. • VOTE FOR ME YOU BASTARDS! them from government attacks. SIMON MARTIJN ROBINSON SHEILA QUINN Confused? Too few MILLER As your representa­ people know about the tive I would make Students' Association every effort to voice all and the SRC. I hope student opinions and that you give me the to rectify current chance to represent ' student problems, e.g. Arts 'students better. accommodation. Also as a Labour student I would As a Labour student I am: take a special interest in the fig hf for realistic grants • against education cuts If elected I shal( endeavour to represent the views of the and facilities, as well as promoting important • against apartheid first year Law students fairly and collectively, by v6icing as well as issues: especially Anti-Apartheid. their concerns and also providing suggestions for the • wanting more first years in Pollock solution of problems which might affect them. • and more say in the Association CALUM THOMSON BALLOT COUNT DEMETRIUS I WANT TO STAND FOR ROSS ELECTION TO THE SAC BECAUSE I BELIEVE The ballot count will commence at 7.30 pm ii) TODAY'S STUDENT the Debating Hall of Teviot Row House. All 1. All grants doubled. GETS A ROUGH DEAL FROM GOVERNMENT. students are welcome to observe. Results 2. Free drink in Teviot every night. AS A LABOUR STUDENT I AM : 3. One lecture per week. e DEMANDING BETTER REPRESENTATION FOR ARTS will be announced in the General Meeting at STUDENTS George Square Theatre. Can he really do all this, I hear you ga.sp? Well no, I can't! e OPPOSED TO EDUCATION CUTBACKS Nevertheless, I strongly urge you to vote ·for · me as your e OPPOSED TO STUDENT LOANS representative - as your face and voice, someone who will • reflect your views. I can't promise miracles, but I can make your IF ELECTED I WILL DO MY BEST TO REPRESENT YOU. presence felt. . • :. , ..· • .. *··- .·. Election Guide 24th October 1985 Page Two LAW STUDENTS' COUNCIL SECRETARY

COLIN GILCHRIST PHIL MYERSCOUGH

AsSecretary of the Law Students' Council, I would do my utmost to: ' I - improve conditions in the Degree and Diploma -improve the envtronment of the Old College Aims if elected: to encourage informed participation by students in the running of - improve library standards the Law Faculty; to widen the choice of subjects open to Ordinary Degree students; - maintain and publish complete records of the , meetings and decision of to spread the word that life exists outside the Law Library and indeed the Law Council. Faculty; to secure guaranteed places on the Diploma. SCIENCE 1st Year-3 Seats

SCOTT MORAVC. ANGUS CUNNINGHAM GRANT MclNTOSH .. ~ .. -~ A FIRST YEAR REP SHOULD BE SOMEONE Why First Year Science Representative? Partly Experienced as a Senior School Council WHO TAKES THE JOB SERIOUSLY WITHOUT because I'm such a great guy, so a vote for me is Secretary, I firmly believe in taking active TAKING THEMSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY. a vote for a great guy. Also because as an interest in student representation and pledge to MANY OF YOU WILL HAVE TAKEN PART IN MY engineer I feel l've' got to do something for the do my utmost to assist my fellow scientists, • SURVEY WHICH HAS TOLD ME WHAT IS improvement of people; students' lives. Vote working closely with them to ensure their full IMPORTANT TO YOU. SO I CAN REALL y 1 for me: the·engineering great guy. . representation on the Science Faculty Council, REPRESENT YOUR VIEWS ON THE SRC AND ' an integral~------ti------and important part of the SRC. NOT JUST MYSELF. 1t ~------+-- I CLAIRE DAVID J. SCOTT 1 ROHDIE SEN STEVENSON TH IS IS IT!

A ONCE IN A LI FETIME, NEVER TO BE REPEATED Th is year the ,government is likely to make a OFFER! I AM A FIRST YEAR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING fresh attack on students by trying to introduce STUDENT. IF ELECTED TO :THE SAC I WILL DO MY ·Why shoul d YOU vote for this can didate? BEST TO GET BETIER REPRESENTATION FOR student loans and abol ishing social security He's approved by independent rese arch - all his benefits. I am a Labou r student ·and if elected SCIENCE FACULTY STUDENTS. AS A LABOUR friends recom men d hi m! STUDENT I WOULD BE MORE CONCERNED THAN would fight against these proposa ls to maintain He's free from pol itical factions' control. MOST WITH ISSUES SUCH - AS STUDENT a decent education for students now and in the He's willing to. work enthusiastically for YOU and ACCOMMODATION , GRANT CUTS, AND MORE future. represent YOUR interests forcefully. · · STUDENT SAY IN STUDENT MATTERS. SCIENCE STUDENTS' COUNCIL SECRETARY

MIRANDA CRICHTON NATHANIEL G N. MILTON ·~ i The KB has been described as being of "THE WRONG END" of Mayfield Road. Isn't it time we were RIGHT somewhere? I'm not standing on a keg of beer, I'm not that short of ideas. I am standing because my experience of failures and success while at University can be I would ca mpaign for improvements in library facilities, the minibus and KB put to use in helping fellow sfudents. A vote for me is a vote for enthusiasm, · Road - brought that up again (not literally!). · not experi~nce in the job. ·I cannot promise success only hard work and determination. SOCIAL SCIENCE 1st Year-2 Seats

HILARY ANDERSON GARV DUNCAN Are you against student loans, abolition of social security · benefits, "voluntary" union membership? .. 7 - Want a higher grant and more places in halls? Don't vote for me because you don't know any of the names and mine was Hate the Social Science Faculty scarf? fi rst (only?) on the list - vote for me because I will represent you! Your problem is mi_ne ... especially if it has anything to do with the first year If so, you agree with me: so, vote for me . . . accommodation situation. ------+-~I'll represent you and your views to SRC with (a little) enthusiasm . .. CHARLES PRIDGEON ANDREA SPENCER-COOKE

Hi folks, Voting Charles means --effective representation -less apathy in the SRC . - and if you 're lucky, softer paper in the I want to revitalize student participation and encourage people to take lavatories. greater interest in improving the conditions and facilities available to them.

If students are more enthusiastic and confidentthatthey can achieve things, Seriously now: CHARLES PRIDGEON FIRST. it will be much easier to push for changes and improvements - (dynamic, See Ya! hey?!!!). · ~-=~~I ~l~l~"~.__tr~I~ TH EATR E FILMHOUSEFILM SOCK NG' $TRAVERSE ------2 Leven St. 2282688 CARTOON FUN 112WestBow Lothian Rd. THE AIGHT STUFF 2291201 226 2633 SCOTLAND THE WHAT THE DRESSER 25 Oct; 11.15 THE DEATH OF ELIAS SAWNEY Till 26 Oct; 7.45 pm 24 Oct; 2.30 Odeon Till Nov 1; 8 pm Tickets £2.50-£5.50 Albert Finney plays the Shakes­ After the cartoons (and what better Tickets £4.50 (cone. £3.50) Comedy evening with three Aber­ pearian actor dissolving into start to a filmshow is there), The­ Peter Arnott's comedy play study­ donians George Donald, Stephen insanity as his dresser Tom Right Stuff is about the American ing the English way of death over Robertson and Buff Hardie. Courtney props him up Space Race. Unique because it is six centuries or so. CAL not the cliche-ridden "Good Ole LIFE OF GALILEO US of A" view of American 280ct-2 Nov 24, 25 Oct; 6.15, 8.30 EDINBURGH PLAYWRIGHTS achievement but focuses on one 7 .30; Sat. 2.30 260ct; 8.30 WORKSHOP A tale of mixed loyalties as passion mans resistance to being used. Tickets £2 £6 (Mon. to Wed; half price for students). 27 Oct; 5.30 pm develops betw~en the widow of an A SOLDIERS STORY Presented by the Scottish Theatre Tickets £1.25 (cone. 75p) RUC constable and the IRA youth TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Company and directed by Tom This week Cabe Stewart reads his responsible for his death. Beauti­ 27 Oct; 6.45 Fleming. play 'A Womb with a View', a fully played by Helen Mirren and George Square Theatre detailed discussion of the play by John Lynch. Two films highlighting the civil the author, actors and audience MEPHISTO Rights Movement in America 'A WORKSHOP afterwards. 24 Oct; 5. 15, 8.00 Soldiers Story' shows an intelli­ 43 High St. A Huogarian/West German 'art' gent Black Army captain inves­ tigating a racial killing, while in 5569579 movie about the use of Nazism BEAUTY AND THE BOUNDERS "Mockingbird" Gregory Peck L V C E u M before the war, highlighting the Till 26 Oct; £8 plays a lawyer defending a black split between supporting your art Tickets £3 (cone. £2) man on a murder charge in a Deep and supporting your friends. By Dougie Hankin Grindlay St. South and Deep Racialist town. 229 9697 For the October-December te~ ONE DEADLY SUMMER Th is one-woman play portraying THE NUTCRACKER SUITE pass system. Ask for the leafl Matinee 25 oct; 2.30 NANOOK OF THE NORTH the story of Lillian Baylis who man­ Till Nov; 7.45 pay the standard £2. 30 and 25, 26 Oct; 5.45, 8.15 THE ANIMALS FILM aged the Old Vic, 9 Matinee; 26 Oct; 3.15 pm card is taken from you and yo A well crafted thriller from France 30 Oct; 6.45 Ticket Range; £2-£5 is now non-smoking. starring Isabelle Adjani as th~ Nanook of the North is one of the 8 E D L A M By Andy Arnold and Jimmy Boyle. "new vamp in town" whose inten­ earliest projects to portray the ------­ lifestyle of a culture without pat­ The controversial specal unit in ODEON tions and desires are not ASHES A standard £1 .50 student conC!ifl r altogether clear ronisation. The Animals Fil m Barlinnie Prison is dramatically shows exactly the mentality of­ 25,26 Oct ; 7.30 pm transferred to live theatre by Sunday to Thursday. However,19 BIOGRAPHIES those in charge by showing the Tickets £2.00 (cone. £1.75 f Jimmy Boyle, author the the best £2.60. Cinemas 2 and 3 are no 26 Oct; 1.00 cruelness of various military By David Rudkin seller, A Sense of Freedom. DOIVIINI( All tickets £1 .80 experiments. A play presented by Blackwatch A study of a group of ch ildren Theatre Company. Students pay £1 .20 for all pert~ growing up in East Germany over A 8 C only exception is the late eve a 20 year period, which has not yet ------­ non-smoking part of the buildi~ · ended and will hopefully grow 229 3030 Sundays. with the subject. Lothian Rd. MAD MAX - BEYOND THUNDER EXHIBS FILIVIHOl A SOLDIERS STORY M atinees (Tuesday-Friday) a 27 Oct; 8.30 DOME 2.20, 5.20, 8.25 · (Su nday-Friday) cost £1 .20. 111 t 28, 29 Oct; 6. 15, 8.30 OPEN EVE C IT V A R T minutes before performancest. In the closing years of WW2, an Mel Gibson 13s the post apocalyptic hero fighting Tina Turner as the evening films but you can boob educated black army captain is G A L. L E R V C E N T R E both cinemas. despatched to investigate what gloriously evil Aunty Entity. Some of the best action scenes in recent appears to be a racial killing and 75 Cumberland St. 2 Market St. cinema along with the most fan­ conducts the investigation without 557 1020 225 2424 Members get in free to all pertoa the prejudice he is constantly sub­ tastic storyline ever concocted. PETER BOURNE ONE CITY A PATRON be pu rchased in advance ata ny1 Lots of fun, cute children and jected to. · LIZ AND MICHAEL O'DONNELL Till Oct31 from the Postgrad Students' tbn blood 'n' guts. CITIZEN KANE Till Oct 31 Mon-Sat; 10 am to 5 pm; Free weekend. 27, 28 Oct; 6.00, 8.15 PALE RIDER Mon to Fri; 10 am to 6 pm; Free A touring exhibition of forty-five 2.20, 5.20, 8.20 Bourne uses a variety of medium pa1ntings selected by Elizabeth BEDL AM All the more important since his All tickets for lunchtime prod uo n Clint Eastwood continues his and much of hi s work is done in · Goodall. Major works by leading recent death, Orson Welles debut your consu mption. is stunning because of its new Western trek as the all-avenging, black and vhite crayon. The other contemporary artists such as Ben directorial techniques and the nar­ all-shooting preacher man come two are from Caithness and Nicholson, Graham Sutherl and good guy. Clint is back on form. TRAV ER rative content. A classic of cinema. specia lise in beautiful wooden and David Nash. Exclusive offer this year for rn · RAMBO- Fl.AST BLOOD PART 2· bowls decorated with wildfowl. allows many benefits. These iM DIARY FOR MY CHILDREN 1.40, 3.55, 6.10, 8.45 29-.30 Oct; 6.00, 8. 15 Market Street performance; £2 for a student I wish you would all go and see it 225 2424 performance; free entry to Tra The story of an adolescent return­ because 1) It's the worst comedy FRUITMARKET ing to Hungary from exile in Russia THE EMPERORS WARRIORS clubs in Britain. ever made. 2) Sylvester Stallone is Till 1stNov. 10am-5pmweekdays and her relationship with her so ridiculous it has to be seen to be G A L L E R V would-be foster mother Set in a dimly lit gallery 7,000 war­ LVCEU · I believed, and 3) I wouldn't have to riors lie waiting to be seen by the They offer a plast ic ca rd costrn DIM SUM keep ridiculing it every week. 29 Market St citizens of Edinburgh. Discovered tickets at concessionary rate 30 Oct; 2.30, 6.30, 8.30 225 2383 only in 1974 near Xian in China, Check at box office for details. A delightful film focussing on a CHRISTOPHER LEBRUN Chinese family in San Francisco DOMINION ANDREW WALKER ESCA and their attempts and disasters at ESCA have changed premises 447 2660 . Till Oct31 contrary to this year's Student . Americanisation. Newbattle Terrace Tues to Sat; 10amto 5.30 pm; Free NETHERBOW time during office hours to RETURN TO OZ Lebrun, an English painter, in his melt' alternatively phone her. 0 D E 0 N Till 26 Oct first exhibition in Britain, shows 43 High St. 2.20, 5.20, 8.20 his huge oils on canvas. The work 556 9579 667 7331 The sequel to Judy Garland, Fol­ is figurative and the subject AN EDINBURGH VICTORIAN South Clerk St. low the Yellow Brick Rd ., etc, with mythological. Walker is exhibiting --The art of Thomas Lauder Sawers his one-man show of paintings PETER PAN added special effects. Watercolours by Patricia Banyard 3.55, 6.00, 8. 15 FLETCH and drawings. As a mark of his Till Nov. 210 am-4 pm Mon. to Sat. Also Winnie the Pooh and the From 28 Oct calibre, his work is also appearing Free. in "The British Art Show". Honey Tree! School holiday films 2.20, 5.20, 8.20 With a lady doing her first solo always give you a chance to relive American Comedian Chevy Chase show of beautifully delicate work, yourchildhood. Face it, a trip to stars as a private eye adopting a NATIONAL is a selection of watercolours by a Never Never Land sounds more variety of disguises to protect his self-taught Victorian named fun than Business Studies 1. life. MU ·s E: U M Thomas Lauder Sawers Queen St DESPERATELY SEE.KING SUSAN THE CARE BEARS MOVIE 2.00, 5.15, 8.00 MICKEY AND MAUD 556 8921 I AM COME HOME: Madonna is the aforementioned 2. 15, 5.15, 8. 15 ROYAL SCOTTISH TREASURES OF PRINCE Susan in her first comedy/cameo Till Saturday the cute, little, cuddly CHARLES EDWARD STUART role Why not forget the hype and bears will be the first two perfor­ Till Oct31 Chambers St go and enjoy yourself for a mances with Micky and Maud on change? at night but Monday only Mickey Mon to Sat; 10 am to 5 pm; Free 225 7534 and Co . will be on. Thanks to the nation, the public FRENCH CONNECTIONS NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET WITNESS can see the glorious silver can­ SCOTLAND AND TH'!: ARTS OF 1.50, 5.30, 8. 1O 2.00, 5.00, 8.00 te~n, wh_ich has been saved from a FRANCE One of the better made American An excellent film by Australian home in the United States. Till Oct 31 horror films in which a group of director. Peter 'Gallipoli' Weir, Moreover, the small display MontoSat; 10amto5pm; Free The historical background bet­ American teenagers discover that stars Harrison Ford as a good cop shows some of the Princes Trea­ ween Scotland and France, makes dreams can become frighteningly being chased, by the bad cops over sures which he possessed in Scot­ real. land. this show all the more interesting. Open wide and say "Aaah" ... dru s deals. UNIVENTS IVILJSIC:: _T_HU~RS~_2_4~0_C_T _SA_T~~2~6~~0~C_T THURS 24 OCT ------SAT · 26 OCT KB LUNCHTIME TALK EU ART SOCIETY FAT SAM'S BAND THE MUD Sixth Level Common Room, JCMB Trip to Glasgow Charles Rennie Good time Emporium Queen Margaret College 1.10pm MacIntosh Buildings. Come along (Abbeymount) (Clerwood Terrace) A talk by Dr Alan Brundy, Dept. of to Thursday's meeting to pay and SPIRITS OF RHYTHM "That's neat that's neat that's neat Artificial Intelligence on "EXPERT get details. Basin St. We really love your Tiger Feet ... " SYSTEMS". (Haymarket Terr.) Wow!! Now you can wear your EXTRA MURAL STUDIES A mixtgure of Dixieland and Tradi­ flares and platforms with pride kids!! ONE WORLD WEEKMEAL 11 Buccleuch Place tional Jazz in the friendly atmos­ 8 pm-2am: £3 Chaplaincy Centre 11 am phere of Basin St. 6.30 pm-9.00 pm Should Politics Be Taught in GO FERRIT GOOMBAY BEAT Food, music and games Schools?' If so what should be preservation Hall The Barbados Suite taught and how? (Victoria Street) (West Tollcross) EU ART SOCIETY Free. Fridays and Saturdays Reggae and Pleasance Bar LATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE CHARGE Soul · 7.30 pm Chambers Street House Jailhouse Sundays Fiesta Tropicana 9.30 pm-3am Meeting to sign up for Saturday's 8 pm-1 am (Calton Rd) Late Bar, open to all. trip and to plar, and discuss forth­ Happy Hour9-10 pm 10.30 pm. Free. coming events. (Library Bar) CONCERT Including the super St. Cecilia's Hall SUN 27 OCT Trog Disco and The Government. DISCO (Cowgate) R.E.O. SPEEDWAGON Chamber Street House Hindustani classical music Playhouse 8pm-9pm SUN 27 OCT 7.45 pm £2.00 (cone. £1.00) Background music at its best. 7.30 pm: £6.50, £5.50 EU AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL METHSOC FRI 25 Nicolson Square Methodist OCT CREATION RECORDS PACKAGE operates a studer.it cinema Prisoners of Conscience Week RA'ZORBACK Hoochie Coochie Club cash desk. For six visits you Ending the 27th Oct. Church 7.30l)m Jailhouse (West Tollcross) card stamped. After this the Young People at Risk. Free. % Three of the best from ex-Jesus in return. The entire cinema Have a coffee and a chat and stay WORLD PEACE : ATIAINABLE for "People's Palace" by Katie CAROL KIDD and Marychain Label- ONLY IF ... McDowell. Queen's Hall Primal Scream; Meat Whiplash; 7pm (Clerk St.) Weather Prophets. Faculty Room, David Hume Tower. CATHOLIC STUDENTS UNION Jazz with Sandy Taylor Trio A public presentation of the Bahai 23 George Square and String Quartet MON 28 OCT Peace message by EU Bahai Soci­ 8.30 pm 10.30 pm: £4-£2.50 SWING85 ety. Talk given by Fr. David Gemmen of THE DRIFTERS PLUS CHRISTIAN The Malt Shovel the Cathedral staff on "The Minis­ Playhouse (Cockburn Street) es in Cinemas 1, 2 and 3. The try of the Priest." (Greenside Place) BLUES 'N' TROUBLE ows in Cinema 3 - the only 7.30 pm: £5 £4 Jailhouse identally, this place is shut on FRI 25 OCT 28 SCOTIISH NATIONAL MON OCT ORCHESTRA THIRD WORLD FAST SOCIETY TUES 29 OCT CATHOLIC STUDENTS UNION Usher Hall Student Centre (Lothian Road) WE FREE KINGS 23 George Square Op; early evening shows 1pm 7.30 pm: £8.30-£2.80 Dub Club ickets are only available 30 12.30 pm-2 pm Get your last meal before the Annabel's o ocncessions given for late Bread and Cheese Lunch - only annual 50 hour fast. Pop into the (3 Semple St) in advance. Non-smoking in 50p Student Centre between 1 pm-2 SAT 26 OCT 10.30 pm-3.00 am pm to pick up a sponsor from this KELLY MONTEITH CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION week or phone Fiona Henderson ONE MAN SHOW WED 30 OCT Teviot Row Middle Readi~g Room on 229 7107. All proceeds go to ces. Guest tickets (£1.25) can Playhouse LEVEL42 1 pm Nicaragua for the building of a 7.30 pm: £5, £4 n Shop during the week and Playhouse Committee Meeting - All wel­ health centre. , 24 Buccleuch Place, at the come. SCOTIISH FIDDLE ORCHESTRA White jazz-funk at its best 7.30 pm: £5.50; £5.00 EU POETRY SOCIETY Usher Hall NATIONAL CND DEMO IN LON­ This is possibly a sell-out concert Library Bar DEAF HEIGHTS DON Chambers St House but tickets may still be available, Coaches leave George Square at for information· phone 228 1155 Queen Margaret College 7.30 pm 8 p-m-12 J?m 50p 11 pm. Come and hear a reading by Ron 7.30 pm. Return Saturday evening. Only £7 Butlin past Writer-ion-Residence ship: £4 for four years, which return. phone 226 3894/554 3905 at Edinburgh University. Sup­ e a free ticket to any Sunday or 554 6607. ported by student poets. The elec­ dby ticket 10 rl'inutes before tion of the new secretary will also Bar and many other theatre CHRISTIAN UNION take place. Chaplaincy Centre iF'flLMHOUSIE: 6.45pm ROCK"DISCO 88 LOTHIAN ROAD 228-2688 Prayer meeting with speaker, Chambers Street House hich ai'lows you to claim two Geoffrey Grogan. Praise and 9 pm-12.30 pm ff cost of any performance). teaching at 8 pm. Cinema 1 Until Saturday 26 6.15 and 8.30 (not 6.15 on Saturday 26) EU HOT AIR BALLOON CLUB TUES 29 OCT CAL(15) . A. young Catholic boy falls in love with the widow of the AUC constable in whose murder he ,s Sheep's Heid, Duddingston /19 Guthrie Street (225 4061) EUCND mvolved. Wonderful performances from Helen Mirren {Best Actress at Cannes) and John Lynch. 7.30 pm Chaplaincy Centre Cinema2 y. Pop into the offices at any • Beer and Skittles evening. Mem­ da, the full-time secretary, or 7p-m Thu 24 5. 15 and 8.00 bers free, non-members 50p. Meeting this Tuesday! and every MEPHISTO (15) Some transport is provided leav­ Tuesday. All welcome. In '30s Germany, an actor faces an appalling moral dilemma as the Nazis seize power. ing Appleton Tower/St. Leonard's, Cinema2 , Fri 25 and Sat 26 5.45 and 8.15 Pollock at 7.30 pm. DISCO ONE DEADLY SUMMER (18) Chambers Street House Isabelle Adjani (recently seen in SUBWAY) siules in this craftily plotted thriller. HISTORICAL SOCIETY 8 pm-12 pm Cinema 1 Chambers Street Ballroom Happy Hour 8 pm-9 pm Sun 27 to Tue 29 6. 15 and 8.30 (not 6. 15 Sun 27) 9pm A SOLDIER'S STORY (15) . . All welcome to the Grand Ceilidh Louisiana, 1944. A veteran black sergeant has been shot, and it is up to a black invest1gatrng -only£1. WED 30 OCT officer to counter the prejudices of the while officers and the suspicions of the black enlisted me. CATHOLIC STUDENTS UNION Cinema2 MEDICINE SHOW DISCO Sun 27 and Mon 28 6.00 and 8.15 23 George Square CITIZEN KANE (PG) Orson Welles' brilliant de\>ut Chambers Street House 1.15 pm-2.15 pm The fascinating story of Hearst-like publisher's rise to power, 8 pm-12.45 pm 50p Matinees this week: THE DRESSER (Thu 24); ONE DEADLY SUMMER (Fri 25); TUTORIAL PARTICIPATION A SOLDIER'S STORY (Tue 29) DIM SUM (Wed 30). All at 2.30. THE DANCE Appleton Tower Reception Teviot Row House 12.50 pmto 2.15 pm Open tiil 2 am 2 discos, 2 bars, mega light show LAGS and H~ppy Hour. Pleasance Bar 9-10pm 7.30 pm Meetings every Wednesday. DISCO AND THE HORSEMEN AND EU DEBATES COMMITIEE MEN OF CLAY Debating Hall, Teviot Row House Student Centre 7.30 pm · 8pm-1 am Parliamentary debate on racial Happy Hour 8.30-9.30 violence and police powers in inner city areas. All welcome. 12 STUDENT Thursday 24th October 1985

music talks of strange ti , ,ainted birds and_S~d Barrett~' TV Personalitiesffhe Shop London accent mmucs Paul ij w I Assistants while following t~e path of~: Moray House Monkees: his attitude.- breathi "Fuck the establishment, let's ng Spunky on with the fun. " The songs fet 01 On Saturday night, · London's vibrant and pendulous, ofte~ as. "Pop-Art" Prophets arrived in If I Could Write Poetry, subli~e in Spear of Destiny Edinburgh and proceeded to drag del!cate, kept us watching tr: their audience into a surreal world . cebke. Playhouse As an encore, a characterisr where they were taken on a ride 1 with the Girl on a Motorcycle and cover of Syd Barrett's Bike finish ~ invited to Salv.ador Dali's Birthday the ni_ght jovially with the ba~d Last Tuesday, the Playhouse Party,POW!!. bemg JOmed by two of Edinburgh' was suddenly inundated with The Shop Assistants, fresh from a "Little Willie Brigade" who, dres'. Oat tops (courtesy of Norman), week in London recording a John and American base-ball jac­ Peel session, were support for the kets, waiting to see Spear of night. They mounted the stage to Destiny deliver another high unlease on the audience a "Wall of Sound" built on the foundations of quality performance. thrashing guitar, droning bass and Their appetites were whetted by cantankerous drums. The Roy White Band, with their All Thut Ever Mattered could easily jebut single Lest ,We Forget, who have been written by Pete Shelley proved themselves to be a worthy for an early Buzzcocks single, but ;u pport act. their influences do not only lie Kirk burst onto stage with there: The Pastels, Velvet Under­ enormous energy, which he man­ ground, and J&MC all pop up aged to keep going throughout the somewhere in the set often accom­ performance; this involved proving panied by controlled and impres­ his marvellous agility by doing the sive use of feedback. Love them side splits and what's more amazing or loathe them, It's Up to You. Per- nis voice remained on the same sonally I love them! · · octave. Most of thesongs, such. as After a short set which was dog­ Mickey and World Service were ged by distractions, including a [rom their new album of the same brick thrown through the window 1ame, and they seemed to steer above the stage, The Shop Assis­ away from playing the old favour­ tants left to make way for theiF ites, apart from The Wheel and mentors The TV Personalities. Liberator. Founded nine yers ago the grand­ Kirk seemed quite _determined to fathers of Creation records are per­ 1ispel any labels of fascism which sonally responsible for four British the band had managed to collect in albums and the excellent Part- Time sed in their birthday suits, pro­ the past with such songs as Aira and Punks EP. Their range and depth ceeded to give us a rendition of the Grapes of Wrath, by showing his of music was mirrored by an audi­ Balloon Dance minus the balloons. ;upport of the miners strike and ence which included Potterrow Although the TV Personalities have lost the satirical touch they singing the National Anthem(!) but Get me to the Kirk on time. Photo: John Lindsay "Gotbs", 60's revivalists and making explicit signs of his disap­ "Loyal Cole" trendies all of whom . achieved with Part- Time Punks and proval. three encores out of them, ( al­ shouted "What do you want .. were not disappoiinted with the Where's Bill Grundy Now, they Their love and enthusiasm for though they only played for 50 Spunkies?" ... we'U have to wait night. · have gained an appeal which should performing permeated the audi­ minutes beforehand), Kirk, exasp­ until they return to their Edinburgh Daniel Tracey, lead singer and touch the hearts of all in this day of ence, who managed to squeeze erated by the repeated demands - strorigbold again . guitar is the TV Personality. His pop and rock pap. Jane Armitage Ian Stewart

were fine, with the exception of the drummer, a boy who I imagine Prefab Sprout Everything But The Girl would be happier pounding the Glasgow Barrowlands skins with the lads from Queen's Hall The action started early last Motorhead - certainly, he suc­ ceeded in giving a rather different Frozen Veg Friday - arriving at nine. I feel to the jazzy, laid-back material Most of the acclaim that Pre­ was greatly surprised to find from their first album. Eden! fab Sprout have achieved has EBTG into their second or The punters were treated to a been focused on Paddy Mca­ third number. However, the good selection of both the older and loon's songwriting and rightly general opinion in the little more recent songs with Frost And so. "To cool for the macho boys room seemed to be that Fire, Each and Every One and Sean · ache", Mcaloon's love songs the support - whoever they outstanding, and Easy as Sin show­ ing just what an excellent voice Ben challeµge both traditional and were - had been "alright''. has. Much of the last album Love feminist perspectives on Remember - you saw it first Not Money has a more poppy feel romance, and explore the sub­ in Student. to it, which seemed to be astyle sim­ tler nuances of attraction and The first thing that strikes you ply not suited to the band, but on fidelity. Songs such as Cruel, about EBTG these days is their the night's showing I'd say they've Bonny or Desire As reveal increased confidence - they're now got the hang of it-indeed one much more relaxed, particularly of their new songs had a distinctly more through their perceptive Ben, who has a definite swagger on Smiths-influenced guitar sound and evocations than any amount of stage, cracking jokes whereas pre­ was every bit as good as anything histronic aggression could pro­ viously all we'd get would be a the Mancunian misery merchants vide. mumbled title between songs. have ever come up with. What a joy it was too, to see Ben Sadly, but as expected, the Cole 1n the live setting, however, Pre­ without that bloody awful goatee Porter classic Night and Day was fab Sprout lose much of the fragility beard! It's a pity, though especially not played, but we got a couple of and delicacy that is at the root of considering the predominantly encores and I, for one, left feeling:· their works. At the Queen's Hall, female audience that Tracy did not well pleased with the evenings the absence of Wendy Smith . make her presence felt more-Ben . entertainment. ( through bronchitis) highlighted seems to have become the star of Johnny Lowe this difficulty and rendered· most of the show. The new backing band the songs far more one-dimensional than on record. Mcaloon himself Michael Jeffries was forced to do all the work and · seemed uncharacteristically sub­ dued, although he did display his alarming penchant for horribly inspt guitar solos. On a few occasions the songs shone through the dispirited per­ formance. Lions in my own garden and the closing Cruel were deli­ vered with a feeling that made things worthwhile at last. Three new songs were aired and augured weU for the new LP to be released on December 2. Despite all the set­ backs, it seems this little devil still has all the best tunes. Tom Lllppin · -'"' ,u ~,.>"-" Bogged down ill F-adcly<'itlield1 '1 i! ', 11:.>rll ur ~ , CJ •1vn1ol1·"J 1,t,~f !>11,vl The Album

Unsurprisingly, he concentrates sings about love - it's the old on Swordfishtrombones and the Tom Waits 'ridiculous-to-the-sublime' syn­ new Rain Dogs LPs, his fine 5-piece Playhouse Rain Dogs (Island) drome emulated by ~ands like the band following him down these Pogues. Quote of. the fortnight brnss band and bagpipe strewn Tom Waits is a man with When's the last time you comes from a song called Gun problems, . and three -bhnd alleys. Arresting as much of Street Girl.. "Shadow fixed the this material is, a tour of America's heard nineteen songs on one thOusand of them t1>rned up toilet with an old trombone". musical backwaters cannot hide LP? Tom Waits is al~ays good The LP was written, produced to see him at the Playhouse last Waits' evident decline as a songwri­ value for money in my books and. arranged almost entirely by Monday . ter, and.it is earlier albums that pro­ but this album is a real goodie Tom. Waits himself. A touching In 1985, after a decade of vide the real highHghts of the even­ for the bargain hunter. 'The · detail is the credit to Tom's wife , ing. comparative· neglect, Tom. is Observer' ·classify Tom under Kathleen, for helping to write Hang Songs such as Tom Traubert's assuredly a Star: his albums the general heading of 'jazz' Down Your Head Keith Richards Blues, On the Nickel, and, espe­ (he of Nether Wallop Festival sell , the NME ~igs him and - cially, Christmas Card from a and since that p.arti.cular musi­ hey! - he's gomg to be on the fame) plays guitar on several Hooker in Minneapolis are cdol cal . genre has been mega­ tracks, but don't let that put you Tube this week. Obviously on blue piano laments for America's trendy for a decent time now, off. The "metal percussion" section one level the hip priest's nihil ' losers, poignant · and moving in every au fait record· collection boasts a zany hardware instrument obstat is a good thing: good for their simplicity, which put the merits at least one of the ten called a "bowed saw", but the most Waits, in that he can fill the · idiosyncratic, over-praised Tom Wait's LP's. For the incredible feature of this record is Playhouse at £7 .50 a shot, and Swordfish in · proper perspective. Tom Wait's own voice. He is a com­ Waits is at his brilliant best when he uninitiated, my advice is buy good for the audience, 90% of petent musician and plays piano, plays.and sings like·this, rather than 'Rain Dogs' and work arse­ banjo, guitar, pump organ, farfisa whom (myself included) would acting.his way through the act; for wise. organ etc, bul'it's his vocal organs never have thought of seeing Tom is a life-member of the Dylan/ Here are all the classic elements which attract most people's atten­ him a few years ago. Reed/ Rotten 'Great Bad Voice that have won Waits his devoted tion - a combination of granite following in the past - gorgeous But there's another side to suc­ club. His hacksaw rasp, at once and flint which can be beautifully love songs (Hang Down Your cess: the problems start when you tough and tender, falling to a sibil­ sad and evocative as well. Head, Downtown Train), quirky consider the absurdity of' Tom's lant whisper and rising to a keening Enough of the - dissemination instrumentals, and marvellous bar-room jazz and blues concoction wail , is the ideal vehicle for these approach - Tom_ Wajts is always accounts of rotten debauchery in f21 ayed before a crowd of 3000 white evocative low life vignettes. better appreciated when there's modern day America (9th and Hen­ rock fans wiih a bad case of So we are left yet again (compari­ alcohol coursing round yer tubes, nepin, Cemetery Polka) . At the · so go and get poleaxed with Rain Springsteenitis. But while Bruce sons with the Clash spring to mind) same fime , this album, along with can carry a stadium , Waits is a with the ·sad spectacle of a major Dogs. talent caught on the treadmill of his Swordfish'.trombone~ of 1983 , Suzanne Doran nightclub man through and through marks a progression from the reJ1- who has been thrust into big-time . own success - Waits can still Selected Discography ' deliver · the goods; but recent able piano and saxophone combi­ showbiz. nation to a much heavier emphasis Rain Dogs (Island) On stage, his unease manifests attempts to diversify his music have on percussion. Swordfishtrombones (Island) itself in a compulsion to play up to combined wth a burgeoning stadium mentality to render said Waits is a true James Dean for Heartattack and Vine (Asylum) the image of Skid Row bum. So the musically aware - similar 'live Heart of Saturday Night Tom hunches his gangly frame and goods slightly 'shop soiled. Poor Tom's a-cold; and unless he can fast, die young; pickle your liver (Asylum) launches into a few St. Vitus Dance find a way to resolve the contradic­ now , alka-seltzer tomorrow' ethos, Blue Valentines (Asylum) routines. Tom balances his hat on but rendered appealing t_hrough a his back. Tom sits down and pulls tions of fame, this once great con­ tender will remain just another magical sense of humour and musi­ Alternatively a reasonable selection his boots off, a performer in every cal skill. Tom deals in the shit of the sense. sucker on the vine . of Waits' Asylum recordings can be · Gavin Macdonald The Man ugl y side of the US of A and then found on the double Asylum Years.

Doppelgiinger Jailhouse Shallow 33.3333333. . Amidst this hot and horrid The Waterboys ter of fact, in this terrible world- of extortionate record haven for hopeful local bands, This is the sea (Island) Doppelgiinger force-fed an pric~s and subsistance level audience with . the brand of grants (VIV A LE RCP!) a few strong-sounding music that Once again, Mike Scott more similarly titled epics fails to defy the tag: nothing declaims the joys inherent in could only benefit record buy­ new, nothing different. his way of looking at life, ing human kind - and possi­ amidst the crash and swirl of bly the music industry. For those. of you in your final wailing saxap.hones, ebullient The altern'ative title of this year of study the name may stir up choruses of trumpets and album, A Music Sampler of the vague recollections of a band that thoughtfully strummed State of Things, tells you more played at the John Peel Roadshow guitars. Pompous? Melod­ about its content. Released by Beg­ in Chambers Street three years ago garS' Banquet. it's a compilation of H.owever, the name .- Doppel­ ramatic? A bit silly even? N9t a twelve tracks from current and ganger, has been the only constant bit of it. Mike Scott's love for future LP's from bands on the label factor over time with the line-up life is so intuitive, so powerful, - ifs an advertising gimmick! and musical direction undergoing you're swept right up into it. The first sample. for all you several diffe rent combinations. The articulacy and poignance of orgasm addicts. is from The Icicle Until today, when they now slot the lyrics - particularly the way he Works.. entitled Perambulator - comfortably in the standard four­ phra&es them - points to a pro­ obviously Mothercare have seen piece fo rmat which successfully found , deeply felt sense of joy; a -the advertising potential in Mike regurgitates songs that fall into the stirring contrast to the banal cliche Reid's latest revelations. Loathed ' category of popular pub rock. you'll find in the majority of bands as I am to admit it. I like this. Pow­ Throughout a tight set they like them. (Listening to Simple erful stuff. entertained their audience with Minds new single. their name has John Cale's The Sleeper is a clas­ . their own songs including Doesn't never been more significant). sic. soulful track with great lyrics Make It Better and Love Connec­ The imagery is alive with evoca­ and powerful vocals. tion . The lead-singer- Fiona, ~o tions of rocks and rivers.seas and unfortunately lacked the charm to rural England, churches and trum­ Following this, The Fall are carry off the sex kitten approach, pets. It is from these rather ordi­ monotonous with Spoilt Victorian had her somewhat tuneless voice nary images that his emotion is der­ Child, and Nico is haunting with supp.lemented by backing vocals ved - the crescendoes and poig­ Win a Few , an electronic piec.e from provided by guitarists: Neil (former nant withdrawals of the music pref­ the album Camera Obscura. bass player with the Bluebells) and erably in accordance with its mod­ The final track on the LP is Never Rab (a misfit at over 30). This ulation. Wear Mascara, from The Hank worked to best adv·antage for· the This is a brave. incisive, and Wangford Band, with Cissy Foot­ only vaguely memorabie number of above all joyful a'lbum, surging f2r­ wear on vocals and Doc Wangford the evening Shallow. However they ward m unrestrained joy himself on gyitar. did prove themselves to be one of Siward Atkins the best local bands around at the Photo: John Lindsay The LP is Beggars Banquet's sec­ moment. and capture tfie attention of the future are more neatly summed up ond sampler Lp, and it's great? but Yet despite this, for people who ear. Sad because of the rumoured in the dictionary meaning of the Beggars Banquet Sampler don't just take my word for 1t. If have pretentions towards that very presence of four record company term Doppelganger: the apparition , One PoundNinety Nine Beggars Banquet's tastes are yours, elusive thing called "stardom", representatives. that appears , before you shortly buy it now . . . 'cos they're deleting they )~st fai led ,to Pt,qcluce what- All th~, ~O{dS l)QQjV6,abott& t~.,. before death. , One Pound Ninety-Nine is _ it on New Ye.ar's-Day.------· .ever 111s that stimulates the mtere_~L- band, their performance and their Katrina Philip not a silly 't1i1e.:t;iir-a1iLP:..Ma -- - Alex Baxtec 14 STUDENT Thursday 24th October 1985

1ia1a111i' - date· with an ex cellent.~ fe.ggae ~~ Drea-dbeat An excellent gig, an excen:g. Maria Muldaur atmsophere, although it d~ Queen's Hall pe'rhaps l~c~ 1ha.t .extr'a element ~f "I'ni a woman W-0-M-A­ , art1St-aud1ence , • ~O!.flmu.nicatiO!i .\mazulu . found at punk concer Sv 1'\iat is,'she N". So sang Maria Muldaur didn't.spit on anyorlp. . Assembly Rooms . last Friday night.at t~e ubquit­ I suppose a!) you ·big_coats we Amazulu are an eight-piece ous Queen's Hall. And she was watching "The Tube" last Friday\~ band. Though this is big by right. Moreover, she attemp­ so, you probably saw Stantey J~r­ most standards, one never-the­ ted to justify this statement by dan, the flexi-fingered America swinging her hips with a wild jass guitarist. If you enf?yed it , yo~ less would not have thought it can .catch !llOre, ·of .: him on two big enough to dwarf an entire abandon. A friend came up albums on the_ Blue Note label audience. with the hypothesis that she Magic Touch and One Night with Yet this is what very nearly hap­ was in fact wearing some sort Blue Note Vol. 4 Lastly, on Friday pened last Wednesday (another of marital aid, but without a night the 1mmitable Carol Kidd Napier publicity fuck-up?) until a backstage pass it was impossi­ plays the Queen's Hall, ltsh.ouldbe hundred or so brave souls miracul­ a great night, so fucking· turn up. ously appeared at the clarion call of ble to validate this. But enough of this sexist claptrap. Any rumo1.1rs that James Jazz pas Rub-A-Dub Soldier. Embarrass­ been bribed by the j;izz esta6lish. ment on all sides was avoided, how­ Technically, Maria had an excel­ lent voice, pure and confident ment to write these sycophantic ever, thanks to the surprising reviews are totally unfounfled _ enthusiasm of both group and audi­ across a wide range; but on top of this she could switch to several well, they've not been 'proved yet. ence. James Jazz As befits a group which has spent modes: growling blues, cloying the best part of three years on the country and western and a rock and road, the playing was tight and the roll shout. Her most inqividual harmonies close. Their bubbling . sound was a slurced meandering in brand of poppy reggae came across the highest register. This may seem well live, if at times betraying cer­ a pretentious description, but there tain limitations in approach. Light­ is no other way to describe it. An weight reggae does not really exciting and eclectic singer. benefit from being given the dub Her · backinj(_ band were an treatment, though the trumpet oddball bunch. The guitarist bore a player no doubt welcomed the remarkable similarity to an extra chance to show off his skills and was from Hawii Five-0 , and had obvi­ suitably rewarded with hugs and ously recently graduated from the kisses from the other members. It's B.B. King School ofFacial Expres­ that type of band. sions. He and the pianist played fast The sound crew didn't do them and fiery jazz while the bassist had too many favours. The aptly named an earthy sound, once resorting to Piledriver PA system provided a slapP,ing the neck with both palms. middly mush of drums and vocals, Although the sound was primarily even violating the first and most jazz, they exploited many styles important rule of reggae mixing: . . with total competence. The mate- thou shalt turn the bass up LOUD. Hair's a Dreadful mess, Ann- Marie. Photo: Craig McNtcol Irial ranged through vaudevillian Tonight sounded like a nasty tranny jazz through SO's gospel and Fats blaring at 1,000 watts. devoted followers of their earlier, older songs like Cairo still sound I Waller tunes and-co111ing right up to A chief asset has to be Ann­ harder sound and committed pro­ better than their newer material. 1 Marie Ruddock's wicked grin, test lyric, all this excitement proved They are, however, at an interest- 1 which proved far more infectious a decided anti-climax and they ing crossroads in their career: do j than the group's catchy but light­ skulked off to the bar muttering they try and bring a bit of bite to 1 weight single: You're So Excitable. darkly of sell-outs. TOTP or do they tread the short I . This went on fo, far too long and It's probably still too early to and teoious path to (Belle) Star- people stopped skanking for the speculate as to Amazulu's future. dom. , first time that night. For some Their main problem is that their Pe~er Carroll I

Keith Cameron opens up his diary for the forthcoming week, Finally, allow me to echo the only to reveal a multitude of sins, spooks and senile pop-stars. words of my friend and colleague And that's not even including REO Speedwagon!J Strange James Jazz and ''fucking go" to OPEN AS USUAL. days... · Carol Kidd' at the Queen's Hall tomorrow nfght. She is· one witchy woman so bring your own and Brilliant, who aren't. Presented Halloween is but a week away and broomsticks. Every Friday & Saturday yet the only "gig" that night is Billy as usual by the original man-in-­ Keith Cameron Connolly. However, the music black, Jools Holland. pages intend to make up for that and Part 7 of Beats of the Heart the next week will see a bumper following evening looks at the music REGGAE & SOUL extravaganza full of ghoulies (?), of North Colombia and how that HOT ghosties and Hammer-horrors music reflects the struggle of the guaranteed to scare you shitless. native Indians against the exploita­ WAX EVERY SUNDAY Just look at all the crucial Hallo­ tion of the narcotic hungry Mafia. ween week gigs to cover. There's That Halloween stuff is back with 60 DALRY ROAD The Drifters on Friday at the a bang on Tuesday when Queen of EDINBURGH FIESTA TROPICANA Playhouse, and don't we all the Goths Siouxsie Sioul!' appears on remember just going WET over Whistle Test with those Banshees of 031-337 5225 Huggin' and A-Kissin' in the back hers. BOIJ.ING. Also on is Loudon VENUE: The Barbados Suite Wainwright who isn't boring, row so many moons ago? A real JII For all your domestic and (West Tollcro s) must. As is Mud (yes, MUD) who and Propaganda, live from Eat Anglia University. imported recorded wants, make an auspicious comeback at ' . Queen Margaret College on Satur­ Just a quick mention for w,hat Albums, Cassettes, Seven-inch FRQM 9.JO pm to 3 am day. A shame it's so far away but must be close to the best programme and Twelve-inch, and C.D.s, I'm sure that curisoity and the lure on TV - What the Papers Say Our quality secondhand LATEBAR , l)f all those yummy platform soles (Channel 4, Friday, 8 pm) intro­ department will be pleased to will pack 'em in at Corstorphine. duced , this week by Alexander make you a cash or exchange Chancellor of the Sunday Telegraph But the best bet for a pre-Hallo­ offer on your unwanted .OPEN TO ALL ween riot has to be big bad Kelly who'll have to be sharp if he's to Albums or C.D.s. Monteith at the Playhouse, also on equal Paul Foot's decimation of the .. DOORS ;;LOSE 2.15 ~ - Saturday. Kerrang! This boy's as gutter rags (including his own) sev­ eral w.eeks ago, ••• hard as nails, you know, eats chain-· It i_s Fun'* It·is Groovy* Check it out Soon, lllWS for breakfast and still finds TV-wise, the Tube tomorrow . S%discountonpmdactionof (CHIEF SEKI.AT THE CONTROLS) time to crack a·few jokes. You want ' night offers The Smiths, Dire Straits · ' ' Student Canl. trick or treats_? Then Kelly's yer (real horrors, them), Tom Waits, ' [', · 1118D. ~. t~e .o,':e Ho~,rd Sii,g_w, ._"'•-.,..,...,.._--,-, ,...1 ----,, - , - , -• ....J I J , , i >1 J J, -..1 J,I b" - f' l I STUDENT Thursday 24th October 1985 15 oing East for inspiration

these days of Live Aid and desperation to one of the many bars 'important' to say. This is a particu­ sketches from the Kan to region ; ing noise. Other Kata, particular!) owd euphoria, western and restaurants to be found we larly impressive sight from above: seasonal sketches, for example the aggressive or warlike ones, fo· were amazed to ~ome across large this figure alone in a sea of heads horror shows during the summer ·example, will consist · of fewe· eatre still seems remarkably groups of people seemingly rmal, Audience participa- .twisting at all angles in their efforts months. Essentially the sketches movements and end more defi encamped there, wading their way to keep sight of him dressed in his are mythologies connected with nitely with outspread feet and flail on amounts to no more than through great piles of raw fish and incredible costume. 'As well as this important moments in the coun­ ing arms held for a few movement' uying your ticket. Ben Simms rice. To us it seemed sacrilege to pl atform Kabuki gives the audience try's less recent past. They nor­ until the applause dies down. Hen scribes t,is experience of a gorge onseself in this way out of great freedom to express their emo­ 'mally last about half an hour, and · ag_a in the actor emits an incredibl, tally different conc~pt of sight of the sketches. For the most tions and reactions - they can might be divided into two or three squeal in the process. Kata are par ramatisation - Japanese part people brought picnics into the scream obscenities at the ' bad' sections. ticularly important in love scene· auditorium to get them through the abuki. uncle if they want to. However, at In and amongst all this there is a because it is two men involved - day; identical little bas kets propped the end of the day I would argue clear appreciation of what is going since 1629 women have been ban Japanese Kabuki is a fo rm of on knees, interjecting their conver­ that western theatre, despite the on on the stage. Several times dur­ ned from the stage in Kabuki heatre - a technical treatment of sation with the· clatter of audience's apparent frigidity , ing a sketch an effusion of applause largely because of the infamou· wries that are not the preserve of chopsticks. involves the audience more clsely in erupted. Heads, seemingly engros­ track record of a woman calle, abuki Theatre. More than this, The aim of Kabuki Theatre is the drama since it restores to them sed in the intricacies of lunch boxes, Okuni, whose act was apparent!: abuki is a social event, presented clearly different in that it seems to that gullibility which enables them swerve around, jaws open, eyes more akin to a strip cabaret. 11 day and consisting of several care so little about holding the hort 'plays' or sketches per day. It The Kata are heavily stylise, attention of the audience. In transformations of recognisabl< a time whe n women clothe them­ Kabuki the audience don't seek to elves with kimonos, traditional physical expressions; for example transcend their own selves and a fi st raised in anger. They an resses which are nowadays become engrossed in the characters eserved for special occasions such handed down through the genera on the stage. The actors' voices, for tions without much alterati o, sweddings; or whe n young people example, are made . to sound eel under the eyes of their marking the same steps through th, unnatural: the stage is clearly a various stories; deaths, marraiges arents, or even fi rm directors take stage - not a garden but a staged­ ut their clients. fights , fa rewe lls, love scenes etc. ar garden - in. which the mechanics of actor learns them from his senior· In the west we sit lashed to our a moving set are clearly revealed to eats , gagged and tight-lipped. We as he grows up within the theatre the auclience. Quite often also Each fa mily hold the copyright ove resent the slightest noise; a cough, a actors have their clothes changed hisper, or - worse still - the their own particular Kata whict on stage by boys dressed all in black have been developed over the year: ound of food being eaten during a (who then surreptitiously flee). erformance. In this way and which they 'inherit'. It is theSt If anything, Kabuki sets out to that the experinced Kabuki-goe1 ainstream theatre is drama­ demystify the stage and sets it up as entred. There are exceptions such will look for; he will learn to dif a spectacle. In this way Kabuki ferentiate between the variou: s the Mi racle Plays in London rejects one of the main components ecently where actors and audience families' Kata, and to spot a chang, of western theatre because the to 'bel!eve' in the action on the shining, to join in the praise. They hared the same stage. Kabuki, if one has been made, and to judg, audience never shed their disbelief. stage. will be applauding what are known how individual actors perfom owever, is, if anything, audience­ As well as these incredible voices entred. Originally Kabuki consisted of a as Kata - the crux ofKabuki'styli­ them on the day. the actors wear the most fl am­ loosely connected combination of sation. Kata are .physical move­ Traditionally Kabuki has beet Throughout the day a soft babble boyant of clothes and cover their sketches and dances. It wasn't until ments used to express psychologi­ actor-centred; the most distin· of conversation is maintained. And faces with make-up to such an 1627 that the first 'play' appeared. cal or e!l)otional st~tes. They are guished actor holdlng ,directoria more to the point, their conversa­ extent that they look as if they ii re And they have always borrowed the key to appreciating Kabuki. A responsibility. Recently director: tion is not necessarily about the wearing masks . Their hair is heavily from other sources. "The 'woman' crying, for example, will of a pruned sort have been intro· ketches being enacted before covered with a black wig denoting Tale of Genji", fo r example, is an go through a series of staggered duced to add an overall view t< hem . .Added to this there is a con­ age, rank and wisdom. adaptation of a very famous nove l. movements beginning at the shoul­ what are increasingly professiona tant movement of people around Superficially the audience are "The Maple Viewing'' is adapted ders, moving through the elbows shows. Yet despite this the evolu he building. As we ran for ai r dur­ brought closer to the action. One of from No Theatre, one of Japan's and wrists which are drawn tightly tion of a production remains ave~ rng one of the short five-minute Kabuki's idiosyncrasies is a plat- other fo rms of theatre. The into the waist , and ending in out­ different affair to th at of our direc breaks that separate the vari ous • form extended into the audience sketches fall into several stretched hands. She will usually be tor-centred theatre. 0 sketches , crashing down the stairs along with an actor will walk , most categori es: Wagato sketches from on her knees, rocking her bac k with characteristically western probably when he has something the Kansai region; Aragato gently, and making a terrible whin- Ben Simms Latest bite of the apple I ..,ulie Milton writes about her work with Edinburgh University's ,.-olygon Books and describes the recent feminist publications that she worked on. .

She didn't write it. (But if it's ti cs have suggested that the defini­ a·nd gets through more easil y. Or to the keeping of women in their clear she did the deed ...) She wrote tion of "literature" carries with it maybe women simply do not send place. The Woman's Bible is a caus­ it, but she shouldn't have. (It's the idea that it should be about as much writing to publishers si nce ti c and entertaining commentary b} political, sexual, masculine, "serious life,. and that women , in • they have less time. to write; in the herse lf and her all-female revising feminist.)- She , wrote it, but look the eyes of men , do not lead suffi­ vast majority of households where committee on 'passages of the Bible what she wrote about. (The bed­ ciently important li ves to be worth both man and woman go out to which put down women · room , the kitchen, her family. writing about. Most publishing work, the woman still does the Her ultimate aims were to have Other women!) She wrote it, but she houses and literary institutions are cooking and housework. Indeed, both the fatherhood and mother· wrote only one of it. ("Jane Eyre. sti ll run by 'T]en ; another possibility there is a long list of women writers hood aspects of God recognised. Poor dear, that's all she ever , .. ") of this and previous centuries who and women admitted as equals in She wrote it, but she isn't really an have locked themselves in cup­ the clerg·y (ho. hum). Althoug~ artist, and it isn't really art. (It's a OHJCI\.\L boards in order to fi nd time to anti-dogma and not anti-spiritual. thriller, a romance a children's write. publication of the book split the book. It's sci-fl! ) Sh; wrote it, but PHI\TS Whatever the reason for the lack American feminist movement intc she had help. (Robert Browning. of women's writing in anthologies , ''IMl-'t>l.k 1k1,1... 1n11,r1'llfK two fac tions . the radical and the Branwell Bronte. Her own "mas­ even now when times are. sup­ polite. The embarrassment of the culine se1r;.) She wrote it, but she's posedly changing, women· writers over Scotland (much to my relief) .. polite is reflected in Judy Chicago·i an anomaly. (Woolf. With may recognise the status quo and be The result is Original Prints, pub: Dinner Party in which Susan B. Leonard's help .. . ) She wrote it discouraged. Being a student li shed this August. It includes Anthony gets a place-setting on the BUT .. . member of Polygon Books (alias accounts of such events as a school­ table while Cady Stanton is mere!} The above piece of writing is only Edinburgh University Student Pub­ girls' lunchbreak and a werewolfs inscribed upon the fl oor. the front cover of How to suppress lications Board; yes, you too holiday, with styles ra nging from I came across The Woman 's Bible Women's Writing by Joanna Russ. I can ... ), I decided to compile an the no rmal to the thorou·ghly quite by accident in a universit} read her book, which documents anthology of writing by new and bizarre . It is very enjoyable so why bookshop while attending a parap­ some ~pectacular literary double unestablished Scottish women writ­ don ·1 you go out and buy one? sychology conference i'n Dallas. standards ip action , about 18 ers. The idea was to give such · Another book I edited wit·h Poly­ and w~s ·struck by the fact that it months ago. Among other things , women positive encouragement to gon this year was The Woman 's might have been written by a con­ she pointed qut that women's writ­ write, and to give them the experi­ Bible: The_Original Feminist Attack temporary feminist , even although ing is now, and always has been, ence of sending their work to a pub­ on th e Bible. This amazing book the book is 90 years old. Polygon's under-represented in literary is that male publishers, not recog­ lisher whose interest was guaran­ was compiled by Elizabeth Cady edition is the first British reprint anthologies and journals .· When I nising their own experience in a teed. I contacted dozens of writers' Stanton in 1895. She was the foun­ this century, with an introduction looked for women's writing in Scot- piece of woman's writing, may not workshops and individual writers. der of the American feminist move­ by Dale Spender, and it has llsh publications, I found the same think it worth publishing, while and the enthusiastic response ment of. the last century, and was achieved wide radio and press pattern. • <,. • • ~ ...::.• , in,eV,:s. '+'(ili11g~es.110JbaY~tp;neet b,ought in hundreds of stories fr9,n , fed u~ o.f quotati9ns tro.m the or~le . coverage (still being controversial Why should iliiso~~anout'cn!' "'ti\ ~ 'i'ahl~c'ti\UmrrWMM!l~lity women of a11-tra-c1

Archie MacPherson: can he become the new model Rector? The medium is the message·

'IF I HAD to beat my own drum, it ledge, were a result of the mora would be to say that it might not be This is the first full session as Rector for football comentator and 'popular communicator' issue and not an independent proo a bad thing for a university occa­ Archie MacPherson. The day after his successful speech at the Opening Ceremony he spoke lem. sionally to have somebody who is to Iain Cameron about himself and his new job. · In themselves, these mistakesare not a patrician figure, if you like, or of no significance whatsoever. In! Ii heavily orientated towards politics, extent of his skills did emerge how­ anybody, but nevertheless if I'm all . Thus it is part of the serious­ they do provide an insight into I~ g but who deals in an area that is ever, in the aftermath of Jock going to make a speech then I'm ness, if you like, of taking this job, psychology of tele-persons. Th~ 1h popular communication. And that Stein's death, when the circum­ going to think of a phrase that is what an opportunity for anybody sentences were u tiered very slow\ a may, in its own way, break down stances led to an outpouring of niight just catcl;i a headline. And to prove substance, to get away and deliberately, then developet o some of the barriers occasionally.' media tributes. It was an occasion surprisingly enough they bit for the from the ambiguities of television into a rush as Archie hit his stride Communication is really what when professionalism was more abattoir thing, which The Scotsman to the certainty of attaching your­ Effectively, they were won\ a Archie MacPherson is all about. It than ever needed. did. self to- a purpose, however tangen­ designed to fill up time and avoida ~ is his career, he is good at it, and 'It was one of these things,' ' But the image of the University tial or peripheral that purpose may vacuum, just as they would ha11 m one senses that he also enjoys it a recalls Archie, 'where I was doing ... if it can be more popularly dis­ be within the University.' been on screen. In this instanceoo a great deal. He is an easy interview three obituaries virtually at the seminated through an individual damage was done, but it illustral~ because of that relish - ask him a same time: I was doing one for like myself, and I'm not necessarily I SUSPECT that the structures of the main problem Archie Mac· question and there's no tooth­ Radio Telefis Eireann; I was doing talking about me, then all to the television create quite a few prob- Pherson is going to face within the pulling requiced. He loves to talk­ one for my colleagues down in the good. If I put a stamp, the public !ems of substance for Archie. If University: here, however impor- e about nearly anything and at South, which went out in World stamp you're talking.about, on this love is never having to say you're tant words may be and however length. Cup Special; and it was a shortened university, I'm not quite sure what sorry, then television is never being much they are overused, they are The prolixity is perhaps in reac­ version of the tribute we actually you'd get back on it ; except that able to admit you're stumped for perceived as a framework for rde~. tion to the constraints of television . did. you might get more column inches something tQ say. Silence is poison not the ideas themselves. Tbr It is as if he has a surplus of words to 'You feel a bit self-conscious, in certain newspapers that previ­ for the TV reporter or commen- medium is no longer the message. get off his chest when he is freed because it was a man's death, and ously owuldn't h.ave bothered. ta tor, and it shows in the way Arch re MacPhe rson wants to be from wind-up signals. He is not it's very difficult to write obituaries. Archie talks. Even at his most his own man at Court. As he puts it, 'So yes - bui don't misinterpret unaware of the dangers of televi­ Try and write an obituary yourself,' engaging, he displays a lengthy 'I always keep in the back of m) sion, as he revealed when I raised and try and write it in half an hour, me, for God's sake - yes, I think I catalogue of conversatio_nal tics, mind what it would be liked for the its distorting character and simple which is really all I had to do it in. ·could get more people to listen. strings of words which actually con- Board of Governors at the BBC. or expectations. Did he worry that So any excesses of sentiment may You see David Steel's speeches vey nothing buf prevent a lapse in an individual within the Board of people might think him limited to a have been born of that. But I'm not within this university were excel­ the chat, so that at times Archie Governors to s~y "From now on, ready quip at five o'clock on a being apologetic about it. What I lent, but they were geared for the himself comes across as an example don't you s~y anything that Stanl~i particular purpose of people noting Saturday? wrote, I wrote as sincerely as I pos­ of the McLuhan dictum he himself Eveling would disagree wit. h" · 'obJd what he was saying politically. But 'Yes, that's right. Well ... I think sibly could - although Stanley cites: "The medium is the mes- say "Get knotted! I'm doingmYJ the danger of television is the old Eveling didn't like it. You can­ it might not catch a headline, it sage". Ninety-nine per cent of the my way. I have academicorprofes· danger of the Industrial Revolu­ quote me on Stanley Eveling by the might not produce a nice little pic­ time this tendency is irrelevant, but sional independence, and rf you tion, of man being taken over by way. All I would say to Stanley ture with a girl .on a bike or what­ it can result in calamities, as Archie don't like it get rid of me; or whal· ever. So yes I think there is cer­ ·t·on ro machine. Television is in danger of Eve ling is would he stop calling me admits. When we were discussing ever."' It is the right posr 1 ~ tainly an element of involvement electronics taking over the indi­ "the wee ginger one"? I'm the big the Nelson Mandela issues which take undoubtedly but it redoub 1 that will let the public see the Uni­ ' ' 1ear vidual personality. There's a grea­ ginger one - six feet and heading dominated the rectorial election, it the necessity to · use sharp, c be versity in different lights .... I'm in ter danger of production being remorselessly for fourteen stone!' became apparent how the arguments if he is not to dominated by "can we get out in a communications industry, so calamities came about. smothered by academic blether. hopefully that helps.' time" for the next juncture of a IN TRUTH, though, there was no I asked him about the attitude of Archie MacPherson can achie;.e 15 programme, rather than what's need to apologise for the Jock Stein To an extent it is also an element the University authorities to that that independence jf he allies happening within that framework. coverage. In particular, the sum­ of involvement that will allow the sordid episode, and as he began to obviously earnest 'interest in cur· Thus, and in sport I think in par­ marised tribute which went out public to see Archie MacPherson in answer he said something surpris- rent educational issues to his pr; ticular, we can be subjugated to nationally on World Cup Special a different light, which is perhaps ing, and indeed inaccurate. · fessional talent for distilling.\ 1 overall production. was an excellent piece of jour­ one of the reasons he took his can­ 'Welf, let me put it to you this arguments down to their essentra ; 'Therefore it's my philosophy to nalism, stripping away the fat to didaiure so seriously. Here is a role way. It came at a time - the and expressing them in a cohereny try and be as natural as I possibly convey the essential Stein spirit which lends a new dimension to the Rectorship, the election - came and muscular fashion . That m\ can. I never write - sometimes I which acquired such respect in MacPherson image. when, you know, you . least not be easy for him. 'There aJwaY , have calamities as a result, I d0n't Scotland. It gave an indication of 'Television - alas - only pro­ expected it. There was no prepara- has to be a deliberate translatron, deny it - but I never write a script, what Archie MacPherron can do jects you at one level. Now I quoted tion for it, let alone preparation for he says, 'to try and get people~~ though of course there are certain with serious subject matter if he Marshall McLuhan yesterday,' he a major moral dilemma thrust right accept me as a different pers , things I have to write, studio-bound puts his mind to it. It is also an indi­ said,. once again mentioning his into the middie of a rectorial elec- from the one you see on the boXb \ things. All I do is think of a cation of the effective PR role we Opening Ceremony speech. 'The tion which was beset by pro- Perhaps there also has to be a delr · framework, and try to talk' in that can expect from him as Rector, as he· motto is, if in doubt quote Marshall coedural difficulties!' erate welding of his skills to new framework with certain little suggested when I asked him if he· McLuh~n, because nobody under­ All this is perfectly me!ningless. ways of working. . phrases which hopefully will come thought his persona could be taken stands what he's talking about nay­ True, Archie himself may have If he can achieve that welding out, thus emerging simply as a per­ further than brief mentions on way - I c11n 't quote the lines from known nothing about the election then Archie MacPherson may not son, as a human being.' Football FOCUS. Shakespeare, "O wh~t light until he was invited to stand, but it only be an approachable, likeable The pity is that Archie's te<:hnical 'Well it was taken further yester­ through yonder window sh)nes, it is had been timetabled and advertised and enthusiastic Rector. He maY abilities are so often wedded to a day,' he said, referring to his speech a voice that say nothing". f3rcause I for some time; David Steel's time als~ be, perhaps more than anyone role which of necessity demands a at the Opening Ceremony. 'You think that p.eople by aod large tbink was up. Moreover, the 'procedural imagined, including himself, an ~1)1ewh,i~ flippar;i~ gy)e. The·. true see.; ,not .that Jtm .goitig ,tompstag~ there's no substance to th~ box, at •~

'In GreafBritain, an animal dies in·a laboratory every six sec­ Hell is for children nds and the government is no~ proposing legislation on animal xperiments which will greatly increase that number according Are the increased number of reported child abuse cases animal rights groups_ who have described the proposals as a indicative of an increasingly sick and uncaring society. Kate 0 such experiments including those in 'vivisectors charter" Adam O'Brian describes the legislation Ash/ y below voices her views on a society that seems to be upset non-medical research. None of the more by cruelty to animals than to children. nd its effects for the future of animal rights. animal rights groups campaigning Toe new legislation would not mals but the resulting increase in for the abolition of non-medical But it is not just cases such as the outlaw any experimepts now taking the num.ber of animal experiments experiments will be represented on There cannot be anybody who is one in the papers today, concerning place despite the_ fact that 70% of will make it impossible for the the committee which they fear will not appalled and horrified by the the mother who beat, bit and the general pubhc are opposed to already ineffective home office merely rubberstamp the decision of recent spate of child-abuse cases burned her children, and whose all non-medical experiments. For inspectors to enforce even this the government. that have been bombarding us from lover banged their heads together, instance the infamous LD50 test reduced protection. The result of all this is that for the . radio and television news and the that should concern us. It is also · cases of sexual abuse against chil­ which involves impregnating a Anticipating this avalanche of first time in its history, the .tradi­ newspapers lately. It is absolutely group of animals with every criticism from animal rights groups tionally factional animal rights tragic that in a so-called civilised dren that have given rise to films increasing amounts of the sub- and others, the government has movement has been united in its society such atrocities can be per­ such as the one made by Rolf harris stance to be tested until half of sought to give credibility to its wrath against the government. This formed in such numbers-. to put children on their gllard. The them·di e will continue to be used in proposals by setting up an Animal has enabfed four of the larger ani­ Brutal crime, such as grievous fate of three-year-old Leonie Keat­ industry and commerce despite Procedures Committee whkh mal rights groups in the country to bodily harm, amongst adults is, ing must make fear a constant part widespread condemnation from would be responsible for imple- overcome their differences and join perhaps, if not explicable or accept­ of being a parent in 1985. We can­ menting the new legislation. together to form the Mobilisation able, something that we can try to . not imagine the nightmare of fear However, the committee has a for Laboratory Animals Campaign understand, but the torture and and pain experienced b.y ·that child disproportionate number of rep­ to fight the government proposals. cruelty inflicted by adults on inno­ before her, perhaps merciful, resentatives from private com­ However, prominent members cent and defenceless children is death. If cases like this are on the panies who make fortunes by pro­ of even the most moderate groups barbaric and totally and utterly increase, as reports suggest, what ducing variations on a basic product such as the British Union for the condemnable. How can we begin to hope is there left for modern soci­ ety? such as cosmetic or drug which are Abolition of Vi~isection gloomily understand how anybody, however then marketed under a bewildering extreme the provocation (and chil­ One of the most sickening number of different brand names. dren can, of course, b'e infuriating), aspects of the media coverage of Every one of these endless repro­ could do such a thing as deliber­ these events, apart from heartless scientific and medical authorities as interviews with grief-stricken ductions have to be tested on yet ately put bleach in a child's eyes? well as animal rights groups. parents of missing children, is more animals and the companies The sheer number of cases that While these and other experi­ related to the recent illegal dog­ who produce them are unwilling to have recently come to light must ments are now taking place con­ fight case. We were told by our invest any of their profits in surely call for urgent action to try to tinue, others that used to be banned kindly, caring news reader that it developing alternatives to animal rectify .the situation. will actually be legalised. For might be advisable to switch off the experimentation such as the use of These incidents of wilful cruelty instance under the 1876 Animal next news item as it could cause dis­ cell cultures. Therefore they have a inflicted on children, more often Cruelty Act, an animal used in an forecast a massive increase in direct tress. A vet then proceeded to tell 11ested interest in continuing animal tha not involve a mother and~ step­ experiment had to he put down action and violence by a minority·of us the gory details of the injured experiments as cheaply as possible father or boyfriend. That someone before it recovered from anaesthe­ animal rights activitsts enraged and could allow her child to be starved dogs involved in the fight. tic to spare it further suffering. The embittered by the governments to death, and tharthe three-year­ Immediately before. the news government proposals would allow policies whilst some others have old child's body should not be reader had confidently given us an the animal to recover from development will result inevita­ found for months, despite a explicit account of injuries commit­ anaesthetic and be used again in development will result in inevita­ neighbour alerting the NSPCC, is ted on a child by her mother and order to cut costs. bly in the death of a n animai riglits shocking. This sort of behaviour - stepfather, sure that this would not The animal rights movement professor.or vivisector in the not so cruelty to the young- is not found upset us nearly.as much as the fate argues that the proposals will distant future. in any other species but the human. of a poor, sick animal. greatly increase the number of ani ­ This has considerable implica­ When we consider that a baby's There is no answer to the prob­ mal experiments conducted a~d tions for all of us at Edinburgh Uni­ bones are harder to break than an lem of child-abuse. · The NSPCC alleges that the government is which creates a massive conflict of versity as, within our midst, we have adult's, and that babies have pow­ does do an immense amount in incapable of supervisi ng even the interests for their representative's the largest medical and science ers of survival greater. than an safeguarding the welfare of current number of experiments on the animal Procedures Commit­ faculties in the country which con­ adult's (for example, the babies theatened children. but it cannot do pointing out that the Home Office tee who are supposed to be respon­ duct many animal experiments pulled alive from the rubble of every thing. It is an unfortunate employs fifteen inspectors to super­ sible for protecting the interests of every year. Mexico City ten days after the ear­ aspect of human nature that some vise 311.! million experiments con­ laboratory animals. As the growth of direct action thquake) we realise the extent of are capable of cruelty to others. But ducted annuall y under official All of the scientific and medical by animal protestors continues, it is brutality used against battered chil­ where will it end, and when. as the license at 50 separate premises. representatives on the committee dren. crimes increase daily? Animal Rights groups conclude have either I conducted animal that the new proposals will not only experiments themselves or have reduce the legal protection of ani- already stated their suppo~t for Scotland's foremost political magazine Amnesty Action

Students in Britain have never been what you could call secure. We have our share of financial and academic problems, and students nationally are increasingly likely that research currently joining forces against what they believe are threats to the facilities within the University will accessibility and independence of the education system. Nonetheless, not be the targets of possibly violent one of the most vociferous critics of government policy could expect to be attacks and demonstrations, which dragged out of bed at gunpoint in the small hours, interrogated in detention may endanger not only laboratory centres about their pQlitics or tortured to extract information. This is equipment and staff and the animal precisely what happens to people of our own age group and much younger rights activists themselves but also in many countries of the world; it is for these among others that Amnesty innocent bystanders such as stu- International has focused its "Prisoner of Conscience Week" campaign "Well worth the support of anyone interested in dents. Such a situation must be of upon young people at risk. unidentified paramilitary groups. the future of Scotland." concern to everyone at the Univer- There are many forms of abuse of This week, Edinburgh John McGrath, 7:84.Theatre Company sity and not just that minority of young people's human rights. University Amnesty offers you the academic staff ans students who are Babies and children often suffer chance to participate in action on As a special· start of session offer, Radical Scodand involved in animal experimenta- because of their parents' · beliefs. behalf of Shaban lsufi and Chilean magazine is offering annual subscriptions (6 issues) to tion. In addition, schools. and students. You can send a postcard students for £3. 75, instead of the usual £5.40, provided they Quite apart from this practical -universities have always been to Yugoslavia and sign a petition t6 are taken outbefore the end of November. Already element of danger, we must also prime targets for repression, simply be presented, hopefully by an MP. established as Scotland's top politics and current affairs consider our own position of the because they encourage·a freedom to the Chilean Embass'y. magazine, Radical Scodand should be required reading for governments proposed legislation of thought and a frankness which Experience has shown that all students - particularly those taking politics, which would -greatly influence the governments are not willing to whatever they may say in public, economics, social affairs and allied subjects. Major articles practising of animal experiments countenance. governments worry in private from past issues have been widely quoted and reported in here in our own University and of The "adopted" prisoner of EU about such clear demonstrations of the media. So keep up to date with socialist thinking, the course the proximity of such exper- amnesty, Shaban lsufi, is a student public opinion. Furthermore. just Home Rule debate, and other crucial issues by taking a iments may prompt us to consider in Yugoslavia. He is one of many think what it means to the Students cheap-rate subscription NOW. the' large issue of whether or not ethnic Albanians imprisoned for at the sharp end to know that you animal experiments are justified. peaceful expression of political care about their human rights. To . ' . :············································ I wish lo subscrlbt lo Radical Scotland tla_rllng wllh lh• : The University authorities and beliefs. For distributing copies of a keep us in mind of their plight, ...... /uuu. I onclou a choqlla/P. o. tor £ • • • • • • .: representative bodies may wish to magazine and writing "free the Amnesty's bookstall today : NAME ...... address themselves to these points comrades from prison" by _a (Thursday) in the Student Centre . . very urgently before we are all roadside he was sentenced to six features an oppressed student: : ADDRESS ...... , . .•.. , ...• . ....• , •.... , ...... , .. . . overtakJ:n by events as animal years· in prison. It is our job to Robbie Foy will be held in ...... rights activitsts become increas- pressure for hi_s rele~se. detention between 12 and J ·. ~o f in_gly bitter and angry i? their de.ter- • . Meanwhile in _Chile students ~re there for a po~tcard and petttton :~:·:~:o:~::u~~ ~7:::.''G~,:~·~,::~~~~ ;ct;~nd, : . mination- to .stop animal. exp~n- among the people suffenng form. 0 t i, , ,;c 'c,.,, ,.· • • ~i:x;ated abiiu_!=tions,and torture.by -'.:"f!U'-• /hieib.t'ional i.. t.~1:,:fl~ tt !~~!'!: Vl:: :." !~~r:~: c,:~ict~~:~~,.~:~. *·..,,..,...:.:.;....,... m<>-ntl! .'i ,, ,;1 0 1 1 -A mnesty,',·' 18 STUDENT Thursday 24th October 1985 Catching up with Susan

With Desperately Seeking.Susan and its star, one Madonna Ciccione, sweeping all before them in . te~ms of chart and box office success, Student talks to the other Susan-the film's director, Susan Se1delman. After Smithereens, her first independent feature the current success has made her one of Hollywood's hottest properties. Trevor Johnston track;d her down after a desperate search at the Edinburgh Film Festival earlier this year. results aren't. without consulting a committee - strange faces. Why did Trevor Johnston: How did you get them? You Ill( involved in Desperately Seeking TJ: How big a production was in Smithereens I could make small Susan? Desperately Seeking Susan and alterations without asking any- SS: I think that's somethin were you worried about its possible ~y's permission. . New York which mak g ~biii Susan Seidelman: The script was . t . T es It ' originally written in 1981 and the failure? TJ: How much say did you have in in erestmg. here are so man ~ writer and a producer friend SS: Yes, especially because women the casting? ferent ki?ds of people that live; t ibowed it around for about 18 directors working in Hollywood SS: I had a lot of say but choices for and I thmk the film showed hiii months without any luck. They saw often get only one shot - and if they the main roles had to be approved thing of that diversity. SCilll my fU"St film (Smithereens) at the blow it there isn't another chance. I by the studio. And I really had to · TJ: In Desperately Seeking S end of 1982 and sent me the script. was a little nervous that if I blew it, fight to get Madonna into the lead­ there is an obvious contra t: The theme of the movie and the I wouldn't work again in the profes­ ing role - the studio complained at we~n Roberta's backgroun~ ~ tone of the script just really sion I love. the time that she wasn't famous the d.owntown junk culture. Wei, appealed to me. TJ: Were you worried at the possi­ enough! you interested in developin ~ TJ :: In what particular way did you bility of being thought of as just a TJ: Are you worried about it no\\ differences? g find it appealing? · token women director? being seen as just "the Madonna SS: Yes, I think the film is a SO!ia' SS: I liked the two female charac­ SS: I didn't really think about that movie" and not a Susan Seidelman s_a~ire and it satirises both ways~ ters. I wanted to make a film about and in any case I didn't feel that film? hvmg. women that had a sense of humour Desperately Seeking Susan was a SS: I think anything that brings TJ: Was there any particular wai in it witboufbeinl! stupid. Hollywood movie. Most of the people into the movie theatre is good that you wanted the film shoti · TJ: (Smithereens) is also about shooting was done in New York and, and hopefully they'll come for SS: Yes, in terms oftryingtofind i women...... : is it important to you that although it was a union movie with a Madonna and like the movie. The visual style that would separa1t the central characters in your films union crew, a lot qf my friends were are female? working on the project. SS: Not necessarily - though I do TI: Did you notice a great differ­ like a certain kind of "foisty" female ence between directing a union character. movie and making Smithereens? TJ :. At the centre of both you·r SS: Yes, in Smithereens I was doing films there is a playoff between a everything - producing, editing ihy naive person and a bright, viva­ and directing. Working on Desper­ :;ious character. Is that what ately Seeking Susan I just had to mracts you to a script? direct - I didn't have to worry SS: Well yes - I like people to about finding money for the next attempt things even if they don't scene of if the actors were going to know what they 're going after - show up on set. Susan Seide/man - Hollywood's tbe attempt is admirable even if the The disadvantage was that I could hottest director no longer take my own decisions

"Hey babe - wanna, suck" danger is if they think it's going to Susan's world from Roberta's be a rock 'n' roll vehicle - because world. We used lighting, clothe it isn't. and art direction - Roberta's Going Fourth TJ: Is there a lot of yourown in put clothes are soft, innocent, kittenisi that diverts from the original colours. Susan's world is fluor!!' Philip. Cullum participated i~ Channel Four's Comment slot last Thursday. Here he describes the script? cent and strong but unreal - likt expenence and analyses the importance of public access programmes. SS: I think so - if you look at both the alleyways were lit with brigll films I think you'll find certain With all the courage I could Finally, our newly formed street once more, still dreaming of green light. stylistic points that are similar and TJ: Are you surprised that the film muster, I sat up straight and friendship not complete destroyed fame and fortune in TV but with that's me. has done so well? began. The lights shone by such detail, we sped towards the some illusions shattered. TJ: Both films show enchantment SS: Yes and it's nice - it's betltt brightly, the cameras rolled studios of ITN. Here lay the key to I was left contemplating the for the big city and how the having a success than a flop. Th~ happily, and the producer's the whole day: this was. t~e place nature of television. Viewers cer- downtown scene cao change people success will help me get anothtt finger was aimed in my direc- where I could really blow 1t m style. tainly regard it highly, even with - are you fascinated by that? movie going and the studio 11iU . . . However, I was saved by a move awe, despite the regular moans SS: Yes, I'm from a small suburb probably trust me a bit more. On llon. None of the technicians of staggering brilliance a true about repeats, but I cannot help outside Philadelphia which I the other hand there's more pr!!' ;poke, but all eyed me warily. psychological ace. I had 'expected wondering how they would feel thought was pretty boring and so I sure on me to be successful. The awesome power of the to receive the full treatment: cham- were they to participate in it as well couldn't wait to get to New York. ;tudio was focused entirely on pagne - in the style of Radio as watch it. For television is an illu- The fascination probably stenis TJ: What are your plans for the my performance. At last, this Four's "Midweek" .programme-a sion, a show, and direct involve- from being anoutsider moving to a immediate future? Nas my big moment: an long make-up session_, and a team ment can only serve to lower the more exciting place. SS: I've been given a couple of ippearance on national telev. _ of experts whose sole Job was to tell facade. The idea that television is TJ: It seems that in both films scripts to look through so the ne~ •• . 1 me that everything would be all "nothing special" will surely blos- there are lots of little cameos and film will be one of those. I don t know which, but it's exciting to haft ,Ion. I broke ~own with nerv- right. Instead, 1 was almost totally som alongside the growth in partici- characters that just appear for a )US apprehens10n. ignored: the only drink available pation programmes such as "Right couple of minutes - people with that kind of freedom to choose, That, at least, is what I thought was coffee from a flask; the make- to Reply" and "Comment". The an appearance on channel Four's up lady took 30 seconds and let me BBC has already put an opinion Comment programme wouid comb my own hair; and no one slot in its new programme "Left ARE YOU APUBLISHER entail. There seem to be countless spoke to me from the moment I Right and Centre", and more such tales of how nervous even seasoned entered the studio. I wandered over ventures will undoubtedly be on IN THE MAKING? ·• TV performers get, so I held out lit- to the chair in front of the cameras our screen soon. tie hope for a peaceful day. The · sat down and awaited instructions'. Many have mourned the passing alternative to it all, a normal stu- The technical producer chatted of the true age of cinema: I am now dent .day with four lectures and a away to her earpiece, the camera- concerned for the magic of televi­ tutonal, suddenly was seen in an man fiddled with the autocue sion. Participation television is an. EUSPB entirely new, positive light. machine, and the sound man put activity which I support greatly, for I began the day by showing the the microphone down in its position open debate is a necessity in this NEEDS FOUR INTELLIGENT, ENTHUSIASTIC, producer my draft script and then and departed. country. I merely fear that televi­ glancing at the newspapers in order Finally, the moment of truth sion will become just another part RESOURCEFUL PEOPLE TO JOIN to make it mm~ ui> to date. The came. The practice attempt, which of the media, no more than a mov-. process of rewntmg 1t all reminded I had been so politely promised, ing and talking version of the Daily PUBLICATIONS BOARD me of t~e dreaded school exams - could be equated with the possibil- Mail. 1!1e pressure was similar, except this ity of this programme getting more . Learnmg. the mside story of tele­ ~e. my effort (produced, as it was, viewers than the rivbal "EastEn- viswn.is a httle like learning how a 000 · wuhm strict time limits) would be ders": they were both non-existent. magician does his tricks: ·it is :"marked" by thousands of viewers The producer pointed at me and I destroying the illusion, ending our tnstead of a solitary teacher. The said my piece: too restrained' came wonder at it all. I earnestly hope t1ext api>ropriate comparison back the reply. I had a~other that television can learn a new Applications by Monday, 28th October, to would be with a Labour Party meet- attempt, this time showing aggres- trick: to let us all have our say to THE CONVENER, •ng, fo~ we proceeded to argue for ·sion, enthusiasm and a stutter. change with th$: times, but als~ to ;ome time over individual .words: It was enough: the second "take" remain as exciting as ever. If I am EUSPB, 1 Buccleuch Place, Nere they apt, accurate and true, was the one which was shown. With ever on again, I hope that I am . Ne )Yon,dered. a quick h;mds~ake, I was out on the, nervous: it will at least show that its Edinburgh . ••• ~·~· -~...... -.~.... 1.. - ..... , - ~-...... _: • ·- - · * - : _ • .,.) .... ______, ___ , ___ _! .. - ~~r.e and ~_Y~~~}.~~ ~~!-~:i~~:-~ •_: _., ___...... _... ._.._. _...:__.., . ... _.., ._ __.... _"- _- ______..,..."-.,..,. ,~ ---~_...,... _____ STUDENT Thursday 24th October 1985 If

Sport

' 9. . Torrance of tears

Someone had sent Sam Torr­ ance the wrong scenario. With Aineri~'s leading player struggling in Tom Morris' 'val­ ley of sin' and the Lion Rampant so close to victory, the audience expected a Belfry encore; the final nail in Ameri~a'ssporting comn. But as Saunders had done 15 years earlier, Torrani..e was to miss out when all awaited Lunge 'n parry his moment of triumph. The first of probably many result of the club tour of Europe finished in fourth place, while Cat There was a devastating Edinburgh University Novices Competitions was held on riona Gentleman from Queen Mar moment of sflence, perhaps _garet College finished third in sympathy for the player Saturday in the Pleasance. and his demoralised father, or for Large entries i_n both the In the men's competition none 1 Richard Dun hill who now knew that men's and ladies' events were the Edinburgh University fence! not even an attempt at the course received from East of Scotland record would alleviate the anti­ qualified although Neil MacKinno climactical atmosphere of (_he final, clubs as well as from Glasgow was eliminated by the skin of h: teeth in the semi-final stages an or perhaps even in mass self-pity; in and St Andrews's Universities. finished in 7th position. the most home of home fixtures, we A rather slow start to the day had been beaten at a sport in which · meant that a race against time The competition was won t we had educated our victors. developed in the final stages as the Paul Collier from Glasgow Univei premises had to be cleared by 6 sity who had been steadily impro, The Dunhill Cup and its format, o'clock. This however did not pre­ ing over the past season· and lool which former R&A captain Keith vent some exciting fencing of a very like starting this season where h MacKenzie, with fitting regard for high standard being seen left off in t_he summer. In secon tradition , described as a 'bastard place was J. Macdonald fro{ matchplay', was probably enough In the ladies final the tension was Queen Margeret College, with ll of a success to merit continuation 'Bob Torrance's face tells the whole story as his son brings about his own sustained throughout the pool with Cumyns from the recently forme next October. On reflection, the downfall." Photo: Dave Yarrow. Nicola Chester and Irene Ong from Royal Commonwealth Pool ChJ Scottish team can take more than St. Hargreave's emerging equal finishing in third place. ' just $100,000 from St Andrews. on four victories. The two girls - Curtis Strange was matched all the cocktail parties four hours after the American' were stopped in their both members of the Scottish -Overall it was an enjoyable da) way by Torrance, and the happen­ nadir of his professional career. thoughts because it indeed had, and Schools Squad-fought it out, with and due to the dedication of th ings on the 18th should not diminish And one further consolation: those Craig Stadler will take much longer Nicola eventually emerging trium­ club members and the invaluat>: our admiration for ·a true blooded that toddled home from Fife on to forget his blunder than our like­ phant. Edinburgh University's help of coaches it was a successfl Scot,who can compete with the very Saturday night muttering that 'it able Ayrshire warrior. Louise Simpson, obviously day. Gordon Compbc best and still incidentally turn up to wouldn't have happened to an Dave Yarrow improved over the close season as a Writin~s long, but then, neither would I. The afternoon was spent looking Time for a drink. e SMALLADS The speaker rambles away; so do for the teaching facilities in George After a few drinks, I stride confi­ House swap in Rochester, Net I. I am hungry again. Finding a suit­ Square. But no amount of maps or dently to the bar and ask for a pint York: Teacher couple. two chil An English able student cateriflg place I feel questioning of the locals (all of heavy, risking an imitation of the dren. 4 and 7. wish to exchange ou suddenly conspicious and decide to Americans) could reveal their native pronunciation: it ·goes down lovely home for yours during a 3-· go native and eat Haggis. But my whereabouts. All I could find was like the Lucetania, no one was week period in the summer of 1986 person enjoyment is marred by a group of some disgusting tower block estate fooled and I receive blank looks all We are experienced at this ani bumptious undergraduates who and a dentists car park. They must round. I drink the heavy, then some have had tremendous experiences writes. insist on describing in graphic detail have very bad teeth here. more, then I go down like If interested write: William San contents of my meal and how it is Still whereve::r these buildings are the Lucetania. I believe the term ders. 148 Wyatt Drive. Rochester made. I counter attack by describ­ I am sure they can't be worse than 'heavy' actually refers to the next New York 14610. USA. ing in some detail the story of my the Kings Buildings. From what I I recall ... in the mists of time, morning, assuming you live ·to see Squash Racquet . used only once KB Freshers Week commenced for me Auntie Aggies operation while I can see bear the same geog­ it. I wake up in a flower bed out­ unwanted present. £12 or nearest tuck into my haggis. Suddenly cut­ raphical kinship to the rest of the on a Sunday when I read in my side, it is raining again and I cashoffer. See Shona Lee. 20, lery is clattering down on the table University as the Falkland Islands programme of a free lunch at the reme mber I am in Edinburgh. the (extension 64). like a scene from the Revenger's bear to the British Isles: but with Pleasance. I set off early enough to Venice of the North, in Venice the Student is keen to receive your fre the essential distinction that at least avoid disappointment (about 7 Tragedy. By the time I reach for my streets are bathed, in Edinburgh small ads. Buying, selling, lookin1 share the table only with the Falklands are enlivened some- am), mainly the disappointment of yoghurt I showered. for accommodation? -Send it in t1 many being unable to find anything unfinished dinners. Dave Hellens Student. marked on a map issued by the Uni­ versity without at least five hours spare. But all the way I am troubled by the thought that there 1s no such thing as a free lunch. In the end I am not disappointed: we are treated to a polystyrene beaker fil­ led with tomato soup and a slice of white bread. So this · is a 'free lunch' - I shall write to Milton Friedman to tell him the news (and ask him to pass on a m·essage to Norman Mailer about the institu­ tion called What Every Woman Wants in case he is still not sure) i Actually I am inclined to·tma me ' ' organisers and explain that one !-•J ·,' swallow doth not a supper make, but I decide it displays a lack of breeding to comment on foreign hospitality - perhaps ccila tomato soup is a traditional delicacy. Finally I am delivered from my revene by the umpteenth repetition of the phrase "It's your associa­ tion." In a moment of confusion I wonder if this might entitle me to any money, but of course when · people try to tell you something is yours you end up having to pay money. Briefly I fantasise that it is my Union. Everything quickly con­ verted to a private Swiss account. Of course the'money wouldn't last 20 STUDENT Thursday 24th October 1985

Sport Up, up and away ~ Hooray Henley "The .result of race number BC and Clydesdale ARC 53 a heat of the Visitors' Chal­ duce a lightweight. B , cox edto by, Pru. le~ge Cup, was a win for Edin­ Jo h nston, which took th ,. burgh University on the Berk­ medal at the Scottish Ne .&old Edinburgh University Hot Rowing Championships ationi shire station over Winchester preparations took the · cHen[ ~ air Balloon' Club watched the College by three and a quarter Nithsdale Regatta where threw ~ weather chart with bated lengths in a time of 7 minutes the mens elite fo ur-s and ey toot . cox[e, breath as an anticyclone eased 30 seconds." pairs events, and teaming u . 1 its way northwards over the the Senior C crew, won di/.~ ~ . h . 1s1on 1 country on Friday. After a Edinburgh University had e1g ts. O utgomg Ladies Ca t . frustrating summer, viritually gained their first win at Henley Nicolette Hayward won wt ait grounded by the appalling Royal Regatta for $ix years. The novice sculls. me~ weather, we took full advan­ months of training at the Pleasance and at the Canal finally seemed The summer sprint_ season gai, tage of what proved to be a worthwhile as the crew crossed the the club t_he opportunity to pick superb weekend and succeeded line, comfortably ahead of their more po mts at a series of h~ in giving 27 new members opposition. The race could not e course (500 m) regattas. T. ~ (nearly one-third of our mem­ described as a classic - steering won novice sculls af Castle Sempk bership) their first experience problems at the start meant that by and some rather odcj_ combinatio~ of lighter-than-air flight. 'The biggest · grant balloon of the lot.' Photo: Andrew Hunter the island they were half a length won elite pairs and eights at theS down. but not for long. Winchester Andrnw Sprint. Freshers Weer Our 7 .30 am departure on carrying a full cylinder of propane. On Sunday, during a spectacular were rowed through between the provided the. usual influx of ner Saturday was delayed by the cus­ With more fuel on board we took flight · over Fife, we climbed Barrier and Fawley and from there members. With membership noi tomary "morning-after" hitches but off again with four new passengers through the thin layer of strato­ on, Edinburgh had complete con­ standmg_at over 140, the club isii we eventually arrived at Gifford. and after two more intermediate cumulus, bursting into the sunlight trol of the race. [n the quarter­ one of 11 strongest positions fru After a perfect inflation the balloon landing we finally deflated, inadver­ at 4,000 feet, from where we could finals, Imperial Coll ege, London, years. Edinburgh University will~ rose gently up from the football tently trapping a hare below the see the Cairngorms way to the the fastest qualifiers and favourites, represented by two fours at the pitch and, apove the shelter of the envelope. It bounced around under north beyond the fringe of the were the opposition. Despite a Northern Universities Regatta ii trees, merged with the light wes­ the foldsof\blue rayon, perhaps suf­ white sea of cloud below us. good row, Edinburgh went down Durham. Having trained all sum­ terly breeze. As we climbed higher fering from the delusion that the Descending through cloud is an by 4 lengths and Imperial College mer. these crews look set to get the and the landscape unfolded sky had fallen, before finding its eeries experience and it"was a relief went on to win the event. new session off to a fly ing start. Tu beneath us in the morning sunlight, way to the edge and speeding off. to emerge safely, still well above men's senior squad wi ll have the1 we experienced that feeling of calm ground level. A moderate breeze of The Henley win was the highlight first competitive outing at the LoM detachment peculiar to ballooning. We made our fifth flight of the 20 knots necessitated a rather of a successful summer's rowing for John Head of the River race; Meanwhile, back on the ground, day from West Linton. Upon land­ bumpy landing in a field of sheep; the Boat Club. Earlier, the Henley Glasgow at the end of next mom ..- the retrieve crew were doggedly ing on the playing field of ::, the farmer was very understanding. four: B. Helm. R. Crawford and are confident on improving o, packing the minibus and preparing school we were surrounded by a During luoch in St Andrews the Clarke, M. Brown and T. Lees had last years 5th position. to follow us. After a few practice crowd of onlookers so, always pi)ots filled in their log books then , combined with Glasgow University M. Pac approaches we made a gentle land­ ready to foster good PR we offered back in Edinburgh, we relaxed ing in a stubble field and kept the several of them short hops in the after an exhilarating weekend of balloon hot until the retrieve balloon which was restrained on a flyi~g. appeared over the brow of the hill rope by a 'tug-o-war' team. Andrew Hunter J Clean sweep EUMHC2 Waverly 0 @ Jekyll and Hyde Saturday 19th October was sented with such . an opportunit). without exaggeration an his­ With Normand perfo rming th< toric day for EU Men's Hockey centre back's role spl endidly and Osborne intercepting passes to tht Edinburgh University RFC 16 Morgan RFC 10 Club. For the first time within right winger from a ll angles the 'living memory' all 4 Xi's won result was always going to be in the and what's more did so in con­ University's fa vour. T his was con· The University 1st XV were When Burns added another pen­ visibly unsettled. Errors crept into firmed midway through the second alty, and James made a good break their game, their passing was less vincing style. obviously anxious to erase the half when ' Log' Mcfarlane "t hu~ enabling Spawforth to drive over slick and they began io lose their memory of the humiliating dered home" his first score of th< with not a few of the opposition on own.ball in the mauls. As far as the 1st XI were con­ defeat by Gordonians last cerned Saturday's match against day, bringing his ta ll y to almost2 511 weekend. For they began this his back, it seemed that the match would develop into a thrashing. The pressure took its toll on the Waverly was the first of a new, goals for the lst XI. T he final wh11- match positively and aggres-· Shortly before half-time. Edin­ Edinburgh players, who suffered a eagerly awaited National League tle welcomed EU 1st Xi's best start sively. Within seconds of the burgh were leading 16-0 agai:ist a series of knocks. To their credit campaign. They couldn't have to a National League campaign for kick off Burns had given them team which came with a sound they did not flinch , following the asked for a better start. With barely a numberof years. Players returned a three point lead, and not long reputation. It was too good to last example of the gallant Douglas, two minutes gone, a fine break by merrily to the changing room where and the strength of the Morgan's who continued battling even after young Vinestock on the left wing the No. JO shirt was hanging, soak· after Warnock went over for a helped produce yet another ing wet. "With sweat or tears?" 1 good try. pack finally wore down the Edin­ receiving an injury in the most awk­ burgh defence, resulting in a ward of places. ·well taken goal by the mystery voice murmured. "Saltburn Stallion" Andrew Wyatt. Although the speed of the Edin­ pushover try. While burgh pack gave theln a clear Much of the last quarter of the After this the University never experience tells all involved io advantage throughout the first fiaf( Morgan's now visibly dragged game took place deep in Edin­ really looked back. With Williams National League Division III the the weight of the opposition scru~ themselves out of their lethargy; burgh's half. By now the University and Loughlin constantly pressing predictions cannot be made, Satur· was always a threat. That out-played· in the first half, they lead had been cut to six points and the opposition · down the right seemed less lively than even the they were constantly under attack. flank, -Waverly were given little day's result was a heartening one Morgan's did not make better Showing the .determination at the use of this in distributing the ball to Edinburgh supporters. The Fortunately their defence held time to construct any seriously their backs, was due entirely to the improvement in theirfortunes was firm. Ma[shall made a brilliant try penetrating moves. beginning of the seaSO!' usual~ shown whe n struggling to avo incompetence of their scrum half. due to much greater speed a1Tiongst savmg tackle and the final whis­ relegation at the end of the season T\me and again Morgan's would both forwards and backs, which tle was anobvious relief to all. Edin­ - The second half win possesion at scrum and lineout had been the secret of Edinburgh's burgh had acquitted themselves belonged unquestionably to the the teams performance sugges~ that with commitment, confidenct only for the Edinburgh breakawa; fortunes until then. An early pen­ well, even if their performance had student defence. For so long now and some degree of common sense, forwards to pounce on the unfortu­ alty reduced the deficit to nine an element of the Jekyll and Hyde the team has been guilty of throw-. nate fellow and lead a counter. points, and the University became about it. ing away points by giving away at least the usual end of season anxieties can be avoided. 'silly' goals in a moment's lapse of Syd concentration. On Saturday the Waverly forwards were not pre-

Don't miss Nebis at N'ewbuJJ hisJast Sweat and toil tomorrow afternoon. He won aJl race so impressively it will tak\rt· exceptional horse to beat him. S~an· To Galashiels for the East­ spent a great deal of time preparing miles. ing at longer odds, but equally_ her ern District Relay Champion­ the course, although how they man­ Congratulations to the first team cied isKarenomore who runs eit n at Newbury tomorrow or Ascot; ships and the pride of the Cross aged to shift the North Face of the who were fifth , beating Edinburgh Eiger onto it, I'll never know. What Athletic Club, and the second team Saturday. }lis superior fitn ~ Country, the Hare and. · coupled with a light weight, en_su~ with diverting the Forth, in raging who beat the Hunter's Bog Trot­ 1 Hounds; were straining ·at torrents and positioning furrows in ters, and the other four teams who he will be difficult to beat. fin If Free guest should crown a marve their leashes. a field at assymmetric intervals all survived the savage course, and ~ ous career with a victory in her fin their imagination know no bounds. put in good times. raee at Newbury on Saturday. The mars~alls and officials had Much the_same as m)' h;gs after 211.1 ,T,JF

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